Legend of the Fire breathing Demon

Souta woke the next day and went to go and collect his eggs, he had great hopes for this weird looking bird.

Souta had come to learn there would be no eggs and glared at the bird causing it to shrink back nervously.

Resigning himself to the porridge again he went and set the pot on the fire and drew his water, loading the pot with rice and meat he sat and watched it until it started to bubble. He was broken from his concentration by a commotion coming from outside. Stepping out he saw people lining up at the entrance to his yard.

'What the hell is going on' thought Souta

Walking out to see what was causing this he discovered Ginjuro and Liam, he stared at the two with their backs to him.

"Fellow disciples it is not wise to displease Brother Souta, he is the incarnation of fire who has descended upon the mortal realm to cleanse evil using his demonic flames" said Ginjuro fanatically

"It is true, we are devout followers of Brother Souta making us privy to many of the details. The only way to prove your sincerity is to offer tributes to Brother Souta, we will handle the process of delivering them to Brother Souta" said Liam with greed in his eyes.

"I don't think that will be necessary and who are you calling brother" said Souta causing the two to freeze mid speech.

"Of course Lord Souta" said Ginjuro giving a look to Liam to keep going

"Lord we were merely gathering the tribute that is to be given to your greatness oh mighty fire lord forgive us for our insolence" said Liam kowtowing to Souta

Souta couldn't believe he could ever meet such shameless individuals, taking a light breath he raised his hand and a unnoticeable spark came to life as the two were taken in by the flames though not as powerful as before it still got his point across and would serve as a good demonstration to all these gathered disciples.

The two shameless fools rapidly danced to put out the flames that had engulfed them.

"Thank you for your mercy Lord" said Ginjuro with sincere gratitude, he had seen what the aftermath of the real power of those flames were.

"Lord you are so kind to us" said Liam remembering what happened to those who had experienced that fire the previous day

The disciples who had just seen this were in awe of such a terrifying ability and started remembering the words of two, quickly people began to run and gather something they could offer as tribute.

When the crowd had fully left in their search he looked at the two who were still bowing in reverence.

"Now what is the deal here" asked Souta looking at them

"We were just trying to let everyone recognize your greatness Brother" said Ginjuro standing up

"Yes, we thought it would be wise to let others know of our affiliation with such a grand being" said Liam also standing.

Souta sighed and shook his head, as people began returning with an assortment of goods.

"Lord Souta we offer this tribute in your name" said the first person laying a bottle of pills at Souta's feet.

"Lord Fire demon we thank you" said another offering produce

Finally came a haggard looking disciple who smelt heavily of alcohol, he offered a couple jars of the stuff.

"Lords I once heard demon's like yerselves enjoy alcohol more then we mortals" said the disciple slurring his words a bit

Souta was actually under stocked of alcohol, he needed high quality alcohol to produce his little fire breathing trick.

"Indeed" said Souta subconsciously as he took a sip and widened his eyes.

"This is good stuff" said Souta amazed

"Thanks yew LOrds" said the disciple stumbling off the stage

Souta was holding the jars closely, as he returned to his yard and dumped the jars into the slit on his waist, after finishing he stepped outside to collect the rest of his tribute.

Meanwhile the crowd had seen the way Souta had clutched those jars like it was a great treasure.

'So Lord Fire Demon prefers alcohol' thought those disciples as they kept this in mind for the next time they would pay tribute while less observant disciples were focused on other rumors of demons they heard.

Souta returned and looked at Ginjuro and Liam before motioning with his eyes to the tribute, getting the hint they collected the tribute and carried it into his yard.

"I thank you for your tribute, it pleases me to see the world of mortals has prospered to sow such respectful sons and daughters of the heavens" said Souta playing along with this odd idea they had of him being a demon.

The disciples bowed in unison and watched Souta turned around and closed the door to his yard, seeing he had left they began dispersing to continue what they were doing.

Meanwhile Souta and the two fools were staring at the assortment of goods before them.

"I can't believe something like this actually happened" said Souta looking at the things that were brought.

Seeing the profits from playing this type of charade, he thought maybe he should do something more to play the part and he had an idea of what he should do but he really wasn't looking forward to it, at least he had Bottomless bags to spare.

"Um Brother" said Ginjuro hesitating

"Here" said Souta tossing the two a few gems each making them grin crazily.

"Thank you brother" said Liam smiling a like a buffoon.

Souta didn't say anything and the two left smiling brilliantly.

Souta looked through the goods sorting them into food stuffs to valuables and finally pills and other training supplements, bagging those and the valuables Souta stared at his arm before heading into his personal room and beginning another round of self mutilations.