《Just Luck》Book 1 - Chapter 9 - Forewarned
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The roads and buildings were all dyed in orange as the streets thinned out as people went back to their homes. The roads were quieter than they were in the morning and the candlelit lamps in the streets started to be turned on. The roads were in complete serenity while Celica had a small bandaged up girls in her hands as she was heading towards the orphanages.
Tonight was the night of the play, and Celica still needed to head home and prepare. However, she knew that when she got home, her mother was going to try to dress her up to look like a princess and she was not fond of what was to come.
*sigh* she was already imagining the yelling and screaming that would happen later but then she looked down to the little girl who was fast asleep in her arms. The girl was sound asleep and had such a peaceful look on her face so that no one would believe that she would have been the victim of a brutal attack.
Celica could not but be exhausted of what the king might do to Luther, or rather what Luther might do to the king. However, the thought of Luther protecting what was important to him nudged the sides of her mouth into a small smile. She continued walking while brewing over these thoughts.
"Hey, you."
Celica heard a yell directed in her direction. She looked around to see a group of five men, each having torn clothing and hold weapons such as axes and chipped blades, looking at her with a brutish look.
"Excuse me, are you talking to me"
"Yeah, I need you to hand over the girl."
"And what are you going to with her."
Celica took a few steps back.
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"None of your business, now hand her over."
"I'm sorry, I cannot hand this girl over to someone I do not trust, please leave us alone."
"I said HAND HER OVER! You and that pretty face of your wouldn't want to be hurt by us."
Celica noticed something strange about the men. Although they dressed like they were from the slums, the way they spoke indicated they have had some level of education.
"Who hired you?"
She said in her commanding voice she was well known for.
"None of your DAMN BUSINESS, NOW HAND HER OVER!"
"One, two, three, four, five"
Celica counted out loud as she laid the little girl on the bench. One of the men at the back of the group stepped towards Celica.
"Come on now, we don't want to hurt anyone, just give us the girl and we can pretend nothing happened"
The brute approached Celica nonchalantly, making it all the way to her side. He started to take the back of his hand and reach out to touch her face.
"After all this, you and I can go to those hotels over there and have a little... AHHhHH WHAT THE FUCK!"
Before the thug even realized it, Celica had stolen his sword and used it to chop off the hand that was trying to touch her.
"I will not give you people another warning, leave us alone or I will deal with you myself."
Celica directed her demands to the leader of the group as she flicked off the blood off the sword.
"GET HER!"
At the signal, two men charged right at Celica preparing to swing at her position. However, without another moment Celica took one step and cut the throats of one of them. Before the other man could even grasp what was going on, Celica span and took her sword and plunged it right through the man's throat. As both started to fall, the man who she cut earlier charged at her with the intentions of tackling her but she dodged out of the way. She then kicked up an axe from the floor and crushed the man's skull. The leader charged at her with both his axes in hand and took a swing at Celica from her back. But when he swung, he did not feel a body on the other side of his blade. Instead, he felt two feet standing right on top of him. Celica had jumped on the man's axe and right onto his shoulders. She wrapped her legs around the man's neck and threw him to the ground with a twist of her body. Then before he could scream, she plunged her sword straight through the back of his neck, right through to the ground.
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The fifth man down with his eyes wide open, showing the shock in his face as this beautiful girl gracefully killed four of his comrades in less than a minute without getting a drop of blood on her.
"Hey, you."
The man was too shocked to even respond.
"Tell your boss that if he aims for this girl again, I will personally see to it that the King's guard will hunt you down and execute you all."
"Oh my god, you are Everleade's blade dancer.."
"Now Go!"
The man took off without making another sound.
"What the hell is going on..."
Celica knew something was wrong. She thought Luther might be hiding something from her but that didn't seem right, but then she remembers that the Jezebelle family was involved. She was worried that if she left the girl alone in the orphanage, that the men might try to make another attempt. However, she already gave them a warning which might stave them away from attempting another kidnapping. She took the girl and ran to the nearest guard she could find.
"Lady Celica, what are you doing over here!"
"I don't have time right now, I need you to petition some guards to watch over an orphanage for me."
"What? Why?"
"This is an order."
When a commander of the king's guard gives an order, they speak on the behalf of the king himself. When the guard heard that, he immediately saluted and ran off to find some more guards.
"I hope I'm doing the right thing..."
Celica said as she headed off to the orphanage. She ran with all her might knowing that the show was going to start soon.
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