《The return of the Demon King》


 Chapter 1: A nice day

    Darkness¡­¡­. Only darkness¡­¡­ Those humans¡­.. a mere human can actually beat me? I guess that with the enough support of the goddess everyone can defeat me¡­. This is the consequences of me trying to change the world. Aaahhh¡­.. how many time has passed since I last see another color except this damn darkness. I spend my time reflecting on my action as usual until a sudden light appears.


    What is that?....a pure white light, slowly embracing me with its white, little by little I started to feel the warm that I almost forget.


    "Then, it looks like the story does not end yet" I said as life started to spark in my eyes again.


    *************************************


    ¡°I¡­. I finally revived?¡± right now I am in my castle or should I say my former castle. The original look of this castle can¡¯t even compare to this current appearance. The ceiling are know in ruins, the walls are in the worst condition.


    ¡°I see, so after I lost, my subordinate loses too?¡± Well I can imagine that. Each one of the Heroes are quite formidable, each one of them held a special power that seems befitting to their character.


    I check myself if I still posses my powers from the past. Inhale¡­¡­..Exhale¡­¡­..Inhale¡­¡­.


    I concentrated my mind. Canine starts to grow around my fangs, my hair turns into a white silver. Electricty appeared from the thin air and surrounded me. Tails comes out from my back and my posture started to bent as if I am a dog.


    .. ¡°gggrrrrr¡± I turned into a Silver Wolf. It looks like I still posses them. I started running and exiting the castle.


    The outside is different too. The trees that have been black ones turned into a normal looking tree. But the mana that circling the place seems quite different too? Something might happen when I¡¯m not around.


    I leave a silver trails as I run, this is the result of my static energy overflowing through my fur. Silver Wolf is one of the forms that I can transform into, Silver Wolf is a special beast that inhibits the characteristic of electricity.


    I continue to run in order to find the nearest village. ¡®Hhmm.. I can hear the humans mingling with each other so I guess that they¡¯re quite close¡¯ I thought.


    *Swish* a sound of flying arrow comes towards me, of course I evaded this easily. Shit spotting a silver wolf is quite a commotion, I need to hide myself.


    But before I can do that a human with black clothing appear from the bush and starts targeting me. Hou¡­ Let¡¯s see if you can follow me. I shifted my running to full speed but still.. ¡®he can still follow?!¡¯You might be reading a pirated copy. Look for the official release to support the author.


    That surprised me¡­ Humans with this ability are highly valued so why is it that they are here? Where the defeated Demon lord dwell?


    The black man suddenly teleport to my face and starts slashing me. I suddenly move myself to the left to avoid the man but he still continue to pursuit me.


    I guess I have no choice but to fight this man. I suddenly stop running and so he is. ¡°So you can see now that running is useless¡± He said in a haughty manner.


    ¡°Good Job Alex!! This Silver Wolf is ours!!¡± ¡°Yey! This is our 14th time isn¡¯t¡± Don¡¯t let your guard down! We still need to take down this monster!¡± As I expected, he¡¯s not alone. The other 3 followed us. They are 4 in total.


    The male with a knight armor seems to their leader, the girl with mage clothing with pink hair is their support, the girl with great sword seems to be their beserker and lastly the man with black robe is their scout.


    ¡°To the fighting formation quick!¡± The knight said. All of them goes to their respective spots and waiting for instruction.


    ¡°Myuki! Buffs!¡± The mage suddenly starts to chant a spell. She¡¯s quite far and protected so this must be their fighting formation. The beserker move from her place towards me and starts to attack me with her great sword.


    ¡°Yaaah!!! Take this!!¡± She seems buying time to finish their chant. I decided to fight with this fellow and starts slashing her with my claws but she use her great sword as a shield. ¡°tch¡­ be careful!! This one seems strong!¡± she warned her companion.


    I put my force a little more with my attack and she suddenly blown away. ¡°Raina!!¡± the knight shouted. The beserker is still alive as she stand from her feet using her great sword as a support.


    ¡°Finish!¡± The mage said ¡°Ok everyone!! On 3!! 1!...2!....3!!¡± the knight commanded every one.


    The first who come to me is the scout/assassin. He attacked me with his dual dagger. Each strike has a pinpoint accuracy that can cut through diamond. He always used his full momentum to dealt each strike a devastating one.


    And from the side a ball of solid metal starts to flow, each of them are glowing in red which indicated that they are chanted with fire magic.


    From the back the knight is blocking my escape route with his shield and sword, the beserker seems approaching this way and is looking for revenge.


    Good grief. I think I should not take them too lightly. I stomped my feet with the ground, straighten my back towards the sky and howl. ¡°AWOOOOHH!!!¡± I discharge the statics within my body, the dry leaves and some light material starts to float after I do that.


    The group was taken aback but soon returned to their mind. ¡®First the mage¡¯ I look at the mage as if to threaten her. She seems surprised but not afraid, she looks like quite experienced even though she had a cute look.


    ¡°Not so fast!¡± as if reading my mind the beserker blocked my way and prevent me to attack the mage¡­¡­ that is the case if I was a normal Silver Wolf but unfortunately for them¡­¡­ I¡¯m an Alpha.


    I transformed into a silver lightning that pass through the beserker. I want to ram through her but before I could do that I was stopped by a magic barrier. She smiles at me thinking that I never expect that but I do, I mean isn¡¯t it normal to protect yourself with a barrier when you can do that?


    But what I plan is not to strike her with my lightning form but the next attack after that. *CRRIIIIGG!!*


    A loud thunder filled the air, All of them are surprised by this. I stomped my feet with the ground again but this time it¡¯s different. I became a lightning and splits into 4, ¡°AWOOOOOH!!¡± We¡ªno. I Howl with pride and joy.


    Hahaha it is nice to see that they¡¯re still humans who can be this strong but unluckily I have to finish this already.


    All of me attacked the 4 and as expected all of them are knock out. ¡°HHmmmm I am looking forward to you guys after a year¡± I said that and quietly exited the place and starts walking towards the town.

 Chapter 2: Small Village

    It¡¯s already past noon when I arrived at the town. Even though it¡¯s evening the market is still busy with their clamor.


    I am currently in my human form, it¡¯s only natural as to not attract a unnecessary attention. ¡°Buy this fish already it¡¯s the last one!! 30% off!¡±  ¡°Hey hey the last piece of meat don¡¯t be shy everyone purchase this¡± ¡°Cabbage!! Cabbage every one!!¡±


    Though it¡¯s busy, almost everyone thinks that they¡¯re closing for now. ¡°Hey young lad!! Buy this meat!! I¡¯ll give it to ya 80% off!¡± The man with a huge build and a bald head talks to me.


    ¡°Forgive me dear sir but currently I have no money to spare¡± I reply to him. He looks like he¡¯s having a hard time¡­ why is that?


    ¡°Oooff¡­. No need to be that formal mate, here take this for free. I just want to get rid of that meat any way so I can go home to my loving wife!!¡± He said. Well there¡¯s no harm in taking it.


    I reach my hand to him and take the meat that¡¯s in the bag. ¡°Thank you sir¡­ I will definitely pay you back¡±


    ¡°EEhh?? Okay then, but pay me after you regain your status! HAHAHAHA!¡± ¡°Status?¡± ¡°Ain¡¯t that right? Yer a fallen noble aren¡¯t ya? Well there¡¯s no need to be shy! In this town noble seems to lose their title one after another¡± ¡°I see¡­. Then I will take my leave..Goodbye¡± I bid my farewell to him and starts to walk away.


    I decided to take a tour in this town, the street lamps are well complimented in the scenery. Adventurers are enjoying their booze and singing their songs. Street vendors are working hard. It¡¯s a nice village I suppose.


    While looking at the scenery I spotted an odd ball in this town. Although he looks like a human he is not one of them¡­.


    I decided to follow him silently. In the back alley there¡¯s a hidden door underneath the old store. ¡°Ufcrus Stuux¡± He said and the door open.


    That must be the secret code or something¡­.. but those secret code made me sure on what this guy is.. He is a demon or something like that. Those words that he said earlier are demon language means ¡°Hail our Great Demon King¡±


    I walk towards the door and repeat the secret code ¡°Ufcrus Stuux¡± The door open. After I enter it what welcomed me is a stair going down.


    After some time I finally reach the underground and what I see is some sort of hidden bar.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Demons, Beast man, dragonewt, orcs and goblins. All of the humanoid and some none humanoid creatures are here.


    ¡°I see so it¡¯s like a gathering hall for none humans¡± I sat on the chair in front of the table.


    ¡°Hey¡­ the heroes of the Highland Kingdom are defeated by a Silver Wolf¡± ¡°What!? That Silver Wolf must be a unique existence¡± The demon and a Ogre are talking to each other. The news spread quite fast huh.


    ¡°Houh¡­ That¡¯s quite a achievement I say¡­ Those heroes are not that easy prey¡± A girl joined their conversation.


    ¡°If Miss Cathy say so then it must be true!¡± ¡°Hahaha idiot don¡¯t treat me like some sort of holy priest!¡±


    The people around them start to laugh with the remarks. But this girl called Cathy¡­.. she seems familiar¡­.


    The woman is a beastwoman. There are many different kind of Beastkin but her case is she is a half human half fox. She has a fox ear and tail, her build is quite petite and her long red hair crawls onto her back.


    She glance at my way, and the moment our eyes met she froze. I myself is confuse with this matter? It looks like my guts was right, we are somehow acquaintance. The people around her starts to look at me too.


    ¡°G-great- D-demo-mo¡± I put my finger my lips as if saying ¡®be quite¡¯ She nodded and says ¡°This way please¡± Hhmm she regained her composure good.


    I follow her and right now we are in a private room. ¡°Great Demon King! Please excuse me for giving you such cheap room! B-but I promise that after sometime this place will turn into a place where Great Demon King would like to spent his time!¡± She¡¯s quite tense.


    ¡°No need for that, actually I¡¯m quite pleased that they¡¯re a still some of my retainers are still alive¡± I reply


    ¡°M-me a retainer! That¡¯s a honor my King!¡± She seems happy that I called her as one of my retainers. ¡°So tell me umm¡­. Cathy¡­ How many years have passed since I lose to those heroes?¡± ¡°Great Demon King, It¡¯s almost 6 years since you¡­¡­ disappear¡­.¡± ¡° I see..¡±


    Only 6 years? But to me it feels like forever. I guess that that is one of the effect of the sealing magic.


    ¡°So what happened after that?¡± I asked ¡°Well¡­ The Great Demon Empire started to fall and turned into dust¡­. You might not believe this my majesty but heroes after heroes are popping anywhere. They¡¯re not that strong compare to those 7 heroes but they still have their destructive power, all of them are like a S-Class Adventurer¡±


    ¡°In that case the fall of the empire are quite tragic isn¡¯t?¡± I smile to her. ¡°But now majesty you are here! We can surely regain our land again!¡±  ¡°Ohh¡­ It looks like you¡¯re forgetting something here?¡± ¡°Eh?¡±


    She leaked out a stupid noise as she looks at me in confusion. ¡°Did you forget? When the old Demon King dies or disappeared. One of his children will inherit the throne but since I don¡¯t have a children neither a wife, one of my direct subordinate will take my position as a King¡± ¡°Then that means¡±


    ¡°Yes. I am not the current King anymore¡± ¡°Th-then who¡¯s the one in charge now?¡± ¡°I do not know¡­. I do not even think that anyone would want the throne anymore considering that the heroes started to appear unnaturally¡± I said.


    ¡°Then your majesty, how could we regain the empire?¡± she said. ¡°No¡­ I do not want the empire anymore, actually I am more curios on what did that holy seven do to change our world¡±

 A simple day

    Chapter 3


    ¡°This is our specialty my King¡± Cathy said that as she handed me the roasted beef. ¡°Do not put ¡®my¡¯ with it¡± I replied. ¡°Y-yes¡­..King¡± ¡°Much better¡±


    The reason why Cathy¡¯s calling King is because I do not have a proper name. I am born to be a Great Demon King so that¡¯s why everyone calls me Great Demon King, it¡¯s silly but my father named me Great Demon King because he felt that I am destined to have this name. He¡¯s not wrong though.


    I sliced the beef with the knife. ¡°Hhmm this meat is tender isn¡¯t?¡± ¡°Hehehehe. This is our pride after all!¡±


    After I finished my meal, I decided to ask more question to Cathy like why do you think that heroes started to appear one after another? And what happened to the first 7 heroes. Cathy said that the reason heroes started to appear like a mushroom is because other Empire and Kingdom learns how to summoned Heroes.


    The First 7 Heroes or the Holy 7 are not summoned by humans. They were summoned by the Goddess, that is why they have such unique powers. The next one, as to what happened to the Holy 7 is they disappeared, They are summoned by the Goddess so they surely have a good heart unlike those summoned by humans, they can easily corrupted by power and desire.


    Cathy said that she¡¯s willing to shelter me but I refuse, I still have the pride of a King, ¡°I will take care of myself¡± I said. ¡°I will take care of everything King! Even your sexual desire!¡± She replied while blushing.


    I do not know the reason behind this action but this is futile, when you reach a certain power you will have to exchange something in yourself to get it. In my case I gave away my abilities to love and yes it also included my libido, my father choose those for me so I cannot go against his will.


    But thanks to that I gained more power and abilities that still fascinate me until this day.


    ********************************************************


    For now I need to think a way for me to earn money, I considered to be a adventurer but as much as possible I do not want to fight to earn money, even though I am the Demon King I do not get the pleasure to fight with other.


    So my plan is. ¡°Please take me to the Baron¡± I commanded the guard to take me to his master. Heroes have their different kind of power. Justice, temperance and such. In the same manner I also wield this power but the ones that I have is the opposite, I have all of the 7 deadly sin. This time I use the power of lust for its specialty is the heart of the creatures.


    The powers that Lust have is to control creatures and even see through lies. I was taken to a huge double door that decorated by fancy things.


    *Knock Knock* ¡°Who is it?¡± The Baron ask. ¡°There¡¯s someone important that request to speak with you my lord¡± The guard reply.


    ¡°Wait a moment¡­¡­¡­.. It¡¯s fine now, enter¡± The guard open the door and then leave.


    ¡°May I know the name of the name Sir?¡± The Baron asked me. ¡°Ahh, forgive my rudeness. My Name is¡­.. King¡­. I am here to speak with the Baron.


    ¡°King?... That¡¯s quite a strange name? May I know the purpose of your visit?¡± He ask me with a smile on his face.


    The Baron is a male on his prime, he has a white hair and a clean beard. ¡°You see¡± As I said that I activated the Lust.


    ¡°I wonder if there is a job that let me earns money at the same time let me explore different places?¡± I askStolen from its original source, this story is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    ¡°Yes¡­.. If King wants it he can be a merchant and of course I will support King with all I can¡± He answered.


    ¡°Good. Just make me a merchant license and give me a few gold and things to sell, that will do it¡± ¡°If that is what you want majesty then I will fulfill it¡± After that I leave the place.


    The Baron said that it will normally take two days to complete the transaction but because I am important, the license will complete at noon so for now I will spend my time idling and observing the park.


    When I arrived at the park the crowd is making a fuss. ¡°Wow! It¡¯s the heroes of the Highland Kingdom!¡± Woah¡­ The mage looks so cute!¡± ¡°Alex the shadow fiend looks so mysterious¡±


    Those are the lads that I defeated on the other day isn¡¯t? Well there is no way they are going to find me though. ¡°Um¡­ Excuse me?¡± One of the Heroes, the mage approached me. ¡°What is it?¡±


    I look at her and there¡­ Even though it is not visible, she¡¯s definitely using some verifying magic towards me.


    ¡°Did we meet before?¡± ¡°Hmm? You might not remember but we certainly met. It is in the celebration party that the empire held but I guess you cannot afford to remember this lowly merchant¡± I smile at her.


    ¡°Ah! N-no you don¡¯t have to make that face! I-I didn¡¯t mean to make you feel bad¡± She said while panicking.


    Hahaha¡­. I am just lying, but I know the fact that heroes have to attend a thousand party that the nobles held so by using that fact, I can lie without being caught ¡°Oh¡­ there is no need to feel bad young Hero. I know that you are too busy fighting evil to remember any lower noble or merchant¡± ¡°Uumm¡­¡±


    My cheer looks like it had a reverse effect. ¡°Yo! Myuki Whom you talking to? ¡°Ah Julius-san I¡¯m just chatting with¡­. Eto¡­¡­¡± She looks at me and asking for a name. ¡°King¡± I said. ¡°I am just talking with King-san¡± I look at her and wondering on why she said it with san. ¡°Oh! It¡¯s just a thing from my country, I want to get rid of it but¡­¡­..¡± She said


    ¡°Then what are you guys talking about?¡± Julius said. Julius is the name of the knight that seems to be their leader. She asked Myuki, although it is not noticeable but his eyes have a glint of jealousy in it.


    Hhmm¡­. Although I decided to throw my abilities to love and lust but that does not mean that I do not feel happy or something like that.


    As a demon, I naturally enjoy the negative emotion of humans. Especially the jealousy of this man is emitting. ¡°Aahh Miss Myuki is just accompanying this lonely old man¡± Both of them looks at me with confusion but one of them have hostility on it.


    ¡°Old? But to me King-san is the same age as us¡± ¡°Really? Hahaha you are quite a flirt despite your appearance¡± as I say that Myuki turned into red due to my words.


    ¡°Wh-What! Myuki is not a loose woman! S-she¡¯s kind and gentle!¡± The knight said. ¡°Hold it right there mister Fiance, I was only messing around¡± After that I gave him a playful look. Now this time he is the red one.


    ¡°Owah! The Princess and the White knight are both bashful!¡± Another Hero comes towards us. This time it is the beserker of the group and it looks like she is the most experience one as well.


    ¡°Who¡¯s this man?¡± The beserker asked. ¡°Ah.. I am called King it is my pleasure to meet you Miss Hero¡±


    ¡°Kakakaka! There¡¯s no need to be formal young man!¡± ¡°Wrong¡­. Even though I have this appearance I around 30 years you know?¡± ¡°¡°EEEEHHH!!!¡±¡±


    Most likely that the people around us are attentively listening too as they react to my statement. The reason on why I say that I am around 30 is to avoid the circumstances that people will treat me as a kid. I really do not like the feeling of treating me as a brat so I decided to say that I am old. Well it is not like being old while having a youthful appearance is unique or something.


    This world have a different kind of magic and one of them is to stay youthful while growing old.


