The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Chapter 3: The Abduction

Rio walked along the winding road before turning into a blissful path.

The road leads directly to the red light district (prostitute area). Follow the path

the main one in the red light district, he saw many soldiers who were very busy looking for someone.

The main street in the red light district is located near the slums of the market and the main street of the regular district. At night, the streets are full of prostitutes and men

trying to buy their bodies.

The sweet voice that called out and the negotiations that were made could be heard along the way.

The general order in the red light district was surprisingly good because among them many nobles were customers in the dealah.

Only honorable prostitutes were allowed to operate in most of the Kingdom. Some prostitutes who operated illegally placed their businesses near slums.

Rio's heading to the city section. Upon arriving, the sound of a quarrel between prostitutes was instantaneous

stop, and turn quiet. There is not a single person to be seen. It's in some

the place Rio was passing by. There was no good feeling associated with the place. It took less than a minute to reach the slums.

“Release!”

Then, Rio encountered a problem.

Being a little away from him, there were four rough-looking men wearing leather armor

with cheap swords tied to their waists.

The four people gave off a feeling like a delinquent. Lots of noise coming from the direction of the

that's. Two people carried large sacks on their shoulders. One sack moved like there was a large animal inside.

“What are you doing!? Where are you taking me!? Whoareyou!? Unhand me! Don't think it's gonna end like this! I will not forgive you!”

Glanced at the noisy sack and the appearance of those rude people, though,

suspicion appeared in Rio's mind. The voice of a little girl could be heard from the sack

that noisy one.

“Tch—dia is back. Be quiet! Stop moving like that!”

A loud voice rang out from the four suspicious people. The sack was direct

slightly vibrate.

“Stupid! Keep your voice down!”

“Y-Yes. Sorry aniki”

The man who let out a loud voice apologized to the man called aniki. It seemed like the person called aniki was the leader of the group.

“Tch—for 10 gold coins, this sack is very suspicious, but this work is very

profitable”

One of the people called Aniki frowned when he stopped his tongue. Judging from his expression, the sack he was carrying seemed to be very troublesome.

“Hehe, but 10 gold coins really pay off amazingly. Just with this, we can spend 10 months drinking and playing around with women”

All his subordinates smiled, their faces filled with lust. The leader is not

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

By the way, if he is not mistaken, the exchange rate of money is 100 bronze coins for 1 silver coin, 50 silver coins for 1 gold coin, and 25 gold coins for 1 mystic coin.

“What kind of people are in it? Judging from its size and weight, I guess it's a girl?”

Unable to hold back his curiosity, one of the people carrying the sack asked

to check on the leader to see what is in it.

“Maybe it was the son of a merchant or noble... Oi, open the sack!”

Just like his curious subordinates, the leader displayed a vulgar smile and

ordered to open the sack.

“Are you sure?”

“Hmph, that guy never said we shouldn't open his sack. And we also need to know if the contents are worth more than what we get. We will charge more when handing it over”

His subordinates cheered at the words spoken by his leader.

“You guys, keep an eye on the surroundings and don't let anyone near. Well, even though I don't think there will be someone who will come to this place”

The leader ordered one of his subordinates to put the sack down. The man previously ordered had ‘Let me see his face also’ the expression on his face.

But in Rio's eyes, the vigilance of one of his subordinates who was on guard was very careless.

“Then....”.

After ascertaining the circumstances around them, the person placed the sack on the ground and opened it roughly.

“Kya!”

With the sound of *buk* her slender soft body was seen, along with a shout coming out from a little girl who was in a sack.

“Hehe, now we can enjoy this girl for ourselves”

A smile spread across the faces of the four after hearing the cry of the little girl.

They took off the rope that tied the sack. Only 10 seconds were needed to complete it. Upon seeing what appeared from the sack next to him, the four people let out sounds of admiration.

What they saw was a little girl who was the same age as Rio. Her hair was purple like silk, and her irises were also purple, a dazzling girl who had an angel-like appearance.

Due to his face and clothes, he exuded the atmosphere of someone of high class.

Maybe she was the daughter of a noble. Her incredible beauty had Rio fascinated. Unmistakably, this noble princess had just been kidnapped.

But for what reason? For such an important person, they wouldn't have sent out delinquents

like that to deliver it.

Rio was silent and did not know what was going on. They should have received help from the guards of the noble families.

“Ah—feel curious we've killed a cat, huh? This is critical..we may have exceeded our limit”.

TL Note: a proverb whose meaning may be like this; a high sense of curiosity will make you regret.

“But we've taken him so far. After arriving at the destination, let's ask for payment. Come on, let's go! We must finish this quickly”

The delinquents were planning to continue going along with the poor girl. Being glared at by a bad person, the little girl closed her eyes tightly.

