"No, stop!"
In Shirone's palace, Aisha struggled, trying to fight the knights in front of her.
But at only five years old, she couldn't possibly resist the well-trained knights of the Shirone Kingdom. She was quickly subdued.
"Give it back to me!"
Faced with Aisha's cries, the kingdom's soldiers showed complex expressions. They clearly didn't really want to bully a little girl, but were simply carrying out orders.
"Sorry, Lord Pax ordered that you're not allowed to write letters to outsiders."
The soldiers said this, one grabbing Aisha's hand, while another directly tore up the paper snatched from her.
"You can't tear up the letter I want to send to Dad!"
Seeing this, Aisha was so anxious that she burst into tears.
She and her mother, Lilia, had been living together in the Shirone Kingdom's palace, relying on each other. Although life was hard, there weren't too many problems.
But one day, a prince named Pax suddenly came to their door.
After hearing that Lilia and Aisha knew Roxy, he went crazy and demanded that they tell him Roxy's whereabouts.
Lilia and Aisha understandably couldn't accept such an unreasonable request.
Because Roxy had already left the Greyrat family, how could they possibly know the whereabouts of that demon magician.
But Pax couldn't accept this at all.
It turned out that Pax was once a student taught by Roxy when she lived in the Shirone Kingdom.
During that time, Pax developed an extremely strong desire for Roxy. Unfortunately, a kid like him could never resist Roxy, a king-level magician, and could only be repeatedly frustrated.
But he still didn't want to give up. Even after Roxy left the Shirone Kingdom to look for the Greyrat family, he never forgot her.
Until Lilia, someone who once knew Roxy, appeared, Prince Pax naturally wouldn't let go of this only lead. He would do anything to force Roxy's whereabouts out of her.
When he couldn't get any information through interrogation, Pax even directly imprisoned Lilia and spread the news, hoping to lure Roxy back to the Shirone Kingdom.
You can imagine how crazy this prince was.
In such a desperate situation, Aisha didn't give up. She remembered the name of her father that her mother mentioned, and accidentally learned that Paul had supposedly formed an investigation team in the Holy Kingdom of Milis.
So she secretly wrote a letter, hoping to send it out and seek Paul's help.
Unfortunately, her plan was seen through by Pax before it could be carried out, and he ordered the soldiers to control her.
"Aisha, don't resist anymore. You have no power to resist the prince of Shirone."
A blonde female knight looked at Aisha with a helpless expression.
She herself seemed to be dissatisfied with Pax's bad behavior, but she had to obey the prince's orders, so she couldn't resist.
Most of the other soldiers were like this. They didn't have much respect for Prince Pax, but they had to obey him because of his position.
"You bad guys..."
Aisha was impatient. Her only hope was the letter to Paul. Now that the letter was gone, she immediately felt like she was in a deep abyss.
The soldiers were also helpless about this.
But they wouldn't resist orders.
One of the soldiers stepped forward, ready to grab Aisha's arm and take the young girl back to her locked room.
But at that moment, the window was suddenly broken open.
A red-haired boy with a strand of white hair broke in through the window, and with a speed that almost no one present could keep up with, he easily knocked down the guarding knights and protected Aisha behind him.
"Who is it?!"
"How dare you invade the palace!"
"Who are you! State your name!"
"..."
The soldiers were at a loss in the face of this situation, all showing surprised attitudes.
After arriving on the scene, Shirou had no confusion, because he had already used his clairvoyance to see everything in advance, and knew the situation of Aisha and her mother.
So he directly protected Aisha and said: "I am her brother, Shirou Greyrat. Today I am going to take Aisha and Lilia home. Get out of the way if you don't want to die!"
Since he had made up his mind to fight against the Shirone Kingdom, Shirou would have no retreat.
He directly stated his identity, and at the same time intimidated all the enemies.
This was his only goal.
"Shirou Greyrat? Could it be the one Miss Roxy mentioned?"
After hearing this, the blonde female knight's expression became extremely complicated, but she still didn't let Shirou take Aisha away, and immediately said: "Sorry, I am Prince Pax's guard, Ginger York. Lilia and Aisha are now members of the Shirone Kingdom. If you want to take them away, you need to formally negotiate with the kingdom."
"Formal negotiations? Then can you let me see Lilia now?"
"This... I'm sorry, Miss Lilia, she..."
Ginger seemed to know that Pax was doing something wrong, so she couldn't answer Shirou's words.
