"That's enough" a woman's voice says
The voice rang out from the entrance of the alleyway, there stood a young woman with silver hair and purple eyes, dressed in a white outfit
Time had seemingly stopped for a few seconds to the perspective of the black haired man
"And just who in the hell are you!" the gaywad yells
"Stop now and I'll forgive you, if you would be so kind as to give back what you stole" the silver haired woman says
The black haired man feels a sense of relief that someone else is in the alleyway to witness the incident
"Silver hair…pale skin…is she agarthan or something?" the black haired man thinks to himself
"You can't be serious" the fattie says
"Please it's very important to me, I'll turn the other cheek concerning the other belongings but I can't let you have that, so hand it over" the silver haired woman says
"You mean you didn't come to save this prick?" the fattie says
"What strange clothes he has, if you're asking me if I have any connection to him I have to say no" the silver haired woman says
"Well then you've got no business with us little girl, if someone stole from you it was that brat who just ran by" the fattie says, pointing at the direction the nimble blonde ran off to earlier
"Yeah what he said, that way, she ran that way!" the midget says, also pointing at the same direction
"Hm, those three don't appear to be lying so I need to go after her" the silver haired woman says as she begins running towards the direction given to her
"You've got to be fucking kidding, just how harsh is this world" the black haired man thought to himself
"But regardless of that, I can't overlook what's going on here!" the silver haired woman says
three ice crystals appear out of her hand, and fly towards the direction of the three thugs, hitting all of them
"Was that magic?" the black haired man says in a new sense of relief that she didn't abandon him
"Mess with us will ya, I don't care if you can use magic I wanna kill you! You think you can win when it's two against one, do you!?" the gaywad shouts
"Indeed two against one may be unfair" the silver haired woman says in a snarky manner
"Alright two against two should even things up" a male voice says, appearing to be nowhere
A light shines from the green jewel on the silver haired womans chest, coming out of it being a small cat with the male voice from earlier
"You use the spiritual arts?" the fattie says out of shock
"Correct, retreat now and I won't chase you, decide quickly I'm in a hurry" the silver haired woman says
"You bitch! Next time I see you I won't go easy on you!" the gaywad shouts
"Do anything to her and I'll haunt you and your kin forever, not that you'll have any kin if I take care of things now" the cat says in a snarky manner
The two thugs left standing tense up upon hearing the cats proposition and quickly run off, with one thug picking up his fallen comrade to get out of danger
"You…really saved me, I thought you were just going to abandon me like the other girl" the black haired man says, grateful to have not met his end in that alleyway
"Don't move!" the silver haired woman says
The silver haired woman and black haired man stare at each other for a few seconds before the black haired man begins avoiding her gaze
"Aha! You avert your eyes due to your guilty conscience, looks like my judgment was spot on as always" the silver haired woman says
"You sure? I think it was just an instinctive male reaction to avoid tension or rudeness, I didn't sense any malice at all" the cat says
"That's enough out of you puck, now listen I want you to tell me who stole my insignia" the silver haired woman says as she stares into the black haired man's eyes
"Yeah real sorry about that pretty lady but I've got no clue where your insignia is" the black haired man says
"Wait oh no it couldn't be, did I really make a wrong turn or maybe come around the long way?" the silver haired woman says
"If I were you I'd hurry after her before she gets too far, I could help if you want" the black haired man says
"You were quite close to losing your life there so I don't believe it's necessary to have you in our search, what should we do Lia?" Puck says
"We'll just leave him as is, sorry but we don't need your help to find my insignia" Lia says
"Really?" Puck says
"Yes really" Lia says
"You say that but I bet you'll still accept him!" Puck says
"I will not!" Lia says
A quick argument flairs up between Puck and Lia over whether to accept the black haired man's offer or not
"Man she's even super cute when shes mad, that's another worlds fantasy for you" the black haired man says
"Sorry Puck, but I only need some information from him" Lia says, as she turns to the black haired man
"Sorry but I refuse your offer to help, only Puck and I need to find our insignia" Lia says
