" Be a good girl and stay quiet, If you don't want your litta' sis to get hurt. "
The big man laughed, he hold me by placing his arm around my neck. His grip was tight but he didn't put much force into it, probably because he thought I was just a normal child. At the moment I could easily break free from his arm but that only came as the last resort. One slim thug slowly walked toward Akame with a rope. His lustful eyes swept her from head to toe.
" What a lucky day, to meet 2 beautiful babes in this place, we'll be havin' a lot of fun together~"
When the slim guy was about to touch Akame's hand, she went for his crotch. I trembled at how brutal that sounded, It looked like she had mastered the art of destroying men's lives. Akame took the scimitar from the thug's waist and threw it at the big man with a terrifying speed. The sword dug deep into the man's neck killing him instantly. The two other men witnessed their two comrades killed in just a split second. Their face became pale, they immediately ran away, one even left behind his weapon.
" Alex!"
Akame didn't chase after them, she rushed toward me to check my injury.
" Did they hurt you?"
" Thank you Akame nee, I'm fine."
She let out a sigh of relief and then look at me angrily.
" You shouldn't run off on your own like that Alex."
" I know, I'm sorry."
I looked at her with big eyes and tears. It seemed to be super effective, Akame didn't continue with her scold, instead, she carry me on her arm back to the camp.
That night, when everyone was asleep, or to be more precise, when Akame was asleep. Our group had a meeting. Currently, all of our group was here except for Amuria and Komi.
" Did you all see what I was talking about?"
I smirked, I didn't even need 2 days to prove that she was an assassin. What a genius I am!
" She's definitely not normal. Her movement was swift and not a single hesitation. If It was me I'm not sure I could do that." - Kouga
" As Alex requested, I intended to check on her body when we were bathing, but she avoided me for some reason. It would be suspicious if I continue." - Natalia
" It's because her body was full of scars but I'm sure she would make up some excuse later. So since Akame is an assassin we should —"
When I was about to lead them to a conclusion, an old fool stopped me.
" Yes she could fight but it didn't prove that she was an assassin. Didn't all young kids these days know how to fight?"
Saying that Sabatini looked at me mockingly. I swear I would definitely punch this idiot's face one day.
" Knowing how to fight was one thing but to be able to kill human so precisely without shaking your hands would require some training... like practical training."
" Yes, I agree with Alex, whether she's truly an assassin or not, this is not a good sign, we have to do something with her."
" What should we do, are there any suggestions?"
The group stayed silent for a while then Dangan look at me.
" How about we drug her enough for her to sleep and leave? With Alex's talent, you could make things like that right?"
" I'm not a Doraemon, I could but it would require some materials. I would give you a list, and see if you could find them in this area."
" I don't know what a Doraemon was but ok, but if we couldn't drug her, so what if... you know? We could just get rid of her." - Dangan
" Are you suggesting that we kill a child?" - Natalia frowned at Dangan
" E-Eh, no but she's an assassin, right? If we didn't kill her she would probably kill more people, innocent people on our side."
Innocence … I didn't think the insurgent was innocent at all but I get his point. It would be a lie if I said I didn't consider that option but for now, things would not be simple as that.
" Whatever we will do with Akame, it might not solve our problem." - I said
" What do you mean by that?" - Kouga
" He meant that there was a chance that our group's information had been leaked out. If that was really what happened, Akame might be not our only problem." - Sabatini
' Holy cow! Sabatini could think about that? So is he an idiot or not, I'm so confused!'
Just as Sabatini said, Akame was not the problem that I worry about most. Knowing what happened in the manga, when Akame and Tsukushi slaughtered the circus, the Elite Seven immediately showed up after that. There was no way that was simply a coincidence, they must have followed the circus.
I thought it was pretty strange in the manga. Why did an elite assassin group wait for a whole month to kill a circus? I meant didn't they have a better thing to do? It was such a wasted of human resources. There were 2 theories I could think of:
The first theory was that the Elite Seven needed us to lead them to the bases of insurgents. We were one of the insurgents' ears and transportation lines of the after all.
