6 a.m., just one hour after the incidents of the last chapter.
"BUAHAHAHHA!!! THIS IS NOT FAIR, NOT FAIR!!!"
I am arrested.
I'm locked in a dark cell, lying on the floor and crying.
"DUDE, SHUT UP!! YOU'VE BEEN CRYING FOR HALF AN HOUR!!!"
Oh, there's a guard over there.
I stood up and walked to the bars, holding them.
"Hey you, sir guard... How are you?"
"I shouldn't talk to prisoners..."
"Nhehehe, don't worry! I'm an unjustly treated prisoner, so that doesn't count!!"
"It doesn't matter..."
Hehe, I have a plan!
"Hey, hey, hey, sir guard... What if, just what if, I gain one hundred thousand in money, and I have it? Would you-"
"ARE YOU TRYING TO BRIBE ME!?"
He turned back to me, very angry.
I slowly walked a few steps back, and-
"BUAHAHAHHA, IT'S NOT FAIR!!! I JUST WANTED TO SAVE MY FRIEND!"
The guard sighed and looked ahead, while I threw myself to the ground again.
"Do you think, like, it's fair for me?! I just wanted to save my friend, dude! I did nothing wrong!"
I approached him at the bars again.
"Like, a friend of mine was kidnapped. I should try to rescue her, right? It's like-"
"I DON'T CARE!!!"
The guard was very angry.
"JUST SHUT UP!!! I'M JUST A GUARD, NOT A LAWYER!!!"
I slowly walked back, and I sat down against the wall, head down.
"Amari, come save me... Hey dude, did you know that I have a friend that-"
"JUST SHUT UP!!!"
Now, the reason why I am UNJUSTLY arrested, you ask?
Well, an hour ago:
"GYAHHHHH!!! SAYURI, I'M COMING FOR YOU!!!"
I was running through the streets of Beatitudo, completely enraged and angry.
"DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT I WILL JUST LET YOU GO!? NO!!! YOU'RE MY FRIEND!!!"
...
I suddenly stopped, seeing lots of people and barricades in front of me.
"Oh wait, where am I going?"
I looked to my sides and saw an old man.
"Hey pops, you know where Sayuri is?"
"Who?"
"Sayuri, my friend."
"How should I know?!"
And he just went away.
God, these people are so rude!
Well, I think I'm gonna use my second plan!
I put my hands in front of my mouth like a megaphone and started screaming while walking forward.
"SAYURI!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!! ARE YOU THERE?! DOES ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT HER!? SAYURIIIII!!!"
Oh wait. I think I should ask where the castle is, actually.
"SAYURI!!!-"
I bumped into something.
"Could you stop yelling here? You are causing a public disturbance."
When I opened my eyes, I saw about ten people who looked like guards, but better dressed.
They were wearing white, light-colored clothes, and it looked like they were escorting someone.
"Oh... Who are you?"
"We are the royal knights. Stop disturbing everyone's ears, or you'll be in trouble."
...
"SAYURI!!! WHERE ARE YOU-"
They all quickly drew their swords.
"Very well, you asked for it-"
"Wait a second."
In their midst, a very heavy voice said this.
The royal guards looked quite surprised.
"V-Viscount? We're going to arrest this citizen now-"
"No, let me talk to him."
And so, while the guards were frozen by surprise and fear, a man came in my direction and stood in front of me with muscular arms.
He was big as hell, at least two meters tall, and had an extremely muscular body. I would say he's about thirty years old.
Wait, no, he's actually way bigger than Iulius; he can't only be two meters.
He has a black officer/military-like hat, with short blonde hair visible on the sides.
Scary black eyes.
A black gabardine coat closed with four buttons.
Black breeches-style trousers with a black leather belt with a round buckle displaying an eagle.
Black boots with small gray belts cinching them.
Black gloves on his hands with little gray belts around each finger, and many emblems spread all over his clothes.
Yeah, he looks tough, I guess.
"Oh, hi hi! Well uh, you know about Sayuri?"
For some reason, the people around us simply started looking at us, as if it were some important thing.
One guard tried to talk to him.
"V-Viscount Lautarus, w-we were dealing with this brat-"
"Shut up."
The guard instantly fell silent and ran back to his position in fear.
"Sayuri, that's my sister."
"Oh, really? Great! She is my partner!"
He replied calmly and coldly, having already noticed that Sayuri was part of my group.
