Chapter 374 Kidnapping the Princess
Things in the world are just so coincidental!
Just as Kira finished speaking, a cry of surprise suddenly came from the "Winter Hot Spring Hotel".
“Help!!!”
This was the voice of a young woman, very miserable and loud. Her owner must have seen something terrible, or was facing a life-and-death crisis. The cry for help echoed throughout the hot spring hotel, interrupting everyone's conversation.
For a moment, Kira even thought he had walked into the wrong set and suspected that this was a chapter of the "Winter Hot Spring Inn Murder Case."
But obviously not!
"Huh? It sounds like someone is shouting for help..."
"I heard that, too."
"Want to go check it out?"
"When did you become so brave and compassionate?"
Before anyone could say anything sarcastic, the noisy footsteps became louder and closer.
Eric had the sharpest ears and was the first to hear the noise outside: "It seems that a few wizards are arresting a little girl, and they are coming this way?"
Three seconds later, a girl with long emerald hair and wearing a bathrobe rushed into the men's bathing pool.
Everyone was surprised at the same time: "Huh?!!"
When the girl saw the scene in the bathroom clearly, her face turned red, but before she could react, a huge force broke through the door from behind her. The girl ignored her shyness and jumped into the water with a splash.
At the same time, three figures walked in from the big hole in the bathtub: a strong old man, a brown-skinned young man, and a two-meter-tall fat man.
The fat man looked around, obviously looking for the girl who had just come in, but when he didn't see anyone, he looked puzzled and scratched his head and said to himself: "Strange, where is she? I clearly saw her come in here just now..."
The sturdy old man looked down at the still rippling water and ordered coldly: "Go look in the water!"
The fat man obviously didn't understand what he said, and just asked: "Ah? But this is the men's bathroom, she shouldn't be in here, right?"
Kira and the others looked at each other, and the same voice flashed through their minds: It seems that this is an idiot...
"Shut up! Do as I say!!"
"oh!"
The fat man responded and took two steps forward. His body weighing several hundred pounds made the whole hotel vibrate when he walked. Kira could clearly feel the hot spring water jumping constantly under the vibration.
But the fat man stopped before entering the water because he encountered an obstacle: "Boy, get out of my way!"
The person who blocked the fat man was Jellal, who was in a bad mood at the moment. In fact, he had been sitting in the water without moving, but the fat man was obviously too lazy to take a detour, so he walked straight over and wanted to go into the water from here, which made Jellal angry.
I shouldn't have come to the hot spring today!
“Get lost!”
From the tone, Kira knew that Jellal was already a little angry.
"What did you say?!" The fat man became furious when he heard that, and raised his right foot to step on Gerard's blue head.
But how could Gerard suffer a loss? With a "splash", he disappeared from the water, and appeared beside the fat man with a bath towel wrapped around his lower body. Then he punched him in the waist and knocked the fat man out.
"Damn it! You kid... let's go together!"
The strong old man shouted angrily, and the three of them went up to deal with Jellal. Jellal was not afraid at all. He didn't even use magic. He only relied on physical skills to beat the opponent. His movements were so fast and fierce that Kira and the bystanders were shocked.
"What's wrong with this guy today? Why is he so angry?"
Eric glanced at Kira and said, "What's wrong... You can act so serious as if nothing happened. You are worthy of being the boss!"
"What's going on over there? " Urrutia's voice came from the telepathic channel.
Kira explained with great interest: "Three big men chased a girl into the men's bath, and a shirtless man stepped forward and fought three men at once! Do you want to see it?"
There was silence for a moment, and then the reply was: "No need."
The three guys who appeared out of nowhere were also wizards, but their strength was definitely no match for Jellal who was in a bad mood, and they were knocked to the ground in less than a minute.
While they were fighting, the girl had quietly floated ashore from the other side. She had originally planned to escape around, but she didn't expect the battle to end so quickly.
