My Inauspicious Life

The Trap Part 2

Seo-jun picked up the dishes on one of the tables before heading back to the kitchen. He was currently in Fillmont, the city right next to the capital.

"They have confirmation of Joshua Ashgrove crossing the border. They were unable to apprehend him and his party." Lucas whispered.

For the last few weeks, he and prince Lucas had been disguised as commoners while working in a tavern. It shocked Seo-jun at first when Lucas had decided to personally accompany Seo-jun on this mission, even more so than when Nathaniel had allowed Lianna to accompany Mikyle.

Lucas was currently wearing blue colored contacts and his hair was dyed a dirty yellow using the potion that Mikyle's alchemist had provided. He had been working as a dishwasher slash server while Seo-jun had been serving the customers.

They chose this tavern because it was quite popular amongst travelers from other kingdoms. It was their plan that someone from Shigaron would recognize Seo-jun's starry-like black hair and become suspicious of the fact that there were hints of blue in it. Yep, Seo-jun couldn't dye his hair for this step in their plan and had been trying to show off that he was a dual wielder without being overly obvious.

Seo-jun put the dirty dishes into the sink. He then went over to the water spigot and filled up the bucket beside. "When is his estimated arrival?" Seo-jun asked as he handed the fresh bucket of water to prince Lucas. It was still a strange sight for Seo-jun to see a prince washing dishes.

"Later tonight."

He nodded to show that he understood before heading back out to finish cleaning the tables. The owner of the tavern was a former knights captain, another reason why this place was chosen, and was currently escorting some drunk and unruly customers home.

Finally. This farce was coming to a close. He couldn't wait to see Mikyle again. They had been separated for a month and Seo-jun was itching to see him again.

They did keep in contact to keep each side updated about the progress but it was minimal at best. They had opted for minimal contact because crown Prince Nathaniel went slightly overboard in the beginning when contacting Lianna.

Seo-jun chuckled silently at the memory that thought brought to his mind.

When they were in the beginning stages of planning and Seo-jun was still trying to convince Mikyle that he would be fine on his own, Lianna dropped the bomb. She volunteered herself to go with Mikyle arguing that her power would come in handy and would increase the chances of pulling the rescue off successfully.

He had thought that Mikyle was being stubborn until this happened. Nathaniel had made Mikyle look like an adorable puppy compared to how he behaved. Nathaniel had tried everything he could think of to stop Lianna from going.

In the end, Lianna got what she wanted. As well as Seo-jun. Mikyle had stopped trying to convince him after witnessing that fiasco.

With a small smile, Seo-jun finished clearing the tables before setting off to clean them. The owner eventually came back and helped him finish cleaning the front of the store before seeing if Lucas needed any help.

Lucas was rubbing his shoulder as the two of them walked back to the inn they were staying in. The moon was high in the sky and the street lamps were on, lighting their way. "I will take sword practice over that any day." Lucas found out the hard way that manual labor could be more stressful on the body than one would have thought.

Seo-jun let out a chuckle. "At least you're still young." Seo-jun had worked as a server and dishwasher in his old life while going through high school and college, so he could sympathize with Lucas.