Seirei Gensouki Konna Sekai De Deaeta Kimi Ni
Kidnaping

Kidnaping

Rio walked along the winding road before turning into the hidden path. The road leads directly to the red light district1.

Following the main street in the red light district, he saw many soldiers looking extremely busy.

The main street of the red light district is located closer to the slums than the market and the main street of the regular district.

As the day turns to night, the streets become filled with prostitutes and men trying to buy their bodies.

Sweet voices calling out and negotiations being made could be heard along the way.

The general order in the red light district turned out to be good as nobles were among the many customers who requested the services of the area.

Only respectable brothels were allowed to operate in most of the Kingdom.

Some operating illegally put their businesses near slums.

Rio was heading to that part of the city.

Upon arriving, the sounds of rivalry between the legal brothels soon stopped, replaced by a terrifying silence. No one can be seen.

That's where Rio passed.

There were no good feelings associated with the place.

It took him less than a minute to arrive at the slums.

"God!"

Then, Rio was having trouble.

Not far from him were four crude-looking men wearing leather armor with cheap swords strapped around their waists.

The four men gave off the feelings of the criminals.

Many terrifying sounds came from the direction of those criminals. Two of the men were carrying large sacks on their shoulders.

One sack moved as if there was a huge beast inside.

"What are you doing!? Where are we going !? You who!? Let me out! Don't think things will end like this! I will not forgive you! I'll send you all flying! "

Glancing at the noisy bag and the appearance of the shady men, suspicion rose in Rio's mind.

The voice of a young girl could be heard from the noisy sack.

“Che— he regained consciousness. Be quiet! Stop fussing! ”

Loud voices could be heard from the dubious quartet.

The bag was instantly slightly shaken and withered.

“Idiot! Watch your voice! ”

"Yes-Yes. Sorry aniki2. ”

The way the hard man apologized showed that aniki's position was quite high.

Aniki was also the leader of the group.

“Che — for 10 gold coins this bag is very suspicious but this job is really profitable. ”

The so-called aniki frowned while clicking his tongue. Judging from his expression, the trunk proved to be extremely troublesome.

"Hehe, but 10 gold coins is truly an amazing gift. With this alone, we can spend 10 months drinking and playing around with women. ”

All the subordinates smiled, their faces full .n.a.f.s.u..

The leader is not disturbed.

In this country, one gold coin was enough to feed an ordinary family for two months.

By the way, if he remembered correctly, the exchange rate for money was 100 copper coins for 1 silver coin, 50 silver coins for 1 gold coin, etc, and 25 gold coins for 1 mystic coin.

"What kind of person is inside? Based on size and weight, I would say it's female. ”

Unable to hold back his curiosity, one of the men carrying the sack asked the leader to check what was inside.

"Maybe it's a merchant or noble's daughter .. Oi, open the sack!"

Curious to get the best out of him, the leader showed a vulgar grin and ordered the sack opened.

"Are you sure?"

"Hmph, that guy never said we can't open the sack. And we need to figure out if the contents are worth more than what we paid for. We will ask for another payment during the handover. ”

The subordinates cheered hearing those words while the leader snorted.

"You, keep an eye on the surroundings and don't let anyone near. Well I doubt anyone will come to this place. ”

The leader ordered the man to put his bag on the ground. The man who was ordered earlier had an expression of "Let me see his face as well" on his face.

But in Rio's eyes, the alertness of the messengers was very careless.

"All right then…"

After confirming their surroundings, the man placed the sack on the ground and violently opened it.

"Yes!"

With a thud, slender and soft limbs opened, along with screams coming out of the young lady in the sack.

“Hehe, now we can enjoy a young lady for ourselves. ”

A smile crept onto the faint face of the quartet after hearing the cream of the young lady.

They casually opened the rope that tied the sack.

Only 10 seconds are needed to complete the deed.

After seeing who had appeared from inside the bag, the men leaked a voice of admiration.

What they saw was a young girl the same age as Rio.