She stood at the door, all wet, staring blankly at the three pursuers falling to the ground one after another. It was not until Jellal approached that she reacted and bowed shyly to express her gratitude: "Thank you for your help!"
"No...you're welcome!" Gerard turned his head away, "Who are they? Why are they chasing you?"
The girl explained: "They are assassins sent by the Mercenary Guild. Someone has set their sights on my family's property, so they sent them to kidnap me..."
Three minutes later, the hotel staff took the girl and three mercenaries away, and the meeting resumed.
"That girl is lying!" An Ye was the first to speak. He keenly noticed that the girl's words just now were evasive, as if she was hiding something.
Sawyer went on to say, "The guild emblems on those three people belong to a relatively famous dark guild. I have dealt with them before and often took on kidnapping and extortion missions."
Gerard nodded and said, "That means the kidnapping is probably true. At least it's not some drama about a young lady running away from the consortium, nor is it a farce deliberately performed for us. It's normal for the girl to be on guard against us when encountering something like this."
"She is the only daughter of King Fiore, the future heir to the kingdom, the heroine of our previous topic, Princess Emerald!"
Kira's words startled the others, and then their expressions became inexplicable: "It's her? Then didn't Jellal just..."
Several people looked at Jellal, only to see him covering his head with regret on his face: "Stop talking! Kira, you already knew her identity, but you deliberately didn't tell me?"
Gerald regrets it now, very much!
Kira refused to admit it, and spread his hands and said, "You went too fast, and we couldn't stop you! Besides, the other party is such an important person, who knew you didn't know him? I thought you listened to what I said before and rushed to save the beauty..."
"She is from the royal family. It's normal that she doesn't know me, right?"
"Who said that? Eric knows him, right?"
"Yes!" Eric nodded, but he didn't completely agree with Kira, "I just heard it with magic, I didn't know it before! So only Kira knew it from the beginning!"
After failing to share the blame, Kira immediately changed the subject: "Anyway, now that Jellal helped the Emerald Princess when she was in crisis, it can be considered as gaining her favor. It will be much easier to date her in the future!"
Jellal really forgot to question Kira's evil heart. "Wait!! Since 'we' saved her, that should be considered a favor, right? Can't we use this as an excuse to ask for an exemption from the wanted order?"
"It's not us! It's you!" Kira corrected Jellal. "You're the only one who attacked, so it's very likely that you're the only one who's immune, but you wouldn't do something like abandoning your companions, would you?"
Gerard almost blurted out "None of my business" and said, "You just asked me to sell my body, and now you know I'm your companion?"
"Although I heard that the princess's IQ is not very high, judging from her appearance, she must have come here to take a hot spring bath. She came out to relax and was kidnapped, and then she happened to be rescued by you, a wanted criminal. Then you asked her to cancel your wanted order in exchange for a favor... All these developments sound like they were deliberately arranged!"
Gerard felt a rush of blood to his heart and almost got internal injuries from anger.
Seeing his frustrated look, Eric said awkwardly: "Although I really want to agree with you, your expression really deserves a beating, Kira!"
"Call me boss! Let's get to the point. Kidnapping a princess is no small matter. Even the most vicious dark guild in the magic world wouldn't dare to do it if they don't have enough confidence."
Kira stopped playing tricks on Jellal and turned to ask Eric, "Besides the identity of the Emerald Princess, did you hear the purpose of the three kidnappers?"
This is not the daughter of a railway consortium, but a real princess of the kingdom and the heir to the king! Taking action is to become an enemy of the kingdom, which is considered a national war! How dare a mere dark guild do this?
"No! They just accept the mission."
Eric shook his head. His magic could listen to the thoughts in their hearts but could not explore their memories. Unless he verbally guided them to think of the answer to the question, he could not hear it!
"If you care so much, why don't you just follow and take a look?"
Kira comfortably soaked himself in the hot spring again: "Do you know the difference between a boss and a little brother?"
"People on the other side have already done this kind of thing!"
