Shirou found out from Rudeus that Sylphy had been taken away by the village children.
Rudeus usually went out every day to study plant books, looking for real plants in the wild to compare with the knowledge in the books, but today he didn't go out because he thought of a brand new magic spell. Instead, he stayed in the attic to practice magic.
As a result, while he was practicing magic, he heard a lot of noise coming from outside the door.
The children of Buena village had specifically chosen a time when Paul and Shirou were not at home to come and bother Sylphy, and they also put down Shirou in all sorts of ways.
Rudeus felt an uncontrollable anger when he heard these nasty words.
However, he didn't go straight out to fight the children.
It wasn't because he wasn't capable of doing so. As a water-saint-level magician, Rudeus's strength could easily defeat grown adults, so a group of children were naturally no match for him.
However, when he saw so many children gathered together, a crowd that resembled a human wave forming a wall, unpleasant memories from the past flashed through Rudeus's mind.
In his previous life, Rudeus had also experienced this kind of group bullying when he was in high school.
At that time, because of his arrogant personality, he had accidentally provoked the school bully. He was not only beaten badly by the bully, but also had his clothes stripped off and hung at the school gate, where he was watched and laughed at by everyone in the school. He was even given a nasty nickname that was too insulting.
It was truly a nightmare experience...
It was because of this past that Rudeus constantly ran away from reality in his previous life, and eventually became a shut-in who completely isolated himself.
Now, everything that Sylphy was experiencing reminded Rudeus of his own experience.
In fact, the tones of the children were very similar to the tones used to mock him with nicknames, the sound of bullying the weak because they had more people on their side.
Rudeus hated this sound very much. He even wanted to tear apart, beat up, and torture everyone who made this sound.
He had imagined such things countless times during his shut-in days.
However, the reason why fantasies are fantasies is because they are things that cannot actually happen.
Because he was too scared, he fantasized about being able to overcome his former fears. Because the shadows kept growing, he hoped he could get rid of the shadows...
However, the more he did so, the deeper the shadows became, and the nightmares continued to haunt him, until they completely swallowed him up and turned him into a nightmare that he couldn't escape, where even breathing was filled with fear.
The fear was still there in Rudeus's heart. He knew he should overcome this fear, but his body just couldn't move.
Afraid, afraid, really afraid...
Even though he had no idea what he was afraid of, he was already an adult in his thirties in his previous life, and after being reborn, he had also become a water-saint-level magician. There was no need to be afraid of a group of children who hadn't even grown up yet. Although he knew this logic, fear still made him stand there motionless.
He just watched as Sylphy was taken away by the children of Buena village, and didn't dare to stand up to resist and stop it from happening.
Why...
Rudeus clenched his teeth. He couldn't understand his own cowardice. He clearly saw Sylphy being bullied, saw the scene of the bullying, so why didn't he stand up to resist?
After all, he had experienced the same thing, and knew very well the methods of these bullies. If they thought the other person was lower than them, they would feel that they could do anything they wanted, whether it was beating, insulting, or even doing things that endangered the other person's life, they wouldn't care at all.
In his previous life, Rudeus had even seen people shoot someone with an air gun, laughing the whole time, not realizing that it could kill someone...
The only reason was that they simply didn't treat the other person as a human being.
What a bunch of animals!
Just thinking about what those animals might do to Sylphy later, Rudeus felt angry from the bottom of his heart, and also bitter about his own cowardice.
Sylphy had been staying at the Greyrat house these days, and was already a part of the Greyrat family, his own brother... He actually watched his own brother being taken away by bullies, not knowing what would happen to him. Why was he so weak!
Rudeus instinctively remembered himself in his previous life.
At that time, when he encountered danger, he always fantasized that a hero would come to save him.
Whether it was his parents, his older brother, or his friends, how great it would have been if someone could have stood up to help him at that time, and reached out to lend him a hand...
It was because no one came to help him in the end, and the so-called heroes were just fantasies, that he fell to that state.
Was he going to make Sylphy feel the same pain now?
Rudeus gritted his teeth, and trembled as he got up from the ground, wanting to do something, but all that was left was confusion.
He hated his own cowardice.
Just then, a familiar figure, like light breaking through the darkness, came in through the door in a panic.
"Where's Sylphy, where's Sylphy!"
