Chapter 45: We’re about to be attacked by thugs!

After Natalie decided on her own to go kidnap some servants who could cook, she dragged Emily to the streets of this town.

Once on the streets, Emily naturally cowered behind Natalie.

After all, as a human, walking on the streets of a demon town, it was hard not to attract attention.

And Emily could clearly feel that some of the demons looking at her were full of hostility, even murderous intent.

In this town near the human border, many demons had died in the war against humans.

How could those demons who lost their families to humans not hate Emily, a human?

Under those frightening gazes, the only person Emily could rely on was Natalie.

If she were suddenly attacked, with Emily’s combat ability, she might not even be able to fend off an ordinary demon thug.

However, despite hating humans, Emily was wearing an expensive maid outfit, and Natalie looked like a young lady of a wealthy family.

So no thugs dared to provoke the two.

Of course, if Emily went out alone, she would definitely be targeted by dangerous thugs.

Emily’s current body was created by a god.

Even if she was called the world’s most beautiful girl, few would disagree.

With such beauty and a large chest, it would be strange if lecherous thugs didn’t target her.

Moreover, attacking a human might not even be considered a crime among the demons.

Even if Emily were really a slave of some noble.

A thug who attacked Emily would most likely only need to pay compensation.

Human slaves had the same status in demon society as cats and dogs.

No one goes to jail for hurting someone else’s pet dog, and they certainly wouldn’t be sentenced to death.

The relationship between the two races was that bad.

So Natalie also warned Emily that it was best not to think about running away from her.

If she were targeted by some demon while fleeing, Natalie couldn’t guarantee Emily’s safety.

Of course, Emily never had the courage to run away anyway.

Emily had a perfect understanding of her own abilities!

Without any combat power, and being best at healing and enhancement, even if she used magic to strengthen her body, she couldn’t make it back to human territory alive.

Even if she wasn’t attacked by demons along the way, wild monsters or even beasts could kill her.

Seeing Emily cowering behind her in fear, Natalie inexplicably got the urge to play a prank.

The thugs on the street, hindered by Natalie’s presence, didn’t dare to make a move on her.

But if Natalie wasn’t there, just thinking about Emily’s frightened expression if she suddenly disappeared, Natalie’s desire to play a prank kept swelling.

“Emily, look over there. What’s that?”

“Over there?”

Hearing Natalie’s sudden words, Emily looked in the direction she was pointing.

But there was nothing there, just an ordinary alley.

“There’s nothing there?”

When Emily turned back to look at Natalie again, Natalie, who should have been in front of her, had vanished into thin air.

“!”

Seeing Natalie disappear, Emily naturally panicked and quickly looked around, but there was no sign of Natalie in her field of vision.

“No way…”

Realizing that she had been abandoned by Natalie like that, Emily’s mind went blank for a moment.

While Emily was dumbfounded, she could clearly feel that the hostile gazes from before had become even stronger.

She subconsciously swallowed and then quickly ran toward the alley she had just seen.

After all, staying on this busy street was too dangerous.

To speed up her escape, Emily used magic to strengthen her body.

But since enhancement magic was based on the original stats, even if Emily used the highest-level enhancement magic on herself, because her base stats were too low, doubling them didn’t help much.

Emily’s physical condition was that of a relatively weak adult woman.

And this was a border demon town, where the average demon level was relatively high.

So when Emily rushed into the alley, she heard rapid footsteps behind her, clearly someone chasing her.

‘This is bad! This is bad! If I get caught, I’ll definitely be… that, what is Natalie doing? She can’t really be planning to let these thugs catch me and then have something inappropriate happen!’

While complaining about Natalie in her mind, Emily recalled the hentai plot she had seen in her previous life.

The phrase “rape and murder” also appeared in Emily’s mind.

Of course, Emily didn’t know that Natalie was actually right next to her.

But because Natalie was using an invisibility spell, Emily didn’t notice her presence.

How could Natalie really leave Emily alone in this demon town that was full of danger for her?

Even though Emily had already run as hard as she could, the footsteps were getting louder and louder.

Emily really wanted to know how far the thugs were behind her, but she was afraid that turning around would slow her down.

She could only endure her panic and keep running.

Then, in the next moment, a figure jumped over Emily from above.

A demon holding a sword blocked Emily’s escape route, forcing her to stop.

“No way…”

Terrified, Emily finally turned around to look behind her.

Behind her, several panting demons followed.

Emily was completely trapped in the middle.

‘This is bad! What should I do, what should I do… If I resist, I’ll definitely get beaten badly! But I can’t just surrender and let them do whatever they want to me!’

“If it weren’t for your pretty face, I would have cut you down with one slash!”

The thug blocking Emily’s way said, swinging his sword to scare her.

Of course, the thug’s method was very effective.

For the first time in her life, Emily was facing a sharp blade at such close range.

How could she not be scared?

In the past, when she was with the brave’s party, Emily stayed in a safe place to enhance and heal her teammates.

And because Hadia, the brave, was too strong, she had never lost before encountering Natalie, the Demon King.

Most enemies were one-shot kills, so even though Emily had been with Hadia for a long time, she had never faced much danger.