Chapter 50 - Aftermath of the Spar & Beginning Before the Punishment

{A/N: I'm so sorry that I haven't been updating a new chapter for a week, due to my busy schedule with my assignment from college and also my daily life, so here is a 2.6k word chapter, and anyway I'm not going to upload any chapter this week and also next week since I'm currently on the final exam. So hope for your understanding and see you all in a few weeks.

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Tetsuya, who saw Budo that was covered while passed out in rubles, could only smile wryly as he just did an oopsie on his part. When he was planning to punch Budo he only wanted to make Budo on the verge of passing out and then wanted him to surrender himself, not to make him thrown away just like he did right now.

Tetsuya could only think the reason that this happened is probably due to the daily sparring that he does occasionally with his mom and sometimes with his dad if he is at the home at that time, which due to both of them being so strong, slowly Tetsuya's common sense start to wither along the way which made him miscalculate the strength he needs to fight with Budo, even though his body right now is in pressure of 60x of normal gravity with his [Gravity Magic].

'Hopefully, this will not cause an uproar...' thought Tetsuya while looking at the wall that he just incidentally had destroyed with Budo's body. He knows that the only person who right now is in the imperial training grounds is only him, Budo, and also Augustav and the others.

Tetsuya also already checked his surrounding with his [Clairvoyance] that there is no one person other than them that is near the training ground area since Budo drived away all the soldiers who were in the training ground making it so that no one can hear the commotion that he caused in the imperial training ground just now, which is convenient for him. Though that doesn't mean that there are no soldiers outside since the area he checked is the only part near the imperial training grounds and he can notice that there are many soldiers when he sees further the area using his [Clairvoyance].

Tetsuya then looks at the upper floor where he could only see Augustav and the others open their jaw when looking at him, as for Charles, he only looked at him with some admiration for Tetsuya's strength, and as for Katherine, she can only looked at Tetsuya with a smile on her face since the moment Tetsuya withstood one or two blow from Budo, she started to believe that the words that Tetsuya said weren't of overconfidence and she believed that Tetsuya maybe can beat Budo. But nonetheless, she still found this a bit surprising that someone who was still near her age can beat the Empire's strongest.

Suddenly a notification showed up in front of Tetsuya while he was looking at Augustav and the others, which were the only spectators in his battle with Budo, fortunately.

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Fight the Great General Budo! (COMPLETED)

The Great General Budo right now is giving you a chance to prove what you are capable of. Defeat the Great General Budo by either making him surrender, knock him up, or even the worst-case scenario by killing him.

◉Clear Conditions:

▪ Fight him in the imperial training grounds.

▪ Make Budo yield surrender, knock him out, or kill him

◉Mission Reward:

▪ [Demon's Extract]

▪ Obtained 1.000.000 System-point

▪ Obtained 500.000 EXP of [STATUS] Level

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{A/N: Still pre-ordering it…and probably would show up in the later chapter that is in the far far future.}

'Well at least I get the reward that I wanted, but the only problem right now is how to explain what just happened to them.' Tetsuya thought with a wry smile while looking at the only spectator that was watching his fight with Budo.

Suddenly Tetsuya can hear a sound from the debris area as he can see that Budo has started to move the debris that was around him, but his movement is a bit sluggish as he was still in pain from Tetsuya's punch. Budo right now is on the verge of passing out as he is in trouble to make his body stand.

'Oh... he woke up faster than I thought he would be, sasuga, Great General of the Empire,' Thought Tetsuya with a sagely nod while going toward his backpack as he then picked up a 'Heal Potion' from his backpack.

"Catch," Tetsuya then came closer towards Budo as he then threw the 'Heal Potion' at Budo who was still struggling to get up. Budo, who heard Tetsuya, barely catches the heal potion, as he then looks at Tetsuya with a confused expression.

"Don't worry, it's a free service, so just drink it," Said Tetsuya while looking at Budo with a smile. Budo who heard Tetsuya only nodded as he didn't think that Tetsuya was going to do something suspicious which in the end he drank the potion.

Truthfully Tetsuya right now is feeling a bit guilty for accidentally punching him a bit too hard even though he found that Budo was being so annoying when he is eating at the dining table, but since he knew that Budo is doing this for his own sake to become stronger, he is a bit touched by Budo which makes him a bit guilty when accidentally make him fly. And so that is the reason why he gave Budo a 'Heal Potion' to heal some of his injuries, though he doesn't feel lost anything when giving potion to Budo since he has too many 'Heal Potion' on his [ITEM] system which he has been collecting over 2 years worth of danger beast drop items.

