MMC is a jaded, cynical mercenary traveling home after a war. On the way, he stumbles upon a highway robbery in progress - a group of bandits in service to the kingdom's tyrannical ruler are trying to kidnap a very wealthy lady (the FMC) and her companions. Since the lady's bodyguards appear to be all but useless, practically tripping over their own swords, the hero steps in and dispatches the bandits. He then decides to accompany the lady to her destination in order to protect her, because he doesn't trust her hired guards, and it would go against his oath to leave a defenseless lady unprotected.
Little does he know, the "lady" is far from helpless, having trained in fighting and weapons work her entire life. Her "companions" are a trio of highly-skilled assassins, and the ineffectual "bodyguards" are former members of the king's personal guard who were exiled from the kingdom when they spoke out against the cruel king. The kidnap attempt the hero just foiled was actually the group's attempt to get close to the king, in order to kill him.
Of course, they can't tell the hero any of this, because they don't know if they can trust him, so the hero finds himself protecting a group of people who don't want (or need) his help.
Optional backstory: The king had been kidnapping children to take for his own purposes, and the FMC's older sister was one of those children. So, she grew up her entire life with the knowledge that the king had ripped their family apart, and training so that she could one day get her sister back.
AAP by Sara Wolfe
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