As I stood in front of the house, I couldn't help taking a closer look at this place.
This place looked like the other houses in the area, but there was also something different about it.
The material, the decorations, and the other parts of the building looked different from that of the other houses. They seemed like…they were much more expensive than the other houses and they seemed much sturdier.
It was as if this building was specially made to withstand attacks.
I couldn't help being confused why a building like this was in a place like this, but I didn't question it too much.
I did what I could to see into the house to see what was there, but the blinds were completely pulled up and all the windows were closed. It was as if whoever lived here didn't want any interaction with the outside world.
Now that I was here, there was nothing else left for me to do but to knock on the door.
The safer and saner option was to leave this place since there was nothing that seemed like it was a good thing here. Almost everything seemed to point to this being a trap for me.
But I didn't know why it felt like there was something in here that was attracting me.
So in the end, I went up and knocked on the door.
After knocking a few times, the door opened and there was a butler dressed in a black suit that appeared in front of me.
When this butler saw me, he gave a slight bow before saying, "I've been waiting for you, Lord Zwein."
Then he moved out of the way and gestured forward before saying, "If you would follow me. The master is waiting for you in the reception room."
I looked past the butler at the interior of this house, but there wasn't anything special about this place.
This just looked like a simple manor with the decorations, but I could tell that the decorations were anything but simple. These were clearly expensive items that would only be used to decorate the houses of nobles.
I knew because I saw these everyday at Baroness Rose's manor.
But if that was the case, what would a noble be doing in this area of ill repute in this town?
Also, what did this noble plan on doing with me?
I looked at the butler, but he didn't look back at me at all. It was as if he was trying to avoid talking to me, so I couldn't ask him a single thing.
It didn't take long before we arrived at a pair of large doors.
The butler came forward to open them and when he did, there was a flash of light that came from inside.
This hallway was actually quite dim, much dimmer than the bright room in front of us. So with the difference in lighting, I wasn't actually able to see much of the interior of the room.
The butler just stood there with an inviting gesture and a smile on his face as he said, "The master is waiting for you inside."
I looked at him and tried to get some clues from his expression, but I wasn't able to see a single thing.
So I just gave a nod and walked in.
When I came in and my eyes adjusted to the light, I was surprised to see who was waiting there for me.
This was a face that I could recognize slightly because I had seen it before.
It was one of the nobles that had been there when I had met the count for the first time. He was one of the nobles that had been sitting there eating with the count, laughing at me.
But this time, he didn't laugh at me.
He had a smile on his face as he looked at me and he gestured for me to sit down in front of him.
However, all I could feel in that moment was wariness.
The noble sitting there could see the tense look on my face, so he said with a smile, "I don't mean you any harm…or at least not yet. So why don't you sit down and let's have a talk?"
I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile when I heard this.
Who would say that they didn't have any intentions of harming him right now?
That was basically saying that there was the possibility that he would intend to harm him in the future.
But I could tell that this person didn't really have any hostility towards me. He might have said that, but it was more of a joke rather than an actual threat.
Since that was the case…I wanted to see just what this person wanted.
So I sat down in front of this person and took a sip of the tea that had been set.
Since it was there, there was no reason for me not to drink it.
When the noble saw this, he couldn't help saying with a smile, "You really have nerves of steel, don't you?"
I just looked at him with a smile without saying a thing.
To say that I had nerves of steel was wrong…it was more of I had already experienced many things and something at this level wasn't enough to faze me.
After a period of silence, the noble said, "I've been watching you for a while now and I can see that you're quite special, aren't you?"
I couldn't help revealing a confused look when he said this, but I didn't say anything as I waited for him to continue.
The noble didn't mind that I remained silent as he said, "I heard that you went to see the count today to ask him for some men to help you with something. I don't need to ask to know how that went."
I couldn't help knitting my brows this time.
It seemed that this person's information network was much more developed than I thought.
This was something that had just happened and he already knew about this…
So what did he want?