The Story's "Hero"

There was a sense of familiarity within it, but it wasn't too notable or memorable. In fact the feeling I got from it was more akin to a buzzing mosquito.The voice was slightly grating to the ears, an annoyance, but perhaps that was only because of how I was so used to Big Brother's voice. There was a calming effect in his voice that seemed able to soothe anyone. I feel that even his enemies wouldn't be able to stay angry with him if only he spoke to them.

"Little Sister! I'm here!"

A man shoved and pushed his way through the crowd of people who gathered, eventually making his way into our little clearing. All eyes were on him as he became the center of attention. He dusted himself off as looked towards me. Plastered on his face was a stupid smile as he stared directly at me.

The man was completely unfamiliar to me, with the exception of his grating voice. If he was described at most I would say he was mildly handsome, but of course completely incomparable to Big Brother in every way. He would barely be qualified as an ant, in front of Big Brother he was nothing!

But why was he looking at me like this? It was like he knew me in some way, but I don't recall ever meeting anyone like him. Was he crazy and just playing the part of a hero to gain my favor? Or was it for the attention of everyone around?

"Little Sister, do you remember me?!"

"..."

He took a couple steps toward me and I retreated a few in return. If I had to choose to deal with either that young master or this crazy man I would rather deal with the former. This man seems a little unhinged, who knows what he'll do.

"It's me, don't you remember? 3 days ago we met at the lecture!"

'Lecture? Oh! It's him! That annoying guy that kept persisting on speaking with me. I ignored him basically the entire time, how is it possible for him to even think I would have a memory about him?'

Realizing who he was I furrowed my brows a bit in annoyance.

'Everything was going so well! Why did you have to appear and ruin it for me! W-wait! My evaluation!'

I trembled a moment as I took a peek towards Big Brother's wife. Her expression darkened heavily as she looked at me.

'N-no no no! It's not my fault! I don't know that man, I really don't!! Please, I'm being wronged!!! I was finally making progress!!'

I screamed internally as her gaze turned cold. A look I was familiar with, I felt like I could understand her thoughts with that gaze:'You actually already had someone? Hoho, well it seems you lied to me and your death will be apparent soon.'

"Little Sister, let me formally introduce myself! My name is Ye Chen, I fell for you the moment I laid my eyes upon you. Could I have the honor of knowing your name?"

He made a few exaggerated motions with his hands as he introduced himself. I looked at him with a slightly hateful gaze as he just extinguished the little trust that she had for me.

'Oh how I wish I could kill you right now! This bastard had to come at the worst time possible!'

"Um.. Little Sister? What's your name?"

"Why should I tell you!? I don't want your help! Get out of here!"

He took a step back as he gazed upon me, a soft smile forming on his lips. Every once in a while I saw him take quick glances at my chest. His sight was disgusting, almost making me nauseous.

Suddenly he shifted his target from me to another person near me, Big Brother's Wife. His eyes widened a moment as he adjusted to his vision. There for but a single breath a grin appeared on his face.

Realizing what he might be thinking I immediately thought of him as a dead man. There was absolutely no way for that person to even think about touching her and getting away with it. His cultivation base must be drastically lower than hers and it seems her affection belongs to Big Brother alone.

'Wait, maybe this could be a way for me to redeem myself! If I could maybe show her we're in the same boat, perhaps she'll forgive me.'

"A-ah! I was blind! How could I not greet this Beautiful Big Sister here! I'm Ye Chen, you must be a friend of this Little Sister here! I so humbly wish only to know the names of these Beautiful Sisters!"

After an odd amount of time that young master finally made a move again. It was almost like he was frozen in time just so that person could have his little time to shine.

After another step forward he was finally blocked from us by those bodyguards that young master had.

"I think that's far enough! You think you could simply ignore me!?! Do you also not believe that I can completely erase your existence? You wear the same Outer Sect Disciple robes as her. I found these two women first, so they're mine! I'll let you off the hook since I'm currently busy, so scram!"

That young master Hao spoke a few words before turning back to Big Brother's Wife and I. His guards on the other hand began to surround that man, slowly encircling him.

Quickly, I walked a few steps over to Big Brother's Wife. She still had a slightly dark expression

"I-I really have no relationship with him! You saw how he looked at you too, right??"

{Hmm.. I suppose I'll give you a chance to explain yourself and this relationship between you two. That is after this situation ends, after all it's not over yet. And you better tell the truth about him, or well you know.}

"I-I understand Maam."

