CHAPTER 33- A troublesome trip. Part 2.

CHAPTER 33- A troublesome trip. Part 2.

(Pov- Max.)

"You are... going to run?"

"I want to get in shape. Wouldn't you like to have a handsome boyfriend?"

Violet hugged me tightly. I admit that I like her, although I feel a little bad for being older than her.

"You're cute just the way you are!"

"Thanks, but I really want to get in shape. I have a couple of extra kilos that I want to disappear. You are very well, you have a nice body, but I don't. I joined a gym. I need to increase my muscle mass."

"Let me accompany you."

A little company would do me good.

"Thank you."

I decided to start exercising on the Goddess's orders. Honestly, I don't know very well if it is very necessary. Personally, I prefer to improve my magic first and then worry about my body and strength, but orders are orders, and I must respect the orders of my Goddess.

All day I was exercising. Three hours in this world and 24 hours in the other. To be honest, if it wasn't for the healing potions I bought, I'd already be dead... Well, "bought" is a way of saying I stole them. A group of bandits killed a merchant, I was too late to save him, but I arrived in time to prevent them from raping the "merchandise". When I arrived on the scene, the bandits were raping the merchant's wife and trying to open the cages to rape the slaves as well. Yes, a slave trader. I stopped caring about his death when I realized that. I felt sorry for the wife, but at least she managed to survive.

The Goddess forbade me to have pity towards people who did not deserve it. If I didn't kill the bandits, she was going to take away my magic and kill my girlfriend. I had to do it. I kill them.

Though... For some strange reason, I tortured the bandits who raped the merchant's wife... I acted in a strange way. I was enjoying it... That was weird, but I better not think about it. The merchant's wife was traumatized, for obvious reasons. It hurt a little to see her like this, but I couldn't go back in time to prevent her rape.

I freed the slaves. I only freed those who were not criminal slaves. I did not release people who committed murder.

They all went their own way and left. Ah, yes, and I stole the healing potions that the merchant had. And this.

"A cute miniature dog. So adorable."

A dog so small, it fits perfectly in my right hand. I found it in one of the cages. The cage was also tiny. The merchant's wife told me that it was a dangerous monster, that I should be careful with this animal, but I don't see how dangerous it is. What I liked the most about this dog are its little horns.

A demon dog. Wow, wow. If I train this dog will it become powerful? Ah, the important thing is to name it.

Mmm... Ah, that's right, I have to check if it's male or female.

I checked the intimate part of this animal and the dog immediately began to shake. Don't worry, I'm not sick, I just want to see if you're male or female.

"A female, huh?"

You are female. Mmm... What shall I call you...? I know. I'll call you: Sylphie. A name often used for Elves. A fairly characteristic fantasy name is cute.

"Do you like the name Sylphie? I hope so, that will be your name..."

I put my head to one side. She threw a ball of fire at me. Wow. No wonder she was considered dangerous.

That's why the merchant's wife told me not to take away the necklace she had. Well, too late, I took it off.

I gave her a little tap on the forehead with my finger.

"Hey, hey. I will give you food and a home. At least treat me well."

I would like to show her to Violet. She is very fond of dogs.

But all in good time. The Goddess told me that I could not tell anyone for now about my work in this world. When I tell her, she will surely be surprised. I already want that day to come.

For now, I will concentrate on training this little friend.

"Oh."

Sylphie is quite aggressive. She's growling at me.

"Look."

I created a whip.

"Imagine that the trunk of that tree is your butt."

I hit the trunk with the whip and took a good part of its wood.

Sylphie freaked out and started trembling in fear.

"That would be your butt if you misbehaved."

I hit the tree again and snapped it in half. It fell to the ground and I patted Sylphie, who wouldn't stop trembling. Oh, she's even crying. Don't worry, Sylphie, I would never do that, I just want to scare you.

"And that'll be your ass if you keep growling at me. Will we be friends and you will not treat me badly? If you treat me right, I'll treat you right."

Sylphie quickly nodded. Oh, wow, wow. She is smarter than I thought. Today was my lucky day! A furry friend will help me not feel so lonely in this world.

"Do you want to go for lunch?"

She was thrilled at the idea and jumped up and down with joy.

"Yes, you are very skinny. You need to eat. Come on, I'll fatten you up and then..."

