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0:00re-zero Side Story karagi girl meets
0:03cats part one
0:06hoshin of the Wilderness was the name of
0:08a legend someone that no one in the
0:10world was unaware of the beginning of
0:12his Legend traced back to 400 years ago
0:15when the Western area of the world was
0:17naught but ruins with many small
0:19countries vying for Supremacy a small
0:21country that did not have a desirable
0:23location by any standard and was on the
0:26verge of being overshadowed by the other
0:28countries the very first stretch of soil
0:30where hoshin placed his flag on having
0:32decided that he would start taking
0:34action was the miserable land of karagi
0:37hoshin had never been a person blessed
0:39with the talent for the Arts of combat
0:41the Legends depicted hoshin was an
0:44extraordinary man of wisdom who excelled
0:46at holding discussions knowing how to
0:48guide the hearts of people the Legends
0:50depicted hoshin became well acquainted
0:52with the ruler of karuragai controlling
0:55the management of the country from the
0:56shadows in the blink of an eye he formed
0:59friendly relations with the other
1:01countries expanding his Circle Sometimes
1:04using stratagems sometimes by Amity and
1:07sometimes with his Flair for business
1:08the Legends depicted when the
1:11surrounding countries realized that
1:12kararagai had been operating behind the
1:15scenes in an effort to dominate The
1:17Western lands it was already too late
1:19with the majority of the small
1:21insignificant countries under the
1:23jurisdiction of karagi and also with the
1:26inscrutable maneuvers of hoshin who had
1:28become the leader of that Grand Alliance
1:30no one was able to stop them thus the
1:33era of war and competition between
1:35powerful figures came to an end and
1:37under the name of hoshin of the
1:39Wilderness the Federation of karagi
1:41city-states was founded question mark ha
1:44no matter how many times I hear it the
1:47legend of hoshin really fascinates me
1:50having finished listening to the full
1:51story the girl exhaled a breath of
1:54admiration with wrapped attention she
1:56was a young girl with cute and adorable
1:58facial features aged around 11 or 12 and
2:02her stature was slightly shorter than
2:03the average of those the same age as her
2:05you yet she was far more good-looking
2:07than the average standard for those of
2:09the same age group soft purple hair and
2:12light blue-green eyes that Shone with
2:14curiosity with her pale and clear skin
2:17her appearance could fool anyone being
2:19told that she was a noble girl from a
2:22nice place however this girl Anastasia
2:25was not from such a Highborn family
2:27Anastasia whom sup it's rude to stare at
2:31someone's face like that all of a sudden
2:33Anastasia began appraising the person in
2:36front of her with a doubtful gaze her
2:39eyes contained none of the charm of a
2:41sheltered girl and a glimpse of
2:42craftiness and vigilance not befitting
2:45her age could be seen because of her
2:47Origins it was only logical that she was
2:49quick-witted the person with his Jaws
2:52wide open beared his fangs as he laughed
2:55question mark nothing I was just
2:58thinking that the little kid I picked up
3:00from that Alleyway became quite an
3:02influential person well done well done
3:05Anastasia talking about an old story
3:08again Uncle don't people often tell you
3:11that you're annoying question mark If
3:13you say that then that means you're way
3:15more annoying since you keep pestering
3:18me to tell you the same story again and
3:20again annabo you better prepare yourself
3:23because I'll continue digging up
3:25whatever past things for another few
3:26years or so as Anastasia pouted looking
3:30Southern the large calloused palm of a
3:32hand ruffled her hair she didn't brush
3:35away the arm but both her face and eyes
3:37still seemed to hold dissatisfaction
3:39which the owner of the Palm
3:41involuntarily let out a rye laugh
3:43against he didn't mind her competitive
3:45and indomitable Spirit if she wasn't
3:48like that then there was no point in him
3:50doing all of this Anastasia that's
3:53enough the elderly are people who are
3:55always talking about the same things so
3:58I'll bear with it for your sake question
4:00mark oh you're worded that pretty
4:02strongly where did you learn that
4:05Anastasia I heard it from the owner of
4:07the tavern and also from the regulars I
4:11only regret that I couldn't question and
4:13get any weaknesses out of the Dead drunk
4:15old man before I quit my job there
4:17exchanging banter and sticking her
4:19tongue out Anastasia escaped from the
4:22hand patting her heading over to the
4:24doors while doing that she speedily and
4:27neatly adjusted her hairstyle and kimono
4:30Anastasia break time's over uncle
4:34final fire if you keep skipping work 2.
4:37question mark that's scary with your
4:40earnings providing for someone with a
4:42large body like Mead be tough Anastasia
4:45why do I have to look after your basic
4:47needs question mark ain't it obvious
4:49you're gonna buy me and make me yours
4:52right revealing his sharp canines with a
4:55smile he touched his own neck with his
4:57broad fingers the collar the remnant of
5:00his days as a slave was wrapped around
5:03his neck fashioned from cold rough metal
5:06what was supposed to be an object for
5:08discipline was now a testament to their
5:10promise Anastasia held her breath at the
5:13gesture that invoked her memories of the
5:15promise nodding immediately after
5:17Anastasia yeah that's right that's right
5:21but because it's like that it'll be bad
5:23if you drop dead on the side of the road
5:25before I save up enough money take care
5:28of yourself properly with a quick retort
5:30Anastasia stuck her tongue out and then
5:33bolted out of the room listening to her
5:35pattering footsteps fading in the
5:37distance he broke into a smile gazing
5:40out the window outside of the window was
5:42a cloudy sky and his appearance was
5:44reflected in the slightly foggy glass an
5:47enormous frame that was too large to be
5:49fully reflected in the window of the
5:51room and the Visage of a beast that
5:53didn't bear the slightest resemblance to
5:55Anastasia his bare skin was covered by
5:58dark brown fur unsparingly exposing the
6:01majesticness of a demi human different
6:03from that of an ordinary human Ricardo
6:05welkin a giant man unique even among the
6:08kobolds and also a hired bodyguard
6:11associated with the chuden trading
6:13company to add to that he was acting as
6:15someone akin to a supporter and a
6:17guardian to Anastasia however the
6:20guardian part was something that
6:21Anastasia would never acknowledge openly
6:24part two
6:26the headquarters of the children Trading
6:28Company were located in the Second City
6:31of the cararagai city-states banan
6:33within karuragai there were 10 large
6:36cities all of them numbered from 1 to
6:3810. each City functioned similarly to a
6:41small country governed under a mayor and
6:43a set of city laws allowing it to exist
6:45as a sort of federation in the city of
6:48banan it could be said that the chuden
6:50trading company was a mid-level
6:51organization having one of the most
6:54prominent Enterprises the regret Trading
6:57Company as its parent company The Judd
6:59and trading company was underneath its
7:01umbrella as a subsidiary associate it
7:03didn't restrict the kind of goods it
7:05sold but managed to handle those in a
7:08proper manner so those that frequented
7:10banan generally visited the chuden
7:12trading company for that reason alone
7:14while the gates of the city were open
7:16with Merchants from the outside rushing
7:18inside all at once there was always a
7:21waiting line in front of the company
7:22because of that the staff and attendants
7:25having a hectic scan was a daily
7:27occurrence question mark Anastasia I'm
7:31running out of change hurry up and bring
7:34over the copper box and Silver Box
7:36Anastasia yes question mark not only
7:40those also Anastasia a burlap sack right
7:45gotcha while being showered with orders
7:48being yelled at her Anastasia carried
7:50out the wooden boxes with her thin arms
7:52they were packed with coins meant solely
7:54for payment the copper box contained
7:57copper coins and the silver box was
7:59filled with silver coins respectively
8:01both of them were quite cumbersome for a
8:04young girl but there was no way she
8:06could dump everything down on the floor
8:07Anastasia's position was that of a staff
8:10member that managed the actual trading
8:12knot she was an attendant that ran all
8:15over the place to support the staff a
8:17role commonly also referred to as a
8:19helper as instructed Anastasia utilized
8:23the little tricks that she had come up
8:24with to make her job easier throwing in
8:27the heavy payment Boxes by the staff's
8:29feet the trading grounds where
8:31transactions took place in the Chatham
8:33Trading Company was a location where the
8:35merchants from outside of the city
8:36directly rode into on their wolf
8:38carriages wagons pulled by a large
8:40wolf-like species known as ligers it was
8:44a place where those merchants could
8:45trade with the company on the spot many
8:48long tables were lined up in the place
8:49with the staff and Merchants commencing
8:52their negotiations with the tables in
8:54between them exchanging merchandise
8:56money and the such each staff member was
8:59in control of different categories of
9:01products today the employee that
9:04Anastasia was assisting had been put in
9:06charge of clothing accessories and
9:09textiles the amount of money flowing in
9:12and out was huge and all the product
9:14appraisals that they had to do were
9:16likewise dizzying question mark next
9:18divide the customers that are crowded
9:21around don't spend more time than you
9:24need Anastasia from hoshin sayings time
9:28and money are equally valuable she
9:30didn't even have the time to see the
9:32staff member nod in response Anastasia
9:34ducked under the elongated table coming
9:37around behind the line of people and
9:39sorting them out while she examined the
9:41goods and catalogs piled on the luggage
9:43platforms of the carriages with her eyes
9:45there were multiple lines and a few
9:48young boys that were also helpers
9:50however they were all working at a
9:53slower speed compared to her she carried
9:55out twice the amount of work compared to
9:57helpers twice her age but she didn't
10:00take pride in that even if the people
10:02around her were envious of her
10:04achievements she thought nothing of them
10:06so it was only natural that she wasn't
10:08particularly proud after dealing with
10:10the waiting line that had formed at her
10:12place Anastasia surveyed her
10:14surroundings with haste wondering if she
10:16should get started on doing the same to
10:18the other rows of people Anastasia Dash
10:21hey you what are you doing in the middle
10:25of the waiting line being managed by a
10:27different helper who was taking a long
10:29time with their work a man jolted with
10:31surprise upon hearing the shout of anger
10:33that had come from Anastasia he was a
10:36man with a scrawny figure she did not
10:38recognize about to lay his hands on the
10:40loaded Goods while pretending to take
10:42the catalog when the man realized that
10:44his attempt at thievery had been
10:46unsuccessful having heard Anastasia's
10:48voice ring across the area he
10:50immediately made an effort to escape
10:53thrusting aside a helper that had ran
10:55over to stop him he made a break for the
10:57exit of the place of Commerce Anastasia
11:00I Won't Let You Go Thief out of my way
11:03your runt however faster than the man
11:06could flee Anastasia blocked his path
11:08with her arms spread out the man spat at
11:11the resistance being put up by the
11:13helper balling his hand into a fist and
11:15holding it high over his head it
11:17happened right before she was struck
11:19question mark you're asking for a little
11:22too much aren't you a muscular arm twice
11:25the size of that man's own arm and fist
11:27was swung and the poor man was sent
11:29flying towards the heavens and just like
11:32that he descended back down onto the
11:34floor of the trading grounds head first
11:36collapsing and lying on the floor limp
11:39timidly opening her eyes upon catching
11:41his scream of pain there was an Abrupt
11:44shift in Anastasia's expression
11:45Anastasia Uncle Ricardo good job
11:49noticing that Thief Anna Beau well done
11:52but it ain't good to be Reckless imagine
11:55getting injured from something like this
11:57it's gonna be a dumb and heavy loss for
12:00you what you hate the most of things not
12:02worth the effort right the kobold that
12:05had sent the thief flying Ricardo told
12:07Anastasia with a loud laugh as she
12:09jumped at him he then lifted the scrawny
12:12man up by the back of his neck dragging
12:14him out of the area Ricardo here this
12:17way you sure did have the guts to pull
12:20off something like that in a place where
12:22I'm standing guard
12:24better get ready for one of your arms to
12:26go bye-bye Thief that runt do in an
12:29unnecessary thing in getting in my way
12:31the man glowered at Anastasia with a
12:34furious scowl Ricardo's threat falling
12:37on death ears she slowly approached the
12:39thief who looked like he might snap at
12:42her at any moment and then promptly
12:44slapped him across the face a satisfying
12:46smack echoed throughout the place of
12:48transactions stunning both the man and
12:50the surrounding people Anastasia
12:52lowering your own worth by doing stupid
12:55things and holding a grudge because you
12:57were called out is the worst where's
12:59your worth now after being slapped
13:02directly in the face by a little girl
13:04you're pathetic while Ricardo watched
13:07Anastasia with a pleased smile the thief
13:09choked on his words raising only a girl
13:12against the young girl's blistering
13:13criticism of his actions and then the
13:16trading grounds erupted with cheers of
13:19delight question mark well said question
13:22mark it was refreshing to hear that
13:24question mark serves the thief right
13:27Anastasia thanks thanks smiling and
13:30trying to appear amiable to the
13:32approving cheers from the crowd
13:33Anastasia returned to being a young girl
13:36of her age which he was her surroundings
13:39became even more lively at the change of
13:41her attitude and Ricardo took the thief
13:44outside meanwhile Ricardo I'm probably
13:46supposed to do something like ripping
13:48off your dominant arm and throw India
13:50out of town but arriving at the back of
13:53the trading grounds Ricardo haphazardly
13:56tossed the man on top of the soil the
13:58man paled upon hearing the intimidating
14:00threat crawling on the ground on his
14:02hands and knees however Ricardo flicked
14:06his own beard with a finger Ricardo I'll
14:09let you go for today I can't come up
14:11with something that's harsher than what
14:13that just did to you so I'm sure
14:16you have some thoughts opinions or
14:18whatever about it make sure you never
14:21show your face round here ever again the
14:23man instantaneously scurried away when
14:26Ricardo shoot him off with a gesture
14:28staring at his back until he was out of
14:30sight Ricardo yawned as he moved to go
14:33back to keeping watch over the place of
14:35Commerce question mark do you really
14:37think the thief from earlier will have a
14:39change of heart Ricardo oh it's the man
14:42chuden yeah we're watching having heard
14:45that voice speaking to him Ricardo
14:48turned around to see a fox-eyed chubby
14:50man standing behind him it was a man who
14:53wore a nicely tailored Indigo kimono
14:55chutton Agri the representative of the
14:57Chatham Trading Company Judd and brushed
15:00the lower part of his kimono with a hand
15:02his fox-eyed gaze moving towards the
15:04direction the thief had run away in
15:06chuden it's customary to cut off the
15:09dominant arms of Thieves and then chase
15:11them out of the city
15:12surely I don't think that you the guard
15:15dog of the Enterprise doesn't know that
15:17Ricardo it was settled as attempted
15:19thievery because of Anna Beau depending
15:22on how you look at it she struck him a
15:24much harsher blow than losing an arm if
15:27it were me I would be way more scared of
15:30that chutton with the right opportunity
15:32anyone could go back on the path that
15:34they strayed from huh you know that such
15:37a thing doesn't exist Ricardo donno
15:39Ricardo of course even I know that much
15:43I memorized his features the next time
15:46he's up to no good round these parts
15:48I'll take his dominant arm and his
15:50non-dominant arm as well that'll do
15:53won't it when Ricardo growled out with a
15:56deep voice chutton said nothing for a
15:58moment before giving him a nod chutton
16:00Splendid I was worried sick for a moment
16:04thinking the Hound Ricardo had lost his
16:06motivation Ricardo stop it it's
16:09embarrassing now I'm a pet dog with the
16:12company's call around my neck right
16:14rough rough chuden well it should be
16:18reassuring if you were really genuinely
16:20our pet dog oh well I guess I'm okay
16:23with that for now Ricardo the way you
16:26said it kinda bothers me with a sniff
16:28Ricardo responded to chutton while
16:31frowning seeing his expression the
16:34fox-eyed man shook his head in an
16:36exasperated manner continuing with a by
16:38the way Ricardo what is it chuden
16:41there's something important I want to
16:43talk to you about it's about a bit of a
16:46Troublesome matter for further details
16:48let's head to my room hearing the
16:51telltale signs of something ominous from
16:53chutton Ricardo deepened his frown
16:55knitting his brows even further speaking
16:58from experience in conversations that
17:00had begun like this there had been no
17:02instances where the matter at hand could
17:04be put away as little
17:06part three
17:08chutton recently there's been frequent
17:11occurrences of Caravans being attacked
17:13around the outskirts of banan have you
17:16ever heard of them as Ricardo entered
17:18the office he had been invited into
17:20feeling ill at ease Chutney brought up
17:22the topic he had mentioned earlier
17:24Ricardo made a face in turn replying
17:27with sorter his large ears had also
17:30caught wind of reports of damage being
17:32done to the Caravans on the outskirts
17:34Ricardo but I only happened to hear it
17:38if it's gonna be about something outside
17:40the city then it won't fall within the
17:42range of the company's bodyguard to
17:45begin with the people who are being
17:46attacked are Merchants from the outside
17:48they're not included in the people I
17:51need to protect children you're
17:53absolutely right that's true but those
17:56Merchants are our important trading
17:58partners furthermore their goods will
18:01also become our merchandise in the near
18:03future if those were snatched away by
18:05brigands and the merchants distanced
18:07themselves from banana to boot then the
18:10Damage Done will be enormous Ricardo you
18:13better not be telling me to do something
18:14about those brigands Bandits or whatever
18:17his background was quite renowned but
18:19having expectations being placed on him
18:21because of it was stressful if the
18:23perpetrators were a gang of Bandits that
18:25preyed on Caravans then their numbers
18:27would be no less than 50 people
18:29depending on the circumstances there