Light purple blond hair, purple irides, and a stern expression; the charming girl looked like an angel.

Due to his features and clothes, he exuded a high-class individual atmosphere.

Maybe she was the daughter of a noble.

Her incredible beauty mesmerized Rio in an instant.

There was no mistake; the noble daughter had just been kidnapped.

But for what reason? For such important loads, they will not be handed over for transportation to some hooligans.

Rio was speechless and did not know what was going on.

It was safe to say that they must have received help from within from the guards of the noble house.

"Ah— Curiosity killed the cat, huh? This is bad .. We may have overstepped our limits. ”

The leader nervously scratched his head with a difficult expression painted on his face.

They must have understood what it meant for them to kidnap the girl. They finally realized the situation.

“It's a good thing we only brought them so far. After reaching our destination, let's ask for additional payment. Come on, let's go! We need to get this over with quickly. ”

The plan of the criminals continues along with the misfortune of the girl.

Being glared at by the thugs, the young girl closed her eyes.

“Come, come. Secretly back into the sack again. ”

"NO! ! ”3

The young girl raised her hand and read something. Something started to come out of his palm.

But before the phenomenon of magical power can be transformed into a magic spell, the girl receives a sharp kick from the leader.

"Agh— gah ho …"

Rio was startled to watch the young girl being blown by the wind.

At the same time he was enchanted by the magic he was about to unleash.

Rio could only use his magical power for body and flesh strengthening while the young girl did something else entirely using an unknown technique.

Before the magic ran out, something resembling a geometric pattern floated in front of him.

"Che, that's the close one. I'm breathless. Thought she was a magic user, as expected of a noble princess. ”

The unknown word "magic" reached Rio's ears.

"Uu ~ …"

Seeing the young girl holding her stomach in pain, one of the thugs opened her mouth.

"God, he's not dead, is he?"

"It's okay. He's still whimpering in pain. ”

"We don't know if they'll give us payment for damaged goods …"

"Ah? Ah, well we'll know when it comes right? ”

The leader's outrageous behavior made his subordinates tremble in fear. They responded by giving him a troubled smile.

From their conversations, they were a group of worthless people.

(What should I do..?)

While suppressing his impatience, Rio pondered the question.

The young girl would not die from just such a high kick.

But at this rate, he will be left behind.

Or he could go and give her a hand.

But it's easier said than done.

There are four opponents, based on Rio's estimation they are not a threat to him.

Even so, even with his ability he did not hesitate he could perfectly defeat all of them.

They were all armed when they were unarmed.

His opponent would not hesitate to kill him.

Although Rio practiced ancient martial arts in his previous life, he had never once taken one's life.

In other words, Rio had to fight empty-handed against a group of four armed men who had experience in committing assassinations.

In addition, if he was slashed by one of those cheap knives, it was likely that the injury would have an infection.

Rio was strongly against killing another human being.

He remembered the words of his grandfather who was also his master.

If he remained in his position, the scene before him would immediately disappear.

But the incident would not end just like that; the young girl would be moved somewhere out of her will.

Rio heard from rumors that some brothels in the area sometimes held sadistic events where people gathered and tortured young girls.

There was a chance that the girl in front of him would be sent to one such place.

But what happened in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Hiding and watching the group leave, the area would leave a bad taste, but there was no need for him to risk his life for a stranger.

Really? Is that true?

While Rio was considering those things, coincidentally, it was really a coincidence, one coincidence above the other, the girl's line of sight matched Rio's.

Looking at him, his face turned in fear and anger. Seeing that, Rio felt that he could no longer escape.

Another man came with a sack.

The man suddenly started to move; he focused his gaze on the young girl and removed the sack.

"Aah!"

With a thud, a soft resigned voice echoed from within the sack.

"Kya ~"

From inside the bag, a young girl of the same age being kicked let out the same sound.

"Che— Oi, he's not hurt, is he?"

With a tired voice, the leader asked the man carrying the sack to verify the safety of the content.

