You Can't Catch the Wind (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 8
Thud!
The book, thrown with all her might, flew straight through the air and struck the fleeing man squarely on the back of his head with its corner. The man staggered and turned around. The moment their eyes met, Ael instinctively took a startled step backward.
It was because the man was glaring at her with icy coldness.
“So you’re one of those from the trading company!”
He muttered something incomprehensible, then spun around and charged straight at Ael. By now, a sharp dagger gleamed in one of his hands.
“……!”
Caught completely off guard, Ael froze in place, unable even to scream. She had sensed some danger, but never imagined she’d be attacked with a blade in broad daylight.
She couldn’t believe her eyes—the dagger in the charging man’s hand glinted under the sun. An assault like this, right here in the capital’s central square!
Bracing herself for the pain about to engulf her, Ael squeezed her eyes shut.
Thud!
At that instant, a dull thump echoed. Instead of the expected pain, Ael was enveloped by a gust of dust-laden wind and an unfamiliar warmth.
“……?”
Confused by this unexpected turn of events, Ael immediately opened her eyes. Something blocked her view. What was it?
Slowly, she lifted her head.
Her gaze met a pair of blue eyes. In that moment, Ael forgot all decorum and simply stared at him, dumbfounded.
He was a stranger to her. Black hair tinged faintly brown in the sunlight, thick and straight eyebrows, and beneath them, sparkling blue eyes.
Everything about him was strikingly handsome.
For a moment, Ael forgot the situation entirely and thought to herself—he was truly beautiful.
“Are you all right?”
A clear, low voice resonated near her ear. Only then did Ael realize her current state and hastily pushed the man away.
Fortunately, he immediately stepped back at her gesture. Behind him now lay the collapsed vagrant. How had he done that?
The vagrant groaned, clutching his wrist, while the dagger he’d held lay several paces away on the ground.
“That bastard!”
“Grab him! Hold him down so he can’t move!”
The woman who had earlier cried for help, along with several men who appeared to be her companions, rushed over and seized the fallen man.
Even those who had previously pretended not to see and fled to the side now approached—some to assist, others still keeping a cautious distance to watch.
‘Did I almost die…?’
Amid the commotion, Ael finally regained her senses and looked at the dagger lying on the ground. Its blade, catching the sunlight, glinted with an eerie blue shimmer.
That dangerous gleam made her fully realize just how grave the peril she’d been in moments ago truly was.
“Ah…….”
Along with her shock, pain from her injuries began to register. Ael let out a soft groan and swayed unsteadily. She nearly collapsed onto the ground, but a large hand quickly steadied her arm.
The same man who had just shielded her had silently returned to support her once more.
“I apologize for grabbing you without permission. Are you truly all right?”
“I-I’m f-fine.”
Her voice betrayed her—it was anything but fine. Delayed terror made her teeth chatter and her whole body tremble.
Without releasing her, the man kept holding her gently until she calmed down.
After a brief while, the attacker was dragged away by the crowd, and the woman who had shouted for help approached Ael.
“Thank you so much! Because of you, we managed to catch that bastard!”
Though her clothes were quite elaborate, her speech lacked the refined, affected manner typical of nobles. Then Ael noticed a foreign accent in the woman’s voice.
“You’re… from the Empire?”
“Yes. I’m from the Empire—more precisely, Nisha, branch manager of Ash Company’s Denertum branch. And the one who just leaped in to kick that guy is……”
As the woman began introducing herself, she glanced at the man still supporting Ael and trailed off awkwardly. The man gave a knowing, gentle smile and introduced himself to Ael.
“I also work for Ash Company. My name is Kyle.”
“Ah, yes. Th-thank you, Mr. Kyle. But I’m okay now, so could you please let go of my arm…?”
At Ael’s words, Kyle finally released her arm slowly.
The moment his warmth left her skin, Ael felt an odd sense of loss—and absentmindedly rubbed the spot where his hand had been.
Misinterpreting her gesture as discomfort, Kyle bowed slightly deeper and apologized.
