Chapter 41 - 41 : Saly (1/2)

Silence ruled over the place, no one dared to move or talk, they just watched Arthur with fear, after all, what he did is brutal, and for them, who passed their lives in luxury, they never saw something similar to this, of course, there may be some exceptions.

Once the corpse of the dead fatty fell to the ground, Arthur didn't bother with it and turned towards Saly, who was still on the ground, but she stayed silent while sometimes softly groaning from pain.

Her body had scars, injuries, and blood all over, she would not die but she sure as hell was in a pitiful state.

She had several broken bones, Robert didn't bother with her health or injuries, instead, he would beat her more so she always tried to hide them, but that only made her condition worse.

He provided her enough food to survive but not enough to satisfy her hunger, she never had a full stomach or enjoyed food until she was no longer hungry, her master was stingy and would sometimes leave her starving for days.

Arthur ignored the gazes of the surrounding people and squatted down near Saly, just her appearance made his heart ache, usually, he would only feel pity and that's it, but today, when he saw this little girl condition and how she was beaten without being able to defend, that angered him, to think there are people like this in this world, that made him feel disgusted towards humans even more.

”Little girl, It's okay now...your master is gone, no need to feel afraid”

From way earlier, even though she was silent, he noticed that her shoulders were trembling, though she didn't express it, it was apparent that she felt fear.

When she heard Arthur's voice, which seemed very close to her, she back away a little as it startled her, but that only made her groan again from pain, her injuries were not light yet not fatal too, but for a fragile body like hers, bruises and injuries like these are painful to her, but after years passed, she somewhat had gotten used to this, however, that didn't mean she no longer felt pain, quite the opposite, in fact, the pain was the most thing she felt afraid of, excluding her master of course.

Seeing her react like that, afraid of him, Arthur kept a solemn face and softly said

”There is no need to be afraid, your master is truly gone, you are free now.......”

No one else could understand how he felt right now except Lucy, thanks for the soul link, she felt his sorrow and pain.

He came from another world, so things like this would not happen in broad daylight, so when he saw something this extreme, he couldn't control his emotions, for this wasn't something he can ignore, as for her, she saw a lot of things similar to this, so she was a bit used to it, nonetheless, that didn't mean that what happened didn't anger her, she was just better in controlling her emotions than him.

Though Arthur said that, for some reason, Saly became even more afraid, she started trembling and said

”M-Mister...y-you should go...o-oo-or m..master would kill you too...”

It seems she didn't believe Arthur and even tried to help him by telling him to go, her fear of Robert was imprinted deep in her bones, she couldn't just believe he was gone for good.

Arthur stretched his hand a patted her small head, she was trembling so much and his action made her body flinch, she didn't think a hand would pat her, instead, she thought it would be a punch or a slap on her face, though she was scared, she didn't dare push that hand away, or else the consequences would be horrible, that's what she thought at least.

”Little girl...It's unfortunate you cannot see with your own eyes, but your master is already dead, I killed him....”

It's surprising how she still believed her master to be alive after all that happened, even though she cannot see, she still heard his wailing and screams, but that wasn't enough to erase her deep fear she held for him.

Feeling that the unfamiliar hand didn't hit her or do anything but gently pat her head, she knew it was the mister she was talking too, Saly knew he was a kind person as he tried to help her, that's why she didn't want him to be killed like any other person who tried to rescue her.

” *Sigh*....How about you come with me? You are free now and can do whatever you want, if you want, you can come with me...”

Saly always wished for freedom but that was only a dream, many people said the same thing to her but that only ended up badly for them, she clenched her little fists with what was left of her strength and said with a hesitant tone

”M-Mister...I cc-can't, my master will b-be a..angry if I disobey h-him”

Even Arthur was surprised by her strong belief in her master, he understood that Robert was like a god for her so no matter what he says would be futile.

He stretched his other free hand and carried Saly, who began struggling with all her strength to free herself from him while yelling and telling him to stop.

He held her in a princess carry and she never ceased to struggle, but she soon was exhausted and could only lay there, however, she felt some warmth coming from the one who was carrying her, and it felt really comfortable, so she wanted to enjoy this moment to the fullest before her master appear again, she felt sadness because she can't see who this mister is, he was so gentle and kind to her, so how could she not feel curious about him.

Once Arthur held her, he headed inside the ship to go to his room, while Lucy silently followed him.

Robin, who watched what happened, wanted to protest and shout at him, but a piercing glare from Arthur was enough for her to shut her mouth and stay there, petrified, she didn't dare say anything, in fact, no one spoke, they let him pass and watched him disappear inside the ship.

