Satvik was roaming around the city while munching on chicken skewers.
He decided to get familiar with the Academic City for today, visiting food stalls and historical buildings.
He saw many Academy students as well, enjoying the weekend with their classmates.
These students were wearing an armband with a sigil of the Academy over their casual clothes. This was to remind others, to not mess with the students or be ready for the consequences.
He was reminded of his University days when after classes they would hang out while bantering and enjoying their student life.
A dry chuckle escaped his lips as he felt that his thoughts were similar to a 40-year-old, reminiscing about their college days.
He reached the city square, there was a huge fountain in between and the streets were bustling with vendors and tourists.
He had just reached the fountain when he heard a young girl crying.
A crowd had gathered around what seemed like a scuffle between some people.
Satvik bobbed and weaved through the masses and saw three students kicking a beast-kin woman.
She was a wolf-kin, disheveled long and straight caramel-colored hair. Her wolf ears and bushy tail also had similar colors to her hair.
She had a scrawny build, most probably she was malnourished but her chest still was huge. She was wearing a plain grey colored gown, which now had several show imprints all over it.
The guys hitting her had pure disgust written all over their faces.
Then he heard a young girl crying in the corner and looked toward her.
She must have been 6-7 years old and had similar features to that of the woman being assaulted.
She was wearing a blue colored frock which was slightly big for her or it seemed so because of her thin and malnourished build.
"Ple-please save my mother!"
She was crying while tugging the pants of others and begging for someone to help her mother but everyone just looked away in disgust.
This was all happening because they were beast-kin and humans generally despised them.
The young girl was even been pushed away, while some shooed her away for ruining their clothes.
*Sigh!~*
Satvik hated it but he couldn't help them, until and unless he wanted to gain some unnecessary attention, and that too of a bad kind.
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"Tch! that's enough Bro, Let's go!" said one of the three students, telling the other two to leave her.
One of them agreed but the last one kept kicking the woman with rage and disgust.
The young girl rushed to her mother's and used her body to shield her mother.
The young student didn't stop and raised his foot to stomp on the young wolf kin while infusing his foot with mana.
The young girl shut her eyes and hugged her mother's body tightly waiting for a kick to land but all she felt was a gust of wind over her body.
Then she opened her eyes and in the corner of her eye, she saw a silhouette of a cloak-hooded person.
The young student's eyes also opened wide, when his kick was stopped in mid-air by another foot.
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[A/N: Remember Luffy Vs. Doflamingo, good old days. Heck I'll put the image for reference]
Luffy vs Doflamingo
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The student with rage-filled eyes looked at the owner of the foot and while boiling with anger said, "What do you think, you're doing trash?"
"The Loli must be protected!"
Replied the owner of the foot in a cold voice.
"Huh?" the young student was confused.
"Why are you hitting her?" asked the cloaked figure.
"Tch! that disgusting-looking animal ruined my expensive clothes with her muddy hands.
The cloaked figure saw some small marks of dirt on the young student's trousers.
Then his gaze landed on trampled flowers next to the beast-kin duo. He deduced that these two were most probably selling flowers and somehow got the young student's trousers dirty.
The young student spat on the ground and said, "Get out of my way, I need to discipline these animals!"
The cloaked man was observing the young student. He had a snobby expression, oil-slicked blonde hair, and expensive clothes.
A wild 'Young Master' had appeared, filled with arrogance and pride that had no limit.
"Or you want some too, you have no idea who my father is..." he said with anger but he was interjected by the cloaked man.
"Of course, I know about you, young Master!" he yelled with respect.
"Ehh?~" the young student was caught off guard.
"But I can't believe that the son of such an esteemed generous and magnanimous man is hitting these poor ladies for such a mere thing."
"I heard that members of your family don't repeat the clothes they have worn once. Was it a rumor, perhaps?"
The eyes of the other two students were now wide open. One of them even looked at the young student and asked, "Really?"
"Eh, t-that..," the young man was about to reply but he was interjected again.
"Of course, your expenditure would've been limited by your family. They would like to see your financial management skills as any lord should have. That makes sense," said the cloaked man, and his head could be seen moving up and down.
He was nodding to himself or seemed like that.
"Tch! This brat ruined your budget. Here, Young Master please take this gold coin for cleaning," he shoved the Gold coin into the young master's palm.
"I'm sure Young Master is like his other family members and would find himself to forgive this family," said the cloaked man with a bow.
"Bro! I didn't know your family was so great!" one of the students exclaimed.
The blonde-haired students stuttered and said, "O-Of c-course. I'll forgive them. Let's go!"
Then all three walked away and the blonde-haired kid was being praised by his friends.
*Sigh!~*
'There goes my last gold coin,' thought the cloaked man, while mulling over his empty wallet.
Then his gaze landed on the young girl. She was tightly hugging her mother and crying endlessly, with mucus running down from her cute little nose.
