Sian looked closely at the scene that was developing in front of him.

'Yes, this is the rare event of the 'Legendary damsel in distress' mentioned in the 'Sacred Treasure' in the section 'How to impress a woman'. It says that if I save her, there's a good chance she'll develop feelings for me...'

While Sian was absorbed in thoughts, they were getting closer and closer to the place where three men were surrounding a young woman, who seemed to be around 16.

"What you think, little girl, that's not a bad idea, right?" The middle guy asked the young lady.

"Please, let me go." The young woman spoke with tearful eyes.

"Hey hey little girl, why refuse the boss? Do you think you're too good for him?" One of the minions said.

“I-I…” She seemed to want to say something, but just bowed her head without saying anything else.

Seeing that the young woman seemed more and more frightened, the other minion said, "In case you don't know, the boss is someone who received the title of Exemplary Warrior, you better think about it."

“Ex-Ex-Exemplary Warrior?!!” The young woman started to tremble.

Also seeming to be afraid of the situation, Ophilia got more and more close to Sian, until they stood shoulder to shoulder.

'Hmmm... If I look closely, she's even cute, thin, redhead, green eyes and beautiful freckles scattered on her cheekbones, she's totally in my strike zone... Unfortunately I already have Ophilia, otherwise I'd wipe the floor with those 3...'

They were almost passing by the young woman, but Sian suddenly stopped.

'Wait! What I'm thinking, this is not like me, to just want one woman? Something must be wrong! I must be under a spell! But who would it be?'.

Sian's sudden stop made the 3 men notice them, they looked carefully and saw Ophilia firmly shrunk next to Sian, who was murmuring something.

Seeming to have seen them both as an easy prey, one of the minions spoke.

"Hey boss, look at this Beastkin, despite being one of those filthy animals, she's pretty and well dressed."

"True, although they were born to be slaves, they still dare to walk so well dressed, we must teach her a lesson." said the other minion.

"Let's take it easy, we are all civilized beings." The man who was referred to as boss spoke cautiously as he extended his hand to Sian, "It's a pleasure to meet you my friend, may I know your name?"

But Sian didn't answer and only continued murmuring almost inaudible words.

“Hey boss, I think this guy is shitting scared, just look at him to see how scared he is.”

"He's so scared he's even praying fervently."

"It seems so, hahaha! I was a little cautious after seeing the equipment under the old mantle, but that's just for show." The boss said.

"Surely it's for show, just see how he stopped scared after hearing the boss' title, I think we should teach them a lesson for getting in the way."

"We'll kick their asses, but only after we take her clothes off, even if it's a disgusting Beastkin, the clothes are still of good quality." The boss said.

"In that case, I'll take her clothes off, so the boss can give them as a present to a woman dignified to wear them." One of the minions gave a vulgar smile as he extended his hand to Ophilia.

But before the minion could touch her, a hand grabbed his forearm tightly, making him almost scream in pain.

"What do you think you're doing?" A cold voice made everyone on the spot scared, the weather suddenly seemed to get colder as the three of them started shaking uncontrollably.

"Don't make me repeat it!" Sian spoke again in an irritated voice as he tightened his grip on the minion's forearm.

*Crack*

“Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh”

After the sound of something breaking sounded, the voice of a man shouting echoed across the street, scaring everyone that passed by.

"My arm- my arm- he broke my arm- boss help me."

"Shut up, your voice is very disagreeable." Sian spoke in an even more irritated tone.

"Boss please save me!" As if he hadn't heard Sian, the minion kept screaming.

"Annoying!" Sian used the other hand to take the minion's head and threw it against the floor.

*Thud*

The screams stopped immediately, the man seemed to have fainted.

Sian turned his gaze to the other 2 who were shaking.

"Take advantage that I'm in a good mood today and get out of here!" Pointing to the guy who fainted on the floor, he said, "Don't forget to take him."

"Yes-yes, we will do it right now!" The boss responded hurriedly as he picked up the fallen fellow along with the other minion.

After they left, Sian turned around and realized that Ophilia was shaking slightly.

‘Damn, I think I went too far... And after all this, it ended up that I'm not under any spell, I can't deny it anymore...’

"Kulhum... I went a little overboard, I'm sorry for scaring you." Sian spoke in a calmer tone.

"Y-You don't have to worry about me, I saw you stopping out of nowhere and I thought something had happened." Ophilia responded trying to stay calm.

"It wasn't nothing, I felt that maybe someone was using some magic on me, so I used some detection magic, but it was just a false alarm."

"I-I see." She said, still looking scared.

'This somehow makes my heart hurt, this strange sensation is getting stronger and stronger...'

Seeing Ophilia that way, Sian approached and embraced her.

"I'm sorry, it won't happen again, I promise." He spoke softly in her ear.

After calming down a bit, Ophilia looked at Sian and said, "I'm feeling better now, thank you!”

Looking at her, Sian couldn't resist and gave her a kiss on the forehead.

Entering in the middle of this almost romantic atmosphere, a smell of piss penetrated Sian's nose.

Turning his head , he saw the young woman who had been forgotten, still standing in the same place as before, with a frightened face and her hands clinging to her own clothes while shaking.

She wore a yellowish hemp tunic with a long brown apron and her hair was divided into two braids that went down her shoulders.

Lowering the line of sight a little further, the pair of old leather shoes were inside of a small puddle of piss.

‘She was scared to death, but I don't feel any fault.’

'I guess I haven't changed that much... And I think that she needs to drink more water, her piss stinks. Well, it doesn't matter, it's time to go back to look for the inn'.

When Sian released Ophilia from the hug and was about to call her to leave, she went towards the young woman and hugged her, pulling the girl's head on her chest.

"Don't worry, he won't hurt you, he was just a little angry with those bad people." She spoke while caressing the young woman's head.

'So kind... Even the personality is like 'hers'.'

After being comforted by Ophilia, the young woman managed to calm down a little.

"Are you feeling better now?" Ophilia asked kindly.

"Y-Y-Yes ma'am." The young woman responded nervously while still being hugged.

"You don't have to be so nervous, just talk to me normally." Ophilia spoke and continued stroking the girl.

'I think I should help a little bit.'

"Kulhum!" Sian's sudden action attracted the attention of Ophilia and the young woman. "It was my bad little girl, I didn't mean to hurt you."

"See? He even apologized. ”

'At what point did I fall... Having to apologize to someone random because of a woman.'

The young woman finally came out of Ophilia's embrace and turned to Sian as she bowed.

"Th-Thank you for saving me yo-young master." She spoke nervously.

"It was nothing, let me clean you up as an excuse." Sian spoke as he directed his hand at her and cast a water spell.

When she saw him using magic, the young woman shivered intensely again, even Ophilia had a worried look.

Soon a thin layer of water surrounded the young woman and flowed quickly to the floor without leaving a single drop behind, taking all the dirt together, even the yellowish tunic became clearer.

"There, brand new." Sian said with a satisfied smile.