In a back alley within the Oriana Kingdom, now occupied by the Doem Faction, I was surrounded by soldiers, low level grunts basically . ..
"He"s looks s.h.i.+fty . Kill him . " Said one of them while another pulled out his sword . .
I immediately lowered my head submissively . .
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"P-please, spare me, mercy, please—!".
"—Begone . ".
My pleas were all but fruitless and a sword was already making its way to cull my life . .
I sighed, and kicked it away . .
The sword broke off in the middle flew off with a clang . .
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"—Wha!?".
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"Come on, you could"ve at least gone "He looks s.h.i.+fty, capture him" . " I said to the grunts who only kept staring eyes wide . .
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"What in the f.u.c.k are you talking abo—!?".
"All I wanted to be was a no-name citizen getting rolled up in the domestic turmoil . ".
An ordinary boy unjustly accused and captured . .
However, soon after they captured him, the soldiers of the occupying forces began to disappear in the dark of the nights . Slowly at first, then more and more, until only that no-name boy and the leaders.h.i.+p of the army remained . .
Just who is this mysterious boy—? Sounds thrilling, right?.
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"On your guards, he might be trouble…".
The soldiers surrounding me all drew their swords now . .
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"Seriously, you guys are the 10 group already . This is getting bothersome . " I muttered . .
One leader-seeming soldier came up front and said, "Am I supposed to believe you"re responsible for the recent a.s.sa.s.sinations of our men? A kid like you… no matter, we shall make sure now . ".
"Too late . That won"t make me a "no-name" boy . " I told the man as I sliced off his neck with my slime sword . .
His gaze, that of a decapitated head, turned to the sky . The moonlit sky from a back alley tainted with blood splatter . .
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"F-fiend! Kill him!" .
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"Hey, maybe I"ll get lucky with the 11th…" I muttered after nonchalantly finis.h.i.+ng off the grunts . .
This kind of felt like being a secret a.s.sa.s.sin I guess . .
The fight was over fast and the smell of blood permeated around me . I checked my clothes . .
Good . Not a drop on them . .
I had failed in my goal yet again, but I did manage to get some clues out of the exchange . .
Currently, this royal capital was being occupied by some faction and men of this faction were being a.s.sa.s.sinated as of late . .
That, might be mostly my doing . .
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Meaning, maybe I might get captured under suspicions that I"m a spy or a.s.sa.s.sin . Of course, I"ll still be a lowly falsely charged mob . .
If that"s the case, maybe I should"ve gotten some blood on me after all . Then again, that itself could make it too obvious . .
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I was walking out of the alley while thinking, when I sensed multiple presences approaching . .
I determined their number via sound and mana signatures… 7 of them, should be soldiers . .
They might be looking for the bunch I left back there . .
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"Oh, this could work . ".
I fell on my a.s.s in front of the alley and waited . .
Soon—.
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"D-dead, in the alley, they"re…!" I pointed down the alley and croaked in a terrified voice, making sure the soldiers were within earshot . .
I took especial note to be on the verge of sobbing, like a helpless mob . .
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"What!? Dammit, don"t tell me—".
The soldiers rushed into the alley . .
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"Dammit! It keeps happening!".
"f.u.c.k, once we catch him, I"m swear I"ll!".
"Oi, kid! You see who it was!?".
One of them screamed at me as I was pretending my knees had given out . .
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"I, I, no… I didn"t see, nothing…" I said, shaking like a frightened pup . .
"You, you look like an outlander . " The soldier"s eyes turned sharp . .
"I, yes . I"m a student from Midgar…".
"From Midgar eh . Why would someone like you be here now…?".
"I, I came to see if a friend was doing alright… I swear, please, please believe me!".
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The soldier"s eyes remained sharp . .
"Very well . One more thing— Why would you be walking the streets in the dead of the night?".
"I, uh, needed some air…".
"Some air eh . Do you expect me to believe someone would try to go out on a pleasure walk in the current state of this country? And here in the capital no less?".
"I-it"s true! Wait, please don"t tell me you suspect me of causing that!? I, I could never do something, so, so horrible!".
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"Hmph…" After a final glance at me, the soldier turned his eyes towards the alley . "All 9 of them were killed by a single stroke… You"re right . You don"t look the type to have done all that but… show me your sword anyway . ".
"Yes, of course . " I presented my blade . As a mob, I make sure to equip a normal sword at my hip . .
"Cheap iron… and it"s clean . ".
"D-do you believe me now…?".
"I will admit that the chances of you killing them all is very low . ".
"T-thank you…".
"But you"re still a suspect, and the fact that you"re here itself doesn"t smell right at all . ".
"Wait, no…!".
"Oi, capture him!".
"Come on, please believe me! I"m but a simple and plain, innocent civilian!".
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Nice . I went the mob-but-kind-of-suspect route and it worked out like a charm!.
I did a mental fist pump as I was tied up and dragged away . .
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