16 A seamless plan

(Irma) Excuse me gentlemen, there has been an incident and i need your help.

(Leonora) Damn it Irma, can you hurry up, it hurts me!

(Irma) excuse me young master, I'm talking to the gentlemen.

Irma was talking to two men who had come out of the house where they had Johan, her monotonous tone did not convey well a sense of haste, so I had to dislocate my own arm to give credibility to the story.

~~Your plans are always so extreme Leonora.~~

I think I heard an insect in my ear, I think I should create the insecticides in this world.

(Irma) my young master has suffered an accident, and I cannot transport him alone to the mansion.

(Bully) Mansion, what mansion?

(Irma) Count Lazaruz's mansion, my young master is his only son.

(Leonora) Shit, it hurts, can you hurry!!

The men looked at each other and smiled.

(Bully) With pleasure my lady but.... If we transport him in that state, we would only cause him more pain.

(Bully2) yes, it would be dangerous, if we had a stretcher or something.

(Irma) hmm then you guys would be so kind as to go get one, while I....

(Leonora) damn it Irma, go yourself to the mansion at once!!!!!

(Irma) as you command young master, gentlemen if you would be so kind as to keep him company I mean....

(Leonora) IRMA!!!!

(Irma) excuse me.

She with a quick but extremely elegant step, walked away from the place while the men couldn't hide their smiles.

(Bully2) Hey kid, that's a pretty weird maid you got there.

(Leonora) Tsk, she's an idiot, I don't know why my father doesn't fire her.

(Bully) hey kid she said Lazaruz? That Count Lazaruz? The one of the coffee and the books?

(Leonora) Yeah shit, he'll give you whatever you want when he comes back to the mansion.

This pair of idiots are not even able to hide their smiles, their plans can be read in their faces, I have yet to verify that they really kidnapped Johan, but their faces give them away.

At that moment one of them put his hand in his shirt, and took out a whisker.

(Bully) Hey kid, you want a drink? that will calm your pain a little.

The man brought a whiskey close to my face, and the smell hit my nose, shit the asshole has good taste, it's not a cheap piece of junk.

Shit shit shit shit, just one drink, yeah just one drink, my arm hurts a lot and if I refuse it they might get suspicious, it's not like I want to drink or anything.

With my good arm I snatched the whiskey bottle from him and drank the contents in one gulp, to which both men burst out laughing.

(Bully2) Hey Butch the boy can drink.

Shit, that wasn't my best idea....

The whiskey has 40% of alcohol, and I weigh 25 kilos, the wiskey bottle was more or less at 3/4 with a capacity of 200 milliliters which would be....

My blood alcohol content would be thisssss 25 * 0.7 would give us....

I can do this... this... I'm not dunk....

both men kept laughing or something, but I don't see the joke.

(Bully2) Come on boy, you're coming with us.

(Leonora) wOn'T yOu wAiT fOr mY mAiD?

(Bully) Don't worry, we'll let her know where you are.

One took off his shirt and improvised... the thing that is used to carry people, they took me up and loaded me up.

I.... thissss... I had to do something but I don't quite remember what.

~~Leonora you have a problem with alcohol.~~

LIES!!!!!!

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I woke up, and I didn't recognize the room I was in, even though my head hurt, I forced myself to think as hard as I could to understand the situation.

I remember... Johan's rescue, I had to have them take me inside the house, check the situation and warn Irma if I wasn't able to take care of it alone.

But those bastards forced me with threats to drink to keep me docile, maybe I underestimated them and they are smarter than I thought.

Worst of all, if I didn't give the signal to Irma, she would interpret it as if I didn't need her help, and right now she must be at the mansion receiving the new servants, so I can't count on her.

A difficult event, well I think I can still do it, but I must hurry to gather information.

I looked at my arm, and it was bandaged, I seem to remember that at some point during the night, they called a doctor or butcher to put my arm back in place, it was lucky that they didn't change my clothes, so my identity was not in doubt.

When I was about to get up, someone entered the room, this was the same man who was with Johan yesterday, although the others look like thugs, this man seems much more refined, he could easily pass for the assistant of a noble house, it was obvious that he must have used that for the kidnapping of Johan.

(Servant) I see that young Lazaruz has already woken up, how is he?

(Leonora) better, but my arm still hurts, where am I?

(Servant) don't worry about it young man, a letter has already been sent to your father, it shouldn't take long to arrive for you.

(Leonora) my father is not in town, where is the useless servant that was with me last night?

(Servant) oh yes that woman, I suppose she was also warned but.... She didn't seem particularly qualified, so we prefer to have you with us while your father is back in town.

(Leonora) Fine.

(Servant) Come with us, breakfast is ready, you can get up by yourself.

(Leonora) No problem.

I followed him out of the room to a small dining room, and sitting at the table was Johan.

(Servant) Young Johansen, this is young Lazaruz, due to certain circumstances he will have to stay with us for a while.

Johan greeted me shyly, and I sat down next to him at the table.

(Johan) this... I am Johan and you?

(Leonora) Leon.

