The idea was fairly simple and practically an easy thing to execute. The remaining members of six arms had Decided to not Just attack Blue Rose but Instead pick them apart Individually, Edstrom had convinced Pershurian of that as she believed whatever weapon they used would be troublesome to deal with.
With that plan in mind and with a little self sacrifice from Malmvist( flirting with Cocodoll) they were able to find some information regarding the princess and her trip to the Aindra family estate and considering her closeness with Blue rose they figure at least one member of Blue rose would be with her, so it was a simple matter of ambushing her carriage, luckily for them, Cocodoll was offering some good money if they managed to not only capture Renner but capture Lakyus as well.
Their simple revenge mission turned into a worthwhile assignment that all three of them were willing to partake in, Greed was always a strong motivator.
"what? Are you really so shocked?"
The handsome wordless swordsman questioned with mirth in his attitude, something Pershurian did not appreciate, he could feel that they were being underestimated.
"hardly, just disappointed that only one of our targets is present"
Edstrom confidently asked however inwardly she cursed herself for even agreeing to this plan, the spy within the castle conveyed that the Princess's Dog would not be attending to her, did they lie or was there a mix up of information.
"and which one of us is your target?"
The undead dragon slayer asked and Edstrom hesitated to ask, that was not because of fear but caution, she did not know how fast he was, his moniker was the swordless swordsman and that could mean he could draw his sword so swiftly that it looks like he never drew it at all.
"fucking bastard!! Do you have any idea who much these clothes cost? The measly pay of a knight could never cover the cost needed to clean them"
Malmvist Roared in anger as he stood up briskly and threw the carriage door and the air and swiftly sliced it into pieces with his fencing sword and displaying his skills at the same time.
"I believe I asked a question? Or are your heads so full of shit that it blocked your ears"
Arthur stated, feeling far more agitated than he thought he would be, he had thought he would be more excited but he wasn't, it seemed that their unwelcome interruption of his conversation with Renner irritated him more than he thought.
"And if we say we came for the princess?"
Pershurian boldly answered as he drew his very nimble sword. The sword itself was akin to a very sharp rope, and Malmvist took a fencing stance.
"Then your only obstacle is me"
The knight announced, very much aware that his lady was watching. Despite knowing that not all women would be attracted to men who display their strength as a way to gain attraction from women, Arthur could not resist the age-old tradition of showing off in front of the hoes.
….
Renner watched with keen interest, she was never one to enjoy things like battle, she was a lady that liked literature, her preferred genre being a murder mystery, more specifically book where the serial killer plays a sort of game with the investigator as such displays of brute strength were never things she liked to watch, however she did like displays of power, showing why your opponent is utterly helpless against you, always made her feel tingly inside.
"Obstacle? Hardly!"
Renner was familiar with the name and descriptions of a majority of Members of eight fingers, including all the members of six arms and the one that Responded to Arthur and moved first was Malmvist of the thousand kills, she doesn't know where he got the moniker from but his time in the kings Army he was notorious for brutally Killing a hundred soldiers from the Baharuth empire before he was dismissed for attacking even after there was a mid-battle cease-fire. She suspects he made it up when he joined eight fingers.
"flashing thrust"
The man started off with a thrust, the flashing thrust was a technique or rather a trick that created a bright flash that was emitted from the tip of his fencing sword, this allowed him to temporarily blind his opponents allowing him to strike a lethal spot, like the throat. The attack was an instant kill type of attack.
Renner was forced to shut her eyes at the sudden bright light but her ears heard a clear distinct sound of metals clashing forcing her to quickly open her eyes again and see Arthur grabbing the hand of his attacker, the fencing sword was split in two its blade separated from its base.
"How?!"
Malmvist could Only let out a befuddled question and Arthur Answered by Pulling him closer and slamming his fist on to the man's stomach forcing saliva Out his mouth before letting go of the arm and slamming a fist at Malmvist's jaw completely destroying it and knocking the man out cold.
Seeing such a display, Renner's eyes lit up, impressed by her Knight, however she could not offer praise as Pershurian of the spatial slash moved quickly, his speed was immaculate and her eyes had difficulty following him.
*WHAM!!"
Just as Pershurian got closer, Arthur moved, in a flash of a second the black armoured Knights found his back slamming onto the ground and felt a foot crush his both his chest and armour forcing him to cough up blood however whether by fortune or by misfortune he did not pass out but instead did his best to endure the pain but unable to remove the foot of his chest.
"so what's your deal?"
She watched as Arthur firmly placed his right foot on Pershurian and leaned on the knee of the same foot. Another quick and simple take down of the enemy from her knight but once again before she could enjoy the scene he released his aura the same one that had caused her to feel fear but this time it didn't reach her but she could feel it. The sudden coldness of the air and slight heavy weight on her shoulders but she was fine.
The woman Edstrom was in a far worse situation, Renner never thought she would enjoy the look of horror on someone's face so much, it was as if the woman was seeing a demon God in the flesh.
The Golden princess smiled once again, no one witnessed it but her true smile revealed itself, like a demon enjoying the suffering of its victims, her demonic face laid itself bare but none saw it
"I asked a question?"
Despite Arthur speaking normally to Edstrom his voice made her ears vibrate and internal organs jostled. Her knees became weak and her body trembled, the mere idea of running felt like a day dream, she could never get away even If she tried. The only thing that came to mind was…
"I'm here to serve"
Edstrom dropped to her knees and offered her servitude, the weight of his Aura felt as if it would crush her if she did nothing and not only that but it was clear as day that Eight fingers could never touch the princess with him as her knight, self preservation is always a good call.
"well, that was unexpected"
Arthur retracted his Aura and looked at Edstrom with a look of amused surprise. The plan was to capture them but it seems that they'll get a servant out of it too.
"Excellent!"
Renner sounded with elation in her voice as she walked down the carriage steps.
"your plan Worked perfectly, Renner"
An intentional slip of the tongue caused both to pause just a bit, Arthur deciding not to recant his words and waiting on her to respond.
"that it did, Arthur"
She responded with a bright smile, which in turn caused him to smile back at her
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A/N: very short chapter, sorry about that.
Has anyone ever had "the hoes are watching Dawg, lock in" moment? I've had several, and only one ended in success.
Edstrom won't be anything but a servant/assassin.
Thoughts on Relationship so far? Am I moving it too fast, or is it still too slow?