Chapter 430: Konoka Is Thrown Out of the Royal Capital

Kicked from the gate of the Royal Capital, I was thrown out. In the pitch darkness I rolled as I was and struck the ground face-first. My face hit a puddle, and grains of sand stuck to it.

"Uwaa..."

The pain in my face and the pain in my stomach were terrible.

Bang! A sound came, and the surroundings turned into jet-black darkness. While the gate door had been open there had been some brightness from the light leaking out, but the moment the door was closed it became pitch dark and rain struck my body.

What should I do? Those guys said prey. That means there are people lying in wait for me, right? I have to run so I am not found by them. Is there somewhere to hide? Where should I go?

For now I tried to stand. But it was pitch dark, my sense of balance was lost, I swayed, and immediately fell. My body became covered in mud. I did not know where I should go. I crawled toward the direction of the earlier door. I advanced by feel through the mud. As my eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness, I realized that a faint light was leaking from the gap in the gate door.

I slowly stood up and walked with sliding steps. There were uneven places here and there, my foot caught and I fell. Then I got up again and walked. I do not know how much time it took, but I finally reached the door. Even if I strained my ears, nothing could be heard from inside. Only the sound of rain hitting me could be heard.

I think it is impossible. But I cannot help knocking.

Don! Don! Don! I knocked on the door! This was the first time in my life I had put this much force into hitting something. My hands hurt, but it did not make much sound. Still,

"Please open——! I beg you——! Please open——! Help me——!"

I screamed with all my strength while crying. Dan dan dan dan I knocked on the door. But no movement of people could be felt inside the door.

"Already, no good... I, already no good, I want to die..." ℯℯ𝑙.

I sat down in the muddy water and began to cry. The rain was cold, my body trembled, and I cried with a voice that was not a voice. I could not tell whether it was tears or rain running down my face.

I do not know how much I cried, but I felt the presence of people approaching. When I turned around, in the pitch darkness I saw lights appearing here and there. Those lights gradually grew larger. As the lights approached, I realized that the lights were torches. For some reason, even though it was raining, the flames of the torches did not go out.

"I searched for you. To think you were in a place like this, hehehe."

Because the light of the torch was directed at me, I could not see the face of the man who spoke. He said he had searched for me, but I could tell these people had not come to help me. I felt it was the opposite.

"What. Isn’t she a kid? I heard she was around 20, but with a kid like this, nothing gets hard, ahahaha."

Another vulgar man’s voice came.

"Idiot, that makes it interesting in its own way! Gyahahaha!!"

I stood up and tried to run. Even if I ran, there was nowhere to run to, and just as I thought I had to escape to a place the light did not reach, the men quickly came beside me and my arms were grabbed from both sides. One hand stretched out and roughly kneaded my chest!

"Stop——!"

"Hehehe, she says stop! If I stopped just because I was told to stop, I couldn’t live in this world, ahaha."

"That’s right. This woman, her body’s small, but well, she has breasts. If we don’t get to enjoy ourselves we can’t stand it."

"This one, we’re not going to do her here, right?"

"There’s no way we’d do it in the rain like this, is there? We’ll take her to the den. We’ll do it there!"

"I see——, we gotta do it somewhere a bit warmer. How many times can we do it? Hope she doesn’t break after one round?"

"There are guys who like them broken, ahaha!"

Scary, scary, scary... I was so scared no voice came out. But but but, Her Majesty the Queen said it. She said she would surely help me!

"Nooooooo!!!! Help meeeeeee!!"

I screamed as loudly as I could.

At my scream the men raised cheers.

"Nice, raping a woman who cries and screams is the best!"

"Yeah..."

There the man’s voice cut off. Then the body of the man holding me tilted and collapsed to the ground as it was. I was thrown into the mud.

I raised my face from the muddy water and looked toward the torch, and just then the neck of the man holding the torch was flying. It rose in slow motion, and blood slowly spouted from the neck. A sword flashed in the darkness. Next, while reflecting the light of the torch, the sword cut the neck of another man. The head fell in front of me with a don!

"Gyaaaaa!!"

I screamed at the top of my voice. At that moment, by my ear,

"It’s all right, be quiet!"

A woman’s voice came, and she held my shoulder.

"W-who!?"

"I am Lily. A subordinate of Lady Marie, Lord Robbie, a maid. Don’t worry, I won’t let you have any more scary experiences."

Hearing that, I relied on the hand on my shoulder and clung to the woman’s body.

I raised my face and looked at the woman. Illuminated by the torchlight, I could see the woman’s face. Because this person was wearing black clothes, only her face was visible. The woman was looking toward the men. Drawn by that, I looked that way too.

The torch had fallen to the ground. Rain was falling, but the torch had not yet gone out. A small person was lowering the sword in their hand. The men were all fallen. The earlier noisiness was completely gone. Only the sound of rain remained.

The small person wiped the sword on the clothes of a fallen man and returned it to the sheath.

"Lily, let’s go!"

Hearing the voice, I knew it was the boy Her Majesty the Queen had brought. The boy lit a small light at the tip of his finger. With just that, the faces of the three of us became visible. Both the boy and the woman were wearing black clothes. They were soaked.

"Stand up. Can you walk?"

The maid asked, but my knees were trembling and I could not stand.

"I can’t. Um, my knees, um, no strength goes into them."

When I forced myself to try to stand, I fell.

"It can’t be helped, I’ll carry you on my back. Lily, keep watch in my place."

"Understood."

"Here, get on my back."

The boy turned his back. Being carried on the back of a boy about the same height as me was impossible. Even if he was a boy, there was no way he could move.

Perhaps my thoughts were transmitted, and the maid said,

"It’s all right, don’t worry. Lord Robbie has strength beyond his appearance. Someone like you can be carried easily."

Saying that, she put her hands under my armpits from behind, made me stand, and put me on the boy’s back.

"Then, let’s go!"

At the boy’s words,

"Yes!"

The maid responded, and they started running. Uwaa! Running fast, fast through the pitch darkness. The rain hitting my face hurt. I clung to the boy’s shoulders.

The boy ran as if flying. Even though it was pitch dark, it was as if he knew where the road was. Suddenly,

"Ugh!"

The boy groaned and tumbled forward. Once again I was thrown with force into the muddy water.