Chapter 44 A Determination

"Hey, what do you think you are doing"

I run towards the spiky-haired guy who is still holding the girl's hand in force, he turns his head and looks at me, I think he remembered me and his eyes are bulging, his face turns crimson and those glares he pointed out a very sharp glare towards me.

"YOU.. BRAT.."

The girl's looks in pain when the spiky-haired guy yelled at me, The girl shoved into the wall and grimacing in pain, pure tears coming down her cheeks, sobbing with those pure face of her really sliced my heart to see it.

You.. I won't forgive you after hurting someone like that.

[ Ice Magic, Ice Sword ]

[ Clang.... ]

Our blade clashed and making a loud noise, this ice sword of mine is actually strong you know? its strength is the same as a real iron sword and it can be stronger.

"Have a taste of this"

"Same goes for you"

The spiky-haired guy swings his sword wildly in this narrow alley, he could hit the walls and broke his sword like this so I guess this is my chance, I parry his attack with my ice sword before canceling the magic and rewarding him with a high kick to his jaw.

[ Ice magic, Flailing Morning Star ]

I make a flail and make the morning star blunt, I don't want to make a mess here for fighting this spiky-haired guy.

"Oraaa...."

He tried to attack me haphazardly and just swing his sword wildly, I try my best to dodge and parry it. Did you think that would able to hit me? I swing my flail upwards and parry his sword, I then hook it with the chain and get rid of the sword.

I twirl the morning star and hook the spiky-haired guy's neck and pull him towards me, presenting him a low spinning heel kick and bring him down, I step at his back and pin him down to prevent him to be able to get up.

"Guhh....."

He's struggling to breathe, my flail's chain is hooking him around his neck, I erase the magic and let go of his hands, he tried to send me flying kick before running away with his tail behind his back.

I never thought that this weapon will actually be useful at a time like this, thankfully I make the holder not too long, or else I might end up hitting the wall and the morning star will bounce back to me instead.

Uncle Alto who's been looking from the start is running towards the girl who is been crying, looking at her suffering from the pain makes uncle Alto decided to help her after my fight with the spiky-haired guy over.

"Are you okay? Is there anything hurt?"

"*sobbing.. *sobbing...."

I approach them and offer and helping hand, this girl looks almost the same age as me, I look at her to see what can I offer to help.

Her hand is a bit swollen, it's the hand that the spiky-haired guy held before, that damn bastard making someone cry like this, I won't ever forgive him.

"I will buy a first aid kid, Erwin, please accompany her until I come back"

I nod and sit next to the girl, she is still crying so I decided to take her swollen hand and rub it, hoping the pain will go away.

I remember whenever I feel in pain, Ilya-nee will constantly hug me and rub my head, and say to me, "It will be fine, big sis will wash away the pain", it always makes me better after that, at first I thought Ilya-nee actually cast healing magic to me.

"Don't worry, I will wash away the pain for you"

"*sob.. Eh..?"

I rub her head gently and lean her head to my shoulder, I need to calm her so she at least can handle the pain until uncle Alto back, at least this much I can do.

I keep my hand to gently rub her head and hold her swollen hand for her and gently rub it, I believe she feels more pain than this, I mean she got shoved into the wall, I believe that must hurt her so much, but the only thing I can do for her is just calming her down.

She still sobbing but now she at least calmed down a bit and lean her whole body to me, the air is cold because of the winter, but here, I can feel all warm spread to my body, I want to protect this girl from that spiky-haired guy, I can feel her miserable feeling when she's around him, she looks young, yet the spiky haired-guy won't even hold back when he pushed this girl to the wall.

I look up into the sky and see the stars are shining from far away outside there, I clinched my palm and sworn to get stronger and stronger to protect Ilya-nee and those who weak like this girl.