Well, I’d like to say that I did something like Lydia and leaped and stabbed it. However, the creature was already very close to dying. I just stabbed it in the back while it was literally trying to escape while being blocked by Terra, disorientated by Miki, and trying desperately to avoid Lydia’s attacks. However, it just so happened that my attack was the last one, so he collapsed and then faded like smoke. The miasma that created him, dissipating back into the floor.
“Y-you defeated him!” The ninja girl declared unsteadily.
“Ah, well… he was only strong for a level five boss, right?” I said, sheepishly putting my sword away.
I turned and jumped as I saw Lydia and Miki staring up at me with scowls on their faces. When I looked the other way, Celeste and Terra had taken the other side.
“Why did Master kiss a stranger!” Miki denounced, pointing over at the ninja girl.
Rather than growing angry or slapping me, the ninja girl suddenly looked down, her face turning red.
“Ah… s-sorry!” I immediately apologized, although it wasn’t clear if I was apologizing to the ninja I kissed or the four slaves glowering at me. “That was… you see, I was using my position shift. Well, it works on anything you’re holding, like a backpack or a sword, so I reckoned it would work if I picked her up in my arms. However, I also thought that if our bodies were entangled enough, the magic wouldn’t be able to separate us. As long as I had part of myself inside her, the skill should pull her with me. In the end, I was right. If I hadn’t been able to pull her out of combat, even with you guys helping, she might have died. So, it all worked out in the end.”
“H-he was… inside me…” the ninja girl started shaking.
I already apologized, there was no use getting super angry. Noticing something shiny on the floor that the boss had dropped I grabbed it immediately. It was a simple necklace. A quick identification revealed that it had a few basic enchantments. It wasn’t as valuable as anything I had on me, but it would be valuable to someone like her who didn’t appear to have any magical items. I immediately held it out and walked over to the Ninja.
“Here! Since I did that, I should take responsibility.” I declared, “So, you can have this as compensation.”
I smiled and then slipped it over her neck. She jerked as the necklace fell down around her neck. Behind me, there were four cries of despair and anguish. However, before I could see what the slaves were on about, the ninja’s face had turned so red that I thought something might be wrong.
“Poof!” The word suddenly came from her mouth.
Her eyes rolled up in her head, and then she fell back, collapsing on the floor. I let out a cry and then kneeled down, checking to see if she was alright.
“M-m-m-m-m-master!” Lydia’s mournful voice came out. “Wh-why did you do that?”
“Huh? The necklace? It’s not as valuable as other things we own. I just thought it would smooth things over with the ninja.
“Surely, Master knows what that means!” Miki spoke frantically.
“Huh? It’s just a necklace? It’s not like I got on one knee and gave her a ring.” I said although I was starting to have a bad feeling.
“M-master…” Miki said, shaking her head. “I don’t know what customs you had where you came from, but here in Aberis, putting a necklace on a girl is the same as proposing to her!”