Celia and Penta were walking back towards the Inn as Penta was grumbling about how she reacted while Celia just smiled at his humor.
He had told her he was soon to be one but Celia simply burst out laughing thinking it was impossible. Though Penta knew it was a hard fact to believe, he didn't insist considering the absurdity. He felt as long as he knew the truth that it was okay.
As they were walking he happened to notice a small commotion on the street where they were walking. Curious he brought Celia closer.
"Oy come on littles ones! I got some work for you two!" A slightly burly bald-headed man with a few scars on his face was shouting towards the beggars Penta had seen earlier in the day.
"N..no sir. P..please... we are o..okay." The young emancipated girl fo 16-17 said while covering the younger child behind her who was holding onto the old cloth of the bigger girl. The older one looked barely able to stand and the younger one was dirty all over and had tears in her eyes.
There were people passing by but they simply shook their heads before continuing on. This was clearly someone they didn't want to get into a mess with.
"Oh? You're refusing me brat? I don't think I was asking though?" His tone grew rougher as he seemed to almost be threatening the young ones at this point.
Celia looked over and couldn't help but sigh at the sight while getting ready to go over. Not before Penta stopped her.
"Who is he Celia?" Penta asked as his eyes seemed to narrow slightly.
"One of the brothel houses so-called "recruiters", he usually goes around the slums picking up girls like this. Didn't expect him to be around here. Sigh, it's not easy for everyone to survive but there are always a few poor ones like this that get caught up like this." Celia said to Penta while keeping an eye on the scar-faced man.
"Oy brats, my patience is running out. Either you come along or I take you along." Scar-face said while stepping closer to the girls.
"This happens often?" Penta asked while bubbling energy was starting to course through his veins, which caused his veins to slightly glow. Though in the sunlight it was barely visible.
"No, the city usually takes care of the orphans as they get used for various different sectors keeping the city with a normal flow of extra hands but the brothels do take care of these poor ones but I don't like this guy!" Celia said while already on her way to stop scar-face.
"It's fine Celia. Let me." Penta said while smiling.
"N..noo please! w..we... don't want to go there!" The young one was still refusing while scared out of her mind at the threatening aura of scar-faced man.
"You asked for it!" Scar-face said while grinning cruelly.
"Oh wait up there! What are you doing to my little sisters!" Penta came walking in before positioning himself between the two parties.
"Who the hell are you brat? These brats are the properties of the brothel, you messing with us!?" Scar-face was threatening again and was about to say more before his face was smacked straight into the ground.
The ground literally cracked with scar-face's skull embedded into the stone. People looking over were shocked at the sudden turn of events.
"How DARE you! You think you can take my sisters without her family's permission into a brothel! GUARDS WHERE THE HELL ARE THE GUARDS! I swear if there isn't a guard here in the next five minutes I will kill this man!" Penta shouted loud enough for the entire street to hear.
One of the public security guards immediately came rushing over while everyone else was suspended in a state of surprise. Even Celia was shocked at the turn of events.
"What the hell is happening here! Who dares kill in this city!" The guard immediately looked at scar-face and then said to Penta but suddenly he flinched at the stare Penta gave him. There was a cold, glacial look in his eyes that was off-putting.
"Guard! I want you to arrest this man! He tried kidnapping my sisters while I was away and even claiming they were the property of the brothels! What the hell kind of brothels does this city run trying to abduct family members under such false accusations!"
The guard was surprised as he knew who the scar-face man was but they usually didn't try clear abductions even though they were part of the shadier side of the city. The guard looked behind Penta and clearly saw the beggar like outfits of the girls but the stare of the man was icily piercing.
Before the guard could say anything another slimy looking fella in leather gear came, confidently, walking over while smiling.
"Guard this man is lying, these two were originally picked up by the brothel but they had ran out. We simply came to pick them
*SMACK*
This man's skull caved into the ground as well alongside scar-face.
"Good, good! I didn't think this city was so open to kidnapping in broad daylight. Fine then since you all want to play like this. I dare you to take my sisters into the brothel and watch me come back and kidnap your wives, daughters, and family and send them in to my own private brothel! How would every single one of you like that? Now, who are you going to believe ME!? They're f*cking brother or these two scum!? And don't any of you lie that you don't know that they take poor children into brothels through force when needed!" Penta started a whole god damn speech that flipped black to white and white to black.
The people in the area immediately knew that this guy wasn't giving up on the two and the part about their own families being abducted caused a weird sensation in their hearts as some started yelling at Penta to dare and try and such while others actually felt fearful of the strength of this man.
"OY ALL OF YOU, IF YOU FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT YOUR FAMILY WHY THE F*CK CAN'T I FEEL THIS WAY ABOUT MY SISTERS!?" Penta roared at those cursing him causing the surroundings to immediately quiet.
Suddenly, a lot of people realized that though these two children looked underfed and such, none of them believed someone unrelated to them would go this far for a pair of beggars as doubt rose in their minds as to the reality of this situation.
Some that have seen Penta, on the other hand, clearly knew this wasn't true but didn't mention it considering the depths he just went to protect them from the two thugs.
Celia was the one who was most shocked at what transpired as even she at best would have just taken the kids to the orphanage while beating up the two brothel thugs as the city would at least keep the kids safe until they were of age and could willingly choose their occupation. Though she wasn't sure about the older one. However, Penta was flipping the whole situation around and claiming the thugs were kidnapping people in broad daylight and family members as well.
The guard was speechless as he started hearing the whispers of people mocking the guards for allowing daylight kidnapping to occur but what really stung him was what he witnessed after the second thug was blown into the rock.
Penta had turned around showing his back to the people while wailing.
"M..My dear sisters! How! HOW COULD YOU HAVE DISAPPEARED FROM MY SIGHT THAT DAY! I've been looking all over the place for you! Look at how thin you two are! *Sniffle* I'm such a horrible brother, I shouldn't have taken my eyes off you two! My dear sisters! I am truly sorry! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!" Penta had wrapped the two into his embrace as he picked them up while sobbing with even some tears having appeared on his face as he returned to look at the guard.
The two girls that were held each in one of Penta's arms were so shocked at the situation that even they believed this stranger was their brother for a second. They were completely clueless as to what to do. The little one even more lost, just started crying too.
The crowd, the guard, Celia, none expected this man to shed visible tears alongside this dramatic display. They started doubting all their previous thoughts even the ones who had seen Penta were at a loss.
"GUARD!" Penta shouted waking everyone one from their slight stupor.
"Y..yeah?" The guard visibly shook by the loudmouth this man held as everyone was fully aware of the words he had spoken this whole time.
"Are you going to arrest these two for attempted kidnapping or am I going to have to settle my poor sister's grievances myself? I'm sure everyone here has some sort of family and just the fact that these two were willing to lie and proclaim to be righteous as they kidnap my dear family means they can only sink further and may eventually reach their claws at others!"
Penta asked while his tears had ended and only a visible rage apparent as he stared between the guard and the two in the ground.
"R...Right! I will immediately settle this issue, I do apologize for having allowed such criminals to roam the city everyone and we will make sure that such incidents do not happen again!" The guard proclaimed as even he got fooled into this situation and Penta's final words made him think of his precious child that his wife was currently carrying and he couldn't help but turn furious at this sight.
Everyone in the district cheered at the guard's words as even they held dear family members and Penta was seriously an amazing actor.
Celia the most lost out of them simply followed absentmindedly behind Penta as he called her and continued walking towards the Inn.