18:32could also be a hundred of them taking
18:35them on all by oneself was something an
18:37idiot would do Ricardo if the enemy has
18:40a ton of people on hand then it's
18:42absolutely definitely impossible even if
18:45it's me being sent out it is even
18:47possible to fight him alone chuden oh
18:50please put your mind at ease if it's
18:52about that with a Sly look on his face
18:54children laughed in response to
18:56Ricardo's concerns chutton for the
18:59matter at hand this time even banan's
19:01Senate considers it a problem including
19:04our company the association of Commerce
19:06will pitch in and gather people for the
19:09job so I want you to spearhead the group
19:12find the problematic gang of Bandits and
19:14wipe them out well that's about it
19:17Ricardo that's still an unreasonable
19:20demand you know he grumbled but deep
19:22down he understood that chadden was
19:25doing all he could to prevent him from
19:26backing out of this whole mess because
19:28of the way Carrara guy's governments was
19:30structured the merchants had a say in
19:33whatever concerned the cities the
19:35majority of the people affiliated with
19:37the Senate that dictated how the cities
19:39were ran were either influential
19:41merchants or leaders of trading
19:43companies children was one of the latter
19:45since he was sharing his plans Ricardo
19:48could take a wild guess and say things
19:50had already progressed up to a point
19:52that the bill was submitted to the
19:53Senate and all he the person involved
19:56had to do was to nod in agreement
19:58Ricardo put in a kobold like me in
20:01charge of a ragtag group of people what
20:04are you thinking really chuden a
20:06talented person's given a position where
20:08he can display his talents it's only
20:11natural he answered brazenly spreading
20:14out a map on top of his desk it was a
20:16rough sketch illustrating the outskirts
20:18of banan and Ricardo saw red marks being
20:21placed on several roads that were being
20:23used by the merchants children these are
20:26the surrounding routes and the places
20:28where the Caravans have been raided
20:30there were zero survivors in every
20:32Caravan attacked their goods and dogs
20:35taken as well for a gang of Bandits
20:38they're being pretty thorough with their
20:40methods while staring at the map Ricardo
20:43set his eyes on the areas next to the
20:45places the Bandit's assault had taken
20:47place a forest and a rocky field if a
20:50band of brigands with sufficient numbers
20:52needed to conceal themselves then there
20:54was a high possibility of them setting
20:56their base somewhere around that area
20:58like that as the two went on with their
21:01conversation their eyes fixed on the map
21:03question mark excuse me I brought some
21:06tea announcing that Anastasia entered
21:09the room holding a tray with steam
21:11coming out of the cups placed on top of
21:13it she set two cups of ryokucha on the
21:16desk in front of Ricardo and chuden
21:19Ricardo what Anna Beau Servin as a
21:22waitress what happened to your job as a
21:25helper Anastasia the busiest hours of
21:27settled down and I was told I could take
21:30a break after I bring tea to you too
21:32more importantly why are you both
21:34staring at a map being shrewd enough to
21:37bring her own cup of tea with her
21:39Anastasia tilted her head as she blew on
21:41her Rio Couture Ricardo pointed a finger
21:44at the map in response to the question
21:46Ricardo we're talking about how a lot of
21:49people are dying around these red
21:51circles right now we were at the part
21:53where chuden demanded me to solve it
21:55Anastasia a you'll solve it will you be
21:59safe Ricardo oh you're worried for me he
22:03appeared to be happy a broad smile
22:05making its way on his face but Anastasia
22:08shook her head saying no Anastasia
22:11that's not it you need to use your brain
22:14for a job like searching the culprit are
22:17you fit for the job chuden please don't
22:19worry what I asked for Ricardo Dono to
22:22do was to split open the culprit's heads
22:24once they're found in that case there
22:27would be his field of expertise wouldn't
22:29it Anastasia ah then that's good what a
22:33relief Ricardo blew out a sigh seeing
22:36the two get along very well his side was
22:39as powerful as a gale it's Force
22:41blasting both of them away and causing
22:43Anastasia to snap at him with an uncle
22:45he jabbed a finger at her face in return
22:48Ricardo you know what this ain't a game
22:52us adults are gonna talk about important
22:54things so a child like you should go
22:56outside and chase after butterflies or
22:59something Anastasia butterflies aren't
23:01even worth a coin so there's no way I'll
23:04chase them around more than that let me
23:07hear the details it might be dangerous
23:09if I don't know anything so Ricardo wide
23:13not known about the brigands on the
23:15outside be dangerous for a helper inside
23:17the city chuden well why not this might
23:20take up all of your time for a while so
23:23let's have Anastasia listen to it as
23:25well unlike the hesitant Ricardo chutton
23:28was remarkably benign towards
23:29Anastasia's curiosity originally he had
23:33been Charmed by the bright future in
23:35front of her so his softness was brought
23:36to light in these situations as for
23:39Ricardo he really did not want to let
23:41Anastasia hear about the bloodier side
23:43of the world however his concerns would
23:46be the target of laughter coming from
23:48the people around him with them telling
23:50him he was being overprotective
23:52Anastasia whom I see even the outer
23:56parts of the city don't have it easy
23:57receiving the same explanation as
24:00Ricardo had been given before a comment
24:02of indifference slipped out of course
24:05was what Ricardo could only think in
24:07response to that reaction which had been
24:09identical to that of a child who did not
24:11know best however contrary to how
24:14Ricardo had perceived her answer
24:15Anastasia continued with a by the way
24:18Anastasia what sort of goods did the
24:21victims load on their carriages chuden
24:23their goods according to the reports it
24:26seemed like they departed after packing
24:28up antiques such as jewelry before
24:30coming to banan Caravans of handicrafts
24:34Mana Stones weapons and armor or also
24:37attacked by the bandits Anastasia aha is
24:41that so kinda strange Anastasia tilted
24:44her head sideways muttering under her
24:46breath Ricardo there that's enough
24:49chuden you shouldn't make a kid listen
24:52to weird things like that either Ricardo
24:54had noticed her nearly inaudible
24:56muttering but he prioritized sending her
24:59away more than making conversation with
25:01her Anastasia looked upset but Judd and
25:04reluctantly ordered her to leave
25:06Anastasia what's with you you're being
25:09mean Uncle holding her unfinished cup of
25:12tea Anastasia stuck her tongue out as
25:14she was forced out of the room Ricardo
25:17closed the door after watching her leave
25:19shrugging his shoulders chutton really
25:22you're so overprotective of her Ricardo
25:25say whatever you want yeah right I'm
25:28overprotective that's what I am so I
25:31won't let those bad guys come close to
25:33the city Anna bosin I'll get on with it
25:36and finish the job refusing to be mocked
25:38Ricardo beared his fangs as he glared at
25:41the map affected by the frightening
25:44unnerving air being released from his
25:46enormous frame in close proximity
25:48chutton exhaled his cheeks stiffening
25:50slightly chuden the Hound is living up
25:53to his name huh it's scary but at the
25:56same time I'm really glad you're on our
25:58side
26:00part four
26:01a few days passed since the dramatic
26:04scene that had occurred at the Chutney
26:06Trading Company inside Tavern located at
26:09the Western end of banan a girl was
26:11leaning on the counter while babbling
26:13endlessly to the female owner question
26:15mark and then he left me here after
26:18treating me like a nuisance and all
26:19uncle was being unfair question mark I
26:23see I thought I haven't seen his
26:25dog-like face for a while so that's what
26:28it was about is that why you came here
26:30to drink until you're dead drunk Anna
26:32Chan Anastasia yep I'm heartbroken right
26:36now so cheer me up please oh and I want
26:40a refill the girl being referred to as
26:42Anna Chan pestering the owner to refill
26:45her cup of milk was Anastasia as you all
26:47know despite being bothered before
26:49opening her Tavern the owner handled the
26:52young girl's request with kindness and a
26:54touch of tenderness to the owner
26:56Anastasia was an adorable employee who
26:59had been working at her Tavern until
27:01quitting three months ago the owner's
27:03positive feelings towards her were not
27:05as extensive as the ones she directed
27:07towards Ricardo but she cherished her
27:10nonetheless because of that she could
27:12condone Anastasia visiting her even
27:14while she was making preparations to
27:16open her Tavern and she was also willing
27:18to listen to her complaints tavernona
27:21but it's a little unexpected I thought
27:24the relationship between you two was
27:26one-sided on Ricardo's end to think that
27:29Anna Chand feel lonely while he's away
27:31Anastasia that's cause uncle's mine I
27:34already made reservations for his collar
27:37so he shouldn't go places where I can't
27:39reach him he doesn't understand that for
27:42crying out loud even in the present a
27:44collar with a broken lock was fitted on
27:46Ricardo's wide neck the collar was an
27:49item that had restricted his movements
27:51during his days as a slave and it was
27:53now a mere ornament devoid of its
27:55function although he had cast off his
27:58status as a slave he left the collar
28:00attached to his neck in order to do
28:02Penance it was something Anastasia was
28:04tremendously unhappy about someday she
28:07would set a price befitting him and then
28:09she would purchase him after that she
28:12had decided she would take off the
28:14collar with her own hands and toss it
28:15away that was one of the many dreams
28:18that Anastasia wished to fulfill
28:20Anastasia thanks to you and Uncle I've
28:23gotten real close to making my dream
28:25come true that's why I need to do my
28:27very best I need to try harder more than
28:30ever tavernona your dream what kind of
28:34dream is it can I hear it Anastasia my
28:37dreams to become as big as hoshin San in
28:40order to do that right now is the time
28:42to lay low and be obedient so I can save
28:45up power knowledge and money Foo she
28:48snorted as she spoke about her dreams
28:50optimistic and vigorous and almost
28:53making the owner chuckle at her there
28:55were many Merchants who looked up to the
28:57legend of hoshin of the Wilderness if
28:59one were born in karuragai as a young
29:01boy boy then that person would dream of
29:03experiencing the same success story at
29:06least once in his life however if it was
29:09a young girl she was close to with those
29:10dreams then it was a special different
29:13case Anastasia come on you're laughing
29:16too that part of Yas the same as Uncle
29:19tavanona sorry but I think that dream of
29:23yours won't necessarily end as just a
29:26dream in fact you were taken away by
29:28chuden-san from that large company like
29:31that if you became his wife then you
29:34could at least become a higher up of the
29:35city right Anastasia me becoming chuden
29:39Sans wife that's a little no no no
29:44apparently the girl cackling in a
29:46childlike manner wasn't aware of how
29:48attractive her appearance was even
29:51though she was adorable enough as she
29:52was currently the owner guessed she'd
29:54eventually grow into a beautiful woman
29:56when the time for that arrived what the
29:59owner had just said wouldn't be
30:00something to laugh at tavernona you know
30:03what Anna Chan you probably won't
30:06believe me right now but please remember
30:08this you're cuter than the average child
30:11so there might be people out there who
30:13are up to no good if you feel like
30:15you're in danger make sure to talk to
30:17Ricardo or chud and San about it
30:19Anastasia air but that's tavernona just
30:24remember it having been warned with a
30:26serious expression Anastasia gave a nod
30:29to her words with okay she guessed the
30:32owner was going to continue lecturing
30:33her so she drank up the refill she had
30:36gotten for her previously empty cup of
30:38milk Anastasia thanks for the drink I
30:41still have work to do today so I'm gonna
30:43head back placing three copper coins on
30:46the counter as payment for the milk
30:48Anastasia jumped off her seat the owner
30:51momentarily looked disappointed but soon
30:53after waved her hand at the back of the
30:56small girl who was leaving her Tavern
30:58Tavern owner Anna Chan come and show
31:01your face here during your next day off
31:03will you the last thing Anastasia heard
31:05from the owner before she left was her
31:07Carrara guide dialect which rarely came
31:10out of her Anastasia whom I still have a
31:13lot of time Uncle ain't here anyway what
31:16should I do stretching out her body
31:18outside the tavern Anastasia struggled
31:21to think about what to do with too much
31:23time on her hands today was a holiday a
31:26complete day of rest that took place
31:27once a week she had said to the owner
31:30she still had work to do but there was
31:32nothing on her schedule having said that
31:35even if she went to the trading grounds
31:37to be of assistance it was obvious the
31:39people there would greet her with
31:40disapproving looks Anastasia it's
31:43bothersome even if I'm told to Curry
31:45favor again okay I think I'll just walk
31:48around while eating straightening
31:50herself with her head held high
31:52Anastasia started strolling down the
31:54busy street which had various people
31:56weaving in and out of it like this ever
31:59since she had been able to carry her own
32:01wallet around with her walking while
32:03eating had become one of her secret
32:05Hobbies back when she had been living in
32:07the back of the streets stalls selling
32:10food out in the open had been her
32:11hunger's greatest enemy because she
32:14could enjoy those Foods in the present
32:15day she thought that she had acquired a
32:18good social standing compared to where
32:20she was previously Anastasia hn as she
32:23kept on walking while stuffing herself
32:25with a dekoyaki she had bought she felt
32:28a set of eyes staring at her glancing at
32:30the direction of the stair her eyes met
32:32with a grimy boy who was looking at her
32:34hands she could easily imagine where he
32:37had come from he was a hyena living in
32:40the slums at the back of the city the
32:42people who rummaged through garbage
32:44dumps desperate to obtain enough food to
32:46get by every day were referred to as
32:49hyenas they did not have a house and
32:51they did not have anything to eat either
32:53hyena was a term that was said to have
32:56existed since the era of hoshin
32:58Anastasia had also been a hyena in the
33:01past in her case living in extreme
33:04poverty and surviving on what meager
33:06amount of food she could get her hands
33:08on had not been anyone else's business
33:10and so she had her own opinions and
33:13thoughts about the Gaze the boy was
33:15directing at her however Anastasia
33:18that's just stupid Anastasia crammed the
33:21rest of the dekoyaki into her mouth and
33:24then showed off the empty container to
33:25the boy
33:26shaken by her domineering action he
33:29turned around and scampered back into
33:31the alley in a hurry how unambitious the
33:34attitude of waiting to be fed with one's
33:36mouth wide open like a nestling
33:38expecting to be given things as Charity
33:40was what got on Anastasia's nerves the
33:43most in reality she had attained her
33:46current position because it had been
33:47given to her because she understood what
33:50it felt like Anastasia's heart ached
33:52with pain caused by her own actions as
33:55well as her words that ended up tying
33:57her heart as if it was a piece of rope
33:59Ricardo was there for her but he could
34:01possibly be Anastasia ah the moment she
34:05let her guard down while thinking about
34:07something else was taken advantage of
34:09and a hand reached out and felt around
34:11the inside of her kimono from behind
34:14she immediately flung off the person's
34:16arm but it was too late a small Shadow
34:19pulled out her wallet from her kimono
34:21then sprung away and she could see their
34:23back as they threw themselves back into
34:25the alley her wallet had been stolen and
34:28it had been taken from her so easily the
34:31one who got robbed was the fool that way
34:34of thinking was something Anastasia Knew
34:36Too Well being a former hyena her usual
34:39self might have given up on taking it
34:41back thinking her wallet had been stolen
34:44because she was not careful enough but
34:46for this occasion she was not in the
34:48mood to give in Anastasia wait up
34:50chasing after the fleeing Shadow
34:53Anastasia also jumped into the alley it
34:56had been a long time since she had set
34:58foot on the rough low-quality roads at
35:00the back of the street but it was a
35:02place where she had ran around for years
35:03ever since she became old enough to
35:06become aware of her surroundings her
35:08body remembered how to navigate around
35:10the area she caught up with the thief
35:12soon enough using her footsteps and
35:15voice to lead them where she wanted them
35:17to go cornering them into a dead end
35:19right after the shadow that had run
35:21straight into her trap turned around to
35:23face her with a frustrated expression
35:25Anastasia there gimme back my wallet
35:28between me and you there's a difference
35:31in how much experience we've got hyena
35:34boy wh
35:36what experience wearing clean and pretty
35:39clothes like that to a person like you I
35:42won't even if she told him she had
35:45previously been in the same position he
35:47was currently in he probably would not
35:49believe her to add to that it was
35:51meaningless to say such a thing drawing
35:54closer to the hyena glaring at her
35:56Anastasia made a move to take back her
35:58wallet from him along with her
36:00nutritional condition she also had a
36:03grasp on the Arts of self-defense
36:04something she had learned from The
36:06Trading Company
36:07snatching back her wallet could be done
36:10effortlessly however question mark right
36:13how can I stand being criticized by a
36:16runt like you talking like you know
36:18everything Anastasia KH hearing a man's
36:22voice from behind Anastasia attempted to
36:25turn backwards in a panic despite that
36:27at a speed faster than her own a harsh
36:30sharp blow struck her upside the head
36:32and she collapsed onto the ground both
36:35of her hands and feet felt weak and her
36:38Consciousness immediately started fading
36:40away growing distant question mark hair
36:43you did a great job there take that
36:46wallet and hurry up and get the out
36:49hearing the man's voice which gave the
36:51impression that he was quarreling with
36:53someone Anastasia vaguely registered
36:55that she had been caught in a trap
36:57someone's Trap by someone
37:00she felt like she had heard the Rowdy
37:02voice somewhere before the man's voice
37:04sounding like he was wishing Misfortune
37:07upon her was a voice she felt like she
37:09had just recently heard at the trading
37:11grounds
37:12part 5.