I showed her my fangs and again she is trembling with fear.

"I will eat you."

She began to screech like any fearful dog. Fufu. Her reaction is quite adorable.

"Don't worry, it's just a joke. I would never eat a friend. Let's eat."

I wonder if there will be different human species. I've only seen humans.

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(Pov- Dreimo.)

Our first stop. A small town near the sea. Most of its inhabitants are dedicated to fishing, so it is not uncommon to see stalls selling fish.

I was going to go investigate the source of that great magical power, but I can't let Meimik find out about me. Honestly, as long as nothing happens to Yuik, I don't care if some monster is loose out there. This world was made for humans to somehow survive. If one day a Demon King returns, automatically the "Hero" job will appear again in the world. No danger that cannot be exterminated will exist in this world... Well, there are some exceptions. Me, for example. If I want, I can travel to the world I want and conquer it. No one can defeat me. In the past, I had to defeat three legendary heroes to gain complete freedom to do whatever I want. It was the most difficult battle of my life, I will not deny it, but I managed to win. Now I have complete freedom and can do whatever I want in whatever world I want.

As far as I know, only I have achieved that freedom. In the other universe, where that "Daniel" lives, the one with the most perfect soul, there was another human who has achieved what I have achieved. I think his name was Dreiko. Our names are similar, but that's it, I'm not his reincarnation. The souls of the universe of the supreme God cannot enter the universe of his sister, the supreme Goddess.

But what makes us different is that he committed suicide and I want to go on living. Why did he kill himself? I don't know.

Well, the important thing is that there is nothing in this world that cannot be killed. The heroes still exist, so they will take care of any danger. But I'm surprised that Meimik is still by my side and hasn't decided to go find out what happened.

Why was she away from the others?

"Eat this, Meik."

I offered her a skewer with a grilled fish.

"T-thank you."

She took it and took a bite.

I started eating mine and we kept walking through this place.

I kept talking about different topics and although Meimik seems like the usual shy and kind girl I knew, she is worried about something. I tried to ignore that for over 20 minutes but it just won't go away. I must be a gentleman and ask her.

"By the way, you look pretty bad. I sense concern in you. Something wrong?"

"N-no... I-it's nothing... It just that... W-well... I... I lost my friends recently... I lost all my only friends, so talking to you makes me feel like I have a friend again."

Well, it's been more than three days since we started our trip, and we haven't stopped talking. Although she suspects that I am the hero Dreimo, if I were not me, it would not matter, she would still see me as a friend. I have not looked at her in a lustful way nor do I have other intentions. That's pretty reassuring for someone like Meimik.

"It's quite fun talking to you, Meik. I would love to be your friend. I don't have many friends, so I appreciate you seeing me as a friend."

"Don't you have many friends? You're quite funny, Dreimo. I thought you would have many friends."

Fun, huh? That's a personality I invented to leave behind my expressionless and boring version.

"I guess I'm just not good at talking to people."

I caught an arrow unconsciously. Ah... Someone was aiming the arrow at Meimik. The arrowhead is just inches from her left eye.

Meimik was going to catch the arrow too, after all, she is still a hero. An attack as simple as this is easy for us to stop.

And since the two of us made the same movement, our hands touched, causing Meimik's shy personality to fully come out.

She turned completely red and looked away.

"Th-th-thank you f-for s-saving me!"

Trying to pretend you couldn't catch it yourself, huh? By the way, you're adorable and all, but someone's trying to kill you, you idiot.

"S-sorry, my body moved on its own!"

Ah, pretending to be shy is hard.

Mmm... I found him.

I started running towards the source of the attack... This way... I jump over this little building... I lower and land in front of the attacker.

"A boy, huh?"

A little boy, probably an orphan.

When he saw me, he started crying and put his head on the ground.

"T-they forced me, sir! I did not want to do it."

They didn't force him, so they probably offered him money for this.

"Who hired you? Answer me."

"A-a fat man told me that I should kill a woman with the characteristics of that woman."

Oh, I see. I doubt anyone normal will discover Meimik. The [Evaluation] is a skill that can be obtained with certain requirements, but the [Evaluation] skill, which measures people's skills and information, is an exclusive skill for heroes. The Adventurer's Guild has devices that mimic [Evaluation], but people can only be evaluated if they want to.

