Jobless Reincarnation: Sword, Magic Hat and Romance System

Chapter 18 First Encounter with Sylphie: Should a Child Be Forgiven?

After walking for a while, Rudy turned around and looked at his own mansion from afar, clapped his hands twice, and bowed his head reverently.

Paul, Senis, enjoy yourselves. I'm sorry you've had to put up with this these past few days.

Allen glanced at him sideways.

Do you usually play with the children in the village? Or have you ever seen anyone arguing or bullying?

Rudy was taken aback.

"No, as for bullying, I don't remember it. I just greet people when I see them. I have seen groups of children playing together, but I don't plan to join them, so I stay away from them."

"Is this guy trying to play the role of a chivalrous knight-errant?"

Do the children go to play in places far from the village?

"I haven't seen them; they're mostly near farmland."

Are there any identifiable plants near the farmland?

"ha?"

Rudy looked at Allen with a surprised expression.

"This person seems to lack common sense."

"Probably not."

"Okay, let's go to the area near the farmland then."

Rudy looked at Allen, who didn't seem to have missed what he said; on the contrary, he had planned to go to the vicinity of the farmland from the beginning.

What does this person want?

Allen then added.

"Farmland that is close to where the children are playing."

Rudy's expression revealed his understanding.

"What? So you went to make friends. You're definitely the type who needs love. You're composed, but do you enjoy making friends with all sorts of people?"

"What is this plant?"

"This is a weed."

"What about this one?"

"It's wheat."

"Oh, what about this one?"

"This is a weed."

Rudy's lips twitched as he watched Allen absentmindedly counting the weeds.

"Hey, hey, your real intention isn't what it seems! At least try to be serious, you jerk!"

Allen kept an eye on a group of children playing not far away, and one of them, a tall, chubby boy, was bossing his friends around.

He turned his gaze away, looking at Rudy's increasingly perfunctory expression, as if he could hear his inner thoughts. He pointed to a basil flower that looked a lot like lavender from his past life and asked with a smile.

"What about this one?"

Rudy's eyes lit up.

"Finally! No more asking about the weeds! Allen, you've finally figured it out!"

"This is a Battias flower."

"Bashi flower?"

"Batiel flower".

"What kind of silk flower?"

"Batiel flowers."

"Oh~ Balatis flower."

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Rudy looked at Allen's mocking smile and suddenly realized that he was doing it on purpose. Just as he was about to get angry, he saw Allen's straight eyebrows lift up, as if he was a little angry.

"Um...that's actually a Battier silk flower."

Listen.

"What's it, Patty?"

The sound of arguing came from afar. Rudy looked at Allen and saw that Allen had straightened up and was looking at the farmland not far away with a sharp gaze. His hand was on the hilt of the knife at his waist. This posture reminded Rudy of a leopard hunting.

Rudy followed his gaze to the source of the sound.

A gust of wind shrunk the wheat sprouts in the field, and not far away, a group of children playing by the paddy field were pushing and shoving a small figure.

The sound could be faintly heard.

"The demon child has come again!"

"Haha, today we're getting out of this village too!"

"He's not resisting, how about we throw mud at him?!"

"Great idea!"

A group of little devils happily plunged into the nearby paddy field and bent down to start rubbing the mud.

Allen appeared to be watching this scene calmly, but the hand that kept stroking the hilt of his knife indicated that he was far from being as calm as he seemed.

He waited for a while, but there was no response from his side. He frowned and turned to look at Rudy.

Rudy stared intently at him.

The two looked at each other and fell into a moment of silence.

Allen glanced at Hilfi, who was trembling in the distance and didn't even dare to run away, and raised an eyebrow to ask.

"There's a child being bullied here, didn't you see? Or do you enjoy being bullied?"

Upon hearing this, Rudy's face flashed with displeasure. He took a deep breath and spoke in a calm manner, but his speech was extremely fast.

