"Was it really ok to let your grandpa go out like that? He seemed strong but will he really be able to face off against the whole Vagabond Family…?"
"Huh? Oh you don't have to worry about Grandpa! He's very strong, honestly I wouldn't be surprised if the Vagabond Family just disappeared after he's done!"
Ryder couldn't believe what he was hearing, he thought it was impossible to destroy a whole family alone.
'Really… is her Grandpa really that strong, if he can destroy them… I wouldn't mind serving him and his family for the rest of my life! If he can get revenge for my family… I won't care what happens to me'
He quickly got back down in a kneeling position towards the little princess.
"I Ryder Night, swear if your grandfather kills the entire Vagabond family and gets revenge for my family I will serve you and your family for the rest of my life. Even if you ask me to die I will gladly give my life for you and your family"
The girl was speechless, she didn't think a boy the same age as her would kneel before he so easily as well as to give up his future just from her grandpa going out to get rid of a couple bad guys.
"U-uhhh…. What do I say… umm, well my name is Kaylee Star! I don't know about the whole you serving our family and everything but how about you just be my friend instead?"
She had a innocent smile on her face as she looked at Ryder, she seemed to be more concerned with friendship then getting a new servant.
"If that is what you wish then I'll happily fulfill that command princess…"
He didn't know what to do with himself now as he sat back down in his seat, though it was difficult for him to get up but as he was starting to get up Kaylee helped him off the floor.
"I am curious, what happened to your leg?"
"It wa-"
"Princess get down! We are under attack!"
As one of the knights outside the carriage yelled out a sudden gust of wind and a loud sound of wood breaking apart as the roof of the carriage suddenly got torn off revealing both kids as the butler stood above them with an almost see through white energy covering his entire body.
"Die you rat!"
The butlers white gloved hand lunges at the boy, his hand in the shape of a claw as he goes for Ryder's throat. That was until one of the guards broke away from the butlers helpers just to swing out with a yellow blade of energy sending it flying at the servant.
This made the servant click his tongue in frustration as he countered with his own attack.
"Crescent Cut!"
The yellow blade of energy soon got cut in half cutting apart more of the carriage as Ryder immediately jumped onto the servant! He climbed up as best he could grabbing at his neck and covering his eyes with his hands while pulling hard away from Kaylee!
"Run Kaylee! I can't distract him for lo-"
The butler soon grabbed onto his arm pulling him off his shoulders before slamming the boy down onto the splintered broken door completely destroying it at this point.
Ryder immediately spit out blood from the impact, unfortunately the group of people had fully surprised the knights. Each of them taking turns to attack forcing them into a corner as the butler starts to lift Ryder up again.
"No! Stop! Don't hurt my friend you big jerk!"
Kaylee wasn't some damsel in distress instead she was more of a tomboy. She seemed to have a fearless attitude as she ran up towards the butler and started to hit him in the legs with her small fists.
Though it didn't hurt the butler it still made him look down at her. When he went to go and grab her Ryder leaned in to his ankle and bit down hard piercing his protective barrier before tearing a chunk out of his leg!
Both the servant and Ryder were surprised, never could they have thought a boy of 10 years old with no cultivation or physical training could easily pierce his barrier and bite into his leg! He had been someone who trained for years to attain his current strength but now this boy completely insulted his hard work.
"You Damn brat! If you wanted to die so badly all you had to do was say so!"
Though his teeth seemed to easily break apart the energy around his body the rest of his injured physique was like a normal child. He was picked up by the back of his neck before his face was slammed into the corner of the cushioned seat breaking it apart as splinters of wood were now stuck in his face.
Ryder was a rag doll in the butlers hands, though he never gave up. Every chance he got he kept trying to bite the butler more and more! Sometimes he would get little cuts onto the butlers arms or shoulders depending on how close he was.
At the sight of this Kaylee had started to tear up, she was watching her first real friend getting beaten till he was bloody! She could only cover her mouth powerless before the servant.
"R-run… Kaylee… please I c-can't…"
He was being held in the air by his throat, unable to resist any long his body went limp as he watched what the servant would do next.
