First Subordinate - II
As the wind blew the hood of the person's head it revealed the person's face.
She is a young elf about my age, maybe 11 years old with blonde hair, smooth white skin, emerald eyes and most importantly she knows how to wield a sword.
Finally, I've found it, the perfect elf.
"Nice to meet you, what should I call you"
"Thanks for saving me the trouble of finding you" she said "Call me whatever you want It's doesn't matter, since you're going to die anyway." she said.
"Ahhhh! Scary"
She leaned back sightly and lunged at me with incredible speed our sword clashes at incredible speed spark's flying at each strike.
After an intense exchange of blows, she jumped back.
"I never imagined that a child like you could be this strong," she said.
"Excuse me, we are both children"
She bent down again to attack.
Okay, This is not going as I imagined, what kind of event is this?
Is this the kind of event where the heroine needs the protagonist's help and I heroically save her and then she swears eternal loyalty to me and becomes my elf sidekick?
Or....
She was hired by someone to kill me event.
Or...
She wanted to kill me for some personal backstory reason event.
Which one is it?
While I was busy having my sword fight with the elf, my carriage had peacefully arrived at the grand gates of Pendragon mansion.
"Ahhh! What a long day.... the young master didn't buy anything." Rine sighed as she stretched her back with a groan.
She casually opened the door to announce our arrival "Young master we have arrived at the--" she froze, her eyes widened in shock.
"The mansion....." she whispered in horror as her eyes twitching.
.....
"Huh...."
She slowly closed the door.
Then reopen it again "Young master we are at home----"
"..."
From the stairs another maid peeked down "What happened".
"I think.... we dropped the young master somewhere along the way" Rine muttered as her soul vibrated.
"HUHHH?! What! Is the toy that you dropped on the way" the other maid shouted in disbelief.
"This is it….." Rine clutching her chest "Thanks for everything everyone, My time has come Bury me next to the laundry line, I liked the breeze there".
"Oi! Don't give up already, let's go find the young master, I'll help." another maid said.
Rine nodded, they both ran to find me.
On this side, I am still dealing with this elegant barbaric elf which keeps attacking me. It looks like I have to get serious.
"Poor thing" I said while dodging a slash, "You don't even realize you're being manipulated."
She stopped "What do you mean".
I smirked, "They send you to kill me, right and they probably promise to offer you something in return, I hate to break it to you but they're are not giving you anything."
"You're wrong, they will give me the reward as long as I can bring back your head, How about we make a deal." the elf said
"Deal, I like it, say what you want."
"You give me your head and you can keep the rest of your body I don't need it." the elf said with a straight face.
... Silence.
My eyes narrowed as my tiny brain cells processed what she just said.
Huh! Does this elf have some screws loose?
"You said you liked the deal so I can take your head right?" she asked with a total straight face.
"Wait"
"Why wait, I think I give you a fairoffer," the elf said.
"Fair my ass, you are the only one who think that fairs"
"If you want my head come and get it"
"You're strong, sharp I admit it... you're worthy of your bounty" the elf said.
"Huh! Bounty?" I blinked. Wait, what bounty?.
The elf eyes narrowed as she gave me the puzzle look.
"Ahh! Bounty, of course, I totally know that yes... Yes yes." I pretend like I know it, staying calm from the outside, keeping a poker face.
Meanwhile in my head I was screaming "WHAT BOUNTYYYYY", who put a bounty on my head, unforgivable.
That explains why she won't leave. I'm a walking gold bar to her, If she actually kills me, she definitely receives the bounty.
"I gave you double whatever they offered" I raised my hand forward for her to grab.
"Who? You? Your family's broke, "the elf said.
The elf word hurt more than a pierce arrow on the heart.
"Don't underestimate my family's potential wealth"
"So, you are saying.... you can pay me 1 million, "the elf said.
"Wha- wha- what? 1 million UNI" this is equivalent to the annual tax of an entire province, who put this much bounty on my head.
The elf narrowed her eyes and gave me a suspicious look.
I forced a grin, sweet pouring down my face.
"Hah! Just 1 million I wipe my nose with 1 million".
"You wipe your nose with 1 million coins? Wouldn't that hurt like scratching so many coins to your face" she asked tilted her head with a puzzled look.
"Huh! She maybe a airhead or has no sense of humor, sarcasm"
My hand is still in the air. She walked toward me and grabbed my hand.
"Nice to meet you, I'm in your care now." elf said
"Huh! What just happened?"
"Now name me," the elf said.
"Name you why? Don't you have a name."
"I want to start anew," the elf said.
"Hmmm.... how about Aurora"
"Aurora that a good name"
Aurora nodded, then raised her hand as if she wanted something.
"What"
"Money," Aurora asked.
What should I do? I don't have any money, so I inserted my hands into my pocket and pulled out three gold coins in which she took two of them without hesitation and walked away.
"Huh!" Why does she take only two coin's when she asks for 1 million don't tell me she doesn't know math. I decided to pretend that I pay her in full.
But what Arthur didn't know was that she meant 1 million elf coins, not humans, human coins are way more valuable than elf coins.
So,
1 gold UNI coin (UNI is this human currency) = 500,000 elf coins.
2 gold UNI coins = 1 million elf coins.
That means the bounty on Arthur's head is only 2 UNI gold coins which was not even enough to buy a horse in this world.