"You've already pissed me off. Just buying meat isn't enough anymore. I've been adventuring in the Gourmet Jungle for so long, and now that I'm back at camp, I was just worrying about where to find a woman to blow off some steam.
"If you know what's good for you, serve me properly for the night. Otherwise, I'll kill your pretty-boy boyfriend right now."
Hearing the beer-bellied man's words, Minezaki bit her lip. Just as she was about to say something, the man suddenly let out a scream that echoed through the area.
A sharp pain shot through the wrist being held, and the beer-bellied man immediately flew into a rage. He drew the heavy machete from his waist with his other hand and swung it directly at Seiya.
"Clang—!"
Minezaki, who had rushed in front of Seiya and thrown her arms around him, intending to use her body to shield him from the blade, opened her eyes in confusion when she failed to feel the expected agony in her back.
But when she saw Seiya casually blocking the beer-bellied man's heavy blade with what looked like a fruit knife, she froze on the spot.
"Yaeko, stand aside for now. We'll talk after I deal with this trouble."
Honestly, Seiya had not expected Minezaki to do something like that in that situation.
Although the trouble had started because of Minezaki, she had been willing to risk her life to block a blade for him. What could Seiya possibly blame her for?
When she heard Seiya call her Yaeko directly, Minezaki was stunned for a moment before a delighted smile appeared on her face.
She knew that her instinctive action just now seemed to have earned her quite a bit of favor with Seiya.
As for Seiya's safety, she was no