Jobless Reincarnation: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events

As soon as James brought up the topic, Mrs. James put down her knife and fork and left the dining room. Hilda also silently pulled Alice, who hadn't finished eating, away. In a short while, only James and Rudeus remained in the room.

"Yes, the murder weapon was given to us by Bishop Milis in the city of Grip."

Rudius said, "But as you know, that bishop had already committed suicide when the city fell. The fire burned for three days and three nights, and the church in Milis was reduced to ashes. He probably didn't want to leave any grounds for criticism that might affect the Holy Kingdom of Milis."

“Since someone has taken the lead, I’ll also get involved. Albert’s death is most likely related to Darius. The person who’s eyeing that old turtle Darius must be no ordinary person.”

James tore off a piece of bread and handed it to Rudius. “But we can’t presume to know who that person is. Once the fire is lit, we’ll add fuel to the fire and make it burn even brighter.”

"Yes, Uncle."

James's words were veiled, but Rudius understood what James meant. After agreeing, he continued eating with his head down.

......

After breakfast, Rudius went to the Royal Academy of Asura, and on the way, he stopped at the Notos residence to pick up Noren.

After Norren went to class, Rudius went to a small alley in the Royal Academy. Many people who worked at the Royal Academy, such as cooks or teachers, lived in such places. There weren't many people there usually, and people only passed by during class breaks.

Rudius walked to a wooden gate and knocked a few times, a pre-arranged signal. When the knocking sound was repeated once short, three times long, and then once short again, the people inside would know that it was him.

"Here you are."

A middle-aged woman wearing an apron opened the wooden door and respectfully invited him inside.

"How has Robin been these past few days?"

Rudius casually found a chair to sit down, and took a heavy little bag out of his pocket, placed it on the table, and said, "This is this month's pay."

"Reporting to you, sir, that child is very well-behaved and doesn't cry much. He has also been weaned now."

The middle-aged woman took the bag, weighed it in her hand, and said, "Lord Rudeus, there's too much."

At that moment, a middle-aged man entered the room, first bowing to Rudius, and then standing with the woman.

"It's not much. You two can take what you can't use."

Rudius shook his head and pulled out a small bag from his pocket, smaller than the previous one. "We've got some work to do, Mr. Judd, Mr. Nakul."

"Whom does Lord Rudius want killed? Take care of it."

At this moment, the middle-aged woman's voice changed, becoming a deep male voice.

......

The following day, the entire family of the lower-ranking Inspector General, Machim Buren, was brutally murdered, including more than a dozen of his household servants.

Panic gripped the government and the public alike.

The whispers of the ministers in the court were all heard and heard in the East Palace of Gravel, where the servants vividly imitated them:

"See? This is what happens when you cause trouble for Darius. Once you get involved, you're finished."

"Anyone who dares to displease Lord Darius will have their whole family wiped out."

"But if that's the case, what Machino said might be true. He must have found out something."

"Do you still want to live? Don't talk nonsense!"

Then, a subtle expression appeared on Gravel's face.

Chapter 290: Rudy, you love me, right? (Part Two)

Jobless Reincarnation Fanfic: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events [Chapter 290] Rudy, You Love Me, Right? (Part Two)

Chapter 290: Rudy, you love me, right? (Part Two)

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Rudeus walked into a tavern, a property he had acquired in the name of Luo Qixi after returning to the capital. On the surface, the tavern belonged to a demon girl, but in reality, he was the real owner behind the scenes.

Actually, Luo Qixi refused when she first took over the tavern, but Rudeus kept her there in a somewhat rogue-like way. She had also agreed to attend Rudeus's wedding a few months later, but because she had severed her teacher-student relationship with Rudeus, she moved out to avoid causing him any trouble.

Luo Qixi seems to have adapted to the comfortable life of a boss over the past month or so.

As usual, I took a walk around the store after getting up, but I happened to hear the store manager chatting with the employees while keeping accounts.

"Oh my, I never would have guessed that the little girl who got hit with a bottle here was actually a demon. And I never would have guessed that she would become the owner of this place in less than half a year."

"Huh? Are all demons this rich?"

The new waiter was shocked, scratching his head and saying, "I heard that demons live in the godforsaken Demon Continent, where monsters are everywhere. How can there be demons this rich?"

"After all, there are so many wealthy people in the capital. Who knows what kind of quirks that nobleman might have? What if he's someone..."

"Ahem, are you guys going to talk bad about the boss like that?"

Luo Qixi walked out from backstage, hands on her hips, and coughed twice with a stern face, saying, "You guys will have three days' wages deducted this month."

At that moment, Rudius stepped into the tavern and asked the people at the front desk, "Are you even doing business anymore? Don't you know how to greet customers?"

"Oh? Rudy, what brings you here?"

Luo Qixi looked in the direction of the voice and saw it was Rudeus. She was somewhat surprised.

"I've come to see how well Miss Luo Qixi is doing as a boss."

Rudius squinted his eyes playfully as he spoke.

"I was just talked about badly by an employee."

Luo Qixi smiled bitterly, "Fortunately, the business has stabilized and we're not losing money."

"I'm going upstairs to wait for someone. Do you have a private room?"

"Come with me."

Because the other party was Rudeus, Luo Qixi didn't want her employees to do even pouring water for her; she insisted on personally arranging everything before she felt at ease.

When the employees saw Luo Qixi talking familiarly with Rudeus, and considering Rudeus's aristocratic attire, especially the lion crest of the Boreas family on his chest, they couldn't help but start thinking about the unfinished sentence the store manager had said.

"Could the boss really be some high-ranking nobleman...?"

"Cough cough."

With a soft cough, the employees' conversation abruptly stopped again. Luo Qixi said expressionlessly, "Why don't you guys work for free for a month? Anyway, I'll provide food and lodging, and as for wages..."