The second theory was much worse. Knowing what kind of man the one Akame called 'father' was, all of this was just a test for Akame and Tsukushi, at the moment, for Akame only. If this was true, even if we could trick Akame into believing we were innocent then the Elite Seven would just come out and kill us anyway.
Sweat started to run down my head when I think about those. No matter which one was right, they probably knew about what we've been doing. I hope that my thoughts were wrong but I got a feeling that something bad would happen if the situation continued like this. I assume the deadline for Akame's mission was one month or maybe a bit longer, the problem was the world's history had changed so much that there were high chances for things to go south. I stayed quiet, there was no need to cause more panic. For now, we just need to act more carefully with Akame around.
" We'll just stick to our plan, I will find an opportunity to report to Himotsuki about our current situation." - Sabatini said.
Our meeting ended. Through the eerie sound of the wildness in the night, I could feel someone was watching us.
After four days we reached a town called Hitsuno, It was a small town. There was a big city closer to the path but we purposely avoided it. At the moment going into a city would be a high risk. We didn't know yet if Alan somehow dug out information about us and sent it to the city. Going into a town was not without risk either but getting out of a town would be much easier than getting out of a city surrounded by high walls. When we got close to the town we were blocked by 2 guards.
" Show your passport and state your business entering the town."
" We were a troupe that came here for supplies. We would offer you some good performance." - Sabatini said
The guard looked at Danga and Kouga suspiciously, this was normal because these two guys didn't look like performers at all.
" We'll need to check your stuff."
Sabatini looked at the guards, normally this was the part where they made the hand signal for money but nothing came from these two, they seemed to be serious about checking the luggage. It would be unwise to bribe them in this situation. Sabatini nodded and let the guard check our luggage. They scanned through everything, it was lucky that we left all of our performer tools.
" Hmm, a troupe without any instruments?"
" We met some bandit along the road and they stole some of our luggage, our instrument was unlucky to be one of the things stolen. We intended to buy some in the town if you have that kind of shop."
" Oddly enough we do have one. Alright, now prove to us that you guys are a troupe."
" What?"
" Hmm? You have no instrument, have weapons. How do I know that you guys were not bandits or even worse…"
The guard's eyes narrowed.
" Are members of the while cross cult."
" Of course, we are not."
" Then prove it."
Sabatini looked at Amurio signaling her to sing but the girls let out a few incoherent words and then went back inside the carriage.
" What's wrong?" - I whispered
" I didn't remember the lyrics."
'Shit! This is not good!'
Natalia intended to go but I immediately stopped her, I didn't want to go to jail because of her voice.
' Should I go?'
I've never sung anything but I didn't think my voice was bad. I would still be much better than Natalia. When I was about to come out of the carriage, a melodious voice sang out. Everyone was stunned by how sweet and euphonious the voice was.
The guards looked at Akame dumbfoundedly, when she finished her singing, the sound of clapping came from everywhere, they even got some tears in their eyes.
" Such a beautiful voice, I never heard anything like that in my life." - A guard said
" Th-Thank you."
Akame blushed, she seemed to not be used to compliments about her voice.
" My apology for doubting you, there's no way someone with that angelic voice joins a cult. We'll guide you to our town."
The two of them guided us to the town, they found us a good and clean place to stay with a discount. They even let us keep our weapons in exchange for the promise that we would perform on the free shift.
" I'm sorry." - Akame said.
" No you saved us there thank you very much, since the guard already knows our face, I think we have no choice but to let Akame be the main singer. At least while we're in this town. Is it ok for you Akame?"
Akame nodded, she seemed excited. Seeing her like this made me wonder if this girl was really here to kill us. After all the things I went through I learned my lesson. I didn't know if it was a part of my curses but things would never go in the direction I wanted.