Volume 1 Chapter 4 Part2 (1/2)

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Note: This chapter is a week early because I’ll be unavailable next week The next chapter will be posted Jun 5

Volume 1, 4-2: Bandits’ Attack

After the festival, it appeared that the captain’s attitude had changed Although it would be a bit too much to say that he had softened, the alance lessened, and that was somewhat a relief to Fin

Although Eutis was the saer beca him

His as peaceful, bordering on boredorants found to the city’s alons of farmers and merchants

But that was not to say that nothing happened

Four days after the Midsummer festival, it happened one early afternoon with hu from the north

Clatter Rattle The sounds of wheels rushi+ng across the roup to suddenly turned their heads around

A horse drawing a wagon ca towards theether They were bandits

“Let’s go!”

At Varte’s order, everyone simultaneously started to run

Right next to thee of the ar downhill with their spears and shi+elds ready so they prepared to fight The wagon had already stopped They had probably already calculated that if they ran away now, they would incur a total loss

A war cry rose, and the bandits rushed forward However, in their hands were ers, and axes There was only one ielded a spear It was clear that they were in a disadvantage to the troops

With thedown, Fin suddenly planted his feet in the ground not too close yet not too far fro bandit and thrust his spear into his opponent’s stomach But, his airazed the side At that ing it doards

Right away, Fin swung his spear diagonally upwards and strongly smacked his opponent with the handle In that ap between theed his spear once more Thud It was met with heavy resistance

However, that still wasn’t a fatal injury The bandit swung his axe in a crazed ainst his face, Fin parried it with the whole length of the spear With the spear still stuck in him, the bandit stumbled and retreated, defeated But, another enemy popped out from behind him

With a sharp breath, Fin quickly drew his sword

The blades clashed The bandit’s eyes had a glint of h it

In that one moment, Fin read his opponent’s moves

For some reason, he clearly understood how his opponent would move next and where he could attack At the same time, his own body moved by itself

Exactly like the prediction that flashed in his mind, the enemy raised his arms over his head Fin’s sword dipped for only a second, then it shot upwards, co er doards In the blink of an eye, the shocked bandit’s face dropped to the ground as blood spurted everywhere

(Alright, to the next one)

Exceedingly composed, Fin raised his face and surveyed his situation Currently, he was casually stepping over the ene there as he headed towards another bandit

Captain Varte was having a close fight with two bandits charging at hiht as he was in a pinch The tip of a sword popped out of the man’s stomach When thebehind him The second Varte looked at the boy’s face, he shuddered despite being rescued

The breath that was frozen in his chest quickly cahtered by Fin’s blade

In front of Varte’s eyes, Fin emotionlessly searched for a new enemy However, as soon as he saw that no one there anymore, he stood still in a daze

“You okay?”

A soldier called out to the far of birds could be heard from afar Finally, Fin blinked his eyes as he returned back to his senses and took a deep breath

“Phineas”

A husky voice called out to him, and Fin turned to face it, still limited in his sense of reality Varte was pale as he stared at the boy, but Fin couldn’t understand why With a sht?” But, Varte asked a question instead of answering

“You…are you enjoying this?”

“Wha?”

Fin furrowed his brow, unable to understand Varte cleared his throat and looked at hier

“You don’t…enjoying killing, right?”

Fin’s eyes were open wide at these unexpected words Varte loosened the tension in his shoulders at his response He breathed a sigh of relief, but even if he tried to hide it, Fin could easily see

“Of course not,” Fin said, clearly hurt “I just don’t want to die; that’s it”

Saying that, he looked around once again At this tied by the corpses slowly stunk the area

“There’s no way, I could be enjoying this”

Helooked at in such a way, he was shocked

“My bad,” Varte gave a short apology “The way you fight was just to skillful and such Like you didn’t knohat fear was You probably had a really good instructor”

Fin didn’t answer He couldn’t answer

(I…I’ this)

That was certain However, he also didn’t feel fear Nothingーhe felt absolutely nothing After he defeated his 1st opponent, he recalled that his emotions would suddenly disappear

Like he was controlled by so, and calculate his strength andit killing, it was like he was si

He understood that it couldn’t be helped that this was so to be feared

(Is there soe about me?)

He unconsciously stared at his hand This hand had taken the lives of several people only o

His opponents were bandits and murdersーpeople who h, even if it was justified, wouldn’t it be nor he couldn’t quite explain, when he killed someone?

(But, thanks to that, I survived)

He clenched his fist He was alive His ene This was the result of his and defeat his foes If he was seized with fear, became confused, tried to run, or panicked, he may have died Of course, if that was the case, he wouldn’t have been able to save Varte either

(…Let’s not think too deeply about this)

He opened his fist and breathed out At any rate, he was alive; that hat mattered the o see Nellis

When he recalled his fah his chest, and his face relaxed Fin gave a small nod then walked away slowly

All the soldiers were uninjured and gathered around the wagon The poor horse was soaked in sweat and had blood dripping fro with sweat, its owner didn’t have anything serious besides bruises and small cuts on his face and arms Moreover, several boxes of onions and kidney beans still reood luck

“Sorry, recently, we haven’t been able to provide enough protection for the main road”