"From what I can see, she's been in your group for some time. Since everything is fine with her, I thank you for that."
"Oh, you're welcome!"
The guards started to whisper to each other.
"V-Viscount Lautarus said sorry?!"
"T-That's so rare."
"I've never even seen him speak before!"
"She is in perfect physical condition, totally fine in my opinion, thank you for taking care of her again. If she wasn't well, my father would have sent someone to kill you."
He paused.
"So, what do you want?"
"Hmm, well, I want her back."
The guards were shocked.
"W-What?! H-How can you say that to him!?"
"Y-You rude brat! He's the future leader of this city!"
But Lautarus just said coldly, "I'm sorry, but I can't accept this. Sayuri has finally become an adult. It's time for her to return home and be a worthy noblewoman."
I gritted my teeth.
"What?! Do you think she wants that!?"
"Yes, I do. She will understand that we are not doing her harm, that my father plans what is best for her."
"Y-You... How can your father know that!?"
"If my sister isn't someone rude and selfish, she will realize that my father only wants the best for her and the people of this town. She will realize that she will have a better life than everyone else in this town, and just like us, she will start working to increase the happiness of the people here. We just want the best for her."
"Do you mean being married to someone she doesn't even know, and be used as a political bargaining chip!?"
He looked to the side and thought a bit before saying, "My father wouldn't think that way."
"THAT'S ENOUGH!!!"
A black thing started to run down my limbs.
"Y-You asshole... You will-"
Simply put, a guard punched me so hard that it sent me flying backward, and I landed on the ground a good few meters away.
"Insolent brats have no right to disturb members of the royal family under any circumstances."
The other guards began to tremble, while Lautarus gave the guard a cold look.
"Schephard, did I ask you for help? Don't interfere when you're not called."
"Okay... I'm sorry. But I already know this guy. Anyway, sorry."
Without showing any fear, he headed behind Lautarus, joining the other guards, who were now afraid even of him.
Wait, I know this guy! It's the same one from when I was trying to enter the guild-the one who asked me about Clown!
I quickly stood up, full of anger.
"Hey, you stupid! That hurt!"
Again, the black Sankalpa started to run down my limbs.
"And you, Sayuri's brother... I'LL MAKE YOU SHOW ME WHERE SHE IS!!! SUPER STANCE!!!"
I activated Super Stance, my limbs now all clad in Sankalpa black armor.
Schephard asked, "Don't you want me to do something?"
Lautarus uncrossed his arms.
"No. Nobody gets in my way. If he wants to fight me, it's a personal matter. Just stay away."
The guards took some steps back.
"AHHHHH!! HERE I GO!!! SUPER JUMP!!"
I jumped in his direction, more like a dash.
While doing that, I drew my fist back, preparing the Super Punch.
At the same time, he positioned one arm back and then threw it towards me with a clenched fist, without saying a single word.
W-Wait, his arm is expanding!? No, his hand and arm disappeared, turning into a pink goo that's stretching towards me really fast?!
Wait, it's chewing gum?! Why would anyone choose a Sisu for this?!
Okay, I'm still a little far from him, but his arm, or that gum, is already pretty close to my fist. Let's do a clash-
"Rede de Goma."
Suddenly, that thing expanded like a net or web and kind of swallowed my fist, getting sticky around my hand and making me slower.
And then, from the top part of the "gum net" (which had "folded" forward to "swallow" my punch, so that this part was now closest to my face), a fist suddenly materialized and hit me square in the face.
Like, a fist appeared at one end of this rubber net, exactly at the part that was closest to my face.
The punch was so strong that I immediately fell to the ground with a huge impact.
I was "flying" forward, but it quickly became so strong that it made me fall backward, unconscious and untransforming.
The gum quickly retracted into his arm, which then returned to normal.
He put his hands in his coat pockets and said, "Arrest him. Maybe there, he will reflect a little on the happiness Sayuri will have."
And so, here I am.
In prison, whining and just waiting.
Goddammit! I need to be fast! Today is Sayuri's birthday; we need to rescue her today!
I didn't even get to sing happy birthday to her or eat the birthday cake with her.
I'm not going to let it go like this. I'm going to save her TODAY!!
...
"Amariiiii, hurry up... please...."
Author notes:
I don't know if I really should divide the story into Volumes, if that makes sense, if the volumes (around 50k words) are too big or small, etc. But I like to do this way, so that's how it will be.