The Martial Unity

Bella shook herself out of her reverie and nodded seriously. Just then;

"Miss!" Her attendant called out.

"Puth, are you okay?" Bella asked, concerned, receiving a nod in return. Thankfully the men had merely had her open the door and snooped around looking for their target and left when they couldn't find her.

Bella glanced back at Rui. "We need to leave this district immediately. I'm heading south, towards the outskirts of the town before catching a cargo carriage towards the neighbouring town of Laxus. We need you to accompany and protect us within Hajin." She insisted.

Rui nodded. "We can talk later. Right now, we seriously need to go." he said, before turning to face Puth. "However, you are not under my protection and having more people will only slow us down."

Bella grimaced, slowly nodding before turning to her attendant. "Puth, I cannot have you accompany us any further. The journey will be too dangerous, return back home." Not giving her attendant any choice in the matter.

She turned back to Rui, before nodding. "Let's leave."

Rui nodded in return. "You're too slow, I'm going to need to carry you until we reach find a rickshaw or reach a place we can lay low."

"Eh?"

of

the hindrance and burden, he was still able to sprint at a speed beyond the

even his own. But it wasn't important. Her life and the mission was at stake, only a fool would let something like

to not kill those men?"

bodyguard mission, it wouldn't be a problem." Rui stated. "Problem is mass murder is extremely high key and will draw far too much attention. Law enforcement officers will be all over the place and will be out looking for us and even the Martial Union might be involved, and not in a good way. Killing them will draw even more attention to us and make a clean escape much, much harder. It's better to just leave them, and do our best to reach

a fool. "Furthermore, the policing officers would only take us in, have us make statements before releasing us without protection, since we cannot produce evidence of ill-intent on my life and well-being. You're right, killing them has more

In truth, there was an even

not

his life, he had never

that there was solid rationale to leave them alive, he wasn't sure he

is a problem I'll need to fix. The Martial World is filled with death. There are those who kill, and there are those who will be killed. I need to fall

be forced to make that choice. He needed to condition and train a mindset that was willing to kill if needed. It's not that Rui was an extremely pacifist or kind person, but as a person

another human, Rui was able to reach the closest district fairly quickly. He even avoided routes where they would inevitable be seen and

Rui insisted. "That drastically lowers the chances of someone being able identify and remember us if your pursuers ever investigate

covering it with a cloth garment she had. "You need to

inn. Rui had long taken off his mask, wearing clothes that Bella had quickly bought from the closest inn, while covering his hair with a tied cloth like Bella had. His hair was too attention-drawing and distinct, not to mention the annoying superstitions that would, no doubt,