Chapter 242: Annoying Thugs
Roy left to go exploring the underwater dungeon. And hearing that there"s a dungeon underwater, the two newcomers who never experienced much of the life outside the cult are interested to go there. But they are unable to swim, so they can"t join Roy.
At first, they thought it would be great to explore another dungeon, but they were suggested to practice swimming instead. And before practicing swimming, it"s good for them to have a swimsuit to wear. That"s why they went shopping after Roy left them. Leaving only Ian, Ruby, and Penny behind. They are watching the house and the orphans. And it"s also because they already have their own swimsuit and don"t need to buy another one.
Victoria who decided to not join Roy, suggested for the girls to go to their usual store. It"s a huge clothing store, built by using Roy"s money and Victoria"s idea of fashion. Some of the clothes are not common in this world.
Roy doesn"t mind building the store as long as he received some of the profit into his pocket.
Some of the employees of the store is also Albert"s agents. Once the girls entered the store, they quickly enter the second floor which is private and not for other customers to enter.
In there, Victoria used her clones to show examples of the swimsuit they are going to wear, and have the girls try them. Once the girls are happy, the employee will make the clothes that they want using any color the girls wanted.
It seems simple, but since it"s girls shopping, it took a lot of time. Just to pick one swimsuit and it"s already afternoon.
After leaving the store, they went to have some lunch and eat some sweets.
Then after leaving the restaurant, that"s when trouble approaching.
Several men who noticed the girls approach the girls forcefully.
"Hey, girls? Why don"t you join us and have a lot of fun? I"m sure it will be way more fun than just hanging out with just girls." A man said.
They are just some kind of thugs who have been hanging around in the city for a while. They are outsiders who don"t know about the girls" popularities as the Nutcrackers.
Lately, there have been several outlaws entering the city. Roy and the agents staying in the city noticed them, but since they don"t seem to be related to the cult, Roy and the others just leave them be. Hoping that they won"t cause any trouble.
But seems like, trouble is approaching the girls. But the girls are unfazed even though they are outnumbered.
Back then, it was usually just Kayla, Angela, and Sophie who would be flirted with. But now, even though they are in a large group, the thugs still surround them.
There are 10 girls. Kayla, Angela, Sophie, Shirley, Candy, Lina, Jewel, Victoria, Veronica, and Celestine. But the men are about twenty of them surrounding the girls. They are double the numbers of the girls.
When it was just Kayla and few others, Kayla would just bust their nuts. And the onlookers would applaud her for it. But now, there are no one who wanted to get close to them since there are so many thugs. Even the guards and some powerful hunters would ignore them and don"t want to get into trouble later. As for some who knows Kayla and the others, like the guild staff or Albert"s agents, they just watch with interest.
Including Roy who has just returned, and find a good place to hide to watch and listen. He even bought a snack on the way to eat while watching the situation progressing.
Of course the two expert level mages noticed him, so he waved at them. The two then think that this is a normal occurrence since Roy decided to not help, and the girls have some plan in this situation. They decided to leave everything to the girls.
Since they were in the cult, they can just kill anyone who overstep their boundaries. But now, they can"t do that anymore if they want to live a normal life. So, they just watch how the other taking care of this.
"I"ll take care of this." It was Jewel who said that in whisper.
Jewel stepped forward, take a deep breath, and shouted to the men surrounding her.
"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE IN BROAD DAYLIGHT! DON"T YOU HAVE ANY JOB TO DO!? OH, RIGHT! I BET YOU DON"T! THAT"S WHY YOU"RE HERE TRYING TO FLIRT WITH THIS LITTLE CUTE ME! DO YOU HAVE NO SHAME AT ALL!? I KNOW I"M CUTE, BUT YOU"RE JUST WAY TOO OLD FOR ME!"
Jewel shouted with her loud voice that everyone within 300m radius would hear her. It"s one of the things that Roy taught her.
Since she has a loud voice, why not using it to gather all attention to her? Though she was told by Roy to not shout when he"s in vicinity.
Of course right now, Roy is nearby. But Jewel doesn"t know it. So, she shouted at the top of her lung.
Just by her shouts alone, more and more onlookers would come to see what"s going on. Which makes the previous onlookers who don"t dare to watch closely to return.
And her shouts also attracted more guards to come.
"s.h.i.t! Guards are coming! Let"s escape before the situation escalate!" One of the thugs suggested.
Of course Jewel hasn"t done shouting yet. She has more things to say.
"WHY ARE YOU TRYING TO RUN AWAY!? YOU"RE JUST HERE TO CHAT WITH US, RIGHT!? THERE"S NOTHING WRONG WITH JUST TALKING! OR DON"T TELL ME THAT YOU"RE REALLY THUGS!? HAVE YOU DONE SOMETHING EVIL THAT MAKES YOU AFRAID OF THE GUARDS!?"
While Jewel is shouting, the other girls just laughed. They know that the thugs no longer dare to approach them anymore and tried to escape. And Jewel attracting everyone"s attention also to make these thugs be remembered by everyone watching. From now on, whenever any of them show their face in the city, someone might report them to the guards.
The guards then running over immediately hearing Jewel saying that the thugs might have done something evil. But the thugs also escape before any of them got caught.
"Remember this, you little s.h.i.t! I"ll make sure that you and your friends will experience h.e.l.l on earth!" Said the first man who approach them as he escapes.
"And… they escape. So easy." Jewel said. Now in her not so loud voice.
"Haha! Good job, Jewel! Roy will be proud of you!" Angela praised Jewel.
"Really? Well, usually, Kayla is the one to take care of the situation. I wonder how Master will do it? Will he just beat up everyone?" Jewel asked.
"No. He will do something much worse and much more shameless. Then those men will have their hearts shattered, their mind broken, and… their s.e.xualities might have change. So, it"s either h.e.l.l or heaven if Roy is involved." Kayla answered.
"s.e.xuality?" Veronica asked.
"Well, I will be glad to explain! It happened less than two years ago when it was just Roy, me, Angela, and Kayla. We were in Mellian when…"
Victoria then explains what happened in the past happily. Or more like… she"s trying to rope other girls to be interested in… the same thing as her.
Hearing about how it ends up with Roy getting to know Hill and being targeted by him, everyone laughed.
As for Roy who watched everything, he returns home while thinking that Jewel has grown up. Just like Kayla, Jewel now can think of a plan herself. Roy is happy that there is another cool-headed figure in the group who can strategize. Although hearing her screaming doesn"t make her seems like a cool-headed person at all.
Everyone returns home not caring that they had just make a new enemy. It"s not like they need to care about the thugs at all. Even if they tried to retaliate, they are not strong enough to be able to defeat everyone.
What Roy and the others doesn"t know was that the thugs are a gang of evildoers. And the leader of that gang is interested in the girls, so he told his subordinates to get the girls no matter what. But the plan failed when Jewel started shouting and attracting everyone"s attention.
The leader who was peeking at the situation, leaves the building he"s hiding and try to find out where Jewel and the others live. Since it"s a building in the city near the park, and the park there"s a lot of children playing and many adults watching the kids, he can blend in with the people.
Night finally came, and everyone should have been asleep at this time.
The thugs have sneaked back into the city, and prepared to get their revenge, and in the dark, they approached the building Roy and the others live in.
And the first who noticed they are coming is Roy and Lina, with Elsie telling her that some people are coming.
Lina calmly call everyone via Sonia without waking the non-combatant.
No one in the city other than those who are involved would know, that there will be bloodbath that night.