With a malicious grin, the subordinate opened the bag to confirm.

They are distracted, now or never.

(Damn everything!)

Rio wrapped his entire body with magical power in an instant and launched himself like a bullet. No other human of his age was capable of reaching the same speed.

He was shocked by the acceleration and resistance he had never felt before. Even with his strengthened flesh, his body was still like a child and should not be able to produce anything so far.

"Ma?"

The first to notice Rio was the leader and he immediately pulled out his sword. But at that short moment, Rio was already in front of him.

“Gu ha's. ”

Without letting an opportunity pass by, he twisted the leader's elbow and removed his joints before throwing them.

He perfectly executed the techniques learned from the ancient martial arts he practiced in his previous life.

By strengthening his body, he could throw an adult man twice his size.

The leader knew nothing about Ukemi4 and spectacularly hit the ground with a loud bang.

(Next!)

Rio's already moving his body.

"Eh?"

He gathered all his strength and kicked the stomach of the man standing beside him. Using that power and the weight of his own opponent, Rio slammed the thugs onto the ground.

"GOH!"

Confirming his opponent is unconscious, he prepares to confront the remaining criminals.

"This boy!"

Enraged by the loss of their friends, the remaining two chose to face Rio together.

If they were to take the girl hostage, the situation would be in vain.

The variety of opponents meant they had more options than him.

Rio was afraid of that.

But the men were suffocated by their emotions so much that they forgot to use the most effective means.

"Dieeeeee!"

Poking out a 50 cm long sword, one of the thugs rushed over and slashed at Rio.

He dodged the blades side by side stepping and launched the counter with his palm directed at his opponent's chin.

The connecting table connected with the chin of the criminal and instantly dropped it.

"You .b.a.j.i.n.g.a.n.!"

The last thug desperately brandished his sword but could not even get close to landing in Rio.

Avoiding the bad swordsmanship, Rio slipped into the man's lap, grabbed the criminal's hand and forcefully twisted, disarmed and made him unable to hold a weapon. He then dropped the thug with a throw.

"Yes .. Ha …"

I did it .

I finally did.

Before he knew it, his body moved on its own.

It was strange for him to risk his life to save a young girl he had never even met before.

Rio did not move an inch from where he was standing, as he was out of breath.

He felt his body temperature rise and his heart beating so fast that he could hear it echoing throughout his body.

Shut up, he almost shouted those words.

He can't deliver the final blow to the thugs.

He could not force himself to kill them.

But he still had the skills and strength to defeat them and lightly damage their internal organs.

Damage only comes to the degree where they lose consciousness.

Given the current situation, it was not strange if they were seriously injured and died.

All sorts of terrible results flooded Rio's mind.

If by any chance the criminals were to die from their injuries, Rio would not be able to overcome the guilt.

He currently had no resolution to kill another human being.

There would be no problem if he could calmly kill someone.

But he's not that kind of person.

And no doubt, no thugs are dead.

So he hasn't killed anyone yet.

Still all sorts of reasons to kill them appeared in his mind. Being aware of the kind of thoughts he harbored made him feel disgusted.

What was done is done.

At least he wouldn't be blamed for helping the two young girls.

Rio fought the emotions he felt to prevent them from appearing on his face. He suddenly recalled the whereabouts of the two girls and noticed one of them watching him in awe.

The two girls resembled each other in appearance.

One of them was still trying to free himself from the sack while the one who kicked him was already released.

From their blonde-purple hair and identical faces, Rio concluded that the two were brothers.

The one who caused the commotion earlier was the older sister while the one still trying to free herself was the younger sister.

"Are you okay?"

Still breathing violently, Rio timidly greeted the sisters.

The older sister stared intently at Rio.

From her gaze, Rio found it hard to believe that they were the same age.

Rio's train of thought stopped for a moment.

The same shining geometric pattern that made him kicked appeared again.

(Is that ... magic?)

"Uhuk . What are you waiting for? Help me!"

