Double trouble.

I came closer to my tutor and Lime and whispered.

"They are C ranks, so we have absolutely no chance against them. Do any of you spells that could slow those guys down?" We are all F rank, the lowest, and the ranks go in alphabetical order, with a being the highest. There is an exception to this, but more on that later. There some more trivial matters to discuss at a time like this.

"Don't even think about running away from us. Hand over the girls and we will leave you alone, brat." That manner of talking pisses me of a lot, but I can't show that I'm annoyed or angry.

"Is that true? Will you really not hurt me if I hand them over?" I just have to pretend that I'm stupid until it's time to run.

"Of course, who do you think we are?! My rank is C, so I have my pride, unlike you. That is why, hand the over before I get angry!" What a guy, he is so easy to manipulate. And his look speaks for itself. He's the "all muscle, no brains" kind of guy. And he is bald. Not that I have something against bald people, but it just makes him look more barbaric, in a way.

And then, there is his friend, who looks almost the same, but taller and less wide. They make a perfect couple.

"I can cover the floor with a thin lair of ice to make it slippery, I think that will work on them because they are already drunk, so their stability should be questionable." Suggested .. still don't know her name. Let's call her "Tutor" for the time being.

"Alright, on my command, you put down the ice. Lime, right after the ice is formed, discombobulate the short one with a slap on both ears, using both hands. That will make him fall for sure, and when we bait the tall one into a secluded space, all three of us gang up on him. Ready?" That was a lot to say, so I had to pretend like I'm telling then that I will be giving them away for the night, and other stuff like that. Those guys sure are easy to fool.

"Come on, I don't have time to waste on a little brat like you." He got bored of waiting, exactly what I was waiting for.

"I'm really sorry, but I have no choice." I said, and at the same covered my face. It's really difficult to hold down a laugh but I have to do my best. A deep breath.

I pushed Lime towards the short dude, and Tutor followed lime from behind.

"NOW!!" I scream really loudly, to confuse the two adventurers.

Lime did just as she was told, and the shortie started to wobble a lot. Then followed the ice, and he fell to the ground with a loud clank from the armor.

"Can you catch us now, retard?" I taunted the other one, and he started running after us, just as planned.

As we ran into the same valley where I killed that trader, I heard the voice of the short one.

"FUUUCK, my heaaad!" I guess he fell down head first, huh.

Tall dude finally reached us, after which I grabber the dead merchant's illusion knife, to pull the same trick that he did on me. It was an enchanted knife, as I later found out.

He tried to hold the knife from behind, making the same mistake as me.

"Agh, what the hell!" He decided to ignore the pain, just like I did when I fought the shady merchant, but I was ready for that, unlike the dead merchant.

When he reached for me with his other hand, I took out a second dagger, the one that the merchant pressed against my neck, and stabbed him right in between his legs. That was the unprotected but of the armor, so don't call me sadistic. It had to be done.

"Let me put you out of your misery, will ya? Well, you don't have much of a choice, it seems. But why should I care? That's right, no reason, so see ya in hell." I couldn't stop smiling, no matter how much I tried.

"You're a fucking demon!! Don't touch me!" He squealed like a pig, which was rather fitting for his look.

"Now, now. Don't go around calling nice people bad things, alright?" I said in my usual nice tone with my usual kind smile.

He started shaking even more, and the screaming got out of hand, so he had to be stopped.

I started shaking in excitement, but I took control of myself thanks to the ability [cold-blooded].

Once nice and even slice, and his head is rolling on the ground.

{experience gained + 100}

{experience gain multiplier due to level difference: X17}

{total experience gained + 1700}

"Hahahaha, It was really hard to kill you in a single cut, you do realize that I could have left you there, in agonizing pain. Be thankful up there, in hell, okay?" I finally managed to calm down, and I looked behind me. Lime was there with her usual blank face, but Tutor didn't look so good.

"Wait! No! don't hurt me, I didn't do anything bad to you." She started crying and shaking on the ground.

"You don't have to worry anymore, I put him down." I said, with a bit of confusion mixed into my voice.

"No! No!! Don't touch me!" This time it was clear. She was afraid of me.. but why?

I looked over at lime with a confused face, and she pointed at me with her finger.

"That smile looks horrifying, Master." She said with poker face.

Crap, so I look scary to her? I guess there was no way to know that, because Lime never reacts in any way unless I tell her to do so. I slapped myself pretty hard, to finally erase the smirk, and it worked.

I guess saying something like "Don't worry" when the other person thinks you want to kill her isn't very convincing.

Good to know.

Let's try this again, but with a slightly more "normal" expression.