A Story of a Male Knight (Not a Female Knight) in a Chastity-Reversed World ~The Girls Are So Afraid of Being Disliked That a “Kukkoro” Scene Never Happens~ - 30

Chapter 30: The Rescued Girl

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I slowly lowered the hand I had reached out toward the boy who was leaving. Ah, he was gone before I could even ask his name. How was I supposed to thank him?

While I was thinking that, it seemed someone had called the city guards. The city guards arrived to take the bandits away. The bandits were gone, but everyone was still lingering in the aftermath, stopping in their tracks and talking about what had just happened.

I was no different. He had been such an incredibly beautiful boy…

That shining silver hair, those jewel-like amethyst eyes. And his smile—how happy he looked when he saw I was safe… Just remembering it made my chest feel hot and tight. What was this feeling?

“Amazing, a boy took down those thugs.”

“W-What is this, am I dreaming?”

“That’s right. It must be a dream.”

Not just the restaurant’s staff and customers, but many passersby who had stopped in front of the store all looked like they couldn’t believe what had happened. It really did seem like it might have been a dream.

A child around my age defeating bandits. That alone was incredibly rare, but for it to be a boy made it all the more unbelievable. On top of that, he fought out of righteous anger over their dine-and-dash and violence toward a child—it sounded like something straight out of a fairy tale. It couldn’t possibly happen in reality.

I pinched my cheek. Ouch. It seemed this was real. If someone else had told me this story, I probably would’ve laughed and told them not to get carried away dreaming. But this was unmistakably reality.

“He was really strong. Those guys weren’t just ordinary bandits—they were knights gone bad.”

“Yeah. And he was an unbelievably beautiful boy!”

“Exactly! His purple eyes and silver hair were so incredibly pretty!”

“Right?! …Wait, purple eyes and silver hair?”

“What is it?”

“That’s the same as Karina Kukkoro-sama, isn’t it?”

When that conversation drifted over to me, I felt like everyone around me froze for an instant.

“S-So it really might not have been a dream!!”

“Yeah!! If he’s the heir of the Kukkoro family, the Sword of the Imperial Capital, of course he’d be that strong!!”

“That must be it! I’ve got a friend who works for the heir of the Kukkoro family, and I’ve heard he’s really kind too!”

“Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Then since he’s LIVING in the Imperial Capital, we might see him again someday?!”

“Not just that! The Imperial Capital’s gotten dangerous lately, right? And with strength like his, and coming from the Sword of the Imperial Capital’s Kukkoro family, he might even be assigned to the city guard!”

“Oh my gosh! I want him to protect me already!”

It looked like they had figured out the boy’s identity, and everyone was getting excited. How nice… If only I lived in the Imperial Capital too, I might’ve had another chance to meet him.

“What’s with the gloomy face, Sui?”

My friend, who had come to the Imperial Capital with me, walked into the restaurant and called my name. We’d originally planned to meet here and have lunch together.

“Don’t tease me, Shin.”

“I can’t help it. There was such a huge crowd outside that it was a real hassle just getting into the restaurant.”

“Ah, so that’s why you were late.”

“Yeah. So, what’s going on here?”

As Shin tilted her head, I started to explain what had happened, but she held up a hand to stop me.

“Excuse me, waiter! We’ll have today’s lunch special! What about you, Sui?”

“Um, I’ll have the same.”

After we ordered, Shin turned back to me expectantly.

“So, explain.”

“Okay, I’ll tell you. Some bandits came into this restaurant trying to dine and dash, and I couldn’t just stand by and let it happen, so I called them out.”

“Haha. That’s just like you, Sui—so full of justice.”

I felt like she was mocking me, and it annoyed me. But whenever I tried arguing with Shin, I always lost, so I decided to ignore it and continue.

“Then the bandits got angry and said they’d kidnap me, and things got heated.”

“Ehh~ That sounds fun. I wish I’d been in your place—it’d have been a nice way to kill some time.”

“Don’t joke around!”

“I’m dead serious. But fine, go on.”

“…So while we were arguing, the boy appeared. He said, ‘Come at me. I’ll take you all on.’”

“Like, ‘Stop picking on the little girl!’?”

“Yeah.”

“Alright, I’ll let you keep going.”

“And then, even though there were five bandits, the boy took them all down easily and just left like the wind.”

“Keep your fantasies in check, will you?”

“I know it sounds like it, but it really happened.”

“Hmm. Well, maybe it really did. Otherwise, the place wouldn’t be in such an uproar.”

Shin’s eyes sparkled mischievously as she raised the corners of her mouth. Ah. No good. That was her usual look when she was about to do something ridiculous. I had to keep her from dragging that boy into any trouble after he’d helped me.

“Don’t even think about it! There’s only a little time left before our study trip ends. I’ll keep my eyes on you every second until then!”

“Ehh~ Why not?”

She pouted, furrowing her brows dramatically. But I felt relieved she’d given up before deciding on something, since once Shin set her mind on something, she always saw it through to the end.

“Look, the food is here.”

“Wow, the pasta looks delicious! Let’s eat!”

Shin tucked her cherry-blossom-pink hair behind her ear and dug into her meal happily.

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