Chapter 45: Myu 2

While Rihito saves Myu. On the other side of the city in the entertainment district lies an underground organisation called 'Kreet Hoff.' Inside their organisation base, a muscular-looking fat man was waiting in his lavish office for the good news of the capture of some blue-rank adventurers.

"Hmmm… what's taking them so long? This shouldn't take this much time." irritated the boss of 'Freet Hoff' who was waiting for a while said to himself.

"If they are taking so much time, they better capture that Rabit girl and that maid or they will pay dearly." Just as the boss grumbled to himself. A man wearing mage clothing barged inside. 

"Boss!!, this is urgent, we have a problem in our hands."

The boss heard a sudden shout from his subordinate and questioned with irritation. "What happened? Did you find them, where are the goods are they damaged? If they are I will peel those bastard skin off." Boss rapidly asks questions to the mage.

Hearing the threatening tone from his boss. Mage flusteredly said, "Boss, they are dead, everyone who went to capture them died."

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"Crack!"

In anger, the boss broke the armrest of his chair and roared out, "The fuck do you mean they lost. You are telling me, they lost to a mere blue-rank adventurer. Don't joke with me."

Just when he was about to go on another tangent, another one of his subordinates rushed in panic, "Boss, we are in big trouble."

Hearing the panicking tone of his other subordinate, the boss thought today really was an unlucky day for him, "What is it?" He asked calming himself a little.

The dirty blond-haired man seeing the boss's extremely bad mood trembled, as he said "B…boss the Dagon girl has gone missing."

"What!!" the boss exclaimed as he stood up from his chair. "Are you kidding me?!! How did you lose that brat?! Wasn't she supposed to be sold today? What the fuck happened?"

The boss looked at the blond man with bloodshot eyes. The blond man fearing for his life spills out everything he knows.

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"Bang!"

Slamming his fist at his table boss thought, [If that brat doesn't reach to the underground auction by evening, all the money I have spent to get the girl will be for nothing. On top of that my reputation will be ruined.]

The boss then looked at the blond man and gave an ultimatum, "Find that Dagon brat by noon or you and your family will die, understood."

"Y…yes," the blond man tremblingly said.

The boss then looked at the mage, "You help him find the brat through your observe magic. Now disappear from my sight before I kill you myself."

Both subordinates trembled and ran out of the office to find the dagon girl.

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Rihito and Shea after saving Myu from the sewers, search for an isolated place to get out of there. Finding an appropriate place in the back alley, Rihito used <Earth Manipulation> to create a square-shaped hole in that empty alley, from which both of them got out of the sewers.

After saving the girl, Rihito wanted to go check up on Tohru and the captive, thinking that Rihito spoke, "Shea, take her in your arms," saying that Rihito tried to pass the little girl to Shea.

Shea was happy to hold her in her arms. However, Myu was sound asleep, clutching Rihito's coat tightly and not letting go. Seeing this, Rihito felt troubled and used his other hand to gently pry open her small, webbed hands. He did it slowly so the little girl wouldn't wake up, just as he was about to be free from her grip. The little girl tightened her grip, and Rihito looked up to see her staring at him with her sky-blue eyes.

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Now that I look closely at her, I can see that she is from the Dagon tribe. People from this tribe can breathe underwater and have webbed hands and feet, as well as fan-like ears. Combined with her emerald-blue hair and sky-blue eyes, for those slave traders, she is a one-of-a-kind product. No wonder in the anime those slave traders were hell-bent on selling her.

While I was observing her unique characteristics as a dagon, Myu did the same to me, she kept staring at me. In her eyes, there was a mix of recognition and confusion. I understood the confusion, as finding yourself in an unfamiliar condition can be disorienting. However, I was puzzled by the recognition aspect, guess I will find out later.

Smiling at the girl I asked gently, "What's your name?"

The girl still staring responded, "Myu."

Smiling at her response I introduce myself, "Hello Myu, my name is Rihito, and the girl beside me is Shea. It's nice to meet you."

Shea after being introduced says, "Hello Myu, as you heard I am Shea. I am happy to meet you." she smiles at Myu.

Myu silently stared at Shea, then again looked at me, still not letting go of my coat.

Rihito was troubled unable to extract himself from Myu. He decided to ask her directly, "Myu can you let go of my coat," I said with a gentle voice, trying not to scare the little girl. 

Rihito observed that Myu, hearing his request, tightened her grip even more not wanting to let go of him for some reason. Tears started to pool in the corner of her eyes and Myu screamed out, "Nooo!!" and hugged his neck tightly, not willing to let go.

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Seeing this sudden reaction from Myu I was troubled. [If she keeps hugging me like this, I won't be able to do the investigation.]

Shea seeing the little girl react like that was also puzzled as to why this little girl became so attached to Rihito. 

Shea, trying to help Rihito, took out a few sweets from her spacial ring, which was given to her by Rihito previously, "How about you come here, I have treats for you." Shea, using treats, tried to get her off Rihito.

Myu in response to Shea sobingly said, "Nooo!! I don't want to let go of papa…"

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Upon hearing those words, I was stunned and thought to myself, [Wait, wait, wait... What the hell? When did I become a father? Even Hajime who saved her in anime was at first called brother, not Papa. Why are things escalating so fast? Not even an hour has passed since I saved her. Although I had considered that things might end this way, I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.] Confused, I look dumbly at Shea.

