Saving the young woman

Chapter 8 - Saving the young woman

"Iyaaa!!"

The young woman covered her breast. The bulky and bald man's crotch grew hard that it twitched from their tight pants. "Bastards," whispered Floyde to himself, who was just meters away from them seeing through the clear transparent pond.

Finally reaching them, Floyde immediately punched the bald man at his temple who just stood up from being kicked. Too slow to react. Blood dripped from his eyebrows. Looking at Floyde, who punched him, he pointed the dagger at him and tried to stab him.

Floyde easily dodged his lousy attack as he kicked the bald man's stomach by his knee.

"Ughh!" the bald man fell unconscious on the pond. And he floated, his back facing the ground.

"Baldy!" exclaimed the bulky man. "You! What have you done? You should've just minded your own business."

"Oh, really? Leaving you guys alone and do as you please to this young woman?" said Floyde, flicking his hands on the side. Who knew that punching someone in the head would hurt your hands.

The bulky man snorted at what Floyde said.

"I'll give you one more chance to leave," spat the bulky man. "As long as you don't interfere, I'll just break a bone or two from you."

"So you're saying if I don't help this young woman you'll still break a bone from me, even if I did nothing wrong?"

"It seems you understand," replied the man. "So come here and let me break your bone so that you can leave already."

"No, pwease," said the despondent young woman behind Floyde. "D-Don't weave me alown."

Floyde nodded to the young woman. He had no choice but to face the bulky man, whether it's do or break a bone since he was already in this situation.

Knowing that Floyde was coming closer to the bulky man, fury born out of despair seized him. He threw an angry fist at Floyde and bawled, "Why don't you just let us play with his girl! Or is that you want to keep this girl all for yourself?"

"What do you expect me to do?" said Floyde in his defense.

"Just fuck her here and then leave us. Isn't that better than leaving with a broken bone? After you're done, I'll take care of the rest with this girl."

"Are you serious?!" snapped Floyde.

"Isn't that what you want?"

"How I despise —"

"Enouf, pwease," interrupted the young woman behind Floyde in a muffled voice. "I'll lewt you do wat you want wit my body if you hewp me."

The pond fell into a sullen silence, leaving only the chirping of birds and sounds of water.

Floyde's conscience was torn. He didn't want the young woman to think that after he helped her, he would want to have his way between her legs.

Any man would probably agree with what the young woman had said. But to Floyde, he felt pity for the young man. He never would've thought that she would give her body just to be helped.

But the stark truth was that, against all odds, she never wanted to give her body just to be saved—and just for that reason, no.

Again, tears welled up in the young woman's eyes, and she sobbed. Begging desperately, she sniveled, "Pwease."

Floyde didn't answer. He merely stared pitifully at the young woman as he swayed her right long brown hair behind her right ear and looked back to the bulky man.

Suddenly, Floyde looked up, his face bright with an idea. "Do you know who I am?" he blurted.

"N-No. Who are you?"

"I am your chief's son!" chuckled Floyde after saying that. He wanted to play around after seeing them harass the young woman in broad daylight.

"R-Really?! I'm sorry."

Floyde shook his head in disbelief at the bulky man's response that he believed it. "Do you know what will happen if my father hears about what you were trying to do to my girl?"

"Please, young master, Don't tell the chief. I've just been promoted. I can't lose this rank." pleaded the bulky man as he approached Floyde, putting his hands on his shoulder.

"I know something worse than that," said Floyde, which just came to his mind.

"Please! not that. I didn't know she was your girl," as he gripped his hands on Floyde's shoulder. Floyde could feel the bulky man's hand trembling a bit.

"Oh, so you also know about that?" which surprised Floyde, knowing that there was still something else worse than losing a rank. About that, Floyde didn't really care about what he said "rank".

"So mind telling me about it."

"Umm, young master, so it's like anyone who would receive that punishment never left unscathed. Even I didn't know what was happening inside that horrible room."

"We heard only screams of pain inside. No one even dared to peek at the door. That we had to ask the people who received that punishment what happened inside. However, following minutes after they left the room and headed to the infirmary, they already died on the beds from the heavy pain and injuries they received. In the end, we couldn't get any information on what happened inside."

The bulky man trembled that he had to release his hands from Floyde's shoulders.

"It seems you know about it. But don't think you can ever leave with no consequences, even that baldy," nonchalantly said Floyde.

"W-What will you do?"

"Hmm... I just want you both to never show your face to me or my father, so leave. Isn't that better than returning and receiving the punishment that will eventually lead to death?"

"You're r-right, young master. I'll take my leave then now," as he grabbed the body of the bald man. Just the thought of him returning and receiving that punishment staggered him.

"One more thing, I want you to say sorry to my girl."

"A-Ah yes! I'm so sorry about e-earlier, young miss. It's all our fault for not knowing you were the young master's girl," said the bulky man as he bowed and left.

After completely seeing that they left, Floyde turned around to the young woman. He removed the piece of cloth that was on her mouth and untied her hands behind.

The young woman just glanced her eyes to Floyde for a second, then after, she lowered them. Floyde could still see her anxious face, even if she lowered them.

"Hey, hey, there's nothing to be afraid of now. See? You're now free," said Floyde as he smiled.

" ... "

As she bowed, she said, "T-Thank you for saving me, y-young master."

Floyde's head was still dizzy from earlier and his back was still itching that it was getting aggravating.

Slowly, Floyde's vision was getting blurry, which made him blink slowly. His body started feeling heavy and his head started feeling pain. Eventually, he couldn't handle it anymore. He collapsed in the pond, which greatly shocked the young woman beside him.