"I saw it, but I have you here with me today, teacher. I understand what you mean, but if I were to discipline those kids, their families would probably complain. Given my father's straightforward nature, he might think I'm causing trouble and get angry with me. But you're different. He likes you so much, he'll definitely assume you're right without even asking, right? So it's better if you go."

Allen stared at Rudy silently, as if he were looking at a bag of garbage with a green glow.

"Go ahead. Even if you hurt someone, it's okay. When you get back, just tell Paul that I did it, and I'll take responsibility for the consequences."

Rudy was taken aback, seemingly not expecting Allen to say that.

Just then, the children in the paddy field had already pulled clumps of mud out of the water and were holding them high above their heads.

While Rudy was in a daze, he suddenly felt something bright and mirror-like flash in the corner of his eye. He subconsciously turned his head to look at Allen, only to find Allen drawing a long sword from his waist. His pupils dilated suddenly, and he quickly spoke.

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

With a flash of light, Allen then threw the blade in his hand, and it flew high into the air.

Rudy's eyes widened as the rapidly spinning blade danced like a butterfly over the head of the bullied child in his vision. Sunlight flickered around the blade, as if something in the air had collided with the light.

With a whoosh, the blade landed right in front of the back of the bullied child, very, very close.

The children suddenly gasped in surprise.

The bullied child's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

Rudy's body trembled, and he immediately took off running towards where the blade had fallen. When he got there, he found that the blade was stuck in the ground in front of the bullied child's leg, making a buzzing sound, and had not hurt anyone as he had imagined.

On either side of the blade, clumps of mud were scattered around the bullied child's body, as if Allen had precisely intercepted them from mid-air with his knife.

Rudy opened his mouth in astonishment, his gaze involuntarily moving up the knife to the bullied child in front of it.

The other woman stared at the blade as if she were stunned, but she still felt Rudy's gaze. She looked up and met Rudy's eyes.

The wind blew by, making her medium-length hair, which wasn't short, a little messy.

It shimmered with a verdant luster in the sunlight.

Rudy was stunned.

"The Sspairud tribe?"

"Where are the Spelud people here?"

Rudy turned around and saw Allen standing behind him, staring expressionlessly at the boys in the paddy field who had already reacted and were glaring at him angrily.

The tallest one inside suddenly shouted.

"Are the knights' children going to protect the demons?! And that guy over there, he's using his height to bully us with a knife! Who's going to fall for that?"

Before he could finish speaking, Allen chopped the air beside him with a chop.

next moment.

With a loud bang, a burst of energy ripped a furrow into the ground at the edge of the paddy field, sending soil flying.

Rudy, who had been staring blankly at the edge of the paddy field, was splashed with water all over his head and face.

The children had never seen anything like it before, and they immediately turned and ran.

Before they could even take two steps, a burst of spray suddenly erupted on the water in front of them. As the spray subsided, a blade gleaming with a cold light stood erect in the water.

Allen withdrew the blade from his hand, looked at the group of kids' suddenly stiffened backs, glanced at Rudy who also had a surprised expression, and said coldly.

"They came out of the paddy field, lined up in front of me. I counted to three, and if anyone ran away, I would cut off their head."

"3".

Rudy finally realized what Allen was doing. He turned to look at Allen, touched the mud on his face, and carefully asked.

"Teacher Ai, how about we leave it at that? Although their behavior was indeed bad, they are still just a group of children. We shouldn't take it too seriously. It would be even more troublesome if their parents came looking for us later."

"This guy! How could he be so reckless! While bullies deserve to die, how am I going to explain this to Paul if something really happens?"

Allen ignored him.

"2".

The group of boys scrambled out of the paddy field and lined up in front of Allen, still trembling all over.

Allen asked.

"How old is the oldest among you?"

No one answered.

Allen pretended to go into the paddy field to retrieve a knife.

"Nine! Nine years old!"

Allen smiled upon hearing this and turned to look directly at Rudy.

"What a coincidence, we're the same age. If that's the case, then I'm just a kid too. So don't hold it against me, okay?"

Rudy opened and closed his mouth, unable to utter a word for a long time.