    ¡°What¡¯s this¡± The last of them follows the group and ask us. The assassin walk towards us. ¡°AAh! Alex! Look at these two! Both of them are acting funny huh?¡± The beserker said towards the Assassin.


    ¡°Hmph, both of them are lovey dovey as always.¡± The Assassin, Alex replied. ¡°Hahahaha!¡±


    ¡°But both of them are nothing compared to you lovers¡± The moment I said that the atmosphere froze. The beserker seems nervous and the Assassin is fidgeting with his feet.


    ¡°Lo..vers?¡± The Knight said. ¡°Eh¡­.. EEH!!!¡± The mage seems surprised. Well that is to be expected it is only little but both have the same aura, meaning they are someone who is really close with one another.


    ¡°NO!!¡± The beserker shouted while covering her face. ¡°Tch! Dammit Raina! Don¡¯t make it so obvious!¡± The Assassin is arriving at his wits end too. Well enough with this. ¡°Thank you for the moment but I must take my leave now¡± I said that while all of them are having their quality time.


    Although King himself is not aware of this but after that incident, King was called ¡®The one who single handedly defeat the Heroes or Highland Hero slayer¡¯

 Myuki

    Chapter 4 (not on King point of view)


    Light¡­ Before going to this world all I see is light¡­¡­.


    Sazami Myuki that¡¯s my name. I was born and raised in Japan. I am the only child and in my world everything is peaceful.


    In my world I have a friend named Maburi Kotaro. He¡¯s a kind and gentle guy. Although he doesn¡¯t have a the looks that can make girls love at first sight. Kotaro is my childhood friend and is also my bestfriend.


    He always accompany me  and help me to solve my problem, you can say that I¡¯m dependent to him but I don¡¯t care. Kotaro is not the most handsome guy and neither the smartest one but I still love him as a family and as a man.


    There was a time when Kotaro protected me from a bunch of ruffians and as a result, Kotaro became heavily injured and has to take a one week break from school. Kotaro is always like that, even if it¡¯s stranger he will not think twice to put his life in danger.


    But one day¡­¡­. Kotaro suddenly disappeared. His guardian said that there was a bright light that appeared and after that he disappeared. The police decided to stop the search operation.


    I didn¡¯t give up though. I still search for him and search and search and search until my parents told me to stop. But I didn¡¯t listen to them so they locked me up in my room instead saying that I must accept the fact that Kotaro will never come back.


    They have a point though¡­¡­. Because it¡¯s been a year since he last appeared so¡­¡­ I always spend my time crying and crying to the point that I can¡¯t cry anymore.


    But when I¡¯m starting to lose hope¡­.. A white light embrace me. And after I opened my eyes, I was in a huge room with expensive decoration.


    ¡°Welcome our heroes!¡± A young woman welcomed me for some reason. She was wearing a fancy dress and has a small crown on her head. She has a long blonde hair and blue eyes. She has a beauty that can get every man she wants easily.


    I looked at the surrounding and there I see that I am not the only here. There was a man who¡¯s the same age as me. He has a medium structure, a brown hair and a handsome face.


    The next one is the woman who has a very¡­.very mature body.. She has a blonde hair and a fearless face. And the last one is a man who seems in mid 20¡¯s. He wore a glass and his tall structure makes him look scary and mysterious.


    ¡°Heroes!! Please save help our little Kingdom to repel demons!¡± She seems earnest with her request. ¡°What?¡± The first one to react is the mature man.


    ¡°What are we doing here?¡± The mature man asked. The girl doesn¡¯t speak but instead smile. ¡°You are here  because you are summoned¡± The one who speak up is a fat old man that¡¯s walking towards us.


    ¡°Who are you?¡± The man mature said. ¡°Oh please forgive me for my rudeness¡­ I am the King of this Kingdom.. I am King Albert. And this one is the princess of this Kingdom, Princess Elizabeth¡± ¡°Pleased to meet you¡±


    ¡°Why are we here?¡± the one who speak this time is the boy who¡¯s around my age. The King looked at him and said. ¡°You are here because you were summoned by our magicians to protect us from demon¡±


    ¡°And what are your assurance that we will do it?¡± The woman said it with haughty tone. ¡°Well¡­ It¡¯s because it¡¯s the only way for you guys to get back home¡± The king declared.


    Wait¡­. Summoned? Perhaps there¡¯s a chance that Kotaro is in this world! ¡°Excuse me!¡± All of them look at me at the same time. ¡°What?¡± The king encourage me to continue.


    ¡°By¡­ By any chance. Did you know a person that named Maburi Kotaro?¡± After I said that the Princess and the King has a shock expression on their face. ¡°Are you perhaps acquainted with this person?¡± The King asked.


    ¡°Yes! Yes!¡± I said in excitement. ¡°So do you know a person named Kotaro!¡± I said. ¡°Yes¡­. Of course He is one of the Holy Seven¡± He said. ¡°Amongst the Heroes, he¡¯s the one who governs Hope¡­ The one who can create anything by a mere word¡± He said.


    ¡°Wow¡­..Kotaro-kun is sure amazing¡­¡± Kotaro is in this world. I will definitely find him this time! But I need the support of the Kingdom to help me so ¡°I accept, I will protect this kingdom as a hero!¡± I declared. ¡°Good how about the other?¡± The King said.


    ¡°What will you do if we say that we would like to leave?¡± The mature man said. ¡°Then we will let you leave but don¡¯t expect that the Kingdom will take care of you after that¡± The king replied.


    ¡°You¡¯re the one that summoned us right! Then take responsibility at least!¡± the boy said in rage. ¡°That¡¯s not how the world works boy¡± The king said while having the smug face.


    This King is disgusting but I must tolerate this to find Kotaro! ¡°What!¡± The boy said. It looks like he can¡¯t believe on what the King said.


    ¡°Then I will be a hero¡± The mature man said. ¡°No choice I guess¡± The woman said. ¡°Good¡­ and how about you boy?¡± ¡°kuu¡­. T-then¡­ me too.¡±


    ¡°Alright then! We will start the training!¡±


    ******************************************************************************


    It¡¯s been four months since we arrived at this world. I am the mage of the group, everyone said that I am great at magic or I¡¯m talented. Of course I am happy by those words but I very well know that those are mere flattery.


    In those four months, we¡¯ve encountered a bunch of monster such as chimera and the most frequent one, the Silver Wolf.


    Currently we¡¯re here at the old Great Demon King castle, the King said that this place would be a great hunting spot for us heroes but I think that we didn¡¯t really view this as hunting.


    The enemies we encountered at first is surely strong but as we level up, they held no threat to us so all of us think of this a sightseeing that we can enjoy peacefully.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    ¡°Silver Wolf¡­ north¡± The one who said that is Alex White. From what he said, he¡¯s a Half American ¨C Half British. He is our Assassin and spy, he¡¯s quite¡ª  no¡­. He¡¯s really good at tracking and surprise attack.


    I concentrate my mana and imagine an arrow, the air started to gather around my staff and after that a white arrow started to appear. ¡°Go¡±


    I lunch the magic arrow at full speed, the arrow is chanted with poison so even if it miss it will slow him down quite a bit. But the Silver Wolf evaded it splendidly.


    ¡°Alex go¡± The knight who is acting as our leader Julius Walter, commanded Alex-san. Julius-san might be a little emotional sometimes but there¡¯s no doubt with his skills to command others


    Alex-san runs towards the Silver Wolf and stopped it. As expected! He can definitely chase the Silver Wolf! We follow up after the wolf stops.


    ¡°Good Job Alex!! This Silver Wolf is ours!!¡± Yey! This is our 14th time isn¡¯t¡± ¡°Don¡¯t let your guard down! We still need to take down this monster!¡± This is our 14<sup>th</sup> times that we encountered a Silver Wolf since we came to this world. I memorize all of the skill that a Silver Wolf posses.


    ¡°To the fighting formation quick!¡± Julius-san said. We soon come to our position and ready ourselves. ¡°Myuki! Buffs!¡± I nodded to Julius-kun and started to chant the spell. ¡°Spirits lend me your power and help me defeat my enem¡ª¡° While I chanting the spell


    The Beserker, Raina Ford dashes forward to the Silver World with her great sword. She¡¯s keeping the Silver Wolf distracting for a moment. She kept slashing the wolf but the wolf evaded the attack with ease.


    The wolf raise its claws and slash Raina-san, Raina-san blocked the attack with her great sword but she seems hurt by the impact. ¡°Tch¡­ Be careful!! This one seems strong!¡± she said.


    After I finish the enchantment I nodded at Julius-san. ¡°Ok everyone! 1!...2!...3!¡± Julius-san commanded.


    Alex-san started to rush to the Silver Wolf, due to my enchantment his movement are more fast than his normal. He keeps attacking the wolf as we go to our plan. Now! We¡¯re ready! We¡¯ve blocked all the escape route!


    Looks like the wolf also noticed it but the wolf did not panicked. Surprising¡­..I am surprised that the Silver Wolf still have its calmness after that. The Silver Wolf stomped his feet through the ground and as soon as he did that, an electric wave started to release through his body.


    The electric wave crawls toward my hair and skin. It doesn¡¯t hurt but it¡¯s making my body feel numb and hard to move. The wolf looked at me and gave me a glare that could kill anyone. But I did not falter. I¡¯m not scared by that because I know that Raina-san will protect me.


    Raina-san goes to my front to guard me. The Silver Wolf starts to glow in silver light and. The Silver Wolf turns into a lightning!! What is this!! It¡¯s clearly different to what we¡¯ve been fighting this whole time!


    The Lightning passed through Raina-san and is coming towards me. I didn¡¯t panic though because I know that my magic barrier will protect me to any kind of physical attack, so after he finished attacking me it will give us enough time to attack and kill him.


    The lightning was stopped by my barrier and turns into his original form. ¡®Now it¡¯s our turn!¡¯ But before I could say that, I was surprised by the thunder that follows through the lightning attack. My head hurts! It¡¯s like there was a curse enchanted with the thunder! I feel dizzy and I¡¯m sure that everyone feels the same.


    Before we can recover, the Silver Wolf stomped his feet on the ground again but, he became a lightning but the lightning splits into four¡­..no¡­..This is hopeless¡­..


    All of us attacked each one, we can¡¯t think properly on this time¡­¡­ we only have to survive so we can be stronger and make sure that this thing won¡¯t happen again.


    ¡®Kotaro¡­. I want to see Kotaro just one more time please¡¯¡­.. And after that we¡¯ve been defeated by the Silver Wolf and lost our consciousness.


    I woke up to an inn. It looks like we were spotted by the adventurers and took us to this inn. Luckily they are a not bandits or a criminal.


    After we all woke up, we started our monthly meeting. All of us are silent¡­. It¡¯s only normal though. ¡°So¡­¡­ I think¡­..we should take this seriously¡­¡± Alex-san said. ¡°We¡¯re nearly killed¡± ¡°Raina-san¡­¡± This is the first time that our lives nearly lost.


    We are not careful enough, one single mistake and¡­. All of us will die in that battle. It¡¯s a miracle that the Silver Wolf decided to leave quietly and didn¡¯t kill us. But most of the monster that we will encounter is not that kind hearted.


    The atmosphere is expectedly heavy¡­¡­ ¡°What¡¯s with this!¡± The one who¡¯s speaking is Julius-san. He shouted and stands up from his sit. ¡°It¡¯s normal for a fight to have a winner right! It¡¯s just! We need to be stronger in order for us to be the winner!¡± ¡°Julius-san¡­¡± Julius-san is always positive when it comes to this thing. He always support us everytime we¡¯re depressed.


    ¡°Heh, to think that I would be encourage by someone like you¡± Alex-san said. ¡°Kakakaka!! Nice one Julies!¡± ¡°Ah! Not Julies but Julius!!¡± ¡°Hahahahaha¡± I can¡¯t help but to laugh. Both Alex-san and Rania-san regained their positive attitude by Julius-san words.


    Julius-san is right, and I am sure that Kotaro experience much more worse than this. ¡°Haaah¡­ So you guys would like to continue our ¡®sightseeing¡¯?¡± Julius-san said. ¡°Yes!¡± I replied.


    ******************************************************************************************


    ¡°This is troublesome¡± ¡°Yeah, we wanted to enjoy our trip after all¡± Both Raina-san and Julius-san said this. Because we are careless, the people of this town recognize us.. or more like they recognize Alex-san and deduce that we are the heroes of the Highland Kingdom.


    ¡°Awesome!¡± ¡°They look cool!¡± ¡°They come from the other world right?¡± Different kind of reaction can be heard but suddenly I sense something. This mana¡­.. I feel like I¡¯ve seen this before¡­ Ah! The Silver Wolf!


    I look around and search where the mana came from and then, I saw a young man wearing a black suit. He¡¯s quite handsome but somewhat mysterious. I decided to talk with him


    ¡°Um... Excuse me¡± ¡°What is it?¡± He replied. ¡°Did we meet before?¡± He looked me straight into my eyes and said ¡°Hmm? You might not remember but we certainly met. It is in the celebration party that the empire held but I guess you cannot afford to remember this lowly merchant¡± Oh¡­.


    It¡¯s true that we attend party with nobles but I can¡¯t remember this man¡­ There¡¯s too many of them to remember! Maybe I¡¯m just wrong¡­.. I think that I was mistaken that this man has the same mana as the Silver Wolf.


    I apologize to the man and then Julius-san see¡¯s me and greeted us. ¡°Yo! Myuki whom you talking to?¡± ¡°Ah Julius-san I¡¯m just chatting with¡­. Eto¡­¡­¡± What is his name? I forgot to ask. ¡°King¡± while he looks at me with confusion is it because with the san? ¡°Oh! It¡¯s just a thing from my country, I want to get rid of it but¡­¡­..¡± I can¡¯t get it out of my system.


    There¡¯s no way I could say that! It will look like I¡¯m just a country bumpkin! ¡°Then what are you guys talking about?¡± Julius-san said. It¡¯s only a little but there¡¯s a hint of annoyance coming from Julius-san.


    I just notice this but Julius-san looks angry whenever I talk to the other guys except for him and Alex-san. Then I notice King-san smile as if he¡¯s a demon or something and said. ¡°Aahh Miss Myuki is just accompanying this lonely old man¡±


    Old? But to me King-san is the same age as us¡± But that¡¯s not that strange, in this world people like noble and merchant use potion called elixir to stop their outward appearances from aging He further more smile and looks to me with playful eyes. ¡°Really? Hahaha you are quite a flirt despite your appearance¡± W-what! My face and my ears are starting to get red! ¡®F-flirt! me!¡¯


    ¡°What! Myuki is not a loose woman! S-she¡¯s kind and gentle!¡± Julius-san seems angry with his remarks but King-san cut him off. ¡°Hold it right there Mister Fiance, I was only messing around¡± Julius-san became silent immediately. I don¡¯t know the reason but Julius-san seems red too!


    Rania-san and Alex-san follow us, I thought that Rania-san would help us but even them is defeated by King-san


    King-san dropped the bomb and said that they are lovers! But when I look at them they really are close that it¡¯s normal for them to be called a lover. How come that they did not tell us their relationship.


    When all of us are getting panicky I notice that King-san said something like ¡°Thank you for the moment but I must take my leave now¡± and then leave. I wanted to stop him but because of the current situation I can¡¯t possibly call for him!! Mouh!! I will definitely get my revenge next time!!!!!

 Servants

    Chapter 5 Town


    ¡°Ah! Welcome King! I prepare everything you need!¡± The Baron said with the ecstatic smile on his face. ¡°Good work then¡± I replied. He seems happy about me praising him. ¡°So what do we have here?¡± I said.


    ¡°Ah! Yes¡­. The first one is your carriage and horse. This carriage is made by the village¡¯s greatest craftsman, the carriage is also full of weapons and armor for you to sell my King. The next one is a horse but! This horse is a highbred horse that is powerful but elegant at the same time!¡± he said. The horse has a white fur that covered his full body.


    Umm.. Everything is good until the horse came up, but I should praise him at least I guess? ¡°Well done¡­ So as to my department¡± I look at him. ¡°Yes my King, just say everything you want. You want an adventurer to protect you? Anything my King¡± ¡°No¡± I said. ¡°What I only want is to forget anything that revolves around me and be silent¡± After I said that I free the Baron from Lust and invoke the sin of Sloth and teleport me and my things to the outside of the village.


    ¡°Where am I¡± The Baron said to himself.


    *****************************************************************************


    ¡°I think that I should give my farewell to Cathy¡± I teleported to Cathy after that. ¡°AAH!.... Phew I thought it was an enemy..¡± Cathy seems surprised when I teleported in front of her as she hold her hands into her chest. ¡°Cathy, I just want to give my farewell¡± I said. ¡°Eh! Already! B-but it¡¯s too soon don¡¯t you think?¡± ¡°I know, but I cannot help myself to wander around especially that the Heroes started to influence our world¡± I said.


    ¡°T-then at least take me with you!¡± ¡°No¡± ¡°Why!¡± ¡°Because Cathy has a place called home. I cannot afford to take you with me when almost all of the non-human species here are relying on you¡± ¡°They can take care of themselves!¡± She protest. Good grief, that is not the only reason why I cannot take you with me.


    ¡°No, I also want you to guard this place and report me everything¡± ¡°Eh?.... But letters can take a month you know?¡± ¡°I know that, so that is why I am giving this to you¡± I invoke the Sin of Sloth and take out a pendant that comes out from the space inventory.


    ¡°Here¡± I gave it to her. ¡°What is this?¡± She ask ¡° Is this perhaps a gift just for m¡ª¡° But before she can get any weird idea I immediately cut her. ¡°This thing is a communication pendant, it will allow us to talk even if we are apart from each other¡±


    ¡°Hehehe¡­. As I thought this is a pendant of love!¡± ¡°Use this to report me everything important¡± ¡°Eh? My King is ignoring me?¡± ¡°Then take care from now on¡± I said that and leave the place. ¡°Eh!! My King! Wai¡ª¡°


    *******************************************************************************


    ¡°Then off we go¡± I said to the horse and move. It seems like the horse has a quite intellect as he listen to what I say. I could see the road is paved well, although it is only composed by bricks and such. ¡°Only wealthy Cities have this kind of road but I guess this is one of those Heroes influence¡±


    As the horse walk, I spotted a different kind of views. Sometimes I could spot some statue and even a hut for people to rest in. They are quite considered is it not? From time to time some thoughts like using the Sin of the Sloth to teleport us comes to my mind but I immediately dismissed them.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    It will kill the adventuring feeling that I got right now if I use that. ¡®Ambush is it not?¡¯ from the side of the hill where I am currently in, a group of people started to appear and surround me. Bandits huh? They have rough looking faces, most of them have rusty sword with blood stain on it but the other one is quite different, it looks like he is the leader.


