67 Crisis During Vacation 2 I Didn'st Even Want to Live, But God Forced Me to Reincarnate!

The fourth man thought that Cyan wasn't paying him any attention at all during when he communicated with his familiar, but Cyan's used to dividing his attention.

Since the fourth man put all his power into his left fist, he lost his balance when the fist didn't meet its target. Cyan then swung his scimitar to discard his opponent's knife, purposely let go of his scimitar, and grabbed the target with his two arms. He made use of the man's loss of balance and added to it, throwing the man's body forcefully on the ground.

Seeing all his men falling down in such a short moment's notice, the leader of the thieves dashed forward and pulled out his knives endowed in poison, swinging them at both Rupert and Cyan. The fact that he didn't run away in fear was worthy of praise--he was indeed their leader! He dashed forward with a rapid speed, confident that he would be able to poison the two men who defeated his underlings.

At the same time, the last man whose body was thrown on the ground suddenly rose up again to assist his leader, ignoring all the pain that was running through his body.

Cyan sighed and made an eye contact with Rupert. Rupert only nodded a bit and then threw his body in front of Cyan, perfectly blocking the two poison knives using both of his katar. When the other man approached him, Rupert quickly used his leg to hit the man's solar plexus.

The man howled in pain and took a few steps backwards.

[Holm nicor!]

Another magic attack that formed a rushing water dragon approached the two thieves who just formed a nice row, and that marked the end of their battle. In the first place, there was a clear gap in their power. Too bad that none of the thieves could notice it.

"Vines, restrain them all!"

Cyan concentrated his mana and vividly imagined the magic circle of [Plant] attribute while loudly exclaiming his command.

Their surroundings were covered by plants and trees, so not too long after Cyan exclaimed those words, there were vines coming out of the ground, making their ways to the thieves and wrapped their bodies.

As the conscious men continued to growl in pain, Cyan already commanded the carriage driver to drive back full speed to the inn. He's supposed to deal with the group of the thieves and handle them to the authorities, but right now, he's got no time for that.

There is only one thing in his mind. His children.

Please, please be safe...

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***Lyra's P.O.V***

This situation that I am facing right now—it's definitely not the kind of situation I'd expect from when I heard the word, "family vacation".

"Now then, you're all nice, good children, right~? Hurry up and come with Onee-chan~!"

The context of her words, when you combine it with her expression and tone—it's definitely not convincing.

We tried to step back, but there is no more room for us to go...

"Lyra, I'll be distracting their attention. You run and ask for help," Alt-nii quietly whispered to my ears.

...eh?

In that moment, Alt-nii stood up straight and moved so that he could be in front of me. He quickly took out his dagger—ah, he must have picked it up from the closet. I remember that he put it in the closet, but I didn't even see it when he was picking it up again! Just when did he...?

He put the dagger in his right hand, clutched tight—and suddenly I see 4 daggers each on his hand—this technique... no, could it be, an illusion?

The two men in black are taken aback by this sudden turn of events. It's clear that they are misunderstanding Alt-nii and I.

"My, my? Onee-chan is really disappointed... If only you remained a good kid, then Onee-chan will not hurt you...," the woman who is the leader of the intruders—she is now showing a distorted face.

"Go!" Alt-nii shoved the daggers towards the three of them, while giving me the cue to run.

As the intruders are preoccupied with Alt-nii's sudden attack, I dashed through all of them and quickly reached the door.

In front of the door, just a few meters away, I can see the unconscious Gale...

While I feel bad for neglecting him for the moment, I gotta prioritize looking for help.

"Aah!"

--then suddenly, I heard Alt-nii's scream.

...Three adults are ganging up on a 7 year-old child.

Though Alt-nii's magical abilities might far exceed them, he is still at a disadvantageous situation. Is it alright for me to run, leaving him behind?

Sure, finding help is important, but I don't want to imagine the probability that my return along with someone's help is too late. Who knows that by the time I got back, Alt-nii is...

Alright... I will go and try to fight along Alt-nii first!

When I returned to the room, I saw the two men crouching down on the floor with their hands covering their abdomens. Though they were struck by nothing more than illusion, it was quite good at inducing pain to them. As a reflect, they would try to calm down the throbbing pain they felt with their sensation which was manipulated by the illusion.

Meanwhile, the female leader is standing firmly, Alt-nii's dagger lying on the floor just right before her, and Alt-nii is... the female leader is roughly holding Alt-nii's collar, lifting him up in the air!

I can feel adrenaline rushing through my veins.

No, no, no... Alt-nii!

At the same time, I can feel that the atmosphere around me is making me sick. Is this my brain's suggestion upon seeing this bad, bad condition?

I know I have to do something really quick... but I've yet trained any combat magic... so, what can I do?

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***Normal P.O.V***

"Phyllo? What's wrong?"

Just as Cassie set her feet outside Chinosato's Magical Association, she was greeted by her husband's familiar who rushed out to her.

"Piiiiii!!"

Phyllo's high-pitched voice indicated that something... is not right.

However, Cassie couldn't understand his words.

Realizing this, Phyllo quickly rushed to Cass' head, aiming his own forehead towards Cass' forehead.

The moment their foreheads touched each other, Phyllo closed his eyes and concentrated on sending his message via magical essence.

[Danger... the children!]

...is what Cassie sensed through Phyllo's transmission of magical wave.

Because those two are not master and familiar, they won't be able to communicate fluently, so that is the message that Phyllo could transmit to Cassie. If it's Cyan, surely he would be able to understand what Phyllo wanted to transmit to him.

Still, that is enough for her to understand the whole situation.

"Teleportation magic, destination: Sakura Inn's magic portals, ," Cassie murmured those words with focused eyes and mind. She poured her mana to cast this spell.

However, nothing happened...

Cassie becomes flustered as she realized that something was preventing her from teleporting there... Cold sweats started to run throughout her body.

An isolation barrier?!

"Meredea, let's go quickly! There's something wrong!!" Cassie quickly rushed Meredea and the two of them entered the carriage.

Although Meredea doesn't know anything, she is able to comprehend that something very urgent is happening, causing her superior—who's normally calm even under difficult matters—is completely in panic. She quickly followed Cass into the carriage.

"Please, hurry back to the inn!" Cassie instructed the carriage driver. Sure enough, the driver managed to pump out all of the horse's maximum stamina to go back to the inn.

By this time, Phyllo has already returned back to where his master is—back to Cyan, who is also en route to the inn.

But, not long after the carriage's started to move...

"Aaaargh, too slow!"