37:14meanwhile the band of mercenaries that
37:17had Ricardo as their leader was having
37:18difficulties with the extermination of
37:20the brigands they did find a few of them
37:23inside the forest around the city the
37:25place that had been marked down on the
37:27map but the brigand's numbers were too
37:29small for them to be able to pull off
37:30their many raids on the Caravans which
37:33was the matter at hand upon being
37:35spotted by the group of a few dozen
37:37people the brigands immediately
37:39scattered and fled in disarray the
37:41possibility they would continue to
37:43commit thievery was low however they
37:46accomplished nothing other than that and
37:48not a trace of the problematic culprits
37:50of the Caravan attacks could be found
37:52Ricardo so they're also not in the cave
37:55that we found in the forest even though
37:58I didn't expect much because of how
37:59narrow that entrance was having received
38:02reports that brought zero advantages to
38:04them one after another Ricardo's
38:06expression darkened as he added several
38:09more x marks on the map there was also
38:11the fact the mercenary group was not
38:13cooperating too well because because it
38:15had been built in a hurry but Ricardo
38:17believed it was his incompetence that
38:19did not let the group achieve the
38:20results they so desperately needed even
38:22if they were doing their best though the
38:25situation was so incomprehensible that
38:27it weighed on his mind even further
38:29Ricardo is there a chance they went to a
38:32different place it's making me concerned
38:35since it overlaps with us setting out to
38:37exterminate the brigands though even the
38:40Senate responsible for the management of
38:41the city wasn't a tight-knit
38:43organization it was impossible to say
38:46that it was certain there was nobody
38:47assisting the bandits wishing for the
38:49downfall of the current members of the
38:51Senate if things turned out to be like
38:54that then the situation would go on to
38:56become more complicated however
38:58compounding even more Ricardo could not
39:01help but feel like the situation was
39:03wreathed by a different intention or
39:04purpose question mark Ricardo a caravan
39:08departing from banan is here please come
39:11and meet them just in case Ricardo got
39:14it the Vice Captain called out to
39:16Ricardo who was grumbling to himself
39:18inside the tent set up where they had
39:20established Camp heading outside through
39:23the tent flap he saw a caravan that took
39:25along several dozen wolf carriages
39:27moving along the evening Road in a large
39:29group they had more than a few steadily
39:32built cards with them and it could be
39:34said they were a large Caravan with
39:36quite a lot of people Ricardo traveling
39:39over a long distance during this time of
39:41the day you must be pretty busy Caravan
39:44leader it'll be a big problem if we
39:46worry about the deer Mighty sun and end
39:49up missing an opportunity for business
39:51hoshin's gonna snare at us from the
39:54skies I don't want that to happen
39:56Ricardo well I agree anyhow you got
40:00quite an intimidating bunch of guards
40:02Witcher Caravan leader recently we heard
40:05that it's unsafe round here it's not
40:08like your guys got nothing to do with it
40:10too right the large man leading the
40:13Caravan gave an exaggerated shrug of his
40:15shoulders Ricardo didn't have the
40:18privilege to respond to him directly
40:20instead of answering his question he
40:22walked up to one of the caravan's wolf
40:24carriages pulling up the cloth which
40:26covered the luggage platform an iron
40:28cage was placed on the platform and
40:31inside of it were the merchandise
40:32multiple humans who had been pushed
40:34inside Ricardo slave trading huh Caravan
40:38leader do here to test it Mr I guess it
40:42makes sense since that color of yours is
40:44evidence that you're used to be a slave
40:46the man pointed his finger at Ricardo's
40:49neck saying that after he looked at the
40:51hole in the collar where the gem had
40:53been taken off the existence of the gem
40:56depending on its presence displayed the
40:58corresponding status of collared slaves
41:00in the case of Ricardo's collar it
41:03proved that he was a freed slave Ricardo
41:06slave trade-ins also a legal business if
41:10the Agreements are upheld then it's
41:12unreasonable for me to meddle with it
41:13sniffing at the slaves who possessed
41:16dull and lifeless eyes Ricardo moved
41:18away from the wolf carriage and then he
41:21spoke to the representative of the
41:23Caravan telling him you can go ahead
41:25Ricardo sorry for preventing y'all from
41:28leaving be careful on the way out even
41:31though we're on alert if you get
41:34attacked by the rumored brigands instead
41:36of having all your possessions robbed
41:38they're also gonna rip off your bones as
41:40well as your flesh Caravan leader that's
41:43Dreadful we'll be as careful as possible
41:45scary that's real scary the man laughed
41:49and then made his Caravan start leaving
41:52the area Ricardo separated himself from
41:55the mass of wolf carriages as well
41:57giving orders to The Mercenaries and
41:59telling them to monitor the group of
42:01merchants as they left question mark Mr
42:04Wolf you've got a nice expression on
42:06your face a guard that was stationed at
42:08the tail end of the line of carriages
42:10spoke to Ricardo his thick voice giving
42:12him an image of stickiness and human
42:14entity he was a robust man he was also
42:17taller than Ricardo who was already more
42:20than two meters tall and although the
42:22width of the man's physique was inferior
42:24his experience in combat was probably
42:26comparable with Ricardo's since his body
42:29was covered in scars from wounds created
42:31with sharp blades such as swords to add
42:34to that what stood out the most on the
42:36man's body were the forearms protruding
42:38from his shoulders the proof that he was
42:40a part of the multi-armed race Ricardo
42:42it's rare to see a multi-armed person in
42:45karuragai instead of the Empire Mossy
42:48armed man ufufu you're right it seems
42:51like most of the multi-armed people
42:53drifted away to volikia but my ancestors
42:56carried on their legacy in karagi which
42:59means their descendant is me showing off
43:02his goggling large eyes and the weapons
43:04broad axes that were held in each of his
43:07four arms a grisly smile spread across
43:09the man's face Ricardo did not like the
43:12way he smiled but what he disliked Moore
43:15was his attire an atmosphere of
43:17powerfulness surrounded him and he was
43:19lightly equipped with leather armor that
43:21merely protected his vital spots he was
43:24also wearing an item made out of fur
43:26draped over his head but Ricardo was not
43:29a fan of the fashion sense evoked by the
43:31piece of fur it was obviously because
43:34multi-armed man you're curious you're
43:37curious about this ufufu of course you
43:40are because this is the Pelt of your
43:43fellow wolf in it was hard trying to
43:46neatly peel off the skin of the one I
43:48killed Ricardo looks like you've
43:50misunderstood but I'm just a dog human a
43:53part of the Cobalt race I only grew up
43:56to be this large because I ate a little
43:58too much multi-armed man ufuff I know
44:02you wolfins are on the verge of going
44:05extinct so you're taught to say that
44:07since the whole race can lie to preserve
44:10their blood isn't it admirable compared
44:12to the only clan that perished don't you
44:15think so the man bent over provocatively
44:17peering up at Ricardo from below however
44:21Ricardo did not respond to his taunt his
44:24arms remaining crossed he jerked his
44:27chin towards the tail end of the wolf
44:28carriages which were all driving further
44:31away from where the two were standing
44:33Ricardo you're being left behind Archer
44:36a guard stop being unnecessarily curious
44:39and get on with your work multi-armed
44:42man that's too bad ah Ah that's a bummer
44:45you Foofa Foo too bad too bad saying
44:49that with a hint of persistence the man
44:51withdrew his four broad axes and
44:53returned them to his back where he
44:55carried them after that he stared at
44:58Ricardo from head to toe with his
44:59goggling eyes and then diddly I'm diddly
45:03if we're able to meet again somewhere I
45:05want to talk about this Pelt Ricardo I
45:08see diddly I'd rather not if I see her
45:12again I'm gonna Lop off that head of
45:14yours diddly you Foofa fufufu didly
45:17nodded his head over and over again at
45:19Ricardo's response acting as if things
45:22had gone exactly as he wanted he then
45:25chased after the wolf carriages with a
45:27bounce in his step moving away into the
45:29distance in a well-behaved manner
45:31watching him leave until he was gone
45:33with a weary eye Ricardo cracked his
45:35neck giving off a loud pop as he did
45:37Vice Captain those were a creepy Bunch
45:40Ricardo slave Traders are just like that
45:43oh oh there was one guy so weird that I
45:46didn't want to take the time to separate
45:48him from the rest he called himself
45:51diddly do you know him Vice Captain I
45:54don't know but someone might I guess I
45:57should ask around Ricardo it's not
46:00related to the extermination of the
46:01bandits but well it's just out of
46:04curiosity idiots who miss the point like
46:07that guy ain't good for children's
46:09education so I'll kill him if I see him
46:11during a day off the Vice Captain next
46:14to him widened his eyes as Ricardo
46:16muttered irritatedly and then he burst
46:19out into laughter Ricardo what's that
46:22laugh for Vice Captain I just thought
46:25that you've changed these days it's
46:28pretty well known between fellow
46:29mercenaries that the hounds Fallen
46:32deeply in love with a girl who's still
46:34very young Ricardo everyone's been
46:36telling me that you guys must be really
46:39bored nudging the Vice Captain who was
46:41talking nonsense Ricardo let the doll
46:44thirds of his footsteps be heard as he
46:46returned to his tent once again they
46:49were going to focus on digging out and
46:51exposing The brigand's Hideout if they
46:53continued like this achieving nothing
46:55then it wouldn't be strange to have
46:57children or someone at a similar
46:59position give them snide remarks or even
47:01tell them to hurry up Ricardo and Anna
47:05bowed sulk if I left her alone for too
47:07long saying that out loud Ricardo
47:10remembered that he had just been laughed
47:12at by the Vice Captain feeling a mixture
47:14of surprise and exasperation it could
47:16not be helped even if a rumor like that
47:19was circulating around him being deeply
47:21in love was a misunderstanding but he
47:24himself acknowledged the fact that he
47:26cared for her and also the fact he
47:28worried about her because of that
47:30Ricardo it's nice if she were at peace
47:33without any eventful things happening
47:35before ducking Under the Tent flap
47:37Ricardo murmured as he gazed at the
47:39sinking Sunset the sky was light purple
47:42with the colors of Dusk and sunset
47:44intermingling the same beautiful color
47:47as the hair of the girl that came to his
47:49mind
47:50part 6.
47:52with Ricardo's wish in vain Anastasia
47:55was currently encountering the largest
47:57predicament she had ever come across in
47:59her whole life Anastasia NN nnnnh her
48:03mouth was gagged and her hands and feet
48:06were tied firmly unable to even raise
48:08her body from the floor she was in a
48:10state of imprisonment like a perfect
48:12example of being kidnapped this is bad
48:15this is really bad Anastasia cried out
48:18as she Twisted her body around with all
48:20her might right after she had woken up
48:23Anastasia had realized that she was in
48:25an abnormal situation it took only a
48:28moment for her to assess the situation
48:30and she also remembered clearly what had
48:32transpired before she lost her
48:34Consciousness because of that Anastasia
48:37had been exceptional at keeping her
48:39composure for a person who had just been
48:41captured although whether it would lead
48:44her to breaking out of her crisis or not
48:46was a different question altogether she
48:48remembered the person that had struck
48:50her just before she had been knocked out
48:52he had the voice of the man who had
48:54attempted to commit thievery at the
48:56trading grounds a few days prior his
48:59attempt had been seen through by
49:01Anastasia and he was the person who had
49:03been knocked down onto the ground by
49:05Ricardo after that she had delivered a
49:08slap to his face as he kept directing
49:10resentful complaints towards her and the
49:12Applause she was showered with was fresh
49:14in her memory she figured the man bore a
49:17grudge against her for that reason and
49:19it was why she was having such a
49:21terrible time Anastasia if hatso taint
49:24had old guys severe punishments were
49:27delivered against thieves that was the
49:30kararajian style
49:31following it the man should have
49:33received the natural punishment which
49:35involved losing his dominant arm at the
49:38very least if he was trying to get his
49:40revenge on Anastasia even after what he
49:43had pulled then his tenacity was
49:45Splendid though she wanted to tell him
49:47to be more passionate about something
49:49other than this Anastasia as she pursued
49:52Ricardo's responsibility for the
49:54situation Anastasia finally regained her
49:57calmness anyhow even if she continued
49:59making a racket it was probably
50:01fruitless she could see no windows in
50:04the room and she could not imagine her
50:06voice reaching outside her captor would
50:09not confine her in a place where her
50:11clammers could be heard outside in the
50:13first place judging from the way her
50:15voice echoed the room was not that wide
50:17the floor she was lying down on was cold
50:20and hard made out of stone not built out
50:23of stone a shed had been erected right
50:25on top of a rocky tract she could not
50:28imagine the ground having been leveled
50:30either leading her to think her captor
50:32had done a poor job which could be
50:34described as sloppy in many ways what
50:37was the objective of the man who had
50:38captured her finishing her quick
50:40examination of the room Anastasia's
50:43thoughts wandered to the objective of
50:44her opponent if it were the thief from
50:46earlier then his motive would most
50:49definitely be Revenge the issue at hand
50:51was the details of his revenge having
50:54come this far he would not release her
50:56after just giving her a good scare most
50:59likely killing her after teaching her a
51:02lesson was not a far-fetched guess with
51:04a thief a shallow hot-tempered person
51:07Anastasia L prayerly A lave selling her
51:11off to slave Traders was the choice with
51:13the highest possibility of happening in
51:15the first place slave trading was not
51:18particularly rare around banan or even
51:20in the kararagai city-states as a whole
51:23laborers were valuable assets as sources
51:25of Manpower and they were in demand for
51:28all sorts of tasks such as servants and
51:30maintenance worker of the highways back
51:33when Anastasia used to live in the slums
51:35nearly being caught by slave Traders was
51:38not uncommon even considering banan's
51:40city laws the enslavement of hyenas in
51:43the slums were overlooked because of
51:45that there was an unspoken agreement
51:47between the slave Traders about keeping
51:50one's hands off clean looking children
51:52but Anastasia I crewed up once he had
51:55gone ahead and made a mistake there was
51:57no way to justify it the Judd and
52:00trading company was her sponsor and she
52:02also had Ricardo with her to begin with
52:04should he ever hear that she had been
52:06trafficked by a slave trader he would
52:08definitely bear his fangs at the man who
52:11had done so she was not getting ahead of
52:13herself because it was an objective
52:14truth well perhaps she was being
52:17somewhat arrogant question mark I'm
52:20telling the truth she's a first-class
52:22article you guys will understand if you
52:25take a look just as Anastasia came to
52:28that conclusion out of the blue
52:30someone's voice Drew near his harsh
52:32voice cracking a scrawny man entered the
52:35dark room Anastasia remembered his face
52:37and the sound of his voice identifying
52:40him as the thief from back at the
52:42trading grounds following the man two
52:44more men walked into the room both of
52:47them had a large build and comparing
52:49them to the skinny man the difference
52:51between them could be put as that
52:52between a withered branch and the trunk
52:54of a giant tree question mark we ain't
52:57doubting you it's just that people make
53:00mistakes when they get cornered Thief do
53:03do you really mean it why would I do
53:05something so reckless L look it's that
53:08one intimidated by one of the large men
53:11the thief seemed to be growing agitated
53:14seeing him point at her with a trembling
53:16finger Anastasia immediately acted as if
53:19she had been unconscious for the whole
53:21time a presence peered at the
53:23unconscious Anastasia and then question
53:26mark ha she's a real fine one she's a
53:30pretty girl and she'll grow to be super
53:32beautiful this ain't just a win this is
53:35a huge win Anastasia ah Anastasia let
53:38out a tiny cry as she was forced to sit
53:41up her head being grabbed off the ground
53:43however the man did not notice that she
53:46was awake resuming his inspection of her
53:48while handling her without care judging
53:51from the flow of the conversation this
53:53man was a slave trader having been told
53:56she was a fine one Anastasia recalled
53:58what the tavern owner had said to her in
54:00her former workplace she was wrong to
54:03have paid no heed to her words if she
54:05could she wanted an opportunity to meet
54:08her and apologize directly to her but
54:10Thief th then it's a deal right right
54:15question mark you said you wanted to
54:18join our Trading Company and promised to
54:20bring a souvenir yeah you're able to
54:23bring such a fine article you're a great
54:26help to us Thief then question mark
54:29booty that'd only apply if this girl
54:32were a stray dog without any leashes
54:34from anywhere attached to her Thief a
54:37immediately after he omitted a voice
54:39sounding like he had caught his breath
54:41there was a violent sound and something
