Reincarnated as an Energy with a System

Chapter 1122: The Lordʼs Mansion

Ning walked up steep pathways and stairs to arrive in front of the main building in the fortress. The lordʼs mansion.

The mansion itself had rocky walls with a giant metal gate. The guards standing outside it quickly opened when they saw their leader return with the beast.

”Follow me, and donʼt move a single step out of line,” the girl said.

”Understood,” Ning said as he followed the girl.

Jenna immediately turned left, walking toward one of the corners of the mansion. The beastʼs living space was outside the main mansion, so Ning followed her there.

A massive wooden gate was opened to let the beast in, but the beast didnʼt go in at all. Instead, it remained around Ning outside, scaring everyone who believed it had gone wild.

”Do you have any idea why it likes your sword?” the girl asked.

”I sometimes cut fruits with this sword because itʼs sharp. I think thatʼs why,” Ning said.

The girl shook her head. ”Toss your sword inside so we can contain the beast for now,” she said.

Ning hesitated a bit.

”What? Do you think us Tales are a thieving bunch who will steal from you?” the woman asked.

”Oh, no, no,” Ning quickly said. ”Iʼll put in the sword.”

He tossed the sword into the dark room. It reached quite deep into the room, and the beast followed behind it.

”It will most likely calm down in a bit and fall asleep. We will let you know and you can take your sword back,” the girl said.

”Thank you, uhh… miss Jenna,” Ning said respectfully.

”Donʼt thank me,” Jenna said. ”We should be the ones thanking you. Thank you for coming with us.”

Ning nodded. ”Sorry for being a problem. I had no idea my sword would cause such reactions from the beast,” he said.

”Donʼt worry about it,” Jenna said. ”We will let you know when the beast goes to sleep so you can take your sword and leave. For now… you can stay in the mansion.”

”Thank you,” Ning said and followed the girl. The young lord ignored the two of them and went over to check on the beast first.

”Whatʼs your name?” the girl asked as Ning followed her.

”Ning,” he answered.

”Where are you from, Ning?” she asked.

”No idea,” he replied. ”I have missing memories, and Iʼm going around trying to see if I can reawaken them.”

The girl asked a few more questions, obviously trying to figure out about him, but Ning circled around the truth, never revealing that he was now a member of a gang. He was still not sure how the lord would react to such news.

The girl couldnʼt find any information about the sword from Ning and was forced to stop asking questions to make it any more obvious.

”You said you came to the city just a while ago, right? Then you must not have eaten anything yet,” the girl said.

”Actually, no,” Ning said. ”I was on my way to some restaurant when the beast found me. Iʼm famished right now.”

The girl smiled. ”Come, I will ask the servants to get you something to eat.”

Ning nodded and followed her into her home.

He was taken to a living room where the walls were covered with moving images that were certainly made up of light capture from the day when these pictures were taken.

There was an older man with a long mustache shaking hands with someone in a fake wig. The old man had features that were similar to the girl that had brought him in and the man that had tried to capture him.

ʼMust be their father,ʼ Ning thought. He looked around and judging by how the photo was next to a woman that was obviously the girlʼs mother, he guessed that the father was dead too.

He ate the food that was brought to him and waited. With nothing else to do, he simply sat around doing nothing.

A few minutes later, he heard multiple footsteps coming in his direction. He peeked a glance and saw that it was the young lord.

”You,” the young man shouted the moment he saw him. ”I want you to sell that sword to me.”

”I canʼt,” Ning said. ”Itʼs an important sword for me.”

”Iʼll give you whatever money you want,” the man said. ”Just let me have that sword.”

Ning frowned. ”You canʼt even pick it up. Whatʼs the point?” he asked.

”I want it for little Bong. He is very happy with the sword around him,” the man said.

Ning shook his head. ”I canʼt do that,” he said. ”I will take my sword and leave.”

”I will pay you any—”

”I donʼt need your money,” Ning said. ”I have no intention of selling it at all. You canʼt put a price on something of mine that I donʼt want to sell.”

The young man frowned. ”Donʼt even think about leaving this place then. Guards, make sure he never gets out,” he shouted in frustration and walked away.

The guards looked troubled as keeping Ning here without his consent when he hadnʼt done anything wrong was not something the guards were used to doing.

They were guards of this city and were under the young lord, but in the end, they were really just the guards of the Empire itself. No matter what their young lord wanted, if the Empireʼs law was against it, they couldnʼt do anything.

They thought for a bit and discussed something on their own before sending away one of the guards.

The guards returned with Jenna in their tow. ”He did what now?” the girl asked when she heard the arrangements her brother had prepared for Ning.

”You idiots! Shouldnʼt you have helped him?” the girl shouted at the guards.

The guards apologized immediately, so Jenna couldnʼt find a person to vent her anger on. In the end, she sighed.

”Iʼm so sorry about my brotherʼs actions,” she said. ”I will make it up to you somehow.”