"Hey! Give it back to me! You know that it's mine!" cried the young novice indignantly. Laughing, the crusader held up the knife he was holding and dangled it temptingly in front of the young novice.
"So what are you going to do about it? Hit me?" he jeered as he kicked the young novice squarely at his stomache. "Oof!" grunted the injured novice.
Enraged, Mika stepped out and cried, "Hey, stop that you big bully!" Turning around with surprise, the crusader began to laugh as soon as he saw who was it.
"Yeah? And what are you going to do about it?" he said tauntingly. Silver noticed that the crowd was silent, almost as if they were scared of the bully. Whispering to a merchant beside him, he found out that the crusader was one if the king's knights in Prontera. Which was exactly why no one dared to stand up against him. Hmm...looks like I'll just have to pay King Midgard a little visit, he thought grimly.
Meanwhile, Mika had launched a full verbal attack with the annoying crusader. Stepping forward now, Silver commanded, "That's enough!"
Startled, the both of them ceased their fight and stared at him. Silver walked purposefully to the crusader. "I believe you owe this young novice his equipment," he said pointedly. Sneering, the crusader said, "Oh yeah? What makes you say that? I believe that this knife is mine, and not his!"
Smiling slightly, Silver replied, "I see. Are you trying to imply that as a crusader, you actually fight with just a simple knife? My goodness, where is your sense of honour?" He asked innocently. Mika and Variante burst out laughing. That nailed the bully. Reddening, he stepped forward and said threateningly, "Why you little..."
Silver merely stood his ground. "Don't even try to fight with me unless you wish to have me sending you to your deathbed," he warned, with an uncanny glint in his eye. The crusader stopped, obviously intimidated with his threat. Shrugging, he tossed the knife away and went off, yelling threats all the way.
The crowd cheered as he went away. Gratefully, the young novice picked up his weapon and stammered his thanks to Silver. Smiling, Silver just said, "No problem."
"Hey, we better get going! It looks like a storm's heading this way," called Variante.
"Right! Coming!" replied Mika and Silver simultaneously. They turned and started to head towards the direction of the inn. Mika waved goodbye at the novice.
Silver, noticing this, said mischievously, "Hmm, looks like this huntress is smitten." Reddening, Mika ignored him and walked past him quickly. Laughing, Silver raced her and reached the inn first.