54:43crashed into the wall
54:45soon Anastasia heard a pain scream and
54:48the noise caused by someone writhing in
54:50agony comprehending that the thief had
54:52been struck by a fist it was punishment
54:55for arbitrarily overstepping the
54:57unspoken agreement one that was heeded
54:59by human traffickers as a mere amateur
55:01Thief are are it hurts it hurts Quay
55:07question mark quit screeching and quiet
55:10down the sleeping child's gonna wake up
55:13and be scared as Anastasia was let go
55:16she sensed the trafficker turn around
55:18upon cracking open her eyes to assess
55:21the situation she saw the thief lying
55:23down on the ground said trafficker
55:25gazing down at him he dubbed the heel of
55:28his foot into the thief's stomach
55:29eliciting a cry of pain trafficker get
55:32it even we traffickers have a set of
55:35rules we gotta follow we're able to run
55:38our business only because the city laws
55:40Overlook it Keller guy who's clueless
55:43about them walk with us hey what what do
55:46you think Thief gar FH I I'm so I'm
55:51sorry pressed against the Earth by the
55:53man's weight what sounded like creaking
55:55bones reached Anastasia's ears as well
55:57the thief pleaded for his life blood
56:00trickling out of his mouth the
56:02trafficker was crouching down beside him
56:04bringing his face closer to him
56:06trafficker you learned a lot from this
56:09good for you from now on we'll train you
56:12around these areas with Hands-On
56:14guidance so you can rest easy Thief th
56:17thank y thinking he had been forgiven
56:20the thief was about to express his
56:22thanks but he was forced to stop Midway
56:24the Clack of a metallic sound and the
56:27thief say overlapped the Shivering Thief
56:30touched his own neck with a finger his
56:33face sinking with despair from the chili
56:35solid sensation Thief wh why did you put
56:40a slave's collar on me trafficker I told
56:42you you'll get Hands-On guidance right
56:44but becoming as slaves the fastest way
56:47to learn about the rules surrounding
56:49slaves you're a wuss but you're young
56:52you'll survive if you're fortunate
56:54enough Thief that's not what you said
56:57Shah sent flying with a kick to the side
56:59of his face the thief was knocked
57:01unconscious his eyes rolling into the
57:03back of his head after making sure he
57:06was out cold the trafficker fastened
57:08handcuffs on him and threw him away on
57:10the floor trafficker geez this is why
57:13amateurs pull some scary ah though
57:16we were lucky to obtain a first-class
57:18article the rule breaker got d-classed
57:21to a slave too I'm glad none of us
57:24suffered any losses question mark what I
57:28think it's a large problem for these two
57:30New Slaves the other man who had been
57:32silent for the whole time responded
57:34thickly to the traffickers comment the
57:37trafficker copped his head with an R
57:39towards the man's reply directing his
57:42gaze at Anastasia and then trafficker
57:45sorry but I don't consider slaves as
57:48people these are products same stuff
57:51like Meat and Fish saying that the
57:53trafficker exited the shack bringing
57:55along the large man accompanying him the
57:58door was locked from the outside once
58:00again and the two presences left the
58:02area inside the shack with the darkness
58:05and silence returning Anastasia let out
58:07the breath she had been holding the
58:09entire time her heart pounded and she
58:12was drenched in cold sweat it was good
58:15that they had not noticed it but
58:17Anastasia though she had caught the eye
58:20of a trafficker who acted very much like
58:22a real trafficker it seemed like the
58:24thief had also been turned into a
58:26product but she could not bring herself
58:28to think he had deserved it because
58:30whether retribution was carried out
58:32sooner or later did not serve any
58:34purpose to Anastasia a few hours had
58:37passed and Anastasia judged that it was
58:39nighttime based on her intuition in the
58:42meantime she had been left lying on the
58:44cold floor tom invented by the urge to
58:47roll over multiple times but she had to
58:49bear with it every time it was because
58:52Thief why do I have to go through such a
58:55damn it damn it the thief had regained
58:58his Consciousness perpetually mumbling
59:00and whining unable to accept reality if
59:03he realized Anastasia had been awake
59:05then there was no mistake he would
59:07shower her with a storm of profanity so
59:10she had to endure the impulse to turn
59:12over in order to prevent herself from
59:14causing any unnecessary noise anyway
59:17being dissatisfied with the comfort of
59:19the hard ground was something she would
59:21have never thought of in the past
59:23Anastasia did not think of it as
59:25becoming weak due to her living a
59:27relaxed enjoyable life nothing was bad
59:30about it rather she was slightly proud
59:33of herself if one lived like a human
59:35being then of course they would not be
59:37able to Bear living like a non-human no
59:40one should be a pushover and behave
59:42submissively at the bottom of the ladder
59:44dreams must remain big and high up in
59:47the sky Thief oy you're actually awake
59:50right hey you're awake right as if he
59:54had ran out of things to say in his
59:56monologue the thief dragged himself
59:58towards Anastasia hearing the tone of
1:00:01his voice and the feelings of resentment
1:00:03deep in his bones it was clear that the
1:00:05man was intending to inflict harm upon
1:00:07her his hand grabbed the cloth tied
1:00:10around her mouth roughly taking it off
1:00:12Anastasia I'm awake you've been noisy
1:00:15for some Time Thief why you you're awake
1:00:19you're awake you you how dare Anastasia
1:00:24just saying but I don't recommend
1:00:26hurting me you understand my product
1:00:29value as well don't you that trafficker
1:00:32might as well get rid of you for real
1:00:34Next Time Thief uh
1:00:37just by hearing those three words get
1:00:40rid of the thief immediately withdrew
1:00:42his Fury the pain of being beaten and
1:00:45kicked seemed to have recurred to his
1:00:47mind and he grew discouraged holding his
1:00:49head in his hands Anastasia wears this
1:00:52place Thief Anastasia don't you have
1:00:55something that might come in handy Thief
1:00:58it was no use the conversation was not
1:01:00going anywhere deeming it useless to
1:01:03talk to the man who appeared emotionally
1:01:05and mentally drained Anastasia sat up
1:01:07slowly she twisted around her body stiff
1:01:11from being unable to sleep well and
1:01:13started crawling over to the door of the
1:01:15shack Thief it's pointless ignoring the
1:01:18thief's pessimistic words Anastasia
1:01:21somehow managed to stand up whilst
1:01:23leaning against the wall after that she
1:01:26played around with what looked like the
1:01:27handle of the door but it showed no
1:01:30signs of opening if so should she remove
1:01:33the Rope around her wrists by rubbing
1:01:35them against the ground it happened when
1:01:37she thought of that question mark sneak
1:01:40sneak hmm does it feel like someone's in
1:01:43there Anastasia Dash the moment before
1:01:46she began struggling in vain she heard a
1:01:49voice coming from the other side of the
1:01:50door frankly it sounded way too
1:01:53nonchalant but it was enough for
1:01:55Anastasia to think the voice to be
1:01:57unrelated to the traffickers Anastasia
1:01:59here I'm inside I got captured question
1:02:04mark ooh someone's in there wow it's
1:02:08just as hetaro said got it saying that
1:02:11the presence outside distanced itself
1:02:13from the door by a tiny bit Anastasia
1:02:16wondered what they were going to do but
1:02:19she instantly came to realize the reason
1:02:21and hurriedly threw herself towards the
1:02:23side of the door the very next moment
1:02:25question mark auria mini go boom
1:02:29simultaneously with a shout a tackle
1:02:32accompanied by a bluish white light blew
1:02:34off the door into the shack the hinges
1:02:36burst apart and the wooden door
1:02:38ricocheted around the room loudly
1:02:40question mark all right it's a success
1:02:43Mimi is awesome
1:02:45hum hum Anastasia Anastasia was rendered
1:02:50speechless by the excessively violent
1:02:52method that had been carried out however
1:02:54taking no notice of what she thought of
1:02:57it the silhouette standing at the
1:02:58doorless entrance was displaying a dance
1:03:00of Joy seemingly having a great time the
1:03:03silhouette was too tiny their height was
1:03:06only around half of Anastasia's who was
1:03:08already on the smaller side for her age
1:03:11their physical appearance lit by the
1:03:13Moonlight was not even that of a human
1:03:15they were a cat and if one were to speak
1:03:18of a bipedal cat-faced race that would
1:03:21be no other than a cat human cat girl
1:03:23who you're tied up
1:03:26tied up wait a little bit the cat girl
1:03:29giggled innocently walking over to
1:03:31Anastasia who was unable to move due to
1:03:34being restrained to remove her bindings
1:03:36clink she exclaimed showing off her
1:03:39claws and then used them to sever
1:03:41Anastasia's restraints Anastasia um
1:03:45thank you Cat Girl yup thanks is
1:03:48important if you're able to say it then
1:03:50well done Mimi also gets told by hetaro
1:03:54and Tiffy to not forget it you're a good
1:03:56girl good girl good girl Anastasia s
1:04:00stop it's a bit embarrassing anyway who
1:04:04are you the orange-haired cat girl
1:04:06patted Anastasia's head without any
1:04:09hesitation when Anastasia kept her
1:04:11distance and asked her a question she
1:04:14blinked her large eyes and Cat Girl Fufu
1:04:17glad you asked about that
1:04:20um Mimi is a chivalrio thief chivalryu
1:04:23Anastasia chivalry or what although the
1:04:26girl declared it triumphantly placing a
1:04:29hand on her hip Anastasia had no clue
1:04:31about what she was saying was it a name
1:04:34no if so why would she be calling
1:04:37herself Mimi question mark only Chan
1:04:40it's chivalrous not chivalryo however
1:04:43Anastasia's doubts were answered from a
1:04:45different direction
1:04:47she heard the sound of a Karma voice
1:04:49from the entrance of the shack the same
1:04:51the girl had entered from earlier there
1:04:53making an appearance and peeking inside
1:04:56was a petite cat human just as Anastasia
1:04:59had expected even including physical
1:05:01differences within a race he was
1:05:04identical to the girl question mark we
1:05:06are sorry for confusing you I'm hetaro
1:05:09and this is Mimi only Chan for now
1:05:12please just follow us unlike Mimi her
1:05:16little brother hataro seemed quite
1:05:17rational bowing to Anastasia just like
1:05:20how she had acted a moment ago Mimi
1:05:23looked proud of herself her head held
1:05:25high beside him their identities were
1:05:27surrounded by mystery but Anastasia
1:05:30understood that they meant no harm if so
1:05:32Anastasia from hoshin sayings
1:05:35decisiveness is the mightiest sword all
1:05:39right I'll follow you women should be
1:05:41courageous and men should be Charming
1:05:43two Intruders had suddenly entered
1:05:45followed up by their astonishing
1:05:47Declaration of being chivalrous thieves
1:05:49but Anastasia decided to believe them it
1:05:52was mostly because of her ability to
1:05:54judge the characters of people something
1:05:56she had fostered within her short life
1:05:58that she had decided that the two
1:06:00children were not trying to be evil
1:06:02doers hetaro come on you too let's go
1:06:06together not only did hetaro invite
1:06:08Anastasia who had displayed her will to
1:06:11escape on their breakout but he also
1:06:13tried to bring the thief with him
1:06:15however the thief directed A frightened
1:06:18look towards the children Thief though
1:06:20don't say anything stupid if I ran into
1:06:23you guys and get found out they'll kill
1:06:26me even having none of this die die is
1:06:30something I absolutely don't hetaro that
1:06:34can't be Anastasia it's useless you
1:06:37can't help him no matter what you say
1:06:39only those who are determined to walk
1:06:42down their own path are able to live an
1:06:44honest life she stopped her Taro who was
1:06:47persistently struggling to convince the
1:06:49thief and walked out of the shack even
1:06:51after that hetaro looked like he was
1:06:54unable to decide what to do but Mimi
1:06:56clapped his shoulder Mimi hmm it's
1:06:59disappointing but it can't be helped we
1:07:03can only save the people who reach out
1:07:04their hands because they want to be
1:07:06saved unexpectedly Mimi had reached the
1:07:09same conclusion as Anastasia trying to
1:07:11pull towards them by grabbing his hand
1:07:14prompted by his sister's words he
1:07:17finally gave up on the thief Anastasia
1:07:19which part of the city's this hetaro
1:07:22we're at the edge of the trash Heap
1:07:24those traffickers always use this place
1:07:27and Mimi we discovered it by ourselves
1:07:30it's time for justice trash Heap was a
1:07:34common name for the disposal site meant
1:07:36for burying dirt and scrap under the
1:07:38ground
1:07:39because it was a place people preferred
1:07:41not to approach nor to linger around for
1:07:43long it was the most optimal Choice as a
1:07:46hideout for traffickers gazing up at the
1:07:48Moon Anastasia blew out a small sigh
1:07:51then searched for the route that would
1:07:52bring her back to the streets there was
1:07:54quite the distance between this empty
1:07:56place and the populated slums Anastasia
1:08:00was confident in how far she could walk
1:08:02to a degree but comparing herself to
1:08:04Mimi and hetaro she would not be able to
1:08:06catch up to them even if she shouted for
1:08:09help she would only attract slave
1:08:11Traders the best option was to continue
1:08:14running while making little noise like
1:08:16this question mark That's No Go odd
1:08:19tricking us and trying to run away
1:08:21however her wish in vain The Voice
1:08:24called to her from above Anastasia khk
1:08:27when Anastasia immediately stopped in
1:08:30her tracks a giant man landed in front
1:08:32of her with a heavy thud on the ground
1:08:34and then her breath caught in her throat
1:08:37as she saw the man's bizarre frame the
1:08:39height of an animal draped over his head
1:08:41the large man was a member of the
1:08:43multi-armed race four arms protruding
1:08:46from his shoulders the voice of the man
1:08:48with goggling eyes was the thick sticky
1:08:50voice she had heard earlier in the shack
1:08:52he was the other man who had been
1:08:55standing behind the trafficker
1:08:56multi-armed man it's good you're
1:08:59energetic since you're going to be a
1:09:01slave it's wonderful that you're
1:09:03energetic but being too energetic isn't
1:09:06good let's calm down shall we Anastasia
1:09:10H as the man said that bringing his face
1:09:13closer to her a scream almost tore
1:09:15itself out of her throat strictly
1:09:17speaking it was not the man who incited
1:09:20her fear himself it was the foreign item
1:09:23she witnessed in his hand multi-armed
1:09:25man ah this I surprised you didn't I
1:09:29sorry sorry what you see this guy saw
1:09:34you guys off while you all escaped right
1:09:36he really was clueless on how things
1:09:39were done watching a slave in the same
1:09:41room run away and doing nothing while
1:09:43laughing the man shook the item dangling
1:09:46from his hand the thief's head
1:09:48decapitated with a terrified expression
1:09:50plastered on his face could he not have
1:09:52understood the reason of his death until
1:09:54the very end the man haphazardly tossed
1:09:57away the severed head which still had
1:09:59blood dripping from the neck and then
1:10:01those blood-stained hands of his reached
1:10:04out towards Anastasia's neck question
1:10:06mark preemptive strike multi-armed man
1:10:09whoa right as Anastasia was about to be
1:10:12captured Mimi drilled a glowing kick
1:10:15into the man he effortlessly caught it
1:10:17with his bottom left arm and grabbed her
1:10:19body with his upper left arm as well
1:10:21Mimi
1:10:24a lot of hands not fair multi-armed man
1:10:28yes it's not Fair sorry for that the
1:10:32more arms you have the stronger you are
1:10:34isn't that obvious hetaro let go of only
1:10:38Chan unlike Mimi who was being
1:10:40optimistic and carefree despite being
1:10:43caught hetaro quickly ran to get behind
1:10:45the man however the man evaded him as if
1:10:48he had a pair of eyes on his back and
1:10:50since hitaro had nowhere to run he could
1:10:53not escape from the two right arms of
1:10:55the man's result Mimi not fair not fair
1:10:59hetaro MH sorry phoni Chan I'm sorry
1:11:03Mimi who was thrashing around and hataro
1:11:07who was painfully aware of their
1:11:08difference in strength the man
1:11:10restrained them with his forearms his
1:11:13eyes filled with enjoyment moving to
1:11:15look at Anastasia it was as if he was
1:11:17saying you might be able to run away
1:11:19right now because my hands are full
1:11:22Anastasia only a person like the guy who
1:11:25died earlier would believe an offer
1:11:26that's too good to be true multi-armed
1:11:29man I guess that's how it goes being
1:11:32clever is going to knock your feet from
1:11:33right under you in some cases I obtained
1:11:37two cat humans who look like they'd be
1:11:39useful to replace the idiot you'd call
1:11:41this being very fortunate the man
1:11:43laughed in his sticky voice and
1:11:45Anastasia sensed another trafficker
1:11:47approach her from behind she was
1:11:50restrained yet again commodified for
1:11:52good this time so before she was gagged
1:11:55yet again Anastasia just remember one
1:11:58thing multi-armed man Anastasia
1:12:01if you lay your hands on me a scary
1:12:03scary wolf will come I'm rather
1:12:06unlovable too hearing Anastasia's
1:12:09Declaration of her hostility the man's
1:12:11shoulders shook with happiness
1:12:13multi-armed man ufuffu nice that's very
1:12:17nice then I guess I'll be looking
1:12:20forward to it he did not take it as
1:12:22Anastasia being unwilling to admit
1:12:24defeat therefore the game between them
1:12:27had been established she would not play
1:12:30a game in which she had lost before it
1:12:32even started even if the trafficker
1:12:34grabbed her shoulder roughly and she was
1:12:36dragged away with a gag in her mouth the
1:12:38fighting Spirit continued to burn in
1:12:40Anastasia's eyes refusing to die out
1:12:44part 7.