{Call me Madame Jing.}

I nodded toward her in response.

"Hehe! Now It'll just be you two and me. Your little 'hero' over there will get beaten to a pulp, he's simply a waste of space. Instead of him, why don't you come and join me? I have money, power, and influence. What more could you two want? I'll be more than happy to make both of you my official wifes. While I'm at it I could even help you become an Inner Sect Disciple! You'd want that wouldn't you? It's extremely difficult to secretly pass someone, but my uncle is one of the Outer Sect Elders. I could coerce him somehow into passing you!"

All the while he spoke I looked behind him towards the encircled man. Out of everyone here I was certainly the most interested in seeing her beaten. He caused such a big misunderstanding almost as soon as he arrived. I bet if he only looked at me then I might not even have the chance to reconcile with Madame Jing. Simply him appearing brought bad luck to me.

The guards got closer and closer to the man in the middle. Finally something happened as one of the bodyguards prepped his arm for a solid punch, and as he did so the rest of the guards followed his initiative.

'Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!'

Not long after though one of the men was pushed away followed in rapid succession the rest one by one. The final one was even launched into the air for a short amount of time. His body slid over towards us across the floor.

'No! No! No! No!'

I gave the body a quick inspection and it seems like he was still alive. There was no blood from lacerations nor were there any caved in body parts. He still held breath indicated by the small movements of his diaphragm, but he was knocked out.

'How did he do that? He made such short work of those guys!'

I wasn't able to get a good look at how he managed to knock them out. He started with the ones on the side before pushing the man in front of us last, basically blocking all his movements from my direction.

Perhaps, just maybe if I didn't have a first hand account of his lecherous behavior I might have thought he was a nice young man who has a sense of justice. This was only the second time I've met him, but neither time has he made a favorable impression on me. Before with his incessant talking and leering looks, presently now with the same lecherous looks and tacked onto there his inopportune appearance.

Over there he stood untouched, as if the battle from before didn't involve him. With an air of arrogance it rivaled even the young master before us. Slowly he took it step by step in our direction. His eye contact often changed between me and Madame Jing before finally resting it on me.

"You, you! Do you even know what you just did? You'll surely regret your actions today in the future!"

The young master glared at this man hatefully as he moved away. In response the man returned an indifferent gaze with a hint of coldness. As that young master was scampering away his expression of anger became one of fear, fear towards the man in front of me.

'Huh? He's leaving just like that? He gave up on us so quickly?'

"Little Sister… Please, you have to tell me your name now that I saved you!"

"I-I didn't want to be saved! I was perfectly fine in the situation I was in before!"

"How were you okay? I could clearly see how he was trying to force both you and your sister to join him. If I didn't make it in time do you really believe that you could have made it through that?"

"Yes! Of course!"

"But! Ah! I get it, you must just not want to show how grateful you are to me. This anger must just be a facade to hide your true self from me!"

"H-huh!?!"

'W-what?! How could he get that out of what I've said?! That's so wrong!! Is this man crazy or what? Why is he insisting that I like him without any proof at all? I've yet to say a single good word about this man!'

"Oh don't worry Little Sister, this crowd must be why you're acting like this so we just need to go somewhere more private so you can speak your mind."

"..."

"How about you over here Big Sister? Do you care to join us somewhere private?~"

Madame Jing only stared at that man with a cold gaze and dark expression.

"Ah I see! Both of you are like that!! It's a shame that you don't even talk though. Also you should smile more! I'm sure you would look absolutely stunning if you did so. Ah Little Sister, is she part of the sect too?"

By this time the sideline crowds have mostly all dispersed. It was once again a mostly operational walkway. The unconscious men were scattered across the ground and those who came to walk through this area had mostly stepped on them by accident. A few groups also stayed behind for some reason unknown to me.

Ignoring his question I grabbed onto Madame Jing's arm, even though I had a bad feeling that if I did something bad might happen. She might kill me, when I was asleep or as soon as I made contact with her. But I took the risk purely because I didn't want to deal with that man anymore. We needed to leave and the sooner we could the better. In fact anywhere could be better currently compared to being even remotely near him.

"Leave us alone! We don't want your help for anything else so please stay away from us!"

Although I was leading Madame Jing at the start, once we began to disappear from that man's sight she overtook me. Once we left that area we quickly left the city itself and once again hopped onto that Flying Sword.