"O-Onee-sama, I just used 5 so please don't move too much. Don't over-exercise yourself .. ”

Ignoring the pleas of her younger sister, the older sister approached Rio and slapped him on the cheek.

"Eh?"

Pan, a dry sound echoed in their surroundings.

For this sudden development, Rio could not understand what was going on.

Why is this girl angry with him?

Why did he slap his savior?

He fell in confusion, his cheeks in pain.

“You pay attention to us all the time, right? If that's the case you should have helped us sooner! "

Rio nearly slapped himself a second time.

But this time he expected it and caught the girl's arm.

His face turned frustrated and he tried to use his free hand to slap her.

"…"

The young girl became hysterical and started acting rude. Rio started to become angry after experiencing unreasonable treatment, but he could not treat a young girl like her badly.

“Let go of my hand! It's filthy! It smells!"

"O-Onee-sama, she saved us so isn't it wrong to be angry with her?"

The sister tried to calm the anger of the older sister.

The older sister could smell a foul smell emanating from Rio and it was clearly reflected on her face.

He was also very surprised by her disgusting appearance.

Although thanks to her younger sister's shout, the older sister stopped her violent actions towards Rio.

Even if the other party was very young, his actions were unreasonable from the start and Rio's anger reached its boiling point.

He had already found himself in another troubling situation.

The older sister stared intently at her dirty window.

"W-Well. Thank you so much for saving us. ”

Feeling Rio's displeasure, the sisters came forward and lowered their heads.

“No, it's not much. ”

As expected, Rio could not ignore the young girl thanking him, so he gave a short answer.

"What's? What kind of attitude is that? ”

Rio decided to ignore his older sister.

"O-Onee-sama!"

The dangerous atmosphere disappeared again as the younger sister reprimanded her older sister.

"Hmph, I'll forgive you for Flora. ”

It seems that the name of the younger sister is Flora.

Seeing her older sister become calm, Flora heaved a sigh of relief. But right after, the elder brother's words were like pouring oil into a dying fire.

“Farmers, take us to the noble district. As for the men there ... bring two of them with us. ”

Rio was amazed at how easily he ordered it.

"You can throw it so it's supposed to be simple, right?"

Rio was not happy with his attitude. Besides, his tone was almost hysterical.

His panic might be due to recently escaping from a terrible situation but the now-excited Rio was too irritated to notice such things.

"… Is that the attitude one uses when asking for help?"

Rio understood that it was necessary to provide assistance to the noble princesses.

But the arrogant attitude of this girl banished those thoughts.

He wanted her to at least consider his feelings a little.

“A-Ah no, sorry! I'd like to ask for your help too. If necessary, I will ask father to avenge you! "

The impression of the current noble Rio was the lowest.

But thanks to Flora it did not go lower.

Surely the two girls must have experienced the emptiness of life so far.

They get whatever they want.

They were so dazzling to someone like Rio that it only gave birth to one vulgar thought after another. As for Haruto, he couldn't stand Flora's straightforwardness.

"… Understood. ”

Rio reluctantly agreed to Flora's request.

"Thank you very much!"

Rio's working soon.

The two young girls cut the sacks that were previously used to move them to the rope and Rio tied the men with them.

He also carried their weapons along with the precious items he could find.

It was big but could not help; he was currently in dire need of money.

Since some time ago his actions could already be classified as a crime so he did not bother to justify his actions.

Rio did not know any laws regarding the treatment of the criminal's property. Since that was the case, he might as well plunder all the belongings of the thugs; there was nothing wrong with obtaining some valuables.

"Hmph, greed …"

Looking at her behavior, Christina6 said that line while looking down on her. Hearing that, Rio felt a bit of resistance but pretended not to hear anything and continued his work.

Finishing her work, Rio and the sisters left the red light district and continued towards the market.

Along the way, the people in the red light district looked at Rio and the young girls with great curiosity. Yet no one called them because of the stench Rio gave off.

Upon arrival at the market, the army immediately ran to Rio and the sisters. Christina and Flora were placed under their protection afterward.