"Alaric! Quick! I need your help!" Lilian in a manner unlike her, just comes in shouting without any warnings.

"Calm down, what's going on?" Alaric got up from my bed and moved closer to her, moving to touch her shoulder.

"I'm calm! Don't touch me!" Lilian pushed him away clearly not in the best mind space, as she fell to her knees before saying. "It's my fault! It's my fault! It's all my fault…"

(It seems that was not the best way to go about it… What do I do? She seems hysteric… Okay, let's try to be slower about this.) Alaric thought to himself before he took a deep breath.

He then crouched down to her level and said. "Sorry… I'm here, can you tell me what's going on so I can help?"

"It's... It's... It's... You have to come!" She didn't even properly answer before trying to drag him out of the room.

"Hey, hey, slow down a bit. You first have to tell me what's going on and where you want to go." He started patting her head and speaking as calmly as he could.

"Crystal! She... She... You really have to come quickly!" She was breathing more heavily the more they talked and didn't seem to be calming down at all.

Seeing her state, he grabbed her hand and guided her to the kitchen before pouring her a cup of water and saying.

"Ok, drink this, before taking a few deep breaths in and out, then tell me what's going on. I promise I'll help if I can." He looked at her with his it's ok best smile.

She drank the water a bit stumbly before breathing in and out, following she looked at him seeming a bit better, but didn't say anything.

(Just what is going on?!) He questioned in his mind.

"So? What's going on?" He asked keeping things as calm as he could.

"I'll tell you… If you promise not to tell our parents or grandparents." She said with obvious worry in her currently weak voice.

"Ok, I promise to not speak to them about whatever you tell me." He said with a warm smile.

(If necessary I'll just show them a written note, I'm a man of my word after all. Though I would rather not be snitching if possible.) Alaric thought to himself at the same time.

"Crystal... She... She.... SHE... She got... Kidnapped..." She said in her broken stumbles before closing her eyes as if brazing for him yelling.

The shock was evident as there was only silence for a bit.

(What?! How did that idiot get herself in something like that? Why am I asking? It's obviously one of the noble kids she was getting herself involved with, honestly what else did she expect?) Alaric immediately concluded as he thought of the situation.

So, after another deep breath he opened his mouth to say.

"I'm not going to yell at you, just tell me how and where it happened, first." He calmly inquired. 

"She asked me to help her sneak out because our parents, and grandparents didn't want her to go meet the baronet kid at this time of day alone, or wearing the clothes she was wearing..." She said with her head down seeming to understand how dumb what they did was.

"Gosh, why would you even do that?" He couldn't help but be a bit condemning about it.

"It's... It's just... Crystal was so persistent that... That, I just couldn't say no... 

"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I'm didn't want this! I'm terrible sister! Please forgive me! I didn't mean to! I'm sorry! I'm so so sorry..." She broke down and began crying while apologizing. 

It felt bad to look at but he couldn't just say words of comfort just yet, as he believed she needed to bask in that for a bit, to make sure she didn't do something like this again.

(… At least I hope she learns something from this, but that's not the focus, we need to get Crystal immediately before the worst comes to be. I'll need to leave a note behind just in case.) He rubbed his forehead as he thought of the situation.

As she was crying Alaric went to his room and wrote a note about the situation leaving it on the bed.

"Ok, Lilian, you got to show me where they took her so that we can do something about it." Since she wouldn't stop crying he put her on his back on a piggyback before moving out.

It was afternoon and the sun was slowly disappearing on the horizon.

With a bit of work, he managed to get Lilian to show him the way, and immediately a notification popped up.

[Master! You have a new quest ready for you!

Quest#3(Emergency)- Rescue Your Sister!

Objective: Save Crystal before her virginity is taken from her.

Failure condition- Crystal is r*ped.

Time Left: 30:10

Reward: Superpower- Gate

Punishment: Kin Traitor(Curse)]

(No death condition? It seems she might at the very least not be in danger of dying, not that her current situation is that much better if that's the case. 

(It seems the young nobleman hasn't updated his courting ways from the ancient Greek version, quite sad to see, but no worries, I'll promptly update him on it.) Alaric thought to himself as he gritted his teeth, while he moved as fast as he could.

