Natsuki Subaru closed the chat interface and turned to Old Man Rom and Felt.
"Let's go back. Senior Itadori should have finished things over there."
"How do you know?"
Felt looked at Natsuki Subaru with so surprise.
"I... you can hear that the noise over there has stopped. The fight's definitely over!"
Subaru made up a random excuse and quickly led Felt and Old Man Rom back to Yuji Itadori's side.
What ca into view was the nearly collapsed building, a massive furrow in the ground, and Elsa, who was already incapacitated in the middle of that trench.
Old Man Rom looked at Elsa in disbelief, then at the surrounding environnt.
Elsa's sheer killing intent and her instant draw earlier were enough to prove she was a top-tier powerhouse.
Old Man Rom wasn't even sure if he could have been her match.
Yet Yuji Itadori had settled it in just a few minutes?
Rom's gaze couldn't help but fall upon Yuji Itadori.
He hadn't broken a single drop of sweat; there wasn't even a speck of dust on his clothes.
Although Rom hadn't seen the specific battle process, when Elsa made her first move, he had clearly seen that her attack couldn't even touch Yuji Itadori.
Just what kind of ability was that?
And wasn't the level of destruction in the area a bit too exaggerated?
Furthermore, if such a strong individual existed, why had he never heard of him?
At that mont, Yuji Itadori slowly walked up to Natsuki Subaru.
"Natsuki, what should we do with this person? She seems to be called the Bowel Hunter or sothing."
Yuji Itadori's gaze fell on Elsa on the ground.
"Her body is different from ordinary people, but she shouldn't be able to recover for a while."
"I... I don't know either. Maybe call the guards over."
Subaru couldn't make up his mind for a mont.
"Guards? Then I've gotta get out of here!"
Beside them, Felt was already preparing to slip away. After all, she was a thief; she couldn't afford to get caught by those guards.
But just then, a resonant and powerful voice rang out from nearby.
"Pardon , please wait a mont."
The tone was polite yet possessed an unquestionable authority. The owner of the voice was a young man with a handso face beneath fiery red hair and eyes as blue as the sea.
Beside him was a girl with long silver hair and elven ears. Her features were as exquisite as a fairy's, but her face was filled with anxiety.
"This is bad, this is bad..."
Seeing the woman's face, Felt wore a look of despair and quickly turned around, seemingly trying to avoid being recognized.
Beside her, Natsuki Subaru's eyes were practically beaming with light.
Observing the reactions of the two, Yuji Itadori could guess that this woman must be the Satella that Subaru had ntioned earlier.
"Could you please tell exactly what happened here?"
The red-haired man walked up to Natsuki Subaru and asked with a smile.
Though he seed approachable, his right hand appeared to be resting in a position where he could draw the sword at his waist at any ti.
"Who are you?"
Subaru looked at him with confusion, having no idea who this person was.
"Oh, my apologies. I forgot to introduce myself. Pray forgive my discourtesy; I am Reinhard van Astrea, a mber of the Royal Guard."
The man calling himself Reinhard bowed to Natsuki Subaru with utmost politeness, showing no traces of arrogance.
"I'm Natsuki Subaru. Nice to et you."
"Nice to et you, Natsuki."
Reinhard nodded, then turned to look at the silver-haired woman beside him.
"This is Lady Emilia. I happened to encounter Lady Emilia earlier and learned that an important item of hers had been stolen. Based on clues and information provided by others, we ca here."
"Emilia...?"
Subaru was stunned for a mont.
Wait a second?
Didn't she say her na was Satella earlier?
"She's the one who stole my things!"
Emilia stared sternly at Felt, who was currently preparing to bolt.
However, Old Man Rom gently patted her shoulder, signaling for Felt not to do it.
Reinhard, the Sword Saint of the Royal Capital.
He was also the strongest existence in this world.
Trying to escape before him was an almost impossible task.
"This is a misunderstanding!"
Only now did Natsuki Subaru snap out of it, and he hurriedly recounted the previous events in full detail.
"This person is the Bowel Hunter?"
Reinhard looked at Elsa lying on the ground with so surprise.
The Bowel Hunter was notorious; Reinhard had heard of her.
Why would the Bowel Hunter appear in this place?
Facing a powerhouse like her, any mber of the Knight Order other than himself would likely fall into a bitter struggle.
And yet she had already been defeated by soone else?
"That's right. She was hired by soone to steal Sa... Emilia's Insignia. I happened to see it, so I wanted to help Emilia find the lost item! I didn't expect she'd try to silence everyone involved!"
Subaru explained imdiately.
"But luckily Senior Itadori stepped in and defeated her!"
Reinhard's gaze moved past Elsa and shifted forward, finally landing on the man standing not far ahead.
Yuji Itadori.
The sword at Reinhard's waist was vibrating.
Reinhard couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly.
The blade at his hip was no ordinary treasure; it was the Dragon Sword Reid, the sword of successive generations of the Sword Saint and the strongest sword in the world. Only one who possessed the Divine Protection of the Sword Saint could use it.
The Dragon Sword possessed a self-awareness and would only unsheathe when facing soone sufficiently powerful.
Just now, when Reinhard first t Natsuki Subaru, the Dragon Sword had reacted.
And now, facing the man before him, the Dragon Sword reacted again.
In fact, the reaction was even more pronounced.
Just who was this man?
"Thank you for stepping in to help. This was a failure of our Knight Order. If you hadn't intervened, there might have been very serious destruction here."
Reinhard walked up to Yuji Itadori and expressed his gratitude with utmost sincerity.
"Doing what I can to protect others is only right."
Yuji Itadori spoke to Reinhard, his tone calm yet incredibly serious.
Hearing those words, a smile appeared on Reinhard's face.
He possessed the Divine Protection of Telepathy, which allowed him to judge whether a person's words were true.
And Yuji Itadori's words just now ca from the bottom of his heart.
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