"What's taking them so long to return?" asked Chris after they had stood there for what felt like half an hour. "It shouldn't take them this long to settle a fight, right?"Tracy scoffed. "You do know that if a fight did break out, it would take longer to break it up."Chris squinted at her and said, "You're now acting like Theodore."She scowled at him. "Are you trying to pick a fight?""Knock it off, you two. It's bad enough that we've been dealing with fights all morning. We don't need you two fighting either," said Bobby.The two relented, as they understood how he felt. When all of them woke up this morning, they didn't expect they would have to deal with breaking up fights first thing. After they had helped the people settle down yesterday, they thought it would be a breeze. Unfortunately, they were proven wrong. None of them had expected the people to cause trouble as soon as they woke up.They hadn't gotten a moment of peace as they tried to stop crimes from being committed an
Theodore had been wanting to let off some steam for some time now. Ever since they had been chased out of the town, he had been itching for a fight. He had held back for the sake of the party and quest, but that didn't mean he was going to let them walk all over them and let what they just did to Grace slide. Even if it wasn't intentional, they had still hit her.For a grown man to drag a kid into a fight was unacceptable, especially for someone like Grace. As he was about to throw another punch, he felt someone grab his arm. The strength was considerable if it could stop him from going through with his punch, so it couldn't be a regular person. Looking back, he saw it was Bobby, which explained why he didn't immediately overpower him.In terms of strength, he was the next strongest person after him besides Luke. While their stats weren't close, they were close enough that it would be a
When no one immediately answered her, Violet continued, "Obviously, we can't let things continue like this. At this rate, it will be difficult to complete either objective."That was right. They had two options for how to deal with the natives. After dealing with fights all morning, neither option was appealing to them. The idea of staying in the town to break up fights or traveling with them as they were insulted was something none of them wanted to experience. However, they had to choose one of them. The question was, which was the least bad option."I don't know. I can't see how either one would be better than the other," said Bobby."Say," Chris said."The better question is if anyone has changed their mind from yesterday," Tracy said. "If not, we'll go with that vote."That didn'
Luke seriously couldn't believe he was doing this. Even though he told the demon king that he refused to add another harem member to the group, he didn't really have any other choice unless he was determined to kill Violet. He had already determined that the other options had a certain issue when he was determining how to get Grace to join him, which applied now.He swore that he had added Tracy to the harem not that long ago. If this was going to be a consistent issue, then he would gain at least a dozen more before the year was over. No, not even that long. The idea of having so many women traveling along with him and weighing him down wasn't appealing in the slightest. This was going to be the last time. He promised.[You can't know that. A situation similar to this one might occur again in the future. Besides, she hasn't even agreed yet. It's possible she might refuse.]That was certainly a possibility, but Luke had determined that the chances of that happening were slim. Since Vi
When Luke didn't answer right away, she huffed as she uncrossed her arms and placed them on her hips. "I see. So that's how it is."Luke should have known it wouldn't be that easy to probe her for answers. While she was younger than him and not as experienced as him, she had still gone through a traumatizing ordeal that must have heightened her awareness to prevent it from happening again. Well, at least she didn't outright attack him or otherwise show any signs of hostility toward him. It meant she was still open to talks.If she had decided he was a threat, she would have already done something once whatever her suspicions were were confirmed. However, he still had to keep his guard up, especially since he wasn't alone. He felt Grace fidget a bit behind him, but she was wisely keeping out of the conversation. With him standing in between them, Violet would have to go through him to get to Grace."Whether or not you want revenge isn't my concern." Violent's blank expression made it h
"Stay back," Luke ordered Grace as she met Violet's knives.Luke couldn't see what was going on behind him, but he could distinctly hear running footsteps. Good. It looked like she had listened and run off to get out of his way. Now he could focus his attention on dealing with Violet. He knew this would have been a possibility when confronting her, but she had given him a reasonable excuse to kill her on a silver platter.The angels must have surely seen that she had made the first move. If he killed her, it would be in self defense. He wouldn't even need to use the magic circle to call on the demon. Of course, they might be suspicious about why she attacked him out of the blue, but the modified conversation they heard should be enough to deal with any of those concerns.Luke jumped back as she tried to trip him up with a kick before lunging at him again. This wasn't the time to get distracted. He needed to focus on the fight. While Violet wasn't as strong as him, her speed was quite
"Move," Luke ordered as he forced himself to go faster even though he knew he wouldn't make it in time.Grace shifted to the side just in time for the sword to fly past her and strike the rubble behind her. She winced at the sound it made as pieces of rock flew everywhere. Violet reached out towards Grace and was about to grab her when Grace suddenly swung down with her staff. The sudden action completely caught Violet off guard, and she couldn't stop her momentum.There was a crack as the staff hit Violet on the top of her head before she crashed into Grace's midsection. The force from Violet hitting Grace caused Grace to fall back and hit her head against the rubble she had been sitting in front of. The two women laid on the ground in pain as Luke finally caught up. Admittedly, this hadn't been his intention, but he was glad to see things end well in his favor.He celebrated too soon, as Violet quickly flipped the two of them so that Grace was now on top and covering her. If he want
Realizing the mistake she had made, Grace stared helplessly at Luke, who gave her a disappointed look. She wasn't supposed to reveal Tracy's involvement in the matter. There was a reason why he didn't have her join their group when they split up. He had to have at least one more person to make the groups fair, and it made more sense for it to be Grace.The reason was simple. Luke and Grace already had the reputation of being girlfriend and boyfriend. If he were going to bring up the harem, Grace should be with him instead of Tracy. Otherwise, Violet would make the connection that either they had pretended to be dating this whole time or all three of them were in it together. She would probably guess the former, which he had wanted to avoid.Of course, Grace ended up messing that up, but that was fine. The chances of Violet getting out alive if she refused to listen were nonexistent. Ther