As fast as he could, Alaric moved according to Lilian's directions and landed in the forest near their town, before eventually finding a big wooden cabin quite deep in the forest surrounded by a group of men.

The area around was full of trees, bushes, and other types of vegetation, now under the dark sky, as the night was setting in by this time.

(This is going to be troublesome…) He thought to himself as he stopped hidden amidst the vegetation.

Surveying the area with Lilian glued to his back, Alaric was trying to think of the best way to approach the place only to notice that the quest's timer had already reached 13:36 left, and he was getting a bit nervous.

(The time is running out… I hope Crystal's ok… I need to get through this quickly, but with Lilian here… things get complicated…) He thought to himself as he was trying to assess the situation, however at that time.

Alaric whose whole boy was covered in mana, ears included, heard some light rustling only to see a shadow behind them.

(Damn it! Already caught…) He was at a loss seeing this.

It was a man covered in a dark cloak walking toward them, calmly moving through the leaves and branches with little sound.

"Haha! When I noticed some movement I thought it was gonna be the knights patrolling or some beasts, but it was just some kids... 

"Then again, me and the boys are getting a bit bored, so you might have come just in time for the party." He smiled widely as he put his right hand over what Alaric assumed was a weapon and continued to approach them. 

(This bastard won't even let his guard down against children... I'll have to be careful.) Alaric frowned as he saw the opponent get closer.

As the guy approached he let Lilian down from his back, as he took a few steps forward, and got ready for the next move. Observing the enemy carefully, he began building up a Water Ball(Minor) behind his back, as he chanted in a whisper. "Water Ball(Minor)." 

"Now that I'm a bit closer, you're a boy... Unfortunately for you, we do not need little snot shots out here!" The enemy immediately pulled out a dagger and jumped to attack!

At this moment Alaric aimed with his hand and launched the Water Ball just as the guy leaped off the ground, which resulted in a clash between both.

This pushed the cloaked man all the way to hit a tree that was further back with full force, which caused it to crack. While it was not enough to make it fall down, the cloaked man's back took a hard he as he winced in pain.

"Aaaarrhhh!" The man let out.

It was not something Alaric was used to and not something he was entirely sure of either. There were probably better moves to make in my situation, but unfortunately, he had yet to be trained in combat so he just did what he could and hoped for the best. 

Before the man could recover, however, Alaric aimed his hand at him again, before casting another.

"Water Ball(Minor)." He changed, letting out a second water ball and hitting the man right in his face this time causing his head to hit the tree and leave an indent as the man passed out with the back of his head bleeding.

[Congratulations Master! You have killed a level 1 human(Class assassin) and gained 5 exp]

"That worked… This is way too dangerous… I'm really not quite ready, but I'm here… and there's no time… I was too cocky." Alaric said to himself as he realized that this was not a situation he could handle as easily as he had previously assumed. "This is no longer a game..."

After taking a deep breath he walked up to the cloaked man, and got the black cloak off him, together with the dagger the man used as his weapon.

The hood of the cloak was a bit bloodied, but that was beyond the point, as Alaric used the dagger to cut up the cloak, so he who was still a child could at least use it without tripping on it, even though it was still too big, he could strap it on by tying the strings on the neck area, which he did.

"Ok… this should make me harder to spot… actually…" Alaric concluded when he looked at Lilian who was seated on the grass trembling while looking at him, as she was heavy breathing.

As he saw Lilian looking at him with horror on her face, she was paralyzed to the point she went from heavy breathing, to soon stopping her own breathing. 

Worried for her well-being Alaric Immediately ran to her.

"Lilian! Are you ok?... I know this is scary and you just want to go back home with Crystal, so we can go back to normal, but you're going to have to do me a favor, can you?"  Alaric shook her a bit to try and snap her out of it, but the emptiness in her eyes didn't fade away that easily. 

Fortunately, she seemed to react and began nodding her head ever so slightly.

(Good, it seems she's just in shock.) Alaric sighed with relief internally.

At that time, he took off the cloak he just got and gave it to Lilian, as he continued talking to her.

"Good! Now, I'll need you to put this on." He said with his best smile as he looked at her, it was good enough for camouflage now that the sun was gone and the night was taking over.

Without complaining or saying anything, Lilian put it on.

(Even with this, I can't just leave her here, it's ultimately too risky.) He thought to himself.