(Johan) This... You were the boy from yesterday at the Quarel Tower?

(Leonora) Yes, I also remember seeing you yesterday.

(Johan) And.... ah, why do you have a snake on your face?

I touched my face and answered him.

(Leonora) This? It is the mark of my family, where do I come from this mark says that I am from the Lazaruz family.

(Johan) Oh and where do you come from?

(Leonora) from a country called Tarrazzca, it's very far from here, it was a couple months of journey.

His face lit up, and little by little he looked more relaxed as our conversation progressed, in a short time the servant began to bring food, the breakfast was not bad, it was an acceptable buffet, it seems that they cared that we were comfortable.

If we returned without a scratch there is a chance that our parents would let it pass, and not pursue the culprits, but if they mistreat us they would invoke the wrath of a nobleman and pursue them by sky, sea and land.

This man is smart, this could be a problem.

While we were eating, at a larger table the men were also preparing to eat their respective breakfasts, while they were eating they were conversing but they didn't speak English but French.

In this world there are as many languages as the game was translated into, it is a pity that the game was in fact very popular, and was translated into 10 languages, obviously I had time to learn them all so I could follow their conversation.

(Bully1) ha I still can't believe how lucky we've been, look how we found another rich kid on a silver platter.

(Bully2) and for all the work you had to do Butch.

One of the thugs tapped the assistant who seemed to be called Butch on the shoulder, he didn't look too happy.

(Butch) Anyway, without me this plan would fail, and anyway, the marquis will pay much more for his son than a simple count.

(Matón1) hahaha don't bother Butch, we achieved in one night what you did in 5 months, it's nothing to feel bad about.

(Butch) Silence brutes, a stroke of luck is nothing to praise.

(Matón3) Hahaha calm down Butch, it's nothing to get angry about, that extra money won't hurt us.

(Matón2) Yes, from what I have investigated, this Count Lazaruz is swimming in money, and the best thing is that he still doesn't have much time in the kingdom, and he only has his precious son, so we can even ask him for his shoes if he wants to get him back.

(Butch) Don't be idiots, if we make him too angry, he will use all the money he has left to find us, it is the same as with the Marquis, let it be a quick and clean kidnapping, the nobles forget quickly what they find annoying, but they never forget an offense.

(Bully3) Well, you're in charge Butch, anyway, between the two of them we'll make a fortune, there's no need to be so greedy either.

(Bully2) it seems that our dream of retiring on a small island is not so impossible now either, eh?

(Bully4) that would be the life man, sun, beach, sand, a beautiful native on each arm to be able to...

I'll stop translating from here, they didn't say anything important anymore.

Well that confirms it, my assumptions were correct, and Johan was kidnapped, now I must analyze everything to plan an escape.

There are 5 men in the room, 4 ruffians and Butch, who is still a grown man so I should not underestimate him either, there is only one door and the windows are closed with bars, besides I can not trust that these are the only ones involved, maybe there are more people in the gang, well I got rid of worse.

Irma will be busy all day, but if I don't come back at night she will think that something went wrong and she will come for me, so in the worst case I just have to wait, besides I thought I would be able to escape if I am alone but, Johan would be a burden, my plan was only to find out if he was really kidnapped, and then think if I should rescue him, for now I haven't been able to think of a good reason to help him.

For now I will continue to wait, and consider what to do.

After breakfast, Butch cleared the table and asked us if we wanted to take a bath, well here we have a problem.

He led us to a small bathroom, and putting his thumb and forefinger together he heated a tub of water, so he can do magic too, this just gets more complicated.

(Leonora) I can bathe by myself, I don't need help.

(Butch) Are you sure young Lazaruz? You can't move your arm well.

(Leonora) I'm fine, I'm not weak enough to need help.

(Johan) Then I don't need help either.

Johan seemed very excited, but I don't know why.

(Butch) I would be a lot calmer if they at least went into the bathroom together.

(Johan) Yeah, that's right, isn't it Leon?

Don't declare things on your own, you idiot.

(Leonora) It's okay.

He came out of the bathroom, and I started to undress, if it's only Johan I can fool him.

I soaped up as fast as I could, while trying to always turn my back to Johan.

(Johan) Are you okay Leon? You look upset.

(Leonora) My arm hurts.

(Johan) Do you want me to help you bathe?

(Leonora) No, finish at once.

(Johan) Okay...

Johan seemed depressed, I know that in his childhood he didn't have many friends, but for now I don't care about that, I have to hide my identity.

I finished bathing, and covered myself with a towel, Butch came back with clothes.

(Butch) young Lazaruz, your clothes are still being washed, wear this for the moment.

When he came out again I got dressed, it seems to be Johan's clothes, we have the same age and height so his clothes fit me, Johan finally finished bathing, and he almost discovered me but I was faster.

When we were dressed again we left the bathroom, well, I have finished the bath event, from now on it should be easier.

At that moment I heard the door of the house burst open and someone called Butch loudly.

(Bully2) Butch, come quick, the damn answer from the Marquis has arrived.

It seems that more problems are coming.