Chapter 90 – Imperial Palace Area ~ Spreading Rumors and Shadows 3
“Why did you expect to be scolded and what is the situation now?”
Aiko didn’t respond, but as if she had nothing to do with it, she slowly moved to her side and onto her knees, widening the distance.
“Wait, are you abandoning me?”
“Don’t even think about getting me involved with such dangerous remarks.”
This is an envoy. She shook her head and moved quickly, kicking up her dust. She couldn’t understand how she could achieve that speed just by moving her knees and calves while her arms were tied.
While I was panicking, the bad people who had kidnapped me formed a semicircle to block the intruder who was attacking me from the front. Just by looking at the shadows, the kidnappers could tell that the slender bodies were all women, so the kidnappers smiled low and each displayed their weapons.
I felt pathetic at the kidnappers, who livened up the mood with low-level stories such as saying that they were not afraid that only four women were attacking them, or asking if there would be a reward if they were caught. On the other hand, if four women were to invade a kidnapper’s lair, wouldn’t it be normal to be afraid of how strong they are?
“It’s really noisy. Doll. “Wouldn’t it be okay to go as wild as you want as you become stronger?”
“It’s pointless interference. Slut. As long as we haven’t confirmed the owner’s appearance yet. “Excessive displays of strength are likely to lead to unnecessary hiding.”
When I heard Sophia and Ain’s still bickering conversation, I felt stupid for being nervous about what might happen if I got hurt.
“Both of them. Get there. “Isn’t there something more important than arguing right now?”
“My sister hated it so much in her bed at first, but she is quite actively trying to save Setsuka… “
“The eyes, the eyes are scary. Little brother… “
It was always fun just to watch Fuyuki being led around by her younger sister, Natsuki.
After the dust cleared and the official who kidnapped me realized that there were only four people attacking, he did not hide and proudly straightened his shoulders from behind the siege.
“No matter how imperial it is! It is not right to set foot in a privately owned manor without permission! Even more so!! They broke down the front door and forced their way in! “This matter will be officially addressed at the royal council meeting!”
“That word. Do I have to keep listening?”
Sophia asked, pretending to cover her ears with her hands and looking at Natsuki, who knew her most social ways here. She shook her head and snapped her fingers, creating ripples in her magic and amplifying them.
“No. Except for Setsuka and Aiko, everyone here is a traitor who deserves the death penalty. You can run as wild as you want. “Don’t worry about cleaning things up.”
“Really? Then shall we go wild for the first time on earth?”
Sophia soared quickly, spreading her folded wings. She looked down from a high place where no arrow could reach her and calmly chanted her spell and pulled the string of her bow.
Then, a bow and arrow created by gathering pink magic power were placed in her hand. It reminded me of an arrow, which has a legend that says that the person hit by the arrow will fall in love, but what was at the end of it was not a red heart shape, but a dark red arrowhead.
When Sophia fired an arrow, the enemy holding her shield stepped forward, but the arrow pierced the shield and entered halfway through the shaft, so no proper defensive effect could be expected. She also said that breaking through the shield meant that her left arm, which held the shield in place, was not safe.
As the kidnappers fell into confusion due to the allies screaming and running wild with their shields and arms pierced by arrows, the next one was Ain, who was standing in the front.
Taking advantage of the confusion, she quickly rushed forward, pulled out the long spear that was aimed at her, took it away, and threw the spear with a sharp strike. The javelin hit right in front of the feet of the archers who had just run out from inside the building with their bows and arrows in hand.
Ain warned as he watched the startled archers fall backwards, hitting their butts.
“If you try to move or resist there, there will be no next time.”
“Really. “Are you so nice that people might say you don’t look like the owner?”
Natsuki lightly clicked her tongue at Ain’s merciful actions and stretched out her arms wrapped in amplified magic. Although Natsuki was originally a healing magician, he was not ignorant of offensive magic.
A gust of wind so strong that no one could stand properly swept away the kidnappers, sweeping them away like leaves blowing in the wind. It was comical to see the walls of the building blown away by the wind and unable to even move.
