Chapter 48 out of the forest 4 (1/2)
Mars looked at the dumbfounded look on the 2 guards faces and gave a slight smile before he put on a slightly disappointed look as he shook his head
”yeah i know... honestly people theses days, luckily i managed to fend off his goons and survive to arrest him”
Mars noticed the corner of one of the guards eyes began to twitch and was about to tell them more about the horrible experience he had just had when a older guard walked out of the gate and yelled
”what's going on here!?”
”captain, this young man claimed young master Orbrage assaulted him in the forest with a group of other people”
the older guard captain put a hand on the hilt of his sword and looked at Mars, then at Victoria and the young master Mars was holding into the air and gave a sigh before he let go of his sword as he gave a sigh
”I see... so how long ago was it and how many people attacked you?”
Mars narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the guard captain before he lowered the young master slightly and spoke
”5 people in total... and I think it was about 30 minutes ago”
”...what happened to the rest?”
”well... you surely can't expect any random person to capture 5 armed criminals that are trying to kill them can you?”
the guard captain narrowed his eyes slightly and gave a glance to the pale sword Mars carried on his hip before he gave a sigh
”you're right... well then hand him over we'll take it from here”
Mars saw the 2 guards eyes widen in shock before they looked at their captain and half expected them to protest, but eventually they closed their mouths and steeped back
”okay then, here you are”
Mars sat down the young master on the ground
”okay then, with that out of the way is this your first visit to Malrton?”
”yes it is”
”...then i need your name for the record, and a toll... you're not a member of the hunters or mercenary guild are you?”
”no”
”okay... then you need to pay 5 cel”
Mars sat down his backpack and fished out 5 small copper coins and gave them to the guard captain that counted them and gave a nod before he looked at Victoria and asked
”i will ask just to be sure, it that your magic beast?”
”yeah, isn't she cute?”
”...is it tame?”
”well... as long as she isn't annoyed, angry or hungry she won't hurt anyone”
”okay.. one last thing, what's your name?”
”Mars”
”...good, then Mars welcome to Malrton”
Mars gave a nod to the guard captain and walked past the open gate before he stopped and turned around
”...could you tell me the way to the closest temple?”
”sure, it's down this road on you left after you pass the guilds”
”okay, thanks”
Mars walked through the gate with Victoria and left the guards behind
”captain, was it really a good idea to let him go?”
”... then would you rather threaten him while he had his hand around the young master's neck?”
the young guard turned pale and shut his mouth
”well anyway, he's in the town now surrounded by walls that are guarded by us so he's not getting away with this... you go inform the baron and you... help me carry the young master to the infirmary”
””yes sir””
while the guard began moving Mars and Victoria walked down the stone paved street that had carriages pulled by horses and other creatures while he observed his surrounding
'there sure are a lot of people here... that must be beastmen... and there are couple of demons around too'
as Mars looked around he focused most on the beastmen and the few demons that was on the street, some of the beastmen looked mostly human with animal ears and tails while some of them looked like bears, wolves and even tigers that walked on their hind legs and wore clothes, while the demons had goat like horns on their head and black and red eyes, Mars also noticed that the 3 races seemed to live in harmony with no obvious racism around, at least on the surface
”hey look at that kid”
”wow, he looks... wild, and that's a magic beast!”
”yeah... and it's not a low class one”
while Mars was looking at his surroundings the other people on the street also looked at him and Victoria with curiosity, first off Mars was only wearing a pair of black shorts that left most of his body uncovered showing off his near perfect build to the crowds on the street, but also Victoria caught the attention off the people on the street as a tame magic beast was rare