    ¡°Heh¡­. You¡¯re quite brave one! To think that we will have an easy fish!¡± The one who seems their leader spoke. The leader has a tall build and a eye patch on his left eye.


    The leader laugh and all of them laugh too, I wonder¡­. What are they laughing at? ¡°Excuse me gentlemen? Can you please help me with these carriage?¡± I ask them. One of them replied saying ¡°Of course! Just give it to us and there¡¯s nothing to worry!¡± ¡°¡°Hahahahahaha!¡±¡± All of them laugh together. Good grief, they seems a bit too cheery but. ¡± I will take your words for it¡± I said.


    I invoke the Sin of Lust. ¡°Now then peasants, pull this carriage for your Great King!¡± I shouted with joy. ¡°What the hell are you sayi---¡­¡­..Yes My King!¡± ¡°Eh! What happen to yo---¡­¡­ That is right my brother! We must serve our Great King!¡± All of the has a different reaction but all of them obediently obey my command.


    One after another, the bandits¡­.. My servant starts to pull the cart. They look like they are born to be in this moment! It feels so natural to see them like this! Although it is quite tragic that my horse could not afford to sit here with me but I guess that sometimes things are just the way they are.


    ¡°This is more faster than the horse¡­ oh! I do not mean anything bad¡± I look at my horse and apologize. It looks like they are quite happy that they are serving me.  My servant runs like a playing child, enjoying their little play time. ¡°Oh no¡­ It will be dark soon we must hurry¡± I said to them.


    ¡°Yes my King! We will be at the nearest town before the sun set!¡± The leader servant said. ¡°Really? Then is very assuring¡± I said. Ah¡­ How lucky am I to have a dependable servant like them to serve me. I am so lucky it is not?


    They pull the carriage faster than before. There are 10 of them currently pulling the carriage so I think that they can do it. The carriage is shaking wildly but I cannot tell them to stop since they are doing their best for me. ¡°Oh! I can already see the town!¡± ¡°It¡¯s¡­¡­. o..ur¡­.p¡­leas¡­ure¡­.to¡­.serv..e..yo..u..my¡­K..ing..¡± One of them replied to me while catching his breath.


    ¡°That is not how you supposed to talk with your King but I guess I will let this one slide off¡± ¡°Tha¡­nks¡­..M..y¡­Lor¡­d¡± I spoil them too much huh? After some time I notice something.


    This is bad, the speed is steadily slowing down. I guess that they must take their break. ¡°Stop!¡± I said. ¡°You all reached your limit! I am happy to for you to serve me but now I must let you all go¡± ¡°N..o We¡­we can st-still¡­MOVE!¡± one of them said. Their saliva is overflowing from their mouth. Their sweats are falling like a water fall and they smell bad too.


    ¡°No¡­ I think that you all need some rest¡± I snapped my finger and all of them fell down like a puppet whom been cut its string. I put my horse into the carriage and started to run.


    ¡°Faster Horse!¡± ¡°Muhuhuhu!¡± The horse look at me as if saying ¡® I can¡¯t run anymore faster than this!¡¯ ¡°Hmm¡­ Then I will lend you my power¡± After that I invoke the Sin of Anger and give the horse some of it. ¡°MUHUHU!¡± The horse run faster than before.


    The horse looks at me again but this time he¡¯s saying things like ¡®Why did you not use it on the humans!¡¯ ¡°They are just my servant, but you. You are the personal horse of the King so you are far more special¡± I said.


    It is true though. They are nothing but servants, I can make them anytime and anywhere. ¡°It looks like we will reach the town¡± I said. But before we can reach the entrance a man came and call for us.


    ¡°Hold it right there!¡± A guard stopped us. ¡°Identification Card?¡± He said. ¡°Oh wait a moment please¡± I took out the Merchant license from my pocket and gave it to him. ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­..¡± He looked me with suspicious eyes and said. ¡°Name, Lord King¡­.. Background, The supreme ruler of all creature¡­¡­.Age¡­ 30¡­.¡±


    ¡°Huh?¡± I myself is surprised. To think that he would fail this badly huh? ¡°No, forget on what is on the card but listen to me instead¡± The guard put his hand on the sheath of his sword. I invoke the Sin of Lust and commanded this man.


    ¡°You will be quite about me and you will let me pass¡± ¡°Yes my King!¡± ¡°Good¡± Nice. I think that I must redo the merchant license, but this time it will be me who will make it.


    I entered the town while having a smile on my face. ¡°Now then heroes¡­.. what will you show me this time?¡±

 Little Noble

    Chapter 6


    The night is set and the street lamps laminate the streets with yellow light. The rhythmic movement of the trees and the grass collaborate to the scene.


    I am currently looking for an inn, I have quite a money on me so I am planning to rent a expensive one. As I walk through the road of this town, I saw a fancy sign with ¡°zvezda¡± written on it.


    I can speak and read 30 different languages but this one does not hit the mark. ¡°Ah! Maybe¡­.¡± I enter the inn and suddenly ¡°Welcome Dear Sir¡± a group of servants greeted me. Is this perhaps a place where the influence of the heroes reached? The entrance hall is quite different than from your ordinary expensive inn¡­. The wall is pure white with a vine design on it, it also has a red carpet that compliment the marble floor. The lamps that is engrave with fancy design lighten the room with orange flare.


    ¡°How can I help you?¡± At the counter, an old man greeted me with smile. ¡°I would like a room please¡± I said. ¡°Yes of course, 1 night will cost 3 gold but if you stay for 2 nights it will be 4 gold and 4 silver¡± He said.


    ¡®HHmmmm¡­.. Then 2 night please¡± ¡°2 night it is?¡± He said and then took out a paper and a feather pen under his table. ¡°Can I get your name Sir?¡± ¡°Yes, King will do¡± ¡°King? Quite a strange name isn¡¯t?¡± He said, but it looks like he does not expect a reply as he continues to write my name and get a number.


    ¡°Room 30, it will be a in the 3<sup>rd</sup> floor, oh!¡± he then give me my room key. As if he was remembering something the man spoke up. ¡°Do you have a carriage Mister King?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Then if you want, you can pay 2 silver for your carriage and our employee will take care of it¡± ¡°Then please accept this¡± I give him 2 silver and left the counter.


    ¡°Room 30¡­.room 30¡­ there it is¡± I finally found the room 30, but before I can enter the room I hear a voice coming from Room 29. ¡°You will marry him!¡± ¡°But Mother!! He¡¯s fat! He¡¯s ugly! And He had those lustful eyes! I don¡¯t want to marry him!¡± ¡°But he¡¯s the Viscount! You can¡¯t ignore that fact! Just bear with it and anything you want will be yours!¡± ¡°No!¡±


    The room on 29 open and I saw a girl who¡¯s age is in 11-12 running away. She has a violet hair that reaches her neck (Search for bob cut) she wore a frilly white violet dress. She was running away with the tears on her eyes.


    ¡°Wait! Where do you think you¡¯re going!¡± Her mother soon follows her up. Well that is not my problem. I open the room and enter it.


    Fluffy bed, a soft pillow, chair and a table welcomed me. This is not bad. I sat on the bed and look at the window. ¡°I do not need sleep and I am not hungry¡­.. Maybe I should explore this town a bit¡±


    I said as I open the window and jump from it. I then activate the Sin of the Envy then. My feet started to shrink as well as my arms, my skin is slowly turning black began to grow feathers. I slowly turn into a shade crow.


    While the bustling people walk to each other I landed on the ground and transformed to my natural form, but I changed my noble looking suit into a simple man, the one that can be worn by slightly rich commoner. ¡®It seems no one notice that a crow changed its appearance to a man¡¯ I thought.


    I visited the church to gather some news. You see, people really love gossips and the church is the most suitable place to do it. I suppose that the people around the church are more less than it should be, the church give a vibe that it is a sacred place that a devil like me should not enter.


    Maybe I could hear something useful news that will help me through my journey. As soon as I enter the church a bunch of murmur immediately enter my ears. The humans inside are mostly housewives that has nothing to do.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    ¡°Did you know that the fat noble man decided to marry a kid?¡± ¡°You hear about those falling nobles in the west?¡± ¡°I think that fish is made by the devil¡±


    What a shame¡­ It looks like there is nothing useful here¡­ But the one that they are talking about is quite interesting maybe I should listen to them a bit. After I satisfy my heart to those gossips I quickly exited the church. ¡°Now¡­ where should I go?¡±¡­ While I am thinking on where should I go next, I hear a voice mumbling on its own.


    ¡°huhuhuhu¡­¡­ I don¡¯t want to marry him¡­¡­ If you want then you should marry him!¡± Huh? I recognize this voice¡­ oh! Maybe it is the girl earlier. Should I approach her? Well I do not have anything to do so maybe I should it might turn to be interesting. In the corner of the street where the light barely reach, a single girl was sitting there. A chair made for two it, looks like this spot is made for couples. It has a nice view, you can observe the humans on this town doing some odd job.


    I walk towards to her and sat right next to her but I think that she does not know that there is a person sitting next to her. ¡°That piggy I-----!¡± ¡°Hello there¡± I said. ¡°W-who A-are you!¡± ¡°Me? It does not matter¡± I reply. ¡°Ar-are you gonna abduct me!?¡± ¡°No, I will not commit such petty crime¡± ¡°Then what do you want¡± ¡°Nothing I just want to sit here?¡± ¡°What?....¡± She looks at me with suspicious eyes. The clatter of the working serves as a mediator between us.


    After she regained her calm, she look at the working people and said ¡°Hey¡­.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Nothing¡­.¡± ¡°If you want to tell me your problem then say it already. I am just a stranger right? What are the odds that we will meet again?¡± ¡°So you will not say this to anyone?¡± ¡°Well it is not like I have anyone to say this¡± ¡°Eh?....¡± She look at me with a complicated face. This is what will happen when you do not express your feeling for a long time. You will become desperate to tell your problems even if the one whom you talking to is a complete stranger.


    ¡°What?¡± I look at her. I catch her sight of looking at me. Now that I can see her face this close, I can see that she has a big violet eyes, her lips are red as the rose and she has a fair skin that can be compared to snow.


    She suddenly avoided her eyes towards me and talk. ¡° Actually¡­.. I will be married¡­¡± ¡°Then¡± I said. ¡°Then¡­ my parents only wanted me to marry him because he¡¯s rich¡­.. but I know that that person is a bad person¡± ¡°So you want to break off the engagement?¡±


    ¡°Yes¡­.¡± I return my gaze at the busy crowd and as soon as I looked away from her she now looks at me, she is quite troublesome.


    ¡°Do you love your parent?¡±I ask. ¡°Eh?¡± She reply. ¡°I said do you love your parent?¡± I suddenly look at her so she cannot escape my gaze. But when I do that her face reddened and her eyes are swimming everywhere. Why? Does she find that question hard to answer? But she needs to answer it though.


    ¡°Hey answer me¡± I said. ¡°I-in truth¡­ I don¡¯t love them at all¡­ Even once they didn¡¯t treat me as their daughter. They treat me as a object and pay importance to my elder brothers since they are the ones who will rule our household¡± I take off my gaze on her and as soon as I do that I could hear her breathing roughly.


    ¡°Then why not abandon your family?¡± I said. ¡°I¡­.I want to¡­ but I got no other place to live in..¡± ¡°I see¡­..¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­..¡± The silence filled the air. The life of being a noble is pretty hard especially if you are a girl, I heard a various story of a beautiful woman who has a lover getting married forcefully to a royal noble man.


    I could see her looking at me with eyes of expectation. ¡°I am not going to abduct you, you know?¡± ¡°WHA!! I¡¯m not thinking that!¡± She said. Reverse Psychology would not work on me you know?


    ¡°So, when is your wedding?¡± ¡°¡­.It¡¯s¡­. tomorrow¡­Hey¡­Can you at least tell me your name?¡± She said. ¡°My name? Well if I tell you my name we would not be strangers is it not? It would br¡ª¡° ¡°Just tell me your name¡± She said in a irritated voice. ¡°No need to be that serious you know? My name is King¡± ¡°King? That¡¯s a strange name¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­..¡±


    ¡°What?¡± She said. ¡°I get that a lot¡­. Now that I said my name, can you tell me yours?¡± ¡°Oh right¡­ uhum! My name is Rumia Reignhard the 2<sup>nd</sup> daughter of¡ª¡° ¡°That is enough¡± When I cut her off and said that, she makes a angry face while saying ¡°Mumumumu¡±


    We talk for a minute and after that I decided to bid my farewell. ¡°Then take care Rumia¡± I said. ¡°Please try to attend at my wedding! It will be at evening, it will be boring but at least I want to take my friend into my wedding!¡± ¡°Hahahaha, You are calling me a friend now? You are quite desperate are you not?¡± ¡°What! No I¡¯m not desperate!¡±


    She continued to grumble as I walk away from her. Well it is been a while since I have talked to a noble. ¡®Tomorrow will be a busy day isn¡¯t?¡¯ I thought as I go back to my room.

 Party

    Chapter 7


    When the sun rose up, I decided to register myself to the merchant guild. I could see people that is opening their store and shops.. Because the sun just rose up, the whole place is covered in bluish light along with its cold wind.


    ¡°This should be it¡± I muttered as I look at the Merchant Guild. The exterior is quite detailed because you could see that even if the place does not much to be seen, it still has its unique rose design that differs from other.


    When I enter the Merchant Guild the cold from the outside instantly disappeared, perhaps it is because magic that regulates the air is installed in this place. At the counter, the receptors are only beautiful women. ¡®Maybe it is their strategy?¡¯ I thought.


    I approach one of them and greeted me with ¡°Welcome, how can I help you?¡± ¡°Um, I want to make a merchant license¡± I said. ¡°Then can you please write your name and age here, and write your business here. Oh, please write if you¡¯re a travelling merchant, what you will sell and if you will open a shop locally¡± I took the paper and pen from her and I wrote everything I need to write and hand over the paper to her.


    ¡°Let¡¯s see¡­Hhhmmm¡­ It¡¯s said here that you¡¯re Mister King? A travelling merchant? Sells what¡¯s profitable and 30 years old?....................... Then it will be one gold coin¡± ¡°Then, here¡± I said and gave her the one gold coin. ¡°Please take care of this, you will only be given a three license from your entire lifetime, meaning that if you lost this one you can create a new one but 3 times only¡± She said.


    ¡°With all this, it¡¯s finished¡± She said as she gave me the license. Now, it is done. There is no one hindering me from exploring the world. When I was just about to leave the place, a obese man with multiple body guard call me out.


    ¡°Hey, excuse me but are you perhaps a new merchant?¡± He asked me. ¡°Yes, is there anything you need with me?¡± I reply with a smile from my face. ¡°You see¡­ It is my wedding in this evening, I would like to invite you to my wedding.¡± He said with a smile but I can definitely feel some kind of bad ominous from him but¡­ I think it would be interesting if I play along with this man.


    ¡°Oh! Are you perhaps the Viscount everyone is talking about? Please forgive me if I do not recognize you earlier¡± I said but in truth I actually know who he was when he called for me. I actually look for that baron that everyone that is been talking about. In short I already see him.


    ¡°Hahahaha , no need to be sorry. Actually I wanted you to invite to my wedding¡± ¡°M-me? To your wedding? But I only became a merchant till recently!¡± I said, I do well on acting huh? I think I deserve some kind of award for this.


    ¡°I know, but that¡¯s the same reason for me to call you out. Actually I am looking for a new merchant to support on¡± ¡°And I am one of those merchant that you will support on?¡± ¡°Yes. So how about it? Would you like to go to my wedding?¡± He ask ¡°Then I will gladly accept it¡± I reply.


    Although he says things like ¡°Oh! That¡¯s good!¡± He himself is not surprised by it, I think that he expect me to say yes from the very beginning of this conversation. ¡°Then I will expect you later Mister?¡± ¡°King¡± ¡°King right? Strange name actually¡± ¡°Yes, I get that a lot¡± After that he left the place.


    Hehehehe¡­.. It looks like I would find something interesting later.


    ********************************************************************************


    I am in my room right now, currently I am in my mirror and is preparing for the wedding in this eve. I decided to wear my black noble suit, white gloves. ¡°Good enough¡± I said to myself.


    Now where is it? As I walk through the town, I saw fancy carriage roaming the streets. That must be the other noble guest. I soon followed the carriage, I thought that they are heading to the church but they just passed that and head towards the beach. Well high nobles normally celebrate their wedding in much more expensive and more beautiful place.


    The beach is filled with white and red decorations. The foods that is serve in here are the ones that can be only dream off by a mere commoner. The security group is knights and the private soldier of the Viscount.


    When I was about to enter the venue, one of the knights blocked me and ask. ¡°You are you?¡± ¡°I am invited by the Viscount himself¡± I said. The knight then smile and said ¡°T-then enter¡± while suppressing his laughter. Why is it? I wonder.


    Inside the venue, the nobles are talking to themselves. All I could hear is the boasting on who is the most wealthiest one. I guess I should stay away from them, because all I could see is how humans with power, desires to be looked upon to as God.


    ¡°Hello there Mister¡± All of the sudden, a man in a black fancy dress greeted me. ¡°I am doing well, how about you¡± I reply. ¡°I¡¯m good. Are you perhaps a merchant that the Viscount invited?¡± he asked. ¡°Yes, did the Duke invite you too?¡± ¡°Yes, hooh, it¡¯s quite reliving to find someone like me in here. I thought I am the only one¡± he said.


    I see¡­. So it looks like the Viscount is planning something in here, well as long as interesting though. I asked the name of this man and he said that he is Jashler Laud. He said the he was from the poor family but then adopted by a merchant and there, he learns how to do things and when his step father died he decided not to take over their old business but to make new one.


    ¡°I wonder what¡¯s the Duke planning is¡± He said. ¡°Houh¡± I muttered in surprised. ¡°Don¡¯t be like that, I¡¯m already a merchant before I got my license, I already know that there is something weird in here¡± ¡°Then why did you accept the invitation?¡± ¡°Because this is a chance to promote my products, don¡¯t worry I¡¯m used to this kind of stuff. And same question why did you accept the invitation?¡± ¡°I thought that it would be fun if I join the party¡± I said.


