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?"

is of

hindrance and burden, he was still able to sprint at a speed beyond the human limit. In the meantime, Bella awkwardly held onto him embarrassed as she tried not to let her grip slip

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

not kill those men?" She asked a

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

releasing us without protection, since we cannot produce evidence of ill-intent on my life and well-being. You're right, killing them has

was an even greater reason he

not prepared

had never felt the urge to, asides from the

was glad that there was solid rationale to leave them alive, he

I'll need to fix. The Martial World is filled with death. There are those

if needed. It's not that Rui was an extremely pacifist or kind person, but as a person who spent fifty-nine years in a world where murder was deeply abhorrent, it was not easy to

was able to reach the closest district fairly quickly. He even avoided routes where they

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

as tightly as she could before covering it with a cloth garment she had. "You need to get rid of that uniform as well, that will draw attention since Martial Apprentices are rarely spotted in

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