How did I find myself in this situation to begin with? I was speeding through the royal tutorial, and everything was going smoothly. Nothing went wrong until I got squashed by X. Seriously, why does he always try to ruin my day? Is killing my good mood his job or something? Because he does a terrific job!

Now, I was traveling in some random merchant's wagon, filled with mean-looking people gazing at Yumi and me like we were the sacrificial lambs of this journey. Oh man, what did I get myself into?! As if being sent to the poorest nation in the world wasn't bad enough, now I had to travel alone with a monster girl as my only bodyguard! I need teammates soon!

Sure, Yumi is relatively strong by this world's standards, but she can't protect me from an ambush. What if someone uses fire magic against her? Oh man, I'm in serious hot water now that I have been sent to the failed state of Enginheim.

I have read about this nation in my parent's library, but if the records are to be trusted, this nation is not the greatest regarding income, and their taxes are among the worst in the world. Oh shit, I got to conceive my funds before anyone notices!

"Hey, baby girl, where you headed?" One of the creep-looking guys asked Yumi while I wasn't paying attention.

"I don't know. I'm simply following Master." Yumi innocently replied without measuring the weight of her words as usual.

"Oh? So that other hot babe is your Master? Well, would you look at that? Looks like we have two new fleshlights ready for the taking."

The man said as his hand approached Yumi's chest. I was paying attention now, but still, I didn't know what to do. I had to do something, but what?! I don't even know how to punch, much less fight!

If I got myself into trouble, I would have to put all my bets on Yumi, but what if she lost!? Then I would be their next target, and we all know how that will end! Even so, I don't know where I gathered my courage, but I stopped the man's hand from touching Yumi.

"Leave my servant alone unless you want to taste my wrath," I said as the cursed flames blew within my eyes and deep into the eyes of the man who looked directly at them. The tension grew as I let go of the man and stared at every man in the wagon directly in the eyes, pretending to be tough. I was dying inside, about to pee myself.

Eventually, my bluff seemed to have worked; I really pulled a "King" move on them, uh? Thanks, one punch, man, best character! Maybe that is my superpower! I'm a super bluffer! Yeah! No, it doesn't have a good ringtone; it sounds lame.

I couldn't rest for the remaining trip time thanks to my little act. Whenever I was about to slip into some sleep, the mean stares from the men waiting for me to kick it kept me awake. I didn't know what they could possibly want for sure, but I had a slight suspicion they might have wanted a little taste of me if you know what I mean, dam perverts.

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As if to make things worse, Yumi's Kigurumi looked a little rough after her constant transformations from frog to human. Letting some of her body parts visible for the men to feast their eyes on. {sigh} I was growing desperate to arrive in the city when suddenly the cart stopped moving.

"Alright! Looks like we are in luck! Just in time! Hand over everything!" One of the passengers in the front spat as he picked out his sword. Yumi and I immediately jumped out of the wagon just to be met with more armed bandits.

"Stop right there!" "Where do you all think you're going." "We got new sex slaves! Awesome!" "There were girls in there, too? Great! They look just about the legal age, too!"

Many men with swords began to incircle Yumi and me, so without wasting time, I ordered Yumi to transform into her Toad form so we could get out of there! I wasn't about to fight a suicidal battle! As per my bad luck, one of their mages managed to stop Yumi from transforming with their ice magic! Dam it! They knew?!

"The green one is a monster girl! We can fetch a high price for that one; the one beside her is worthless besides her body; she has no magical signature!"

As I thought of a plan to get away, the rocks in my puch began to shine a bright blue as I noticed how my SP went down. I had forgotten! I had access to my power! Who knows how many spells the palladium I still had would be able to withstand without breaking, but it was worth a shot!

"I won't fight on your terms! Yumi, use your wind magic! Ahhhh!! Sand storm breaker!"

Yumi obeyed my orders, and my plan worked like a charm! As soon as a massive chunk of sand appeared in the air, it was all scattered around with Yumi's wind, making everyone blind for a couple of seconds as they removed the dust from their eyes.

Yumi and I ran for it then, as the mercenaries chased us shortly after.

"Master! I can transform now!"

"Do it! Do it already! We need to out-speed them! There is no point in fighting them! They know your weakness!"

"Not so fast, darling. Where do you think you're going?" A short, mean-looking woman intercepted me as Yumi transformed into her toad form. The lady tackled me with such force I got a little disoriented.

"Master!" Yumi tried to remove me from the girl's grasp, but she was sent flying against a mountain like a puny weakling. The punch the woman used even made her transform back into her human form.

"Get back! I have other plans for you, monster girl. I still don't know what I will do with you, blue-eyed bitch."

"You can bend over and suck Deez nuts! How does that sound?" The people from this world always expected a clean, fair fight, but I would teach them I don't fight fair! If she didn't want to let me, then fine! Special Anabel attack! BITE!

"AHHHG! You bitch! You bit me!"

As I was biting her hand, I prepared my left hand with a bit of dirt, and just when she let me go, I tossed the dirt right into her eyes. I could barely move, but I now had access to her weak spot, so I went for it.

"Anabel, Special attack! Eye poke!" I intentionally misdirected the fighter by making her think I would hit her in the face. I opened a free path straight to her liver! So I punched her directly in the liver with all my strength, even if it wasn't much!

The fighter killed my hopes, though, and instead intercepted my arm. I couldn't move and didn't realize what she was doing until I heard a crack from my arm. My right arm looked like a periscope now, which made me feel indescribable pain.

"AHHHHHHH!!!!" My scream broke through the forest as the fighter laughed on top of me. She leaned close to my face and whispered into my ear.

"I'll make sure your first client is an old decrepit man just for that punch; it hurt you whore."