    Jashler has a really short hair making his head looks like a ball, his face is full of freckles and his lips are a bit big. His structure is normal but his posture is quite bended.


    ¡°Know then everyone! Bring the round of applause to the Groom!¡± A man that looks like a butler said this. The crowd claps including me when the Viscount man entered the place. He was wearing a tuxedo that had a flower on its chest. ¡®The suit looks like it could break anytime¡¯ I thought.


    ¡°EEcckk¡­.. Even his appearance looks disgusting¡± Jashler muttered. ¡°Disgusting?¡± I whisper to him. ¡°That¡¯s right. The Duke is known for his liking to children¡± Is that all?


    ¡°Well, humans have different kind of taste¡± I said. ¡°Well that¡¯s not the problem¡± He pauses and moved his mouth closer to my ear. ¡°The problem is that every child that he marries dies because of ¡®Illness¡¯ or mysteriously disappeared¡± He said.This content has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    I see¡­ So that is why Rumia protest to this wedding.


    ¡°And now, for the bride!¡± The butler said. When Rumia entered, the crowd became silent. Not because they are sad or anything, they are just captured by her.


    She was wearing a white dress with a big white flower on her waist area. She walks carefully as not to step on her dress. Her eyes were a bit red, maybe due to crying. She probably begged her parents off just to break this event but that will not work.


    The Viscount smirk as he watch Rumia walks towards him. The lust that this man letting out is quite disgusting, It is thick that even the normal humans like the priest besides him is giving a troubled look.


    ¡°Tsk¡­.tsk¡­..tsk¡­. what a waste¡± ¡°What a lucky bastard you are¡± ¡°I wish that were me¡± A different kind of reaction can be heard. ¡°Well, I suppose that, with enough power anything can be yours¡± Jashler said. ¡°True¡± I reply as I agree with him.


    Both of them goes to the front and face each other. A priest appeared between them and said. ¡°Before we continue this, is there anyone against in this ceremony?¡± The priest said but no one answered. ¡°Then I will continue¡± He said and starts his mumbling.


    ¡°Heh¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± ¡°Oh, nothing¡± Jashler asked me when he heard my chuckle. Well I found this a bit funny because of the priest. The priest said something like ¡°The Goddess destined this to happen¡± But the truth is she did not, or more like she cannot.


    When the Goddess summoned the Heroes she used a quite power but when she granted them their powers, she almost used all her powers that she cannot interfere with this world anymore. And on the reason on why she did not fight me with her own powers is she cannot beat me with her powers alone.


    When she granted the heroes the gift, she was just like planting seed. She puts a power on them which exhaust her, waited a little bit and Tada. The power that she planted on them grows stronger that what she originally gave.


    Ops.. I think that I was a bit distracted. After a hour, the ceremony finished and know is for the present opening. ¡°Hhmm as expected, they did not kiss¡± Jashler said. ¡°Well, I think that even the Viscount would not do that in front of this many people¡± I replied.


    Now that the wedding is finished, we will now present our gifts and of course I brought mine as well. It would be rude if I do not pay my respect. Each nobles started to open their gifts, and every one of them is what High nobles would give. Diamonds that is big as the fist, dress that is composed by the finest clothes.


    ¡°Now it¡¯s our time¡± Jashler said. I think I know the reason on why we are invited here. A person who is a new merchant like me and Jashler presented his gift. What is inside is a gem with a transparent color.


    ¡°Houh, that would be a perfect gift for my servant!¡± A noble open her mouth and spout an insult. All of them burst in laughter after that. That is right, the real reason for us to be invited in this luxurious wedding is to be a laughing stock. What is the best way to get rid of the boredom you had after a boring ceremony?


    ¡°That clothe and the rugs on our Mansion is quite the same right?¡±  ¡°¡°HAHAHAHAHA¡±¡± One after another merchants get insulted by the nobles. The next one is Jashler.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡± I ask. ¡°Yeah I¡¯m good. I expected this already, it¡¯s normal for them to laugh at the poor after all¡± But instead of nervousness, I could feel the raging anger that is swelling from his heart.


    He steps up and moved towards the center. He was holding a box with alluring decoration. ¡°I¡¯m more interested on what¡¯s on the box¡± One of them spoke up. ¡°Ah yes¡± He replied in a calm tone as if the anger that he shows earlier is a lie.


    Jashler opened the box and took out a cloth. It has a white color with small circles on it¡­. Wait is that a scales? ¡°What¡¯s this? A pillow cloth?¡± ¡°Hahahahaha¡±


    ¡°Well you¡¯re quite wrong their mister. This one is a Dragon Skin¡± When he said that, the whole place became silent. ¡°D-don¡¯t joke around! Don¡¯t you know how rare that thing is?¡± One of the noble said in disbelief. ¡°No, I¡¯m not lying. This one is a authentic skin of a dragon , see?¡±He unfold the dragon skin and he point at the scales. The dragon skin reflected the light that of the candles and lamps making it look more gorgeous.


    Looks like they believe it this time, not of them spoke up and look at him with envy. I do not understand the reason on why humans would want this but because they emit such delightful envy towards him, I think that maybe I should at least own one.


    ¡°But I hope that the baron would forgive me, because the request is so sudden this is all I can give¡± ¡°T-then what are you going to give when I invited you much earlier¡± The Viscount himself ask. ¡°Then maybe I could bring a dragon eye¡­.¡± ¡°DRAGON EYE!¡± When Jashler stated that, I sense a great amount of regrets coming from the baron.


    Ahhh this is delicious! The regrets that the Viscount emits are delicious! I want to feel it more but unfortunately I must showcase my present too.


    It looks like the shock that this people receive is quite huge as they did not notice that I already appear on their front. When I look around the humans, I see the figure of Rumia watching me. It looks like she is praying for me because she hold her hands close to her chest and muttering something.


    ¡®Hahaha do not worry, I am more stronger that God itself¡¯ I thought.


    ¡°Now then, let us see my gift to the Baron and his wife¡± When I said that Rumia put on a sad face. Oh, I am quite insensitive is it? I open the box and took out a purple gem. ¡°This is a Gem of the Magus¡± I said. No one said anything, maybe that they are still thinking about those dragon skin. But Rumia listen to my carefully as she looks at me with full seriousness. ¡°This thing is nothing special¡­¡­..Unless you put mana to it¡± I said that and put the mana inside the gem.


    The gem started glowing in purple and starts to float to my hands. ¡°So¡­..beautiful..¡± I could hear Rumia muttered. The nobles looks was startled by the event and raise their vigilant. ¡°With enough practice, You can manipulate this¡± I said as I make the gem float higher.


    ¡°You can change its size and quantity too¡± I said that and splits the gem in two. ¡°Woooaaa¡± ¡°What the hell is that???¡± ¡°I want one!¡± Ahh I finally hear some reaction except from Rumia.


    ***************************************************************************************


    After the gift opening, the people are free to walk and talk to everyone else. A lot of nobles talk to Jashler, I think that people wanted to get their hands on that dragon skin. A lot of people tried to speak with me too but I use the Sin of Lust to make them go away.


    I approach Rumia who is sitting alone in the corner. Maybe they are scared as to what will happen to them if they angered the Viscount wife. ¡°Good evening¡± I said. ¡°Umm¡­. Good evening¡± She replied. I sit right next to her. When I look at the surrounding I can see the face of Jashler saying ¡°What the hell are you doing!¡±


    ¡°So¡­ How¡¯s the party?¡± She asked. ¡°Quite nice¡± ¡°I see¡­.¡± It looks like she was still down on what happened to her. It is normal though, even I who does not have the ability to love would not want to be married with a frog.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡± I ask her. But she does not reply but instead she grabbed my arm and buried her face on that. Her face was a bit hot, I wonder if she is sick or something.


    ¡°No¡­..I¡¯m not alright¡± After she said that, I feel a hot sensation that penetrate my clothes. I could hear her sobbing while doing her best not to make it audible.


    I indeed enjoy the negative emotion of humans but pure sadness is not one of them. Maybe I could enjoy the despair but¡­. That kind of stuff is not really for me. Maybe one of my generals will enjoy it but that one is a straight up lunatic.


    ¡°I don¡¯t wanna die¡­¡­I don¡¯t wanna get tortured¡­.. I¡­.I----!¡± But before she can finish her sentence, I pat her in the head and gently comb her hair. ¡°I get it¡± I said. ¡°You want to be free right?¡± I ask her. ¡°Yes¡­ I want to be free¡± She then looked at me. The tears and the blush make her look pathetic but I could still see a glint of hope in her eyes. Then as a devil, I will help you in my own way.


    ¡°Then what are going to give me in return?¡± I said it to her with a serious tone. ¡°What?¡± ¡°You want to be free right? A proper price is needed to complete this transaction¡± ¡°So you will help me?¡± ¡°For a proper price¡±


    She was taken aback but she soon look at me with serious eyes. ¡°I don¡¯t have anything to offer right now¡­ but you could take me I guess?¡± What? ¡°You want to gain freedom by giving your freedom?¡± I ask her. ¡°Yes¡­ I will give anything just to leave this place¡± she said that with an embarrassed face ¡°Hahahahaha!¡± I cannot help but laugh.


    ¡°I¡¯m serious you know!¡± she shout while punching me lightly. ¡°I know I know¡± I said that and then pat her again and as soon as I do that, her face reddened in instant.


    I stand up from seat and look at the sky and put a smile on my face. ¡°Now that the contract is made¡­.. Let us crash this party¡±

 The shower and the past

    Chapter 8: The past and the shower


    ¡°Excuse me Mister Viscount?¡± I approached the Viscount. ¡°Oh! Mister King right? Please call me Viscount Rodrick for now¡± He said.


    ¡°Then Viscount Rodrick, remember that gem of the magus that I gave to you as a gift?¡± ¡°Of course I remember that, why is it? Are you perhaps planning to give me more?¡± The way he said it was like a command more than a joke.


    ¡°I will not give you anymore of that thing, but I will give you more important than that¡± ¡°Houh?¡± ¡°Yes, but this is far more important than that piece of stone, every one of your men wanted it. The nobles around you can only dream of it. And your lovely wives desire it more than everything¡± The Viscount is now brimming with expectation, hopes and excitement.


    Good grief, he is more than a child when he acts like this. The human around him began to look at this way because of the Viscount¡¯s attitude.


    ¡°Then what is it?¡± The Viscount moved his head closer to mine. Well I do not hate this because. ¡°The one that everyone wants is¡­¡­¡­. Your death¡± ¡°Wha¡ª¡°A sharp light appeared in the Viscounts neck and his head started flies through the air while showering blood to its path. The horrified faces if the humans appear one after another. Well with this I am done with my contract¡­¡­ Maybe, I should visit her parents too, I should at least give my gratitude to them and ask for the hand of Rumia personally.


    ***************************************************************************************


    I am Rumia Reignhard, the second daughter of the Reignhard Household. Being a noble¡¯s daughter is tough. My sister is the prince fiance but she doesn¡¯t want that. My elder Sister has a lover whom is also our servant.


    But when my Father noticed their relationship, he immediately broke off their relation. My Elder Sister begged to my Father to at least not to kill him, my Father agreed but in exchange, she will marry the 30 years old prince of the Highland Kingdom.


    My Sister of course agreed to it since she loved that man. Ever since that happen, I swear to my heart to not to fall in love with anyone for it is a weapon that my Father will use.


    I still didn¡¯t know on why I came to that conclusion, because as the time passed by. I started to realize that even if I have a lover or not, my Father will definitely force me to marry me with a guy that I don¡¯t know.


    I¡¯m only eight when I came to that conclusion, because the people around also told me so. At the age of four my Mother said that I should study, but not in academics but in household work. My mother was harsh as my Father is but I thought that she¡¯s only like that because she loves me. I do whatever she told me and kept my feelings inside, but what I really want is go to our archive to read some books there.


    I do that secretly because I know that Mother will definitely stop me, but I can understand that though, this is because they love me that they want me to keep to some strange books. ¡®I¡¯m really lucky to have some wonderful Mother¡¯ I thought.


    But I soon to prove that I¡¯m completely wrong, one time when I was contemplating on the garden I accidentally heard the maid talking to each other. ¡°Do you know that Viscount? Who¡¯s infamous for his liking for children?¡± ¡°How in the world would I¡¯m not gonna know that, everyone in this mansion is talking about him whenever he killed his wife by torturing them too much¡± That¡¯s horrible! Why did he do that! While I¡¯m thinking such things, the maid said something that it makes me sweat cold.


    ¡°The Reignhard household will receive a massive land from that man in exchange for Rumia¡± I gasped. I gasped so hard that the maids heard it.


    I immediately run away from the garden and seclude myself it to my room. ¡®Why! I don¡¯t want to that! I¡­¡­I¡¯m gonna die?¡¯ Thoughts like this kept repeating in my head.


    ¡°What should I do?..... Maybe I should tell Mother that she must break this engagement!¡±


    I waited until Mother comes back and tell her to stop the engagement but all I receive is ¡°Are you an idiot!!? Didn¡¯t you know, that Viscount will get anything he wants! And even if I reject that Viscount, nothing good will happen out of it!¡±


    ¡°But Mother! He did bad things to his wives!¡± ¡°I already know that!¡± And then I receive a slap from Mother. I was dumbfounded by that time, I never think that Mother will hit me. My Mother left me as if nothing happen and call my Father to announce my engagement.


    I lost all my hope at that time, I never had the energy to eat and the walk around, and because of that my Parents are free to drag me anywhere they want.


    By the time I notice, my parent took me to a wealthy town called ¡®Lizwa¡¯ The town can raise itself because of the resource that can be gather everywhere. From forest to sea, from plant to animals, everything is rich in this town so I think that this is one of the reasons why it¡¯s one of those Market Towns.


    Haah¡­.. The knowledge that kept piling up from since the day I started to read secretly the books of geography finally came to use. But I¡¯m not happy with it though.


    After of minutes of travel, we finally arrived at the inn or should I say hotel. When I look at the signboard there¡¯s a word written on it that can be read as ¡®zvezda¡¯ which means that¡­¡­ star from what I¡¯ve heard? It¡¯s a business that a hero came up with.Stolen content alert: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    Heroes are smart and intelligent, Heroes can think ideas that no one in this world could possibly come up with. Like a box that has an ability to paint anything instantly or carriage that could move even if there¡¯s no horse on it. That¡¯s why it¡¯s safe to say that Heroes are the current pioneers of this world.


    When I arrived at my room, Mother suddenly intruded in and closed the door. ¡°Now Rumia, I will teach you only this once. So be sure that you will remember this¡± ¡°What are you¡¯re going to teach me Mother¡± I said in monotone.


    Since that incident happened, I¡¯ve always talked like this towards my parents. Although Father would find it disrespectful, I had no intention to stop.


    ¡°Then¡­. I will teach you how to please a man¡± ¡°What?¡± I can¡¯t help but to let out a confused noise. Please a man? ¡°W-what are you talking about mother?¡± ¡°Oh? Did you finally come back to your sense? I said that I will teach you on how to please a man. It would be useful since your wedding will be tomorrow¡±


    ¡°Tomorrow! It¡¯s too early! Mother I¡¯m only twelve years old! And the one that I would marry is like fifthy five!¡± I shouted. It can¡¯t be help I mean it¡¯s too early, I¡¯ve just heard about it three days ago! There¡¯s no way I would accept this!


    ¡°But a deal is a deal, no matter how much you struggle you will never annul this wedding¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to marry him!¡± I stated. I actually see that Viscount before we got engaged, He¡¯s fat as a pig and he¡¯s always looking at me with those eyes as if he was licking me. ¡°You will marry him!¡± my Mother said.


    I had enough¡­ I will say what I want to say! I took down a big breath and shouted ¡°But Mother!! He¡¯s fat! He¡¯s ugly! And He had those lustful eyes! I don¡¯t want to marry him!¡± ¡°But he¡¯s the Viscount! You can¡¯t ignore that fact! Just bear with it and anything you want will be yours!¡± ¡°No!¡±


    I gather my strength and exited the room, my eyes are full of tears so I can¡¯t see that well but I need to go somewhere else, I could hear my Mother saying things like ¡°Wait! Where do you think you¡¯re going!¡± but I decided to ignore her.


    I run and run and run until I can¡¯t. At the corner of the streets there was a chair that¡¯s facing the mass. I decided to sit there and loosen up a little bit. ¡®I actually said those words¡­.¡¯ I thought. This is the first time that I voice out my emotion and opinion.


    That is the last I would talk like that though¡­ Even if I escape from my Mother temporally, I think that there¡¯s no way that I could escape my Father since he has a lot of connection.


    After I realize again on how grave this situation that I am in, I can¡¯t help but to cry. ¡°huhuhuhu¡­¡­ I don¡¯t want to marry him¡­¡­ If you want then you should marry him!¡± I decided to talk alone since I don¡¯t have anyone to talk to.


    ¡°That piggy I-----!¡± ¡°Hello there¡± Wha-! Just when I regain some of my sense, a man who¡¯s wearing an commoners clothes suddenly appeared right next to me.


    ¡°W-who A-are you!¡± ¡°Me? It does not matter¡± Why it doesn¡¯t matter! Is he perhaps an outlaw? ¡°Ar-are you gonna abduct me!?¡± ¡°No, I will not commit such petty crime¡± ¡°Then what do you want¡± ¡°Nothing I just want to sit here?¡± ¡°What?....¡±


    The fear that I feel earlier suddenly vanished and switch into puzzlement. I decided to be quite for the time being. After sometime of silence I thought that I should talk to this man. Maybe because of the feeling of wanting to discuss your problem, I call out for him.


    ¡°Hey¡­.¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Nothing¡­.¡± ¡°If you want to tell me your problem then say it already. I am just a stranger right? What are the odds that we will meet again?¡± Maybe it¡¯s because of my face that full of tears that he can tell that I have a problem.


    ¡°So you will not say this to anyone?¡± ¡°Well it is not like I have anyone to say this¡± ¡°Eh?....¡± Is he a hermit or something? But for some reason I feel secured by those words.


    I decided to glance at him for a second. The man is quite handsome. He¡¯s eyes are wide and gentle, his lips are thin and has a color of a fading pink. ¡°What?¡± Oh! I stare to a complete stranger! That is unbecoming for me!