And Shirou didn't have any hope for this. After learning about the situation of Lilia and Aisha through clairvoyance in the early stages, he had already made up his mind that no matter what the cost, even if he had to fight against the entire Shirone Kingdom, he would rescue the mother and daughter!
"Are you... my brother?"
While Shirou was confronting the knights, Aisha showed a surprised expression.
She was clearly seeing Shirou for the first time.
After all, Aisha was less than one year old when Shirou left the Greyrat family, so she couldn't have any impression of this older brother.
Seeing Aisha's appearance, which might be afraid of him, Shirou remembered Norn from before, and couldn't help but show a hesitant expression.
But the current situation didn't allow him to leave Aisha too far.
After thinking about it, he took off Avalon from behind him, handed the Avalon sword sheath to Aisha, and activated the defense barrier of the sword sheath.
"Hold it tight, and stand behind me. Don't be afraid, because I'm here."
Shirou said the same words he had said to Rudeus, and smiled as he patted Aisha's head.
The girl was still very unfamiliar with this, but looking at Shirou's appearance, a different look gradually appeared on her face, realizing that the boy in front of her was someone she could rely on.
While the two siblings were interacting, the Shirone Kingdom soldiers on the scene fell into a stiff state.
They didn't know what to do now, and could only quickly send someone to contact Pax.
Among the remaining soldiers, some more impulsive ones stepped forward and said: "Listen carefully, kid. It's okay to play the hero, but this is the Shirone Kingdom's palace. If you don't want to die, hand over that girl obediently."
"Wait a minute..."
Ginger made a move to stop the soldiers' reaction.
She was clearly seeing Shirou for the first time, but she instinctively showed an extremely respectful attitude towards Shirou.
But she couldn't stop the soldiers' impulse by herself.
Several soldiers had already pounced in Aisha's direction.
Seeing this scene, Aisha's face showed a clear look of panic. She nervously grabbed Shirou's hand and said: "Bro, brother, please... please save me! And, and Mom..."
Seeing Aisha's face messed up with tears and snot asking for help, Shirou had no extra thoughts at all.
As far as he was concerned, if it was for his sister, even if he had to be against the entire kingdom, it would be no problem.
"Don't worry, I will protect you and Lilia."
After saying that, Shirou didn't say anything more, and directly pulled out Muramasa, the magic sword from his waist.
As the first weapon forged by Shirou, the magic sword Muramasa didn't have any extra effects, and might not even be better than the magic sword Wind Break.
But after all, this was the original weapon created by Shirou based on his own forging skills. When he created it, he specifically combined his proficient sword skills and made many adjustments, which could easily allow him to swing the fastest and smoothest sword skills.
"Clap!"
Shirou's Sword God Style was used.
He was like a flash of light, instantly appearing behind several soldiers.
These soldiers hadn't even reacted at all. Only a few people instinctively drew their swords, but they couldn't keep up with Shirou's movements and were instantly defeated!
Through the soldiers' actions, Shirou realized that the swordsmen of this country mostly used Water God Style.
This was also normal. Water God Style was always the favorite style of nobles, so that the guards of major kingdoms were basically composed of Water God Style users.
But compared to Isolte, a true genius swordsman, these Water God Style swordsmen of the Shirone Kingdom couldn't even be cannon fodder. Their average level was below beginner, so there was no pressure for Shirou at all.
"It's actually a Sword Saint, just like Miss Roxy said..."
Ginger showed a bitter expression when she saw this.
She had actually heard a lot from Roxy about Shirou.
After all, Roxy would often talk about her disciple Shirou from time to time, and said that although she was a teacher, she had great respect for this disciple.
From this, Ginger learned that Shirou was already intermediate level Sword God Style at the age of seven or eight.
Now seeing that the adult Shirou had Sword Saint-level strength, she could say that she wasn't surprised at all.
And the existence of a Sword Saint was an unimaginable opponent for a small country like the Shirone Kingdom.
Because ordinary small countries couldn't find a few Saint-level powerhouses at all.
King-level powerhouses were even more impossible to exist.
Because of this, when Roxy, as a Water King-level magician, temporarily lived in the Shirone Kingdom, she received the highest-level treatment from the entire Shirone Kingdom.
Now, without a King-level powerhouse like Roxy, the Shirone Kingdom returned to the state of a weak country.
Not to mention encountering a King-level powerhouse, even Shirou, a Sword Saint, might destroy the entire country!
This was the sorrow of a small country.
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