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"Let go of that woman!" A voice broke the silence of the onlookers who were currently watching the young woman's harassment.
"Who are you!!!.." a fierce voice was heard.
But then when they saw who dared to interrupt their work, the fierce-faced men fell silent, because when they saw the source of the voice, the beautiful European-looking figure of Ursula appeared before them.
Suddenly, this made the ferocious men realize that something bad had happened. It is common knowledge that when there is conflict in ordinary society, whoever has connections and power will be the determining factor in winning the conflict.
But this time, of course, it was different because at this time, if they faced Ursula who looked like a white woman, those ferocious men would only end up in prison moreover, even though there was another figure behind them, but in front of someone covering backgrounds they would just dodge.
And if the parties to the conflict come from the same origin, namely those who come from colonialists and also Europeans, in this case, their connections will determine who loses and wins, but it will only end in compromise and mutual understanding. another by replacing compensation from the other party to the aggrieved party.
Only when the problem directly threatens lives and property will they vent their hatred and their disputes before colonial law, in this case the colonial court.
"Ahhh... miss what's wrong?" Asked one of the ferocious men greeted Ursula in a friendly manner, and the residents who saw the different reactions from the predators already felt used to this attitude, because these ferocious men would only dare to commoners but instead faced the invaders and also those who come from Europe then basically they will just be a coward.
" Huh....don't be friendly to me, I don't know you!!" Ursula said with disdain looking at the ferocious men.
Feeling the arrogance of the attitude given by Ursula, those fierce men did not feel angry and even praised Ursula more, "no...no.... madam you are wrong, this is just our respect for you" replied the fierce man again.
They knew very well that the more arrogant a colonist or they came from Europe, the tougher those behind them were, in short, in this case, of course they would not want to take the risk of offending those behind Ursula.
Moreover, if those who backed Ursula were people who had real power in the government, then it was certain that both they and the masters behind them would only have bad luck, and in the end, they would only be made scapegoats by their owners to avoid the disaster. .
So here they are being much friendlier to Ursula, "I don't want to say much, I want you to let go of this young lady!!" Ursula said pointing towards the young woman who was currently being held down by two ferocious men.
"That... that... miss we can't do that" said the ferocious man again.
"There are no buts, and I'm not making any offers to you, I'm taking orders, so you have to understand what I mean!!!" Ursula said again in a louder tone while shouting at the ferocious men.
The salt men who saw Ursula's persistent attitude became indecisive and also in a dilemma, they all stared at each other as if looking for an answer what they should do now when facing Ursula, but it was clear that Ursula could not be compromised seeing her attitude in the end the circulation made a deal through their eyes, and set the woman free.
The young woman who was freed from the ferocious men was very grateful to Ursula, " madam.... thank you.... thank you for helping me..." Said the young woman sobbing in a relieved voice, because she was successfully freed.
"Okay, I'm just helping, then come with me to leave this place," said Ursula again.
But when they were about to leave there, a cynical voice was heard from behind the ferocious men.
"Miss...it's not good to meddle in other people's business" a young man with a thin body and evil face came out from behind the ferocious men.
Seeing this the surrounding audience members who were about to disperse now stopped, and refocused their attention on the two groups, in their minds there were two possibilities at the moment when they saw that the performance that was originally about to end but was reconnected.
Would that beautiful miss be able to take the young girl with her or would this slender man who suddenly appeared from behind the ferocious men thwart her actions.
The audience was now staring at each other and waiting for the continuation of the drama in front of them, on the other hand Satrio who was always around Ursula at first also thought that everything would be over, but then in the end he realized that apparently to solve this problem, it seems that more effort is needed. .
" Who are you???" Ursula asked in displeasure when she saw suddenly a young man with an annoying face was blocking them from going from there, and the young woman at the sight of the man who surprised her suddenly became scared and pale, there was a psychological image that attacked her to feel afraid of the thin figure of the man.
"Who I am is not important, it's just that the young lady who is beside Miss, has interests with us" the young man replied still looking calm, but seeing the innocent and relaxed face of the young man Ursula became even more fed up and said.
" What's the connection? Can you explain clearly here?' said Ursula again.
"Well if you want to know, let me tell you, this lady owes us a lot of money" said the young man again.
"Money owed?" Ursula asked the young woman beside her.
"No...no...miss...it's not me it's just my stepbrother who is in debt!!" Said the young woman answered Ursula.
"Well...you heard that, he's not the one in debt," Ursula said again.
"But miss, his stepbrother mortgaged him as collateral for his debt" said the young man again disapprovingly.