“Shut up, and get back in the sack!”

“NO! [Flame Shot]?!”

The little girl raised her hand and said something. And then from the palm of his hand came something out. However before the phenomenon of magic power can be converted into

“Agh—gah ho..

Rio was surprised to see the girl who had been thrown. At the same time, he was also amazed by the magic he unleashed. Rio could only use magic power to strengthen the body while the girl did something completely different, using a technique

which is unknown to him. Before the magic was released, something similar to a geometric pattern floated in front of him.

“Tch, almost there. I'm breathless. To think she's a magic user, as expected of a noble daughter” Foreign word ‘Magic’ is heard by Rio.

“Uu~”

Seeing a little girl holding her stomach in pain, one of the men spoke.

“E~tto, she's not dead yet, ‘kan?”

“It's okay. He's still groaning in pain”

“We don't know if they will give us payment if the goods are damaged..”.

“Ah? Ah, we will know by the time the time comes, ‘kan?”

The leader's rude behavior made his subordinates tremble in fear. They

he responded by giving her a troubled smile. From their conversation, it seemed like they were a bunch of useless people.

(What should I do.?)

While suppressing his impatience, Rio pondered the question. A little girl would not die from just such a kick. But if it continues like this, he will die.

Or he could go and help her. But it's easier to say than

doing so.

There are four enemies, based on Rio's estimation, they are not a threat to him. However, even with his abilities, he doubted that he could defeat all of them.

Besides, they're all armed while he's not. His opponents would not hesitate to kill him. Although Rio practiced ancient martial arts in his previous life, he

never killed anyone.

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

Moreover, if he was injured by one of those cheap blades, his wound would most likely suffer

infection. Rio was strongly opposed to killing humans. He recalled the words of his grandfather who was also his teacher.

If he remained like this, the events that were in front of him would soon disappear. But the incident won't just end, the little girl will be taken somewhere.

Rio heard from rumors that some prostitutes in his area sometimes held cruel events where people gathered and tortured little girls.

It was possible that the girl who was in front of him would be taken to one such place. However, the incident that took place before him had nothing to do with him.

Hiding and seeing the four men leave and leave the place, but there was no need for him to risk his life for a stranger.

Did ya? Is that really okay?While Rio was pondering about it, coincidentally, it was truly a coincidence, the girl looked at Rio. Looking at him, his face was filled with fear and anger.

Seeing that, Rio felt he could no longer escape. One of the men came with a sack. The man suddenly started to move, he focused his gaze on the little girl and removed the sack.

“Ah!”

With the sound of *buk* with a weak voice heard from inside the sack.

“Kya~”

From inside the sack, a little girl of the same age, was kicked and let out the same sound.

“Tch—Oi, she is not hurt, ‘kan?”

In a dull voice, the leader asked the person carrying the sack to ensure the safety of the contents.

With an evil smile, his subordinates opened the sack to confirm it. They're being sidetracked, now or never.

(Damn you all!)

Rio enveloped his body with magic power in an instant and launched himself like a bullet. No other human being of the same age can achieve the same strength.

He was shocked at the speed and endurance he had never felt before.

Even with his body that had been strengthened, his body was still the body of a small child and should not be able to produce strength to this extent. Success or failure would be decided in an instant so Rio immediately took the initiative.

“Na?”

The first one realized Rio was the leader, and he immediately drew his sword. But in that short moment, Rio was already in front of him.

“Gu ha”

Without letting an opportunity pass, he twisted the leader's elbow to make it dislocate before throwing it.

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

his body, he was able to cast an adult male that was twice as large as his body.

The leader knew nothing about ukemi and hit the ground

with a loud voice.

TL Note: Ukemi, a self-destructing technique to save himself.

(Next!)

Rio is moving

his body.

“Eh?”

He gathered all his strength and launched a kick into the belly of the man beside him.

Using the strength and weight of his own opponent, Rio slammed the man to the ground.

“GAH!”

Making sure his opponent was unconscious, he prepared to face the remaining delinquents.

“Basic fucking boy!”

Angry that his friends had lost, the two remaining people chose to face Rio together. If they took the girl as a hostage, then the situation would be hopeless. His opponent was more than one, meaning they had more options compared to Rio.

Rio's afraid. However, those people are carried away by emotions so they forget to take the most effective way.

“Death to you jerk!”

Brandishing a sword that was 50 cm long, one of the delinquents rushed over and attacked Rio. He dodged the sword by jumping to the side and launched a counterattack with his palm aiming at his opponent's chin. The counterattack worked

hit that delinquent chin and instantly collapsed.

“B-Bags you!”

Seriate....

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