26 Just Another Shopping Trip........Oh Wait Its You Again (1/2)
The Shopping District was situated in the common realm, a place where commoners as well as nobles went to do their shopping. Max had seen it only once when Asta, Noelle, and Vanessa went shopping. Though this was a small detail, a blip on the timeline of the entire show, Max still regretted not learning about it sooner. Partly because he was travelling rather blindly, and another part was because he now had to follow the girls wherever they went, and they seemed intent on leaving him out of the conversation. At least until they ran into trouble.
Max had always wondered why, if he had such great luck when it came to the Spinning Wheel, then why in the hell did he jave such bad luck in this world. Trouble always found him even when he was on his day off. The trouble this time seemed to be a group of five people, three of whom Max wasnt to thrilled to see.
They had been walking towards one of the shops, Mimosa and Noelle leaving him completely out of the conversation. Max was already holding five heavy bags on each arm, each one containing five outfits. They had even thought to buy Mereleona some outfits that she could wear though Max hadn't been allowed to see it. It was these bags that the girls told Max to protect with his life when he saw her. A wavy set of red hair, towing two children behind her and a little boy strapped to her back. She was in the middle of being harassed by a group of 6 people, three of whom looked rather familiar. Normally Max wouldn't have stopped but they had even begun to harass the kids and that was something Max couldnt stand.
If he had to call himself something, it wouldnt be a hero, as heroes always stuck their neck out for others, but he wouldn't call himself a villain either. He was just somone who did what he wanted in a world that he chose of his own free will. He began walking towards the girl, which was actually pretty easy considering it was a group of nobles. As this in the common realm is contained more commoners then nobles. Nobles commanded respect in this territory and those in the market usually gave them a wide berth or would approach them with caution.
”Let go of Marco right now,” The red head screamed as one of the guys grabbed the boy by the hair. The other two guys were holding the girl back from doing anything. This was when Max decided to cut into their little dance, grabbing the wrist if the assailant and saying the thing that ran through his mind whenever he saw an anime. ”Where the hell are the law enforcers?”
The guy whose hand was stuck in Max's grasp tried to free his hand from the vice-like grip, but as he was unable to do that he was forced to let go of Marcos hair. He pulled back his fist and tried to punch Max but was far too slow to actually hit him, the punch just sailin past him. Max smiled and punched the creep lightly in his throat before kicking away.
Some commoners had actually stopped to watch Max fight, a few even egged him on, encouraging him to kick their asses. He laughed and moved towards the guys who were holding onto the redhead. ”Okay, I'll tell you what, you let her go and I'll be so kind as to let you go as well.”
”Well thats not gonna happen Mr. Commoner!!” A familiar voice came from behind two of the other nobles. When the two move, an equally familiar face stepped out. ”I'm afraid this bitch needs to be taught a lesson. She got in our way before and then refused to apologize.” Caitlin smiled with a smug expression. ”If you dont want to get beat again then I suggest you beat it and male sure I dont see your face here again.”
Caitlin??!! What the hell was this side character doing here? And she even brought along her two goons, idiots number one and two moved to stand beside her looking uglier then last time, at least in Max's eyes as he stared them down. However, in reality it didnt really bother him as Max was an entirely different person from a week ago.
Max smiled and activated his grimoire that had been strapped to his waist. ”Well, lets see if you can manage that without your entourage of noble rejects. Speed Magic- God Speed.” The world began to move much more slowly, the sound becoming much duller.
”Can't believe I have to use my magic to deal with chumps like you idiots.” Max said as he approached the two holding the redhead, cirling around and punching them in the side of the head. Due to time slowing down, they didnt go flying but instead began moving sideways ever so slowly.
After comfirming that they were hit hard enough, Max moved on to the other three guys who had hurriedly moved in front of Caitlin after Max had activated his grimoire, though they were thugs it seemed that they had a form of hierarchy to their group. Max would've admired it if they werent stupid morons with huge egos that picked on the weak. These guys picked on anyone who made eye contact with them and it was about time somone taught them a lesson.
Max calmly strolled up and punched each one in the back of the head with enough force to knock them out. He debated on whether ot not to deliver the finishing blow to Caitlin as well, but decided that scaring her was more then enough punishment so she never tried this again.