Supreme Magus novel Chapter 3635

Griffon Kingdom, Remana region, city of Lamonia, later that same day.

Frynn Aekis cursed and thanked the gods at the same time as she cut through the crowd of Lamonia's market day. On the one hand, all those people hindered her escape, but on the other hand, they were her best bet at saving her life.

"I'm sorry! Coming through! Please, move!" Her eyes darted back and forth, searching for a guard and checking how much distance she had gained or lost on her pursuers.

Sadly, there was no soldier, militia, or Constable in sight, and the men chasing after her were getting closer despite her best efforts. She was barely 1.61 meters (5'3") tall and looked like a scared cat, whereas her pursuers were bulky and had faces only a mother could love.

People made way for them, afraid to draw their enmity, and looked at her in annoyance for bumping into them. Some even tried to grab Frynn to stop her and reprimand her for her rudeness, which only cost her precious meters before she managed to slip away.

'Gods, why are you doing this to me?' Frynn wanted to cry, but a blurred vision was the last thing she could afford. 'I haven't done anything wrong to deserve this.'

To be fair, she was right. Her only crime was a questionable taste in boyfriends.

The last one, Alfas Rond, was as handsome as he was terrible at gambling.

'I should have dumped his sorry ass the first time he asked me for money to pay his debts.' Frynn griped. 'I knew he was bound to get himself into trouble one day, but I never expected that bastard would run away after putting me as collateral!'

Again, to be fair, Frynn had no way to know that just the previous day Alfas had a great hand at cards that he assumed couldn't lose. He had bet everything he had on it, even a few things that didn't belong to him.

When fate proved his assumption wrong, Alfas gave the loan shark every coin he had on himself and the address of the house he had used as collateral, offering them everything inside to cover for his debt.

Then, he had left Lamonia, changed his name, and disappeared.

Which had left Frynn in her current predicament. The men of the Mazark cartel didn't care Alfas didn't actually own the house. The moment she identified herself as his girlfriend, they demanded to be paid in full.

When it was clear that Frynn didn't have the money and her house wasn't worth enough to cover the debt, those men had decided that since she was inside the house, she was collateral as well.

A pretty girl like her could earn well on the streets or if sold to a noble.

Frynn had been grabbed and shoved in a stagecoach before she could understand what was happening. Fear paralyzed her body as much as confusion kept her mind blank. For a few minutes that had seemed to last hours, she had remained frozen in denial, trying to dismiss the events of that day like a bad dream.

Which had turned out to be a good thing.

Her captors had lowered their guard, and when a traffic jam caused by the market had forced the carriage to a halt, Frynn had managed to get out without anyone stopping her.

She didn't have a plan, nor did she know where she was.

'A guard! I just need a guard. An officer, a clerk, anyone with an amulet and can contact the authorities!'

Alas, luck seemed to have turned her back on Frynn. There was nothing but merchants and customers as far as the eye could see.

Lamonia's market was famous because almost anything could be found on its stalls, if one knew where to look.