"Wh-what do you mean...?"
Mika tried to act clueless but it was far too late for that.
Everyone knew that amongst the intelligent races, only certain types of skills would produce a light other than white.
Multicolored skill light was common for monsters, but when it came to intelligent races, only the people well versed with sin exclusive skills could show off that quality.
Each sin-based skill had its own color.
Pride was purple or violet.
Lust was blue.
Envy was green.
Gluttony was orange.
Greed was yellow.
Sloth was light blue or aquamarine.
Wrath was red.
Well, honestly, saying that only people well versed in the sin-based skills would have the light of their skill turn the specific colors was already a generous generalization.
The truth was most of the time only the avatars of sin and their definite, system-assigned successors, would do that.
And it wasn't something that they could hide.
As long as the specific skill was active, their bodies would produce the colored light instead of the white one - regardless of the user's will.
"Shouldn't we drop this whole charade and return to the mansion to check up on lord Wrath...?"
Asked Cri, who had already finished healing the victim of the bandits - there was already no trace of the horrible stab wound anywhere on the man's stomach.
The three bodyguards looked at each other with worried expressions.
"Umm... no, you see..."
"You can calm down."
While Mika was having trouble explaining, Corvus came to her rescue, taking the attention off of her.
"Mika had unlocked a skill called Ira when she was six. That was long before lord Pomegranate sickness's symptoms first occurred, therefore her red light has nothing to do with his health."
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})He assured them, putting his hand on Mika's head and patting her hair.
"So, don't make her feel uncomfortable, could you?"
He added looking down on all three of them.
"Anyway, we helped those people, now we can go to the next town. Let's go."
Ti furrowed her brows and turned away, and Cal and Cri did the same.
"W-wait! Shouldn't we... eh... wait..."
At first, Mika was calling after the three bodyguards, but at the very end, she furrowed her brows when she realized something.
Something was off.
"System, show active quests."
"...?"
She said, causing Corvus to raise his brow in confusion.
The system window showed up in front of the ashen-haired girl, and there it was.
On the very top of the active quests was the one that she basically ignored when it showed up since she was in such a hurry to help the people in need.
/Role exclusive quest
Punish the ruffians and protect the innocent
Reward: +5% ATK increase when fighting against opponents that Justice's Wrath considers evil
It was still active even though all the bandits were spread on the ground defeated.
"...why...?"
Mika murmured confounded.
Corvus glanced back at the people who were attacked, the family of four happy that they survived the attack.
Nothing seemed out of the ordinary...
...except the faint light coming from the woman's eyes...
"...is something wrong?"
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"Ah... you see... when we passed by those people getting robbed I received a quest about saving the innocent from the ruffians, but it didn't get completed yet..."
The ashen-haired girl responded in a hushed voice.
"..."
Corvus frowned and nodded.
If the quest wasn't completed, then it simply meant that the condition wasn't met.
The white-haired man rubbed Mika's head and turned back to the family that Mika saved
The man, woman, and a little girl were all hugging in a perfect picture of happiness.
But the young boy was only clinging to the adults while giving the girl a grumpy look.
"..."
Corvus sighed and shook his head.
He straightened his back and his body began glowing with bright light.
"Corvus...?"
Mika tilted her head looking at the young man, but he only shook his head.
"I really hate kidnappers, you know that?"
Corvus asked loudly, causing Mika and even the tree bodyguards to flinch and look at him in confusion.
But the happy little family didn't simply flinch...
The man pulled back while protectively grabbing the little boy and the woman pulled out a small knife and pressed it to the little girl's throat.
"...!"
Mika became stunned, unable to even gasp in shock.
But the reaction of the so-called family was enough for Corvus to take action.
Since he had already activated his skills, the only thing left was to use them.
The tall white-haired man disappeared from Mika's side and appeared right by the woman holding the little girl hostage.
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*cling*
With a single, well-aimed punch to the temple, he knocked her unconscious, making her drop the knife that fell on the wagon's floor with a clean sound.
Without giving her body time to fall down on her own, Corvus pushed her off and stepped towards the man and the young boy.
There was no hesitation in his movement as he kicked the man in the face causing him to fall off the wagon together with the scared boy.
The only one left was the little girl.
She was just standing there, with a drop of blood slowly sliding down her throat where the knife nicked her skin.
"Corvus?! What the hell are you doing?!"
Ti came rushing back from the carriage, shouting at the white-haired man.
But then the little girl's eyes cleared out.
She looked around in confusion, saw the unconscious woman, and the man, and a young boy attempting to crawl away from the wagon.
Then she looked up at the white-haired man and...
"UWAAAAAH!"
She busted into tears and clung to Corvus's leg, crying her heart out and leaving everyone, except the white-haired man, stunned.
"Now, now. It's alright."
Corvus made a soft smile and leaned down to pat the little girl's head.
/Role exclusive quest completed
Reward granted
"Ah...!"
A system message popped up for Mika, informing her about completing the quest.
"Wait... but does that mean..."
The ashen-haired girl paled, looking at the groaning men that she had assumed were the bad people.
They all had different clothes that looked like farmers' clothes and their weapons didn't make sense for bandits.
Only the leader had a sword, but all the others had things like hoes and sicles for cutting the wheat...
"Corvus, have I... have I beat up a rescue party...?"
Mika asked in a trembling voice.
