ELENA
After the door of THE beautiful CARRIAGE opened, what caught the attention of Arthur first was the two fluffy furry ears of the person. That's right, the person who came out of the carriage is a beast-men person. A fox-girl beauty to be exact.
I was shocked by the fox-girl beauty because she was so charming and seductive. She had a head full of silvery-white hair which dropped down to her waist. Her beautiful fox-ear twitched cutely sometimes. She had a pair of golden eyes and her silvery-white eyebrows were shaped like crescent moon above those golden eyes. Arthur was mesmerized by staring at her eyes only. She also had three beautiful fox-tail which were dancing behind her beautifully. Her fluffy white fox-tails had a seductive way of moving on its own. She was the very embodiment of the phrase 'Charming Vixen '
The fox-girl wore a white dress which managed to show her beauty to onlookers' plenty. She had a bountiful body with a nice, soft and supple skin to go with it. Her age didn't seem to exceed mine but she had a mature aura around her. She has a leader vibe around her too. It seems like she's used to ordering people around from a very young age. For some reason I felt very nervous around her.
It's not because of her strength. No, she is not the strong type and if she was so strong, then they wouldn't be even in this bad situation. I feel the intellectual vibe around her very strongly. She has a cunning glint in her eye's that scares me very much. It's like she has everyone dancing around under her palm. I don't like that feeling at all.
"Everyone…. Stop fighting right now.", she ordered everyone in a cold and distant voice.
Whoa…... everybody, I mean even the bandits stopped in their ways. She had an intimidating effect on everyone. Everyone listened to her when she spoke. It was like she is the controller of their life and death so they had to listen whatever she said. Arthur was again surprised by the mentality of the strong people in this world. I mean, just look at the girl and look at me. If I had the least bit of that mental fortitude from this girl, I might have become someone big in my previous timeline. Well, there's no meaning in regretting over spilled milks now. but suddenly I kind of started respecting her now. this was a bizarre incident for me.
The fox-girl looked around for a while. The bloody state of the surroundings didn't faze her at all. I was now sure that this fox-girl is definitely a cold and calculating person. I have to be careful when dealing with her.
She finished her inspection of the surrounding and directed her gaze at me. Her gaze stayed on me for a while only. Then, she looked at all the people in her escort team and harrumphed coldly.
"Shame on you people… can't you even tell who's your enemy and who's not?"
Her escort team remained silent. they had confusion written on their faces also.
"Do you think that these bandits are really your ally? Why do you think they attacked us here?"
"Do you really think they attacking us now is just a coincidence?"
Her escort team looked really shocked and intimidated by her words except their leader. He had a completely different expressions from the rest. But regardless of their expressions they all remained silent and waited for her to continue speaking.
"I am very sorry to tell you but I am hundred percent sure that these bandits are not the only ones who came here to ambush us. If they know we are traveling from this road, then they will definitely send more stronger reinforcement to deal with us. They are just cannon fodder to weaken us so that the real force can finish us off easily."
"and now you are fighting with the people who lend us a helping hand in our hours of need. Do you guys have no gratitude to your saviors? Or this is your true nature?"
"bu-but.. lady ELENA, they are one of those hateful devils. You cannot trust them. They will repay your kindness with ingratitude.", said the elven mage of her escort team.
"oh, is that so. But the only ones I find ungrateful here is us. They helped us despite being devils and we, the so-called non-devils are now behaving exactly like the devils we so hate."
Arthur was again surprised by the fox-girl's intellectual worldview. She didn't blindly follow the normal worldview of the devils. She measured what she saw and decided to act based on that. I had to say I am really impressed by how this fox-girl sees the world in a different way than the others. But that also made me conscious of the danger this girl posses to us. She can use the information Lena being a devil-race as leverage to blackmail us or manipulate us to her gains. I am not going to make the same mistake of judging someone by his/her outward appearance.
Everyone was surprised by her words. Most of them thought that she is crazy for siding with the devils. cause its common sense for people to hate and fear devils. But she was saying to side with devils to take care of bandits. Although bandits are criminal but they are human. So, its natural to side with human and deal with the devils first.
Everyone looked at each other after her declaration. They were not sure about what to do. Bandits were afraid because if the escort team joined us and fought them, they had eighty percent chance of being wiped out. I was also waiting cautiously for them to reach a decision.
At this time, it was bandit groups leader who spoke out first.
"you have a very kind personality, fox-lady. But the world is not as kind as you think. Do you think that now that we know their true nature, they will let you go alive from here after you are done with dealing with us? Don't you think it's too much of a joke?", sneered the bandit leader.