The pebble that was flying towards The Helper suddenly became invisible and went through him. Then, The Thief suddenly stumbled and fell headfirst onto the marketplace road.

“Mister Xaviel was it? It seems we have succeeded,” said The Helper to Xaviel. In response, Xaviel smiled as he performed a body check on The Thief searching for Serena’s wallet.

“I don’t think…” He said while revealing The Thief’s hood, “..she is a ‘him’,” he continued.

The Helper dropped his jaw and trembled. He soon began taking steps away from The Thief to Xaviel’s surprise. 

That expression, He is definitely scared of this woman. That however doesn’t explain who she is, Xaviel thought while looking at The Helper. Then he immediately asked, “Who is she?”.

“This… This woman is.. ‘The Flicher’. She is known not only to rob people but also to insert poison on her victims. I never thought... I would get the chance to even see her in a bind.” The Helper said, trembling at the situation.

“You better go get the village guard, I’ll watch her,” Xaviel said.

“The spider-web icon thingy!” He said abruptly.

Like before, He can see dozens of icons tied together with a line that resembles a lot like spiderwebs. Around the spiderwebs, all he sees is an empty void. His hand however was still visible, despite him closing his own eyes. He then took a closer look at the icons that are present. 

Xaviel noticed that the icons were composed of different colors, which are blue and gray. Most of the icons are in gray color and leave only one icon in blue color. This intrigues him. He then reaches out his hand to the single blue icon. As his index fingers touch the icon, he sees the icon make a button-like motion. Then suddenly a web browser window-like object appeared in front of his hand. The object had a black background and a white tint text.

[Phantom Armament]

Objects you currently possess are converted to a ‘phantom’ state.

Click to Expand

-+

Woah!! This is really cool. This looks like a skill window from RPGs. That being said, what I did must be some sort of Fantasy-RPG skill! That’s so cool! He thought. 

As he saw the text ‘Click to Expand’, his index fingers clicked the window again and the window widened.

-+

[Phantom Armament]

Objects you currently possess are converted to a ‘phantom’ state.

-

Characteristics: Passive

Class: Cardinal

-+

He then diverts his attention away from the window thinking, I must know other skills that I possess!

His index finger then reaches out for another icon, but this one is in gray color. As the finger touched the icon.

He suddenly felt a noise inside his head. The noise was so painfully obnoxious that it made his head go nuts. 

Shit! Ughh My head!!! My head hurts, He thought as his hands reached his head. The pain though didn’t seem to go better rather going much worse.

As Xaviel screams in his pain, the spiderweb and void suddenly break to pieces. His eyes were now showing the marketplace. The headache suddenly had gone much better than before but still unbearably painful for him.

BRUK!

Shit. How did it get like this? Xaviel thought as he went unconscious.

***

“Haha yes, Big Sis is just fine Mika,” Serena said, cheering Mika up.

Serena's hand then reached Mika's head, she gave her a pat to calm her down. Mika in return hugs Serena’s lower body and said, “Mika love big sis. Next time Mika protect big sis”

Serena squatted and hugged Mika back. “I love you too, Mika,” she said. The two then shared a quiet moment. As they part after the hug Mika puts her hand on her back and says, “What should we do now Big Sis?”

“Uhmm! Alright, Big Sis!” Mika replied.

The two then went back to the village gate hoping to meet with Maru.

As they made it to the village gate, Maru was still on duty. His eyes met with Serena’s and he greeted them, “Hey Serena, and my cute little Mika, weren’t you two going somewhere with the new slave? Umm Xa? Who?”

“Xaviel, and yes we were going somewhere until someone robbed me,” said Serena.

“Oh gosh, Alright let me investigate that for you-”

Maru’s name was suddenly called by a man’s voice.

Serena switches her attention to her backside where the voice is sourced. There a man was running with an expression of fright directly towards her location.

“Trouble Mister Maru… Trouble!!” The Man said.

“Calm down then please explain what you mean,” Maru replied calmly.

“The Flicher… Someone managed to knock her down!!” The man said as his eyes widened.

“There’s no way, Are you not mistaken?” Maru asked The Man again to clarify the situation.

“Uhm!! If big bro and sis are going, Mika want to go too!” Mika said while pumping her fist in the air.

Then the two followed Maru towards the marketplace.

***

A voice calls out to Xaviel.

“Hey Z\/\/\/\, Why are you lying down here?”

“Huh? What are you doing, Galleon?” Xaviel blurted out.

Xaviel’s vision of the boy with brown hair suddenly fades. His eyes were met with a greyed-eyed man.

“How dare you! My face is one and only!” Maru said as his tone rose.

Xaviel however didn’t respond back to him. He rose from the ground and wiped his dusted pants. His upper body, still naked, drenched in sweat. His well-built hand then caresses his own hair. Xaviel’s expression however is blank, it was like he had seen something that bothers him very dearly.

“Heyy.. Umm… Maybe you want to put some clothes on.” Maru said.

Unknown to Xaviel, a crowd was formed around him. His body that was in great shape and drenching in sweat only made him look much sexier to the ladies in the crowd.

“Here,” Serena handed a robe to Xaviel.

“Wear this. I can’t have you wooing any lady just yet. You’re my slave after all,” said Serena, looking away from Xaviel’s naked body.

“Thank you..” Xaviel replied. 

“Ehm… Back to topic! I’ve heard you performed a great service for us today, Xaviel!” said Maru.

Xaviel then looks onto Maru’s face showing signs of confusion.

“Thanks for catching The Flicher,” Maru said.

“Ah yes, I forgot about that. Who was she?” Xaviel said.

“The Flicher, is actually a notorious villain here in Kirzig Village.” Maru explained.

“I see.. Well then you could take it from here, Maru,” said Xaviel.

“Will do ! Come by the Village Guard’s office later,” Maru replied. He then nudged to The Flicher’s unconscious body and carried her in his arms. 

“I’ll be going then, Thank you again Xaviel!” Maru said as he walked towards the exit of the village’s marketplace. Xaviel then thought to himself. He somehow felt weirded out by the scene that had happened.

The Flicher.. A Notorious villain?

From the evidence that I had gathered, the only thing she was carrying was wallets. A mere pickpocketer can’t surely be labeled as a notorious villain right? That seems too much.

Xaviel then thought of an idea.

Maybe she had done something terrible? I should ask around.

Just before he was going to mingle with the crowd, Someone pulled his robe from behind, “Where do you think you’re going?” said Serena.

“Uhh...Nowhere?”

“Mister Pack !” Mika greeted Xaviel looking happy.

Could it be that she is embarrassed?

“Mister Pack strong! So please help Mika !!” She bowed to him.

“Hmm? What’s wrong?” Xaviel asked as he puts his hand on Mika's shoulders.

Then, Serena pulled him away from Mika saying “Don’t get too close with Mika !”

Her pull was so conveniently on-point that it caught Xaviel off guard. Suddenly, he hit the ground because of the pulling motion.

“Ow! What’s that for !” Said Xaviel.

“You were being too close to Mika! Stay away you Pedo!” Serena shouted.

At that moment…

“Big Sis…?” said Mika

Xaviel and Serena knew…

“What is Pedo and Shit?” said Mika in confusion.

They fucked up.