Looking For Trouble

After a bad reunion with rito, I went outside the inn to explore. My objective for today is to save someone and receive a "thank you". If I want to get stronger, I should pull more gacha, and I remember how phoenix works.

Then I went into the local markets, back alleys, and various other places to find if someone is in need of help but in Alastar, law and order is pretty tight, maybe that's the reason that people here are not bullying an outsider like me. 

It was already afternoon and still no sign of crime.

[Well, if I cannot get another skill, let's just train with what I have right now]

As long as I can remember I have always wanted to be strong, for that reason I have been training my body and martial arts. Let's try to mix that with my fabrication skill. At the back side of the inn, there was a big empty space where usually no one goes, so I decided to train here. After training until evening, I was starting to get hungry, so I wiped my sweat and was gonna leave the place but rito arrived there.

"You, why are you still here"

"I am also staying at the same inn" I replied

"Huh, staying here? why would you be staying here in Alastar?"

"That's none of your business" I don't have to be polite if he is being so rude

"Don't mess with me, I know. You are planning to give entrance exams for Ult right."

"So what if I am"

"Shut up, not anyone can get admission in it. Only great talented ones like me are welcome there. I don't know what trashy skill you got that day but you will fail anyway. Just choose another academy made for the losers like you"

"We will see about that"

"I don't care, just leave this place, it's my secret training area"

"Well, I am already done. You can go ahead" I left while saying that

Next day, when I woke up hearing an uproar outside. I went to check, I saw rito arguing with the inn lady who sits at counter.

"What's the commotion this early in the morning" I said while interrupting them

"Doesn't concern you, get lost" rito yelled

"I wasn't asking you. I was asking her, what happened ma'am"

"Oh, son this guy had only paid for 2 days, he has already exceeded the time limit and wanting to stay without paying" she said

"Why someone as great as me should pay for staying at this shabby inn, you should be honored that I am staying here, you old fart" rito yelled in disrespectful tone

"This is not a private inn. It is provided by government, if you won't pay soldiers will kick you out" I explained to rito

"Peiji, you are really looking for trouble now, I have been ignoring you since the day you came here but you just keep pestering me. Now, do hate me for this" 

After saying that, he hardened his fist and punched me right in the face, it was so hard like a metal rod hit me and I fell to the ground with my cheek turning into tomato.

"You insolent, don't take out your anger on him, are you okay Peiji-kun" old lady asked in worry

"Yes, I am okay" I stood up while saying that

"An eye for an eye" I said and made an iron gauntlet for my right hand by waving my left on it and punched rito right in his face but he didn't even flinch

"Hahaha, you can't hurt me with that stupid skill of yours. I AM UNBREAKABLE"

he shouts and grab my hand with which I hit him and throw me. Then he dashed towards me and break the inn walls through me. We were on the third floor, I cover myself in an armor to survive the impact. When we fell rito was on top of me while I was lying on the ground, without any second thought, he hardens his whole body and start punching me in the face, the helmet I made before with the armor was about to break after few punches and I couldn't repair it with my skill because he pressed both of my hands with his knees.

[Shit, he is too strong or am I not strong enough]

"Take that, now you see the difference between us, huh. Ever since I can remember, you were always better than me at everything. My old man used to lecture me to become like you. Even kaya was more interested in you than me. But now, now everything is reversed wealth, women, fame I can get anything with this power now. I am the best" he kept blabbering

[hmm, I didn't knew that he was this type of a person, so kaya was interested in me, that doesn't matter right now, lets just get rid of him for now]

If I cannot injure him, I can still push him away from me, I absorbed quite a lot of trees beforehand, so I have plenty of wood, thin pillars started coming out of my hands which pushed rito's knees and he went up in the sky, since I had gauntlets on my hands, the weight didn't harm me. I made 2 pillars of around 50 meters height, one from each hand.

"Oi Peiji, what is this cheap trick, fight me fair and square, you bastard" he was yelling from up there

Meanwhile, I got up and cleaned my clothes.

"You think you got me. I can just jump from here without getting hurt" 

"I know that your body is strong, but your brains are that of a chicken, look at your knees" I said

Then he realized that I had already made a lock on his knees which were binding him to the wooden pillars, so he couldn't move. But he smashed his hands on the wood underneath which made the pillar broke and he fell on the ground. He then got up and started looking for me

"Right here, buddy" I provoked him from behind

As soon as he turned back, I threw some dirt in his eyes which made him unable to see

"Stop using these dirty tricks and fight me up front, you coward" he said while rubbing his eyes

"There are no rules in street fighting, idiot" I taunted him

I will never beat him like this, I have to find some officials or this fight would keep going on. I made a run towards the center of town. He cleaned his eyes and saw me running

"Wait, don't run now coward" he started chasing me

To be faster than him, I made some roller skates under my feet with steel, rubber and plastic. Soon I was out of his reach.

"Where did that bastard ran to" 

While he was looking for me, I was already at the town square.

[He might calm down after a while. Let's do some sightseeing now that I am here]

There was a big fountain at the center, on it's edge an old man was feeding sparrows and some kids were playing around.

Out of nowhere, a group of soldiers appeared, fully armored from head to toe. Their steps were purposeful and synchronized, as though they were guarding someone important hidden among them. A wave of panic rippled through the crowd, and whispers spread like wildfire— they might know who the VIP is.

I was also curious to know, I got closer and jumped to catch a glance. A charming girl about my age stood before me, her pink hair flowing gracefully around her shoulders. She wore a long pink dress with white sleeves and a wide skirt that brushed the floor, looking every bit like a princess. Her beauty was undeniable(big ass), with delicate features and an enchanting presence that made her seem like she stepped out of a fairy tale.

"Would you guys stop encircling around me like that, I can't even see anything, just what type of town walk is this" the girl spoke in distress

At the forefront of the group, leading them with a commanding presence, was a soldier who stood out from the rest. His large frame was draped in a red cape, signaling his status as their captain. With a steady, authoritative tone, he responded to the princess, his voice cutting through the tension in the air.

"I apologize for the inconvenience, your highness. But we have to move with precaution."

"I am strong enough to protect myself, I don't need you guys"

So, she is the princess, no wonder she had that princess aura around her, she is the type who throws tantrum on every small things.

"There you are, you scum" rito found me

But I was in the crowd formed because of the arrival of princess, he won't fight with me when such a crowd and royal soldiers are present here. Little did I know, Rito was too angry and didn't consider the consequences, he just wanted to beat me because I humiliated him. 

He rushed towards me while hardening his body, the captain of those soldiers noticed that someone is approaching the scene with a hostile intent

"Mud pool" he touched the ground, the earth beneath rito turned into mud which stopped its movement.

"What the hell is this now" 

The mud did slow him down but couldn't stop him entirely.

"Stop right there, you kid" captain yelled at him

But he didn't stop and jumped towards me. The captain was afraid that he is some mad criminal trying to attack the crowd so he drew his sword and blocked him with it. Suddenly the princess interrupted in fight

"This princess will save her citizens" she announced with a proud tone.

She used her skill and made some what appeared to be light swords and attacked rito but they couldn't do any damage to him. She was a clumsy one as she broke through the formation of soldiers protecting him and got too close to rito. Rito was still having problem to see clearly, he didn't know that he was engaging with the royal soldiers and princess herself. His anger and egoism had already took over his sanity, he jumped in the air using the captain's sword as a footing.

Unfortunately, he was gonna land on top of princess.

[If he falls on her with that hard body, she would be heavily injured] 

"Princess, get away from there" captain called but he wouldn't had make it in time.

I should save her.