Chapter 129 – Gifts
Surprisingly, more people than I thought.
Unlike other districts I saw on the way, it wasn’t too bad that it was lively with people’s movements.
But that wasn’t the only positive side to see here. Even if you turn your gaze a little, there are shadows of the present era. Citizens pretending to be vagrants, or old people with unknown names begging.
It is a life devastated by continuous war. In the meantime, the bugs penetrated into the city, so the already difficult life must have become even more difficult. If you look at this reality, your mind will inevitably become confused in many ways.
In a way, in this respect, the holy cavalry pilots had one advantage. Unless you pay special attention to it, the poverty of the city doesn’t touch you realistically.
Holy cavalry pilots never starve. It cannot be said to be plentiful, but on the contrary, there is no lack of support provided. That is, at least compared to the life of the average citizen.
Whether it was a knights order or an institution, in the present era, holy cavalry pilots were high-quality talents that could not be replaced with anything else.
You can’t fight them or the bugs. So it’s wise to make them focus solely on fighting. It was for this reason that there were a significant number of agents who handled all sorts of chores for the pilots in the unit.
Instead, I had to fight with all my might on the front line more than anyone else.
Concourse. Netoru looked around as he crossed the busy boulevard. Of course, he came here to buy things.
Should I say I was looking for something to give Karen for her birthday?
Karen’s birthday is just around the corner. Perhaps she will celebrate her birthday during this mission. So she thought to find something she might like before leaving town.
Besides, when she was taken care of by Kerenail, she was the child who boldly asked for her birthday present, so she might feel sad if she forgot.
But what should I give?
Netoru, who had been walking for a long time, narrowed his brows. He came out once, but he didn’t know what to buy. No matter how much he looked around, there was nothing he really liked.
Had he known this, he would have asked Karen directly.
He can be a little out of shape, but considering his personality, that might be better. If he gives you something he doesn’t like for no reason and gets in trouble, you’re in trouble too.
How much longer did she have to walk around looking for something to give to Karen for her birthday?
─There was a heavy feeling hitting her side.
Looking for something, I saw a little boy brushing past her with her head down. Small body. The young boy quickly disappeared among the people.
2.
In fact, Rin and Ran knew why Natsuo suddenly disappeared by himself.
You can’t know in the first place. Because it’s Karen’s birthday soon. Moreover, it is a special day to come of age.
If it was another birthday, they would just congratulate them in words, but on her coming-of-age birthday, Lyn and Ran also received presents from Karen, so they couldn’t stay still.
“Rin… Looking at Netoru, just like us and Natsuo…?”
“Huh. Maybe so?”
Lynn and Ran were talking to each other without Karen’s knowledge.
Netoru wandered diligently from place to place. And when he took a closer look at the movement, he felt a sense of pak right away. In the first place, these were the stores that Rin and Ran were also looking for to buy gifts.
It was when he was following Netoru and looking at something that would be given as a gift to Rin and Lando Karen.
Rin’s eyes widened as Netoru wanted to go somewhere this time. She said it was because a boy suddenly knocked on her toru and walked past her, taking her purse from her bosom.
However, Netoru did not move much.
“What, why is that guy staring at me like that? Just look at it, it’s a pickpocket! Could it be that you didn’t notice?”
“···Yes? Is that so? Didn’t you just bump into it?”
She just saw the same thing, but Karen doesn’t seem to notice at all. Rin narrowed her brows.
“You idiot! Didn’t you see that little boy’s hand just ran over Yellowy’s body?!”
“・・・・・Mo, haven’t you seen it?”
Maybe it’s because Rin suddenly raised her voice to the surprise of the people around her. Thanks to her, Karen and Ran, who were next to her, made troubled faces. People’s eyes are gathering around them.
“… Oh no! Stuffy! Shall I just hold it for you?”
“Rin, are you? But the child is already gone? How is it here…”
“Hey. It’s obvious where the pickpocket will run.”
After saying that, Rin put strength on her legs and she started running through the crowd in an instant. Karen, who was watching her from behind, inadvertently admired her.
Fast.
In an instant, Rin’s back moved away from the crowd, and she disappeared. It was a movement far beyond the physical ability of an ordinary person. It should be said that she is a speed that Karen can never match.
“Wow···. Rin, you’re really fast.”
“It’s Rin… Well, unlike us, like male pilots, it’s because they build a magical nervous system in their hearts. So, the physical ability has no choice but to be different.”
Seeing Rin disappear without a chance to stop her, Ran smiled bitterly as if she couldn’t stop her.
Although they have the same appearance, body, and environment in which they grew up, Ran couldn’t run as fast as Rin. It was because the structure and location of her magical nervous system were completely different.
In general, female pilots build a magical nerve system in the cervix to connect with the sexual cavalry.
But Lin didn’t. Her magical nervous system was no different from that of her male pilots. It was because she had to control the genital disease.
Perhaps the reason why Rin’s personality is such a tomboy is because, like male pilots, her strong body and unique personality form an exquisite combination.
“…But can Rin really catch it?”
“Maybe it will be fine…? Pickpocketing is our specialty. Besides, Rin has exceptionally fast legs.”
“···Yes? Professional?”
At Ran’s reply, Karen tilted her head. What does it mean to be a pickpocket? I couldn’t understand the meaning of it for a moment.
Seeing Karen’s gaze, Ran smiled and spoke openly. If she was Karen, I wondered if it would be okay for her to know.
“Until we became Holy Trooper pilots, we also lived as pickpockets on the street.”
