"I—
Bang!
Just as I was about to open my mouth, the windows shattered and the hall filled with smoke. Shadowy figures came through the broken window and quickly grabbed Julie, and she got startled.
She tried to take hold of something for support, which happened to me, and I was swept along with her.
'Another event?'
Am I being kidnapped?
And the answer was. Yes, I was being fucking kidnapped.
Not once in my wildest imagination did I think I would be kidnapped like this.
Not even once.
And just as I was about to be taken by the shadowy figures, my eyes got locked with Alina, who was about to attack them, but I mouthed some words and threw a piece of paper, to which she put her weapon down and caught my paper.
And so, I was kidnapped, or more like, got swept along as a buy-one-get-one-free product.
***
Banquet hall
As the smoke cleared, knights in silver-coloured armour with their swords drawn rushed in and disposed of those who remained in the hall.
"Where is my daughter?" Corwin asked with an angry voice. How could they come in and kidnap her daughter, and that also in the presence of so many distinguished guests from different noble houses?
Their audacity.
Did they not fear him?
It was unacceptable.
That is why he was so angry.
The quick-witted knights quickly took a step back, except for a rookie who had just joined the squad and was getting the ropes of things, and unfortunately for him, he remained at the front.
As he turned to look for his comrades…
No one was standing beside him any longer, and he quickly realised the situation he was in as he turned to look toward his lord.
Then, turning his head towards his comrade, his face betrayed not to show his thoughts.
'Fucking traitors, throwing in a noobie, fucking cowards.'
The rookie knight then faced his lord, whose face had gotten red from the anger.
"M-my lord, the kidnappers g-got away." His lord's face turned redder, but then he tried to calm himself by taking deep breaths in and out.
But today…
Maybe it was not a lucky day for him. As Corwin heard his most beloved friend's shout.
"What!?"
"Liam is gone!"
Stepping towards him was his friend, who had an equal amount of anger, if not more, and came to him, and Corwin knew why.
'His son got kidnapped too.'
"Tell me what the meaning of this is, Corwin?"
Holding his forehead, Corwin's head throbbed with a pain as he looked at his friend, whom he considered a brother with a difficult face.
"Haa… listen, David, my daughter was kidnapped too."
The poor rookie knight who watched it all was sweating buckets of water, enough to make a pool beneath his feet.
'Fuck! You are going to die today, Kon.'
'Just my luck! First the Nightmare and now this. Fuck me sideways!'
The poor knight, Kon, looked toward his lord, who was trying really hard to calm his angered friend, which somehow only God knew would be calmed.
And so Kon was stuck between a cliff and a hungry tiger.
***
Laying her sight toward the moon that illuminated the Crossblades territory below, Alina sighed.
"haaaaaa…"
Just as the windows shattered, Alina caught a glimpse of the assailants' eyes and instinctively knew they were the ones who had kidnapped her and then later gave her to someone to deliver to someone else.
That's why she tried to attack them immediately, even drawing her weapon, but then she saw her master, who mouthed some words and threw her a piece of paper.
'D.O.N.T.D.O.A.N.Y.T.H.I.N.G.A.N.D.T.A.K.E.T.H.I.S'
"Master, what are you planning?"
She mumbled to herself quietly as she gazed at the beautiful full moon with a soft breeze moving her hair.
***
"Idiots! Who told you to take the boy!"
"B-but sir, he got swept in when the girl was trying to hold something for support."
"Haa…"
"S-sir, should we kill him?"
"No, leave him be."
"Yes, sir."
I, along with Julie, listened to their exchange as they even suggested killing me from inside a carriage that seemed to be transporting us. We couldn't act, as we were tied down with specially reinforced ropes and our mouths taped.
When I looked toward Julie, her complexion had paled, and her eyes were watery.
'Haaa…'
What sin did I commit to get kidnapped?
No, not kidnapped.
Instead, be collateral damage. That sounds more accurate.
I know I wanted to be a mob and not get entangled with those who definitely looked like some protagonist. Then what is this situation?
I even distanced myself from those protagonist-looking people.
'Fuck'
I can't even act with her being conscious.
Spark!
Right, why didn't I think of it sooner? I must be a genius.
I just need to make her faint.
And so, Liam made a small ball out of his mana slime and hit Julie's neck, which made her faint. Then similarly, cutting the so-called special ropes, he freed himself.
"I will give them a taste of nightmare."
***
Cron was a man in his thirties, 6 feet tall, with a bald head by choice, and a very diligent person. He was tasked to bring a girl, so he commissioned some people to take her and then deliver her to him, and then he would give her to his boss.
But unfortunately, the people responsible for the delivery were attacked, and he had to report the failure of his task to his boss. His boss was a crazy scientist who wanted to evolve humankind.
So, when it was reported that he failed, his boss was very angry and told him to find the subject or a replacement.
Cron then went to search for the specimen that had been stolen but couldn't find the specimen; instead, he decided to find an alternative, and his investigation bore fruit.
He planned to kidnap the girl and bring her to his boss, but it wasn't easy, as the girl was the daughter of a duke. However, as if Lady Luck had blessed him, he found out that there was soon going to be a banquet.
He infiltrated the mansion with some of his goons and then laid all the plans out. He planned to kidnap the girl before the dance started, but an unexpected variable came up, which caused him to delay the plan.
Yet again, as if he had truly been blessed by Lady Luck, the girl herself created an opportunity, and he took it, kidnapping the girl. Some unforeseen variables happened, but all went according to plan.
That was his thought until...
"Idiots! Who told you to take the boy!"
"B-but sir, he got swept in when the girl was trying to hold something for support."
"Haa…"
"S-sir, should we kill him?"
"No, leave him be."
"Yes, sir."
A boy who was unrelated to their plan got swept in with a girl. His goons tried suggesting that he be killed, but he quickly discarded the thought, as he might make a good specimen.
With that thought, he neared a hideout near the dukes' mansion where a teleportation gate was set to teleport them to another continent. Because their headquarters in the Gorgon Empire was destroyed by the royal family, they had to move to their emergency headquarters, which was located on another continent.
Cron had only one chance to teleport; that is why he had to count the number of people before activating it.
"10, 20, 30..."
Upon confirming the head count, which was less than he had thought. He asked one of his men.
"Why are there fewer people?"
"Sir, some people couldn't escape."
"I see."
Upon getting the answer, he activated the gate, and with a flash of light, they teleported to the Pembrok.
***
Extra content
After making Julie lose consciousness.
"Hmm..."
"Should I do that? Nah, it will be the same as the previous time."
"Oh, right, I think I can do that thing that I read last time in my previous life."
"Hehe..."
"It will be fun."
Liam was making his plan on how to scare the shit out of the kidnappers, not noticing that he got teleported to another continent with Julie.