"Good, now, you have to hide in the bushes and follow me from a distance. Don't ever come out or make noise without me saying you can, ok?" Alaric decided to have her come with him.

(Let's just hope she isn't taken, hostage while I'm fighting or something like that...) Alaric hoped things did not come to that.

From then Lilian followed him silently as they moved as nimbly as they could. Getting closer to the big wooden cabin, he turned to Lilian and asked her.

"Can you see where in the cabin Crystal is?" He was serious, knowing he could rely on her.

Not saying a word she points to a window on the first floor.

(As expected... Honestly, I don't think I can sneak in unseen with my current set of skills, so it's going to have to be a takedown operation. I'm not sneaking, so I'll have to aim for one-shot attacks as much as possible.) Alaric concluded as he looked at the cabin and its surroundings.

In sight, four men were rotating the cabin. A big one had a great sword on his back, followed by a lankier man who had a long robe and a staff, most definitely magic-focused. 

The last two were a heavily armored man with a big shield and a mace, followed by another man in robes this one wearing white ones, which made Alaric think he was the party healer.

Time left: 8:45

"Remember to stay hidden as much as possible." Alaric warned Lilian one more time before he looked at the healer, ready to start.

Using his magic once again, he chanted. "Water Ball(Minor)" Then he aimed his hand at the healer, but instead of launching the water ball, he focused on something else.

(If I want to end this in one hit for him, I have to be creative with my spell, if I make it rotate, it can do some serious extra damage, and to do the most damage, I could also make it explode when it hits like a grenade.

(Normally from what I could see, it takes 5 MP or mana points to cast a typical Water Ball(Minor) capable of damaging a tree decently, but this will take 20 MP and I only have 49 MP left right now… it better work…) Alaric thought to himself as he thought up and visualized this upgraded version of the water ball spell in his mind, changing the actual outcome of the spell.

The water ball formed in front of his hand took the shape of a grenade shell before it started rotating at a decently high speed.

(It would be disingenuous to call this a water ball anymore, it's more of a water grenade… ow well, it doesn't matter. Launch!) Alaric let out the customized water ball at the man wearing white robes he assumed was the healer of the party.

The healer looking man could only turn to see the water ball was right I'm front of him as the rotation made it move much faster, and he couldn't evade it at all.

At the same time, right before it hit, the heavily armored man could also only look at it come, being the closest to the healer.

"What the hell is going on" Before he could finish the man wearing heavy armor could finish speaking at all.

*Boom!* *Splash* *Crack*

The water ball hit and exploded causing the healer to fall through the wall of the cabin with various holes in his body, while the heavily armored man didn't take much damage because of the armor, and even defended the others who were behind him.

[Congratulations Master! You have killed a level 1 human(Class Healer) and gained 5 exp]

"We're under attack! Guys get ready!" The heavily armored man was the first to react.

Unfortunately for Alaric, the big man, and the magic user started looking before the magic user began chanting something.

(This is not good at all… I'll have to fight.) Though Alaric was hiding his mana as best as he could, he was far from a specialist at it.

After a while, the magic user pointed at the location of Alaric and Lilian precisely, then began chanting again. The heavily armored man came to protect the magic user, while the other guy.

The big man was the first to move out and started getting closer to Alaric and Lilian.

(I can't hide Lilian's mana with my current skill level... Damn it! But this is an opportunity… I only have 30 MP, due to my MP recovery rate…

(Since every 5 minutes, I regain 1 MP, and I consume around 2 MP per second to cover my whole body in mana to strengthen it, so I'll have 15 seconds to deal with these guys at best…) Alaric thought to himself as the enemy approached.

As soon as the big man was close enough, Alaric covered his whole body in mana, and at him aiming for the neck with his dagger and slitting the man's throat before he could react, catching him by surprise.

[Congratulations Master! You have killed a level 1 human(Class Warrior) and gained 5 exp]

(Luckily they were after Lilian's signature so he wasn't expecting me to be here…) Alaric once again didn't have time to stop and think for too long as he could feel something big build-up.

Looking at the magic user, he was clearly getting a fireball ready, and would definitely shoot it at Lilian since she was the one who was discovered.

(Can't wait! I have to go in now!) Alaric revealed himself and charged at the enemy.