I Married the Beautiful Female Protagonist In Order To Survive

16. Wait for me to gather strength and make a call

As soon as the not-so-sturdy door of Kefir’s secret base was kicked open, Er and a group of men dressed in black, faces covered, looking every bit the part of robbers, barged in. They not only blocked the doors and windows in an instant but even had lookouts outside~

This isn’t some random thug looking for revenge, but with this orderly manner, it immediately reminded me of those iron cans from the Iron Flower Group that were taken down in one fell swoop after Kefir’s arrival! Does Er have a grudge against Kefir? Hmph, impossible! Rather, if Er really knew Kefir, he wouldn’t dare to cause trouble at Kefir’s secret base even if he had a hundred guts.

It’s because he doesn’t know Kefir, and also because of the previous qualification certificate incident, that he has a script to “kill me,” that he brought a group of local knights here today!

Er, with a smug expression that he thought he had “two kings with four twos,” looked around the secret base and then sneered at us.

“Not bad, poor boy, after deceiving the qualification certificate from me, you’re still living quite comfortably. Has the toad started eating swan meat? It’s only been a few days, and you already have a maid?”

His gaze immediately fell on Nell, and his attitude became a bit strange.

Nell, hiding behind me, clutched my arm tightly.

“Ah, yes, she’s the maid I got with my qualification certificate.”

As I returned the gaze, I also finished reading more about this bit player, including… his reason for wanting to snatch the qualification certificate from me!

[The bit player wanted to climb the social ladder by becoming an official priest, and ultimately chose to get close to Kefir between Queen Louis IV and Kefir, because he thought Louis IV’s life was decadent, like a bus. And the bit player only liked pure girls.]

A villain should have the dignity of a villain, and a bit player should have the self-awareness of a bit player. Who is the real toad, and who wants to eat swan meat?

“Jealous? Let me tell you, last night I had her pitter-patter, pitter-patter all night long, her big chest was so comfortable to knead, so soft!”

Immediately, Nell’s soft sobbing came from behind me, but I didn’t have time to explain now. As long as this obvious bit player, who still had high demands, lost interest in Nell, she wouldn’t be in any strange danger for the time being, right?

This is not just for my sake, but also for yours, bit player bro. Don’t push my big-chested maid too hard, or else when her cosmos erupts in the script, your territory, along with your ancestors’ graves, might just get turned upside down.

I saw the bit player’s face turn quite pleasant for a moment, not sure if it was envy, jealousy, or anger, or if I had made him hypertensive. He stopped staring at Nell’s chest. After kicking over a stool and interrupting me, his attitude towards me became much more straightforward.

“Kid, you’re the first one to dare to steal my stuff in this bit player town! If it was just a few coins, I’d have considered it begging money and rewarded you, but you dared to play me, stealing the priest’s qualification certificate to find a woman!?”

The bit player’s lackey immediately followed up!

“Be smart and hand it over quickly! Lord Bit Player is generous, he might even spare your life out of pity!”

“Really? Then I’ll give it back to you.”

After all, my purpose for the qualification certificate was just to cling to Kefir’s coattails, and now that I’ve done that, carrying this broken certificate around is just annoying. If I hand over the certificate and this bit player disappears from the script, wouldn’t that be better for me?

The lackey suddenly showed a surprised smile.

“Hey, you’re quite sensible, you’ve got potential.”

Nonsense, when it comes to being a villain, I’m your ancestor.

However, just as I found the qualification certificate, the bit player kicked away the lackey.

“Silence! Is it your turn to speak? Idiot!”

Then he turned around with an unfriendly look at me, making me realize: indeed, this fancy death script of mine isn’t something I can just avoid.

“Kid, do you think I’ll fall for your pretense again? Do you think I’m stupid? You give me the stuff, and I’m afraid you’ll bite back immediately.”

No, I really hadn’t thought that way, you bit player, stop overacting.

But it was no use, the bit player’s attitude made it clear that he wanted me dead, just like the deadly script I was facing this time.

“Hey, you second-hand goods in the back! Get lost, this kid is a swindler, I pity you for losing your body, I’ll let you go, hurry up and scram!”

I shuddered, hey! Bit player, we villains can settle this, why on earth do you have to provoke a protagonist!? You want to eat a boxed lunch and drag me along with you!?

Even before I could stop her, Nell, who had been timidly hiding behind me, suddenly lost her nervous look and asked in a cold, emotionless voice.

“What do you want to do to him?”

“Is it any of your business?”

The bit player didn’t notice Nell’s change at all, and pushed the Nell who had stepped out from behind me! After all, Nell was still an “unleveled” protagonist, and now she could only be considered a girl, stumbling and falling to the ground.

“Yeah, little girl, our lord doesn’t care for you, but you can come have a drink with me, huh?”

“The guy who slept with you is a scammer, oh dear, such a pity. Let your big brother here comfort you, shall we?”

The extra, Longtai’er, had lost interest in Nieru, but his two lackeys by his side certainly hadn’t! They snickered as they reached out to snatch Nieru away.

Perhaps knowing that I’m just an ordinary person, Nieru didn’t give me a look of ‘why don’t you save me, you useless thing’. Rather, it’s more accurate to say… as the protagonist, she didn’t need my help at all. She just silently bowed her head and covered her eyes, leaving me unsure whether she was scared or suppressing some dangerous emotion.

However, just as their hands were about to touch Nieru…

“One a second-tier martial swordsman, the other a second-tier magician.”

“!”

The two lackeys, as if they had touched a live wire, retracted their hands, and even Longtai’er looked over in surprise.

“What trick did you just pull, kid!?”

“The local knight captain behind is a fourth-tier martial artist, accompanied by third-tier, third-tier, second-tier… uh, there’s quite a few, need to call for backup…”

As I spoke, I helped Nieru up and held her close.

Firstly, I was really annoyed. Just because you’re an extra doesn’t mean you can’t have aspirations. Attacking a girl at first sight, why don’t you go act in those adult films? Secondly, Nieru’s state could ‘explode’ at any moment just like in the script, and I had to prevent her from leveling up!

“I haven’t pulled any tricks; it’s just that your home is about to be gone. I advise you to scram now, maybe you can escape with your valuables before I get angry.”

With that, I stared down the extras in front of me, took a deep breath, and tapped into the earth-shattering power within my body! Even the strongest among these extras, the fourth-tier captain, was momentarily stunned by my imposing aura and didn’t move!

“Contract connection activated—hey, hey, hey!? A bunch of bad guys came to our house, smashed it up! They even said they want to take Nieru away as a slave!”

“Damn it! How dare you slander Lord Longtai’er!”

“Get lost! It’s none of your business! Go to hell, you’re playing me again!”

Enraged, Longtai’er waved his hand, and the fourth-tier captain beside him threw a punch at me with the force of a bulldozer, swift as a gale!

Then, without even looking, I took a step back and dodged.

Suddenly, the room fell silent, except for the sound of me using the contract connection.

“Hey, hey? Boss, don’t ignore me!”