After getting the earful scolding from Alice.
I decided to check the rumble of debris.
"What are you looking for, Young Master?"
Alice straightened her posture, clearly still sulking.
I crouched down, moving debris, looking for a man.
"Two of them had some kind of drug,"
I muttered, tossing aside a cracked plank.
"I stopped one. The other? Not so lucky for the wall."I gestured to the mess like a magician unveiling his grand finale.
"What kind of drug?"
Alice asked, coming near me to help me with my search.
"I don't know. How about you tell us, kid?"
I turned to the kid and asked him.
The kid, who was about to leave, was halted.
He slowly turned to us
His face revealed every fear he should have felt.
After seeing his face, I frowned.
His magic.... feels dense. So much for a commoner, then again there is always an exception. But there's no expectation that is this big.
And white or silver hair colour, I can't tell much because he is dirty. He is all skin and bone. And how is he not freezing to death with that one piece of cloth?
At that moment-
"Young master, what is this magic?" Alice asked, looking at the destruction around us.
I stood up.
"That... is Profound Alchemy," I said with absolute confidence.
Alice tilted her head in confusion.
I sigh... "I will explain on the way." And I pointed to the boy, "You are coming with us!"
I said in a commanding tone.
"Y...yes, sir." He nervously nodded. He is shaking so badly that he might break from the vibration.
'By God, ...wait no. By System Administrator, he is so fragile.' I thought, shaking my head. Although this event is not included in the plan, it is not necessarily fruitless. Looking at the kid, magic density alone gives me two possibilities. Either he is an illegitimate child of a noble or a magical experiment, a humanoid golem, a homunculus. Latter is most likely, because no matter how pure or great your bloodline is, no human can survive that amount of magic being unstable.
'Should I test him? With a strong magic-measuring crystal, I should be able to know the exact amount of magic that he has.' I ponder. I glance back at him while we are walking to the church. I can feel my blood pressure rising, when he flinches when notice my gaze.
At that moment, I felt being hit on top of my head with a soft... Bonk.
"Please don't scare the child, Young Master."
Alice speaks with a displeased tone. "He will be scared to death."
I don't think that's possible, cuz a human body itself is a sea. So mana that exists inside our body is like water, where there is a hole, it will fill in. Like a self-repair system.
'But.....' I glance at Alice, whose eyes narrow at me. 'This little disobedience girl....'
I warp my arm around her waist and pull her closer to me, to the point where our faces are an inch away from each other, completely disregarding that the kid just run away as soon as I pay attention to Alice, or maybe that I don't care, I mean I can always track him, you can't hide with that amount of magic. I don't know man, ever since that game thing happening my mind is a mess, also Alice is my slave, some nobles would do worse than me.
"For a slave who is bound to me, quite bold of you to hit your master." A simple tease, which I think Alice won't react much to.
That's what I thought.... Until I see her face redden like a ripe tomato. I stare at her in disbelief, "Alice..... Alice, are you alright?"
***
'What happened? Who am I? Where am I?'
Alice's thoughts spiralled, colliding without order.
'Why is Young Master doing this?'
Her breath grew shallow. Heat rushed through her before she could think.
'Here? Now?'
The thought alone made her knees weak. Public—or close enough. Shame crawled up her spine, and she welcomed it.
'I should stop this.'
The thought barely formed before it vanished.
A slave did not refuse. A slave did not hesitate.
And worse—she didn't want to.
The fear, the closeness, the way he looked at her—it stripped her of everything she pretended to keep.
Desire drowned out reason.
"Yes, Young Master. Please punish me"
'I have been a bad girl.'
"Punish me in a way I can never forget."
'Please humiliate me'
with a lewd expression that can be mistaken for a succubus.
***
Daniel_Brain.EXE stopped working.
My brain froze. For a split second, I don't know what to do.
Her breath, too close, too warm, too intoxicating.
I quickly let her go, as fast as I realised. Calm yourself, Daniel. You are Daniel Ra Vindaloo, a dignified Young Lord of the Vindaloo family, don't lose yourself.
Cough-cough
"B-b-but the punishment can wait. We can't delay seeing the Saintess", I say, turning to the other side.e That was embarrassingly awkward.
What was that just now? That is not Alice that I know. If not for a slave contract, I would think, she is a succubus in human skin. I didn't even notice that I pulled her closer to me.
Hh-hk-ha
I hear her breathing on my left. Her breathing comes out uneven, torn between each breathe. I glance at her and she looks.... disappointed? Why do you look disappointed?
Cough-cough
"Anyway, let's take the kid, and get ou-" "The kid is gone, Young Master." My words stop at my throat when I hear Alice. She seems to be recovering and back to her normal self.
Wait, most importantly... "Since when!??" I ask in disbelief. "When you decided to play a little punishing game with me Young Master" What!? How could I not notice that!? Maybe because I don't care much, after all I can always track him down. "Why didn't you tell me?" I really should shut my mouth. Because.... "I was busy enjoying it." Alice, I know your voice is below whisper but your master is a magic genius. I may not be talented in martial art but I can do physical reinforcement. Now, I so want to punish you, no looking at your blushing face, you will probably enjoy it. I had no idea that Alice had this side of her.
thud..thud...thud
The footsteps..... judging by the heaviness, I believe they are Knights.
Sure enough, a group knights. Cover in white coloured armour, with sword on their wrist, with a church cross on their armour.
'They are Knights of The Church.' I realised. Well, they sure are fast considering only a few minutes has passed after the commotion.
"By the authority of The Church, Explain this mess!" A leading knight shouted.
"Well, this is going to be very interesting story isn't?" I joked, I know this is not a good time for it but I can't help it, okay?