Just as we were about to move to engage the adventurers hoping to steal from and kill us they appeared.
The Astraea Familia.
I instantly recognized them from the gamecin my last life.
Alice, Kaguya, Lyra, Neeza, and the rest.
Minus Ryuu of course since she joined our familia instead.
Looking at this all female familia who takes it upon themselves to uphold justice in Orario, I have to admit they do look quite intimidating.
"Fuck, it's the Astraea Familia!"
"Those bitches, damiit!"
"It doesn't matter. We'll kill them just like any others." The boss said. He then placed his disgusting gaze upon Alice. "But first we're going to show them whose in charge."
"Hahaha, good one." Alice told the leader. A bright smile on her face as she did so. "But unfortunately for you the only guys I will even allow a chance to touch my body must be level three, have made it to the lower floors of the dungeon, and must have at least 100,00 valis in their pocket at all times. After all, I'm not dating a broke guy where I have to pay for everything. If you date me, pampering me will be a must. Since I am such a great catch." She explained.
'Sheesh. Someone has a lot of confidence.' I thought.
I knew Alice was quite the character from the games and the light novels but still...I never expected her to be this eccentric.
Though for some reason I find it quite refreshing.
At Alice's words the gang leader got an enraged expression on his face.
"Shut your mouth you cu-Agh!"
Before the leader could finish his sentence I took out one of remaining knives and threw it at him. My blade lodging itself straight in his left eye.
Looks like all that throwing practice is paying off.
"Fuck, my eye!" He cried. Falling to his knees.
"Stop whining." I told him. "Also, didn't your mother ever teach you it's rude to call a woman the c word unless she is a completely evil bitch with no hope of redemption hm?"
"Kill them! Kill them all!" The leader cried. Looking at me with his one good eye, which is completely bloodshot at the moment.
Sucks to be him.
As soon as the leader gave the order his lackeys sprung into action. Moving to attack us.
But as soon as they did so the power ranger waifus sprung into action.
And the Astraea Familia are power rangers, since I don't know what else to call them.
They go around fighting bad guys and saving innocents. Plus, they have the whole color scheme going on.
Alice is red, Kaguya is black, Lyra is pink, and Neeza is blue.
So yeah, power rangers no matter how I look at them.
Drawing the rapier situated on her left hip Alice charged forward. Dodging a slash aimed at her stomach she quickly stabbed the hand of the man who attempted to attack her, forcing him to drop his weapon. Once this happened Alice planted a kick in his chest, forcing him into the ground.
She might be eccentric, but her combat skills aren't shabby in the slightest.
"Magic users, go." One of the attackers shouted.
But as soon as the magic users began chanting they received daggers in their bodies, courtesy of the black-haired beauty Kaguya.
"Keep your filthy mouths shut. No one wants to hear anymore filth from any of you." Kaguya told the attackers, a smile on her face as she did so.
Right, I almost forgot.
Despite looking like a proper lady Kaguya has a foul mouth and rather crass personality.
As the enemies magic users got taken out the rest of the Astraea Familia moved in. Showcasing expert teamwork they took down the fifteen attackers in no time at all.
Seeing this all the color drained from the leaders face.
"Shit!" He shouted. The man then stood to his feet and began running away.
Oh, what a poor idiot.
Taking my spear I threw it straight at him and it lodged itself in his left leg, stopping him in his tracks.
"Agh!" The man shouted in pain.
But I ignored him.
Closing the distance I got right behind him and then leaned in close and whispered.
"This is what happens when you target me and my friends. Also, don't ever lay your filthy gaze upon our elf ever again." I told him in a completely cold voice.
I then grabbed his head and smashed it into the pavement without remorse.
Once I did so I removed my spear from his leg and walked back over to the others. Flicking the scums blood off my weapon as I did so.
Reaching them I came face-to-face with the Astraea Familia.
"Nice takedown." Lyra told me. "I like your style."
"Thanks." I told her. "Also, thanks for the assist."
"No problem." Alice spoke up. "As those who have chosen to uphold justice and fight against the evil infecting this city we will always help those in need." She told me.
I put a wry smile on my face at her words. She really is an eccentric person.
"Captain speak normally. You know people other than us can't understand you when you talk like that." Kaguya told Alice.
"Its fine, its fine." Alice said.
"It is not." Kaguya retorted.
The two of them then got into an argument.
