So we are on the move again; this time, with my eyes recovered, I can verify that, indeed, there's something going on inside the Romaritime Kingdom. Martigan is trying his damn best to keep himself and me out of the public's view while leaving the city he brought me into, and I can tell the guards are definitely looking for someone.

  Could it be that Alex managed to alert the adventurer's guild of this guy's evil abduction, and now the entire Romaritime Army is out to find me and arrest Martigan? Was that why he was so mad at me last night when I mentioned Alex? I doubt it would've been Chimaru since if what Martigan says is true, then a kid like him would stand no chance at escaping alive from that town.

  Those Tryglocedon creatures are way too overpowered for any regular adventurer to take down, and a little kid like him would probably rank below the green level! This leads me to believe that Alex is the one who has this entire city almost under complete lockdown, causing Martigan to cuss every now and then.

  "Fuck! Shit!" Martigan cusses as he tries to avoid the guards just ahead of him who are looking for someone across the entire city, but I can barely make it out with all the noise. "Your daughter's eyes, we need to see her eyes!" A guard says to a mother with her red-haired daughter, leaving her alone once the guards look into her eyes.

  Wait for a second. I have reddish hair and weird eyes! It's me they are looking for! How do I call the attention of the guards? My mouth is covered with that annoying muzzle, and my limbs are practically useless! Come on, think! I have no access to magic of any kind, so I can't make a fire; what do I have that's flashy!?

  EUREKA! I might not have access to flashy magical terminals, but I do have a very flashy attention-grabbing move. However, the bet is too risky! If I fail and Martigan notices that I'm trying to escape, there's no doubt that he will harshly punish me. Then again, if he chooses to leave the city, he might leave me far away from the port and collect the money himself without giving me another opportunity to escape! IT'S NOW OR NEVER!

  If I fail to call the guard's attention, then Martigan will most likely torture me for weeks on end without compassion or mercy, but if I don't risk it now, I may never have a better chance at getting away! GODDAMIT! I will take the bet! If I lose it and the guards don't notice me, but Martigan does! I WILL COVER THE BET WITH MY DETERMINATION!

  'GRADE FIRST!' I scream inside my mind, quickly redirecting all of my recovered MP energy into my little stump arms, rapidly making them steam like crazy. Martigan immediately notices what I've done as he side-eyes me with his head turning to look at me on his back, desperately trying to get the guard's attention with my steam.

  "YOU DAMN BITCH! What are you doing!?" Martigan yells at me as he quickly mounts me off his back to try and stop me from using grade first by brutally kicking me in the abdomen and head, but this only seems to help me out even more as the noise rapidly calls the attention of several surveyor guards.

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  I, for my part, just accept the pain from his kicks, and even more filled with anger, I place my biggest efforts into making my body steam as much as I can, quickly calling a lot of guards attention, who now rush toward a panicking Martigan. "What have you done to me!?" Martigan yells as he gets surrounded by hundreds of guards, all pointing their spears and swords at him.

  I can't help but smirk at the motherfucker as I stare directly into his wretched soul with my cold, hateful eyes. "You there! Don't move! Whatever that girl is to you, we need to check her eyes for security purposes!" One of the guards yells at Martigan, who quickly tries to pick me up to run away, but the alley he chooses to do so is also filled with guards stopping him in his tracks.

  "Stop right there! Didn't you hear!? STOP!" Several guards now chase after Martigan as he struggles to escape while carrying me through some poor people's houses, going inside their homes so he can come to the other side of the road, but once he breaks through the back door, even more guards wait for him so he does something I'd never see him do.

  "You think a bunch of nameless guards will stop me!? FUCK this is going to hurt! Mark of Decension! Blood SACRIFICE!" In his desperation, Martigan tries to summon or use some sort of special spell while completely forgetting that he was quite literally standing next to me, rendering his spell useless, leading to his comedically timed defeat once several guards pierce him side to side with their spears.

  {Magic of longing - Masato Kouda}

  The pure anguish and desperation in that man's eyes as his attack failed to summon and the almost instant realization that he forgot I nullified any magic near me without even trying soon gave me the best view I have seen of his face, the facial features of disbelief and fear.

  Martigan gets quickly apprehended by several guards after getting impaled like four times, taking him out of commission for good, finally making me genuinely smile as I smirk at him from the floor, enjoying every second of his anguished looks as the cuffs come into place.

  "You! Go look at that girl's eyes; this guy has to have a reason to try to hide them from us." I hear footsteps approaching me from behind, just to reveal a twenty-year-old young man in military attire shedding a small number of tears once he sees me all covered in small scratches and a lot of purple spots all over my body.

  "So? What color are her eyes, soldier? Come on, we don't have all day." The commander, or whatever he was, asked the guard, now gently picking me up from the floor, slightly hurting me since some of the injuries I had were still very new. "I'm sorry, sir! She has red eyes like the king said."

  "Are you sure? They look incredibly deplorable, but if her eyes are red, just get them to the station; we'll ask for further instructions about what to do with them." No shit, I looked deplorable, you useless turd! I haven't eaten much in an entire month and change; it feels like I will die tomorrow! I need food!

  "Yes, sir!" The guard holding me soon started walking while carrying me like a small princess, which felt amazing! I'd been hanging at the back of some nasty dude's back for the past month. Now, being in front of someone's arms felt great; it was just the little break of good luck I needed to recover some of my sanity.