11 Harpy Village (1/2)

[later]

They arrived at Happiness Village, It was mostly normal, and peaceful, there were women working to the crops and the beehives all over fields.

Luka: It doesn't look like anything horrible is happening…

Alice: Are you blind, you idiot?

Luka: Eh…?

Alice: Do you see any men? Can you still say it isn't unusual?

Solo: You are right… There are only women and 1 or 2 children in the entire town…

Then a woman came and said.

Extra: Oh, travelers? And young people, at that. You came all the way here, but we don't really have anything to entertain a traveler with. Due to a shortage of manpower, we have a shortage of our speciality Happiness Honey, too…

Solo turned towards a boy, which no one noticed, and had an hand over his sword while looking bored.

Luka: Why do you have a shortage of manpower…?

Then, the boy Solo was looking at, was getting attacked from an harpy and started crying.

Luka: What's going on?!

After Luka said that, he turned and saw the harpy flying away with the boy in her talons, meanwhile, Solo wasn't there anymore and the harpy disappeared from the sky, and was trapped in Solo's arms.

Solo: Nope.

Harpy: Let me go! Nhhggg…

She tried to break free but Solo didn't moved of an inch, so she tried to use her talons at him, but even then she didn't do even a scratch at him.

Harpy: What are you made of?!

Then Solo touched her head with a finger and she got unconscious.

Luka: How did you do it?

Solo: It's just a little trick, just put some reiryoku inside her and she will faint, it works only with people who are really weaker than you.

Luka: Oh.

Then people surrounded them.

Extras: What happened?!/That white dressed guy beaten the Harpy!

Then the elder came too.

Elder: Winning against a monster that easily… You must be really skilled!

Solo: Who are you?

Elder: I'm the village chief's wife… Since he has been kidnapped, I am the acting village chief.

Solo: You are the temporary village chief then...I am really disappointed…

The Elder got a surprised face and got a bit angry.

Solo: You guys are just a bunch of chickens… It is just a normal little harpy, that could be beaten from anyone, and no one helped the poor kid, you just stood away…

At these words, the Elder and everyone looked at the ground in shame and stood in silence.

Elder: We can't do nothing… We are too weak… But I still have a request for you…

Solo raised an eyebrow at her words, but was surprised when she kowtowed in the ground.

Elder: With no men, this village is doomed to fade away. Please, traveler. Can you root out the harpies, and return peace to our village?

Solo: ...Why should I?

Everyone was surprised from Solo's words.

Elder: B-but… Aren't you a Hero?