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The Branded Female Fencer CH 3

Author:Hermit Category:urban Update time:2023-01-03 14:50:21

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Chapter 1, When Peaceful Times Cease to Exist : At the Tavern of Iz, Part 2 — Getting Rampant

Note : I actually messed up, so I’m going to release two chapters for today.

The index for compilation of this series will be updated eventually.

Now then, enjoy reading this chapter~

Alphiris is having a drink with Sister Anorn, a familiar face from her travels, at a tavern in Iz.

But then the tavern is invaded by a group of ruffians…

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「Hey, hey, hey, youngster, did you say something, hah!」

「I didn’t say anything.」

「You’ve been staring at us, haven’t you」

「Are you picking a fight, good for nothing bunches!」

「Who did you call good for nothing!」

Alfiris and Anorn, who had just decided to ignore them, looked at each other without either of them knowing.

The men around the two were whispering to each other, and it seemed that the men who had just entered the tavern were, as they had suspected, are known for being infamous.

A young man was being tangled up with these men, and the men that Anorn has tried to send to him were still hesitant.

Well, even though the man is young, he may be older than Alfiris, but he might be just a greenhorn.

If the two hadn’t taken them serious, they might have backed off, but they’ve been talking back.

Although Alfiris and Anorn could only partially see what was going on, they could tell that there was an unsettling atmosphere in the room.

Anorn muttered softly.

「That kid is no good.」

「Anyone who can’t gauge the danger of their opponent brings will earn a quick death, whether it’s on the battlefield or not.」

「Such a blunt thing to say.

I think it’s normal for youngsters to be so vigorous.

How many of these guys are here」

「When they entered, I saw six.

Two of them were blatantly dangling their weapons.

The guy with tangled rat-like face and the one who looks like a badly made horse have hidden daggers in their pockets.

The other two have knives on their boots.

I think it was his own fault for doing something that attracted their attention.

If he can’t fight, then learn a way to avoid fighting, he reaps what he sow.」

Alfiris responded smoothly, wondering when in the world she had confirmed this.

Anorn had been watching Alfiris for a long time, but she only put her eyes on them for at most two seconds when they entered the tavern.

While having doubts how she was able to identify them that much with so little time,

「(I feel bad for making a fool out of her.)」

She changed her mind.

Though the forest wolf discussion ended up with nothing more than that funny story, it’s still a forest wolf—

「I’m not sure if I’m able to overlook this… I’ll go help him.」

「Fue」

Just as Anorn was about to get lost in her thoughts, Alfiris stood up and walked towards the center of the dispute.

The suddenness of the situation caused Anorn to give a rather dumb reply, but even she did so, Alfiris was already walking quickly toward the ruffians.

「Hey—! Looks like I don’t have a choice anymore.」

Thinking that she would be able to provide at least some support if the need arose, Alphiris followed her.

Perhaps she really thought that it would be more interesting to follow her.

「You guys, it’s time to stop this.」

「Who the hell are you, bitch」

「Who cares who I was You’re bothering the other customers.」

「More importantly, you’re all annoying me.」

Alfiris thought that the Sister was making unnecessary comments, but she did not look at the rat-faced man.

But it seems she was right to intervene immediately.

That man was on the verge of pulling a small knife from his pocket.

The young man who got caught up in this mess probably didn’t notice the danger incoming to him.

If it had been pulled out, it must have been a situation that could not be easily contained.

The horse-face man shouted at Anorn and Alphiris.

「That runt called us good-for-nothings.

We’ll have him pay for what he had said.

Get out of here, you bastard.

Oh, right, you’re not bastards but bitches.」

His friends are laughing vulgarly at Alfiris.

They may be trying to provoke Alfiris, but she’s not stupid enough to let herself get carried away by something like this.

「This is a tavern, a place to drink.

Picking a fight over the words of a drunkard is unadult-like.

I will treat you both, so please leave it at that and drink merrily.」

「Such a well understanding sister you are.

I mind if you do.

But, you’ll be the one to pour my drink… Keke.」

「I’m sure the liquor won’t taste good if a big woman like me was the one pouring it.

I’ll tell the barkeeper to serve you a slightly better liquor, so be satisfied with that.」

Indeed, Alfiris is tall, about the size of an average man.

Even so-called “big girls” are beautiful, but Alphiris is not aware that she was, and a certain incident has caused her to have a complete complex about her height.

The horse-faced man made eye contact with the rat-faced man and smiled disgustingly.

「Then I’ll let that Sister there to pour for you instead.

Hey, Sister, come here!」

「No, I don’t think you should bother Sister.

I’m telling you seriously.」

「I can’t do this, I can’t do that, who the hell are you to order me around This kind of bad mood isn’t going to be cured by a big girl like you pouring it out!」

Alfiris although didn’t realize, while popping a vein on her forehead, but a drunkard isn’t someone that can’t be reasoned with.