    I fix my stares to anything but him, I must divert this awkward atmosphere! ¡° Actually¡­.. I will be married¡­¡± ¡°Then¡± he said as he want me to continue. ¡°Then¡­ my parents only wanted me to marry him because he¡¯s rich¡­.. but I know that that person is a bad person¡± ¡°So you want to break off the engagement?¡± ¡°Yes¡­¡± I don¡¯t know why but when the moment we started to talk, I feel safe and protected. He tries to help me with my problems but I can¡¯t do what he suggested.


    I just can¡¯t leave my family without any plan. But maybe if I could live with someone, I look at him for a bit. ¡°I am not going to abduct you, you know?¡± ¡°WHA!! I¡¯m not thinking that!¡± This is embarrassing.


    ¡°So, when is your wedding?¡± ¡°¡­.It¡¯s¡­. tomorrow¡­Hey¡­Can you at least tell me your name?¡± I said. This is the first time I had this kind of conversation so I can¡¯t help but to ask him. The children in my age, especially the boys would be flustered when they talk to me with no reason at all. I find it hard because whenever I talk to them, they always ask me if I have a lover and such. I mean, why do they ask that thing first? Do they think that it¡¯s a proper way to introduce yourself to a stranger?


    But the grownups are worse, I know that they are looking to me as if I am their plaything so that¡¯s why I¡¯m avoiding them as much as possible.


    ¡°My name? Well if I tell you my name we would not be strangers is it not? It would br¡ª¡° ¡°Just tell me your name¡± This guy!! ¡°No need to be that serious you know? My name is King¡± ¡°King? That¡¯s a strange name¡± ¡°¡­¡­¡­..¡± ¡°What?¡± It really is a strange name though.


    ¡°I get that a lot¡­. Now that I said my name, can you tell me yours?¡± ¡°Oh right¡­ uhum! My name is Rumia Reignhard the 2<sup>nd</sup> daughter of¡ª¡° ¡°That is enough¡± Didn¡¯t you know how much I practiced that introduction! ¡°Mumumumumumu¡± I grumbled in irritation.


    After that, we talk for a minute. King is gentle and quite sarcastic, he was talking about the different kind of places that can be found around the Demon King Empire as if he really goes to that place.


    ¡°Oh right, Rumia. It is only been six years since the Demon King had been defeated, So why is it that people are so calm even though it only happened recently?¡± He said. ¡°Hhhmm..¡± I put my hands on my chin as I ponder.


    ¡°According to that weird book that I¡¯ve read, people recover unbelievably quickly because the Heroes started to appear one after another, the people feel more secured than before the Demon King appeared. Well that¡¯s all a speculation so I don¡¯t know how much of it are true¡±


    ¡°I see¡­ That is right I suppose, it is like theatre security but more massive¡± When I answered his question King started mumble something.


    ¡°Then take care Rumia¡± I was shock when he suddenly said that. It¡¯s too soon please just stay here for a while! I want to say that but there¡¯s no way I could do that so instead I try to invite him. ¡°Please try to attend at my wedding! It will be at evening, it will be boring but at least I want to take my friend into my wedding!¡± ¡°Hahahaha, You are calling me a friend now? You are quite desperate are you not?¡± ¡°What! No I¡¯m not desperate!¡±


    I¡¯m not!!! ¡°It¡¯s your fault because you suddenly came to me, you should at least attend to my wedding so it will not be bad as it seems to be¡± And when I look at King, He was already walking away from me¡­ and at that time, the coldness of loneliness suddenly embrace me as if reminding me that I will never break free from this isolation.

 Husband and Wife

    Chapter 9: Husband and wife (Rumia¡¯s point of view)


    Noon at the beach, inside a small cottage, I am currently being dress by our maids. ¡°You look beautiful Miss Rumia¡± ¡°¡­¡­Thank you¡± The maid said that and left the place.


    I looked at the window and see a bunch of nobles; they¡¯re probably just here because they¡¯re forced to. But I don¡¯t really care to them. ¡°Although I¡¯ve said that he should come to my wedding¡± I muttered.


    There¡¯s no way he can attend to this. This party is exclusively for nobles, form what he wore on the first time we met, at best he can only watch me at my parade.


    I look at myself at the mirror; I wore a white gown that reaches the ground. Everyone said that I look wonder in my dress but I¡¯m not happy with that compliment. They said that servants will notify me if it¡¯s the time, so I guess that all I could do is wait.


    And all of the sudden, my tears started to fall. ¡°No¡­.I-I shouldn¡¯t do this¡­¡± I said to myself but I just can¡¯t stop crying. *Knock Knock* ¡°Miss Rumia? It¡¯s now your time to show yourself¡± I swept the tears in my face and fix myself.


    ¡°I¡¯m coming¡± I said and open the door.


    *************************************************************************************


    In the venue where I steadily walk as to not to step on my dress, the crowd is quite. I don¡¯t know the reason on why they¡¯re quite but it works for me. I lift up my face and there, I see the Viscount. He¡¯s breathing rough and his face is reddening as he looks at me.


    I¡¯m terrified by that, I already know that he will definitely do something terrible to me but I got no choice but to continue. The priest starts the ceremony.


    I¡¯ve been told that I will be spared from kissing him in the public. I¡¯m quite happy because at least I will not do some shameful things in front of the crowd.


    After the wedding, the gift opening started. I hate this part, because I know the other hobby of that Viscount. Whenever they¡¯re a party that¡¯s held by him, he would often invite a starting merchant and make fun of them. In this case since it¡¯s a wedding, they would ridicule them because of their gift.


    And it begin, one after another they would mock the merchant whenever they present their present. I could see the face of the merchant enduring the shame while presenting their gift.


    But soon it stopped because one of the merchant pulled out something different. He took out a dragon skin, not only a dragon skin but a white dragon skin. Those are luxury that even royalties had a hard time attain those.


    Dragons are powerful because you need a team of skilled S-class adventurer to defeat those, but to defeat a White Dragon you at least need a five group of S-class Adventurer. The nobles are gulping and looking at the dragon skin with envy.


    The next one arrived really shocked me. Because it was no other than King, I had no idea that King is a merchant and a staring one. But this is bad, since his here it also meant that King is a merchant that¡¯s invited by the Viscount!


    I put my hands and started to pray to the Goddess that King would be alright, I¡¯m praying that he could endure all the insults that the nobles would say. He took out a purple gem from the box, I peek at the nobles but they seem to be busy as they did not say a word.


    King put the gem on his hand and said ¡°This thing is nothing special¡­¡­..Unless you put mana to it¡± The gem started to glow.


    The lights that the gem emits blend with the darkness of the night, it looks so perfect that I muttered ¡°So¡­..beautiful...¡± accidentally. He does various tricks on the gem, when he do that I forget the entire problem that weight upon me.


    All you do is helping me really.


    ******************************************************************************


    It¡¯s close¡­ The weddings end will come soon, and after that the Viscount is free to do anything to me. My I could feel my heart beat faster than what it¡¯s supposed to be, chills run down in my spine. I can¡¯t move to where I sit, all of this is the result when I thought about on what that Viscount will do to me.


    My breath is getting rough and my hands started to shake. If this continues, I will definitely pass out. And then as if an angle descended from heaven, a voice calls me out. ¡°Good evening¡± ¡°Umm¡­. Good evening¡± That¡¯s the only reply I could give right now.


    ¡®This is not good, I need to act as if nothing happen, I mean he attend at my wedding so I must be happy right?¡¯ I convince myself with such thought but it doesn¡¯t help as much as it should.


    ¡°So¡­ How¡¯s the party?¡± I ask. ¡°Quite nice¡± ¡°I see¡­.¡± And after that he kept his silent for a minute.


    ¡°Are you alright?¡± And then, at that word it finally reaches the peak. The stress and the emotion that keeps piling up finally shattered. Because he is the first person who asked me if I¡¯m alright, people around me just compliment on how beautiful I am but they never ask how I feel.


    I grabbed his arm and hide my face in there and I wept. I also feel ashamed of myself that I suddenly grabbed his arms and buried my face there. ¡°I don¡¯t wanna die¡­¡­I don¡¯t wanna get tortured¡­.. I¡­.I----!¡± As I whine to him, he gently stroked my hair and when he did that, I finally calmed down and clear my thoughts.The story has been taken without consent; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    ¡°I get it¡± he said and continued. ¡°You want to be free right?¡± ¡°Yes¡­ I want to be free¡± When I said that I looked at him to show my sincerity, but since my face is so close to King I continue to look at him bashfully.


    ¡°Then what are going to give me in return?¡± ¡°What?¡± I asked him. ¡°You want to be free right? A proper price is needed to complete this transaction¡± ¡°So you will help me?¡± ¡°For a proper price¡±


    I see, I can understand what King meant. He may be an angle but he¡¯s no saint, helping me is no easy task so that¡¯s why I can understand King if he asked for an exchange. But¡­ ¡°I don¡¯t have anything to offer right now¡­ but you could take me I guess?¡± I replied. What I said is not a joke; actually I want to be with King.


    I don¡¯t know why but I feel like everything will be fine when I¡¯m with him, I find it funny though because we¡¯ve only met two times.


    ¡°Hahahahaha!¡± He burst out when he heard my reply. ¡°I¡¯m serious you know!¡± ¡°I know I know¡± He then pats my head again. Wha-! But I don¡¯t feel irritated or sick though, but if other man tries to do this to me I would definitely be annoyed by that.


    King stand up from his seat and said something, but I can¡¯t hear him since the noise around us is loud. King then snatch my hand and walk. Since my height is only at Kings waist, my hands are swaying up because of him.


    ¡°King! If the Viscount saw us we will be in a big trouble!¡± I said to him, if it¡¯s me then I can somehow manage it but if it¡¯s King then he will surely be executed.


    But King didn¡¯t stop and continue to strive. Huh? Even though we¡¯re walking in the center, no one dare to bat an eye towards us. All of them continue to talk to each other. And soon we reach the exit and King spoke to me.


    ¡°You see that carriage over there?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°Go in there and hide, I will soon follow you¡± ¡°Where are you going?¡± ¡°Me? I am just need to take care of something¡± He said then goes back to the party.


    I follow what King said and go to the carriage. The carriage is full of weapons like swords and axe, is King perhaps an arms dealer? Weapons are indeed profitable but when you¡¯re a travelling merchant that is a no go!


    Trust is needed when an adventurer and an arms dealer are negotiating with each other, that thing is hard to achieve when you¡¯re always travelling. I must tell this to King when he came back.


    A minute has passed and I saw King walking towards me, but he¡¯s not alone. King is together with my parents¡­ ¡°No way¡­¡±I never thought that even King will betray me. I thought that I can depend on him. Tears began to swell up in my eyes; I¡¯m going to cry again.


    ¡°Rumia, come out¡± King said. I came out while hanging my head down; I don¡¯t wanna see them that I am crying. ¡°What is the matter?¡± King asked. ¡°Nothing¡­. I always knew that I can¡¯t escape this¡± I said. ¡°I am not breaking my promise though¡± as if sensing that I¡¯m sad King immediately deny my suspension.


    ¡°T-then why are Mother and Father here?¡± I asked. King then comes toward me and kneeled to me, making his face and my face meet with each other. ¡°Everything is alright, I do not have a plan to give you to them since you are mine¡± That¡¯s right, he said that he made deal between us. I burst out in cry and then hug him. ¡°D-dwats rwight! I¡¯m so sowwy King!¡± ¡°I know, I know. Calm down, calm down.¡± King said while gently tap my back.


    This is the first time that a man touched me like this, even my Father can¡¯t do this to me. But I don¡¯t feel uncomfortable; in fact I feel the opposite. King stands from his feet but I still grab him resulting to me clinging on his waist. ¡°Then let us finish this shall we?¡± King said. ¡°Mrs Camille? Mr Jordan? I will now take your daughter, Rumia and bring her to my adventure. Is that alright with you two?¡± King¡­. There¡¯s no way that¡¯s gonna happen because my pa--.


    ¡°Do as you like King, we hope that you will take care of our daughter¡± What? Did my Mother just approve it? ¡°Then if that¡¯s alright with you, please take care of my daughter Rumia¡± Father too? What¡¯s the meaning of this?


    King looked at me and said ¡°See? Your parents care about you after all¡± ¡°But¡­.¡± I want to retort but I decided to keep my mouth shut. I avoided his gaze and cast my sight down, but when I do that, I see a stain of red in his shoes.


    ¡°King¡­ What¡¯s that?¡± I pointed his shoe and ask. ¡°Oh that? It is just a wine that I have spilled during my conversation with the Viscount. But really, that wine lacks elegant, all I taste is the strong amount of alcohol¡± ¡°Hahahaha, you¡¯re right King. If I were to rate it, I would give it a two out of ten!¡± My Father replied to King as if he¡¯s acquainted with King for a long time.


    ¡°Even that is too high for it my dear¡± Mother then joined the conversation. ¡®What¡¯s this? Mother and Father are too jolly? Is this perhaps their true color?¡¯ I thought. ¡°Then, Rumia and I will leave. I will bid my farewell now¡± King said.


    King grabbed my hands and led me to back to carriage. ¡°B-but¡± I muttered. Maybe King heard that because he stops and is asking me ¡°What is wrong? Perhaps you also want to bid your farewell to them?¡± I also stopped. ¡°No¡± I said. ¡°Because if I do that, they might change their mind and take me back¡± ¡°Well that is not going to happen though, and even if it is the case I will definitely protect you¡± He said. And in the moment he said that, my heart starts to ache, my stomach feels weird and¡­. I don¡¯t know. This is the first time I¡¯ve experience this so I can¡¯t explain it properly.


    ¡°T-then let¡¯s leave this place¡± I desperately changed the subject and enter the carriage. King entered the carriage too and steer the horse. ¡°Mumumumu¡± Why are you distancing yourself to me King?


    I stand up and carefully sit right next to him. ¡°Oh right! King! I want to say something about the things you sell¡± ¡°HHmm? Alright I will listen¡± He said. At least look at me when you¡¯re talking to me.


    I explain to King the suggestion that I thought earlier. He smiles at me and praise me. ¡°Nice Rumia, now that I know that you¡¯re good at this, you will handle the management of the store¡±


    ¡°M-me? But are you sure about that? You know, I¡¯m only twelve and I¡¯m basically¡­. You know? You¡¯re slave. Are you sure that I should handle such special job?¡± I said. But King only pat me in the head and said ¡°I do not care about those, since you are qualified I will hand over the job to you¡± He said.


    ¡°Hehehehe--!¡± I immediately cover my mouth when I let out a creepy laugh. I then look at him to see his reaction but it looks like he was busy maneuvering the horse. Phew¡­.. I don¡¯t know what I will do if you look at me with disgusted eyes.


    But there¡¯s something that¡¯s been in my mind right now. ¡°Hey, King¡­ How did you manage to get away from my Parents and the Viscount¡± ¡°That huh?... I just plainly said that I will take you as my bride¡± ¡°What!¡±


    From the tone of this voice, he seems joking but since it¡¯s him who¡¯s saying it! My heart started to pound faster! King then closed the distance between me and him. Our body now is touching each other! I-I can¡¯t take this anymore. And before I know it I passed out.


    **************************************************************************************


    King intentionally makes Rumia flustered for he can¡¯t reveal as to what happened to her parents and the Viscount, for it is inappropriate for a child to listen at. King decided that since Rumia is useful for the business, will do anything he can to get Rumia on his side. Rumia do not know this and she will never know.

 Village

    Chapter 10 Village


    ¡°Oh Rumia are you awake?¡± I greeted Rumia who is just now wake up. ¡°Uh? It¡¯s morning? Did you not sleep King?¡± She asked. She is right about that but there is no way that I would tell her about that. ¡°No, I just woke up real early so I can prepare the carriage¡± I reply her and gently pat her head.


    ¡°Hehehehe¡± Rumia said as I pat her. We are currently in a forest, the thick tall tree surround us with its enigmatic shades. The fog creeps into the ground and air, making it looks like a ghost from afar. Rumia close the distant between us and grasped the back of my clothes.


    ¡°I-I just notice this King, but¡­.This place is quite scary r-right?¡± She gazed at me as if looking for agreement. ¡°Hmm? I might say that this is quite a dark place, but there is no way close to the things that scare me¡± ¡°T-then even King have a things that he¡¯s afraid of?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Yes, of course. Every creature have a things that they are afraid of, but what you need to do is get rid the source of your fear and everything will be good¡± Rumia shakes her head and while saying ¡°I don¡¯t understand at all¡±


    I put back my sight in the road and reply ¡°Well, you are right. You are too young to understand this thing¡± After an hours of travelling, the one whom following us decided to show up. ¡°SSSSSS¡± ¡°Eik! A-a gi-giant s-s-s-snake!!!!¡±


    ¡°I can see that¡± ¡°That¡¯s not my point!¡± Well, for you to retort me like that means that you are most likely fine. ¡°What should we do!?¡± She shouted. I think that this is the right time I should tell Rumia a little bit of myself. ¡°Rumia, you are mine now right? So you will obey my command right?¡± ¡°Wha-! You¡¯re asking that right now!¡± I look at her and nodded.


    ¡°O-Of course I¡¯m yours! You can do everything you want with me!¡± ¡°Well, I do not need to hear the last part though¡± Rumia covers her face as she hid her face to me. ¡°So Rumia, for now just stay in this carriage and try to not to make a noise.¡± ¡°Hm!Hm!¡± Rumia nodded as she covers her mouth this time, her face were a bit red though, I wonder what happened to her.


    I took out a sword out the bastard sword in the carriage and face the Tree Snake. It is named tree snake not only because it is huge as the tree that you can find in their habitat, but also they have the tree for their diet. The tree tnake rushes towards me, piercing through the fog that is around us. The Snake move so fast that he is leaving huge tracks in his behind.


    I quickly step sidewards and cut the left side of the snake. The scales and the sword clash with each other, causing it to generate an orange spark. But the snake did not stop his movement but instead turn left and starts to form a circle around me. The snake moves so fast that it causes the leaves and the branch of the trees to get blown away.


    The circle gets slowly gets smaller as the snake moves around. ¡°You want me to crush with your gigantic body?¡± I said. ¡°But because of that, Rumia cannot see me now. I am free to use my power now, I will show you the supremacy of a demon compared to a mere snake¡± I use the Sin of Wrath. The immeasurable power starts entering my body.


    A dark red light glows faintly as it travel through my veins causing it to be visible through my skin. I raise the sword and throw it to the snake and as expected, it does not harm the snake and just deflected by its scale. But that is not my plan though. I observe the snake and look for the head. When I finally spotted the head I follow it and punch it. I twist my foot and after that my waist and transferred the momentum into my fist and hit the snake.


