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“Sir Reyage, this has nothing to do with you, please step aside.”

It was the storyteller lady warrior who spoke up first. Brows furrowed deeply, she immediately reminded him, “This is the will of the clan leader, please don’t make things difficult for us.”

“If I insist on protecting her?”

“Then you will have to excuse us.”

The four Dark Elven Warriors exchanged a look with each other and immediately launched a simultaneous attack against Reyage with any hesitation.

However, Reyage seemed to have expected this outcome already. A pair of daggers shot out of his sleeves and into his waiting arms, slicing at the oncoming female warriors in a vicious arc!

The four of them were quick to react to his attack. The instant they saw that glint of steel from his sleeves, they knew something was up and swiftly did a turnabout, barely dodging his swing in the nick of time.

Reyage tossed his two daggers immediately at the two retreating female warriors closest to the door, forcing them even further away from the exit. Without them there, the exit was now wide open.

His first move had succeeded brilliantly, but he had no intention of letting them catch their breaths at all. With a flap of his sleeves, a fan of knives appeared instantly in his hands. Without even bothering to aim, he tossed the knives out in a wide arc, forcing the remaining two female warriors away.

“The two of you need to get out of here quick!”

Jezsere tried to grab me and run then, but it was too late. Rather, we never had a chance of escaping to being with. The storyteller warrior had already seen through his intentions; when she dodged his knives, she took the opportunity to dodge beside us…

By the time Reyage yelled to us, she had already appeared in front of us. Her pearly white arms shot out and pressed down on our respective shoulders… it was all for naught.

“Brother… I’m so sorry… sob I’m so useless… I can’t even complete such a simple task…”

How was that even simple? She had clearly seen through our moves already! If you could still take us away in spite of that, then you’re really incredible.

This failure really wasn’t her fault, especially not when I never expected this haphazard escape plan to work in the first place. Let’s just say that in the best of scenarios, Reyage, whose actual strength was still unknown to me, was somehow a Seven-star, he still had to face off against four Seven-star Magisters. Whether it was in terms of quantity or quality, we were at a distinct disadvantage, not to mention that he had to account for us deadweights.

“Alright, alright, there’s no need to cry. It’s not Jezsere’s fault at all.” I used my chin to gently ruffle her hair once more, and under her still watering gaze, smiled at her. “It’s alright. Didn’t master already say so, everything is going to be fine.”

“sob… I’m so sorry… Jezsere is just so useless…” Upon hearing me say that, her crying lessened somewhat but only momentarily.

Seeing her so upset tore at my heart, but I wasn’t in a position to comfort her properly right now. Also, she can really cry!

“I’m sorry to say this but none of you are escaping today.” Now that we were both squarely in her hands, the storyteller warrior firmly declared her victory as such. “Give up, Sir Reyage, you know the clan leader’s orders have to be obeyed.”

“…”

Reyage fell silent at that point, his thoughts a mystery to us all. Had he really given up, or was he plotting something else?

The other three female Dark Elves must have thought it was the former as they promptly stepped forward to try and secure him. But just as the first one amongst them was about to reach him, he suddenly kicked out at her. On that foot was a conspicuously out of place metallic glint -a hidden knife!

Faced with his sudden ambush, the Dark Elven female precisely caught the sides of his foot, stopping the knife before it could even reach her. At the same time, the other two female warriors crept up to him cautiously until he was finally in attacking range at which point they simultaneously did so. Because his leg was still mid-air, he had no choice but to use his hands to try and deflect their oncoming attacks. However, that was difficult even in the best of times, let alone when he was sandwiched by a bunch of Seven-stars. A second later, he was successfully subdued.

Short though that altercation was, one could already see their excellence and coordination. With their wealth of experience and time working together, they had probably all guessed that Reyage was planning to attack when he fell silent. Even without talking, they were able to spread out and subdue all three of us efficiently.

“You three, send Sir Reyage and Lady Jezsere away, I’ll handle the situation here.” Obviously the leader amongst the four, the Dark Elven storyteller lady loosened her grip on Jezsere’s shoulder, and before the two siblings could even react, began escorting me out of the room.

“The clan leader’s ceremony must not be delayed.”

The other three then escorted the siblings out of the room. No matter how much Jezsere cried, it wasn’t going to change the fact that we had to be separated for now.

“Master… sob…”

“Don’t worry, I’ll be fine.”

Ah. She’s crying again. Sometimes, I really wonder if she’s made of water. It’s because she’s so darned adorable that I just want to bully her. Of course, I’m the only one who is allowed to do so.

Before he left my sight, Reyage turned around to give me a firm look, as if he was trying to say, wait for me. Wait, don’t tell me he hasn’t given up yet?

Speaking of which… brother, is there even a need to risk your life like this for me? We aren’t even related. And even if I’m destined to be your brother-in-law, there’s no need to break off ties with your own mother, is there… What I’m saying is this… just give up for now… Honestly, having an elder brother-in-law like you is already enough for me. Even though Jezsere and I haven’t gotten to that stage yet, the moment I laid eyes on Jezsere, I was dead set on making you my brother-in-law.

“Let’s go.” The storyteller *** elite bodyguard said to me once the siblings were successfully escorted away. She gave my back a sharp pat and said, “if you keep stalling like this, my job will just become unnecessarily more complicated.”

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