Facing those threatening sharp blades, Queness didn’t panic. Instead, he calmly guarded Mumu behind him.
- Queness: Don’t be afraid. Just stay behind me.
- Mumu: Mm—Watch out!
One of the teenagers took the lead and lunged at Queness with his knife. Yet, Queness gave him a kick in the stomach, knocking him and the teenager behind him flying to a pile of garbage.
Standing at the back, Mumu was flabbergasted by what she saw. Before she came back to her senses, Queness lifted her whole body, held her in one of his arms, and then started running.
Seeing their fleeing targets, the teenagers got up from the garbage pile and chased after them furiously. They then split up, trying to surround Queness and Mumu from two directions, and they did it.
- Teenager: Keeping running. Let me see how you can run away this time.
- Queness: Well… I’ll just stop running then.
Queness first put Mumu down at his back. As two teenagers slowly pressed on him with knives from the front and the back, he just threw a punch at the wall next to him——
Bang! A clear hole was made in the hard wall. Queness gently blew away the gravel on his fist after he drew it back, then he looked at the teenagers with a radiant smile.
- Queness: How about that? Are we still on?
- Teenager: No-nooooo!
The teenagers immediately ran away like a bunch of birds flapping wings in terror. When they all went out of sight, Queness bent down and looked at Mumu.
- Queness: Are you alright?
- Mumu: Yes.Thank you.
- Queness: I’ll walk you home.
Mumu nodded compliantly. Along their way to Mumu’s home, Queness kept talking about things like ‘A girl should always stay alert to strangers and never take a drink from them’. His talk was rambling, but Mumu, who had been alone for a long time, found it particularly heartwarming.
- Mumu: “He’s…very kind… I like him…”
Although Mumu had a fondness for Queness, she didn’t have the courage to ask his name even until she got home. But she noticed some words printed on his clothes when they parted.
- Mumu: “Lionheart Martial Arts Hall…”
Soon after that, a new female student joined the Lionheart Martial Arts Hall.