Chapter 71: Betrayal and Separation?

At least it was not something that the current Rudeus could change.

When Eris said those words, Rudeus quickly used earth element magic to form an earth barrier to isolate the room, and pulled Eris to jump out of the window.

Although Rudeus's physical fitness was not very good, he was very proficient in magic. When he landed, he slightly changed the flow of air so that he was not injured at all, and then he grabbed Eris and ran forward.

Rudeus's eyes quickly swept around, and he locked his eyes on the stable not far away.

There were noisy footsteps coming from behind, and Rudeus quickly grabbed Eris's arm and ran all the way, running forward.

Fortunately, Rudeus ran in time, so he didn't let the other party see him, and it was this moment that successfully delayed a little time, allowing Rudeus to successfully sneak to the stable.

Rudeus skillfully led the horse out, and fortunately the horse was docile and didn't resist much, otherwise Rudeus's second-rate riding skills would have been thrown off by the other party long ago.

Eris had obviously been much more honest along the way. Rudeus got on the horse and said, "Can you get on?"

Eris nodded. Although she had suffered a lot of injuries before, she had now recovered seventy to eighty percent.

This was a carriage. When Eris sat in the back seat of the carriage, Rudeus began to drive the carriage slowly forward.

In this way, Rudeus began to rush towards the road he came from.

The moon was bright and the stars were few, and the night was a quiet night.

A figure turned into an afterimage and closely followed not far from the carriage where Rudeus was.

This place was not far from the Greyrat family's location, only an hour's journey away.

When he saw the familiar streets and the palace at the very top in the distance, Rudeus subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief. Entering the city was equivalent to having one foot in the safe zone.

A smile slowly appeared on his face. He stopped the carriage by the side of the road, and Rudeus got off the horse and said to Eris in the back of the carriage, "Get down."

Sitting in the back of the carriage, Eris poked her head out and asked strangely, "Why don't we just take the carriage in?"

Rudeus explained, "Taking the carriage is too conspicuous and will easily attract the other party's attention. Moreover, the fact that they were able to kidnap us from home clearly means there's an inside traitor."

Eris thought for a moment and got out of the carriage, looking around. The quiet streets were deserted.

Rudeus was about to say something when he was interrupted by a voice.

"You two, the head of the family has been looking for you so hard."

Rudeus was instinctively startled and looked in the direction of the voice. He saw a young butler carrying a lantern and squinting his eyes.

He had a buzz cut, and the butler's features were peaceful, giving a sense of inexplicable closeness. Plus, he was the family's butler, so Rudeus subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and walked towards him. Rudeus said to the butler, "Butler, do you know what's going on?"

The butler fell into thought, thought for a moment, and said to Rudeus, "What's going on? Well, it should be like this."

Rudeus felt that something was wrong. The meaning in the other party's words was very strange.

Plus, why was he able to appear in front of him as soon as he showed up, as if he had been waiting for a long time?

Rudeus's pupils suddenly contracted. He was about to say something when a figure rushed to Eris's side from behind, directly covering Eris's mouth with his hand and easily carrying her on his shoulder.

Rudeus's mouth twitched. He had indeed been sold out by his own family. Looking at the usually amiable head butler in front of him, Rudeus couldn't help but ask, "Why are you doing this?"

The head butler smiled, "Why, why are you doing this?"

The butler's eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at Eris behind him with a pair of resentful and fierce eyes.

He murmured, "Why, why are you doing this?" As if asking himself, and as if asking Rudeus.

After repeating it once, he said to Rudeus with a blank expression, "I'm sure you can see it too. This little brat Eris has given me a lot of trouble. Now, it's time for her to learn a lesson."

Rudeus appeared calm on the surface, but his heart was already panicking. Rudeus looked behind him and saw Eris's panicked expression. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

He didn't know how many people this guy had offended, that even the head butler had such a big grudge against her, colluding with outsiders to make the fake kidnapping real.

The butler took a few steps forward with the lantern, and said with a playful expression, "What, are you going to help this guy? Oh, I heard that this guy used to beat you up every day at the beginning. Have you forgotten? Why don't we just leave it at that? I'm not an unreasonable person. How about this, I'll give you thirty gold coins. What do you think?"

Rudeus began to mobilize the magic power in his body, gathering it in his right arm, looked at the middle-aged butler, and asked, "Can thirty gold coins send three people to magic university?"

Hearing this, Eris's body trembled, and tears were already welling up in her eyes. A strong sense of regret and helplessness surged into her heart.

What was this? Being abandoned by everyone?

The butler was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then laughed, laughing very wildly. His expression was smug, and he cast his gaze on Eris's terrified expression. He continued to shout loudly, "Don't say three people, even ten people would be more than enough. So, what's your choice?"

Rudeus showed a pleasant smile, that smile was almost like saying "happy cooperation."

The butler laughed loudly, but before he could open his mouth to continue speaking, taking advantage of a gap when the two were relaxed, Rudeus suddenly attacked.

Magic power gathered, and the ground where the kidnapper was standing began to melt, and an earth wall rose out of thin air.

Because of Rudeus's words, the two had relaxed their vigilance. They never expected that the other party would still attack like this.

Caught off guard, the figure staggered, and Eris's eyes suddenly lit up, and she bit down hard on the other party's hand.

The kidnapper felt the pain and subconsciously let go of his hand. Eris quickly ran towards Rudeus.

The kidnapper and the butler both had gloomy faces.

Especially the butler, whose expression could be described as ferocious at this time.

He said, "Good kid, you dare to play me. I really don't understand, why save this kind of person?"

Without giving Rudeus a chance to escape, he walked towards Rudeus.

At the same time, five people walked forward from the shadows.

Each of them was holding a long sword, a real weapon, that shone with a deep cold light under the moonlight.

Rudeus swallowed and began to quickly consider his escape route, while also secretly complaining.

If he had known this would happen, he would have had his older brother escort him. Why was he putting up with this crap?