Chương 67: The Kidnapped Country Boy

"Alright, I'll let you off this time since you showed me your cute expression."

You must come home at least once every three days from now on. You are not allowed to only come to see your sister when you have a mission or need something.

"This is your home, and your sister is your only family now. You only come to me when you need something. Do you think this is a brothel?"

That's right. Although Lacia is beautiful and has a hot figure, she appears to outsiders as a dignified and elegant noble lady.

But ever since the massacre of her family, she is no longer the obedient girl she used to be.

Previously, during the "Night Raid" assassination and massacre of the Chiyang family's officials, Lacia, who was clearly just an ordinary person, displayed a ferocity and ruthlessness in wielding her sword, which greatly shocked the Night Raid members.

"Due to the recent series of assassinations by Night Raid, the corrupt officials of the Empire have gone into hiding and have dispatched a large number of guards to protect themselves, so I haven't been able to gather any useful intelligence."

But recently I learned about a wealthy family in the capital, and the three of them are all devils in human skin.

Especially the wealthy businessman's daughter, Arya, who is said to have an extremely wicked and perverted personality.

She would use her cute appearance and the pretense of being a kind person to lure country folk who came to the capital to make a living to her home, and then torture them to death using various cruel methods.

While drinking her black tea, Lacia handed Yang Cheng all the information about the evil deeds committed by the wealthy family and related materials.

When Yang Cheng saw Arya, the daughter of the wealthy family, who was also the eldest daughter with the worst personality that Lacia had just mentioned, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

"What's wrong? Are you surprised that such a sweet and cute girl is actually a psychopathic killer? Or is this rich heiress your type?"

"This shouldn't be happening! Arya isn't as pretty as me, she has no curves, no butt, where did I lose out?"

Seeing Yang Cheng's stunned expression, Lacia couldn't help but tease him again.

"Sister Lacia, stop fooling around. The reason I was stunned when I saw this Arya is because I happened to run into her today."

And just now, she brought a village boy home.

As for that boy, he has a bit of a history with me, because Leone and I just swindled him out of all his money today.

Upon hearing Yang Cheng's words, Sayo and Ieyas, who were standing on either side of Lacia, also wore wry smiles.

Back when they first arrived in the capital, they were given a good lesson by Sister Leone.

If it weren't for their good luck that day, when they happened to run into Miss Lacia who was out on business, the two of them would probably have been sleeping on the streets.

No, if they're unlucky, they might end up like that unfortunate guy Young Master Yang Cheng just mentioned, getting tricked into going home by that kind of perverted killer.

They had just seen what Arya looked like, and Sayo and Ieyas thought that since they were naive and foolish when they first arrived in the capital, they would likely trust someone who offered them a helping hand when they were in trouble.

They also trusted Lady Lacia, who took them in, completely. Although she sometimes liked to play pranks, she was a truly kind person.

"Let me think... the village boy who was taken away, I think his name was Tatami, or Tarami..."

"Tatsumi—!"

"Yes, yes, that seems to be his name. Sayo, do you know him?"

Upon hearing Yang Cheng's words, Sayo and Iyeas exclaimed in surprise.

They then turned to Lacia and hurriedly said, "Miss Lacia, do you remember we told you before that we have a friend from our village who will also be coming to the capital? Could you please keep an eye out for them?"

"So, in other words, this boy named Tatsumi is the skilled companion you mentioned?"

After receiving affirmative answers from Sayo and Ieyas, Lacia and Yangcheng exchanged wry smiles, clearly not expecting things to turn out so coincidentally.

"Young Master Yangcheng, since Tatsumi was taken away by that perverted rich girl, it means he is in great danger now, right?"

"Let's hurry and save him! If we're too late, Tatsumi might be in danger!"

Upon learning that their childhood friend Tatsumi had been taken away by a family of perverted killers, Sayo and Ieyasu could no longer sit still.

"Don't worry, according to the information that Sister Lacia has collected, this family of murderers, although perverted and ruthless, are just ordinary people."

Moreover, your companion was just taken home by the other party, so it won't be so quick for them to make a move.

I'm going back to the raid's base right away. There are a lot of guys to kill this time, and to avoid any possibility of them escaping, I might need to call a few more people.

If you're interested, you can come over tonight.

The target, including servants and guards, numbered over fifty. To prevent any witnesses from escaping, Najendan prepared to deploy the entire Night Raid force.

Moreover, apart from Arya's family, who were the main targets, the servants and guards of this wealthy merchant were also not good people.

Poisoning, raping women, and aiding and abetting evil—while not as heinous as Arya's family, they were still a den of vipers.

As night fell, the other members of Night Raid, under Najenda's orders, met up with Yang Cheng and Leone in the slums of the Imperial Capital.

When Leone saw the young-looking Sayo and Ieyasu behind Yang Cheng, she was obviously stunned for a moment, but she quickly greeted them in a very casual manner.

"Hey, aren't these the boy and girl who bought me drinks before? What are you doing here?"

If you're here to ask me for the money I owe you, I'm sorry, I've already spent it all.

Yang Cheng said he had never seen anything like it before: someone had cheated people out of their money, and the victim was right in front of him, yet he could act so self-righteous.

"Don't worry, Sister Leone. We were fooled by you before because we were too ignorant."

Furthermore, if it weren't for Sister Leone, we wouldn't have met Miss Lacia and found such good jobs. We also wouldn't have known that the capital city wasn't as wonderful as we imagined.

So strictly speaking, we should actually thank you, Leone.

Hearing what Sayo and Ieyasu were saying, Leone stepped forward and tucked them under her armpits, feeling the pressure of a real face wash.

"You two are pretty savvy. If there's a chance next time, I'll definitely treat you to drinks."

Feeling the overwhelming pressure emanating from his side, Ieyasu blushed and said, "Let's skip the drinking. If Leone can help us rescue Tatsumi, that would be the best outcome."