What Are Your True Intentions?

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"Talk"

'Thought'
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"Hmph, that should show the Schnee Family~."

"Yeah, mess with the Bull Faunus, you'll horns~"

Two Faunus, which were humanlike people with some kind of animal features, were in the middle of riding a carriage carrying a ton of valuable stuff through an unfamiliar forest, all the while talking and bragging about what they had done, while also looking at the map.

"Do you think the Boss will be proud of what we did?~"

"Not only that, but I think we could even go up a rank, maybe a raise as well~"

"Hah! Can't wait to get home then~"

They both laughed and got excited as one of the two faunus stood up from his seat with a whip in hand.

"Hurry Up Schnee! We Want To Get Home Already!"

The Faunus then quickly whipped a small child, who was probably around 10 or so years old. Her white-haired head hurt after getting hit by the weapon. She tried her best to hold back and not let any tears fall from her blue eyes, even though the two horses were doing all the work. The two Faunus didn't care; they were just having fun watching the child do all this just to be cruel.

"Does it feel nice to be treated like a slave, huh Schnee?"

"I wish our friends were here to see this, I bet they would've been dying from laughter from humiliating the Schnee like this~"

"No doubt about it, hehe~... By the way, have you found a way out of this forest yet?"

"Ugh… No, I didn't get a chance to see any noticeable or recognizable landmarks after being chased away by the law enforcement, so it's hard to pinpoint where we are exactly."

"Damn it…"

As the two Faunus' tried to figure out where they were and find a way out of the forest, the young girl, who also goes by the name of Schnee, struggled to pull herself up and keep walking for a while longer, before falling down on her hands and knees, panting and sweating like crazy, not to mention how dirty she was from all the barefoot walking, falling into the mud didn't help.

'I-I miss you so much, W-Winter…'

Schnee clearly missed her home and family so much that she was too weak to do anything except cry. She was beyond scared of what was happening and could do nothing more than fall down and cry.

"Hey You Filthy Schnee! Get Back Up! No One Said You Can Rest!"

"Hmph, I hope she's more useful as a toy than a working slave."

The two Faunus were complaining about how useless and cry-baby the Schnee was, wondering if she was even worth anything. Before they could continue mentally, emotionally, and physically bullying the Schnee, who couldn't help but close her eyes and prepare for the worst.

"Can you beat this child somewhere else?"

Everyone was quickly interrupted by an unfamiliar voice, which they couldn't help but look to see who was speaking to them

"I'm giving you all three strikes to leave before I'm forced to dirty myself more by your presence."

The person speaking to the two Faunus and Schnee was a young adult-looking man with pale skin, white outdoor medieval clothing, a sword and a blowhorn on his hip and blonde/brown braided hair. What stood out to everyone was his golden teeth and colorful eyes. If you could call them eyes, more like a ball of rainbow lights.

"Heh, you hear this human? Acting all tough in front of us~"

"Yeah, look how puny he is, I bet he doesn't have any muscle~"