28 A New Year (2/2)

The distraction caused Maria to pause in her footsteps. Not far ahead, right outside of an alleyway, a man was public harassing a woman that Maria could not get a good look at. The man grabbed her wrist, trying to wrap an arm around her waist as she struggled against him.

The woman's voice was quite loud, and though there were not that many people out on the streets, Maria was still surprised that none of them had come to the poor woman's aid.

”Stop being so loud; I'm just looking for a good time~!”

He was an old drunk, gripped the woman's arm, sleazy hand wandering down the slender curve of her body. Such a sight disgusted Maria.

”Kuroka, step in and save that woman,” ordered Maria. In a blink of an eye, Kuroka disappeared.

”Why don't you just come back to my room? Once there you can scream all you want.”

The man stuck his booze breath close to the woman's face, unaware when the color of the woman's eyes changed into a predatory glare, only to vanish when she sensed a third presence.

”Hello~! Under the orders of my adorable ojou-sama, I demand that you let go of this innocent woman, you awful piece-of-shit!” cheerfully announced Kuroka, despite the crude language she used to address the man, leaving the drunk, the woman, and her ojou-sama speechless, staring at her smiling cute face.

”You... You bitch! Get the hell away from here!” angrily shouted the man, not that Kuroka minded, a smile still placed on her face.

”Haha, even your breath smells like shit! You are truly a disgrace to society!”

Kuroka not only insulted the man, yet again, but this time she even laughed in his face. Further pissing off the man, his face grew red with anger, shoving the woman so he could attack Kuroka.

”You annoying little bitch! I'll teach you a lesson for insulting me!” shouted the man. Right before he could even land an attack on Kuroka, a swift and elegant kick from the dark-haired Neko maid sent the man flying across the street, where his body slammed into a wall, knocking him instantly unconscious.

Staring at her outstretched leg, Kuroka spotted a drop of blood on her shoes and pouted. ”Mou, you even dirted my shoes, you disgusting bastard.”

'Savagery!' mentally exclaimed a shocked Maria, describing Kuroka's use of words and actions.

”Ojou-sama, I saved the damsel in distress! Can we go get dessert now?” yelled Kuroka, causing her older sister to sigh and walk over. Once close enough, Shirone chopped her younger sister on the head using her hand.

”Next time tone it down some. You caused an unwanted scene. Now apologize to ojou-sama.” Shirone was once again scolding Kuroka.

”But I got rid of that disgusting insect just like ojou-sama ordered!” Kuroka defended herself.

”You could've used a different method!”

While the two sisters argued, the damsel in distress made her way over to Maria to offer her thanks.

”I was just told from your adorable maid that you were the one who ordered her to step in and save me just then. Is there something I can offer you as my thanks, little rabbit?” charmingly smiled the woman.

Maria found herself speechless as she stared into the eyes of this stunningly gorgeous woman who rivaled a supermodel with her perfect heart-shaped face, hour-glass figure, and those seductive eyes that made one unable to look away from her.

'Is this novel just filled with over the top beautiful women?!'

Maria exclaimed in her head, feeling just a small ounce of envy, knowing that even when the original Maria grew up, her looks would never measure up to her rivals and other female characters that were introduced and described in the novel.

'This world is truly unfair!' depressingly thought Maria.