I stand in front of the flirtatious man to protect Pricia and the others. It would be a relief if they pulled out like this, but that's not going to happen.

"Hey kid. If you interrupt me, I won't give you a free pass.

　Then the flirtatious man holds a knife. The other man also holds a knife.

"Wow, we're fine, just run!

　Pricia-san shouts behind me. But I can't leave this situation and run away, can I? I just turn my face to Pricia and the others and smile.

Stay back. I'm fine.

　I say. But Priscia isn't convinced, she says something. There.

I guess you just don't know what you're gonna do until you do. Hey!

　A flirtatious man pulls out a knife. But there's no way such a slow thrust will hit you.

　I duck by just shifting to the left and grab the wrist of the right hand holding the knife with my left hand and twist it up.

''Ugh!　Ouch!

　I twist up until the flirtatious man lets go of the knife. I twist my right hand up to about the position of the flirtatious man's head, and then he can't stand it anymore and drops the knife. So I let go of my hand and kick the flirtatious man in the stomach.

"Guhee!

　Then another man approaches to replace the flirtatious man. This man moves better than the flirtatious man from earlier. It's a good thing that you have a good idea of what you're doing.

　The movement of the knife is familiar for a normal person, but it's still slow. I've been training with the strongest monster (master) every day. I'm not even playing with this degree.

　I walk into the man's bosom, avoiding the knife, and punch his jaw with my left hand. This causes the man to pass out.

"What the hell, you!

Me?　I'm just a shopper. Anyway, you better get the hell out of here or I'm going to hurt you even more.

　As I said this, the flirtatious man gritted his teeth and left, carrying the unconscious man with him.

'Oh, remember that!

　I spit out a discarded line.

　I make sure the men have left and turn to Pricia and the others behind me. Pricia looks at me while quieting the children who have started to cry. With a pained look on her face.

''........I'm sorry. For bringing you, an unrelated person, into this.

'It's fine, but... hmm?　You're hurt?

　I look at Pricia and see that her right arm is bleeding. Priscia-san tries to hide that arm, but I grab Priscia-san's arm.

''Ah,''

No need to hide it.

　I look at my right arm...........Wow, this is bad. There's a hole in my right arm as if something was stuck in it and it won't stop bleeding. The children saw it and started crying out more loudly. The people around me are going to look at me from earlier.

　I looked at the stall, I don't know if it was when the flirtatious man kicked it or when Pricia hit it, but part of the stall was broken and the nails were exposed.
　There was blood on the nail as well, so it must have stung. It must have been pretty painful, but this guy didn't even scream, and he even worried about me.

'Duh, I'm fine,'

　And you're still trying to hide it. There's no way that's possible. Pricia's pale complexion speaks for itself.

'Just give me your arm. I'm sure it will leave a scar if it's a normal heel. Water Magic High Healing.''

　I use water magic to treat Pricia's arm. The children stop crying and stare at me, wondering if the blue light coming out of my palm is strange, too.

Water.

　Wash away the blood.

'No other wounds ... no other wounds, I'm back to my clean skin.

　I pull a clean cloth out of the ring and wipe Pricia's wet arm.

'I'm sorry. You have helped me and even treated me. ........well, you know, the cost of the treatment and so on.

'Treatment?　Yeah, it's fine. I just did it on my own.

But that doesn't make me feel any better!

　Pricia says. Hmmm, I don't know what to do. I really just did it on my own.

''Well, I'll take the vegetables from the stall then.　How about this?

　When I said that, Pricia-san looked like she wanted to say something, but I guess she could tell I wasn't going to say any more, so she reluctantly agreed.

'Thank you so much. Everyone, fill the bag with vegetables.''

""Yes!"

　And I listened to the guys from earlier as I watched the kids cheerfully pack their vegetables.

　It seems that Pricia works as an apprentice sister at the small church behind this road, and that these children are orphans. Ms. Pricia herself was originally an orphan and was raised by the sisters of that church, and she is helping the church to repay that debt.

　The church was small and located in the back of the street, so she had to earn money to feed the orphans, but the church was old and leaking badly, so she decided to fix it. So the sisters borrowed money from a moneylender. That's the guys from earlier.

　The sister was told that she could get a cheap interest rate, so she borrowed about 300,000 bells from the moneylender and paid it back monthly, but the next time she went to pay it back, the amount had grown to a ridiculous amount.

　The next time she went to pay the moneylender, the amount of money had grown outrageous.

　And when the contract was shown, there was a note of increase in interest which was not there in the first contract. So the debt had grown to about 3 million, and paying the interest every month was all she could do.

　The sisters worked hard, but now they are in bed with health problems.

Why did you borrow money from such a place?　And since you didn't tell the knights?

He had no other place to lend money. All the places were reluctant and finally that was the only place.... I told the knights, but they wouldn't respond to me at all.

　Priscia-san says that and gets down sadly. Hmm. It's too suspicious in any case. Those moneylenders who won't lend me money. The only moneylender who will lend me money is a loan shark. For some reason, the knights don't take kindly to me. It's like someone set me up. If I'd have thought about it, Prussia...

'I'm sorry. I just met you today and I told you all this. Forget all that just happened. I'm sorry.

　He apologizes to me. I'm trying to figure out if I should say something.

Brother, I did it!

　And with a smile, May shows me a bag of vegetables. These kids remind me of Phelia. I wonder how she's doing.

'Brother?'

Yeah, thanks.

　I stroke Mei's head and she squints at me happily. I'm at ease like that.

Ray. It's time to get together!

　Dagris calls from a little distance. 'Is it that time already?

'All right, I'll be there in a minute!　I'm sorry, Miss Pricia, but I have to go.

Oh, no, I'm sorry for all the unnecessary talk on my part. And thank you for your help.

""Thank you!"

　When Pricia thanked her, the kids all thanked her as well. 'Great.

'Well, I'll take it then.'

Oh, oh, please tell me your name!

　.........I didn't tell you that.

'I beg your pardon. My name is Ray, and my name is Rayvelt Lanwalker. Please call me Ray.

Yes, thank you so much, Mr. Ray!

　I'd like to do something about it, but this is the Papal States of Arcadia, not the Kingdom of Nanor. It's no good for people from other countries to be too intrusive. Thinking about this, I headed to the place where everyone was gathered.

.........Mr. Ray, huh?

　Such mutterings remain unheard.

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So you ran off with a bunch of cocksuckers?

Hi!　Sorry brother. But he's so strong!

But it's okay. It's just for today anyway. Didn't that sister's church have a bunch of young girls and kids in it?

Hey, I'm here.

Go get it yourself. If you don't have the money, we'll make it for you.

Okay, I understand.

　Utterly unhelpful when the day is coming up to pay the top payment.