Not a very pleasant past. However, if I didn’t do that, I couldn’t fill my hungry stomach.
Recalling the events of the day, Ran looked intently in the direction where Rin had disappeared.
3.
To be honest, Rin wasn’t chasing pickpockets because he liked Netoru. She doesn’t even have a very deep relationship anyway. Even in the unit, they half-ignore each other.
So it didn’t matter to Rin just ignoring it. What would she do if she bothered to hold her instead?
The only problem was that the wallet contained money to buy Karen’s birthday present.
Lin and Ran liked Karen. So I wanted many people to wish Karen a happy birthday. After all, she was one of the few friends of her age in her entire life.
Running through streets crowded with people.
The movement is never slow. However, Rin did not collide with anyone and easily crossed between people. This was due to her nimble movements using her small frame.
Even though the boy was already running far away when he started chasing him, it didn’t matter. Because Rin had the physical ability to make up for that lack. Besides, she could clearly see where the boy would run away.
When it comes to pickpocketing, Rin was fed up with it. Because of that, she could easily guess how the child who stole Yellowy’s wallet would escape.
Assuming the direction the boy had run away from, Rin activated the magical nervous system built into her body.
Most female pilots have built up a magical nervous system that has nothing to do with improving their physical abilities, but Rin is different.
She had to take on the role of her male pilot in order to couple with her older sister, Ran, so she had exceptional physical abilities like other male pilots.
Before long, how much did he chase after the boy using the excellent physical ability unique to such a holy cavalry pilot?
The boy Rin was chasing left the main plaza and entered a half-collapsed building that had been hit by shells.
I want to know why I came to this place all of a sudden, so let’s follow along.
Scared to step inside her, Rin hesitated and had no choice but to hide her body in the corner of her building.
Something was strange about her. The boy who stole Yellowy’s wallet and ran away was crying inside an abandoned building surrounded by rogue people.
“Yes? Now hold on! You said that if you collect all the money you want, you will return her mother’s belongings!”
“But I don’t intend to take the stolen money like this? I will find this wallet and return it to its original owner.”
“Oh, lie! Give back what to give back! You guys are just going to take it!”
“No, then bring the proper money! Where do you steal someone else’s wallet with your dirty hands?”
The man with a bad impression pushed the boy’s stomach away with his foot. The boy who stumbled and fell rolled on the floor of the building.
It was a dirty, damp floor. Thanks to this, the boy’s face and body turned black in an instant. The boy, whose body shuddered once in such a state, clenched his fists and shouted.
“Bad guys! In the first place, you guys also stole it secretly!”
“What? Are you secretly stealing…? We just happened to pick it up while we were evacuating.”
“Ugh!”
The grinning man pressed the boy’s face with his foot.
Rin, who was watching the violent action, barely restrained herself from almost screaming. She had heard many times that homeless people were springing up all over the city, but she never expected to see it first hand.
I don’t know what the boy’s story is. But it was clear that it was not a situation where we could just keep watching.
Inside the building in the dark shade. The only light source is shallow sunlight filtering through the broken windows.
This was a hideout for criminals.
Even if they kill that boy here, no one will know. As if such an ominous feeling seemed to match, some had cold eyes at all.
‘Era… I do not know!’
So Rin, who was hiding in her corner and watching, couldn’t stand it and she kicked the ground. Then she pushed the body of her man, who was pressing the boy’s face with her foot.
“Keugh? What, what! This year!”
Small stature. Light weight. However, even with such a body, when she head-butted her body with all her might, her man’s body was thumped and thrown to the floor.
It was pretty unsightly and funny, but Rin grabbed the hand of the boy who was lying on her floor.
“Ugh? You, what are you!”
“Noisy, follow me!”
Holding the hand of the bewildered boy, Rin ran as it was. Then her men, who had been watching her with dumbfounded faces, came to her senses belatedly and started chasing her.
“Catch that bitch!”
“What is that kid!”
What a kid!
Even though she was a decent adult in her own way, Rin inadvertently narrowed her eyebrows at the attitude of the men who treated her as a child.
But she doesn’t stop her legs. First of all, she had to escape from this place. That’s when she was running frantically towards the entrance of the building.
“What···. Why are you so noisy?”
Several shadows began to creep in in front of the entrance, and men I hadn’t seen before entered the room with frowns on their faces.
It seems there were more people. They even had sharp knives in their hands.
‘… This, isn’t this good?’
Rin gulped at her, her complexion turning pale.
Her whole body was trembling at the series of unexpected situations. How did it happen?
I was just trying to catch a pickpocket. And I was thinking of scolding the boy with a few harsh words.
It was because if I continued pickpocketing, I would surely end up in bad shape later. No, are you already suffering?
Rin looked around her. However, no matter how much she looks around, she can’t see a corner to run away from.
I can’t even fight them.
No matter how much she has a magical nervous system, it was realistically impossible to defeat several adult men alone with knives in her hands.
In the first place, he has no talent for fighting people with his bare body.
All Lin had learned so far was how to fight bugs. I don’t know if there is a weapon in my hand, but this is impossible.
It was at that time that cold sweat was flowing down Rin’s back as her eyes were in a dark situation.
─Buck and go
Suddenly, from the entrance the men were blocking, new footsteps rang out. Then, as if surprised by the sound of footsteps, the men who had been blocking them hurriedly turned around.
In the eyes of more than a dozen men.
A blonde man with his back to the sun was coming inside.
