[Layland Kleinhaus' POV]
Looking at the Princess who is munching on the apple while looking at intensely, I wonder if this world has no stereotypical Princess that is depicted in fairy tales. Rather than a Princess, after all, I feel like I am looking at a hungry cat eating her food.
Sighing lightly, I turn around to face the Wild Beast that still decided to co at even after being blasted by Genelos' Mana Pressure. It is a bigger-than-normal Tigris, which is a 15 feet tall tiger with a pair of fearso fangs protruding out of its mouth.
"Ah, bastards like this guy are indeed adrenaline junkies. They like to stick their noses into places they don't belong to," I mutter, inwardly comnding the bravery of the stupid bastard.
Kicking the ground in the next mont, I dash toward the Tigris. Said Beast pounces at when I am less than 20 feet away from it and I greet it with my powerful punch: [Death Blow].
Boom!
I hit the Tigris right in its stomach. There are a few seconds of it suspended in the air by my fist before my fist passes through its stomach.
Spurt!
I have expected sothing like that to happen, so I am not surprised at all when the innards of the beast co out. I have shielded myself with Mana too, so I don't worry about getting gore and bits of innards hitting .
I retract my fist imdiately and grasp the head of the dead beast. I throw it upwards at Genelos; he catches it with his mouth and imdiately munches on it.
When I turn around to look at the condition of the Princess, I find her looking at in astonishnt. I put on my mask as I approach her and that sohow awakens her from her dazzled state.
"You look incredibly well compared to the state you were in before," I remark, gesturing at her fair-colored skin.
"Ah, yes… thanks to you." The Princess nods her head slowly and then hesitantly asks , "Do you have any reason for wearing a mask?"
"Are you wondering why I showed you my face?" This question earns a nod from the Princess. "I wear a mask because of the sa reason why anyone wears a mask: to hide my identity. I showed you my face for one reason—do you know what that is?"
"N-No…" the Princess shakes her head with a hint of fear.
"It's because I want to put my trust in you—I want you to stand on my side. In other words, had you refused to cooperate, I would have killed you."
"O-Oh, I see…"
Whatever the Princess is seeing, I am sure it is not the one I want her to see. I expected her to beco even more fearful after what I said, but she is blushing for so weird reason.
'None of the Princess I have t is normal, eh?' I muse, fully knowing I have only t two so far.
Offering the Princess my hand, I pull her up when she takes it. Ignoring the fact that she doesn't want to imdiately let my hand go, I take a proper look at her.
Lunea dis Cresundia, the sole daughter of the Solas dis Cresundia, the King of Cresundia. She has waist-length hair, silver hair that reminds of the color of the moon and a sharp jaw but slightly chubby cheeks which make her look both mature and childish.
Physique-wise, she doesn't suit to be on the battlefield; she is fit, but she is more suited to be a model than a fighter. She has the sa height as Millonia, which is 5'9", but has more noticeable mounds than Millonia's; although, not that significantly more noticeable.
"We are going. Embrace yourself," I say as I finished inspecting her.
"Eh?" she looks at bemused.
Without saying anything, I pull her by her hand and throw her upwards with the help of Wind Magic so I don't accidentally break her fragile hand. She screams hysterically as the wind carries her to Genelos' back.
I kick the ground and land on Genelos' back soon after. Lunea is sitting there with a pale face; her whole body is trembling as she looks at in horror.
"You… sotis you are smooth, but sotis you are very dense in this kind of matter. A weird one, aren't you?" Millonia remarks.
"What do you an smooth? I have never even flirted with Valeria," I retort as I quirk my eyebrow.
"Ah, so you are that type of bastard."
I got even more confused; ignoring , however, Millonia turns to Lunea and smiles softly at her. I have seen her smile when we are alone, so I know that smile of her is not sincere.
"Hello, Princess, or may I call you Lunea?" she asks, earning a nod from Lunea. "My na is Millonia. I am this guy's companion—a human, just like you."
"A-Ah, nice to et you, Millonia," Lunea responds as she shakes Millonia's hand.
Millonia gestures at Winerva and says, "That is Winerva. Like , she is that guy's companion, but instead of helping him fight, she cooks food for us—a maid, you can call her."
"Nice to et you, Winerva."
"Yeah… nice to et you too… Lunea."
The Princess has a good instinct. Despite how friendly Millonia behaves, she knows sothing is wrong with the mad woman, so she is more willing to befriend Winerva instead.
As if realizing what is happening, Millonia lets Winerva sit close to Lunea and sits right behind . She then hugs my waist as she sighs in disappointnt.
"Where are we going next?" she asks after sighing.
'Too bad that you can't make a new friend, isn't it?' I chuckle inwardly. "Well, we are going to the nearest Barony to rest. It has been two days since we had a proper rest anyway."
"So, you do care about such a thing," she remarks, acting surprised.
"I don't really think we need a rest, but we have to do sothing about the Princess," I gesture at Lunea. "She is targeted by a lot of people, so there is a need for her to change her appearance. I need your help to dress her so that she is unrecognizable."
"Why don't you just put a mask on her?"
"A suspicious man in our group is enough—we don't need a suspicious woman."
"Heh… so, you realize that you look suspicious," she remarks with a smirk.
"Shut it, bitch," I retort, ignoring her chuckle. "Everyone, hold on! We are going to resu the flight."
When the girls are ready, I tell Genelos to soar to the sky. He imdiately does what I asked and flies through the air even faster than a bullet.
Lunea screams at the top of her lungs; not out of fear but excitent. That is weird considering how she reacted after I threw her onto Genelos' back, but she is a weird fellow so I don't think much about it.
…
The Princess is troubleso. It is still less than two hours since our landing and she has disappeared from our vision.
"I know this Barony, so I am going to look around!" was the last thing she said to Millonia after cleaning herself and changing into casual clothes.
I asked Millonia why she even let Lunea go and she confidently answered with, "She looks just like an incredibly pretty plebeian now, you know? Don't worry, no one will think she is that Lunea."
Now, I am not worried about Lunea getting harassed by locals because of her beauty; she is a skilful Mage, so no civilian can touch her. I am worried about the Bounty Hunters chasing her butt since they will be able to sohow recognize her.
Because of that, I am forced to explore the entire Barony just to look for her. The saving grace is that my partner, Teanosvera is great at looking for people.
'You should have put a Geas on her, Layland,' Luxia comnts. 'It would have been easier if you did.'
'The look people give is rather annoying for that—that is why I didn't,' I reply.
'Is that why you canceled Millonia's Geas?'
I figured that the Geas on Millonia's forehead attracts too much attention. I canceled it on day two to minimize the attention that our weird group already attracts—it works.
Millonia, being the perverted woman she is, felt it was unfortunate since we wouldn't be able to play like a master and slave. I told her that I could spank her anyti I wanted, causing her to turn bright red and silent.
'Now that I think about it, she is just a virgin with a dirty mouth, isn't she?' as I muse about this, I pass a narrow alley. I see a movent in my peripheral vision and that causes to turn around to look.
"N-No! I am not going to let you taint , you vile creature!"
"Shut it, woman! I need you alive so don't move too much!"
I have found the target before Teanosvera; Lunea is pinned to the wall while trying to prevent the horny, idiotic Bounty Hunter from ripping her clothes. I sigh lightly at that and then dash at them to end the scene.
Bam!
"Kyaa! Oh, thanks for the help…"
I smashed the Bounty Hunter's head into the wall, right beside Lunea, and then stare at her unamused. She smiles sheepishly as if she didn't do anything wrong, provoking my urge to bash her head against the wall.
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