Meimik was targeted because she was mistaken, not because she is the hero.

"You're telling the truth, kid."

"W-Will you let me go?"

With eyes full of hope, he looked at me. He hopes to get out of this situation unscathed, without receiving punishment for his actions, but...

I put my hand through his chest and destroyed his heart.

"Eh?"

"I hope your next life is better."

He spat out blood and fell to the ground, dead.

We are in an alley, no one saw me. I am safe. Well, even if someone saw me, I just have to kill him and that's it.

"Your soul was black."

I won't let someone so evil live. I would give you a chance to change your life, but you tried to harm a person as pure as Meimik. I don't forgive that.

I looked at his corpse... The corpse of a small child... A little boy.

"Mom, help me please!" "Get away from me, monster!" "No, I don't want to eat my little brother! Be merciful!" "Leave my sister! She's crying! Stop putting your thing in her!"

"So many voices..."

"Nooooo! Get away from me!" "Monster!" "M-my skin! My skin is melting!" "It hurts! Leave me, please!"

So many innocent children have lost their lives because of me... I've killed so many, I've lost count.

"Ah... Little by little... Little by little."

I put his corpse in my [Magic Storage] and cleaned the blood with my magic.

Well, I'm clean. I murdered an 8 or 10 year old boy, but he deserved it. I know it's wrong, but...

"Honestly, I don't care."

I went back to Meimik and feigned tiredness.

"S-sorry, Miss Meik, he ran away."

"Ah... D-don't worry, t-thanks for saving me!"

A fat man... I think I have work to do.

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(Pov- Max.)

"Good, good. Eat."

Sylphie really was very hungry. Poor creature. She must have suffered enough.

Mmm... I don't think it's a good idea to take her to a vet, and I doubt anyone in this world knows how to check the condition of a demon dog.

For now, I will concentrate on improving her condition.

"Well, I must return to my world. According to the Goddess, time will advance the same way in both worlds when I am in the other. I'll be back tomorrow, don't run away."

I showed her my fangs.

"You might regret it if you run away."

Hehe. Her scared reaction is adorable.

"Okay, you know what to do. If you treat Sylphie badly, I'll take away my protection. Understood?!"

"Y-yes, master!"

I found a family of Ghouls camping in this forest, so I tamed them. I am the King of the Ghouls, after all.

I get them food and materials, and they do what I tell them.

The family consists of 5 Ghouls. Grandparents, parents and daughter. The Ghouls of this world are human, but they have completely black eyes, pale skin, and black hair. Another of their characteristics is that they are huge. Two meters high. I am small next to them, but I am more powerful than them and they are afraid of me.

I have to show superiority so they don't try to take advantage of me.

My Little Ghoul Village will start with this family, but I plan to expand it. I'll build an army just for fun, I don't plan to have them fight Dreimo, I know they're no match for him.

I'm just curious what it feels like to have a city ruled by me.

"Do you want something? Take advantage of the fact that I am being generous today."

The parents looked at each other and the father approached me.

"C-could you get us more of that food? T-the one you gave us last time."

Oh, you mean the pizza I gave you. I wanted to check if they could consume the food of my world.

"Mmm... Sure, I'll bring you more. I will also teach you how to cook it."

"S-seriously?! Thank you very much, master!"

Their bodies look pretty well trained, I doubt they'll get fat, but just in case I'll give them a warning later.

"And found more Ghouls?"

"Yes, Master. There is a village, not far from here, but they are more... More dangerous."

"In what way?"

"They have human slaves and I saw one of them defeat a Troll with his bare fists."

Human slaves... He told me that because he thinks I'm interested in having slaves. No thanks, not interested

But the fact that they can defeat Trolls with their fists is quite interesting. The Trolls almost left me dead when I first faced them. I had to run away from them and attack them from a distance to kill them. In a fist fight I will lose, I must have a good strategy to win.

"Do you feel ready to train?"

"Of course, master!"- They all said at the same time, with a military salute.

Grandparents look just as young as parents. I understand that they stop aging at 30 and live 300 years. Interesting. It depends on the breed. There are different types of Ghouls, but that doesn't matter now.

"Come back tomorrow. Rest well. Good bye."

Having a little fun is not so bad.