As they did so I looked at Lyra. "So, are they always like this?"
"Yeah, more or less." Lyra said.
"I see." I said. "Well again, thanks for the assist but my friends and I will take our leave now if that's alright?"
"Sure." Lyra answered. "See you around."
"The same." I said.
Once I did so the others and I took our leave, Alicec and Kaguya still arguing with each other as we did so.
We walked for several minutes in silence until Ryner spoke up.
"Well, those ladies certainly were interesting." He said.
"Yeah." Gaul agreed. " But man, did you see the way they fought? So cool."
"Yes. It was." Ryuu added. "Just who were they though?"
" The Astraea Familia." I spoke up. "An all female familia who acts as the cities police force, fighting injustices that the guild nor the Ganesha familia can spare the manpower to do. Most of them are level two and it seems they have a pretty good track record in the dungeon as well. We can trust them. And we will definitely see then again in the future." I told the others.
Since we will work with them to bring down Evilus.
Which now that I have met them, doesn't seem like it will be bad at all.
No, certainly not.
Once we parted from the Astraea Familia and the group of robbers we arrived home within 15 minutes.
Entering we were greeted by the sight of Athena, Leonmitchelli, and Millhiore.
"Welcome ho-Agh!" Millhiore screamed once she got a good look at us.
"Don't worry it looks worse than it is." I told her. "But some first-aid wouldn't hurt."
It really wouldn't.
Nodding Millhiore ran off to get the medical supplies, while the four of us took off our salamander cloaks and put them away properly.
Those things cost a pretty penny after all, and as a familia who is still trying to get our bearings we don't have that much money to spare. So we need to take care of our shit until it isn't able to last any longer.
At least until we start making major bank that is.
Which I plan for our familia to start doing very soon. I just need to work on a few things before we begin.
Moving to sit down on the couches and the chairs the four of us who went to the dungeon today were finally able to relax. Letting out tired sighs we waited until Millhiore came back with the medical supplies.
Once she did so she started treating our injuries, alongside Leonmitchelli and Athena.
As they did so we re-counted our experience for the day on the 13th floor. As well as our run in with the band of thieving adventurers and the Astraea familia.
"Oh, so you met Astraea's children did you?" Athena asked us after we finished re-telling events.
"We did." I said. "Goddess, do you know Astraea?"
Athena nodded. "In heaven we had a very good relationship. Though I haven't really had a chance to see and speak with her since I came down to the mortal world." She explained to us.
"Well then it looks like we'll need to arrange a meeting between you two in the future." I said.
Since Athena and Astraea are old friends it would be good for them to catch up. There are also several more benefits I can think of that come out of their friendship.
One is that we will be able to form a relationship and work with the Astraea familia in the future. I think those girls would be willing. Meaning we can take on Evilus together, and probably do some joint expeditions into the dungeon as well.
We might even be able to ask those girls to look after Athena and our home while we go on a solo expedition in the future.
As various thoughts ran through my head I waited for my treatment to get finished.
Once it was I thanked Millhiore and then headed up to my room.
Closing the door I placed my spear against the wall, and then stripped down to my birthday suit before stepping into the bathroom. I then went over to the tub and turned on the shower.
Yeah, they have showers in this world. They were featured in the Sword Orario anime. Only instead of nobs to control the temperature of the water there are two magic stones in place of them.
Adjusting the temperature to hot like I like it I waited for the water to warm-up. As I did so I untied my hair from its pony-tail allowing it to flow freely.
Since I look like Zhongli I decided to style my hair just like him, and honestly it works.
In my last life I kept my hair short since I didn't want the hassle of dealing with caring for long hair. But here I don't mind it at all.
Strange, but it is what it is.
Once the water was just how I liked it I stepped into the shower and started washing away the sweat, fatigue, and blood of the day.
A smile on my face as I did so.
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Enjoying the nice breeze I walked down the street with Ryuu and Leonmitchelli on either side of me.
Today we are not going to the dungeon.
After yesterday's series of events we're going to take a few days to recover.
But we are going to the guild to turn in all the magic stones we collected yesterday.
The three of us walked down the street, and turned a corner.
But as we did so we stopped in our tracks. Since we just happened upon quite the sight.
Several men are standing around a flower shop stand, surrounding a woman and a boy.
The woman looks pretty. She has dark-brown hair and golden eyes.
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While the boy doesn't look much older than me. He has dark hair and dark eyes.
