A gust of silence passed by as the three stood watching. Each of them was filled with anticipation… Especially Mia.
Who are the people that the Captain recognizes? Huntsmen perhaps?
Her mind wandered for a bit as she waited for the mysterious duo to arrive. Her thoughts were both excited and nervous.
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“CAAAAAAAAAPTAAAAAAAIN!” A girl’s voice flew by them. Its tone seemed… bouncy?
One of the people began sprinting towards them, a girl. With a long blonde ponytail bouncing in the wind and a wide smile across her face, this mysterious girl came at them full sprint.
The Captain gritted his teeth with worry.
“Oh, no… Not her”.
The girl shot forward.
WAAAM!
Bullseye.
She head-butted the Captain, sending him flying.
“Woo! That was fun! Yep”. She got to her feet and put her hands on her waist, smiling.
Hikaru’s reaction to the sudden attack seemed lax. He just looked away, ignoring the situation.
“Ahhhhh! Next time I’ll make you go even farther, yep.”
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Mia just stood there, awestruck. She looked at the girl, jaw dropped, in shock.
The girl shifted her attention from the Captain, who lay on the ground in pain, to Mia.
“Oooo! And who might you be? Yep”. She moved around Mia, inspecting her entire body.
Coming up with a reply proved difficult for Mia. She remained in a state of confusion. Though, after regaining her senses, she replied.
“Mia-a Sanju. I’m a huntsman, and have been traveling with Captain Yakusuke and Hikaru for a while now.” She gulped and a droplet of sweat went past her brow.
Who is this girl? And… What is she wearing?
Mia looked the girl up and down. She started with the girls’ unconventional uniform. She wore a white skirt and her top was tied above her belly button, exposing her stomach. More importantly, Mia noticed her physical features, like the fact that she had beautiful blonde hair and tanned skin. Or the three golden earrings on either ear… Or maybe the place Mia’s eyes returned to every few seconds… Her chest.
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Whoa those are nice… Bigger than mine by only a bit, but you can definitely imagine their firmness.
She shook her head in an attempt to cast away her lewd thoughts.
The girl just stared at her, not saying a word… but this seemingly odd silence lasted mere moments.
The girl lunged forward and hugged Mia, grasping her tightly and burying her face in Mia’s cleavage.
“W-w-w-what are you doing?!” Mia’s face instantly turned red.
“Ooooooooh! It’s like so nice to meet you, yep!” She looked up and smiled widely. “My name is Yuai Yuhara! Yep.”
“Yeah-h same to you.”
“Ugh, do you not know of the concept of personal space? Even with strangers you’re much too touchy-feely.” A male voice came behind them.
The other mysterious figure that was coming with Yuai made his way to them. While his partner sprinted towards them only a few minutes earlier, this man kept to his own pace.
“Yo! The name’ Hetomo, Hetomo Numoway. I’m also the coolest member of the second division, oh, and I’m the sixth seat… So I have the skill to back it up”.
He looked over at Yuai, “you won’t stay in the fifth seat for long Yuai, my coolness will bring me right to the top.”
The crimson haired man stood in a nonchalant pose with both hands in his pockets.
This new character had crimson-red hair that was parted in the middle of his forehead. His matching dark red eyes added to his cool-collected demeanor and his darkened glasses complimented it.
He looked away and raised his hand to his head, proceeding to run his fingers through his hair.
“We finally got to this tiny village.”
With his head arched, he turned to Mia. “It was a long journey… Would you mind… Telling me your name?”
He winked and looked away.
An awkward moment passed.
“Mia Sanju… it’s nice to meet you… I think?”
Mia turned back to Yuai. “is he… Um… How do I say this delicately, Is he okay? Like in the head?”
Yuai turned her head to the side. “Hm, no.”
“I see.”
So I guess the second division has its fill of strange characters… I wonder if it’s a requirement for joining…
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A few feet away, the Captain slowly got to his feet.
“Ugh, still won’t hold back on me, will you, Yuai? Well, whatever… Enough with the introductions and painful headbutts… Is it them?”
Both Yuai's and Hetomo’s expressions stiffened.
“They’ve made their move sir, we have a lot to discuss. Is there a tavern or a place we can talk?” Hetomo looked around, eyeing the buildings nearby.
The Captain turned around and pointed to a wooden table with five chairs.
“That should work. It isn’t as if any of the villagers will understand what we’re talking about anyway, so it doesn’t matter if we’re out in the open.”
They all nodded in agreement and began walking over to the table.
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With each of them sitting down, a feeling of tension and seriousness radiated from Yuai and Hetomo.
“Well? How bad is it? Tell me everything”. The Captain clasped his hands together.
Yuai and Hetomo looked at each other, then back at the Captain.
“We’ll get straight to the point. For reasons unknown to us, Court 9 has issued an arrest for all division two members. They’ve dispatched secret division officers to apprehend our division members. So far, they’ve captured everyone but the five of us at this table. Hetomo and I just barely managed to get out of Seiren before they caught us, yep.”
Yuai looked down, a tear fell from her eye, “it just happened… Suddenly the order came through and our members were being arrested one after another… Our fourth seat tried to reason with them but they ignored him and arrested him. Tell me, Captain, what should we do? Yep.”
She looked down at her hands. “Is it over for us? Yep”.
Hikaru stood up and comforted her, “it isn’t over until we get some answers… Hetomo, can you give us some more details?”
“Of course. Let me start from the beginning, right after you and the Captain left to go deal with that horde of beasts near Ako village.”
Mia’s eyes widened.
Ako village? Does this all tie in with Ako? And what’s this secret division? Court 9? I don’t understand anything that’s going on…