At Least I’M Free
XVIII

Sometimes a silence can answer questions that were previously covered in mystery. That is what Lilya understood during the trip with Ersya. The girl he was in was not very talkative, but would gladly answer and respond to every sentence thrown at him.

     As Ersya said during the break, Udo's 'house' was indeed close to the school. It only took 15 minutes to use the motor until they arrived at a 3rd level of the compound which, to be honest, looked a bit rundown.

     While parking his motorbike beside one of the buildings that Ersya said was where Udo lived, Lilya observed the faded blue paint that enveloped the dingy boarding building.

     "Which Udo room is one?" Ask Lilya while turning to pay attention to the number of doors that after being counted show the results of 15.

     "On the 2nd floor, the stairs deck." Ersya answered while thrusting the helmet she had borrowed to Lilya.

     Previously, Lilya did not pay much attention, but when receiving the retro chips helmet, she accidentally saw two fingers wrapped in plaster at each end. The ring and middle fingers on his right hand appear to lose grip strength so slightly raised indicating that the wound is still new.

     "Jari lo why?" Lilya casually took the helmet and put it in the motorcycle seat.

     As Ersya became clumsy, she tried to cover her right hand behind the body. "N—not papa. It's just a cut of vegetables..."

     "Ohh... You like to cook?" Tanya Lilya lightly almost coupled with the oddity.

     Ersya did not reply yet, suddenly there was a scream from the back of the building.

"YYESYOO!!!"

     Lilya and Ersya looked at each other. Then a second later their feet moved, bringing them towards the source of the sound.

When it arrived Ersya instantly covered her mouth while stunned. It was certain that the scene that greeted him was not pleasant.

Stuck by two large men dressed as thugs, a battered young man sat almost prostrating while protecting his head with both hands. Although the intention wanted to protect himself, but the fists of the two thugs were still successful in wounding him.

     "Udo.." whispered Ersya.

     Meanwhile, taking advantage of his unknown arrival, Lilya opened her helmet and immediately ran to throw the helmet right into the head of one of the thugs. Along with the fall of the man with a tiger tattoo on his left arm, a colleague beside him immediately looked at Lilya fiercely.

     "God! Why lu-"

     "Fucking girl!!" Now it was the turn of the tiger-tattooed thug who got up. With all his calm he raised his fist. However, Lilya managed to avoid with a little simple movement. The thug began to lose patience and turned to kicking.

     This time Lilya did not dodge, she instead caught the thug's leg, locked it, then took one step forward until the balance of her enemy faltered, then with one quick move, then with one quick move, Lilya swooped her hands down very strongly against the thug's knees. At the same time a loud crack was heard.

THE CRUTCHES!

     "Aarrrggghhhh!!" The man fell down with one leg that was no longer straight.

     Seeing that sight, Lilya smirked. For a long time he had not felt this sensation. The sensation that makes him feel alive and fresh.

     Seeing his partner in pain, the thug who had received a kick after being thrown backpacks also got up and was about to retaliate. However, not even a single step of his foot had been intercepted by the trembling tiger-tattooed hand.

     "The cave leg is broken! R-hospital! Take the cave to the hospital now!" Whine with a pale face.

     "But it's a balled-up business!" Timpal his partner who was already angry.

     "SMART IT!"

After struggling with his own ego, the thug also prefers to help his partner rather than reply to Lilya who had tried hard to hold back laughter.

     Carrying his friend who kept screaming in pain, they passed by Lilya and the others with murderous gazes.

     "It's finished, watch out for more people coming." Those were the thugs' last words before disappearing on the turn.

"Haha! I want to be arrogant!" Lawa Lilya finally broke.

On the other hand Ersya who had been holding back from losing consciousness after witnessing the fight had also run towards Udo who was equally shocked.