The Otome Heroine's Fight for Survival: Volume 1 [Parts 1 to 9] by Harunohi Biyori

Author:Harunohi Biyori
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 11: Desperation Rewarded

In a deserted corner of the slums, a man who looked to be in his early thirties aimed a dagger at me. He was of medium build and height, had brown hair and eyes, and his face was the kind one would lose in a crowd. The moment I sensed danger behind his cocky grin, I activated Boost at full power and fled.

His Stealth skill was far superior to mine, and in combat, the difference between us would’ve probably been insurmountable. Abandoning the idea of fighting or hiding from him and simply running at full speed was my best bet. The hole leading to the outside was too small for an adult man to fit through, so I figured I could escape through it and ran for dear life.

A sound sliced through the air as a sharp blade narrowly missed my nose.

“Hey, now! Don’t run!” the man called out.

I said nothing and kept running, cold sweat rolling down my back at the man’s dangerous aura. He was toying with me—that was how far above me he was in terms of ability. Though I didn’t get the chance to use a scanning crystal, I knew this man was no ordinary thief; I could feel his overwhelming presence, of a different variety but similar intensity to Feld’s.

Could I even escape him? Still, it beat fighting, I thought as I took off running. The man was hot on my tail, but he was also likely underestimating me, given I was a child. Otherwise he would’ve already put a knife in my back and ended the charade.

As I ran, I flung one of my skewers behind me, making the man exclaim in surprise. “Whoa!”

I’d been practicing but still hadn’t acquired the Throwing skill, so my skewer wouldn’t have pierced a living creature very deeply. My idea was more to make the man, who was still treating this as a game, not want to risk injury by coming too close.

A sharp sound rang out as he easily deflected the skewer with his blade. During his momentary lapse in attention, however, I gathered the light-elemental mana around me and aggressively changed my aether to match it, painting it white.

“Shine!” I chanted, rapidly burning the mana to emit a blinding light for a brief moment.

“Whoa!” the man once again exclaimed in shock. Not wanting to waste the opportunity, I made a sharp turn to try and lose him, but then he muttered something. “Noise!”

Was that magic?! In an instant, I heard the sound of his footsteps coming from the direction I was heading toward, and I reflexively leaped to the side. Though I was sure I’d temporarily blinded him, the flash of light had impaired my own vision too. I was uncertain about the effect of the spell he’d just used, so I tried to guide myself away from there using the color and feel of the mana around me, but then someone suddenly grabbed the back of my head.

“Gotcha.” The man I’d just heard ahead of me was actually behind me.

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