'The Loli must be protected!'
He remembered his previous phrase and a dry laugh escaped his lips.
'I hope the council of gentlemen approved my stupidity!' he thought to himself.
Then he went to his knees and started caressing shoulder length hair of the young girl.
The young girl looked at his face with her eyes which were as blue as the clear summer sky and said, "Thank you!"
Then the cloaked figure leaned further and put her mother's head on his lap.
Her scrawny face was now swollen and covered in bruises.
He opened two Vials and dumped its content in the woman's mouth.
"Ahnn!~"
A woman moaned and the young girl looked at the man with concern with her jaws open and moist eyes.
"Don't worry, it will help," after saying that he popped another vial open and made the young girl drink it.
After the young girl drank the bitter liquid, she felt her body temperature rise and her fatigue and soreness went away.
The cloaked man looked at her.
Her sunken cheeks, scrawny eyes, and malnourished body were now full of vigor. Her cheeks were now filled with innocent blush, eyes that shined brightly, and a healthy body.
'Moe,' the cloaked man squirmed.
While the young girl was inspecting her healthy body with wide eyes, her mother finally opened her sky-blue eyes and her gaze met with the cloaked man's obsidian eyes.
Then the cloaked man looked at the young girl and said, "See, She is fine!"
The loli pounced on the cloaked man and hugged him tightly, which even surprised her mother who was still in a daze.
"Thank you, Mister!" the young girl kept muttering those words like a broken record.
"No Sneha!"
The woman yelled at her daughter.
She instantly sat up and pulled her daughter back and said, "I apologize for my daughter's transgression, My Lord."
*Ack!~*
The little girl yelped.
The woman had pushed her head and her daughter's head on the ground while apologizing.
The cloaked man hesitantly pulled back his head and said, "Please don't embarrass me!"
They lifted their heads and their gaze landed on his face. Both of them were shocked and their jaws fell.
The man hesitantly patted the young girl's head, especially her ears, and with a gentle smile said, "It's the duty of a knight, to protect a beautiful princess, isn't it?"
"Bhaiya, are you a prince? You're so beautiful!" the young girl yelled while her mother was lost in a daze.
The woman's trance was broken by her daughter's comment and she tried to shut her up again.
"Sneha! You..."
But before she could say anything further, the young man interjected, "Hahaha! I'm just a poor adventurer, My Lady!"
Satvik was roaming around the city while munching on chicken skewers.
He decided to get familiar with the Academic City for today, visiting food stalls and historical buildings.
He saw many Academy students as well, enjoying the weekend with their classmates.
These students were wearing an armband with a sigil of the Academy over their casual clothes. This was to remind others, to not mess with the students or be ready for the consequences.
He was reminded of his University days when after classes they would hang out while bantering and enjoying their student life.
A dry chuckle escaped his lips as he felt that his thoughts were similar to a 40-year-old, reminiscing about their college days.
He reached the city square, there was a huge fountain in between and the streets were bustling with vendors and tourists.
He had just reached the fountain when he heard a young girl crying.
A crowd had gathered around what seemed like a scuffle between some people.
Satvik bobbed and weaved through the masses and saw three students kicking a beast-kin woman.
She was a wolf-kin, disheveled long and straight caramel-colored hair. Her wolf ears and bushy tail also had similar colors to her hair.
She had a scrawny build, most probably she was malnourished but her chest still was huge. She was wearing a plain grey colored gown, which now had several show imprints all over it.
The guys hitting her had pure disgust written all over their faces.
Then he heard a young girl crying in the corner and looked toward her.
She must have been 6-7 years old and had similar features to that of the woman being assaulted.
She was wearing a blue colored frock which was slightly big for her or it seemed so because of her thin and malnourished build.
"Ple-please save my mother!"
She was crying while tugging the pants of others and begging for someone to help her mother but everyone just looked away in disgust.
This was all happening because they were beast-kin and humans generally despised them.
The young girl was even been pushed away, while some shooed her away for ruining their clothes.
*Sigh!~*
Satvik hated it but he couldn't help them, until and unless he wanted to gain some unnecessary attention, and that too of a bad kind.
-----------------------------------
"Tch! that's enough Bro, Let's go!" said one of the three students, telling the other two to leave her.
One of them agreed but the last one kept kicking the woman with rage and disgust.
The young girl rushed to her mother's and used her body to shield her mother.
The young student didn't stop and raised his foot to stomp on the young wolf kin while infusing his foot with mana.
The young girl shut her eyes and hugged her mother's body tightly waiting for a kick to land but all she felt was a gust of wind over her body.
Then she opened her eyes and in the corner of her eye, she saw a silhouette of a cloak-hooded person.
The young student's eyes also opened wide, when his kick was stopped in mid-air by another foot.