“Where are you trying to run away?”
After realizing that he was being pushed, the official quickly removed the horse from the carriage and tried to run away by riding on it, but when Fuyuki was watching nearby with his arms crossed, he hit his butt in surprise.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to try to run away alone? “What would your subordinates think of someone like you?”
“You just have to raise your subordinates again! This guy and that guy can’t even hold their feet!”
“You sound like a third-rate trash villain. What. My situation, having been blinded by such third-rate people, is also ridiculous.”
As Fuyuki unfolded the fan he was holding in his hand and covered his face, people dressed in black, who had no idea where they were hiding, appeared around him and knelt down.
“Take them all to jail. “He is a high treasonous criminal who tried to humiliate the imperial family.”
“Yes.”
Although there were many people, the ninjas answered at the same moment so that the answer sounded like one. As soon as Natsuki withdrew her magic, they quickly bound her arms and legs, and gave the injured person appropriate first aid as if they were saving his life only for punishment. Was crumpled into the cart.
I blinked as I saw that the kidnapper’s power was completely wiped out in an instant without any variables.
“Wow.”
“And. No. “This stupid thing.”
Fuyuki, who was closest, came over and hit me on the head with a fan. Afterward, Sophia, Ain, and Natsuki came and surrounded me.
“… Why? Are you feeling more in danger of your life now than when you were kidnapped?”
“Isn’t that because he knows very well what he did wrong? “You should have at least said something to us and made a move.”
When Natsuki pulled my cheek and muttered something dissatisfied, even Ain, who would normally have restrained her, nodded and grabbed my shoulder so tightly that it hurt.
“Master. “If you engage in dangerous behavior, we will have no choice but to keep you in a safe place.”
“What are you talking about… ? Are you saying you’re going to lock me up?”
“It’s not about locking them up. It is protection.”
“Ain’s heart is heavy… “
As I was shivering and feeling Ain’s heavy love, this time Sophia stroked my neck from behind and whispered in my ear.
“It was the same when I was sealed. I knew he didn’t think his life or safety was important, but I didn’t expect it to be to this extent. For the first time, I feel like I want to cherish my love and leave it in a safe mansion, just like the doll said.”
“Sophia, when you touch me like that, I get goosebumps.”
I looked for someone who could help me as I protested against Sophia’s actions of gently tickling her skin by deliberately sticking her fingernails into the nape of her neck.
The ninjas continued their work with their bodies turned away, as if they were deliberately trying not to look at this place. I thought Aiko might be of help, so I turned her eyes to look for her, and Fuyuki spread out her fan and caught my attention.
“I wonder what kind of woman she is rolling her eyes at to find another woman.”
“Whenever I see a woman, I don’t get horny and attack her… “
“Aren’t you creating something similar to a lesbian village or a tea house, even if you don’t attack it directly?”
“Hmm.”
As I was nodding my head at the words that I couldn’t refute, Aiko, who I had been looking for, appeared pulling a new carriage with a driver seat.
“Natsuki. And everyone. Please take this carriage on your way back. Since it is a carriage driven by unfamiliar horses, it seems to move much slower than it usually takes.”
“Okay? Does that mean you are guaranteed at least one hour after boarding?”
“Yes. Sure. This includes time to rest horses that are not used to pulling a carriage.”
For some reason, I had a very bad feeling, so I tried to get up, but four people pressed down on my shoulders, head, and back, as if asking me where to run.
“Uh… For some reason I have this terrible feeling!”
Before he could finish speaking, his limbs were grabbed, and he was thrown into the carriage and the door was closed. Aiko covered her carriage with a thick red cloth that I don’t know where it came from, and went so far as to prevent sound from leaking out or her appearance from being seen.
Even though there were five people riding in one carriage, it was so quiet that I swallowed my saliva and looked at the faces of the lovers.
“Are you ready?”
“If I say no, will you wait a little longer?”
“No. “Be prepared to pass out even on the way.”
There is no need for such preparation! Without even being able to shout, Aiko lightly tapped the side of her coach seat as if telling her to leave.