Shea, hearing the little girl's response, was frozen, "Papa…" Shea muttered looking at me with a strange gaze.

Noticing her gaze, I raised my one free hand and said, "Don't look at me with those eyes. I don't have a clue, why she called me like that."

"Sigh"

Sighing at the situation I was in, I decided to rent a room in the nearest inn and talk there, this back alley isn't a proper place to talk with a child.

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While booking a room in the inn, I contacted Tohru through telepathy and asked her to come to our location with the captive. I also asked if she had magic to hide herself and the captive, and she eagerly responded that she did and would be right there. 

Inside a room, I then called out to Myu, "Myu will you listen to me." I asked her.

Myu, wrapping her hands around my neck, loosened the grip and looked at me, "Unn…" she nodded.

Seeing she was willing to listen I said, "Sit down here," I patted the bed beside me.

Myu obediently sat beside me, although she was still clenching my coat in her hands. Right then from Myu's stomach growling noise was heard.

Seeing this, I pulled out a few meat skewers. Myu noticed the food and locked onto it. After I handed her the food, Myu let go of my coat for the first time, grabbed the skewers, and started eating them.

The way she was eating it looked like she was quite hungry. I then waited for her to finish eating before I asked her any questions.

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After Myu finished eating, I pulled out a water bottle from my <Item Box> and helped her drink. After eating the skewers, Myu looked relieved and less tense. Seeing this as an appropriate time, I started to ask about her background. How did she end up here? What was she doing in the sewers? To all of these questions, she obediently answered as much as she knew.

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In short, Myu while swimming with her mother, got lost. At that moment, a group of humans found her in an isolated place and captured her. She was brought to Fuhren with many other demi-humans, but gradually, other kids started to disappear. Myu heard that they were being sold for a large amount of money, and today it was her turn. However, she somehow managed to escape from her captors and jumped into the sewers.

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Shea, seeing Myu's sad face, couldn't hold back and hugged Myu to her chest, starting to stroke her head. "Myu... it was scary, right? It's okay now... no need to worry, we will protect you."

Myu who was slightly stunned by the sudden hug, feeling comfort from Shea's soothing words, hugged her back and burst into tears.

"wah-wah, sob, sob sob"

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While Shea was comforting Myu I sensed Tohru flaring a little bit of her magic. I then looked at Shea and used telepathy to inform her I was going out to fetch some clothes for Myu and bring Tohru back. Shea hearing that nodded.

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Outside, I walked up to an alley and said, "You can stop hiding now."

Just as I said that two silhouettes appeared before me. One of them said with an energetic voice, "Master~ I am here, and as you said he is in one piece." Tohru said pointing at the captive slumped on the ground.

I looked at the captured man who was unconscious and lying on the ground, although he was slightly burned, he was alive. I then looked back at Tohru who looked sheepish.

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Tohru seeing my raised eyes, in a panic tried to explain, "Master Rihito it's not like what you think. I didn't beat him up because I got bored of waiting…" Tohru, realizing what she had mistakenly said, covered her own mouth and fell silent.

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Rihito, hearing her explanation didn't know whether to laugh or scold her, shaking his head he thought, [let's just forget about it.] He then focused his attention on the captive.

I approached the captive and created a water ball the size of a football. I then used the water ball to encase the unconscious man's head. 

After Rihito did that, the man woke up in seconds, unable to breathe. He tried to remove the water ball but kept failing. No matter what he did, the water was not moving. 

While he thrashed around the alley, I put up a sound barrier and with the help of Illusion Magic put up an Illusion of an empty alley, this way no one would disturb us.

(a/n: for now, I will refer to him as captive, get it.)

Captive, just when he thought he was about to die choking on water, the water suddenly fell on its own. Finally able to breathe, he coughed out all the water that got stuck in his throat. 

"Cough, cough, cough."

Finally able to breathe he shed tears. Just when he thought he was safe. He heard a slightly distorted voice coming from his back.

"It felt really good, right?" hearing those strange words, Captive looked at his back, where a man and a familiar woman were standing. Captive seeing the woman with blond hair his face became pale. He started to crawl backwards clenching his arms and legs.

Rihito, seeing him react like that on only a glance of Tohru. He wondered what did Tohru do to him when he left him to her. So, I decided to ask her directly, turning around I asked, "What did you do to him?"

Tohru who was still covering her mouth averted her eyes from mine. Then she in a low voice said, "Well, you see, when you left him with me, he kinda wanted to run away. So, to prevent him from running away I kinda cut off his arms and legs. Of course, I made sure he won't die, but I did nothing about the pain."

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[Damn, that was brutal. No wonder this guy is traumatised] I thought while looking at the guy who was trying to crawl away. Even now when his arms and legs are reattached, he is still traumatised to the point he is unable to use them.

Tohru pulling my coat asks in a remorseful tone, "Master, are you mad."

Snapping out of my thoughts, "Ah… no, not really."

Tohru confirming that I was not mad, immediately went back to her cheerful tone, "Really? Then should I end him." She said while conjuring flames in her hand.

I looked at her with a deadpan look and from behind, I heard a shriek from that guy.

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"Chapter end"

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