Robin's POV

YESTERDAY NIGHT

Ahhh! I can't believe that I can't do anything to him! Even with grandpa's warning, I will still find a way to pay back what he did for me...

How can he be this arrogant and call me a spoiled brat....., I'm a genius, a prodigy! my skills and talent are not things he can have, did this mature and alluring body of mine seem like a child's? tsk tsk! wait until I get my hands on that bastard.

I feel so pissed just thinking about his smug face, guess I'll take a shower then go talk to grandpa about the deal with the other companies, I can't let this fall down, especially with the Yan clan.

........

Waah! I feel refreshed, what a good shower that was, I don't regret buying this boat for even a second, his structure and functions are unbelievable, I guess those 200 million gold coins were worth after all.

NEXT MORNING

As I was talking with grandpa in my office, I heard a small shaking and once I turned my head to see what's happening outside, I was dumbfounded to see the two bodyguards of fatty Yan on the ground, they seem pretty injured...that looks painful...

WAIT! It's not the time to think about this, who? who did hurt them?

My eyes soon landed on that woman with silver hair, hmph! she's ugly compared to me....wait did she do that? and what is that bastard doing to fatty Yan?

”Robin, this is troublesome, we should stop him before he causes more problems for us..”

Grandpa seemed to have grasped the situation faster than me, we soon left the office and headed to where that bastard is with fast speed.

However, that ugly woman stopped us, thank god grandpa helped me or else I would have been cooked meat....tch! how come this woman is strong and beautiful, that's just not fair! wait..no! she's ugly! yes ugly.....

That man started beating Fatty Yan non-stop, even I, who loathed fatty Yan, felt pity for him, he looked like a pig being slaughtered, his screams made my ears hurt, he sure can yell....

We couldn't even get close to stop him, and even with my warning, that bastard kept beating Fatty, again and again, I could only watch, if he ends up dying, then that would be troublesome, the Yan clan would surely blame us...ahhh what can I do?

After a while, that bastard stopped his punches and said a few words which I could not hear to Fatty Yan before he strangled him to death, at that time, I could only sigh and try to find an excuse to the Yan clan, maybe I'll them that it was this bastard..but will they even believe me? even with so many witnesses, no one would want to provoke someone like this bastard too..even grandpa told me to stay away from him.

I seriously couldn't move an inch as his killing intent was way too terrifying and the pressure he emanated made me petrified, I never felt more afraid in my life than this second, arghhh! I can already feel myself having nightmares about this...*sigh*

That monster carried the slave girl of Fatty Yan and went inside, I couldn't even speak and blame him, a mere gaze from him was enough for me to know I shouldn't anger him in his current state....

You know, I too felt that what fatty Yan was doing is bad and heartless, but just saving a little girl won't stop everything, is he an idiot or what? well whatever, it's not like I can change anything.....

BACK TO THE ORIGINAL POV.

It didn't take them long to arrive in their room, Saly already stopped her struggle long ago and stayed silent.

Though only a couple of minutes passed, she still didn't hear her master yells or laughter, so she felt some hope and began believing what Arthur said as usual, when someone takes her away from her monster, in only seconds, that person would die by the hands of his bodyguards or him.

When they finally arrived, Arthur sat on the bed while still carrying Saly, he began using his healing magic, but unfortunately, he never possessed anyone who had strong healing magic so his heals were not that good, but that didn't stop him from doing so.

He retrieved the miraculous healing potion he had in his storage and softly said to Saly

”Don't worry, as I said, your master is gone, he will not come back so you can relax...drink this, it will make the pain go away..”

He had a lot of potions like this, Zodiak left a big stack of it and with Arthur's vitality, they were practically useless for him, so why not use them.

He placed the potion in her little hands as he didn't want to force her to drink it.

Surprisingly, she was obedient enough and she drank the potion with help of Arthur, she barely could lift her small hands so Arthur helped her a little while not exerting too much force to not scare her.

The bruises she had and injuries, began healing, though it was not extremely fast healing, it was effective and very soon, the bruises disappeared, only the injuries were left, slowly but surely recovering.

Saly was startled by this, the pain began to fade away and she felt that many of her injuries healed, she no longer felt heavy and unable to move, though she recovered a bit, she didn't struggle or push Arthur away as she knew for sure he was kind and only wanted to help her.

Unconsciously, she fell into a deep sleep, the pain went away but she was exhausted mentally so sleep soon took over and in his warm embrace she slept.

Arthur and Lucy both saw her soundlessly sleep, he didn't put her away immediately, only after a dozen of minutes did he put her on the comfortable bed, he then covered her with the blankets.

Lucy giggled while covering her mouth and said

”hehe~~ I never thought you were good with children”