    *BOOM*after the hit. The snake suddenly lost control and starts ramming to the tree. The smoke arise from the commotion, the path that snake crush in turns into a ruin. The fog that is disturbed earlier slowly takes its place again.


    ¡°Wow¡­ King you¡¯re amazing!¡± After the fight Rumia immediately run towards me and hug my waist. ¡°That was cool King! How did you manage to defeat that giant snake!?¡± She asked me. ¡°Oh that? It is the snakes own doing, he just stumble to some rocks and lost it control¡± I said.


    ¡°Eh? I see, that maybe the case. But you¡¯re still incredible King, who would have thought that you¡¯re a skilled swords man as well, good thing that giant snake is dumb¡± She said while believing my words. ¡°You are right, now let us leave this place shall we?¡±


    ¡°You¡¯re not gonna do something to that snake King?¡± ¡°Hhmm¡­ There is nothing we can do about it. It is too heavy for the horse to carry¡± I reply. Besides I do not want any foul smelling thing in my carriage. ¡°That¡¯s a waste¡± Rumia then run towards the place where me and the trees snake fought and pick up some scales.


    ¡°What are you doing?¡± I said. ¡°Picking up some scale¡± She said. ¡°I know that, I am asking you the reason on why are you picking up that thing¡± ¡°Because I¡¯ve read that, materials from strong monster fetch a high price at the market¡± ¡°I see¡­ then should I help you?¡± I said and started walking towards to her. ¡°No King, I will take care of this myself. I¡¯m the one in charge in this right?¡± She said.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it.


    ¡°Well if you say that¡± I said and go back to the carriage. After a minute Rumia enter the carriage, she is carrying a lot of scale and using her dress as a holder. ¡°Hehehehe, I got carried away¡± She said. ¡°Good grief, You should not use the dress as a bag, look it is all dirty now¡± I said as I took the scales from her.


    ¡°Oh no, This is the only dress I have, I don¡¯t have any spare clothes¡± She said while looking at her dress. ¡°Well, I think that we will arrive at a village nearby soon, there we can ask them for a spare clothes¡± ¡°Yes¡­.¡± She said and we soon move the carriage.


    The carriage keeps running but something is different, Rumia is sitting distant from me. Why is it? ¡°Is there any problem Rumia?¡± I asked her. ¡°N-nothing¡± She said. There is obviously a problem. ¡°It is been only a two day since we started travelling, but during those two days; you are always sitting right next to me. This is the first time that you distant yourself to me¡± I said.


    ¡°That¡­. Really King! Why are you always so sensitive in a situation like this!¡± She screamed. ¡°I wonder what you are talking about.¡± ¡°Hah¡­The reason why I¡¯m not sitting beside you is¡­¡­.. I¡¯m dirty¡± ¡°Is that it?¡± ¡°Yes¡­¡±


    ¡°I do not care about that though¡± I said as I tap the sit next to me. I think that I should not remind Rumia the fact that she is also not taking a bath during those two days. ¡°If you say so¡± Rumia then sit next to me.


    ¡°HHmm~ HHmm~ HHmm~¡± ¡°You are in a good mood?¡± N-no I¡¯m not!¡± ¡°But you are humming¡± ¡°¡­..This is embarrassing¡± Rumia said as she cover her face with his hand. There is no need to be embarrassed about it.


    ¡°Well this should be it¡± I said. ¡°What?¡± Rumia replied. ¡°There is a village ahead¡± ¡°I can¡¯t see anything though¡± Rumia looks around. But all she can see is the tall tree that is surrounding us. ¡°You will see it once we arrive there¡± I said.


    ¡°Hey King, no matter how you look at it there¡¯s no way that there¡¯s a village nearby. Maybe we should change the route¡± ¡°No, we are here already¡± I said. After we passed the two withered tree, we pierce the bubble like substance that covered the village.


    ¡°What¡¯s that??¡± ¡°Ah, that is an illusion barrier that covers the village. Although it can only cover the appearance, it will be really hard to find for a normal human¡± ¡°Then how did you found it?¡± ¡°Look Rumia, the houses are visible now¡± ¡°You¡¯re not answering my question!¡±


    We enter the hidden village. The house inside the village looks weird. They are all made of cement and connected to each other. The angle of the roof is tilted and is made of alloy. This is the first time I have seen this kind of house. The road is paved with cement. ¡°Patrick! We have a visitor!¡± a shout suddenly resonate the place.


    A group of men, holding a black thing that is shape like L. All of them are pointing that thing towards us. Most of them wore a plain villager clothes. They have surrounded us. And when Rumia understand the situation, she hugged me tight and buried her face against my body.


    ¡°K-King I¡¯m scared, what should we do?¡± She asked worriedly. ¡°Worry not; we are just here to ask for some clothes. I will take care of everything when something bad happens¡± I said as I pat her head to calm her down. And then, in the middle of the crowd, a boy who is about the same age as Rumia appears.


    ¡°My, my, what do we have here? A merchant and a little girl. What is your business from this little town?¡± He asked arrogantly. ¡°I am just here because my companion needs a new clothes something good to eat and if possible a bath. Of course I will pay for it¡± I said. Rumia then starts pinching me and is looking me with teary eyes.


    ¡°Is that all?¡± ¡°Yes¡± I answer him with the smile on my face. ¡°DON¡¯T FUCK WITH ME!!!¡± He screamed. Oh, did I do something wrong? ¡°My, kids at your age should not curse, especially that I have my little girl with me¡± ¡°I don¡¯t fucking care!!¡± Good grief.


    ¡°Then what do you say? It is alright if we just buy the clothes?¡± I said. ¡°That¡¯s not it!! How the hell did you found this place!¡± He asked me. ¡°Well, we are just travelling and all of a sudden we were here. I myself did not understand the reason on why we are suddenly here¡± I said. ¡°King is really good at lying¡± I could hear Rumia talk to himself. It¡¯s better than to be a stupidly honest.


    ¡°Tch, this again. I think that we should put a guard on the entrance¡± He said then he commanded the men around us. Then they put down the thing that they pointing at us earlier. ¡°So what are you? A merchant or something?¡±he said.  ¡°Yes I am. I sell weapons and such¡± I reply.


    ¡°We don¡¯t need that kind of stupid weapons¡­¡­But we need the metal¡­.. How much you got?¡± ¡°I have plenty¡± ¡°Great then follow us¡± He signaled us to follow him. ¡°Where are we going?¡± I asked. ¡°You need the clothes right? And then at the same time, we will buy some weapons from you, well if it¡¯s metal then it¡¯s Ok¡± ¡°Ok? That is the first time I have heard that word¡± I said.


    ¡°Ok?... well it means that it¡¯s fine or something¡± He replied. ¡°I see¡± I said. Rumia then look at me and whispered. ¡°Is everything alright now King?¡± ¡°Yes everything is Okay for now¡± Rumia made a confused look while muttering ¡°Okay? What¡¯s that?¡± I then explain her everything what this boy told me.


    ¡°We¡¯re here. That thing is our guest house, you should do you¡¯re thing there. I will arrive and pick you up at evening¡± He said then left the place. ¡°Wait¡± I call out for him. ¡°What?¡± he said. ¡°Since it would be a troublesome if I do not know the name of my costumer, I will ask you your name. My name is King by the way¡± I said.


    ¡°Patrick, that¡¯s all¡± And then he leave. He did not say anything about my name¡­. That is strange. ¡°King this house looks so pretty¡± Rumia said as she looks at the house. ¡°It is indeed stunning. I wonder, how did they come up with this design?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, maybe some hero influenced them¡± She said while stretching her body.


    ¡°Heroes huh?¡± I muttered. ¡°King let¡¯s go inside!¡± Rumia said while pointing at the house. ¡°Yes, be careful not to stumble¡± ¡°I¡¯m not that careless!¡± She said. ¡®I wonder if I could find some hero in this place¡¯ I thought as I enter the house.

 Horseman

    Chapter 11


    ¡°It¡¯s so beautiful!¡± Rumia shout as she examined the interior of the house. The house is almost made of glass. You can see the kitchen through the living room because the walls that separate the rooms are made out of glass. ¡°I seriously did not expect this, who would have thought that this kind of design would be this sophisticated¡± I muttered to myself.


    ¡°I think that that¡¯s the restroom, and that one is the bedroom¡­..¡± While Rumia inspect the rooms, she suddenly stopped talking and kept her silent. ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± I asked. ¡°The bedroom is only one¡­.¡± She replied.


    ¡°I do not see the problem though, since it is only one we will have to share it¡± I said. ¡°What! It¡¯s too embarrassing!¡± ¡°I do not see the reason on why it is shameful, anyway since Patrick said that he will be here at eve we have plenty of time to explore the village¡± ¡°Really¡­. You¡¯re not giving me a chance to refuse¡­¡±


    I then use the Sin of Sloth to create an inventory dimension inside my pocket, then took out a small box from it and toss it to Rumia. ¡°What¡¯s this?¡± She said as she tilted her head.


    ¡°Open it¡± I said. As she opens the box, a ring can be seen inside it, a silver one with runes that scribed on it. ¡°This! An engagement ring!¡± Rumia said happily as she tries the ring on her ring finger, after she done that the ring immediately resize itself and fits into Rumia¡¯s finger.


    ¡°Engagement ring? What is that?¡± I asked. ¡°Geez King, don¡¯t be shy. Engagement ring is a thing that you will give to your lover. It¡¯s only done recently though, it is popularize by the Hero of Fortitude when he propose to the Hero of Charity¡± ¡°Heroes? I thought they are missing?¡± ¡°Yes they are, but that thing happened before they went missing¡± She said.


    So there is something that happened to them after they defeat me? ¡°I see. So if it is engagement ring, you will accept it?¡± I asked. ¡°Yes, I will gladly accept it¡± ¡°Then do not take of that thing without my permission¡± ¡°Of course!¡± She said. ¡°But why are you giving me this now?¡± She added.


    ¡°Well, it is because I do not have the time to accompany you right now. You are free to explore this village now¡± I said. ¡°So¡­ why are you giving me the ring again?¡± ¡°Just do not wander too far, also come back before the sun set¡± ¡°You¡¯re ignoring me again! O K I get it, I will return before the sun goes off!¡± Rumia run off as she said that and left the house.


    I look at the ring that I have on my ring finger, it has the same design as Rumia. The reason on why I give the ring to Rumia is to track her. With the help of the ring, I can easily find her whenever she is.


    I think I should contact Cathy for the time being. ¡°Hello Cathy? Can you hear me?¡± I said as I hold the pendant that I wore. ¡°K-King!! Everyone be quite!¡± It looks like she also has a share of problem there. ¡°King, is there something wrong?¡± She asked.


    ¡°Nothing, I just want to ask if there is something interesting that is happening there¡± ¡°HHmmm¡­ Oh right! One of your horsemen came here!¡± She said excitedly. ¡°Really? Did he tell you his name?¡± ¡°Yes! Even if he didn¡¯t tell his name I would still recognize him though, the one who came here is one of the Four Horsemen Pestilence¡± I see.


    So he is still alive¡­. No I would be more surprise if one of them dies. ¡°So did you tell him that I return?¡± ¡°Yes¡± ¡°And what did he say?¡± ¡°He say something like this..Ahem. What! Why he didn¡¯t tell me first! And he¡¯s calling me his best friend! He should at least explain me why he suddenly disappeared! There¡¯s no way he could be defeated by those weak Heroes! He said¡±


    ¡°Weak Heroes? But he also suffered the same fate as I¡± ¡°You¡¯re right King, I also tell him that and after that he immediately became silent¡± Also I never thought of him as best friend, since a servant and a master should have kind of distance.


    ¡°Is that all?¡± I asked. ¡°Yes¡­ Well, I¡¯m only wondering that by the time where talking, he never asks me your location, well it¡¯s not like I know where you are anyway¡± ¡°That? It is because he can find me easily, Pestilence is expert in magics, especially in curse and dark arts so it is easy for him to locate me¡± I said.


    ¡°Whoa, Horsemen are really scary! I¡¯ve heard that Pestilence curse to death a whole Dragon Village! But I doubt that because Dragons are you know, extremely resistance to curse and such?¡± She said. ¡°HHmm¡­ But that rumor is true though, he cursed the Dragon King by making its lung wither and die from suffocation¡± ¡°What! That¡¯s scary! Now that I realize his power, maybe I should have been more polite to him earlier¡± She said.Unlawfully taken from Royal Road, this story should be reported if seen on Amazon.


    ¡°Well, everything is alright though. Even though he looks like that, Pestilence is quite a tempered person, well if its Famine then you should be a dead meat by now¡± ¡°¡­¡­.But my King will definitely protect me right?¡± ¡°Now that I have accomplished my task, I will bid my farewell now¡± ¡°Wait King! You¡¯re ignoring me again!¡± ¡°Take care¡± ¡°Wai--!!¡± The conversation ended.


    Now then, Patrick should arrive right now. I waited for half hours but Patrick still did not arrive. What happened I wonder? Oh I should check Rumia first. I touch the ring with my hand and search for Rumia.


    Hhmm¡­ I said that she have to come back before the sun set. ¡°There she is¡± I finally see Rumia, I see¡­ So she is safe, she is only talking to someone¡­. I see, I get it, I finally now know the reason on why Patrick did not pick me up.


    ¡°Excuse me, King. Patrick said that I should pick you up¡± And then a man who is wearing some clothes with some brown and green mixed and painted on it. (Camouflage) ¡°I see. Then lead the way sir¡± I said.


    He is only the one that is wearing something like this among the soldier that I have seen earlier, and he has a strange thing on his back, although it is identical on the letter L shaped like thing, this one is more big and long


    I thought that I should ask the man about it but decided to keep silence because I now that I will not get any answer. While we are walking, I get the full view of the village. The house is weird and looks small, but the people look happy with it. The orange light from the sun illuminate the houses and the people of the village.


    I could see some children playing some games by themselves. They are holding the replica of the thing that this guy carries. They are pointing it with each other and saying things like ¡°TATATATATATA!¡± And then one of them lay down as if he was dead or something.


    ¡°That is a weird game¡± I then look at the man but he only look at the kids with a warm smile. ¡°We¡¯re here¡± The man said. We arrived at the front of the house. Compared to the house around here, this one is simple. I guess the person who owned this is quite a simple man.


    And then the man led me to the house as we enter it. ¡°King!¡± Rumia greeted me with a hug as soon as I enter the venue. Well, I expect Rumia to be here though. ¡°Oh, Rumia. Why are you here? I told you to come back before the sun set right?¡± I said in a little serious tone. I think that sometimes, I should be strict towards Rumia.


    ¡°Sorry¡­ I¡¯ll never do that again¡­¡± ¡°You better be, because if not I will not sit beside you anymore¡± ¡°What! That¡¯s too cruel!¡± She said as she hugged my waist more tightly. ¡°Then, Why are you here?¡± I asked her. ¡°It¡¯s because Patrick said that you will be here anyway so why not wait for you¡± She replied.


    I then look again at Rumia and then noticed. Rumia already changed her dress. She is now wearing a pink and white dress with small flower embroidered in it. ¡°You look gorgeous Rumia¡± ¡°Hehehehe¡± Rumia put her hands on her face as she laugh bashfully.


    I pat the head of Rumia and said. ¡°Then wait here a little bit Rumia, I have something to do in that room¡± But before I could leave Rumia, the man who led me earlier spoke up. ¡°No, Patrick said that we should take Miss Rumia inside the room¡± ¡°I see¡± I said and then took the hand of Rumia. As we were heading to the meeting place I could hear Rumia humming.


    ¡°HHmm~ HHmm~ HHmm~¡± ¡°You are in a good mood?¡± ¡°Yes! You said earlier that you don¡¯t care about me being dirty, you also give me an engagement ring and not only that you also take my hand voluntarily as we walk. So everything for me is OKAY!.............¡± ¡°I see¡­ then it is good then¡± Rumia immediately cover her reddened face with her left hand. ¡°Forget about that¡± She muttered as she peaks at me.


    ¡°Alright¡± I said and then continue to walk as if nothing happened. We arrived at the huge two doors. Before I could touch the door, it opened itself up ¡°Welcome¡± And inside I could see Patrick wearing a black tuxedo, it is not only him though, around him there is a bunch of good looking woman that wore fancy dresses. The hand of Rumia grasped my hands harder.


    ¡°Welcome, Rumia and King¡± Patrick said. ¡°Now, should we start the transaction?¡± I said. ¡°Yes, now please sit on the chair¡± Patrick said. We arrived at the oval table; I sat on the edge since I do not want to mingle with other humans for now. For some reason, Patrick put a smirk on himself and sat on the other edge of the table but unlike mine, there is another chair besides him.


    ¡®Whoever designed this clearly does not know meaning of balance¡¯ I thought. Rumia then stand next beside me putting his fa?ade. That should be right, since she is the one who manage the store she must take this negotiation seriously. I then took a glance at her and nodded as if giving my approval. It is only a little but I could see a small faint of small in her face.


    And the moment that happen I sense a short but sharp radiance of jealousy in this room but it instantly disappeared like a bubble. Who is it? It is been a while since the last time I play. Well I will definitely know who is it because of the fact that, that jealousy is aimed at me and the one who is triggering it is Rumia.


    For now I will have to finish this transaction first. I know that Rumia is good at this thing, Rumia might not be aware of this but she is a genius. I know that her mother forbid her from getting a knowledge since her mother told me so when I ask her politely, but that does not change the fact that Rumia is quick witted and know what she is doing¡­..most of the time.


    ¡°Uh Um¡­. Now let¡¯s begin the deal¡± Patrick said. ¡®Ahhhh I hope that this will end quick¡¯ that is the last thing I have thought as I let my mind to fly.

 Reincarnated

    Chapter 13 reincarnated


    What¡¯s this? Everything seems so big¡­ When Patrick Martinez opens his eyes, everything he saw is bigger than what they supposed to be. I should be dead right now¡­ He thought.


    Patrick remembered that he died in a traffic incident. Although normal people would think this thing as a strange event, Patrick is acting calm. Patrick knows this, this thing is called reincarnation. Patrick would always read novels about a man being transported to another world, so instead of being scared, Patrick is brimming with excitement.


    It¡¯s the dream of every Otaku in the planet. To be reincarnated in another world. He thought. It¡¯s been only two hours since he arrived at this world but Patrick already had a plan for his future.


