Yes, the scent of iron filled my nose, and it was coming from not too far off. I sighed and rushed forward. If it was happening on the road, that meant that someone was in trouble. While I could ignore it, what kind of person would that make me? I know I speak about not caring about others, but at the same time, I can not ignore what I already see. Well, in this case, smelled. 

As I rounded the bend down over a hill, I saw a carriage tipped over on the side of the road and the scaled horses that were pulling it, all dead. A group of people were huddled together off to the side. It looked like a family of some upper class nobles. Their guards surrounded them and were fighting off what looked to be bandits, but when I saw how they were fighting, I knew they were more than just bandits. “Norian army deserters?” This was just a guess because their combat and style and how they used magic while wielding a sword resemble that of the Norian army front linesmen. 

Knowing this, I couldn’t just sit around. I drew my sword and entered the fray. I first targeted the so called bandits that were overwhelming some of the guards with numbers easily cutting through them with my sword. “Wha? A demi? What the hell is a demi doing here!?”

Hearing this, I frowned and turned towards the guard I just saved and stuck my sword in his face so that the tip of my blade was just barely touching his nose, causing a trickle of blood to run down his face. “Is this the time to be asking stupid questions? Are you not supposed to be protecting your master!? You should feel lucky that I did not just take your head just now.”  _-.

I guess my threat scared him because his face turned pale, and ran away to fight the so called bandits after I withdrew my sword. I was not looking for any kind of praise or reward, I was only doing what I think is right. Maybe Hammerlin affected me slightly and made me forget that people really did not like demi humans all that much. I  sighed as I continued my killing spree. Within a matter of minutes, all the so called bandits were dead. Sadly blood splattered on my clothes and face. I really did try not to get any on me.

To be sure everything was all set, I turned and looked at the family who I had helped save and began walking over to make sure they were all okay. They did have kids with them, after all. But I only got two steps when a few guards rushed forward to surround me. “What are you doing?”

“Drop your weapon!” One of the guards yelled. I couldn’t believe it. They wanted to arrest me after I saved their stupid butts!?

“Why would I drop my weapon? Wasn’t it me who just came to your help when you were being overwhelmed!? Now you treat me as if I am your enemy. I just wanted to make sure the people I saved did not need any healing. Forget it. If they are injured, then let them die.” I snorted and turned around. I went to take a step and push past the guards, but they formed a tighter circle around me.

“Where do you think you are going!? Drop your weapon. You will need to come with us.” The guard, who seemed to be the leader, yelled out while pointing his sword at me.  I turned and looked at the family who was just standing there, not saying anything, and frowned. 

“Mana shield.” My eyes lit up with magic circles. A barrier made of mana surrounded me as I walked forward towards the family. I was mad. Really mad. I can take discrimination if it is directed towards me. But when I go out of my way to help someone, and they still treat me as if I am the enemy, then screw it. Before leaving, I will be sure to give them a piece of my mind. 

I stared at the middle aged man and woman with cold eyes as I began to speak to them. “Sir, Madam. I do not know what kind of hearts you have, but from the looks of it, they are black. Not only do you not say a word of thanks like normal people when receiving help, but you allow your guards to turn their weapons on someone who was only here to help. And then you want to forcefully take me away? How sick in the head do you have to be? How about I make sure each one of you loses a leg so you can remember the next time you get into trouble that if someone helps you, you should at least show them a tiny bit of decency and respect.”

“Humph! You dare speak in such a way to my father and mother!? You’re nothing but a dirty demi human. You should feel glad we even took an interest in you. By coming with us, you can at least work with your head held high, knowing you are employed by Viscount Sullivan.” These words spilled out of the mouth of a young man who was just crying not too long ago. He even still had tear stains on his cheeks. But now, here he was acting all high and mighty as if nothing had just happened. Even his parents were smiling at him as if he was saying something good.

“What the hell is a Viscount Sullivan? Can you eat it? If I did not show up, your guards would have been wiped out, and you little boy would have died a horrible death. Why are you acting so haughty when you look like you have been crying for hours? Forget it. A family full of fools will always be a family full of fools. But I must say good luck walking back. With how pampered you people are, I am sure you won’t get far before falling to the ground and throwing a tantrum.”  I let out a long snort, Before turning around, ignoring the swords pointed at me and speaking softly. “Accelerate.”  With a small flicker, my body disappeared from where I stood. 

I will have to make sure to remember that snot nosed brat who seemed to be around my age. I wonder if he will end up in the Royal Magic Academy at the same time as me. If he does… Hehehe…. I am someone who holds grudges. The son of Viscount Sullivan, huh? He had blue hair and ice blue eyes. I wonder if that is some kind of bloodline trait. I wonder how I should bully him? Maybe Adel is of a higher rank. If I do not see him before I meet up with Adel, I will make sure to ask her for some info on this Viscount Sullivan. 

I kept accelerate on for a while before canceling the spell. I am sure those nobles are probably peeing themselves now that they see how great I truly am. “Muwahahaha!”

I am pretty sure if someone saw me right now with how I was laughing evilly with my hands on my hips and my head tossed back, they would think I am some kind of demon lord. I mean, I have the right look if you look past my youthful cuteness. I got horns, a tail, and wings! I could easily pass the demon lord tryouts in any movie back on Earth. 

After laughing out loud like a crazy person, I felt much better and went back to my travels. After all the excitement the first few days, the next two weeks were very slow going and peaceful. Although today I did find a good place to check a few things out. The main thing I wanted to check out was my clothes and transformation. The forest I was currently in had what looked to be very ancient trees that went high into the sky. Much taller than the trees near my home. So it was a good place to do a little testing. I could even cast a little magic to really block things off. Although I did intend to do that anyway. 

After making sure I was quite a few miles out, I looked around before casting earth wall and creating a tall dirt barrier around me in a half mile radius. I then took out some clothes that I had prepared for this testing since I did not wish to destroy my wonderful armor. After getting changed, I took a deep breath and transformed. 

I will say one thing about transforming. It is still something I really needed to get used to because it was so very cool every time I did it.

Because I had some play room, I walked around a bit to get used to the new form and surprisingly found it very easy to move in. “Not bad. Not bad at all…. But now, here is the real test.”

With another deep breath, I let it out slowly and looked around, I did not see any signs of clothes anywhere. So I could only hope that all was well. I closed my eyes and felt my body getting smaller and smaller. When I opened them again, I looked down at myself and smiled brightly. “It worked!  I do not lose my clothes!” 

Knowing this made me feel much better about things. Now, if I ever needed to do a quick escape, I could. “Now then, let’s go find some monsters for experience! I need to replenish my skill points as soon as possible!”