Damsel in Distress

A boy was looking outside the window of his classroom. The sun was shining through the clouds and the rays of sunlight escaping the gaps created a complex shade structure in the school's front lawn. He was fascinated by this symmetry of the phenomenon that he forgot he was in class.

" August... August!... AUGUSTUS GREY !!" The teacher shouted at the top of her lungs.

" Yes, Miss Dale."

" How many times do I have to tell you? You have to pay attention in the class while I am teaching. Tell me what I was saying."

" Miss, you were telling us about the history of Marvian and the great wars with Alseya and Setria."

" .. So you were listening after all. Then why were you looking outside the window? Don't you have a little decency to listen or do you think you know more than me?"

" I am sorry miss, that was not my intention."

" All right then, tell me what you know about this country's history."

August really felt bored in his classes. He already read through all the books that were available to him. He wanted to know more, this curiosity was burning like a fire within him.

" After the great Keychelen empire broke apart in the year 1860 due to civil war, three countries formed in the Southern side of the Heily continent. Our country Marvian was one of them. After the split, it was not peaceful though.

" Many bordering nations tried to invade and get a piece of our land, but we successfully defended our country's borders through the sacrifice of our brave soldiers. After that, there were several wars with our neighbors Alseya and Setria, but we managed to defeat both with our advanced weapons. The country started to push universal education in the early years of the country's establishment and that helped grow the next generation of scholars in many fields like Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Medicine. We entered an era of peace and prosperity.

" Fifty years befo.."

" That's enough." Miss Dale sighed and signaled him to sit down.

" I know you are a genius but try to behave well, being a genius doesn't mean you can do as you please. I don't want you to get distracted in class again. You understand me."

" Hmm.." August answered disinterestedly.

" Hey, nerd" A boy threw at him a folded paper ball. This was common when he answered anything in class. The other kids always try to make fun of him. He always ignored their provocations because it was not worth his time. They never assaulted him physically yet. This was the first time someone did something like this to him. He didn't know how to respond for a second. After a while, he picked up the folded paper and wrote something down. He threw that curled paper back to the kid. The kid didn't expect that he would respond back to him. He opened the folded paper and read what was written.

' I know you have been failing in several classes, and I can bet you haven't told your parents about it. What do you say? Shall I do the honours ?'

The boy gawked at the note and then nervously turned his head around to see August. August was smiling back at him.

*******

" Bro.. aren't we gonna save her?

" Why, do you think you are some hero or something? Saving the damsel in distress."

" I mean, isn't it normal to help someone when they are in danger?"

" Well, if you want to save her that much, go ahead. Besides, I don't think she even needs our help."

Fatty turned around and saw that girl take out a pistol and pointed at the men.

" Hey, we're just here to escort you to the Xenes guild. Our guild master has been recruiting beautiful female users. What do you say? Hmm.."

" I don't give a fuck who your boss is, just leave me alone. Or else I'm gonna blow your fucking head off."

" Ooh. you're feisty, darling guns don't work on users, we can reinforce our skins with Aura. You should know that much right. You should have brought some artifacts if you wanted to protect yourself." One of the users said.

" So how about we test this out ?"

" Don't get ahead of yourself, or you will regret it forever?"

She pressed her finger in the trigger.

*BANG*

There was a silence for a moment. The group of users didn't realize what just happened. They turned around and saw the corpse of the man who was speaking a moment ago. There was a hole in his forehead.

" You're not the only one who has Aura"

" Let's kill this bitch.." One user shouted out loud. The others took out their items and artifacts.

She looked nervous but there was a determination in her eyes.

" Bro.. she can't handle them alone, we need to help her now."

August didn't reply and just looked at the scene. Fatty gave up on persuading him and turned around to go save her. It was unfortunate that he didn't bring his hammer with him. He was used to his simple non-hunting life, so he never carried weapons with him. He only had one ring on his finger that gave him a speed boost. Still, he went ahead and approached the fight.

August knew that the girl was strong enough to fend the users off. She might have to struggle a bit, but she could do it alone. Even if she couldn't handle them, he would just give her a nudge by applying his authority. What he was baffled by was that fatty went ahead and tried to save her, who didn't even bring his artifact. Without it, he wouldn't be able to deal significant damage to those users.

' Virtue makes you stupid sometimes.' He thought to himself.

Fatty approached the group and applied force to his hands. The group of men and also the girl looked at fatty.

" Are you with them?" The girl pointed her gun at him.

" No, I came here to help you." Fatty raised his hands and said.

" Hey fatty, don't butt in the fight, you don't know who you are messing with."

" Don't say that ever again." Fatty rushed to the person who called him fatty. He threw a punch at him but before his fist could reach the user's face a shield hit his face. He jerked back and lost control of his movement, slammed on the nearby car.

" Aahhh"

" Look at this dumb fatty... Coming to a fight without bringing in weapons, Does he think he's some S rank user or something?"

They started laughing at fatty. The girl took this opportunity and enforced her bullets with aura again and shot at the other users.

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

Three bullets pierced the users in their heads. She put her gun down and approached fatty.

" Thanks for distracting them." She offered to lend her hand to help fatty stand up.

" I guess I am only good at distracting and getting aggro. And I am not even a tank."

" Still, you came forward to help me. Thanks."

Fatty looked at the girl more clearly. She was wearing tight black leggings and a white shirt. She had dark lilac coloured hair that reached her shoulders. She was quite fair and looked to be in her late teens. Fatty gulped and took her hand and stood up.

' What are you thinking dumbass?' Fatty shook his head.

" Are you alright?" The girl asked.

" Yeah, this is just a scratch." Fatty forgot all his pain at that moment.

" Good to hear, that shield really hit you hard that time."

" Hehe... By the way, you're a user right ?"

" Yeah, I just registered today."

" Do you have any plans to join a guild?"

" What, you wanna recruit me too?"

"Why not, you're pretty good. We could use some good long-range users in our guild."

" What guild are you from?" The girl asked suspiciously.

" Eh.. we just registered our guild recently, honestly we don't have any users recruited yet, But you don't have to worry, we are plenty resourceful. We just hunted an A rank beast and received compensation for it."

" Really? "

" Yup, you will be treated very generously here. We will offer you artifacts and equipment as well as training in our guild. What do you say ?"

" I want to see the guild and meet the guild master before making the decision." She wanted to see for herself and not decide right away."

" Then what are we waiting for, let me introduce you to our guild leader. He's right there."

Fatty pointed his finger towards the spot where August was standing, but there was no one there.

Suddenly the girl pointed her gun towards fatty.

" What are you doing?" Fatty asked the girl in surprise. Then he saw that she was looking behind him. He turned back to see what was behind him.

" Fatty, why are you flirting with this kid ?"