Chapter 18

"Hachachachacha!" I take my hands off of him and wave it around, trying to put out the fire on my hands. 

"put it out! Put out! Please!" I swing it around and eventually the fire puts off.

"Haaaaaa" I sigh in relief. That was scary, why was it on fire? Did he do it? I look at the Linfu guy to see if he was the one. I grab him and slam him onto the table.

"Did you do that??" I ask Hina straightforward question.

"Yes. Who else would have iced your body?" So it was him, "If it weren't for your stupidly strong fire power I would have froze you to death!" My strong fire power?!

So it wasn't him? The whole room full of people are all amazed to have seen me do something like that. Honestly, I am even more surprised than them but even more confused of what is really happening?

But first, I need to take care of him. He decided to straight up kill me by literally freezing me death, so I will just do something little to even it between us.

I pull him backwards again but this time I take ahold of his head, "What?" He seems confused and I could not blame him but that will be his final words before he gets some sleep.

I slam his head straight onto the table, "Aargh!" He bounces back due to the force and I take the beer glass that he had spilled earlier and….

*Whack* I swing the glass sideways and hits his head. I guess I had hit him too hard, the glass shattered into a million pieces and leaving him knocked out on the ground.

"Well I guess I have to pay for that now" I straighten up my coat and collar.

"Hey big guy." I turn to the the huge guy standing there holding Laraye's collar all this time, it seems that he hasn't let go of his hold. "Your friend here, um…. Is knocked out. He didn't put up much of a fight. Would you mind letting the kid go?" I request to him.

"Wh-who are you?" He seems to be surprised that I beat his friend over there, and so am I. I still don't know what that fire was but my hands didn't have a burn, not even a scratch. 

"You will die here!!!" He tries to approach me.

Maybe he thinks he can defeat me with brute force. Hmmmmm?

Why did the guy slow down while running? I look around and see everyone react really slowly. Why is everything in slow motion? I notice something else, the big guy's hand that he is going to punch with has that wavy flames too. But it is of a yellow colour.

Last time the Linfu guy had blue colour flames and his power was ice, so blue indicated the power he had. Analysing the situation the big guy has concentrated his power to his fists.

As long as I don't allow him to land a punch, I am safe.

I try to move and I find myself still in normal speed. That's weird, so everyone is in slow motion but I can move normally? I don't know who is doing this or why but let's use this to our advantage.

*Whooosh* I dash forward towards him at quick pace that he is surprised, "What are yo-?"

I don't let him have time to react. "Hiyaaa!" I punch him in his stomach, making him lean forward.

Perfect. Not waiting for him to make his next move, I quickly throw an uppercut with my right fist. He seems to be almost out but I am not done.

I spin for a 360 and land a reverse roundhouse kick landing straight to his face. 

His lights are out, he falls backwards, "Woa-woa-woah!" I quickly catch him by the collar to prevent him from falling, "I can't afford to pay for a broken table too" I pull towards a vacant area with no furniture and he falls over.

Man that kick certainly was a finisher. I didn't think that would have been enough to knock out someone as big as him.

But that flame and fire is really bothering me. I should do research on that later on.

"You kids okay?" I ask Laraye and the waitress. They seem to be lost for words after seeing that. The other guys are afraid to fight me I guess.

"Take your friends and get out of here." I say to one of the sidekicks.

"YES!!" He hurriedly takes the knocked out guys and leaves. 

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap* "Huh?" 

The people at the diner started clapping for some reason and they seem to be directed towards me. I lower my head slightly to them.

Everyone is applauding me, maybe it is because I beat them up. 

"Woah!! Way to beat Chaedo!!"

Yeah I seem to have hit the mark. They are indeed applauding because I beat up the big guy. 

"*Talking in low voice* Who is that?"

"Doesn't he look cool?"

"Man you are awesome!!!"

Was he that strong to begin with? I mean I did not find him to be that much strong or powerful. I had a even harder time dealing with the Linfu guy than what I had with when I fought the big guy, Chaedo.

But it sure seems to be like I got all of their attention in some way or another. I really don't know if that is good or bad. Maybe I should just stop worrying about that and focus on the matter at hand.

I have a ton of questions knocking on the door to my thoughts but I set them aside for now. I turn to the girl, by her appearance and what she was doing earlier I am certain that she is a waitress.

"Hey," I was going to begin my sentence,

"Yes! What is it?" She asks and I didn't even say anything to begin with. I guess she is still shocked by what happened. 

"May I know how much does a beer glass cost?" I ask her.

"?" She seems confused.

"I would like to know how much does the beer glass you guys use here cost." I make it more clear for her to understand.

"Oooh… it costs nine or ten silver coins, I guess." She replies to my question.

"Aa, Sir!" Laraye stops me while I was reaching for my wallet, "You do not need to pay for the beer glass. We will cover it." 

I guess he is trying to be nice. I get that, in a situation like this it is understandable but I broke the glass knowing full well that it was going to break into pieces. So I should pay.

"No no, Laraye. I shall pay for the broken glass and the fuss that I have caused here." I take out a ten and five silver coins and try to hand it to him, "Here is fifteen silver coins, buy a better glass maybe."

"Sir, I ca- can't take these." He still refuses to take the money.

"Of course you can," saying that, I take his hand and put the coins and curl his fingers, "consider it as a token of appreciation for the food and services."

"Thank you sir." He seems to be very happy.

I turn to girl and she seems intimidated.

"Young lady," I start…

"Yes!" She is still startled.

"Is it possible to get another beer? I could not quite enjoy the taste last time." I ask for another round of beer. Well it is true, I just had a sip before and could not finish let alone drink half of it. It tasted delicious, so I wanted to finish a glass.

"Yes, sir! It is possible to get another round. I will go get one right away."  She says and is quite ready to dash off to get the beer when I stop her before she leaves.

"Wait…" I say to her and turn to Laraye, "Do you drink beer,lad?" I ask him.

I needed to sit and have a chat with him. I am new to this world and he is an adventurer who seems to know quite a few things on what happens and what exactly is going on. 

I was thinking that I could handle this on my own but that does not seem to be the case now. What I experienced earlier was not something that I could just use words to explain rather it was something quite unbelievable and impossible yet... 

I saw it, I saw some strange things flowing from the body of the Linfu guy and from the fists of the Chaedo guy.

It would have been impossible and I would not have believed it even if I saw with my own eyes, if I was on Earth….. But I am not. 

I am not on Earth, I am at a world where I got literally no clue of what is happening. And that is why I need to sit down and get all information I have little by little. 

Even if it takes me years to completely learn about the nook and cranny of every place and every living proof of secrets of everything present in this world, I will do it.

"Um...No sir." Laraye replies to my question.

"Why not?" I go ahead and ask another one. 

"I am a minor, Sir." He says.

"Oh, a minor, eh. May I ask how old are you?" I ask for his age. I want to see if the age of becoming an adult varies in this world.

"Yes, you may ask for my age sir, it's nineteen and I will be able to drink beer a year from now. Not that I will drink beer." He laughs slightly.