"Boss, we were wrong, boss..."

......

Half an hour later, a girl with long, flowing hair stepped into the tavern. Her steps were unsteady, and her thin, oval face was flushed with a thick, drunken blush. Her eyes were half-closed, as if she were about to fall asleep at any moment. She was carrying a large bottle of wine, as if she had been drinking all the way here. Accompanying her was the strong smell of alcohol that hit the nose as soon as she stepped into the room.

Now that it's autumn, the weather in the capital is not very stable, sometimes windy and sometimes sunny. Her clothing is as casual as the weather in the capital. She is wearing a simple black coarse cloth shirt on her upper body and wide-legged training pants that are very convenient for movement at the Water God Dojo on her lower body.

Why is she here?

The shop manager felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the person in front of him. This girl was none other than Izoruti Ekel, the Water God King-level swordswoman from Luo Qixi, who had previously caused a drunken disturbance and brutally beat up Luo Qixi with a bottle when she wasn't yet the owner of this shop.

"The person waiting for you is upstairs. Go up with him."

Luo Qixi casually instructed an employee to lead Izoruti upstairs.

But the shopkeeper couldn't help but ponder again the relationship between the man wearing the Boreas family crest, Luo Qixi, and the Water God Flow King-level swordsman before him.

......

"Hehe, I heard someone's buying me drinks. I wonder who it could be..."

Izuru, carrying a bottle of wine, staggered up to the second floor. When she saw Rudeus, she forced a sheepish smile and stammered, "I heard you went back to the capital a long time ago. Why did you only think of looking for me now?"

Do you really want me to contact you?

Rudius laughed and said, "I remember Miss Izoruti really disliked me."

"Hey, Rudeus, tell me, what would have happened if you hadn't used the antidote on me that day?"

"Hehe, the two of us will be labeled as having murdered our elder brother out of love, and then we'll go down to the underworld to keep him company."

Listening to Izuru's drunken ramblings, Rudeus handed Izuru a small ice cube, saying, "Put this in your drink, it'll taste better."

"You're talking nonsense."

Izuru threw the ice cubes on the ground. "If you called me here just to talk to me about this, I'm going to find somewhere else to drink right now."

After saying that, Isoru used the wine bottle to prop herself up on the table, stood up, and prepared to leave.

"You don't intend to let your elder brother die in vain, do you?"

Rudius said, “I know who plotted against us. Albert, no, my elder brother, died. It wasn’t Robert Notos Greirat’s men who did it.”

Do you have any evidence?

Izuru opened her half-closed eyes and asked resentfully, "Are you trying to deceive me? Rob has been trying to harm us ever since. Have you lost your mind being a hostage, Rudeus?"

"Rob cannot fight a war in which he is certain to die."

Rudius said calmly, "You know it very well yourself, so stop deceiving yourself."

"Albert was killed by Robert Nottos Greirat! Yes, he was!"

Izoruti yelled at Rudeus, as if trying to convince him of her convictions with her loud voice.

"Now that Rob Notos Grellat is dead and you've avenged yourself, why are you still like this?"

Rudius, intending to expose Izuru's self-deception, pressed her, "Because you also feel that your brother's death was suspicious, and you refuse to believe that your brother would be killed so inexplicably by someone who was strategically at a disadvantage, you..."

"Stop talking!"

In an instant, tears blurred Izuru's drunken, red eyes. She had been numbing herself with alcohol, trying to suppress the thoughts that might hold clues to the truth. After her outburst, her voice held a pleading grayness: "You...you shouldn't say anything more..."

"Will tears bring Albert back to life? You spend your days drinking and living like a ghost, will that bring the real culprit to justice?"

Rudius rebuked.

“My master said the same thing to me, so why should I listen to you?”

After saying this, Izoruti broke down in tears again.

"Okay, I'll give you a reason now."

Having said that, Rudeus stood up and walked toward Izuruti's seat.

"You...you want to do...uh? Uh!"

Before she could finish speaking, Izoruti's lips were sealed by the other's tongue. She tried to raise the bottle to defend herself, but her hands were too weak. Her stiff body slowly went limp, and finally her already confused mind went completely blank.

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Chapter 291: Rudy, you love me, right? (Part 3)

Jobless Reincarnation Fanfic: Live Seriously Even Without Transfer Events [Chapter 291] Rudy, You Love Me, Right? (Part 3)

Chapter 291: Rudy, you love me, right? (Part 3)

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"call......"

Rudeus released Izuru's hand as he felt her body gradually soften and her hands cease resisting. He then removed his lips from Izuru's, leaving a trail of saliva on her pale lips.

"asshole!"

It was only then that Izuru slowly recovered. After drinking for several days, she was mostly sober. She punched Rudeus and sent him flying, knocking over a bunch of tables and chairs with a bang.

"You bastard!"

"Izoruti cursed."

"You didn't instinctively reject me, which means you still trust me."

Rudius wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, clutched his abdomen with one hand and supported himself with the other on the ground, and slowly stood up. "You also want to know the truth, you also want to avenge your brother, and you also want your brother to rest in peace, right?"

"Can't you say anything useful? You perverted lecher!"

Fueled by the remaining alcohol, Izuru continued cursing, "How could Alice fall for a bastard like you, a man without any morals!"

"Are you talking about ethics in Asura?"

Rudeus walked up to Izuru once more with a gloomy face. "Izuru, you grew up in the royal capital of Ars. You should know better than me how worthless morals are!"

"Izuru, do you even have any principles?"

"I...I...How did I lack integrity?"

Although Isorti was tough in words, her body began to involuntarily retreat, while Rudeus began to move forward.

"Is spending your days in a daze and drunken stupor the code of conduct for the Water God School?"