"Now then, you have an idea as to who stole my insignia right?" Lia asks the black haired man as she begins walking towards him
"What? Hold on, is your insignia one of those special badges that shows your social status?" the black haired man asks
"A rather crude description but thats it more or less, about this big with a jewel in the center" Lia says
"Well let's see here, that nimble blonde girl ran in here saying she was in a hurry and then soon after you came in here asking for your belongings to return, were you able to get a look at your thief before she snatched your insignia?" the black haired man asks
"Only a quick glance of her back, she was short and did have blond hair, is she the woman you're talking about?" Lia asks
"Yeah I believe so, that bitch saw me being mugged and refused to help me so I've also got a reason to help you find that thief girl, alright?" the black haired man says to Lia
"I guess she's caused both of us a nuisance, do you know where she ran off to?" Lia asks
"I only saw the direction she ran off to, from there no not at all" the black haired man says, pointing the back of his thumb to the direction the blonde girl ran off to earlier
"Well you haven't helped me quite much but I did get the information I needed, I'll be off now" Lia says
"Come on now, I saw her front too so I know what she really looks like! Plus I was about to be murdered right there until you showed up, so please let me help you" the black haired man pleas to Lia
"Hmm, you're so strange, well anyway I won't be able to offer you any reward" Lia says
"Listen I don't need one, i'm asking you because you saved my life and I've got a little score to settle with her as well" the black haired man says
Lia thinks to herself again for a few seconds whether to accept his help or not
"I don't sense any malice here so I think you can just accept his offer, afterall the more shields between you and the ruffians the better" Puck says to Lia
"A shield!? Is that what you think of me?!" the black haired man says to Puck
"Fine im convinced, I accept your offer of help but as I said before I have no reward to give you" Lia says
"Fine by me, just leave the searching to me!" the black haired man states
The trio then spend the next hour searching for the blonde girl all over the city
Now on a elevated part of the city, the black haired man looks to Lia
"I know what I told you before, but isn't this town too huge to find one little thing in?" the black haired man says to Lia
"This 'town' is the capital of Lugunica, how could you possibly not know that?" Lia asks
"Hey that's right, we haven't asked his name yet, shouldn't we all introduce ourselves?" Puck states
"Oh yeah guess so, might as well go ahead and get the ball rolling first then" the black haired man says as he gets off the floor
"My name is Subaru Natsuki! Not only am I totally clueless but I'm also anxious beyond compare! Nice to meet ya" Subaru yells, striking himself in a soldier like stance
"If that's how you introduce yourself, you really do sound hopeless" Puck says
"And my name is Puck, it's nice to meet you!" Puck says as he flows onto the hand of Subaru
"It's very unusual to see someone who can touch a spirit so casually like that, where are you from exactly?" Lia asks Subaru
"Well I'm glad you've asked, I'm from the wonderful nation of Japan, the oldest country on Earth!" Subaru proclaims
"Japan? I've heard of no such nation ever existing" Lia says
"Well of course you haven't, but it's not something you have to care about!" Subaru says, dodging the question
"Well then it seems that you're in an even more precarious position than I am, you have no idea where you are, where you come from, how to read, nor anybody to help you" Lia says in a concerned tone
"All that to say, you do look like you're in a healthy state" Puck says
"Well when you're a shut-in NEET like me who wastes his days on internet forums but has parents who still care about you, you've pretty much got a set life ahead of you" Subaru says
"I'm not sure exactly what a shut-in NEET is but I presume it means you come from a reputable family right?" Lia asks
Lia begins analyzing Subaru
"Your fingers…they look very pretty, they don't look like the dirty hands of a peasant at all and the muscles you have don't look like the kind you gain from doing field work" Lia says
"Uh…yeah! So anyway I know your cats name now but I still haven't got yours" Subaru asks
"Oh…my name?" Lia says
Lia pauses to answering the question as the sound of wind runs though the sky
"Its….its Satella" Satella answers
Authors note: I was wondering if I should have Subaru reveal that he's from another world or not but then I realized Emilia saying that she was Satella wouldn't make sense if she knew about Subarus lack of knowledge of the world so I chose not to
