Chapter 8. Righteous Treason
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Chapter 8.
Righteous Treason
The Rouge household was well to do peasants, but still, peasants never the less.
That meant the whole family could just about afford separate beds and a well-stocked fire,
But they still also shared the same bedroom which was also the very small kitchen/dining room.
A dim blue light formed into a form of the Medical Magic-User, Prof Enow Nil MG.
He very quietly awoke the Rouge parents. Then they, in turn, woke each of the children.
The Sister, Skarlet Rouge asked
“What's going on”
Despite the darkness, she could see the fear in all the adult's eyes.
“Are the Satites attacking?”
“No” Said Nil, “Not the Satites”
“Those evil witches of the North Woods then?” asked the brother, Krimson Rouge.
“Soldiers are coming to round us all up and kill us all.” Said Nil.
“So it is the Flushing Under Satites then!” Said Skarlet,
Then she added
“Sorry for swearing mum”
“Its ok dear, if there is ever a time and a place for such language then this is it!” Replies Mrs Rouge.
“No.,” Said Nil.
“I do not understand,” Said Skarlet, confused.
“There are only two types of an official soldier!”
“Their side and ours…”
Her brother Krimson caught on a bit quicker than his sister.
“Our own side is here to kill us!”
“But when they came last fortnight and asked us all those questions, they said they were here to protect us!”
“They don’t want anyone else in the empire to know about that child most of the village saw” Said Nil,
“And they see this as the only way to make sure that never happens.”
Mr Rouge spoke up.
“This is nonsense!”
“We can explain how fiercely loyal we all are to the Empire!”
“We just have to speak to someone in charge”
“Dear!” said his wife, “I love you but this a world you know nothing about”
“We need to get to my brother's house!”
“That is a suicide run,” said the Husband, “We would have to go through the North woods!”
“And there is a reason we never speak of THAT side of this family”
“They are all bullies, criminals and mindless thugs!”
“That is why you married me despite all their threats and beatings of each of us!”
“That is why both of us both swore that neither of us would ever to look back!”
“Just like the swearing, if there is ever a time and a place for bullies, criminals and mindless thugs then this is it!” Replied Mrs Rouge.
“I did love my respectable gentle life, but this is survival now honey!”
“They said they would kill us if we ever went back there!” Said the Husband
“And the empire said they would always protect us” Snapped Nil, “What's your point?!”
“Hang on!” Krimson gasped,
“Is Tug and his brothers our cousins?”
They went out the back way only to immediately be confronted with five armed soldiers in uniform.
They were not locals.
They were part of the advanced veteran forces the imperial inquisition had sent to support their investigation.
In a pile next to them were old bits of Satite uniforms and broken flags.
It was a pile of fake evidence collected to blame the only enemy of the Sunite Empire for the upcoming brutal s*******r!
Everyone stood stunned,
Almost everyone,
Mrs Rouge was not stunned.
Mrs Rouge, however, did not stop for a second to think about things first.
Mrs Rouge had been born and raised as part of Tug's brutal Family.
She was Tugs Aunty.
And if anything, that family was nastier to the girls,
Because they worried about the girls far more!
The Sunite Imperial Soldiers were looking forward to a fun easy s*******r of a peasant house,
They saw only a medic, a woman with two children, and readied themselves for some token
resistance from the untrained peasant father.
They were ready to cut him down quickly, as the only potential threat, before slowly killing all the others.
They were looking forward to it!
They had even brought some marshmallows for when they burnt the bodies afterwards.
None of them expected any real resistance from the little, slightly built peasant woman.
They had only ever expected to enjoy her screams for a few hours.
So the element of surprise was totally on her side as she jabbed her fingers into the “V” of the throat of one soldier, collapsing his windpipe.
There were no screams of rage,
No yells of defiance or anger.
No hesitation or evaluation time.
She just quickly walked up to him and efficiently did it.
Before anyone understood what had happened
She had grabbed that mans sword and just as efficiently killed another two.
Under the breastplates and under the ribs of each in quick succession!
Just one quick thrust each.
No yelling, drama or fuss.
As if it were merely another household chore!
The last two that were left screamed in panic and then hacked her down.
She died giving the time needed to for the others to come out of their stunned silence and react!
The Medic slammed a shock spell (made for emergency heart resuscitation) into the back of one.
He fell to the floor, amid his sixth hacking of the lifeless body that he was still pointlessly attacking.
The last one then half-turned and quickly ran away screaming for help!
The Father picked up a leftover sword and ran only ten feet in a chase and then stopped,
“Get those kids through the north woods!” he yelled.
“To my wife’s brothers house!”
The children burst into shocked tears!
Nil was running out of mana but managed to use what he had left to teleport him and the now crying children half a mile north.
A good few hundred yards or more into the North Woods.
Now all he had to do was somehow face the three evil witches with no combat skills and empty of all magic!
His heart sank
The siblings were still sobbing
As in a circle, a load of armed battle mages from the same inquisitional, laughably so-called “Protection Forces”, their wands raised ready to strike.
Eight elite battle-hardened Mages against one doctor and two children ‘bravely’ held up their red wands to attack!
They were fully briefed about the three witches of the north woods.
And were not concerned in the slightest with such poor weak spell thrower wannabees.
The best those bints could ever muster is a few zombies.
The information was that they were only three constantly drugged up hags.
This is an excellent example of why up to date operational intelligence is absolutely vital!
Because sadly for them, their operational intelligence was now over two weeks out of date!
There were no witches of the North Woods anymore.
They had long gone now!
There was instead three clear-minded fanatical protectors of all children.
Who had actualised a high amount of extraordinary good Wika power!
And they had just heard the sound of two helpless children sobbing their frightened broken hearts out!
But it was still very early days for them.
They were still a “work in progress”
Large parts of them had not quite yet reached a level of spirituality that included mercy and humanity towards their perceive enemies!
But let us all ‘Cut the girls a little slack’
It has only been two weeks since they had met Rats Star the Sin-Eater.
Let us all give them some time.
Time, that we have, but that the eight Battle Mages threatening the two children did not.
And now, they never would…
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