Shizu had woken up and put on her work clothes. She had prepared herself for a usual day of training and bodyguarding, a chore that she dreads. Upon walking out of her room, she had expected the usual dreary and bleak atmosphere, but entering the main lounge, it was… different.
Currently the massive wolf was much smaller and lying in the robots lap getting belly scratches. Simon was in an apron dishing food in plates.
I saw the befuddled Shizu from across the room, "Morning Sweetie, you gonna come sit down for breakfast?"
"Um… ok." I sheepishly walked over to the table and took a seat, the wolf immediately enlarged itself and began licking my face vigorously.
Amanises voice boomed into her head, "Morning Shizu! Did you sleep well?! I hope slept well!"
Suddenly 3 figures walked into the room, " What's going on here?" Came the voice of the demon lords monotone voice.
The three people entering was the leader of the magic knights, Alrose; Shizu's teacher, Claude and the demon lord himself, Leon.
"You guys gonna join us for breakfast?" I asked the three.
Leon replied matter-of-factly, "I don't need to eat."
"Me neither but here I am making an effort to at least act like a human being. Jeez Leon, has your decades of otherworlder experiments dulled your humanity so far?" I teased.
"Milord, should we remove him?" Claude asked, readying his sword.
" No need, let's just eat." Leon said. The three took a seat in which a plate full of food appeared infront of all of them.
I sat down which caused the table to begin eating. Alrose, Claude, Shizu and Leon took a bite. The table grew silent, a weird air filling the table.
"Mr Simon, this is incredible!" Shizu beamed with stars in her eyes.
"I've never had such a delicacy before!" Alrose screamed in astonishment.
Claude just sat there with his jaw open, even Leon's expressionless face held a noticeable twitch, 'So that's why Guy brags about him so much.' Leon was lamenting several nights of Guy teleporting into his bed and talking about his student like an Asian parent bragging to their spouse. Knowing Guy, he probably was treating Leon like his spouse.
"So Leon. You like it." I looked at Leon and feigned anticipation, "Do you see why I eat despite not needing to?"
Leon just sighed, " You truly are an incredible cook. Why don't you work as a chef for me full-time?"
" Hell no, I'm not the type to work for others."
"So you're just gonna live here rent free?"
"Yeah, did you want me to work?" I asked in an oblivious tone.
"I'd kick you out… but Guy probably wouldn't be happy."
"Guy doesn't baby me that much. If you want I can make a base close from here."
"No need, Guy has told me that you have incredible forging and enchanting capabilities, and whether you like it or not, you're not working here for free." Leon said after finishing his food.
Shizu raised her hand, "Uhh, can I ask something? When you mean Guy, do you mean demon lord Guy Crimson?" Shizu had voiced her question while hearing a familiar figure she's heard from her studies.
" I guess I never introduced you at all. This man is Simon Winters, he is the student of Guy Crimson." Leon's words caused the three under him to drop their jaws.
The student of the oldest and strongest demon lord sitting at our table. What the hell.
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The group got up from the table and walked out to the training grounds, where Claude would continue with Shizu's sword training. Out there I met the magic knights serving Leon.
Shizu and Claude had stood opposed to each other. Shizu may not be happy about her current situation but she was still a stubborn child who refused to lose.
The battle started and their swords started clashing immediately. Honestly looking at their earnest sword battle, I feel like I've been doing it wrong, most of my battles results in destroying the surrounding environment, even without magic or skills, my raw strength has always been destructive and potent.
Eventually the fight resulted in Shizu being pinned down. Immediately afterwards Shizu's power changed, her visage began emitting scorching energy that melted Claude's blade. She began to blast ionized energy at Claude.
Claude dispelled the attack expertly and Shizu fell limply to the ground, her eyes holding a glazed look she seemed upset that she lost control.
I walked over to her and congratulated her on her spar, "You did incredibly well Shizu." Shizu's eyes became less glazed at my praise. I looked towards Claude with interest.
Claude noticed my gaze, "Is there something you want?"
"Can I spar with you?"
Before Claude could respond, Leon bumped into the conversation, "That's not happening."
"Why not." I immediately feigned a tantrum.
"Cause I don't want you accidentally killing my knights and destroying my city." All the magic knights and Shizu looked shocked at Leon's words.
"I promise that I will hold back my strength."
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"Begin." The moment the words fell from Alrose mouth, both me and Claude rushed at each other, clashing our swords in the middle.
'I will prove to you lord Leon that I am stronger.' Claude diverted the slash away in an attempt to throw him off balance, unfortunately it wouldn't be that easy.
As Claude diverted me passed him, I contorted my muscles and repositioned my handle on my sword. I effectively blocked his sword strike from behind.
My feet swiveled in the ground causing me to spin around and swing my sword at high speed, my sword hit his armour causing it to crack and launched him back.
Our clash had gone on for quite a while now, in which Claude's resolve wavered. He had come to realize he was completely outmatched, Simon had far greater strength, speed, stamina and skill, in fact Claude could see Simon show visible improvement in skill from fighting him alone, all he could think was, "Who is this monster!?"
The rest of the magic knights were in awe of this, Nyx, Amanises and Leon looked unsurprised by this though.
Suddenly a blurry flash halted against Claude's neck, his armour was cleanly cut, the metal treated like paper.
"I… forfeit." Claude's tired voice came from the ground in which I retracted my sword.