“The hell are you!?”
I hear what sounds like the voice of small fry, and when I turn around, I see a guy holding a small knife and desperately trying to hold a girl hostage.
I was too focused on Sieglinde to notice, but… I see, they got Sieglinde because they have a hostage. There’s no way the chief assistant of the ministry of magic is going to be outdone by some thug in a normal fight.
“Me? I’m… A bad guy.”
He’s already within my range, but I get closer anyway. I think he needs a little punishment.
“Stay back! Don’t you care what happens to her!?”
“Eek…”
He holds the knife closer to her neck, and it’s touching it at this point. If he moves his arm a little, she loses her life. But I still don’t stop.
“Careful with that. If she dies, you’ll have nothing to protect you, right?”
“Ah…?”
He sounds perplexed, probably because he can’t understand why his threat isn’t working.
The girl also doesn’t look like she understands that I’m saving her life.
“The moment you kill her, I kill you. Go ahead and try.”
“Kuh…”
I’m right in front of him now, and the pressure coming from my words leads him to drag the hostage with him as he takes a step back.
“Weiss, that’s…”
“Be quiet, Sieglinde.”
I silence the voice coming from behind me.
She wants to avoid a regular person being harmed even if it’s unlikely, but it’s fine. Even if he gets desperate, my magic will attack him before he can cut her neck.
“What’s wrong? You’re not gonna do it? I don’t care what happens to her.”
“Da… Dammiiiiiiiiit!!!!!”
He’s had enough of my provocations, so he pushes the girl aside and charges at me.
“Weiss!”
Sieglinde yells, but there really is no need to worry.
“Well, that’s the right choice.”
In that case, I’ll hold back.
“Wha!?”
I stop the knife coming for my neck with my bare hand. Physical enhancement lets me do this too. I can even crush the blade.
“Be careful from now on when you enter a back alley. The capital’s been dangerous lately.”
I say while attacking the guy with non-lethal magic.
He gets blown back, leaving me with his knife in my hand.
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“Sorry, I got held back.”
“Ah… U-uh…?”
When I get close, Sieglinde sits down like she lost her strength.
I can see her thin legs peeking out of her uniform from the ministry of magic, and they’re shaking.
“What? It’s not like you to be scared.”
“I-I’m not! I’m just a little tense because I haven’t seen actual battle in a while!”
Sieglinde gets up as if to prove it, but her body doesn’t obey her, and she sits back down in a weird position.
“Guh…”
She awkwardly looks away. I’m sure most adults wouldn’t want other people to know when they’re too scared to stand up.
“Don’t look!”
I grin at her, and she glares at me. Her angry glare doesn’t carry a lot of intensity from that position…
“Just get up then.”
“…Remember this…!”
“…”
I ignore her glare and start thinking.
…I could wait until Sieglinde gets back on her feet, but I want to avoid running into people from the ministry of magic coming here after hearing all this commotion. Some of those onlookers saw me jump on the roof.
I’m sure it’s going to be a pain if they find out I can use darkness magic.
That means I want to get out of here as soon as possible. The hostage already took off running too. Let’s try to escape kind of like a married couple would.
“…Give me your hand, Sieglinde.”
“A-ah, thanks.”
She reaches out to grab my hand, but I pull mine back, put my arms under her arm and her knees, and pick her up.
It goes without saying that she’s heavier than Ririi, but she’s relatively light considering she’s wearing that bulky uniform.
“H-hey!? Weiss!?”
“Don’t struggle. Do you want to fall?”
“Hold on! What’s going on!?”
“It’s a princess carry. Now that I think about it, you are sort of like a princess, aren’t you?”
She is a lady of that Floyd family after all.
She doesn’t even need to work for the ministry of magic. In fact, she should be using the ministry of magic to make life sweeter for herself.
“P-princess!? W-w-w-what are you talking about!? Weiss! Put me down right now!”
“Nope. Struggle all you want, but at least put your arm around my neck.”
Sieglinde struggles for a bit, but after realizing I’m not putting her down, she puts her arm around my neck. She’s pressing her face against my chest, probably because she doesn’t want me to see it, but… Her ears peeking out from behind her hair are very red.
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