“I’m sorry. I held on too long—I was worried you might collapse.”
“No, no! Thank you for saving me. I almost died back there.”
Flustered by his polite apology, Ael bowed her head even lower. Then it suddenly struck her—the envelope containing her letter was missing.
“The letter!”
Ael quickly turned and scanned the ground. Near where the crowd had dragged the vagrant away, she spotted a crumpled paper envelope, trampled under numerous footprints.
She hurried toward it. Her injured ankle throbbed, but that pain hardly mattered now.
Her hands trembled as she bent down with difficulty and picked up the envelope.
Its condition was pitiful. Yet Ael couldn’t give up hope and carefully opened the crumpled envelope.
“Ah…….”
But the moment she pulled out the letter inside, her last shred of hope escaped as a sigh.
The paper wasn’t just crumpled—it was torn as well. She pulled out every scrap, desperately searching for even one intact sheet, but her hope was in vain.
“……What am I going to do?”
Ael’s face turned deathly pale.
She’d already expected to face Elise’s scolding for returning late. But now, it wouldn’t end with mere complaints.
If she returned home like this, Elise would immediately demand why she was so late, forcing Ael to explain everything that had happened.
‘She’ll just scold me for doing something pointless.’
Worse, Elise would surely torment her for days over the delayed letter meant for the Grand Duke.
She’d definitely strike her—Ael’s untouched cheek already ached in anticipation.
Just then, that low voice spoke again above her.
“So it’s because of us that this happened.”
“W-well… that’s…”
She couldn’t bring herself to deny it. Seeing Ael hesitate, the man gave another refreshing smile and extended his hand politely toward her.
“We can’t possibly let our savior just walk away. Please allow us the chance to repay your kindness.”
Compelled by his demeanor, Ael unconsciously reached out her hand. He gently took it and said,
“First, let’s get your injuries treated.”
[This is the timeline separator]“Master Calon! What are you thinking!”
“Why not shout even louder, Nisha? So everyone in this building—including that young lady who just arrived with us—learns my name.”
Calon’s calm tone made Nisha press a hand to her forehead in exasperation.
She stared at the man before her—Kyle, or rather, Calon—who held a book in one hand.
Calon Ash. If people discovered that the owner of Ash Company, widely rumored to be a middle-aged man, was actually this man in his late twenties standing right before her eyes, Nisha always wondered what expressions they’d wear.
“You said you wouldn’t arrive until three months from now, so your sudden appearance alone was startling enough… but why go so far as to bring that girl here instead of just handing her some compensation and sending her off?”
Nisha grumbled in confusion, and Calon’s face—previously adorned with a gentle smile—immediately hardened into a cold expression.
“Don’t say things like that. After all, thanks to that young lady, we managed to catch him, didn’t we?”
“That’s true.”
“Just from his movements, it was clear he wasn’t an ordinary vagrant. And when he charged at us, he went straight for the documents you were holding—as if he knew they were the newly arrived shipment.”
“…….”
“He might not have known I was Calon, but it clearly shows our information security here isn’t flawless. Be more careful.”
“Understood. I’ll inspect everything more thoroughly.”
At his icy tone, Nisha immediately dropped her earlier familiarity and bowed deeply.
She could feel his cold gaze pressing down on her. Cold sweat began trickling down her spine.
Just hours ago, Calon had seemed almost like a friend, chatting with her so casually—but in moments like this, she was sharply reminded that he was the one who led the vast Ash Company.
“And I didn’t bring that young lady here merely out of kindness.”
“Huh? Did that woman seem suspicious in some way?”
Nisha recalled the girl who’d introduced herself as Ael—the one who’d helped them capture the attacker.
Her expression as she limped on her injured ankle and fretted over her ruined belongings hadn’t seemed at all insincere.
“This.”
“That’s… the book she threw, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
Calon lightly tossed the small book into the air and caught it again as he murmured,
“Do you really think it’s plausible that a woman walking the streets of Denertum would be reading a book even Imperial Academy economists struggle to understand?”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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