Shirou asked anxiously, already realizing that Sylphy might be in danger, and had come back as soon as possible.
Seeing Shirou's appearance, Rudeus felt many indescribable emotions, and could even be said to be touched.
Even though it was something that had nothing to do with him, it was as if he was being saved.
"I saw Sylphy being taken away by those people."
The brain, which was originally filled with fear and confusion, suddenly cleared up. Rudeus said the words he had to say right now.
"Take me there quickly!"
Shirou's expression was so gloomy that it was hard to see clearly. His back was taller and more intimidating than ever before, filled with an indescribable sense of oppression, like a volcano about to erupt, brewing an endless storm.
Led by Rudeus, Shirou quickly caught up with Sylphy, who had been taken away by the children of Buena village, and found that she was being held down by a group of boys, who were planning to strip her clothes off and humiliate her severely.
The moment he saw this scene, Shirou's brain lost its rationality.
His eyes were like those of a dead person with no warmth, and he was unconsciously surrounded by an oppressive atmosphere.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
Shirou's voice was so cold that he was surprised himself. He looked coldly at the many children of Buena village in front of him, and walked forward step by step.
"Who, who are you?"
The children were instinctively unhappy to see Shirou arrive, unable to accept that their activity had been suddenly stopped by a stranger.
Just then, a child named Somar suddenly showed a flustered expression, and said in surprise, "Shirou Greyrat, why is he here?"
"Shirou Greyrat? Is he the Shirou?"
The children looked at each other. They were all children of Buena village, so they naturally often heard Shirou's name from their parents.
Now, many of the children were meeting him for the first time, and they felt a sense of panic and unease for no reason.
Shirou didn't say anything more. He just came in front of the many children, glanced at the children present, then looked at Sylphy, who was lying on the ground with tears in her eyes, and his anger was almost uncontrollable.
To Shirou, Sylphy was like his own sister.
Although she certainly couldn't compare to his real sister Miyu, she was still an important family member.
You have to know, Shirou was once able to kill his way through the Holy Grail War overnight for Miyu. His concern for his family was unimaginable, and it was a point that no one could touch.
Even if it wasn't Shirou himself, even if it was Servant Emiya, seeing this kind of group bullying happening, a hero of justice would never allow him to sit idly by!
Even if these were just a group of children, who hadn't yet established the right values and were doing evil according to their instincts, he would never tolerate it!
"Come at me together."
Shirou said slowly, his voice calm but suppressing a volcano-like aura. "Since you dared to attack Sylphy, you should also have the courage to attack me. I won't teach a lesson to those who don't fight back, so, you all come at me together. That way, I'll feel a little better."
"You..."
The children didn't expect Shirou to say such a thing.
The children looked at each other. After a bit of confusion, a feeling of wanting to try surged into their hearts.
They felt that so many of them fighting Shirou alone shouldn't be a problem.
Even if Shirou was the child of a knight's family, he was still just a child and trying to defeat all of them on his own should be impossible.
Rudeus couldn't help but show a worried expression when he saw this, but he wasn't worried about Shirou, but about the children.
"Shirou, if you hit them too hard, my dad might not be happy..."
"Don't worry."
Shirou shook his head. "I'll handle this matter myself. There's no need to bother Paul. And even if I can't explain it to the people in the village, I have to give myself and Sylphy an explanation. No matter what, I will never allow anyone to hurt our friends and family."
After saying these words, Shirou directly took a step forward, leaving Rudeus with a back that he would never forget.
Rudeus couldn't imagine what kind of firm will this big brother had. It was something that a coward like him might never have in his life.
But even so, he wasn't jealous at all, but felt sincerely happy –
Ah, this person is my brother. It's really great!
"Let's go together!"
At the same time, the children of the village had clearly held a grudge against Shirou for a long time. Now that they finally had an opportunity, they all rushed up.
Facing many children of the same age, or older, or younger than him, Shirou silently took a breath, and without even taking a weapon in his hand, directly threw out his fist!
"Bang!"
Even though he was about the same size as him, Shirou easily knocked the child of the same age flying, leaving an amazing arc in the air!
Seeing this scene, the other children were all startled and looked at Shirou with fear in their eyes.
Even Rudeus was startled, his eyes widened, and he was incredibly excited –
Because he realized that Shirou was serious.
With that punch, the child who was hit would probably be unable to get out of bed for months!
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