Tensei Saki ga Shoujo Manga no Shiro Buta Reijou datta Chapter 144

Merrill and I ran quickly through the empty corridor while gasping for air.

Since my foot has been healed and my body had become slim, it was possible to escape as fast as Merrill.

(Why was there no guards in this corridor today? As if they had been deliberately commanded to leave here.)

Even though I knew that there would be fewer people on guard during dinner, it was absolutely abnormal that there wasn't even one guard here.

(It was of no use to think about it. Now the first thing we had to do was escape from these pursuers.)

However, Merrill fell down on the way.

“Ah!”

“Princess Merrill!”

I turned in a hurry and lifted Merrill up. During the gap, those pursuers had nearly caught up to us.

As the sound of footsteps approached gradually, two men in black appeared from the corner of this corridor.

Black masks and light clothes… Judging from their appearances, they looked like professional assassins.

As looking for a way to escape, I noticed something.

“Maybe I have seen this scene before—the assassins in a corridor!”

In the manga, that's the scene in which Merrill was attacked by assassins who were dispatched by a nobleman.

It was somewhat different, but it had already taken place in reality.

Up to now, the story seemed to develop like that of the manga.

(Prince Marlow, who should have protected Merrill here, had been sent out to solve that nobleman's issue. If I looked it on the bright side, Lord Marlow wouldn't be killed as the story in the manga. However, I had trapped in a crisis as his substitute.)

What should I do? I wanted to cry.

Fortunately, Marlow and others had left the capital city due to past issues. While somehow I was on the verge of crisis.

However, the words I said was quite different from my pessimistic thoughts.

“That's all right, your highness Merrill. We'll find a way out.”

“I'm sorry, Britney.”

“There is no path ahead of us. It's the third floor, and it's dangerous to jump out of a window.”

The situation made me extremely scared. But if we gave up resistance, we might be killed as soon as being caught.

Just like what they did to Marlow in the manga.

(We had to fight, but both of us were bare-handed.)

As a daughter of a noble family in a county, my strength could be completely ignored, let alone  Merrill, although she became a princess from a commoner.

In the aristocratic circle, there were still many people who looked down upon Merrill.

“Princess Merrill, do you have anything that could be used as a weapon?”

“No, just a pen and keys. Britney, how about you?”

“So do I. Perfume, pens and keys…”

“Not far away from here, I know there's a broom closet where the maids keep their cleaning things, brooms and mops. If we're lucky enough, we could find some iron tools.”

“It sounds good. Let's go!”

In order to strive for the time, we threw pens at the assassins and then shouted as we ran.

(If only someone could hear our cry for help.)

Merrill's athletic talent was good, so it won't get in the way of running away.

Maybe those pursuers felt that there was enough time to dispose of us, the assassins didn't attack us right away. But they followed us closer and closer.

After arriving at our destination finally, we searched for something that could be used as a weapon.

“Your Highness Merrill, please try to avoid a fight. They may be combat experts. “

“I know.”

Broomsticks and mops were made of wood, so we could use them because the other side was equipped with swords.

When I felt confused, Merrill spoke to me.

“Britney, how about this one?”

“Hum? This is…!”

There were shovels and hammers that were used to repair yards and buildings.

“Maybe they might work.”

At the moment, the assassins caught up to us, and then I handed Merrill the hammer.

“It's a little heavy, but please hold it to protect yourself.”

“Well, I'll try! When it comes to the crunch, I'll hit them with it!”

Let the energetic Merrill hide behind me. I raised the shovel.

“Doryaaaaa!!!”

Because I had practiced how to defend others' attack with the help of the Commander for a long time, I swung the shovel and finally survived.

One careless assassin was struck by my sudden counterattack, directly hitting on his face with the shovel.

(Huh? Were these assassins so weak?)

Although it was assassin style, it seemed that they weren't used to fight.

When he fought back with the dagger hidden in his arms, the assassin staggered toward me. Maybe my first attack caused him a concussion. Moreover, his dagger didn't reach me because the shovel was longer than it.

(In order not to kill me, had the assassin adjusted it? Ah, it didn't matter. Seize this opportunity and let him never stand up again.)

Anyway, I stroke the assassin a few times with the flat part of the shovel.

Perhaps the other assassin worried about his companion and then came at me.

This time, it was rather difficult to deal with.

First, I attacked him with a leg sweep and then hit with the shovel. But my opponent was also tough.

During the fierce fight, Merrill suddenly shouted.

“Britney! Be careful! There is another assassin!”

“Eh?”

Unexpectedly, another assassin dashed towards me from the corridor!

(It was very hard to deal with two assassins at the same time. What's worse, I had to protect Merrill during the fight.)

When I became anxious, Merrill, who hid behind me, suddenly screamed and then threw her hammer at the new assassin.

The hammer flew away and struck straight at the assassin's forehead. Then he was knocked down and fell into unconsciousness.

Excellent! 

“Princess Merrill?”

“I'm good at throwing stones! Before I came to the castle, I often played in the river with the children nearby.”

Although I thought there were some differences between throwing stones and hammers, after all, it managed to block the enemy's movement.

Even if we wouldn't be killed, we would become stumbling blocks for Marlow as hostages.

“Britney is fighting! I can't just hide behind you! I have practiced together with you!”

This time, Merrill's enthusiasm worked in the right direction.

But there was still one assassin left. Maybe there would be more assassins later.

“What's your purpose?”

Behind me, Merrill shouted at the assassin. Sure enough, he didn't answer the question.

Moreover, he took the chance and grasped a bucket nearby to attack us, when we didn't recover from the shock.

“Ah!”

While I defended with my shovel, the assassin rushed towards Merrill.

The assassin intended to lock my action with her as a shield.

“Your Highness Merrill!”

“Ahhh! No!”

When we thought we had come to a dead end, the hammer Merrill had thrown out flew back from the other side. It hit at the back of the assassin's head.

“Hmm?”

I turned back in surprise and found Emirya and Angela who were out of breath.

I was certain that the hammer was thrown by Emirya.

Angela also threw waterers and dustpans at the enemy, but they went in the wrong direction.

Chapter end