1:12:46contained within the legend of hoshin of
1:12:48the Wilderness was the story of the
1:12:50bloodless liberation of a stronghold
1:12:52according to it hoshin entered the
1:12:54enemy's stronghold on his own gained the
1:12:57devotion of the strongholds Master with
1:12:58his eloquence alone convinced them to
1:13:00open their robust Gates and welcomed
1:13:03them as an ally multiple theories
1:13:05existed regarding the method he had used
1:13:07to enter the stronghold shamelessly
1:13:09paying a visit by walking up to the
1:13:11front Gates burying himself inside the
1:13:14cargo brought into the fort and there
1:13:16was even a theory that stated he had
1:13:18played dead to take them by surprise
1:13:20however no matter how divided the
1:13:22opinions concerning his entry were the
1:13:25manner in which they were tied to his
1:13:26exit was the same in every single one of
1:13:28those theories hoshin liberated the
1:13:31stronghold without causing any Bloodshed
1:13:33save the minor power karagi and his
1:13:36Legend began from that point onwards
1:13:38hoshin used his first achievement as a
1:13:41foothold jumping into the ongoing
1:13:43battles between countries vying for
1:13:45Supremacy and then it would eventually
1:13:47lead him to build up the history the
1:13:49birth of the karagi city-states
1:13:51remembering such an anecdote Anastasia
1:13:54was impressed by how exceptional
1:13:56Legendary Heroes were how Gallant did he
1:13:58have to be and how aware of his chances
1:14:01of success did he have to be in order to
1:14:03set foot in enemy territory all by
1:14:05himself it was well known that hoshin
1:14:08had been inexperienced in the Arts of
1:14:10combat and the only weapon he had was
1:14:12his tongue that part of him was similar
1:14:15to herself making it so that the only
1:14:17difference between them was probably how
1:14:20hoshin did not experience having a
1:14:22slave's collar fitted around his neck
1:14:24because he never blundered in a way that
1:14:26would happen to him Anastasia feeling
1:14:29the cold heart sensation of the collar
1:14:31against her skin Anastasia side
1:14:33recognizing the difference in the
1:14:35capabilities between a hero and herself
1:14:37she was not in the mood to joke that she
1:14:40now sported matching collars with
1:14:42Ricardo but the existence of the collar
1:14:44gave her a sense of relief to an extent
1:14:46it was because she knew her opponents
1:14:49were legitimate slave Traders people
1:14:51might wonder if the words legitimate or
1:14:53illegitimate even applied to the
1:14:55trafficking of slaves but there was
1:14:57quite the disparity between the two the
1:14:59difference could be distinguished by
1:15:00whether they used slave collars or not
1:15:03the collar Anastasia war was one kind
1:15:06among the tools referred to as meteors
1:15:08connected to the owner's gate through
1:15:10the gem of the collar because of that
1:15:12the owner only had to think of it in
1:15:14their head to cause pain to slaves as
1:15:16punishment and in many cases slave
1:15:19Traders used these meteors to manage and
1:15:21maintain their slaves without these
1:15:23meteors slave Traders would have to
1:15:26resort to violence to discipline their
1:15:28slaves in that case the possibility of
1:15:31reducing the slaves to defective
1:15:33products could not be avoided so the
1:15:35more legitimate a trafficker was the
1:15:37more they would handle their slaves
1:15:39carefully that was why the existence of
1:15:41the collar evidence that the slave
1:15:43Traders had some decency she did not
1:15:45have to worry worry about being killed
1:15:47at the very least it was the primary
1:15:49source of Anastasia's relief and the
1:15:52reason why she could carry on thinking
1:15:54question mark n n
1:15:56and there was one no there were two more
1:16:00things that provided her with moral
1:16:02support it was the existence of the two
1:16:04little cat humans who had the same color
1:16:07fastened around their necks and who had
1:16:09been trapped inside the same Shack with
1:16:11her Mimi nnnnnnnnn MN with her endless
1:16:15amount of energy Mimi continued to
1:16:18struggle in an attempt to free herself
1:16:20of her bindings for hours on end hetaro
1:16:23was lying down beside her in silence but
1:16:25he wasn't curled up out of resignation
1:16:28hetaro the lack of noise from him was
1:16:30not because he was pessimistic but
1:16:32because he was contemplating how
1:16:34breaking out of this situation would be
1:16:36achieved without a single trace of
1:16:38submission nor compromise within them
1:16:40the look in his eyes said he was biding
1:16:42his time the same as Anastasia hetaro
1:16:45was vigilantly looking for an
1:16:47opportunity he could seize meaning was
1:16:50full of vigor and both of them were not
1:16:52remotely close to giving up with that as
1:16:54the case Anastasia had hope a gigantic
1:16:57Shaggy source of Hope Anastasia omhau
1:17:01gotta tell Uncle she had to pass down
1:17:03her location and her predicament to
1:17:05Ricardo it was the only thing Anastasia
1:17:08could do as a method to liberate this
1:17:10stronghold of the slave Traders question
1:17:12mark Kung like that the trafficker from
1:17:16before made an appearance in front of
1:17:18the three children who were desperately
1:17:19searching for a way to escape question
1:17:22mark I've already heard from diddly but
1:17:24two catch humans in exchange for an
1:17:26idiot is an excellent deal opening the
1:17:29door and surveying the room was A
1:17:31well-dressed man who let out a snort
1:17:33Anastasia remembered seeing him on the
1:17:35previous night guessing that he was the
1:17:37head of the slave Traders the day before
1:17:40she had not been able to see his face
1:17:42from the front but she could see it
1:17:44today his accessory cover attire in full
1:17:46view as well the leader had brought
1:17:49several bodyguards with him and among
1:17:51them was the four armed man upon
1:17:53noticing Anastasia's stare he gave her a
1:17:56twisted smile waving his hand the head
1:17:58of the traffickers three bodyguards and
1:18:01one bursaka it seemed grandiose for a
1:18:04thorough inspection of their products
1:18:06leader what I heard Yule were cause in
1:18:09Mischief yesterday I'm a faint-hearted
1:18:12man
1:18:12thanks to my nature our business is
1:18:15going rather well oi politely he
1:18:18answered to Anastasia's unspoken
1:18:20observations after he nodded the
1:18:23bodyguards took the children's chains
1:18:24off the wall but it was not as if they
1:18:26were about to be freed leader time to
1:18:29repack the boxes the business over at
1:18:32Banana will try out another place soon
1:18:342. tugging at Anastasia's chains roughly
1:18:37the leader told her she would be shipped
1:18:39out in a roundabout way she was taken
1:18:42outside of the room and she was also
1:18:44about to be placed in the luggage
1:18:46platform on the outer part of the wolf
1:18:48Carriage however it happened in the
1:18:50middle of being brought onto the
1:18:51carriage Mimi mgghh bodyguard
1:18:56hey wait Mimi began going on a rampage
1:19:00after she had been taken outside just
1:19:02like Anastasia had been shaking off the
1:19:05bodyguard's arm she hopped off the
1:19:07ground trying to pounce onto the leader
1:19:09of the traffickers was it Instinct that
1:19:12made her Target the head of the group
1:19:13rather than any tangible strategy the
1:19:17choice in itself proved correct as the
1:19:19leader's cheek stiffened for a moment
1:19:21multi-armed man you were already told
1:19:23causing Mischief isn't good however
1:19:26Mimi's Revenge was brought to a halt
1:19:28Midway the huge four-armed man barged in
1:19:32between her and the leader bashing her
1:19:34with two of his arms she was slammed
1:19:37against the ground unable to soften her
1:19:39landing and bouncing across the Earth
1:19:41Mimi gear leader ah hey diddly don't
1:19:46overdo it it'll be bad if she gets
1:19:49damaged looking at Mimi sprawled out on
1:19:52the ground the leader slapped the giant
1:19:54man on the back the man diddly he was
1:19:57called reacted to his words by shrugging
1:19:59his shoulders and stepping backwards
1:20:01leader sorry for that little kid even so
1:20:05you shouldn't do that we don't want to
1:20:08go out of our way to damage our Goods if
1:20:11you behave well then we won't have to
1:20:13treat you like this Mimi oh I won't be
1:20:16fooled bad guy Mimi retorted at the
1:20:19leader who crouched down to speak to her
1:20:21in a disgustingly sweet voice the
1:20:24puncher's impact had dislodged her gag
1:20:26and she demonstrated her indomitable
1:20:28spirit with her mouth now freed from the
1:20:30cloth Mimi misdeeds will make you have a
1:20:33bad time even if we get caught hetaro
1:20:37and Tiffy shall stand in your way Lita
1:20:39you're an energetic girl even after
1:20:41getting punched in the face it'll be
1:20:44worth discipline in you Mimi wh me Kia
1:20:48while she was speaking every hair on
1:20:51Mimi's body stood up and she cried out
1:20:53at the top of her lungs her eyes widened
1:20:56as she screamed the cause was the
1:20:58slave's collar the leader had commanded
1:21:01it to torment her hetaro HK seeing his
1:21:05elder sister writhing in pain hetaro
1:21:07grimaced as if he were experiencing the
1:21:09same torture eventually once Mimi had
1:21:12been weakened enough the leader of the
1:21:15slave Traders put the gag back in her
1:21:17mouth and then stood up Lita what are
1:21:19you doing almost letting her Escape you
1:21:22dance if you don't pull yourself
1:21:24together do you wanna play with the
1:21:26collar too the motivation you're lacking
1:21:29will return to your pretty fast won't it
1:21:31bodyguard I'm sorry I won't do it again
1:21:34HK The Bodyguard who had messed up got
1:21:38his faces side slapped he then
1:21:41repositioned the unconscious Mimi in his
1:21:43arm Anastasia watching the sequence of
1:21:46events had already realized that they
1:21:48had been captured by a truly Troublesome
1:21:50Bunch they were organized ambitious and
1:21:53capable to top it all off
1:21:55she was getting fed up with them Lita
1:21:58well if you try to run you'll be put
1:22:00through a painful painful experience
1:22:02like what just happened I'm sure you
1:22:05learned your lesson so hey let's go out
1:22:08you better Bid Farewell to your hometown
1:22:11hearing the leader speak with a
1:22:13contemptful edge in his voice Anastasia
1:22:16gave a quick observation at her
1:22:17surroundings no matter where she looked
1:22:20the area was filled with scrap it was
1:22:23certainly the trash Heap indeed she was
1:22:26not impressed one bit Lita you look like
1:22:29you had enough of saying goodbye to your
1:22:31hometown let's go then hey hey wait a
1:22:35minute as Anastasia stared at the ground
1:22:37the leader pushed her from behind trying
1:22:40to shove her into the carriage pressed
1:22:42by the momentum of the shove she lost
1:22:44her balance and fell to the ground
1:22:46leader what I didn't hit her that hard
1:22:49that ain't good you need to live strong
1:22:52one of his bodyguards pulled Anastasia
1:22:55to her feet after she fell forward she
1:22:57shook her head while being forced to
1:22:59stand back up hiding her clenched Fist
1:23:02from their field of view like that she
1:23:04tried to walk towards the wolf Carriage
1:23:06pretending to look like nothing had ever
1:23:09happened Anastasia h k seized by Cold
1:23:12fear Anastasia raised her head
1:23:15standing in front of her and looking
1:23:17down at her was diddly his goggling eyes
1:23:19opened wide feeling those eyes peer into
1:23:22her a chill ran down her spine he saw me
1:23:25she thought feeling the skin under her
1:23:28collar itch from dread she would be
1:23:30punished with the collar just like MiMi
1:23:32however her predictions were diddly
1:23:35euphofu rejected by diddly who loosened
1:23:39his lips laughing in a subdued voice he
1:23:42did not bring up anything about her
1:23:43actions returning to being cautious of
1:23:46their surroundings like the other
1:23:47bodyguards Anastasia was dumbfounded by
1:23:50it but she was pushed from behind once
1:23:52again stepping onto the platform of the
1:23:55wolf Carriage the luggage platform was
1:23:57curtained inside having been tampered to
1:23:59make sure its contents could not be seen
1:24:01from outside it was probably a plan to
1:24:04separate illegal slaves from those that
1:24:07conformed to the rules and agreements of
1:24:09slave trading of course Anastasia and
1:24:12the two cat humans had been made slaves
1:24:14in a way that violated the rules and the
1:24:17slave Traders would not be able to get
1:24:19away with it if they were ever exposed
1:24:21Anastasia unlike the shack the platform
1:24:24had a window the area was cramped as a
1:24:27result of all the alterations and the
1:24:29three kids were pressed against each
1:24:31other it could almost be described as
1:24:33being packed inside a box leader you
1:24:36better be on your best behavior in here
1:24:38having to bully children pains my heart
1:24:41after all pointing at his own neck the
1:24:44leader threatened them with the fear of
1:24:45the collar lowering the cloth that
1:24:47covered the platform right before the
1:24:50site of the trafficker was hidden by the
1:24:52fabric Anastasia caught a glimpse of
1:24:54diddly smile it was horrifying feeling
1:24:56as if he had seen through her scheme but
1:24:59she had no idea of what went through his
1:25:01mind hetaro Oni Chan onichan Mimi Miku
1:25:06inside the confined space box hetaro was
1:25:09worried for the unconscious Mimi she had
1:25:12not come to her senses yet but her life
1:25:14was not in any particular danger the
1:25:17effect of the collar was of that sort
1:25:19moreover Anastasia youok it off hetaro's
1:25:23gag was out of his mouth when Anastasia
1:25:26tilted her head out of confusion he
1:25:28noticed and showed her his sharp front
1:25:30teeth clacking them together hetaro our
1:25:33teeth are more sturdy than most peoples
1:25:35I'll teach only Chan too after she wakes
1:25:38ah he hesitated having imagined Mimi
1:25:42starting to make a racket the moment her
1:25:44mouth was freed he could already see her
1:25:46raising hell in her loudest voice and
1:25:49then getting knocked out by her collar
1:25:51again not only were their hands and feet
1:25:53bound together but they also had the
1:25:55collar around their necks hetaro's issue
1:25:58must be the way to deal with those
1:26:00however Anastasia had various effective
1:26:04solutions for what to do Anastasia erst
1:26:07poor we should compare and adjust the
1:26:10information we have at hand
1:26:13directed his surprise towards Anastasia
1:26:16who had taken off her gag by bringing
1:26:19her hands to the back of her head she
1:26:21exposed the palms of her Shackled hands
1:26:23so that he could see what she was
1:26:25holding in her hands was a metal shard
1:26:28she had secretly snatched when she had
1:26:30fallen over before being placed on the
1:26:32wolf Carriage Anastasia when I picked it
1:26:35up after pretending to trip I was scared
1:26:37for a second thinking I got seen she was
1:26:40unsure of the true intentions of diddly
1:26:42who had overlooked it however it was
1:26:45true that she had been saved by his
1:26:47Caprice the conditions were strict but
1:26:49they had been fulfilled Mimi and her
1:26:52sibling Anastasia herself and the
1:26:55outside world she was able to see from
1:26:57the luggage platform the slave Traders
1:26:59leader and their appearances the map of
1:27:02the surrounding area of the city that
1:27:04was fresh in her memory and Ricardo if
1:27:06Anastasia could connect all of them
1:27:08together then she would be able to
1:27:10liberate the stronghold Anastasia hey I
1:27:13have something to ask you but doesn't
1:27:16the wound on your cheek hurt hetaro's
1:27:18expression stiffened in response to her
1:27:20question feeling that his reaction met
1:27:23her expectations an adorable cunning
1:27:26smile spread across her face
1:27:28part 8.