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Standing in front of the woman the boy glared menacingly at the men. But all of them just looked at him with smug expressions on their faces.
"Fuck off." The boy told the men. "Didn't we already tell you we wouldn't pay." He said.
"Kid, show some manners." One of the men said. "Didn't your mother teach you anything?" He asked, looking at the woman standing behind the boy.
'Oh, so she's his mother.' I thought.
Actually now that I look at their faces they do have similar features.
"Don't you dare look at my mother with your disgusting gaze!" The boy yelled at the man.
It was then the man stepped up and punched the boy in the stomach. Dry heaving he fell to the ground and clutched his stomach in pain.
"Kid, it looks like you need to learn to respect your elders, so let me teach you!" The man sneered. He then kicked the boy in the side, laughing as he cried out in pain once more.
"Stop!" The woman yelled at the man. "We'll pay, just leave my son alone, please?" She asked. A few tears appearing in her eyes as she did so.
"Oh, so it looks like one of you have some brains after all." The man said. He then looked down at the boy. "Be thankful kid, your mommy just saved you." He told him.
As he did so the boy gave him a furious look.
But the man ignored it, simply stepping over the boy and moving to his mother. Placing a hand on her shoulder as he did so.
"So then, as we previously discussed the rent fee is 10,000 valis a month." The man told the woman.
"But, we don't make near that much." She immediately retorted.
"Sorry, but that's the fee." The man said again. "And if I let you skimp, then my other renters might feel they can do the same." He explained to her. The man then started eyeing the woman's body, specifically her breasts. "However there are other ways you can pay me."
As Ryuu, Leonmitchelli, and I watched this all of us put looks of utter disgust on our faces.
To think these scum would do such acts in broad daylight.
I can now see that Evilus isn't the only problem plaguing Orario in the "Dark Period".
Sharing a look with Ryuu and Leonmitchelli we made our decision on what to do instantly. No hesitation at all.
We walked up to the scene.
As we did so all eyes turned on us.
"Hey, is there something we can help you brats with?" One of the thugs asked us.
"Yes." Leonmitchelli said. "I was wondering why pieces of shit like you are still allowed to walk around after beating up a kid trying to protect his mother from being touched by the dirty things you all call penis's? Explain it to me?" She asked. A bright smile on her face as she did so.
The moment she said this all seven men got angry expressions on their faces.
"Little bitch, looks like you need to learn some manners!" The thug in front of Leonmitchelli screamed.
But the second after he did so she kicked him right in the balls. No hesitation at all.
"Agghhhh!" Releasing a high-pitched scream the man fell over, unconscious.
Wincing I clutched my boys for a moment, making sure to never have that happen to me.
Seeing their friend taken out the thugs were stunned for a moment.
That is until their leader shouted at them.
"Don't just stand there, get those brats!" He said.
As soon as he did so the men snapped out of their daze and moved to attack us.
Once they did so I dropped the bag with magic stones in my hand and quickly moved up to the leader.
I then delivered a palm strike to his chin, before delivering several punches to his body. Sending him flying across the street.
As I did so I looked out of the corner of my eye to see Ryuu and Leonmitchellit take down the other thugs easily.
So easily I can tell these guys are not adventurers, just assholes who enjoy bullying the weak.
But now the shoe is on the other foot.
Moving over to their leader I punched him in the face, knocking out a tooth as I did so. I also knocked him out.
Picking him up by his leg I dragged him over to his comrades and then used his unconscious body to beat them some more, a smile on my face as I did so.
After five minutes I stopped. Seeing that they were all unconscious. Dropping their leader I looked towards Ryuu and Leonmtichelli. "Let's contact the Ganehsa familia to come arrest these scum."
They both nodded.
Once they did so I turned back around to the mother and her son.
"Thank you." The woman told me.
"No problem mam." I told her.
As I did so I caught her son staring at me.
"Yes?" I asked him.
"Hey, why did you help us?" He asked me.
"Simply because I wanted to. No other reason." I told him. "Looking him in the eyes as I did so."
"I see." The boy said after a few seconds. "Ok then, next question. Are you guys adventurers?"
"We are." I told him. Not seeing any harm in doing so.
"Ok." He said. "So, what would you say if I asked to join your familia?"
As he did so I raised a brow.
To think our first steps in fighting injustice would lead to this.
Well, at least its not boring.
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