Chapter 428 – Bella’s kidnapping? (Patreon)

The woman then moved even closer to me as I crawled across the floor to get away from her.

“Come on, get up,” she said again, clearly growing impatient with me.

Who is this woman? Why is she doing this?

“Why are you doing this?” I asked her, but the woman didn’t answer. She simply told me to hurry and then tried to grab my arm. However, I slapped her hand away and got up as quickly as I could.

My heart began pounding, and I felt my adrenaline reach its limit as soon as I turned around and started running.

However, seconds later, I heard a sigh right behind me, followed by something striking my back.

“Argh!”

I felt as though I had broken a few bones and fell to the ground. I turned around and saw the woman behind me, her knees on my back as she pinned me against the floor. Then, she placed her hand around my neck, holding me from behind.

She began squeezing my neck with her hand, and I started running out of air.

“Don’t worry, you won’t die from this alone. Just go to sleep for a little while before I lose my patience.”

I began struggling, but the grip around my neck tightened, and I started suffocating. Little by little, I began to feel dizzy. I tried to scream for help, but no sound came out.

The last thing I heard before passing out was:

“I hope he doesn’t come after you too quickly.”

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POV: Third Person

As she looked at Bella lying unconscious on the floor, the woman slowly removed her mask.

“What do I do now? How am I going to carry her?”

She wasn’t quite sure what to do. She wouldn’t be able to carry Bella around on her back.

Her companions weren’t nearby. They were waiting several meters away.

The woman sighed and put her mask back on.

“I hope this is worth it.”

She picked Bella up as if she were a bag of cement and threw her over her shoulder. The woman wasn’t particularly tall or large, so it was a rather funny sight.

She then began running quickly through the empty streets.

Some time later, she arrived at a dark, abandoned building.

There were four other people inside.

They were all wearing black masks. The woman who stood out the most had a muscular body and wore a simple-looking suit of armor that was actually very expensive.

She asked, “You didn’t attract his attention, did you?”

The woman had a surprisingly high-pitched voice, one that could even be described as cute. It was a voice that didn’t match her muscular body at all.

“Don’t worry. She was alone.”

“Alright. Let’s take them somewhere a little more secluded. I’ve already prepared the letter.”

“But are you sure she’s the right person?” the woman who had kidnapped Bella asked.

“Yes, I’m sure she’s Bella, the artist who draws the books written by that author. I made sure to confirm it personally.”

The woman removed her mask, revealing a smile. She had a beautiful and incredibly cute face.

“Great. Let’s get this done.”

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POV: Luan

As soon as I arrived at the mansion, that bad feeling I had been experiencing while looking at Bella’s back still hadn’t gone away.

“Should I have gone with her? Should I have teleported her home?”

Those thoughts kept running through my mind while I took a hot shower.

When I finished showering, those unpleasant thoughts had completely disappeared. I lay down and then opened my status.

My status was absurd, but it could become even better.

I had a lot of points, enough to increase each of my stats by another 5,000 points.

However, I decided not to do it.

I closed my status and eventually fell asleep shortly afterward. However, I woke up during the night when I heard a noise coming from the window of my room.

As soon as I opened my eyes, I activated the “Detection” skill.

I could sense someone quickly moving away.

“Level 3 or 4? I think it’s around there.”

It was definitely an adventurer. And a strong one, above average.

I approached the window and managed to see a silhouette disappearing into the darkness in the distance. The street was unusually quiet tonight.

Then, I noticed a letter stuck to the wall. I quickly grabbed it and began reading.

As soon as I finished reading the letter, I crumpled it in my hand and clicked my tongue.

“Who do they think they are?”

I could feel my blood boiling as I read the letter. They claimed that they had Bella and demanded a large sum of money for her release.

“Are they idiots or something?”

There were all kinds of rumors about me. Besides being a good and famous writer, I was known for being strong. Everyone knew that I was a talented adventurer. Hestia, Lili, and Mikoto never missed an opportunity to praise me in front of other people.

“They said they won’t do anything to her, but I need to do this quickly.”

I didn’t even put on a shirt before using my teleportation skill. After my skill reached level 10, I became capable of teleporting directly to the side of a target of my choice.

As long as it was someone I knew and who was close to me, it was possible.

As soon as my vision changed, I noticed that I was in a dark room. I looked around and then saw a bed.

Bella was lying on the bed, facing the wall. Fortunately, she was still wearing her clothes, and no one seemed to have touched her.

I sighed in relief.

I approached the bed and noticed that she was chained to it.

In this world, she isn’t an adventurer. She doesn’t have the strength to protect herself.

I felt guilty for not listening to my instincts.

“Bella.”

“Huh?”

Bella turned around, her eyes filled with tears.

When she saw me, her eyes lit up, and she gave me a big smile.

“Luan!”

However, she shouted my name.

And, of course, the bedroom door was opened immediately afterward.