1:27:30Vice Captain Ricardo I discovered it
1:27:33while asking around but it seems like
1:27:35that diddly guy is quite nutty the Vice
1:27:38Captain reported his findings returning
1:27:40to the tent while Ricardo was glaring at
1:27:43the map inside
1:27:44sitting on a chair far too small for his
1:27:46giant physique Ricardo made a frustrated
1:27:49face at the results of the vice
1:27:51Captain's investigation gnashing his
1:27:53fangs together Ricardo anyone to know
1:27:56that by taking one look at the skin
1:27:57wearer Vice Captain whoa skin wearer
1:28:01describes him pretty well well it's not
1:28:04a bad name to call him he's practically
1:28:06Infamous for skinning his opponents once
1:28:08he kills them Ricardo he has a damn
1:28:11terrible hobby is what I think though
1:28:14recalling the four-armed man Ricardo
1:28:16wrinkled his nose out of disgust he
1:28:19would be all right with it if the man
1:28:20only wore the height of animals but in
1:28:22reality the man wore the skin of Demi
1:28:25humans he had killed Ricardo did not
1:28:28think the man would be satisfied with
1:28:29only having one or two of those
1:28:31Collectibles therefore he probably had a
1:28:34countless number of skins enough to swap
1:28:37them out depending on his mood or the
1:28:39weather Vice Captain he apparently comes
1:28:41from further north but he recently came
1:28:43here to work and gain publicity right
1:28:47now was it the race crew Trading Company
1:28:50that we just met it seems like he's
1:28:52contracted exclusively to them Ricardo
1:28:55gain in publicity does he look sharmin
1:28:58enough to do that though I see there's
1:29:01someone who's quite knowledgeable about
1:29:02that guy Vice Captain they said they
1:29:05once got into a fight with him in a
1:29:07Tavern one of their ears was torn off
1:29:10they got off lucky the Vice Captain said
1:29:13as he Shrugged but Ricardo agreed with
1:29:15him if the person had gotten away with
1:29:17just an ear torn then they were
1:29:19fortunate the strong stench of blood
1:29:21wafting from that man was not something
1:29:23any ordinary mercenary could compete
1:29:26against they would be killed with a mere
1:29:28Twist of his arms and he had four of
1:29:31them so the difference inability between
1:29:33him and the others was glaringly clear
1:29:35Vice Captain you got a scary face there
1:29:38Hound even if you grow bloodthirsty
1:29:41isn't he irrelevant to our job Ricardo I
1:29:45know I know
1:29:46I'm heading out for a little while
1:29:48keeping the irritation burning in his
1:29:51chest at Bay Ricardo left the Vice
1:29:53Captain behind exiting the tent gazing
1:29:56up at the night sky above the camping
1:29:58grounds he used a finger to Fumble
1:30:00around with his collar out of boredom
1:30:02still unable to get a grasp on where the
1:30:05group's Target the gang of Bandits was
1:30:07located Ricardo could not hide how
1:30:09discouraged he felt from his weakened
1:30:11sense of smell piling on that he felt
1:30:14even worse because a person who got on
1:30:16his nerves had rubbed his wavering State
1:30:18of Mind the wrong way diddly the man who
1:30:21had peeled the skin of the people who
1:30:23shared the same race as Ricardo and
1:30:25Drake did over his head he could not
1:30:27help but feel a thick sort of malice
1:30:29from how didly had called him Mr Wolf to
1:30:32his face excluding that man who had
1:30:35referred to Ricardo as a wolf without
1:30:37being convinced of what he called
1:30:38himself the only other person who did
1:30:41the same was Anastasia Ricardo what my
1:30:44beards trembling huh caressing his beard
1:30:47ricoro raised a brow as he felt a tinge
1:30:50of uneasiness from a slight distance
1:30:52ahead he could hear voices coming from
1:30:55an argument
1:30:56spontaneously he started walking in that
1:30:59direction question mark you know what
1:31:01runt it's dangerous round here you
1:31:05better hurry and go back to the city
1:31:07question mark what I'm saying I need to
1:31:10talk with the person in charge please
1:31:12let me through along with the
1:31:14exasperated voice of a rough fellow a
1:31:17rather formal young voice overlapped
1:31:19with it once Ricardo took a look at them
1:31:21he saw a tiny tiny cat human arguing
1:31:24with a mercenary standing guard at the
1:31:26grassland Ricardo what are your cause in
1:31:29a Ruckus about a full-grown man yelling
1:31:32at a child how shameful God ah Ricardo
1:31:37San no it's cause this runt wouldn't
1:31:39listen to me telling him to go home so
1:31:42the guard repeatedly dipped his head at
1:31:44Ricardo who barged in between them
1:31:47snorting at the guard's Behavior Ricardo
1:31:50then glanced over at the boy he was a
1:31:53young cat human with an intelligent
1:31:55looking face Ricardo son I'm the
1:31:58representative around here what if you
1:32:01need to talk about something I'm all
1:32:03ears cat human are you the person in
1:32:05charge the boy closed in rags widened
1:32:09his eyes at Ricardo's attitude he
1:32:11immediately gave him the polite bow
1:32:13afterwards kneeling down and lowering
1:32:16his head further to the ground cat human
1:32:18I ask of you please rescue my elder
1:32:21sister and brother Ricardo your siblings
1:32:24what's it about cat human it's the slave
1:32:28Traders they were caught by them and I
1:32:31want you to save them Ricardo ah I get
1:32:35it now I'm sorry to hear that but
1:32:37Ricardo scratched his head feeling an
1:32:40inkling of pity at the boy's desperate
1:32:42plea his older siblings were most likely
1:32:45cat humans and they would would be
1:32:47perfect targets for the traffickers to
1:32:48Prey Upon if they were as young as this
1:32:50one compounding on that the rags the boy
1:32:53wore assuming they were hyenas from the
1:32:55slums if the slave Traders tried to
1:32:57capture them it would not infringe on
1:32:59banan's city laws it had been a mistake
1:33:02to ask Ricardo to go against that if
1:33:05only I wasn't on duty Ricardo thought
1:33:07Mercy's starting to Bud in his heart
1:33:10however cat human please look at this
1:33:13intercepting Ricardo's rejection the boy
1:33:16took off the rag he was wearing looking
1:33:18at the chest and stomach area of his
1:33:20scrawny body Ricardo let out a small
1:33:23grunt the boy's skin was swollen with
1:33:25dark red and the internal bleeding
1:33:28underneath had formed a drawing the more
1:33:30Ricardo stared at that that drawing the
1:33:32more it started looking like a map and
1:33:34he realized that it was a map similar to
1:33:36the one which depicted the outskirts of
1:33:38banan the very map he had been glaring
1:33:41at until recently Ricardo son this
1:33:45injury of yours no what's this map cat
1:33:48human someone is inflicting wounds upon
1:33:51either my sister or brother with our
1:33:54divine protection the power of the
1:33:56Divine protection of trisection we three
1:33:58can split our injuries and fatigue
1:34:00between each other and this wound is a
1:34:03result of that Ricardo draw in a map
1:34:06through injuries that's pretty darn
1:34:09impressive I see so they showed you
1:34:12their whereabouts wait the boy's
1:34:14siblings who had been captured by slave
1:34:16Traders were letting their youngest
1:34:18sibling know of their location by having
1:34:20wounds etched into their body Ricardo
1:34:23was amazed by their idea but it was not
1:34:26enough to force him to take action
1:34:27however he furrowed his brow upon
1:34:30thinking about something that was not
1:34:33all there was to the map Ricardo this
1:34:35map the map of the surrounding area of
1:34:38banan it was a map similar to the one
1:34:40Ricardo owned but it was too similar the
1:34:43map on the boy's body even had a few
1:34:45notable place is marked down such as
1:34:48where the Caravans had been attacked and
1:34:50where Ricardo's group had thought the
1:34:52bandits were hiding it would be
1:34:54impossible to draw this map if without
1:34:56the siblings having looked at Ricardo's
1:34:58map while doing so between the two maps
1:35:00there were a few differences such as the
1:35:03mark on the camping grounds near banan
1:35:05the current location of the mercenary
1:35:07group and the mark that traced the
1:35:09highway extending from the city as if it
1:35:11was following along the path Ricardo
1:35:13this place the highway and the workplace
1:35:16of the bandits connecting those together
1:35:19guard Ricardo San wa while indeed
1:35:23thought his eyes fixed on the map etched
1:35:25on the boy's body the guard called out
1:35:28to him however Ricardo grabbed the
1:35:30guard's shoulder bearing his fangs and
1:35:33shouting out Ricardo gather all the big
1:35:35shots and come inside the tent right now
1:35:38the kids achieved an incredible result
1:35:41part nine
1:35:43the boy called himself Tiffy showing the
1:35:46dark red map engraved upon his body in
1:35:48front of everyone supporting tiffy's
1:35:51shoulders who was standing on top of the
1:35:53desk Ricardo pointed at the bloody map
1:35:55for The Mercenaries to see Ricardo
1:35:58listen up everyone look at this map on
1:36:01this boy's stomach right now someone's
1:36:04etching the details of the map into the
1:36:06body of his sibling who was captured
1:36:08it's a freakish thing but we convene
1:36:11something from this Vice Captain it's
1:36:13about the location of the slave traders
1:36:15that caught his siblings right that's
1:36:18amazing yeah but it's not our business
1:36:21the Vice Captain did not say out loud
1:36:23keeping his words ambiguous however his
1:36:27sentiments were shared between everyone
1:36:29in the tent unrelated to whether they
1:36:31disliked or even tolerated slave trading
1:36:34the objective of this mercenary group
1:36:36was the subjugation of the brigands even
1:36:39if they felt sympathy for Tiffy they
1:36:41could not stray away from their goal to
1:36:43towards the mercenaries who had that in
1:36:45mind Ricardo shook his head with a no
1:36:48Ricardo what's importance the huge
1:36:50amount of marks on this map the place
1:36:53where the Caravans were ambushed and the
1:36:55place we mistook as the bandits Hideout
1:36:57are also marked Ain't It Strange Vice
1:37:01Captain I guess it doesn't sit right
1:37:03with me but what meaning is there to it
1:37:06Ricardo just listen there's an X symbol
1:37:09placed where the Caravans were attacked
1:37:11and another near the area we mistook for
1:37:14the place the bandits are lurking around
1:37:16in exchange there's a circle placed on
1:37:19the slave traders who should still be on
1:37:21the move you should know what the
1:37:23creator of this map wants to say Vice
1:37:25Captain whoa whoa Ricardo you can't be
1:37:30understanding the context behind
1:37:32Ricardo's Savage grin the Vice Captain
1:37:34widened his eyes however there were a
1:37:37lot of mercenaries who had yet to reach
1:37:39the answer to the mystery to make sure
1:37:41everyone could hear it Ricardo spoke
1:37:44Ricardo our targets those we're looking
1:37:47for ain't Bandits slave traders that do
1:37:50business bordering on a bunch of
1:37:52brigand's business no our targets are
1:37:55muggers trading company made up of those
1:37:57who disguise themselves as traveling
1:37:59merchants and then launch attacks on
1:38:01other Caravans it was obvious why they
1:38:04had not been able to find anything while
1:38:06searching for the hidden gang of Bandits
1:38:08no such gang existed the crimes had been
1:38:12committed by an armed group who
1:38:14pretended to be traveling merchants and
1:38:16attacked people who passed by looting
1:38:18the wolf carriages and goods of other
1:38:20Caravans and turning their employees
1:38:22into slaves like that selling off what
1:38:25they harvested as well as their slaves
1:38:28to some other City then traveling around
1:38:30the whole country while engaging in
1:38:32business was the go-to method of these
1:38:33muggers trading companies Ricardo so
1:38:36it's this muggers trading company but
1:38:39they're roaming around this area on the
1:38:41highway during this time of day judging
1:38:44from the speed a loaded wolf Carriage
1:38:46can move at there's only one candidate
1:38:48Vice Vice Captain the race crew Trading
1:38:51Company the Vice Captain clicked his
1:38:53tongue thinking about the group that had
1:38:55just passed in front of the camping
1:38:57grounds a few hours prior the very group
1:38:59that had just came up in their
1:39:01conversation before the meeting he
1:39:03looked like he was panicking fearing
1:39:05that the race crew Trading Company would
1:39:07Escape if they did not take immediate
1:39:09action but Ricardo shook his head at him
1:39:11Ricardo there's nothing to be panicking
1:39:14over I told you this map will keep
1:39:17telling us where that bunch is heading
1:39:19for before long they'll stop in their
1:39:22tracks to set up camp once the band of
1:39:24mercenaries got a hold of their location
1:39:26then it would be time for the Hound to
1:39:28live up to his reputation Vice Captain
1:39:31fold the tents we'll be pursuing the
1:39:34race crew no the muggers trading company
1:39:37at once the Vice Captain raised his
1:39:39voice and the slightly energized
1:39:41mercenary group scattered immediately
1:39:43all at the same time watching his fellow
1:39:47mercenaries leave the tent Ricardo gave
1:39:49a firm clap on tiffy's shoulder who have
1:39:52fulfilled his role to the very end
1:39:53Ricardo son good job for doing your best
1:39:57yeah were amazing TV if it's for Oni
1:40:00Chan and Oni Chan then it's to be
1:40:04expected replying with that Tiffy grew
1:40:07weak as he relaxed his body Ricardo
1:40:10promptly supported him feeling the
1:40:12burning temperature of his tiny body and
1:40:14seeing his labored breathing it was only
1:40:17natural Tiffy must have endured an
1:40:20unbelievable amount of pain because of
1:40:22these injuries if he had been reduced to
1:40:24this state as a result of the pain being
1:40:26distributed then the suffering of his
1:40:28siblings who were on the receiving end
1:40:30of such atrocities must be Beyond
1:40:33description because of that Ricardo and
1:40:35his group needed to give it their all
1:40:37Ricardo Anna Beau your message has been
1:40:40heard loud and clear lifting up Tiffy in
1:40:43his arms Ricardo called out to the girl
1:40:45who was not present accurately drawing
1:40:48out the map she had only taken a single
1:40:50look at connecting the dots between the
1:40:52bandits and the slave Traders and
1:40:54delivering it to the uncle etched into
1:40:56the area of the camping grounds the girl
1:40:59who had played a key role in achieving
1:41:01this result Ricardo I gotta find you
1:41:04safe and sound and ask you why you were
1:41:06caught by some slave trade in company
1:41:08why had the girl who was supposed to be
1:41:10in the city been thrown into the midst
1:41:13of such a critical emergency however
1:41:15Ricardo did not even think that it had
1:41:17been the doing of the man he had let off
1:41:19the hook
1:41:21part 10.
1:41:22the clash between the band of
1:41:24mercenaries led by the hound and the
1:41:27race crew muggers Trading Company began
1:41:28in the middle of the night the deserted
1:41:31village located at the side of the
1:41:33highway that linked cities together was
1:41:35a place often used as a camping ground
1:41:37by legitimate Caravans that stopped by
1:41:39on their travels in order to let their
1:41:41weary feet and ligers take a rest the
1:41:44camping ground formerly a village that
1:41:46specialized in agriculture had a few
1:41:49abandoned houses left scattered around
1:41:51as a reminder of Old Times the existence
1:41:54of the houses all equipped with roofs
1:41:56made it more than just a little
1:41:58appealing to use as a place to set up
1:42:01camp because of that the fact that an
1:42:03illegitimate mugger's Trading Company
1:42:05was making themselves comfortable at
1:42:07this place had fully incurred the
1:42:09Blazing Wrath of the hound and his group
1:42:11mercenaries the hound and his 40 Rowdy
1:42:14mercenaries were quietly surrounding the
1:42:16deserted village that were sinking into
1:42:18the darkness fires that had been set up
1:42:20at the camp used to clear the view of
1:42:22the those standing guard and the vulgar
1:42:24voices of the ones holding a feast while
1:42:27chugging down their alcohol-filled mugs
1:42:29the carriages with the tethered ligers
1:42:31had the Seal of the store number on it
1:42:33proof that it was the company The
1:42:34Mercenaries were after and there was no
1:42:36mistaking it for any other the map
1:42:38engraved into Tivi was perfect
1:42:41remembering the boy he had left in the
1:42:43tent before carrying out their plan as
1:42:45well as his pleading voice that surfaced
1:42:47into the back of his head the Hound gave
1:42:50his orders to the Vice Captain and
1:42:52placed small troops in various places
1:42:54around the village confirming that they
1:42:56were ready to go the Vice Captain nodded
1:42:58at the Hound receiving his signal the
1:43:01Hound threw his head back to look up at
1:43:03the sky and opened his Jaws Ricardo a
1:43:07bestial raw was released as if reaching
1:43:10for the round moon shining in the night
1:43:12sky the next Moment The Hound's limbs
1:43:14swooped down towards his assigned
1:43:16position and the battle had begun man
1:43:19you are Ricardo shut it with one
1:43:23swing of his large machete Ricardo
1:43:25struck down the frenzied man who lunged
1:43:27at him the thick chunk of iron
1:43:29penetrated the man's head his skull
1:43:31exploding like a fruit looking at the
1:43:34body that had fallen over with blood and
1:43:36brains splattered all around it the Men
1:43:38Behind The Corpse gulped one after
1:43:40another the men H.K Ricardo don't stop
1:43:44in your tracks the adults being
1:43:46horrified by their allies glamorously
1:43:48mutilated body and because of it pausing
1:43:51their movements and freezing their
1:43:52thoughts were actions below those of a
1:43:55third-rate fighter Ricardo sliced
1:43:57through one man and bashed in the neck
1:43:59of another snapping his neck he shoved a
1:44:02third man into the wall by kicking him
1:44:04with all his strength pulverizing the
1:44:07top of his head with the butt end of the
1:44:08machete and knocking him down to the
1:44:10ground a mugger's trading company that
1:44:13disguised themselves as a regular
1:44:15company repeatedly plundering and
1:44:17pillaging other Caravans in the middle
1:44:19of their travels even with such an
1:44:21extravagant title stuck onto them they
1:44:24proved themselves to be a letdown the
1:44:25moment they were forced to be on the
1:44:27side of the ransacked Vice Captain
1:44:29Ricardo how's it going over there the
1:44:32Vice Captain swung a bloodied sword as
1:44:35he ran towards Ricardo who kicked away
1:44:37the corpse near his feet observing the
1:44:40disastrous spectacle created by The
1:44:42Hound's Rampage the Vice Captain started
1:44:45to Lament The Situation a hand placed on
1:44:47his forehead Vice Captain I wasn't
1:44:49worried about you but this is too much
1:44:52are you planning to Massacre them
1:44:54Ricardo is it worth holding back against
1:44:57these fellows I almost feel like cutting
1:45:00all their limbs off and throwing them
1:45:01into boiling hot oil Vice Captain I
1:45:04understand how you feel but please think
1:45:06about what comes next we might even have
1:45:09to explain this to the Senate so this
1:45:11can't be resolved by murdering everyone
1:45:13and reaping all the benefits Ricardo
1:45:16what if they tell me to slit my stomach
1:45:19and apologize then I'll do just that but
1:45:22that's only after everything settles
1:45:25peacefully and that seems unlikely if we
1:45:27find Anna Beau and the boy's siblings
1:45:30anger burning inside of him Ricardo
1:45:32barked at the Vice Captain who seemed
1:45:35concerned about the Senate's intentions
1:45:36the only factors that had made it
1:45:38possible to ascertain the identity of
1:45:40the muggers trading company where
1:45:42Anastasia's quick wits and the
1:45:44cooperation of TV's siblings such small
1:45:47children were forced to do more than
1:45:49they could manage Ricardo and his group
1:45:52had a duty to repay their deeds hearing
1:45:55Ricardo's words the vice Captain's
1:45:57expression fell even further as he
1:45:59looked up at the sky Vice Captain ah God
1:46:02damn it this is why exactly I didn't
1:46:05want to be paired with you your
1:46:07influence is rubbing off on the others
1:46:09and I'm worried if there are going to be
1:46:11enough of those fellows to give their
1:46:12testimony by the end of this Ricardo I
1:46:15won't Target the leader at least if some
1:46:18morons remain alive at the end then
1:46:21that's fine ain't it rather Vice Captain
1:46:24I know it's about the skin where a dude
1:46:28right diddly the skin wearer that man of
1:46:31the multi-armed race was unmistakably
1:46:33the main force of the mugger's trading
1:46:35company neither ambushes nor cheap
1:46:37tricks would work against that he was in
1:46:40a different dimension altogether
1:46:42compared to people who would fall for
1:46:44those Ricardo going up against that
1:46:46guy's impossible unless it's me don't
1:46:49let the others try and fight him Vice
1:46:51Captain needless sacrifices are just
1:46:54gonna keep piling up otherwise say it
1:46:57should be almost time the mercenaries
1:46:59had been told to send out a signal with
1:47:01a whistle once didley's whereabouts were
1:47:04located if Ricardo slayed him then the
1:47:07victors of the battle would become set
1:47:08in stone waiting for the sound of the
1:47:11whistle to ring across the clearing
1:47:12Ricardo pricked up his pointed ears but
1:47:15question mark hey
1:47:18Mr War Ulf a thick sticky and grisly
1:47:22laugh echoed thoughtlessly shaking the
1:47:24air of the deserted village wreaking of
1:47:27blood with its cheerfulness
1:47:29part 11.
