A Highest Rank in Another World!

Chapter 257 - 256 - Drunkers.

As Ciaphia and the others approached, Emma began to tell them about Noah's disappearance. And while she was explaining everything, Lucio came out of there and joined the guards to set up the search party.

Emma looked at Lucio walking away having a huge desire to go along with him.

But after looking at Ciaphia extremely sad and also hearing Lisandra and Lari crying inside the house she decided not to move away and went inside the house together with everyone else.

Once everyone was inside the house a big discussion started about how Noah had disappeared, but no one came to a conclusion.

Ciaphia told Emma about how he "ran away" from dinner and seemed quite nervous. 

But she didn't take this information as a big deal since Noah was acting the same way when he got home.

And while they were talking among themselves, outside Lucio had already gathered together with a large number of people to start the search for Noah.

With the group assembled, the gate opened and they left the village. Not all of them, since the village would be in danger if it were "abandoned" with no one to defend it but Emma.

Besides that, other guards would stay in the village to search for Noah there and also to warn Lucio in case he showed up.

And so, the search began.

It would be a search that would take hours and would not be concluded since Noah would return sometime later as if nothing had happened to him.

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Isabell walked with Noah in her arms and approached the gate of the capital.

When she approached and tapped the gate with her foot, the guards inside were startled and began to move. They held their weapons and went into guard, after that they slowly opened the gate.

After they opened it and looked outside, they could see Isabell carrying Noah in her arms.

She was not covering her face, so the guards was seeing her real appearance.

And they could also see Noah's face.

"Hey, isn't that the kid who was fighting out here earlier? He looks like he's hurt." One of the guards looked at Noah unconscious in Isabell's arms and started talking to his companions.

After that, a discussion started between them, and that made Isabell quite impatient.

"Could you guys let me in? He's not dead or injured, he's just very tired."

"How can we be sure he won't do any damage to the capital? We saw what he did out here." The guard who looked older went forward and faced Isabell.

"He won't do anything, you can be sure. That woman was dangerous. He helped the capital."

"Hm... And who are you? I don't remember seeing you around town before."

"I am a student at the academy. The city is very big, surely you wouldn't remember me."

"..."

"Now excuse me, I am hungry and need to rest." Isabell stepped forward, causing the older guard to step back and put his hand on the hilt of his sword that was at his waist.

After that he looked seriously at Isabell, causing her to stop walking.

"I didn't let you in. Two children outside the capital at this hour and a child who can use magic at an advanced level. Is this kid really a kid?"

"Dude, are you married? I'm sure you're not and is because you're fucking annoying."

"I am married."

"I feel sorry for your wife.

"Are you trying to change the subject? I want you to tell me exactly what you were doing out there and who you are."

"Haaa~~ I will explain one more time and it will be the last. I am a student at the academy and I live in the capital, this boy here is the son of Emma, an adventurer you may know. We were defending the capital from that horned demon girl you saw earlier."

"Emma? That Emma?" The older guard asked as he looked at Noah.

"He looks like her." He said as he analyzed Noah's face.

"Boss, who is Emma?" But unlike the older guard, the younger guards didn't seem to know exactly who Noah's mother was, so the older guard had to explain it to them.

And during the whole explanation, Isabell stood there being threatened by the guards who were pointing their swords at her.

Everybody who passed by looked at this scene a little worried. Two children were being threatened by guards, this was not normal.

"Okay, now I have to go." But tired of listening to the guard's explanation, Isabell started walking again.

This time, she was stopped from walking by one of the younger guards.

"You're not going in, the boss already said." The guard said arrogantly as he brought his sword closer to Isabell's neck. He was looking at her with a smile on his face, seeming to be enjoying himself.

'The capital's guard seems to have gotten a lot worse. The level of the soldiers is very low.' Isabell thought as she looked at the man in front of her.

"Hey, you don't have to be so aggressive, just go get the guild master here to confirm what she said. After that, she can get in." The older guard approached and pushed his subordinate away.

"Okay, go get him, I'll wait here," Isabell said in a firm voice, showing herself to be quite irritated by that man's attitude.

Receiving Isabell's look, he turned away and clicked his tongue, walking away from her.

The older guard sent one of his subordinates to the adventurer's guild and he returned a short time later bringing a beautiful woman along with him.

"Who is she? I asked you to bring the guild master." The guard said irritated as he saw the woman and his subordinate walking together.

"The guild master sent her. He said she can release them both."

"Got it. Girl, do you know who those two are?"

"That girl I don't know, but that boy is Emma's son. He still has his register in our guild even though he is no longer working with us."

"Hmmm, I understand."

"But he wasn't supposed to be here. He go away some time ago and he was supposed to be in his mother's village. The guild master can't understand why he is here."

"But how does the guild master know that this boy is him?"

"The guild master was there watching everything." The woman pointed to the window that was on the second floor of the adventurers' guild that was close to the gate.

There, he could see the guild master waving to them.

"Ah, got it, thanks." After thanking the girl, the guild master turned to look at Isabell and Noah.

"You can come in, I'm sorry for the inconvenience. And tell the boy that he is very strong, he is certainly the strongest child I have ever seen."

"I'll tell him."

Isabell started walking as she continued to carry Noah. But as soon as she got a little farther away, the same girl who came from the adventurer's guild approached her.

"The guild master asked you to take Noah to the guild, he wants to know what happened."

"I have no reason to do that. But I will tell Noah that the guild master wants to see him when he wakes up."

"But..."

"Don't worry, I'm sure Noah will visit him."

"Okay, I'll talk to the guild master."

"..."

Saying this the woman walked away and went to the adventurer's guild. 

Isabell looked into the guild and noticed that it was quite full even though it was a bit late and they had just lost a war.

'Well, that's the biggest country in this world.'

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Isabell arrived at the inn where she was staying with Noah in her arms and soon began to be stared at by everyone there.

Including the owner of the inn.

"Why are you so late? And who is this?" she looked at Noah in Isabell's arms and looked worried.

"He is a friend. I went out to meet him but he ended up passing out."

"Then you should take him to the health center, maybe he's still suffering side effects from the last attack that happened."

"It's not that. He has some food problems, so his body is weak."

"His body doesn't look weak." The innkeeper looked at Noah and realized that he was quite muscular, but Isabell just moved on.

"I'll talk to you later. He will only be staying here for one day, you can put his hosting on my bill." Isabell walked up the stairs with ease even though she was holding Noah in her arms.

The innkeeper just sighed.

'I hope she knows what she's doing.' She walked over to the counter and then wrote about Noah's stay even though she didn't know his name.

Then she looked at the other guests who continued to stare at her.

"Forget about it. It has nothing to do with you guys." She shouted as she clapped her hands.

After she did that, a man who was sitting together with a group of drunks got up to say something for everyone to hear.

"I'm sure it's her boyfriend, she's just looking for a place to fuck, hahaha. Who would have thought she would make her boyfriend pretend to be passed out."

When he said that, everyone there started laughing.

'Bunch of drunk idiots.'