Snippet #2767096

Linde had just prepared for combat when not one, not two, but three individuals came to her aid. First was a young woman wielding a naginata, who gracefully swept the homeless man's legs. The second was a man with fiery red hair who took the larger man down after taking a hit himself. Quite impressive, given the man's weight by comparison to the larger one. And finally was the woman who had been on the horse asking for directions.

All were impressive, but it was the girl with the naginata who struck Linde as the most unusual and interesting. She dressed like a shrine maiden, but wore a face mask and carried a weapon. She had never known a shrine maiden to carry a weapon.

Who is this woman? She thought to herself.

Linde looked across the small group who had helped her, and gave a bow.

"Thank you very much, everyone, for your help with these men." She said with a sweet smile.

She gazed at the men on the ground, sighing to herself.

"I suppose now they really do need my help now." She mumbled.

Linde couldn't help but chuckle to herself as she turned and began to hoist the larger man up onto her shoulder. He was quite heavy, but she managed just fine. She laid him down on one of the tables she'd been using to tend the injured and stuck a wooden block in his mouth.

"If you need to bite something to deal with the pain, just bite that." She said.

She turned to the others who had helped her and gave another bow.

"Please excuse me, everyone. But I have patients to attend to." She giggled.

Linde then walked to the homeless man, now thoroughly beaten and bloodied as well as missing some teeth, and laid him on a second table. He needed her attention the most due to his injuries.

"Just lie still, sir." She said, giving his nose a little tweak which earned a grunt of pain.

"This will only take about ten minutes." She said.