1:47:31due to The Hound's planned attack the
1:47:33race crew Trading Company had been hit
1:47:35by a devastating blow within the blink
1:47:37of an eye those that were either drunk
1:47:40or slumbering were easily killed by The
1:47:42Mercenaries and their numbers were
1:47:43reduced by one-third however the people
1:47:46who had managed to avoid death during
1:47:48the first assault were the real members
1:47:50that composed the muggers trading
1:47:52company they would certainly be small
1:47:54fry if facing against Ricardo however
1:47:57that only applied if they were against
1:47:59Ricardo question mark what the hell
1:48:03are these guys trying to make light of
1:48:05us an aid counter de mercenary that had
1:48:07tried to attack them and race crew
1:48:09grinded his teeth facing the fresh
1:48:11corpse five mercenaries had made their
1:48:14way inside race crew's bedroom which was
1:48:16located in the abandoned house that was
1:48:18the most intact in the deserted village
1:48:20every Intruder was cut down by the sword
1:48:23skills of his Aid however it was clear
1:48:26this attack was not only a racket caused
1:48:29by five people as they could hear
1:48:30screaming and the Clashing of Swords
1:48:32ringing out from all over the village
1:48:34race crew this ain't the work of some
1:48:37dumb bunch of Bandits it's the work of
1:48:39those simpletons at the highway the news
1:48:42of banan's Senate organizing a band of
1:48:44mercenaries as a countermeasure against
1:48:46damages done to Caravans had reached
1:48:49race crew's ears as well because of that
1:48:51he had wrapped up his business in banan
1:48:54and attempted to leave in order to try
1:48:56out another place for trading all this
1:48:59while the mercenary group wasted their
1:49:01time searching around in the corner of
1:49:03his eye Aid boss what shall we do with
1:49:06the others race crew they have diddly
1:49:08even if we sat around doing nothing
1:49:11those who don't know their place can get
1:49:13killed off for all I care rather than
1:49:16that there's something I need to check
1:49:18hearing the name of the multi-armed
1:49:20Berserker the aide immediately closed
1:49:22his mouth by now that madman would be
1:49:25gleefully skipping around the
1:49:27battlefield sprinting freely while
1:49:29decapitating people however finding the
1:49:31cause of this chaos came first if an
1:49:34unusual disturbance had occurred in his
1:49:37usual work then the problem would be
1:49:39lying within the unusual part race crew
1:49:41tested the sensation of the bracelet he
1:49:44had snapped onto his wrist an object
1:49:46linked with a gem on the slave's collars
1:49:48and headed for the place where his
1:49:50products were safeguarded while bringing
1:49:52his Aid with him and then race crew if I
1:49:55remember correctly that girl was in this
1:49:58box standing in front of a specific box
1:50:00race crew ordered his Aid to open the
1:50:03door when it creaked open the heavy
1:50:06stench of blood wafted out of the box
1:50:08and race crew knitted his eyebrows in
1:50:10frustration question mark HK on the far
1:50:14side of the box he sensed someone catch
1:50:16their breath entering it race crew
1:50:19squinted his eyes amidst the dark and
1:50:21nodded making sense of the situation
1:50:23from the scene in front of him race crew
1:50:26I see those runts had some kind of
1:50:29divine protection not the female cat
1:50:32human with her stomach area painted in
1:50:35Blood and the male cat human who had
1:50:37suffered through an identical number of
1:50:39injuries race crew was honestly
1:50:41impressed by the girl standing in front
1:50:43of them as if trying to protect them
1:50:45that appearance and that skill
1:50:48she was a masterpiece among every
1:50:49product he had handled so far race crew
1:50:53you did well considering your hands and
1:50:55feet were tied together those wounds did
1:50:58you pick up a Shard of glass at the
1:51:00trash Heap or something girl you seem
1:51:03like you got time to be light-hearted
1:51:05you mean that scarai wolf ain't coming
1:51:08to pick me up race crew are rabid dogs
1:51:11probably taking him on right now rather
1:51:14the damage you've caused are gonna cost
1:51:16you a pretty penny race crew showed off
1:51:18the bracelet on his left hand to the
1:51:20bluffing girl just by thinking about it
1:51:23he could cause his collared slaves to
1:51:25feel a great deal of pain he had already
1:51:28carried out that threat on the female
1:51:29cat human Imagining the pain even that
1:51:33girl stiffened her cheeks and race crew
1:51:35Drew out a dagger with a twisted blade
1:51:37from the inside of his outfit it was one
1:51:40of his favorite torturing devices of
1:51:42course he was not planning on hurting
1:51:44the girl and decreasing her value as a
1:51:46product the was meant for the cat humans
1:51:49behind her race crew listen Missy it's
1:51:53not necessarily yeah yourself who has to
1:51:56take responsibility for your screw-ups
1:51:58what happened this time will teach you a
1:52:00good lesson Rask reject his chin and his
1:52:03aide reached his arm out to hold down
1:52:06the girl like that he would torment the
1:52:08cat humans to a suitable degree in front
1:52:11of the girl and make her regret what she
1:52:13had done and if diddly swept up the
1:52:15surrounding mercenaries then it would be
1:52:18the end of this Ruckus girl
1:52:19responsibility for my screw-ups huh race
1:52:23crew hmm as race crew pondered on how he
1:52:26would clean up the mess in advance the
1:52:28girl's faint voice reached his ears
1:52:30turning around he saw the girl meet his
1:52:33eyes with a glare those light blue-green
1:52:35eyes had a power that sucked him into
1:52:37them girl if that's so it means you'll
1:52:41be taking responsibility for what you've
1:52:43done the girl declared out loud in a
1:52:45harsh tone in a Flash the female
1:52:48well-cut human sprung to her feet with
1:52:50great enthusiasm grinned and then
1:52:52question mark evil won't prosper in this
1:52:55war rld she shouted the back of her feet
1:52:58Landing a powerful kick on Race crew's
1:53:01face
1:53:02part 12.
1:53:04in that one fleeting second the
1:53:06situation inside of the Box had taken a
1:53:08drastic turn Anastasia Mimi had jumped
1:53:11awake due to Anastasia's call and she
1:53:14kicked away race crew while covered in
1:53:15blood her appearance harrowing the
1:53:18moment she did that race crew should
1:53:20have punished her using his bracelet the
1:53:22punishment being given to her through
1:53:24her gate Mimi's tiny body shook as if
1:53:27she was about to start bouncing around
1:53:29however it did not contain enough power
1:53:32to Halt her justice it was because the
1:53:34punishment was being shouldered by
1:53:36hetaro the Divine protection of
1:53:38trisection was a Divine protection that
1:53:40enabled the siblings to share Sensations
1:53:42such as pain the distribution defaulted
1:53:45to an even split but they could
1:53:47consciously unbalance it it was also
1:53:50possible to receive a hundred percent of
1:53:52the pain when drawing the map or when
1:53:54the eldest sister was receiving her
1:53:56punishment hetaro I'm not as strong as
1:53:59only Chan so I can only do things like
1:54:02this hetaro had said his resolve to
1:54:05accept Anastasia's suggestion of etching
1:54:07the map onto his body too bright for her
1:54:10eyes even now as he suffered from the
1:54:12pain and bleeding he took on his
1:54:14sister's punishment and protected her
1:54:16until it ended Mimi ooh cheer the
1:54:20fighting strength of Mimi who was
1:54:22bouncing all over the room having
1:54:24comprehended the will of her brother was
1:54:26much higher than what Anastasia had
1:54:28imagined the aides who were taken aback
1:54:30by the falling race crew jumping into
1:54:32the Gap that appeared for Nerium moment
1:54:34Mimi punted one of the two aids with her
1:54:37short legs defeating him by slamming him
1:54:39against the wall those were bodyguards
1:54:41that race crew had brought along
1:54:43commanding them directly they could not
1:54:46possibly be weak but the fighting
1:54:48strength of the roused cat human had
1:54:50increased even further influenced by her
1:54:52excitement Aid say the aid came to his
1:54:55senses after his ally was defeated
1:54:58unsheathing the sword on his waist the
1:55:01single-edged blade known as a katana
1:55:03really least a single terrifyingly sharp
1:55:06strike however Mimi skillfully ducked
1:55:09under it and Mimi Aya she made him lean
1:55:13backwards with a blow from her tail and
1:55:15followed up with a powerful headbutt to
1:55:17his stomach batting at the throat of the
1:55:20staggered enemy with her short limbs she
1:55:22then finally knocked him out cold by
1:55:24flinging him across the Box Mimi you see
1:55:27that it's Mimi's overwhelming victory
1:55:30triumphing over both race crew and his
1:55:32Aid Mimi jumped with Elation over her
1:55:35win Anastasia's eyes were wide open
1:55:37having witnessed Mimi's Maneuvers that
1:55:40fight was only supposed to buy some time
1:55:43for them but she had not expected Mimi
1:55:45to wipe the traffickers out Anastasia
1:55:47anyways I guess this wraps it up
1:55:50although she was surprised by results
1:55:52that exceeded her expectations Anastasia
1:55:55stole the bracelet from the Fallen race
1:55:57crew even if they were to escape from
1:55:59this area it would be difficult with
1:56:01their hands and legs left Shackled
1:56:02together
1:56:03so the best option was to make securing
1:56:06their safety a priority and wait for the
1:56:09scary wolf to come running towards them
1:56:11Mimi ooh the collar came off hetaros
1:56:15also came off Anastasia all right we can
1:56:18take off our collars using this just as
1:56:21I thought what's left is the bracelet
1:56:24acted as a key and Anastasia used it to
1:56:27remove her and the siblings collars
1:56:29after that she took the collars and
1:56:31re-fastened them on Race crew and his
1:56:33two AIDS race crew you little don't
1:56:36think you're getting away with pull in
1:56:40this
1:56:41regaining his Consciousness race crew
1:56:44threatened her in a low voice when he
1:56:46noticed the collar around his neck
1:56:47however Anastasia punished him with the
1:56:50bracelet leading him to pass out once
1:56:53more it was hard to control it so she
1:56:55had accidentally inflicted the same pain
1:56:58on the unconscious AIDS but with this
1:57:00she had finished securing the safety of
1:57:02her group Anastasia what's left is Uncle
1:57:05I believe in you so please don't betray
1:57:08my trust next to Mimi who was beginning
1:57:11her treatment of hetaro's injuries
1:57:13Anastasia murmured quietly while rubbing
1:57:16the bracelet praying that the next time
1:57:18someone opened the box it would be a
1:57:20familiar face race crew gyar Anastasia
1:57:23ah my bad she carelessly made an error
1:57:27while trying to control the bracelet and
1:57:29race crew scream echoed across the box
1:57:31as he was punished
1:57:33part 13.
1:57:35summoned by the large intense Act of
1:57:38self-assertion Ricardo paid the man a
1:57:40visit only to witness a sea of blood
1:57:43question mark aha you came to see me Mr
1:57:46Wolf Breathing heavily from excitement
1:57:49the bursaka directed his gaze towards
1:57:51Ricardo a massive number of corpses was
1:57:54strewn around his feet none of them
1:57:56retaining their original shape however
1:57:58even as he stood in front of the
1:58:00Mountain of corpses all of them mangled
1:58:03beyond recognition there was something
1:58:05he could make out with a single glance
1:58:07Ricardo that that too and the other one
1:58:10over there they're not my allies they're
1:58:13yours multi-armed man who were they they
1:58:17were loitering around in front of me so
1:58:19I got annoyed and killed them stuff like
1:58:22that happens sometimes right Ricardo
1:58:25hell no don't lump me in with you damn
1:58:28idiot feigning ignorance while raising
1:58:30his blood-stained broad axes was diddly
1:58:33the skin wearer He adjusted the piece of
1:58:35fur he wore with one of his forearms and
1:58:38glared at Ricardo with his goggling eyes
1:58:40diddly just as I expected the wolf that
1:58:44girl was talking about was you Ricardo
1:58:46you're the one who let an abode too as
1:58:49she pleased rather than be in Whimsical
1:58:51you're just stupid what you did resulted
1:58:55in your being on the verge of a Wipeout
1:58:57there's a limit to risk in your life to
1:59:00make the others laugh diddly really
1:59:02personally I'm fine with it if it means
1:59:05I can play with the wolf I see that's
1:59:08truly the logic of a bursaka the
1:59:10misjudgment of the person in and change
1:59:12having hired diddly for his skills
1:59:14without taking his personality into
1:59:16consideration it was rare to see someone
1:59:18with such an amoral personality to this
1:59:20extent so perhaps it was cruel to tell
1:59:23his boss to sense that part of him
1:59:24before Contracting him Vice Captain
1:59:27Ricardo called by the Vice Captain who
1:59:29had accompanied him Ricardo pointed
1:59:32towards a different part of the
1:59:33battlefield with his large machete
1:59:35Ricardo if I can find this guy to this
1:59:38area then the others surely won't get
1:59:40pushed back any further Vice Captain the
1:59:43same could be said for the opposing side
1:59:45though Ricardo shut up just leave and go
1:59:49somewhere else pray for my victory
1:59:52showing off the Vice Captain and his
1:59:54concerns Ricardo faced Tiddly alone
1:59:57taken aback by the fact that diddly was
1:59:59waiting quietly for the Vice Captain to
2:00:01leave Ricardo raised a brow Ricardo what
2:00:05you're more well-behaved than I imagined
2:00:07I thought you're a rabid dog but it
2:00:10seems like you've been disciplined and
2:00:12diddly it'll be my loss if the flavor
2:00:14grows weak all because I was bad
2:00:16mannered in front of my Feast don't you
2:00:18think I'm diddly I have a personality
2:00:21that wants to taste delicious things
2:00:23while they're in their best condition
2:00:25Ricardo I see I don't have any standards
2:00:29of tasty or nasty in a fight to kill
2:00:31each other you haven't done any
2:00:33unnecessary things to Anna Beau Javier
2:00:36diddly would you have been more
2:00:37passionate about this if I did Ricardo
2:00:40I'd be about to toss you into boiling
2:00:42oil you don't they're banter serving as
2:00:45a trigger Ricardo took one step to close
2:00:47the distance between him and didley's
2:00:49chest diddly intercepted him with his
2:00:52four broad axes swinging them towards
2:00:55his broad frame with varying
2:00:56trajectories to each of them with the
2:00:58wind blowing around him Ricardo dodged
2:01:01the strike of the first broad ax by
2:01:03lowering his posture after deflecting
2:01:05the two following strikes with his
2:01:07machete he greeted the skin wearer with
2:01:09a front kick before the final attack
2:01:11reached him flinging him away Ricardo go
2:01:15ruya along with a war cry the machete
2:01:18was swung down towards the Staggering
2:01:20diddly's head diddly caught the blow one
2:01:23that could even split a giant rock in
2:01:25half with the two broad axes he held
2:01:27above his head
2:01:28steel collided against steel and Sparks
2:01:31flew as they were about to enter a
2:01:33competition of strength the multi-armed
2:01:36man lashed out using his remaining two
2:01:38arms Ricardo immediately fended off the
2:01:41broad axes that approached him from both
2:01:43sides using his breastplate do so his
2:01:46ribs creaked and the impact even passed
2:01:49through the organs behind them vomiting
2:01:51out a glob of blood that surged up his
2:01:53throat Ricardo left backwards using the
2:01:56momentum of having diddly pushing
2:01:58against him he broke into a fit of
2:02:00coughing Ricardo car pay pay damn you're
2:02:05pretty good at this diddly you're good
2:02:07as well Mr Wolf well then let's start
2:02:11taking this seriously didly responded
2:02:13with a persistent white smile to Ricardo
2:02:16who spat out blood and verbal abuse
2:02:18immediately after that the multi-armed
2:02:21man's giant frame disappeared from his
2:02:23sight as if it had been blurred out from
2:02:25sight a four-armed anomaly prowled
2:02:28within the Dark Knight Ricardo he can
2:02:31pull that off with that body of his
2:02:32Ricardo growled narrowing his eyes in
2:02:35the dark at diddley's unexpected display
2:02:37of the Arts of stealth he had not
2:02:39thought that the man with an incredibly
2:02:41self-assertive appearance would be able
2:02:43to dive into the darkness so
2:02:45spectacularly like this the Berserker
2:02:48was absent in his field of vision and
2:02:50the thick stench of blood in the air
2:02:52prevented him from tracing his movements
2:02:54with his sense of smell if diddly had
2:02:56covered the area in blood for this
2:02:58purpose then he had an eye for some
2:03:00tough tactics to face unexpectedly
2:03:03Ricardo HK instantaneously he swung his
2:03:07machete up just as there was a sound of
2:03:09something cutting through the wind their
2:03:11weapons clashed and Ricardo sensed he
2:03:13had turned aside three strikes in total
2:03:15judging from the impact he felt in his
2:03:18hand canceling out three gigantic broad
2:03:21axes with one swing was the fruit of
2:03:23Ricardo's abilities however if one of
2:03:26the four strikes had made its way
2:03:27through then it meant that didley's
2:03:29tactics had bested him Ricardo ghn a
2:03:33broad ax sunk into his left shoulder
2:03:35severing his wire-like fur and dense
2:03:37muscles fresh blood spewed out pain and
2:03:40fury exploding in the back of Ricardo's
2:03:43throat diddly buhar H I can't cut it off
2:03:47with one broad ax yelling with delight
