“Hiss…is this…a war about to start?”
“I…I don’t know…”
“Quick, quick, quick—get home!”
The commoners and street vendors instantly panicked.
Many abandoned their carts and stalls entirely, fleeing home in a frenzy!
A few bold ones hid in nearby alleys to watch the spectacle.
“That’s…that’s the Marquis’s carriage!”
“You just noticed? Knights of that level…you’ll only find them at the Marquis’s estate, right?”
“Click click click…such mighty warhorses. Probably wouldn’t flinch even in front of bears or lions.”
Trot trot trot…
These well-trained soldiers ignored the gawkers completely, simply surrounding the central carriage as they advanced in an orderly direction.
Bang!
The dim woodshed door was suddenly thrown open.
The half-unconscious Jenny’s eyes snapped wide!
“Eh?!”
The blinding sunlight fell on the girl’s face, making her squint.
“Who…who’s there?!”
Creak…
But the person said nothing, only turned to close the woodshed door behind him.
As the light faded back to gloom, Jenny finally saw clearly…it appeared to be a man, short and stocky, looking somewhat familiar.
But he wore all black homespun clothes and a strange hood over his head, completely hiding his features.
“Eh? Who…who are you?!”
Right now she was extremely weak, with both her hands and feet shackled by chains, making it nearly impossible to move.
“Who am I? I am…”
The man seemed to deliberately lower his voice, making it even more muffled and unpleasant than it already was.
“Hehehe…the one who’s going to make you a woman!!”
He laughed, as if unable to contain the vile urge in his heart any longer, and lunged straight toward Jenny!
“Ugh!?”
Though still a virgin, after so many years in the social scene, Jenny immediately understood the intentions of this short, fat man.
A chill instantly ran up her spine to her brain.
She…she absolutely didn’t want to be violated like this…
Especially not in such a place, by some stranger…
Gritting her teeth, she suddenly threw herself to the side!
Clatter!
Thud…
The chains rattled as she managed to dodge his pounce, narrowly avoiding being pinned to the ground.
But because of the length of the chains, she also fell heavily to the floor nearby.
“Hehe…hehehe, eh, how far can a bitch tied up like a dog run, hmm?!”
The man actually seemed even more excited by her resistance, as if what he was about to do wouldn’t destroy the rest of her life, but was merely a stimulating, playful game to him.
“Ugh…get away…is anyone there!? Someone help…get away! Get away from me!!”
Jenny struggled, screamed, and resisted…
But the woodshed was only so large, and though the man was a bit slow, he still seemed mentally functional.
Seeing how fiercely she fought, he bent down and grabbed the chains on the ground!
“It’s just like…a leash around a dog’s neck~ ah hahahaha!!”
Clang!!
“Ugh!!”
Thud…
As the chain was yanked hard, Jenny was thrown heavily to the ground.
“No…no…”
Having eaten nothing since last night or this morning, this time when she fell, she seemed to have no strength left to get up again…
“Hehehe!”
The man stuck out his tongue, licking the corner of his mouth, then took two steps forward and plopped down on top of Jenny…
“Ugh…”
“If you’d just stopped resisting sooner, you’d already be soaring to heaven by now…why don’t you ever listen, huh?”
As he spoke, he eagerly began unfastening his belt.
What to do…what to do…
Should I…kill myself?
But…what about mother?
Without her, mother would be tormented to death by Bijia…
Yet…if she was defiled here, she’d never be able to appear in noble social circles again…
“Hm? Why’s this dress so hard to take off…”
And then without value, would father…still protect her?
“Damn it…hey!!”
What to do…what should I…
Rip!!
Listening to the man’s vile words, feeling the cold air on her body as her clothes were torn…
The light in Jenny’s eyes gradually faded.
Maybe…this was…her fate.
As the second daughter of a concubine, as a lowly insect…
This was the fate she was meant to bear…
Bang!!!
Before that thought could fully settle in her mind, the woodshed door was suddenly kicked open with a crash!
Whoosh—!
Thunk!
And before the man sitting atop Jenny could react, a crossbow bolt tore through the air and lodged straight into his fat shoulder!
“Arghhhhhhh!!!”
A pig-like scream rang out. Blood splattered across Jenny’s cheek…mixing with the light now spilling into the woodshed.
“Get the hell away (f*** your mother’s face)! You pig, how dare you touch the young lady’s people!!”
Bang!!
A small foot then directly kicked the screaming man off Jenny.
Moments later, a few lightly armored soldiers rushed in and dragged the still-howling pig-man to the side, giving him a savage beating of fists and feet!
Jenny slowly came back to her senses, staring blankly at the person before her.
Though her tears had already blurred her vision and there wasn’t a single spot on her body that wasn’t sore, she could still see clearly that the person standing before her…was Ileia’s personal maid, Yumina, with her twin red ponytails.
“How are you? Sorry…we were a little late.”
The young girl’s pink eyes were filled with worry as she slowly reached out her hand toward Jenny, who lay on the ground disheveled and barely clothed.
“……”
Jenny wanted to say she was alright, but tears kept pouring from her eyes, continuously blurring her sight and nose, relentlessly stopping her from forming complete words.
“There, there~ it’s… all okay now. As soon as the young lady heard about this, she came right away. Jenny, you’re safe now~”
Yumina bent down, pulling the nearly broken girl into her embrace and softly comforting her.
Young lady…young lady…
“Uuuuuuuuuu…”
At the same time, in front of the knight family’s main gate, all the servants were huddled in a corner, trembling.
The street outside the courtyard was completely occupied by soldiers clad in armor.
“T-that…”
At this moment, the mistress of the house, Bijia, was so frightened her legs had gone weak.
The only reason she hadn’t lost control of her bladder was because she had just come back from the toilet.
As merely the mistress of a minor knight household, when had she ever seen such a scene…?
She could only cling to the door frame, her lips quivering, not knowing what to say.
Thud!
“Out of my sight. Scram!”
The silver-armored knight standing before the carriage furrowed his brows under his helmet.
A terrifying aura instantly swept across the entire courtyard.
This oppressive force was more than ten times scarier than when Knight Bes got angry!
It was clear…these two knights were not on the same level at all.
“Ah…I…I…”
Bijia wanted to run, but it seemed her legs no longer belonged to her.
Though…she had already sent someone to call the city guard captain who was friendly with Knight Bes…
But now…what should she do?
“Click. This little gate—how is it supposed to let the young lady’s carriage in?! Tear it all down!!”
But after the silver-armored knight said this, he completely ignored the mistress of the house.
Tear it down?
Bijia stood there stunned.
Tear…what…?