For anyone in Lugunica today was a day like any other, just a normal day right?
Not for a red haired sword saintess, the day of Aldeheid started pretty much normal, Captain Marcos made her take a break from her duty, after that she went patr- for a stroll in the capital, of course paying atention to her surroundings, you never know when you will-
Her thoughts got interrupted by someone calling for help. In a nearby alley she found a boy about to be mugged, just her presence scared the thiefs away, all according to the drill, he thanked her and asked for her name, but unlike other people his behavior towards her didn't change after she said it, she tried to diminish her importance, afterall, she had importance? Wasn't she just a weapon? Just a monster?
The boy, instead, noticing the mood change and her self flagellation called her cute and beautiful, said that, if it wasn't her he would've probably gotten hurt and even offered her his friendship.
Unlike most praise or friendship offered to her that were just empty and came from people trying to sway her to their side this one felt honest.
Beautiful? Cute? Her? Aldeheid's mind short-circuited, how can a monster be that? Unless... The boy did not think of her as monster.
At this implications a strange feeling bubbled up in her chest, her body felt... Lighter. Huh, who knew a weapon like her could feel like this?
The boy asked her to relay a message to a girl whose name he didn't know, he instead explained a bit of her appearance
-"Silver hair, amethyst colored eyes, kind and beautiful."
His description of the girl made her remember Lady Emilia,
He also said something about a loot house and to say to the girl to not go there.
As soon as he departed, instead of searching for the girl Aldeheid started to secretly follow him.
She wasn't a pervert, not at all.
When talking to him her divine protections detected a stir on his emotions, a combination of fear and uncertainty, so she decided to follow him, just to be certain nothing happen, she couldn't just left someone who sincerely offered her a friendship in danger.
After seeing the boy enter a rundown building she thought it would be better for her to wait out here.
Half hour passed in the blink of an eye.
She had lost herself in her thoughts,
If the boy came back tired and didn't had a place to sleep perhaps she could offer a room at the Astrea manor, she a was sure her bed-
This same thoughts came to a halt after a metalic smell hit the saintess nose. Coming from the loot house, she knew exactly what it was.
-'Blood'
A small, blonde girl 13 - 14 years old came out of the building, and after seeing her rushed in her direction.
-"Miss, are you a knight?" She said with tears welling in the corners of her eyes.
-"Yes I am, could you inform me about what is happening inside the loot house?" Panic almost escaping through the saintess voice.
-"An assassin attacked us! She managed to land a slash on my grandpa, he is in critical condition and now Big Bro and Big Sis are fighting her head on, she is dangerous, please help us!"
To say she moved fast would be an understatement, she didn't even try to open the door as she crashed straight through the roof, right on the moment the boy was about to be slashed.
After that things went too quickly. The woman presented herself as Elsa, The Bowel Hunter. Even if the woman was strong she held no chance against the sword saintess, one attack was enough to annihilate the assassin.
Or at least, so she thought.
