I stand to protect Pricia and the others. The men have seen what happened earlier, so they don't rush in, but they pick up their swords and axes and try to stand as if they were surrounding us.

'Ferris, Caro. Take Pricia and the others to the entrance.

　It's a pain in the ass if we're surrounded. The two of them realize my intentions, they nod and take everyone back.

"Hey, hey, we don't want them to take our precious merchandise. They have to pay their debts, you know?

　Then the leader guy says something like that. He often says it with illegal interest.

'I'll pay you back the original amount. I asked the sisters and I borrowed the money six months ago. She said she was paying back 30,000 a month, so I returned 180,000. The rest is 120,000 plus the original amount of interest. Let's take care of it now.

　As I say this, the leader man gets a blue streak on his forehead.

'You've got to be kidding me, kid!　They owed me 3 million!　You'll get the full amount back, in full!

'That would be an amount that includes illegal interest. We don't allow that in this country, do we?　Right, Caro?

Yes, they make it illegal to charge interest on a moneylender above a certain amount. I don't have to pay that much. In the name of the saints, I say. You are illegal criminals.

　The men look surprised when Caro says this. This one's surprised that Caro is a saint. I hear the words "saint," "barrier," and "mask" in the men's mutterings, and they look at me.

"What, a saint?　d*mn it, why do you want to be here?

Now what?　Do you want to make the original amount or do you want to go at it with us?

　I give one last check to the guy. Then the bitter-looking leader of the group gives me the one thing I shouldn't do.

"Tee-hee!　Kill the kids!　And the saints, too!

　You're taking a lot of shortcuts. Alexia and the others know we're here. And if, indeed, we do die here and get a temporary reprieve, you won't be able to stay in the country.

　That's what I think, but the men thought it was for the best. They're all closing in on us. ...All of them, about 20 of them. They don't need a louga to keep up with them. I make a fist.

"Die kids!

　The man thrusts his sword at me head-on. He deflects the sword with his left hand and continues to hit the man in the stomach with his left hand. With that, the man flies away. I can see the axe swinging down from behind me in a hint of a presence. I crouch down to avoid it and kick the man away.

　The men become unresponsive just by looking at it. The bravado from earlier is completely gone.

"Tee-hee!　You scared the hell out of me!　Kill me quickly!

But, brother. He's so strong that he can't help me.

"d*mn it!　You guys, back off!　I'll do it!

　Then the leader man comes out with an axe at the ready on his back. If I shut this man up, will he be quiet?

Die!

　As he says this, the man swings his axe in a sideways swipe. I fly away from it and avoid it and kick the man in the face.

''Guhee!''

　I grant wind magic to my right hand as I watch the man blow away. Then I run out to the man.

'd*mn it!　d*mn you!

　The man screams and gets up, but it's too late. I go into the man's bosom and strike the man with my right hand, which has been imparted with wind magic, striking the man with my axe.

　The next moment, the axe shatters and my fist thrusts into the man's stomach without stopping. I heard a whirring sound as I plunged into the man's stomach, and the impact of the wind magic went through the man's body and slammed into the wall behind him, shattering the wall.

　The man collapses, white-eyed on the spot where he was hit. It was enough to add or subtract enough to keep him from dying, but some of his internal organs may have been crushed. The bones would be in tatters. Well, he had it coming.

　When the surrounding minions saw that the leader was defeated, they realized that they were no match for him and tried to escape. But there's no way they're going to let him get away.

Lightning Arrow.

　I shoot lightning magic at my fleeing minions. As the name suggests, it's a lightning arrow, and it usually hurts when it hits. The minions who are pierced by lightning arrows in their shoulders and backs faint while screaming. The fainting is due to the electric shock that happens after the sting.

　He looks around to make sure there are no men standing around and heads to everyone. ........Why is Ferris standing there with a smug look on his face, but why?　And his tail is buzzing and wagging.

　When I got to everyone, one boy came over to me.

Niichan!　Take me as an apprentice!

　I'm going to say. ........What?　I look at Caro and Ferris, but Caro is smiling bitterly and Ferris has a terribly smug look on his face. Is this what Ferris' smugness is all about? Isn't my fiancé awesome!　I'm like.

'No, I'm not ready to be an apprentice yet. I'm still being taught myself.

　Oh, come on!

　A boy bounces around me as I say this. And what did I think when I saw that, the other kids start to mix in as well. Ferris, seeing this, is itching for some reason. Well, don't mix it up, okay?

　There.

Hey, hey!　You can't ask for more than that, Roy!　You all need to stop it!

　Pricia would get angry with me. The boys and children called Roy-kun seemed reluctant to do so, but they stopped. By the way, Ferris's itching stopped too.

''Rei-san, thank you so much for helping us. I really........

　Pricia thanked me, but I just started to cry. She must have been scared after all. Her body was shaking.

　The children, who were watching her, pushed her back. It was so sudden that Pricia could not stop and fell down, startled. Naturally, the person in front of me is me, who was being thanked until a moment ago

　Bofur!

　I managed to support her. Then, unintentionally, Priscia-san looked up and met my eyes, and she turned her head down, her face turning bright red at once.

　When the children saw this, they let out a whistle that they couldn't blow. Who taught them that......... And Ferris and Caro look at me with a dumbfounded look on their faces.

'Well, well, I'm glad you're okay.

　I talk to Pricia-san as if to fool her. Pricia's face is still red, but she looks up and smiles at me. I'm really glad.

　And as I was about to leave, after making sure the kids were injured.

Hold on, boys.

　and knights entered from the entrance. A dragon emblem on their shoulders. What the hell is that?