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[A/N: Remember Luffy Vs. Doflamingo, good old days. Heck I'll put the image for reference]
Luffy vs Doflamingo
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The student with rage-filled eyes looked at the owner of the foot and while boiling with anger said, "What do you think, you're doing trash?"
"The Loli must be protected!"
Replied the owner of the foot in a cold voice.
"Huh?" the young student was confused.
"Why are you hitting her?" asked the cloaked figure.
"Tch! that disgusting-looking animal ruined my expensive clothes with her muddy hands.
The cloaked figure saw some small marks of dirt on the young student's trousers.
Then his gaze landed on trampled flowers next to the beast-kin duo. He deduced that these two were most probably selling flowers and somehow got the young student's trousers dirty.
The young student spat on the ground and said, "Get out of my way, I need to discipline these animals!"
The cloaked man was observing the young student. He had a snobby expression, oil-slicked blonde hair, and expensive clothes.
A wild 'Young Master' had appeared, filled with arrogance and pride that had no limit.
"Or you want some too, you have no idea who my father is..." he said with anger but he was interjected by the cloaked man.
"Of course, I know about you, young Master!" he yelled with respect.
"Ehh?~" the young student was caught off guard.
"But I can't believe that the son of such an esteemed generous and magnanimous man is hitting these poor ladies for such a mere thing."
"I heard that members of your family don't repeat the clothes they have worn once. Was it a rumor, perhaps?"
The eyes of the other two students were now wide open. One of them even looked at the young student and asked, "Really?"
"Eh, t-that..," the young man was about to reply but he was interjected again.
"Of course, your expenditure would've been limited by your family. They would like to see your financial management skills as any lord should have. That makes sense," said the cloaked man, and his head could be seen moving up and down.
He was nodding to himself or seemed like that.
"Tch! This brat ruined your budget. Here, Young Master please take this gold coin for cleaning," he shoved the Gold coin into the young master's palm.
"I'm sure Young Master is like his other family members and would find himself to forgive this family," said the cloaked man with a bow.
"Bro! I didn't know your family was so great!" one of the students exclaimed.
The blonde-haired students stuttered and said, "O-Of c-course. I'll forgive them. Let's go!"
Then all three walked away and the blonde-haired kid was being praised by his friends.
*Sigh!~*
'There goes my last gold coin,' thought the cloaked man, while mulling over his empty wallet.
Then his gaze landed on the young girl. She was tightly hugging her mother and crying endlessly, with mucus running down from her cute little nose.
'The Loli must be protected!'
He remembered his previous phrase and a dry laugh escaped his lips.
'I hope the council of gentlemen approved my stupidity!' he thought to himself.
Then he went to his knees and started caressing shoulder length hair of the young girl.
The young girl looked at his face with her eyes which were as blue as the clear summer sky and said, "Thank you!"
Then the cloaked figure leaned further and put her mother's head on his lap.
Her scrawny face was now swollen and covered in bruises.
He opened two Vials and dumped its content in the woman's mouth.
"Ahnn!~"
A woman moaned and the young girl looked at the man with concern with her jaws open and moist eyes.
"Don't worry, it will help," after saying that he popped another vial open and made the young girl drink it.
After the young girl drank the bitter liquid, she felt her body temperature rise and her fatigue and soreness went away.
The cloaked man looked at her.
Her sunken cheeks, scrawny eyes, and malnourished body were now full of vigor. Her cheeks were now filled with innocent blush, eyes that shined brightly, and a healthy body.
'Moe,' the cloaked man squirmed.
While the young girl was inspecting her healthy body with wide eyes, her mother finally opened her sky-blue eyes and her gaze met with the cloaked man's obsidian eyes.
Then the cloaked man looked at the young girl and said, "See, She is fine!"
The loli pounced on the cloaked man and hugged him tightly, which even surprised her mother who was still in a daze.
"Thank you, Mister!" the young girl kept muttering those words like a broken record.
"No Sneha!"
The woman yelled at her daughter.
She instantly sat up and pulled her daughter back and said, "I apologize for my daughter's transgression, My Lord."
*Ack!~*
The little girl yelped.
The woman had pushed her head and her daughter's head on the ground while apologizing.
The cloaked man hesitantly pulled back his head and said, "Please don't embarrass me!"
They lifted their heads and their gaze landed on his face. Both of them were shocked and their jaws fell.
The man hesitantly patted the young girl's head, especially her ears, and with a gentle smile said, "It's the duty of a knight, to protect a beautiful princess, isn't it?"
"Bhaiya, are you a prince? You're so beautiful!" the young girl yelled while her mother was lost in a daze.
The woman's trance was broken by her daughter's comment and she tried to shut her up again.
"Sneha! You..."
But before she could say anything further, the young man interjected, "Hahaha! I'm just a poor adventurer, My Lady!"
