Meeting a beautiful girl

Sure enough, there was a pretty girl in a beautiful priestess like dress inside. The azure haired girl, who was close to Kyle's age, looked up at him with dazed, blue eyes.

Ah, I knew it.

At that moment he was overcome with despair and fear. Warning bells tolled loudly in his head; they were telling him to stop standing there. He had to flee from this place as soon as possible..... yet the sight of the frightened girl in front of him rooted him to that spot.

"Are you all right ?" Kyle couldn't help but ask. The girl nodded once. Her terrified eyes watched him carefully. But their similar age range seemed to help her lower her guard a little. Fortunately, she was tied up inside the sack sideways, so she was still unaware of the horrific scene that had unfolded in the room. She might have panicked if she'd noticed.

Well she'd realise soon enough.

"I'll remove the gag and ropes. Hold on," Kyle said removing the gag first. ". Pwah ... hah ..."

The little girl gasped heavily for air. She was rather sluggish, and her face seemed feverish .

"W-Where ....? Where ...am ...I...?

Her small body trembled as she asked, possibly from fear of the dim room, cold air, or both. "The slums. This is the house where the gang that bossed me around lived...." Kyle answered while untying the ropes around her with nimble fingers.

"The slums? Why am I...." the girl asked in confusion. "Who knows? I'm done. You can stand up now," Kyle said once the ropes were gone.

"Okay. Thank you very much...ah,oww."

The girl tried to thank him as she stood up, but her legs had no strength at all and gave out. She'd gotten up halfway before collapsing back down.

"You okay?" Kyle grabbed the falling girl and turned her onto her back, gently.

"Yes."

Although she responded with an affirmative, her breathing was shallow and feverish.

"Really....?"

Kyle questioned doubtfully as she observed the girl's face.

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Is this the girl William's group was looking for earlier...?

He had all the reason to believe that this was the girl that the five nobles he met near the slums were searching for. With her azure hair and beautiful upper class dress, he was certain of it.

"Umm..."

She murmured quietly to Kyle, as though it took all of her energy to speak. She was probably suffering from dehydration after being in the sack this whole time.

"Sorry, could you take me to the castle ?" she panted out.

"Castle?"

"Please, I'll tell my father to reward you..."

"Your father .. "

Kyle shuddered. There was no way that would end well. And also, water..."

So she was thirsty after all.

"Lie there and wait for a bit. Don't move," Kyle said. He walked over to the barell where the water was stored. His nose had already become desensitized to the smell, but seeing a bloody scene with his eyes made his expression twist. Contrary to the constant revulsion turning his stomach, Kyle was strangely calm as he asked himself what was he doing here.

He filled the mug he usually used with water and quickly brought it back to the collapsed girl. "Here. Water. Don't drink it all at once."

He lifted her head to make it easier for her to drink and offered her the mug. It would have been best to add some salt or sugar to help her dehydration, but such ingredients weren't available in the shack.

The girl gulped down water gratefully "puhah... hah " she coughed.

"Slow down. Drinking too fast is bad for you," Kyle warned.

"Okay"

She replied weakly.

Perhaps she was relieved that she had quenched her thirst, because in the next moment, she lost all the strength in her body.

"Hey!"

Kyle tried to wake her frantically, but she was out cold.

"Did she pass out ....?"

Figuring that was the case; Kyle closed his eyes held back the urge to sigh heavily. He gently let her lie back down when...

Creak

The floor of the shabby old shack groaned, breaking the silence of the room. Kyle whipped around to see a masked man approaching him—

The masked man lunged trying to stab a knife into Kyle's body. He was going to be killed. Heart— stopping fear ran through Kyle in that moment. Suddenly, his hands move of their own accord and he skillfully parried the man's swing; the knife missed its mark and slashed through empty space instead.

"Wha..."

A suprised voice leaked from the masked man's face as Kyle looked at his hands in astonishment. His physical body had reproduced the movements that his previous self mastered on Earth. Kyle had been so desperate that his body reacted instinctively.

But now was not the time to be distracted .

Was this hidden this whole time ? Why is he trying to kill me?

The first real battle of his life had been suddenly thrust upon him. Kyle was panicking, but that was understandable. He'd never faced off with someone holding a blade with the intent to kill before, previous life or not. His body felt hot and he could feel the thudding ov his heart echo through his body. He hadn't even moved very much, yet he was panting for breath, sweat dripping from his forehead.

He was terrified— his legs trembled where he stood. Kyle braced his trembling hands to fight and inched backwards. The masked man regarded him cautiously, having had his attack smoothly evaded. He kept the knife pointed at Kyle.

To be honest, that first attack was pure luck. Kyle couldn't the man was an amateur, and Kyle was still a child, after all. If he came at Kyle for real, their diffrence in physique alone would give the masked man a big advantage.

The man slowly closed the distance between them; at this rate, Kyle was as good as dead— that he was certain of. But even if he tried to escape, he wouldn't be able to run far with his small body. He was completely cornered.

But then....