"Finally you stopped your futile resistance! Now it's time for you to take your last brea-"
He immediately looked back to find a foot flying through the air just to have it slam into his face making him drop Ryder before he was sent flying backwards away from the kiss and into the center of the battlefield.
There standing where the butler was holding Ryder like a mother holding her child was the maid who let him out previously! This was a shock to Ryder however he didn't have a chance to say anything. His body was way to beat up at this point, so with his head in the maids bosom he passed out once again.
"Why the hell are you here Celestia! Was it you who got us into this mess to start with!"
The butler wiped off the dirt from his coat as he stood up. The knights here were only able to watch as the two stare at each other with anger in their eyes.
"Enough talk Marcus, you know full and well that I was never ok with the way things ran here! You out of everyone should know how close I was with Abby! How could I sit back and watch you kill my best friends child right in front of me!"
"So you choose to throw your life away for some boy just because she is Abby's son!? Then why let him go through so much hardship back then! You were the head maid directly under me and yet you did nothing to help the boy!"
"Like I need to explain myself to someone who would betray their brother just because the Vagabond's offered more money then the Dynasty! You are nothing but a traitorous vermin who needs to be wiped off the face of Arcadia!"
As the fight rages on both servants look at each other with intense glares. That was until Celestia broke the stand still by placing Ryder down with Kaylee before jumping towards Marcus!
She threw out a palm to have it countered with his own! He quickly followed up with a skill!
"Crescent Cut!"
Unfortunately for Marcus he had been to late, the moment Celestia's palm strike had been blocked she used his arm to lift herself up barely dodging the slash before slamming her foot from above directly against the back of his head!
He grunted in pain as he was dropped to one knee cracking the ground below him! He spat out a little blood as he grabbed onto her leg swinging her to the side before slamming her into one of the knights fighting off the other Vagabonds.
"Get those two in the carriage NOW!!"
He yelled out to the now free servant before throwing Celestia away from the carriage just as one of his guys finally broke through!
"You bastards! Get away from those kids!"
Celestia used all her power just to run! With her power infused legs she was quick enough to start blinking in and out of view from most people's perspectives.
Unfortunately Marcus had predicted her path standing in the way, this resulted in her sending a full power kick towards the man.
"Waxing Moon!"
He instantly deflected the kick up into the air! His arms had moved in to a more defensive stance before countering with a throw using her own speed against her.
"Marcus! I swear if you hurt those children anymore then you have now I will vow to kill you even if it costs me my life!"
She was beyond angry at this point, her vision had focused solely on the children this made her predictable and weaker than moments before.
"Now now little lady you don't have to worry about that anymore. You shouldn't make such a face you don't want wrinkles do you?"
Everyone stopped for a second after hearing the familiar voice. Immediately the knights started to smile one even laughed at their situation.
There just right beside the carriage where a door should be an older man stood his cane sword now plunged into a dead Vagabond as he placed one hand on top of Ryder's head with a gentle smile.
"It seems you did everything you could to protect Kaylee huh… your actions will not go unrewarded Ryder. Now then let's clean up this mess and get you two back to the capital shall we?"
'No… does that mean… sir Maxwell is… dead? No… No! I killed my own brother for you…. You asshole! You can't just go and die and ruin my whole plan!? Damnit!!'
Marcus did not stick around to find out what would happen. As soon as he saw The Sword Saint he started to book it towards the city.
Surprisingly he got pretty far away, though no matter how far he ran Sirius was bound to find him.
Within seconds of getting to the city gates the butler suddenly stopped. Something didn't feel right, however the next moment his perspective began to flip as his head suddenly tumbled to the ground turning his body into a standing corpse.
"Looks like that was the last one, time to head back and report to Alex about my findings"
He sighed to himself, this was supposed to be a quick inspection and then a quiet carriage ride home with his granddaughter. However the situation was much more troublesome than he thought.
"Someone must have been helping this family to stay hidden from us, I wonder who would go through so much trouble just to make sure they kept a single city with almost no leverage against us…"