    I want to learn magic and swordmanship at the age of 3. He indulges himself in this kind of thought as he grows up. Everything is going according to his plan, he was born as an aristocrat in a distinguish household.


    At the age of four, he mastered all the elementary magic in their respective elements. At the age of six, he defeated the greatest sword man in the town that their family governs.


    And after that, he would always talk his parents to send him to battles against the demon army that¡¯s invading the west at that time. Although his parents would always reject him, they soon give their approval when he shows his talent for magic and swordmanship.


    I will get my recognition and will be successful in this world. He thought. The people around him would look down on him because of his age but Patrick beat them all with ease causing them to shut their mouth.


    And finally, his troops were finally sent to the battle. They were briefed that the horseman that they would encounter is the horseman of war, the men around him trembled but for Patrick, it¡¯s only a stepping stone.


    At the dark and lifeless valley, the war will soon occur between the demon and the human faction. The atmosphere in the human faction is heavy and tense, different from the demon that filled with screams and laughter.


    Patrick too feel a little tense but he soon calm his heart when he look back at all the hard work that he have done just to be in this place. When all of the troops have gathered, two men and one woman appeared at their front.


    All of them are wearing white armor that¡¯s covered in shiny ornaments. ¡°Don¡¯t worry! We will fight alongside with you!¡± The girl said. ¡°Just take it easy alright? Don¡¯t hesitate to run if you think that you¡¯re gonna die¡± The man with a lax appearance said.


    ¡°A-ah, j-just do your best!¡±The timid man said. Although Patrick was not originally not from this world, he recognize this people. Their captain told them that heroes will fight along with them.


    The girl is Justice, the lax man is Hope and the timid man is Faith. Everyone says that they¡¯re the strongest human ever live but¡­ I wonder how strong they are. Patrick thought.


    ¡°ATTACK!¡± Along with the loud sound of horn, the order of the commander is finally given. ¡°¡°HAAAAA!!¡±¡± The men let out a war cry as they rush towards the enemy.


    Because Patrick is on the front, he can freely fight without minding his back. He use his sword chanted with magic to slice the enemy. All of them are getting cut nicely and cleanly. With the help of the other soldier, they finally manage to push back the enemy.


    Without the help of the heroes, we can do this! Patrick thought that because of him, they manage to push back the demons, because of him they are currently winning the war.


    And then, from the above falling from the ground, a huge man has appeared. The man is so big that he has the size of a three bear combined. The man is wearing an armor that only covers the half of his chest, in his left hand he had a great sword and in the right, a huge hammer that¡¯s thick as a tree. ¡°Who are you!?¡± Patrick asked.


    ¡°HHmm? A little kid in a battle field?¡± The huge man said. ¡°I¡¯m asking you your name right¡± Patrick sarcastically replied. ¡°Well, I am one of the four horsemen! I am the one that govern War and the War itself!¡± War proudly shouted.


    When Patrick heard that his heart started to beat faster. If I defeat him¡­ then I would be categorize as a hero? He thought. He gripped his sword harder and run towards to War.


    Patrick thought that because War¡¯s body is so huge, it would be difficult for him to move quickly. Patrick use a fire magic mixed with water to create steam, thus limiting the render of War.


    Patrick aims at the legs of War. But before he can do that, War kick him so fast that he only realized that he¡¯s been hit when he¡¯s flying through the air. WHAT!! And before he could collide with the ground, he was caught by something.


    He then look at his back, he saw the Hero of Hope carrying him around. ¡°You¡¯re good kid, but please leave the Horsemen extermination to the heroes¡± He said as he put down Patrick gently.


    ¡°Retreat! A horseman has appeared!¡± All of the soldier retread after receiving the command. While they are running, Patrick could hear praises that¡¯s coming from the soldier as they run. ¡°Nice one kid! Because of you we manage to go this far¡± ¡°You¡¯re really strong huh¡±This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there.


    But Patrick didn¡¯t mind that, He was now looking at the Horseman and the Heroes fighting.  He saw the Hero of Hope raise his hand, a huge metal has appeared in front of him. They said that the power of hope is to create anything by just imagining. Patrick thought.


    The huge metal soon change its appearance, it became an atomic bomb. Patrick realized this and starts running furiously. ¡°GO BACK! RETREAT MORE!¡± Patrick shouted to the men, maybe the men find it strange that Patrick is panicking, they follow his command and further more distancing themselves to the Heroes.


    They are cheating! They have too much power! One hero alone can defeat the demon king! Patrick decided that he too will retreat and watch the fight from afar.


    Patrick is currently watching the Heroes and the Horseman fight. At first, Patrick thought that it will be an easy victory since the Heroes are overpowered but he soon realize that he was wrong.


    The Horseman is visibly stronger than the Heroes, but the Heroes fulfill the gap by numbers. The atomic bomb earlier was received by the horseman but the effect is only little. The Hero of Faith is fighting head on the horseman.


    By the help of hope being the rear guard and the justice attacking quickly by the side of the horseman, they manage to fight equally. And at this moment, Patrick finally understand that his power is not enough to be recognize, since he thought that everything will go just like in the novel, he never take any of his fight seriously like his going to die.


    But when he saw this battle, both sides are really strong, they are betting their life just to accomplish their mission. He can¡¯t help but to be amaze by the fight.


    The fight is finally reaching its end, the Heroes look like they would lose since they¡¯re running out of stamina. A light suddenly appears from the sky and embrace the Heroes.¡°Wh-what¡¯s happening?¡± Patrick asked. The Captain beside him answers his question. ¡°The priests said that, that light is the real power of the heroes, since the light will only shine when it¡¯s surrounded by darkness, the heroes can only fight with their full potential when they are about to lose¡±


    But the horseman too, suddenly glows in pure black. Unlike the light of the heroes that illuminate everything, the horseman emits a void like radiance that¡¯s sucking everything towards him. And after that, Patrick couldn¡¯t understand anything.


    Only the color of white and black can be only seen in the distance. It¡¯s like a battle between the two colors. Before Patrick noticed it, he became hypnotize by it.


    He regained his consciousness when the battle ended. What he can only see is the heroes lying on the ground, the soldier immediately rush towards them but since Patrick is much superior to a soldier, he¡¯s the first one to arrive at the heroes.


    ¡°Y-You did it!¡± Patrick said in joy. ¡°B-barely¡± The one who replied to him is the Hero of Hope. ¡°But you still defeat him!¡± Patrick said. ¡°Defeat? More like we manage to fend him off this time¡± The hope replied.


    ¡°You didn¡¯t kill him?¡± Patrick said. ¡°No kid, it would take the full force of heroes to surely kill the horseman¡± He replied. ¡°Then how do you suppose to defeat the demon king!¡± Patrick screamed. ¡°We don¡¯t know, maybe luck?¡± The hope said in a sarcastic manner.


    ¡°I-I thought that you guys are heroes¡­¡± Patrick muttered. ¡°Yes we are, but we are also human. There¡¯s a limit on how much power we can gain¡± The hero replied, but the one who said that is the Hero of Justice.


    ¡°No matter how much strong we can get, in the end of the day we¡¯re still human¡± She added. ¡°¡­¡­¡­.¡± Patrick decided to keep his silent. It¡¯s different from what Patrick has thought this world would be.


    They¡¯re fighting for humanity even though they do not have enough power? Even though there¡¯s a big chance of them being killed? Patrick thought. At this time, he decided to tell his secret to the Heroes, maybe he wanted to lighten the burden that these Heroes carries by telling that they¡¯re not alone.


    ¡°I-¡­ I¡¯m like you guys¡± Patrick said. The heroes who have heard that has a puzzled look. ¡°What do you mean?¡± The faith said. ¡°I¡¯m also not from this world¡± Patrick said. The Heroes was looking to Patrick with a surprise expression.


    ¡°What do you mean by that?¡± The hope asked. ¡°I-I¡¯m also from earth, but I¡¯m not transported like you, I am reincarnated¡± Patrick said. ¡°What? So this means that you have a gift like mine?¡± The hope said and he then created a sword on his hand.


    ¡°No, I just learn magic and swordmanship, though it can¡¯t be compared to what you guys have¡± ¡°It must be hard¡± The hope said. ¡°No, I was born as a noble so things are rather easy for me¡± Patrick replied.


    The hope shakes his head while saying. ¡°Not that, it must be hard to not have a cool power like us¡± ¡°What! Kotaro here you go again!¡± The justice butted in their conversation.


    ¡°What! It¡¯s true though, who wouldn¡¯t want such awesome power like ¡®A speed that can cut through everything¡¯ or ¡®As long as one has a will to fight, he will definitely win¡¯ or something like that!¡± The hope stated with pride.


    ¡°S-stop it!¡± The Hero of Justice covers her reddened face as she bent down. ¡°Kotaro-san, it¡¯s embarrassing¡± The Hero of Faith said.


    Although the Hero of Hope said it jokingly, what he said was the truth though. Patrick is indeed jealous on their powers. ¡°So I¡¯m thinking, I will make you my retainer¡± The hope said.


    ¡°Retainer? What¡¯s that?¡± Patrick asked. The Hero of Justice finally recovers and answers Patrick. ¡°Retainer, it means that you will be the under of the hero¡± ¡°So I would be a subordinate?¡± ¡°Hmm¡­ you¡¯re right, but you will gain a power that¡¯s similar to your boss¡± The faith said.


    ¡°Meaning I would get the power of the hero?¡± Patrick replied. ¡°Right, but only a little bit. In my case when you became my retainer, you can create small things like sword and shield or guns or¡ª¡° ¡°Wait! Did you just say gun!¡± Patrick interrupted hope.


    ¡°U-uh I said that¡± ¡°Th-then what about gold?¡± ¡°Ah, it looks like you I don¡¯t explained it well. For the retainers they need the material first to create something, if you want to create a sword then you will need a metal or steel¡± The hope said.


    ¡°Then it¡¯s fine! I will accept it!¡± Patrick said. ¡°Ok! Then let¡¯s hand shake!¡± The hope said as he raised his arms. ¡°Ok!¡± Patrick happily replied.


    ******************************************************************************************


    After he becomes a retainer, Patrick would still communicate to the heroes. Since they were originally from the world earth, the bonds between them are getting stronger and stronger. Patrick helps the Heroes from the shadow, as the retainer of the hope, he can now make guns and such advance weapons.


    He would sometimes get some advice from Kotaro on how to make a machine guns and such since Kotaro is master in making things. And by the time that the Heroes finally manage to beat all of the horsemen and defeat the Demon King, Patrick almost die from happiness.


    He attended the wedding of the Charity and Fortitude, everything was going well to Patrick, he couldn¡¯t ask for more. But one day, the Heroes suddenly disappeared like a bubble, leaving no trace for him to track them.

 Changing the world

    Chapter 14 Changing the world


    Patrick knows the reason why the Heroes suddenly disappeared. It¡¯s because when the Demon King was defeated, the nation all over the world are desperately taking the Heroes to their side, moreover they started to summon Heroes themselves.


    They are now using the Heroes as a utility, and when they noticed that Heroes does not only posses strength but they too have an unbelievable knowledge, they use the Heroes as resource as well.


    Using them to create things, foods and entertainment that anyone in this world couldn¡¯t think of. It¡¯s because of them, summoning Heroes one after another, dragging innocents to their scams!! I will change this! Patrick thought.


    Patrick plans to create a home, where everyone that he knows could live in peace and harmony, where the seven Heroes don¡¯t have to worry about being used.


    Patrick intended to create a new his own territory. But first, I need to have a subordinates, I can¡¯t do this alone. Since Patrick wants to do this in secrecy, he decided to be silent about his parent thus he can¡¯t afford their aid.


    In the novels that Patrick always read, the protagonist always buys a slave. I have the money, but I can¡¯t just buy a slave without anyone recognizing my face because of my fame¡­ I think I should need a mask or something. Patrick thought.


    ******************************************************************************************


    ¡°May I help you Sir¡± A fat man with shady smile greeted Patrick as he enters the shop. The shop has a uncomfortable aura in it, and although it¡¯s covered in a orange flare the dark shadow that¡¯s produced by it is more noticeable than the light itself.


    ¡°A slave¡± Patrick said. He¡¯s in a noble suit, wearing a white mask that¡¯s used in opera. ¡°Of course, please follow me¡± The fat man said. Patrick follows the man, and as they walking, he can hear the cries and murmur of the slaves.


    Patrick is trying his best to ignore it since he can¡¯t possibly save them all, and even if he could set them all free, they will only live their lives more miserable since no one would accept a slave as an employee.


    As they enter the inner room of the shop, Patrick saw a slaves standing in a lined up manner. From men to women, mostly of them are teens or in their prime but you could spot some old and kids wearing the same clothes as the slaves.


    ¡°This is our slaves in this shop, please pick the one that catches your eyes¡± The fat man said. ¡°Ah, if possible, I want someone who¡¯s well versed in economics and such¡± Patrick said.


    ¡°Is that? I thought that you¡¯re finding a sex slave, hhmm¡­. Then this guy over there¡± The fat man pointed at the scary looking man.


    ¡°That guy is a former government official, but he was charged with murder¡± The fat man said. ¡°He¡¯s supposed to be in prison right?¡± Patrick asked. ¡°It seems that the other government officials personally hate him so the sentence of him being imprisoned is downed to being a slave¡± The fat man replied.


    ¡°I see¡­ it¡¯s only him?¡± Patrick said. ¡°Yes, since finding a slave who¡¯s well educated is hard¡± The fat man said. ¡°Then how much is he?¡± Patrick asked. ¡°Ten gold, but since you¡¯re a first time costumer it will be nine gold and five silver¡± The fat man said.


    Patrick¡¯s now that the man is ripping him off but since he doesn¡¯t want anymore problem, he gave the nine gold and five silver to the man, It¡¯s not like I have a problem with money or something. Patrick thought.


    And when they exited the shop, Patrick decided to talk to the slave. ¡°What¡¯s you name¡± He said. ¡°Arnest¡± The man replied. ¡°So you¡¯re good at handling a town?¡± Patrick asked. ¡°Of course, I¡¯m so good that corruption is hard to do in my territory¡± Arnest proudly said.


    ¡°And that¡¯s the same reason why you¡¯re in this status right now, right?¡± Patrick said. ¡°I have no regrets though¡± Arnest replied.


    And this fateful meeting will be the spark of a new hidden village called Anino. Patrick will gather the source and the man power and Arnest will do the paper work. At first, they have to personally help the people in constructing the houses that Patrick designed but they soon gather more power and let the people do the job.


    Most of the people lived here in Anino came from slavery or have a dark past. Although the town is hidden in the forest, bandits would often raid their town and forcing them to fight and because of that, Patrick created a giant bubble like substance using the element of water, air and earth to cover the village.


    Patrick failed many times but he created the bubble and successfully hid the village and now, the people only who comes to the village is only wandering people and lost travelling merchant.


    And one day, another merchant has appeared. He was wearing a black clothes, he has a small girl with violet hair that reaches her neck hugging him. The people alerted Patrick about this.


    ¡°Not this again¡± Patrick muttered, from the looks of it, it looks like they are just lost like any other merchant that cross this land. ¡°Prepare your guns¡± Patrick said.


    When he¡¯s in the village, he would create a different kind of weapons that he could thing off, ever since Patrick was a child, he¡¯s always fascinated by military and robots that he sees in the anime.


    This led to him to collect an unnecessary knowledge about guns. Who would have thought that those things would come into use. Patrick thought.


    And when he finally talks to the merchant, he tries to fend them off with the fa?ade he would often use in the other merchant. But the merchant itself is weird, he would risk his life just to get the girl a new clothes.


    Is he a pedophile or something? Patrick thought. The talk escalated to him trading with him, since he needs a raw material to create more weapons, he decided to accept the request.


    Patrick led them to one of the houses that specially made for the Heroes. Even if they break something in here, I can immediately fix it, and it¡¯s not like there¡¯s another house for them to stay beside this. Patrick thought.


    Patrick return to his normal routine after that, all he have to do is pick them before the sunset so he got a lot of free time in his hand.


    As Patrick walks around the village, he spotted a girl sitting on the rock beside the pond. It looks like she attempted to wash the dirt in her dress but the water only mixed with it and it only make it worse.


    Patrick approaches the girl and greeted him by ¡°Yo, who¡¯re you?¡± When the girl noticed his existence, he looks up at Patrick and lightly said. ¡°I am Rumia Rein¡ªRumia, it¡¯s only that¡± For some reason she decided to cut off her introduction.


    She¡¯s in the same age as me huh? Well that¡¯s only in body though. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± Patrick asked. ¡°N-nothing, I-I just¡­¡± Rumia replied. Patrick ignored that and sat beside her. ¡°So, where¡¯s the merchant?¡± Patrick asked.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ¡°King? Well he said that I could go out a bit¡± Rumia replied. ¡°I see¡± Patrick said.


    ¡°Umm¡­ Patrick right? You¡¯re the one that governs this village?¡± Rumia asked. ¡°You could say that¡± Patrick replied. ¡°Woaw! You¡¯re about the same age as me and yet you can do already rule a village, Patrick you¡¯re amazing!¡±


    At the sudden praise by Rumia, Patrick was left dumbfounded. ¡°I-it¡¯s nothing special¡± He said. ¡°But you know! Ruling a village is not easy! Every noble can be heard complaining on how hard it is to manage people¡± ¡°Yeah you¡¯re right, they would even vent their frustration at you sometimes¡± ¡°I know right!¡± ¡°Eh?¡± ¡°Eh¡±


    In the middle of the conversation, Patrick realizes that Rumia is a noble. ¡°You¡¯re a noble Patrick?¡± Rumia asked. It looks like she too realizes it. ¡°Hahahaha!¡± ¡°Hahahaha!¡± both of them laugh.


    He didn¡¯t know the reason why, but both him and Rumia laugh. Patrick glance at Rumia while they¡¯re laughing, the soft smile on her face, the eyes that has been closed because of laughing is showing her long and violet eye lashes.


    The innocent smile on her face causes Patrick to stop laughing. Rumia notice it and question Patrick. ¡°Is there something wrong?¡± ¡°N-no, I-I just¡­¡± Patrick said.


    ¡°Eh, we were just laughing and then you suddenly stopped, there¡¯s definitely something wrong! Tell me tell me!¡± Rumia said as she niggled at Patrick. You¡¯re too close! Contrary on what Patrick face is showing, his mind is now in chaos.