But still, things seems to be getting worse than before.

「(If anything, why is Sister is following me here It’s going to make things worse!)」

Now, the situation is already moving in a direction different from what Alfiris had plan for.

There’s no way these ruffians will only pour a liquor to Sister, but more importantly, there’s no way that Sister will quietly pour liquor to them.

Just as she was thinking this, she heard a cat-calling voice out of nowhere.

「Ara, please wait a moment.

I’ll bring your liquor to you.」

「Sister knows what’s she talking about huh.」

「(Eh, is that Sister’s voice just now!)」

It was the most affectionate voice Alfiris had ever heard from Sister, but, it sounded like she was overacting a bit.

If it hadn’t been for this situation, she definitely would have blown this up.

When she looked at Sister Anorn, she was wearing a big smile in her face, but her eyes… Her eyes are telling the opposite.

The young man who had been tangled up earlier seemed to be able to read the Sister’s expression, to see what was going to happen next, he backed away slowly.

It was a good guess, the man can’t imagine Alfiris wondering if there was a similar conclusion brought up before his.

And as for the rat-faced man, Alfiris looked at the expression on the man’s face to see if he noticed anything, but it seems that his head is filled with nothing but obscene fantasies of what he would do to Sister Anorn.

「(This is why for those drunks… I don’t care what happens to you, okay)」

Despite Alfiris’ concerns, Sister Anorn is as friendly as if she were a regular customer.

「Oh, the alcohol has been served.

Is it alright if it’s on me」

「No, no, I’ll buy you a drink, and in return, you can serve a drink for me.」

The man was already in a good mood because of unexpected beauty of this sister.

Maybe it’s just a trickle for them, but they don’t realize that a huge bomb is going to explode in front of them.

「Please look this way, so I can pour it for you.」

「Alright, alright.」

「Don’t forget your own cup, okay」

「Then, it would be easier if you could keep your head a little lower.」

「Keep my head down… You’ve got some beautiful legs there, Sister.

So, why do I have to keep my head down」

「Well, of course it’s because I’m going to do this!」

Sploosh!

The people around them, who had been watching anxiously to see how things would turn out, couldn’t help but gasp.

Even Alfiris couldn’t help but to gasp as well.

This sister, of all people, cracked a man’s head open with a bottle of liquor.

Completely taken by surprise, the rat-faced man was jerking and twitching around the floor.

「You bitch! What the hell have you done!」

「Hmm Can’t you see that I cracked his head open with a bottle」

「T-That’s not what I meant.

I’m sure that a sister isn’t supposed to do that!」

「I don’t want to waste my precious sermons on you lowlifes.

If I crack your head open like this, you scum might be able 『to meet the Lord.』 It’s my way of giving mercy to you bastards an easy path to heaven, don’t you understand」

The sister snickered.

The men were beginning to turn pale rather than being angry from Anorn’s words.

「T—This sister is crazy!」

「What the ** are you talking about! Lousy as all you xxx addition xxx bastards, I don’t really think that you can all handle me.

I’d be more concerned about that weakling than you lot.

Go home, bury yourselves with your friends there, you damn xxxx!!」

In a very un-sisterly rant, Anorn sticks out her middle fingers towards them.

Alfiris and the others are now completely rough around the edges.

This sister seemed capable to be fighting on her own.

「Ho–How dare you say that! I’ve got a complex about it!」

‘You’re worried about things like that!’ While Alfiris was thinking about that, one of the men tried to attack by grabbing her.

‘I’m going to complain this to her later’, Alfiris murmured in her mouth, afterwards her body started to deal with the man.

She grabbed her opponent and swept him off his feet, then she slammed her fists down on the unbalanced man’s neck.

Alfiris kicked the desk into the back of her legs faster than she could swing, and of the men had dodged the desk was about to pull the knife out of his boot.

Just as the man was about to raise his eyes to her while pulling out his knife, a scream erupted from him.

「Gu—! Gyaaaah!!!」

Just before the man looked up, Alfiris stomped on the handle of the knife from above with her weight.

The knife went straight through the man’s leg and pinned him to the ground.

「T–This woman!」

They thought that they could handle it well, so they each took their own distance and pulled out their pray.

The people around them were panicking, and as expected, Sister looked at Alfiris with concern, but she was calm and collected.

「I think you should stop now.

Three of you won’t be able to fight me back.

Get that injured away and scram from here.」

「I’ve still got my sword here, and you’re just barehanded!」

「Oh my.

Three large men with weapons can’t even handle an unarmed woman is a pretty embarrassing situation to be in, don’t you think」

「Shut up! Don’t you think you can run away after this!」

Alfiris sigh heavily and somewhat deliberately apologized,「I’m sorry.」

「Then, try it you can!」

A moment passed, with a whoosh, one cut was going to her.

