144. That Ordinary Boy is Revealed to be—!
In a back alley within the Oriana Kingdom, now occupied by the Doem Faction, I was surrounded by soldiers, low level grunts basically.
“He’s looks shifty. Kill him.” Said one of them while another pulled out his sword.
I imdiately lowered my head submissively.
“P-please, spare , rcy, please—!”
“—Begone.”
My pleas were all but fruitless and a sword was already making its way to cull my life.
I sighed, and kicked it away.
The sword broke off in the middle flew off with a clang.
“—Wha!?”
“Co on, you could’ve at least gone “He looks shifty, capture him”.” I said to the grunts who only kept staring eyes wide.
“What in the fuck are you talking abo—!?”
“All I wanted to be was a no-na citizen getting rolled up in the dostic turmoil.”
An ordinary boy unjustly accused and captured.
However, soon after they captured him, the soldiers of the occupying forces began to disappear in the dark of the nights. Slowly at first, then more and more, until only that no-na boy and the leadership of the army remained.
Just who is this mysterious boy—? Sounds thrilling, right?
“On your guards, he might be trouble...”
The soldiers surrounding all drew their swords now.
“Seriously, you guys are the 10 group already. This is getting botherso.” I muttered.
One leader-seeming soldier ca up front and said, “Am I supposed to believe you’re responsible for the recent assassinations of our n? A kid like you... no matter, we shall make sure now.”
“Too late. That won’t make a ‘no-na’ boy.” I told the man as I sliced off his neck with my sli sword.
His gaze, that of a decapitated head, turned to the sky. The moonlit sky from a back alley tainted with blood splatter.
“F-fiend! Kill him!”
“Hey, maybe I’ll get lucky with the 11th...” I muttered after nonchalantly finishing off the grunts.
This kind of felt like being a secret assassin I guess.
The fight was over fast and the sll of blood perated around . I checked my clothes.
Good. Not a drop on them.
I had failed in my goal yet again, but I did manage to get so clues out of the exchange.
Currently, this royal capital was being occupied by so faction and n of this faction were being assassinated as of late.
That, might be mostly my doing.
aning, maybe I might get captured under suspicions that I’m a spy or assassin. Of course, I’ll still be a lowly falsely charged mob.
If that’s the case, maybe I should’ve gotten so blood on after all. Then again, that itself could make it too obvious.
I was walking out of the alley while thinking, when I sensed multiple presences approaching.
I determined their number via sound and mana signatures... 7 of them, should be soldiers.
They might be looking for the bunch I left back there.
“Oh, this could work.”
I fell on my ass in front of the alley and waited.
Soon—
“D-dead, in the alley, they’re...!” I pointed down the alley and croaked in a terrified voice, making sure the soldiers were within earshot.
I took especial note to be on the verge of sobbing, like a helpless mob.
“What!? Dammit, don’t tell —”
The soldiers rushed into the alley.
“Dammit! It keeps happening!”
“Fuck, once we catch him, I’m swear I’ll!”
“Oi, kid! You see who it was!?”
One of them scread at as I was pretending my knees had given out.
“I, I, no... I didn’t see, nothing...” I said, shaking like a frightened pup.
“You, you look like an outlander.” The soldier’s eyes turned sharp.
“I, yes. I’m a student from Midgar...”
“From Midgar eh. Why would soone like you be here now...?”
“I, I ca to see if a friend was doing alright... I swear, please, please believe !”
The soldier’s eyes remained sharp.
“Very well. One more thing— Why would you be walking the streets in the dead of the night?”
“I, uh, needed so air...”
“So air eh. Do you expect to believe soone would try to go out on a pleasure walk in the current state of this country? And here in the capital no less?”
“I-it’s true! Wait, please don’t tell you suspect of causing that!? I, I could never do sothing, so, so horrible!”
“Hmph...” After a final glance at , the soldier turned his eyes towards the alley. “All 9 of them were killed by a single stroke... You’re right. You don’t look the type to have done all that but... show your sword anyway.”
“Yes, of course.” I presented my blade. As a mob, I make sure to equip a normal sword at my hip.
“Cheap iron... and it’s clean.”
“D-do you believe now...?”
“I will admit that the chances of you killing them all is very low.”
“T-thank you...”
“But you’re still a suspect, and the fact that you’re here itself doesn’t sll right at all.”
“Wait, no...!”
“Oi, capture him!”
“Co on, please believe ! I’m but a simple and plain, innocent civilian!”
Nice. I went the mob-but-kind-of-suspect route and it worked out like a charm!
I did a ntal fist pump as I was tied up and dragged away.
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