    What the hell! I don¡¯t like kids! I don¡¯t have that kind of hobby¡­ but we¡¯re in the same age right? There¡¯s nothing wrong in liking a girl in the same age. Patrick thought.


    ¡°We-well, I just thought that you look great Rumia¡± Patrick weakly muttered. ¡°Wha! Sorry if I am dirty!¡± Rumia shouted. It looks like she takes the compliment of Patrick into sarcasm. ¡°N-no I-I am not joking¡± ¡°Hmph!¡± Rumia said as she cross her arms and look away from Patrick.


    ¡°Ah right, King and I agreed that we will give you new clothe right? C-come with me¡± Patrick said. Rumia nodded her head with vigor. No matter how you look at it, she¡¯s still a child, there¡¯s no way¡­ ah that¡¯s right.


    Patrick now knows the reason on why she¡¯s interested in Rumia. Before meeting the Heroes, Patrick was also innocent just like Rumia. So that¡¯s why. Patrick thought.


    They arrived at Patrick house. ¡°Just sit here and wait¡± Patrick said. He was thinking that maybe, he himself will make the dress. Since he received the power from Hope, he tries to do every single thing he can think off.


    ¡°I didn¡¯t know the size of Rumia, it¡¯s too embarrassing to ask a girl her waist line anyway¡± Patrick muttered. ¡°Well, I guess I just need to make it small?¡± Patrick continues to make the dress while hoping that it would fit Rumia.


    ¡°Here it is¡± Patrick said as he tossed the dress to Rumia who¡¯s sitting in the sofa. ¡°This looks cute!¡± Rumia said as she looks at the dress. ¡°I really like it!¡± She said. ¡°T-then it¡¯s good¡± Patrick said. ¡°Then, I¡¯m going to change. Please don¡¯t peep¡± Rumia said as she look for a private room.


    ¡°There¡¯s no way!¡± Patrick screamed. After a few minutes, Rumia returned. The designed really fits her. ¡°It¡¯s good?¡± Patrick said.


    ¡°Yes, everything seems great¡± She replied. Patrick let a sigh of relief when he heard this. Ah! I forgot about King, maybe I should ask Arnest about this. Patrick thought. ¡°Rumia, how about you wait here? King will be here soon¡± Patrick said.


    ¡°But¡­ King said that I should return to him¡± Rumia said. ¡°He¡¯s gonna be here anyway, so way not wait for him?¡± Patrick said as he trying to convince Rumia. ¡°I guess so, I think King will understand¡± She said.


    Patrick let out a smile when he hears this, he then enter the meeting room. ¡°I should prepare meeting room¡±


    While Patrick is arranging the chairs, some idea struck his mind. Rumia¡¯s gonna attend right? He puts another table beside him. Since the table is in oval shape, it¡¯s normal that the most important person will sit on the edge facing each one. And since his subordinate will sit all of the reminding chair, it will be natural for Rumia to sit with him because he has an extra chair.


    ¡°All good¡± He said. The door suddenly opens and one of his subordinate informs him that King and Rumia will soon entering the room.


    ¡°Welcome, Rumia and King¡± Patrick greeted them, for him Rumia is more important so that¡¯s why he acknowledge her first, well one can say that this is also an insult.


    ¡°Now, should we start the transaction?¡± King replied, from the tone of his voice, it seems that he didn¡¯t noticed it. Then he proceeds to his sit, but what comes next surprise Patrick, Rumia stand besides King like a loyal retainer.


    He then noticed the match ring that King and Rumia wears. Something swells up inside Patrick¡¯s chest, like a hot water boiling inside his heart. What¡¯s this? Patrick didn¡¯t know what¡¯s his currently feels but he knows who¡¯s the cause.


    No way. He thought. Patrick took a fleeting glance at Rumia¡¯s face and there he saw that she¡¯s acting quite odd, for some reason she has a smile on her face.


    ¡°Then shall we begin¡± Patrick said. Since he didn¡¯t want any more of this he decided to start the negotiation. But it did not help. To think that Rumia is the one that managing the business! Unlike the innocent appearance that she display earlier, the Rumia right now is a bargaining, clever woman who¡¯s a genius when comes to bartering.


    In the end, due to the shock that Patrick receives, he let out many slip and holes resulting in Rumia¡¯s favor. What a scary child. He thought. ¡°Good work Rumia¡± King praised Rumia, Rumia looks happy whenever she was praised by King.


    ¡°W-Wait, please come to my room¡± Patrick said. I don¡¯t want them to leave just yet! He somehow managed to convince them to accept his proposal.


    After he changed his clothes, he returns to King and Rumia. Since he was the one who invited them, he must be the one who starts the conversation. Well¡­. Are you comfortable with the with the guest house?¡± Patrick asked.


    King pondered for a second and said. ¡°Yes, there is no problem. Everything we need is in that house, one restroom, one living room and one bedroom¡±


    WHAT!! Wait a minute, that¡¯s right isn¡¯t it? Shit now it all back fired to me! ¡°O-one bedroom?¡± Patrick tries to act normal but he just can¡¯t.


    ¡°Yes, I do not see trouble with it though; Rumia and I can share the bedroom since guest should not be picky right Rumia?¡± King casually replied. King is calm and behave contrast to what Rumia is showing.


    ¡°Well, it is about the time we should leave¡± Sensing that the atmosphere has turned awkward, King informs Patrick his farewell. Stop!! ¡°W-wait, you¡¯re leaving?¡± Patrick desperately asked.


    ¡°Yes¡± King replied. ¡°You said that the current house you live in is small right?¡± Patrick said this to make King realize the situation. ¡°I never said that¡± ¡°B-but girls should be separated from men right?¡± ¡°Why?¡±


    This guy! ¡°Because you know? Something might happen with both of them¡± If you can¡¯t take the hint then I will slap it on your face. Patrick thought.


    King kept his silent for a second and said. ¡°Hhm? Are you perhaps worried about Rumia? Do not worry since I do not have any impure thoughts on Rumia¡± ¡°W-well, it¡¯s not only about that though¡± Patrick said. That¡¯s great but that¡¯s not what the answer I need!


    King turned silent again, Patrick¡¯s instinct is telling him that this guy would say an outrageous thing. ¡°Alright I get it, I will assure you that even if there is something that happens I will take the responsibility¡± And there it is!


    ¡°¡°WHAT!!!!¡±¡± Rumia, who¡¯s not letting her existence to be noticed by anyone, shouted with Patrick. ¡°What are you saying King!?¡± Rumia said as she rams her head towards King. And in this moment, Patrick suddenly gets fired up and said.


    ¡°AKIN LANG SI RUMIA!!¡± His mother language suddenly pops up, unlike the Heroes who magically understand the language of this world, Patrick has to learn it while he was an infant. He said that Rumia is just mine in his mother language but since these words doesn¡¯t exist in this world, neither Rumia or King can understand them thus making them baffled.


    But before they can continue their conversation, his subordinate calls out for him. ¡°Patrick! A horde of Ogre is coming this way!¡± ¡°What! Prepare the heavy troops and deploy them to the bunkers! Snipers will stand by!¡± and Patrick replied and instantly left the place.


    ******************************************************************************************


    In the battle field, Patrick magnificently commands his troops. The numbers of ogres are big but they do not have enough power to defeat Patrick and his men. They possess the most advance weapons in this world, with the help of Patrick¡¯s power and the massive raw materials, they manage to create things such as RPG and sniper rifles and mine.


    Everything is going smoothly until a certain man came. He was wearing a mask that resembles a crow, all of him is black. He slays all of the ogres without spilling a blood. This sent shivers down to Patrick spine, he commanded his men to shoot at the man but it has no effect.


    The bullets are disappearing right before it hit the target. What the hell is this! The man finally reaches them but they did not attacked them, and then, Patrick noticed that the man don¡¯t have an intention to harm them.


    This was supposed to be a relief to Patrick¡¯s heart but when he saw the sight of Rumia and King looking from afar, he immediately grabs his machine gun and shoots the man.


    The heavy sound resonate the place but it did little effect on the man. He then took out his combat knife and chanted it with magic. He then chanted his body with buffs. He dashes towards the man with incredible speed and strike the man with haste.


    But all of the hit are just absorbed like a water, the man raise his hands and use magic to Patrick. ¡°R-Rum-ia!!¡± Patrick said.


    No! I don¡¯t want this! If only, if only I have more power! ¡°I¡­ I will definitely sa-save you some day¡­¡± Patrick said while losing his consciousness.


    Rumia, if I get to see you again, I swear that I have enough power to be at your side.

 Pestil

    Chapter 15 Holy land


    ¡°Does my King have this kind of hobby?¡± At the middle of the night, a certain wagon can be seen travelling through the darkness. ¡°I do not get what you mean by that¡±


    Currently King, Rumia and one of the horsemen Pestilence are taking their trip via a wagon. ¡°King¡­ who¡¯s this person¡± Rumia shyly asks King. ¡°Do not worry Rumia, this person does not bite¡± ¡°What! That¡¯s rude!¡± Pestilence loudly retorted at what King said.


    ¡°There¡¯s no need to be loud, we might attract unnecessary enemy¡± King said. Pestilence just shakes his shoulder off and muttered. ¡°As if they can do anything about us¡±


    ¡°Well, since it will going to be a long ride, I will introduce you my companion. Pestil¡ªPestil, Pestil this is Rumia¡± King said. ¡°You should¡¯ve given me a much cooler name¡± Pestilence muttered. ¡°Are you friends with King?¡± Rumia asked.


    Pestilence that¡¯s known as Pestil looks glance at her with a smile and said. ¡°Yes, we are the best of buddies¡± Rumia¡¯s violet eyes sparks in bewilderment. ¡°Even King has a friend!?¡± She said. Pestil put a smile on his face, making sure it is not crumbling.


    ¡°O-of course we¡¯re friends right?¡± He said as he looks at King, but King did not pay any heeds and focus his eyes on the road.


    ¡°That¡¯s unfair, you¡¯ve treated your horsemen coldly but you act more than a father when it comes to this child¡± Pestil grumbled. ¡°Well, it can¡¯t be help. Since Rumia and I have a contract, I can¡¯t afford to treat her lightly¡± King said.


    While the two of them are speak, Rumia can only look in confusion as she doesn¡¯t know what they are talking about.


    ¡°Heeh, is that so¡± Pestil said. He then look at Rumia and said. ¡°So you like King?¡± ¡°Eh?¡± It took more than a second for Rumia to comprehend the question. ¡°EH?!¡± ¡°Shhh, King might hear us you know¡± Pestil said.


    I can already hear you, you know? King thought but he decided to ignore the two since it doesn¡¯t concern him. ¡°So what¡¯s the reason why you like King?¡± Pestil teasingly said.


    ¡°A-No, i-it¡¯s just¡­ I like h-how he looks calm even though the situation is te-terrible and he looks s-strong¡­¡± Rumia said as she put her hands on her reddened face.


    ¡°Hehehehe, Rumia you looks so cute, even that King will be fascinated when he see you in that state¡± Pestil said while smiling. This action causes Rumia to go to the back in the wagon and lay down. ¡°Stop teasing her, she¡¯s just a kid¡± King muttered.


    ¡°Hohoho, so my King is aware?¡± Pestil said. ¡°Of course, I know that Rumia is harboring some kind of admiration to me¡± King replied. ¡°It¡¯s not just admiration though¡± Pestil muttered.


    ¡°Do not worry about it, it will fade sooner or later¡± King said. ¡°My King, I think you should not comment on things that you didn¡¯t experience firsthand¡± Pestil replied.


    ¡°¡­¡­¡­I see¡± King said. Pestil has a point, since King has to trade of something in order to gain his power, he is now unable to feel lust and love, but Pestilence and the other horsemen knows that it is more than feeling that lost to King.


    ¡°My King, is the Tyrant still pestering you?¡± Pestil asked. Tyrant, it¡¯s the name of King¡¯s father. ¡°No, in fact I found it quite strange. Mostly he will whisper something like, ¡®rip his head off or break his neck¡¯ every time I encounter living beings¡± King said.


    Pestil just close his eye lids and let what King has just said earlier. ¡°That old man¡­ so do you think it¡¯s because of the Heroes?¡± Pestil asked.


    ¡°Most likely, in that void where it feels like a hundred years has passed, Father never talk to me or let his presence be perceive¡± King said. ¡°How did this happen? It¡¯s nearly impossible for a soul contract to be torn apart¡±


    ¡°I do not know, but it is thanks to those Heroes that I can finally enjoy the reminding time that is left in me¡± King said. ¡°You say that, but you¡¯re going to live until the fourth generation of this girl dies out¡± Pestil said as she points out at Rumia.Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.


    ¡°Mouh Pestil, what are you saying towards King? You better not be leaking any information¡± She said as she crawls out to King.


    ¡°Man, if Death see this¡­ they will be an abomination¡± Pestil whispered. ¡°But what happened to Patrick and the others I wonder?¡± Rumia asked.


    ¡°I do not know, do you remember Rumia?¡± King asked Rumia as he looks at her. ¡°Umm¡­ Umm¡­¡± Rumia close her both eyes and tries to remember the event.


    ¡°There¡¯s an ogre¡­ bunch of them¡­ then, then, Patrick said that we should get out¡­ and then we encounter this Pestil on the way¡­¡± ¡°This Pestil?¡± Pestil butted in.


    ¡°And then¡± Rumia continued. ¡°That¡¯s it¡­ I hope Patrick and the others are Okay¡± She sighed. ¡°It is Okay Rumia, you remember those advance arrows? It can kill a dozen of ogre that alone¡± King said as he tries to encourage Rumia.


    ¡°You¡¯re right¡­ Owaahhh¡­ I¡¯m sleepy¡± Rumia muttered as she throw a fleeting glance at King. ¡°Go ahead¡± King said. Rumia nodded and use King¡¯s laps as a pillow. ¡°Owaahhh, my King I¡¯m sleepy¡± Pestil said as he imitate Rumia. ¡°You¡¯re a lich, lich does not need any sleep¡± King said.


    ¡°Tehee¡± Pestil said as he tilts her head and slightly hit it with his head with his hand. ¡°You know Pestilence¡± King said. ¡°What?¡± Pestil respond. ¡°I can feel every emotion you want to express, I can feel that you¡¯re smiling or something¡± ¡°And¡± Pestil said.


    King looks at Pestil and said. ¡°Can you tell me how you do that? How can you express your emotion so freely when you¡¯re wearing a mask?¡± That¡¯s right. Pestil is still wearing his mask that resembles crow.


    ¡°Hahaha, I don¡¯t know it myself but you know, as the time goes on everything will look natural on you¡± He said. ¡°I still do not get it¡± King said as he turns his heads to the roads.


    ¡°So, my King is a merchant huh? Where¡¯s the item then?¡± Pestil said as he glances at the back. ¡°It was bought, since most of them are made of metal, they are all bought¡± King replied.


    ¡°So what are you going to sell now?¡± Pestil said. ¡°I am going to do what Rumia has planned, where going to switch to sell spices and such¡± He said. Pestil stopped his movement and look at King. ¡°I also use spice you know?¡± Pestil said.


    ¡°I know that¡± ¡°Of course you know, I stock them in the nose of my mask¡± Pestil said as he point out at the beak of his mask. ¡°Keeps the rotten smell from getting me¡± He said.


    ¡°Where the hell did you get that mask anyway? I do not saw you wearing things like that in the first place, it only begun when the Heroes starts appearing¡± King said. ¡°That, the funny thing is I only wear this because it looks cool. I¡¯ve only known that this mask existed because of the Heroes¡± Pestil said.


    ¡°And now? Does the mask have a sentimental value now?¡± King said. ¡°Yeah, and the best benefits of wearing this is people won¡¯t come to you and ask for a fight¡± He said.


    ¡°You look like some sort of evil entity when you wear that¡± King said. ¡°Haaah¡­ So where are we going anyway?¡± Pestil asked.


    ¡°Ah, we¡¯re going to the religion capital of this Empire, the Tebrar¡± ¡°Eh? You¡¯re gonna mess them up a bit?¡± ¡°Of course not, I have no such hobby. What I only want to see is what the Heroes did to our world¡±


    ¡°Then I¡¯m going to take off the mask huh?¡± Pestil said while scratching his head. ¡°Not really, we could leave you at the carriage¡± ¡°N-no thank you¡± Pestil replied.


    ¡°Then we are going to the Tebrar, I will use the sin of sloth now¡± King said. A portal appeared in their front along with the wild breeze of air. ¡°My King does not really change, using your sin here and there, just like the good old times¡± Pestil said.


    As they enter the portal, the view that they saw earlier is completely changed, they are now walking in the white brick road. ¡°It is all good¡± King murmured.


    They could see a white monolith that reaches the sky. ¡°Who is the one that invade this place again?¡± King asked. ¡°Ah, I think it¡¯s War. War always has an issue with the religions and such¡± ¡°I see¡­¡±


    After sometime, a group of soldier approaches them. ¡°Wait!¡± One of them said. Pestil immediately hid in the back when he saw the soldiers.


    ¡°What is it?¡± King said with a calm smirk. ¡°Who are you?¡± The man who seems the captain of the group questioned King.


    ¡°Well, I am just a beginning merchant¡± King said as he took out his license and show it to the captain. ¡°Fumu, I see¡­ Then who¡¯s the man behind?¡± The captain said, it look likes he noticed the movement of Pestil from the distance.


    And then, from the back, a man who¡¯s in his middle twenties come out, he has a white long hair that¡¯s tied into his back. His stretched eye that gives him a friendly looks suit with his appearance.


    ¡°Ah, King, I think we left the buckle shield in the village¡± The man said in a carefree manner. ¡°It¡¯s alright¡± King said. The captain looks at the two with a suspicious gaze. King noticed it and said. ¡°Ah, he is just my assistant, his name is Pestil¡±


    ¡°Nice to meet you¡± Pestil gently bowed at them. After a minute, the captain gave his approval and let the carriage enter the city. When they finally gained some distance to the captain, King suddenly spoke.


    ¡°I could just use the sin of lust you know?¡± ¡°No, the old man is just doing his job, there¡¯s no need for that¡± Pestil replied.


    ¡°You are so soft on humans¡± King said. ¡°You know I¡¯m a lich right? Means I¡¯m a former human so I can sort of understand them, and don¡¯t call me soft when you have a little girl on your side¡± Pestil retorted.


    King didn¡¯t replied and just run the horse. Am I gone soft? It is true that I take care of Rumia but¡­ it is because she is needed in my business¡­ or is it? King pondered as the carriage travels.