She jumped backwards in one step, dodging the sword, grabbed a bottle of liquor that was lying around and smashed in into the side of his head.

A man with a knife comes at her as the man before him rolls over holding its face, but she swings a nearby chair against it, caused him to be blown away; and without pausing, a man with a sword slashes down from above.

This time she was off-balanced as well, but she twists her body to evade him and she put her hands on his arm to accelerate over him.

The sword didn’t stop, but it had cut the man’s inner thigh instead.

「Guhii—!」

She kicked the man in the groin, causing the man to slump in agony, vomiting out the food he had eaten.

「Now that you understand, I suggest you to get the hell of out here.

I’m not sure if I can hold myself back on you, okay」

「D—Dammit!!」

「Oh, make sure that you bring the injured as well, right」

From the sidelines, things concluded instantaneously.

It was so amazing that the others who were looking for an opportunity to join in were unable to do anything, they were simply stunned.

Sister Anorn also raised her bottle(obviously bigger than before), but she lost her composure and looked unsettled.

She wondered if Alfiris was planning to cover her.

「Hey, get a hold of yourself!」

「Don’t think that this is over, you bitches!」

「If you want something worse than what you’ve got, I’ll give it to you.」

The men who were slumped to the ground, supported by others, began to flee in a rush.

The people around them were already laughing uncontrollably, amd they could hear them chuckling.

「Oi, you forgot this!」

「Gyaah!!」

And then, what happened next was that the sister threw an empty bottle of liquor at ruffians scurrying away from the tavern.

「You—, You’ve gone too far, Sister!」

「I realized you’re more naive than this.

It would have been better if they were all crippled.

Those kind of people are very resentful, and most of all, they are persistent.」

「I don’t commit indiscriminate killing or violence.

I mean, whose fault is it that things turned out the way it did…」

Before she could even finish her words, Alfiris was surrounded by people rushing towards her from the tavern.

「Onee-chan, you’re amazing.」

「I haven’t felt that good in a long time!」

「It’s my fault, I’m sorry.」

「Why don’t you take this drink with you」

「This old me is so relieved.

I’ll give you a free booze and free lodging as well!」

Alfiris was in a pinch, and is currently being jostled.

「W—Wait, everyone, please calm down! Sister, do something!」

「Ehh~ I don’t even know you.」

The unsympathetic sister walked upstairs.

Leaving Alfiris troubled on the first floor, surrounded by people.

「Considering the recriminations, I should leave this town first thing tomorrow morning… Well, I’ll come back to help you for a little while.

Anyway…」

It had been a year since Anorn got along with Alfiris, but this was the first time she had seen her fight.

She knew that Alfiris would be strong when she first saw her, but for her to able to defeat many people in an instant.

Moreover, while being barehanded.

「But when I think about it, it’s not surprising.

That girl, I wonder if she even knows how strong she was.」

That’s right, Alfiris said she had defeated a three meter tall forest wolf without breaking a sweat, but forest wolves are usually the size of an adult male, sometimes larger than that.

Even if it was the leader of the pack, it must only be one size larger, no more taller than two meters.

It doesn’t belong to a pack, and at three meters, it was probably the master of that area.

This was an individual who will become an archfiend at an early age.

She said that she did not kill it, but beat it almost unharmed, and even negotiated with it to become her pillow.

「Fiends will only negotiate with someone who has something to offer them.

If she had file an application to the guild, she’d definitely be above B-rank.

What a waste.

Addition to that, she also had black hair.

Meaning that she can use magic, certainly.」

In this age, the average folk’s hair color was chestnut.

Most of the aristocrats have blonde hair, claiming it was because they used to interact with the gods or a race of blessed by gods and succeeded in having children, but the truth is not clear.

The reason for that was because the concept of a God in this continent is very rare.

Those who use magic may also see changes in their hair color depending on the nature of their manifestation.

For example, those who had red hair will manifest flames, and so on.

Of course, this doesn’t apply to everyone, but to those powerful enough on doing so.

Being a mage is enough to be an honor, but more often than not, there are people who dye and change their hair color, since magic is usually one system per person and showing it is just the same as revealing your weakness in a battle.

And as for dyes, black is generally more readily available and widespread.

Therefore, those with black hair are proof of high ranking mages or those who show an affinity for dark magic.

「If she can use magic in addition to her swordplay, I’d be more cautious… Although, I don’t think she can use any dark magic, but just in case, I might need to know who her master is.」

She glanced down at Alfiris from upstairs, Anorn was lost in thought.

While she found her naive and endearing, she was beginning to think otherwise because of the real nature of her job, Anorn really needed to ask Alfiris for more information.

「I’ve become a detestable woman, huh I’ve also got a lot of secrets of my own.」

Alfiris would’ve been surprised if she saw Anorn now.

She was looking at Alfiris with a very sad face, a very unlikely expression that came from the foul-mouthed, violent sister.

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