2:03:49the bursaka flipped backwards with
2:03:51fearsome nimbleness lurking back into
2:03:53the Dark Knight the sound of him
2:03:55stepping on grass which would mean he
2:03:58had landed could not be heard his skill
2:04:01in melting into the darkness was akin to
2:04:03facing a wild beast it could be said
2:04:05that the way he carried himself was like
2:04:07a living nightmare the Incarnation of a
2:04:09nightmare that wore the skin of those it
2:04:11killed and brought forth death with its
2:04:14four arms it was a strong Vivid image
2:04:17diddly how is it how is it how is it how
2:04:21is it are you enjoying my dance the
2:04:24source of the slight sound of the ground
2:04:25being kicked and the thick sticky voice
2:04:28did not match a strange gate he used to
2:04:30set his voice and footsteps
2:04:32independently from each other deceiving
2:04:34Ricardo's eyes with his art of stealth
2:04:36his ears with his voice and his nose
2:04:39with blood Ricardo did not have the
2:04:41means to pursue the giant form that
2:04:43prowled in the dark distancing himself
2:04:46and then approaching slinking around
2:04:48bouncing around to the right and to the
2:04:51left above and below the number of
2:04:54wounds inflicted on Ricardo were
2:04:56gradually increasing from the strikes of
2:04:58the broad axes that aimed to kill
2:04:59lashing out one after another changing
2:05:02their trajectory as they pleased the
2:05:04moment diddly struck even if Ricardo
2:05:07deflected his attacks his senses relying
2:05:09on the direction of his opponent's
2:05:11murderous intent blocking up to three
2:05:13hits was the limit of his defense the
2:05:16remaining strike would carve into his
2:05:18body and it was only a matter of time
2:05:20until he was beheaded Ricardo dryer
2:05:24fine then I'll interrupt your damn Dance
2:05:27by killing you letting out a shout that
2:05:29would make others forget that he was
2:05:31facing a difficult situation Ricardo
2:05:33carried his machete on his shoulder and
2:05:36jumped backwards the Hound held up his
2:05:38weapon while looking straight ahead with
2:05:40an abandoned house to his back if he
2:05:42made sure there was a wall behind him
2:05:44then he could limit the direction of his
2:05:46opponent's assault having it arrive from
2:05:48his front or his side although he did
2:05:51not know when or where would did he make
2:05:53a move it would be possible for him to
2:05:55shut off where he would strike despite
2:05:57that the Berserker gave a delighted
2:05:59laugh at Ricardo's martial judgment
2:06:01diddly you Foofa Fufu that's right you
2:06:05would try to do that but you know
2:06:07Ricardo HK the next moment diddly came
2:06:11into view in front of Ricardo however he
2:06:14appeared far beyond the reach of both
2:06:16Ricardo and himself he was not aiming to
2:06:18engage in close combat his broad axes
2:06:21drew a wide Arc upon being thrown Tran
2:06:24transforming into disks of death as they
2:06:26Advanced on Ricardo hurling the broad
2:06:28axes was a move that brought certain
2:06:30death to their enemies who would have
2:06:32taken a desperate measure because they
2:06:34had not been able to break through
2:06:35didley's art of stealth in order to deal
2:06:38with four attacks coming from four
2:06:40different directions at the same time
2:06:42four arms were required diddly I'll kill
2:06:46you and then I'll show off your Pelt to
2:06:48that girl what kind of face do you think
2:06:50she will make Ricardo laughing cruelly
2:06:53diddly spoke of the unsavory future
2:06:55actions to be performed after he
2:06:57finished his job unable to put up with
2:07:00him any further after having heard the
2:07:02contents of his speech and having looked
2:07:04at his expression Ricardo opened his
2:07:06mouth wide to subdue his opponent's
2:07:08lethal attack Ricardo decided to play
2:07:11his strongest card as well Ricardo Gras
2:07:14RR opening his Jaws that were lined with
2:07:17sharp teeth Ricardo released a roar of
2:07:19Destruction in front of himself the very
2:07:21air rumbled and the Earth was turned
2:07:23over from the quaking din the spinning
2:07:26broad axes were blown away swallowed by
2:07:29the massive shock wave and the wave of
2:07:31sound landed a direct hit on Diddly
2:07:33staining his giant frame with blood
2:07:35diddly wh a his eyes widened from the
2:07:39unforeseen attack diddly tilted his head
2:07:42his face covered with blood Ricardo uora
2:07:45there Ricardo lunged at him without a
2:07:48single pause in his movements
2:07:50mercilessly swinging the machete he had
2:07:52carried on his shoulder the machete
2:07:54stabbed into the bursuchus thick neck
2:07:56sending his large physique flying along
2:07:58with the fur he wore much to Ricardo's
2:08:01satisfaction and caused a blood flower
2:08:03to bloom diddly ah the sound of Bones
2:08:06and flesh being squashed out of shape
2:08:08overlapped and the bursaka crashed down
2:08:11onto the ground diddly amazing I was
2:08:15fascinated by your performance his neck
2:08:18broken diddly uttered that out with a
2:08:20smile letting out one final breath of
2:08:23Joy before he fell silent that was the
2:08:25end of the muggers trading company the
2:08:27evil that had grown rampant within the
2:08:29city of banan
2:08:31part 14.
2:08:33the day after the incident Ricardo and
2:08:36Anastasia were in the Chairman's Office
2:08:38of the Chatham Trading Company sitting
2:08:40on the sofa and sipping some Rio Couture
2:08:43Ricardo sighed as he finished giving his
2:08:45job report to juddon Ricardo so we got
2:08:48rid of the fellows who were up to no
2:08:50good we also retrieved Anna Beau and our
2:08:54losses ain't that big a deal chutton it
2:08:57appears so it seems like a lot of
2:09:00unexpected situations were piled on top
2:09:02of each other but having listened to the
2:09:04detailed account of the whole event
2:09:06chutton sitting on the opposite side of
2:09:08Ricardo nodded deeply receiving his
2:09:12somewhat inarticulate response Ricardo
2:09:14wrinkled his nose with what Ricardo your
2:09:17put in it Ambiguously do you have any
2:09:20complaints or something against em
2:09:22Anastasia of course do you have any idea
2:09:26of the Dreadful experience I went
2:09:28through because of you you deserve a pay
2:09:30cut a pay cut be strict with him
2:09:34Ricardo ghn I already said I'm sorry
2:09:38haven't I Anna Beau Ricardo's expression
2:09:42clouded over as Anastasia continued
2:09:44ranting right beside him children had
2:09:47also Shrugged his shoulders in
2:09:48exasperation and Ricardo sincerely felt
2:09:51bad for his mistake this time thanks to
2:09:54Anastasia's quick wits they had
2:09:56succeeded in annihilating the muggers
2:09:58trading company however having listened
2:10:00to how it all began listen to the
2:10:02details of Anastasia being captured by
2:10:05the slave Traders Ricardo felt deeply
2:10:07indebted to her he hadn't expected that
2:10:09acting on the mercy in his heart to end
2:10:12up backfiring the predicament that
2:10:14Anastasia went through during the whole
2:10:16incident was a consequence of Ricardo's
2:10:19carelessness and therefore completely
2:10:21his fault Ricardo but we were able to
2:10:24shut down the race crew trade in company
2:10:26thanks to it Anastasia think about
2:10:29whatcha did Ricardo yes I'm sorry I'll
2:10:33work hard to make sure nothing like this
2:10:35ever happens again Ricardo flattened his
2:10:38ears against his head apologizing to
2:10:40Anastasia who was fuming looking at
2:10:43their interactions Judd and burst into
2:10:45laughter chutton jeez year two are no I
2:10:50understand for the matter in hand the
2:10:53credit will go to Anastasia for Ricardo
2:10:55donno well consider it somewhere between
2:10:58receiving credit and your mission being
2:11:00labeled as failure Anastasia you're too
2:11:03soft really uncle's gonna get ahead of
2:11:06himself Chardon if that's so then it's
2:11:09all right if you discipline him strictly
2:11:11Anastasia ah yes understood I'll
2:11:15discipline him strictly looking as if
2:11:17she had received official permission
2:11:19from chudan to do so Anastasia glanced
2:11:22sideways at Ricardo her eyes made him
2:11:24anxious of the coming future but at the
2:11:27same time those with the eyes of a girl
2:11:29who had liberated the stronghold Ricardo
2:11:32was also proud since it proved he had
2:11:34made the right choice regarding her
2:11:36chuden anyway Anastasia you did an
2:11:39excellent job in connecting the dots
2:11:41between the slave Traders and the
2:11:43brigands where did you find out such a
2:11:45thing did you hear them spill it on
2:11:48accident Anastasia ah um it's not a big
2:11:52deal they had a leader standing at the
2:11:54top didn't they I remembered seeing the
2:11:57jinglin shiny stuff he wore Chardon you
2:12:00recall seeing his accessories Anastasia
2:12:03I just remembered seeing those while I
2:12:05was working as a Helper and I thought
2:12:08the incident had been all about the
2:12:10customers who were buying and selling
2:12:12them then being raided by the bandits
2:12:14based on what you and Uncle were talking
2:12:16about and then I imagined maybe that's
2:12:20why the gang of Bandits that Uncle was
2:12:22looking for couldn't be found in the
2:12:24first place I thought it was strange
2:12:26that for a bunch of Bandits they were
2:12:28going after products that were hard to
2:12:30sell out before the price dropped so
2:12:33chuden chuden held his breath hearing
2:12:35Anastasia speak as if she had merely
2:12:37been lucky beside her Ricardo had also
2:12:40been left speechless by her bizarre way
2:12:43of connecting her ideas what was even
2:12:45more terrifying than that it was not the
2:12:48fact she had reached the correct answer
2:12:49using her eccentric way of thinking but
2:12:52the method she used to deliver that
2:12:54answer to Ricardo Anastasia the siblings
2:12:56who were captured along with me ah
2:12:59they're cat humans but when the older
2:13:01sister was being beaten the younger
2:13:03brother's cheeks were also swelling up
2:13:05for some reason
2:13:07I thought they were linked together
2:13:08through a Divine protection then they
2:13:11said they had one more sibling outside
2:13:13Chardon so to make the map appear on the
2:13:16other sibling's body you etched the map
2:13:18into the body of The Sibling yahwah with
2:13:20Anastasia I'm glad I was able to take a
2:13:24single look at the map here thanks to
2:13:26that I could draw it pretty accurately
2:13:28the fact that she had been able to draw
2:13:30out the map she had only gotten a glance
2:13:33off and a very precise one to boot was
2:13:35not of much importance to Anastasia
2:13:38staring at the sky out of the window in
2:13:40the wolf Carriage measuring their
2:13:42location and the distance they had
2:13:44traveled by looking at the position and
2:13:46height of the sun listening to the
2:13:47number of times the wheels rotated and
2:13:50using those to add on to the map made
2:13:52out of injuries were considered as
2:13:54trivial to her as well once they had
2:13:56pinpointed where the slave Traders were
2:13:58hiding during the night in the camping
2:14:00grounds it was certain victory for The
2:14:02Mercenaries the uncertain variable known
2:14:05as diddly excluded Anastasia had been
2:14:08the key figure for all of that Ricardo
2:14:11though how could you do that inside a
2:14:13carriage that held your captive
2:14:14Anastasia on that luggage platform the
2:14:18world be warm where the sunlight hit it
2:14:20and I'd been counting the time ever
2:14:22since the bell rang dur in noon and
2:14:24because I did all of that the locations
2:14:27on the map were perfect right Ricardo o
2:14:30r you're right Ricardo nodded slowly
2:14:33just as she had said perhaps it was not
2:14:36that impressive if she had done those
2:14:38one by one however counting every second
2:14:41to keep track of time ascertaining their
2:14:43direction from the position of the sun
2:14:45and the angle of the sun's Rays coming
2:14:47up with a plan to escape and Engraving a
2:14:50clear-cut map that existed in her
2:14:51memories into a human body accomplishing
2:14:54such things simultaneously was normally
2:14:56impossible and she had done it all by
2:14:59herself so what were he and sudden able
2:15:01to say chutton well well you're really
2:15:05beyond what I imagined Anastasia Dash
2:15:08Jordan seemed extremely satisfied about
2:15:10Anastasia who innocently cocked her head
2:15:13sideways he was the man who had noticed
2:15:16her resourcefulness pulling her into his
2:15:18Trading Company from her former position
2:15:20as the poster girl of a Tavern he could
2:15:23not help smiling about her actions that
2:15:25had allowed him to recover what he had
2:15:27invested and his conviction that his
2:15:29eyes hadn't deceived him however Ricardo
2:15:32was deeply concerned about chudan's
2:15:34expectations fearing them as dangerous
2:15:36and risky that's why he deliberately
2:15:38spoke in a loud voice rubbing
2:15:40Anastasia's head roughly Ricardo well I
2:15:44guess she was really beyond what we all
2:15:46imagined I didn't expect annabo to crush
2:15:49the enemy's Captain before I came to
2:15:51save her and even treat him like a slave
2:15:53I'm astonished Anastasia th that
2:15:57couldn't be helped I thought it was
2:15:59dangerous outside so I had to secure our
2:16:02safety inside also he brought it upon
2:16:05himself since he's a slave trader stop
2:16:08that my hair's going all over the place
2:16:11when Ricardo had gone to pick her up
2:16:13Anastasia had already placed a slave's
2:16:16collar onto the leader of the enemy
2:16:18splendidly giving him a taste of his own
2:16:20medicine there was no sweeter Revenge
2:16:23than a slave trader having a slave's
2:16:25collar fastened around his neck Ricardo
2:16:27I promised I'll entrust the handling of
2:16:29my collater but maybe I was too hasty
2:16:32Anastasia don't make fun of me even if
2:16:35it's a verbal agreement I'll protect it
2:16:38with my life e what the heck are you
2:16:40saying Ricardo laughed while showing his
2:16:43fangs to Anastasia who shouted at him
2:16:45with a reddened face he had omitted it
2:16:48from the report but considering she was
2:16:50acting like this then it was probably
2:16:52wiser for him to shut his mouth about
2:16:54Anastasia balling and jumping onto him
2:16:56the moment she saw him come to pick her
2:16:58up Jordan appeared to be dumbfounded by
2:17:00their Exchange
2:17:02since the focus of the conversation had
2:17:04veered off from Anastasia's achievements
2:17:06he thought he should put an end to it
2:17:08for now Chardon by the way about the
2:17:11little cat humans the siblings that
2:17:13cooperated with the arrest of the
2:17:15culprit where might they be finally
2:17:18children asked them about the people who
2:17:20had contributed greatly to their cause
2:17:22noticing that they were absent despite
2:17:24having been brought up several times
2:17:26during their conversation Ricardo and
2:17:29Anastasia both frowned at the question
2:17:31Ricardo about that I'm not sure there's
2:17:36no doubt the eldest sister treated the
2:17:38injuries of her two little brothers with
2:17:40her healing magic but Anastasia she said
2:17:43Justice does not ask for anything in
2:17:45return and just left Chardon what
2:17:49chudan's inquiries were shared by
2:17:52Ricardo and Anastasia the three siblings
2:17:54who had made a significant contribution
2:17:57to the extermination of the muggers
2:17:58trading company did not seek any rewards
2:18:01nor words of Greg attitude and had
2:18:03disappeared as the morning sun rose the
2:18:05sister carrying her brothers and dashing
2:18:07off gallantly no they had returned to
2:18:10the entrance of the city with Ricardo
2:18:12and the others so they should be
2:18:14somewhere around banan but Ricardo
2:18:17allies of Justice do those kids know
2:18:20what it means Anastasia of course they
2:18:22do I hope it's true that I was saved by
2:18:26their Justice and courage and I think
2:18:28I'll be able to meet them again
2:18:29somewhere those siblings were incredibly
2:18:32loud so they would probably be easily
2:18:34found if one went on the search for them
2:18:36however what Anastasia wished to say was
2:18:39definitely not that Ricardo crossed his
2:18:42arms responding to The Smiling Anastasia
2:18:45with right hearing that Anastasia
2:18:48stretched out her body and then
2:18:50Anastasia well then since I got an extra
2:18:53unnecessary day off I'm going back to
2:18:56work Ricardo wait a minute you know what
2:18:59happened yesterday and today do have
2:19:02enough energy to Anastasia but I've been
2:19:05asleep the entire time if you're The
2:19:08Bodyguard of this company then you
2:19:09should get back to work too Uncle you
2:19:13need to make sure you'll never make a
2:19:14blunder like this one again being pulled
2:19:16by the hair on his arms Ricardo was
2:19:19shoved out of the room by the small girl
2:19:21once he had finished giving his report
2:19:23he planned on chugging some alcohol and
2:19:25lazing around however such an
2:19:28insignificant wish failed to reach the
2:19:30ears of the enthusiastic girl Anastasia
2:19:33your price fell from this huge blunder
2:19:35right then the day I can buy you ain't
2:19:38that far away with a wide grin popping
2:19:41across her face the girl shamelessly
2:19:43daydreamed of human trafficking feeling
2:19:45like he had been reduced to a harmless
2:19:47creature by her smile Ricardo ashamed
2:19:50blew out a sigh he supposed being told
2:19:53that he was going soft was only natural
2:19:55since hearing what she said made him
2:19:57feel good filled with deep emotion
2:19:59Ricardo scratched his head and follow
2:20:02behind Anastasia

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