"I don't know." she lowered her head ashamed.
She truly had no idea what she would have done if today nobody came to save her. But she was really lucky. At the exact time, Arthur and Kaine came and saved her.
Hearing her reply, Arthur just shook his head disapprovingly.
"OK, everything's ended. What now?" Kaine whispered in Arthur's ear.
She wanted to know how Arthur wants to handle her situation as he knows her.
"We can't let her leave on her own. Let's take her with us. Then, we can ensure her safety."
"Safety? From who? You?" Arthur got an eye roll from her. From Kaine's perspective, she has more danger from Arthur than anyone. The guy is a hungry wolf.
"Hehee, you know me so well."
"I wasn't praising you."
'They are so close. Are they lovers? I am so envious!'
on the other hand, Anya's brain was filled with such thoughts after seeing the two of them bickering. She even had a slight bout of jealousy at that moment.
"Ummm, we should leave this alleyway or they might come back with more people." Anya mustered her courage to speak.
"Oh! right. but I can't leave you by yourself. So why don't you come with me and we have dinner together, The three of us? "
"No, no, I cannot trouble you guys that much."
"It won't be a problem. Come, it'll be fun. We will get to know each other. You will also make a new friend." Arthur indicated to Kaine.
Kaine also nodded her head and agreed smilingly.
...
"How did this happen? "
Sigh!
Arthur sighed as he was sandwiched between two beautiful women. He couldn't believe his own luck.
He came to Mariko's Hut to have good food and drinks. But he got into a terrible yet enviable position.
"Arthur, it looks like you're in a good mood. Did you have a good day?", Mariko said.
"When was he ever not in a good mood?" Kaine said broodingly.
''ha. ha.. when did I get so close with Mariko?'
Kaine and Mariko, the owner of this inn were sitting on the left and right of him. They were so close, especially Mariko who was already mashed into Arthur. Her voluptuous chest squashed his arm and it felt really good.
On the other hand, Anya and Ya ya watched on from across the table, one sitting and the other one standing. As Ya ya was working here, she could not sit. But from her eyes, it could be seen how much disdain she held for Arthur.
"Arthur, let's eat quickly and leave. I have important things to do." Kaine felt uneasy about the current environment. She wasn't as easygoing as Mariko in regards to how she behaved publicly. She feels shy acting flirtatiously like Mariko.
"How cute!" Mariko felt happy as she giggled slightly. She was pleased to see how Kaine reacted to being teased by her.
"Stop it! I don't want to stay here anymore."
Saying that Kaine got up and ran out at a breakneck speed. Her face was red due to her feeling shy too.
"Oye, Kaine, Wait a second!" Arthur got up and called her but she was long gone.
'My L.P depot ran away.'
"Oya looks like she got scared. Ufufufu..." Mariko chuckled slightly.
"You teased her too much so she left." Arthur was frustrated.
"Oh, did I get in the way of someone's good time?" Mariko smiled brightly.
"Of course, his mind is full of bad things. He cannot be trusted at all, humph." Yaya cut in between them. She was full of hostility.
"Ya ya, you know I can order your execution, right?" Arthur acted like a pro-bad guy in a drama. He even slammed both his hand on the table like an angry loser.
"hiiii, boss, boss, save me." Yaya ran over screaming and hid behind Mariko.
"Now everyone, don't fight. I will also leave young master alone to enjoy the meal." saying that she got up walked away calmly.
"Damn! she played me." Arthur felt that she was doing this intentionally. But what reason is there for her to do that?
"Anya, sorry for the scene you had to witness."
"No problem."
"..."
then Anya and Arthur went silent. Anya wasn't shy but she wasn't very talkative too.
"Sorry for dragging you out. Let's finish our food and leave."
"Don't worry about me, take your time to eat."
....
"I live here."
Arthur and Anya both came to a house in the east of the city. It was well established and beautiful too. It was a large two-storied house with open space in front of it. Many small animals were running around in it.
"Wow, it's big. Do you live here alone, Anya?" Arthur was genuinely surprised.
"No. I live with my teacher here." Anya replied with pride. She felt happy that Arthur was surprised.
"Oh, I see. then see you later." Arthur bade Anya farewell. He was about to leave when he heard a painful scream.
These sounds of cry came from Anya's house. But it wasn't that loud. It was so subdued that if they weren't so close to the house they wouldn't be able to hear it.
"What's that sound, Anya?" Arthur asked Anya.
"I don't know. Let's go inside and see what happened." Anya promptly pulled Arthur along with her.
They went inside Anya's house. there was no one when they entered the house. But the groans of an injured beast-like sound was coming, it became louder as they went across a few rooms.
"Be careful, Anya!"
Arthur couldn't finish his sentence as a shadow crept out of nowhere and attacked them. Arthur couldn't see it too clearly. But it pounced on Anya with an extremely fast speed.
Arthur's first choice was to save her but before he could move the thing that attacked Anya shot like a cannon and hit him. He got blown away by the hit and lost consciousness. Before he lost his senses, he saw red eyes staring at him hungrily.
"What kind of monster is this?" Arthur thought.
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