"Her step brother is in debt, why should she pay, is your brain flooded?" Grunting Ursula pointed loudly at the thin youth.
" Seeing the humiliation given by Ursula, the young man became angry but he still tried to control his emotions.
"Miss...this time is my last warning, you better not interfere too much" threatened Ursula.
"Ohhhh...you dare to threaten this young lady, alright then let's do it!!!" Ursula taunts again.
The skinny young man who was already irritated with Ursula couldn't stand it and then looked at the ferocious looking men while he then made an instruction, "Take the woman quickly" the young man ordered.
"But... but... sir what about that lady" replied a fierce man, hesitating to take action.
Instead of the doubts and also the rebuttals given by his subordinates the thin young man became even angrier and snapped, "Bastard... what do you care, just do what I say, if you don't know the consequences, don't bother too much let me handle it." responsible" said the man again.
And this time the merchants increased their doubts, after staring at each other in the end they moved towards Ursula and also the young woman, now when she saw the merchants walking towards her Ursula was already cursing in her heart (where is that Bastard Satrio... why didn't he show up) in both doubt and fear he saw a figure suddenly appear behind the thin young man.
Upon seeing the figure there was a soft smile on the corners of Ursula's lips.
Back when Satrio was paying attention to the movements of the young man and found that it seemed that the young man could no longer stand the attitude given by Ursula so he then ordered his men, in this case the traffickers, to forcibly take the young woman who was currently hiding in behind Ursula.
And seeing that action of course it was time to get very angry with what the thin young man was doing, so at this point he immediately moved and approached the thin young man, ignoring and noticing the other merchants who were heading towards Ursula.
Because he felt it was too much of a waste of time if he had to confront the merchants and then proceed with the thin young man, who gave them orders to move to Ursula as well as the young woman.
So as the saying goes, just destroy the head and then the rest of the body and tail will soon follow, taking this principle immediately Satrio walked to the back of the young man, and without saying much himself immediately.
Slamming the young man " brukkk..." The sound of something falling was very loud, and in an instant the audience's attention immediately turned to the source of the sound, there they saw the thin young man who gave orders to the fierce man had now been slammed to the ground by a handsome young man.
"Have you asked me to move towards that lady?" Satrio said domineeringly, and then did a very cruel thing "crack..." The sound of eggs breaking was heard in the silence of the place, for a moment the gazes of the onlookers from various the ages especially those of the male sex got goosebumps all over their bodies, unknowingly there was cold sweat running down their backs when they saw that scene.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..." The young man's painful howl was heard all over the street, looking at the thin young man's pants, now it was clear that there was a fresh red color soaking the young man's pants.
"It's noisy" complained Satrio and kicked the young man's head hard "brukkk !!" Immediately the howling stopped.
This scene suddenly made the crowd silent, and stared closely at Satrio's figure.
On the other hand, Satrio currently feels very fresh, he has been holding back various emotions since he moved to this new world, seeing how the oppression is happening before his eyes without him being able to respond, this makes Satrio very irritated, so that now when he had the opportunity to vent his feelings of hatred he did cruelly.
Moreover, he later realized that this young man who was clearly the trash of society deserved to be treated like that, not to mention how arrogant he was in front of so many people and without the slightest sense of guilt when taking the young woman Satria knew that.
What the thin young man did was not what he did the first time, surely the young man had done a lot of things and in this case a case like the young woman Ursula has been helping is the umpteenth time yes it might have been done by a man the young.
The lion, in this case Satrio, doesn't feel burdened when he does cruel things like that, "Why are you standing there?" Satrio asked with a serious face to the ferocious men who at this time also stopped and looked behind them, and there they were still in shock and couldn't believe the sight they saw a few seconds ago.
The thin man who was their leader was paralyzed by Satrio, not to mention hearing the howls and eggs breaking coming from their leader, you can imagine the intense pain felt before Satrio kicked their leader's head until he fainted.
"Ahhhh....yes....yes...we will go" they said with faces full of fear, where as now they didn't look like fierce men but looked like very men, this too of course cannot be blamed for the reactions given by them because they are as strong and as fierce as men are. it was done right in front of their eyes and also in the middle of a crowd of residents who had gathered around.
So then you can imagine when their current leader is aware and remembers the atrocities committed by Satrio, he must have created such a deep psychological image.
Immediately the ferocious looking men carried their leader who had fainted and was unconscious leaving the place, on the other hand Satrio and Ursula who saw this only smiled at each other.
