Renjiro was frozen in shock, he turned back to look at lyra. He always knew she was violent but he never saw her as someone who was capable of murder.
"yo… you killed him?" he stuttered leaning on a wall to prevent himself from collapsing in shock.
"I did" lyra replied plainly and began walking away, renjiro tried to stabilize himself and follow after her but he found his legs too weak to move.
"what are you doing, compose yourself so we can get what we need and head home before sunset" she said setting him upright and pulling him along.
"why did you kill him, at that point it was not necessary. He couldn't even move" renjiro muttered under his breath.
Lyra pretended not to hear him and kept on walking, they arrived at the market place and she was about heading into a stall when he pulled her by the arm.
"I am sure you heard my question"
"I didn't see the need to reply to it, if I hadn't killed him you would be dead so instead of complaining you should be thankful. Without any idea of what you did that made him chase you I stood up for you and all I get in reply is this?" lyra fired back under her breath
Renjiro wanted to argue but seeing that he didn't have a valid point he conceded and followed her into the stall, there were different painting materials and she selected the ones she needed and left the stall. It was obvious that his remarks had greatly angered her and she gave him the silent treatment all through the time they spent shopping.
"I am done here, lets head home" lyra said curtly and began heading towards the parking area.
"lyra" renjiro said grabbing onto her arm. "I am sorry about what I said earlier, I was in shock at the moment" he looked towards the floor in shame
Lyra dropped everything she bought and held his hands in hers. "it's alright lets head home, we can discuss about what transpired here on our way home"
At that point lyra saw the pink haired being dragged by an unfamiliar muscular man, she was struggling but to no avail, lyra wanted to ignore the situation and head back but something stopped her, she grunted in frustration and charged towards the man, remembering renjiro's aversion to her aggressive disposition and decided to be more diplomatic about this situation.
Renjiro followed closely behind wondering why lyra had to involve herself in a situation that had nothing to do with either of them, he didn't want to anger her again so he kept mute and followed her without asking any questions.
''excuse me'' lyra said blocking the path of the man, who frowned in annoyance and stopped to listen to what the woman in front of him had to say.
''what do you want" the man asked with annoyance in his tone
"can I know where you are taking her to" lyra said in a sickly sweet tone gesturing towards the pink haired girl who she discovered to also be gagged.
"how the fuck is that your business, I paid for her and I can do whatever I want to do to her, now move" the man said shoving lyra away, this angered renjiro and he stepped forward with his fist raised, lyra stepped in front of him and put down his arm.
"that's good, keep your wild dog on a leash" the man said laughing to himself
''if you paid for her, I can pay you much more'' lyra said
The man paused and turned his mouth watering at the prospect of earning more but he decided to bluff so he could get more than she was worth.
"do you really think you can pay for her, I spent my entire worth on her" the man bragged
"and what is your entire wort" lyra asked with amusement
"a hundred and fifty gold coins" the man said puffing out his chest in pride
From what renjiro knew this everyone in this world used the same currency, a thousand bronze coins equates to one silver coin and a thousand silver coins equates to one gold pieces, he wasn't entirely on how the market economy of this world worked but one thing he was certain about was that there was no way the man paid such amount for the girl, neither was he worth that much.
"that's not a problem I'll give you three hundred gold pounds and you give the girl to me. Deal?''
"deal'' the man replied and lyra tapped away on her wrist watch and the man received a notification and nodded in acknowledgement, he threw the girl towards them and turned to leave but he was overcome by greed and thought of beating them up and robbing them of all their money seeing that they looked vulnerable.
''I have changed my mind, hand over the girl and all your money and I'll let you both leave here in one piece" the man said and folded his massively muscled arms across his chest
Renjiro and lyra groaned simultaneously in frustration, it was one problem after the other for them since they arrived the town.
"is there something wrong with the indigenes of the kingdom" renjiro lampooned
"I wouldn't do that if I were you" lyra said and dropped her supplies and her eyes began to glow with a green light.
''you're an elite, but you are obviously low level, I have just the thing for you.'' The man said and threw a small green ball at her subconsciously she reached out and grabbed onto it and it exploded in her hands, she began to convulse violently and the green glow in her eyes faded, her eyes rolled back and she collapsed on the floor.
"that's a new product, it hasn't hit the market yet'' the man said with a smile, renjiro seeing that lyra had collapsed shook in anger and sneaked behind the man while he was still gloating and punched him in the back of the head knocking him out