For Satrio and Ursula, this is something normal, not to mention that Ursula, with the status she has, who treats the crimes in front of her, will not have anything to do with the existing police, because they are police who come from the invaders, of course they will defend themselves without thinking. Ursula who was of the same class to them.
Whereas for these ferocious men it was commonplace to treat them like trash, because their figures were something they usually met on the streets of Batavia.
As for Satrio himself, even though he doesn't have the same status as Ursula, don't forget that he is also the nephew of his uncle, not to mention that with the wealth owned by his extended family, Satrio can be said to be a little bit evaded by existing laws.
Because it has become a historical record that the practice of corruption and nepotism is something commonplace that has been taught by these colonizers in their country's land, and even because of this when the knights remember that their country has become independent many cases of the same corruption have been staged again due to the culture brought by the invaders.
A culture that has been passed down for hundreds of years will be very difficult to just get rid of, because it has become the flesh and blood of the people who exist for that both in colonial and independence era societies, basically they are always vying to become an official and also rich people because from there their status will be better than the general public.
Of course, the ease in modern society of them becoming famous as public figures also has its strengths.
"Are you okay?" Satrio asked Ursula.
"No... I'm fine" replied Ursula with a sweet smile, the scene where Satrio treats the thin young man cruelly impressed Ursula very much, but definitely not a bad memory Ursula remembered but something sweet memories in her heart. where Ursula imagines Satrio as a prince who comes to protect her when criminals try to harm her.
Even though it seems very far-fetched, basically it is normal when women are in danger and they are saved by a man they like.
"Then let's get out of here, and you can follow us first" Satrio said again inviting Ursula to leave here and the young woman, in order to avoid something unwanted.
Because the group of young men who have been paralyzed by Satrio may hold revenge, and if that happens Ursula and also the young woman who has been saved by Satrio may return in a more dangerous situation.
So for the sake of safety and convenience, basically, Literature chose to leave the place immediately.
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At a restaurant that is quite far from where they rescued the young woman, currently, the three of them are eating at a simple shop that provides typical food from the natives.
"So you ran away from home?" Ursula asked with shock and pity to Mira the name of the young woman she and Satrio had saved.
"Yes, I ran away from my village in Bogor, I ran away from home because I knew they would sell me, but unfortunately I thought that when I ran to the city of Batavia I would be safe, but I didn't think that I had been followed since I left the station. bus in bogor" Mira answered with a face that was a little afraid to imagine her fate when she was not helped by Ursula and Satrio.
"You are right to go, if you stay in your hometown, you will certainly suffer" Ursula said agreeing with Mira's decision.
The two of them had listened to the reasons behind Mira's escape. At first, their family was a fairly happy family, until one day when their biological father died and their mother had to remarry to support them, everything was still running normally.
It's just that what he never expected was when over time the attitude of his stepfather and stepbrother became increasingly unbearable, treating them as mother and child arbitrarily.
What's more, their character who likes to gamble and also act violently makes the life of the pair of mother and child suffer more and more from day to day, and the climax is when a fight occurs between Mira's mother and her stepfather to the beating, which causes the mother's death and her stepfather's death. become paralyzed.
There, Mira's life became more torturous, until a few days after her mother's death, she accidentally gave in. At that time, she was in her room overhearing a discussion being made by her stepfather and also her stepbrother about their attempt to sell themselves to the bookies.
Hearing this, Mira immediately panicked and was also scared, it's just that she couldn't find the time to escape from her house due to the strict supervision of her father and stepbrother, only when a rainstorm occurred in her area which caused an avalanche in their village, then Mira find an opportunity to escape.
And from there, armed with the inheritance left by his mother, Mira then immediately went up to the bus terminal where he decided to go to Batavia.
And then the scene where Mira is caught by the bookies' henchmen takes place and Ursula who suddenly saves herself with Satrio's help turns a nearly failed escape into a success.
"So now you don't know where to go?" Ask Satrio.
"Yeah, I don't know where to go now," Mira replied with a confused and resigned face.
"Ok you can stay at my house first, until you know your next destination, how?" Ursula said suddenly offering accommodation to Mira.
"Ahhh... is it okay Miss Ursula?" Mira asked happily and anticipatingly.
"Yes you can stay at my house first, then finish the food quickly and we will return to my house," Ursula said again.
So then when he quickly finished the food ordered by the three, until later when they finished their food, they immediately left the restaurant and rented a horse-drawn carriage to take them home to return to Ursula's house, on the other hand Satrio rode a bicycle following the horse-drawn carriage.