Budo who drank the potion can feel slowly that his injuries are being healed, although his body is not fully healed since the potion that Tetsuya give only 'Heal Potion' which can only heal most of the light injury unlike 'Great Heal Potion' that can heal an internal injury or even serious injury. But the 'Heal Potion' that Tetsuya gave him is enough for making Budo's body move around again. Budo then tried to stand up as he then looked at Tetsuya with gratitude.

"Sorry for troubling you with my injury... So this is the effect of the potion that you give to your highness huh..." Said Budo who just stands as he still suffers a light injury while smiling.

"No, it's my fault since I went a little bit too overboard with the spar..." Said Tetsuya while laughing dryly as he looked at Budo.

Suddenly, Tetsuya and Budo realize that Augustav and everyone who watches his match is near Tetsuya and Budo as they walk toward them. All of them walk towards both of them as they wanted to check the aftermath of the spar as well as Budo's injury. Among them, it can be seen that Katherine is trying to run towards Tetsuya. As she was about to say something.

"Tetsuya are you al-" Before she is able to complete her sentence her feet tripped due to her trying to run fast but stumbled with her other feet, and everyone who sees this were a bit panicked due to Katherine falling. But before she fell to the ground, Tetsuya in an instant covered all the distance between him and her which was 5 meters and then caught her as she then fell towards his c.h.e.s.t.

"Didn't I tell you not to run since your body is still not yet fully recovered?!" Tetsuya semi-yelled after sighing while looking at Katherine.

"I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but be worried," Said Katherine who only giggled while showing a blush on her face.

"*Ehem* Tetsuya, it seems we have a lot to talk about, but anyway thank you for saving my daughter once again," Said Augustav while looking at Tetsuya.

"Yeah..." Said Tetsuya while replying to Augustav with a wry smile as he then sighs.

"Anyways, is your injury alright Budo?" Asked Augustav while looking at Budo with a worried expression.

"Thanks to the kiddo over there, I'm okay right now," Said Budo with a smile as he then looked at Tetsuya.

"I see... Good, how about we continue our conversation in a comfier place to discuss your reward and also other things rather than standing here," Said Augustav.

"Didn't I tell all of you not to enter here!!!" Shout Budo while looking at the palace soldier with an angry expression and this makes the palace soldier a bit scared.

"I-I'm so sorry sir, but there is important news that I have to tell your highness." Said the palace soldier with a nervous expression.

"Important news?!" Budo who heard this only wonder what is the news.

"Why don't you tell me, what is this important news that you want to say?" Asked Augustav while looking at the soldier with a curious expression.

"Y-yes your highness, I have received the news that right now Honest-sama manor is on fire!" Said the palace soldier.

"What?!"

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-- -Honest's Manor - Honest's Office --

Inside a room, there is a fat guy sitting on the chair as he shows a raging expression on his face as he slammed and threw all the stuff inside his office.

"Shit!!! If it weren't for that boy my plan would have been a big success and if the plan worked out, I was about to use that naive brat to become the Emperor!!! Because of this they now might figure that there is a chance that I used the poison since I'm always the one who provided the food for that man to eat!! But as long as I can dispose of all of the evidence that led to the poison then I will be fine, and after that, I will dispose of that alchemist boy," Said Honest with a disgusting smile on his face as he then starts to search all of the evidence related to the poison.

"Is that so..."

Suddenly Honest heard a sound behind him as a person who wears a black cloak and is wearing a mask can be seen behind him, the mask that the person is wearing resembles the shape of an oni mask and the color of the mask is black. The person who is standing behind Honest has the shape of a 7 year old as the voice that the person let out is in a Monstrous tone that gives people chills on their bones when they hear it.

{A/N: The sound of the voice: youtube.com/watch?v=zs10LOOKJMA&list=PL9QNhoU7HjmWNDch5rc30V8lRLZZHqFoq}

{E/N: Screw me who has little to no internet for watching a simple youtube video *Starts walking towards the rope as he then hangs himself*}

Yep, the person who is behind Honest is Tetsuya himself and his voice is changed due to a pill that he got that can make a voice to whatever he wanted for an hour and as for the origin of the mask that he wears right now is the product that he made using his [Blacksmithing] skill.

"W-who are you, and where are the guards!?" Asked Honest while looking at Tetsuya who was behind him terrified. The Tetsuya that is in front of Honest, is the other Tetsuya and not the one who is currently with Augustav and the others.

"You don't need to bother calling the guards since they are sleeping eternally in the ground right now, and as for who I am... Well, people like you in the Empire usually call me the Reaper," Said Tetsuya who then slowly moved forward to Honest.

"T-The R-Reaper?!?!!" Shouted Honest as he then looked at Tetsuya with his eyes wide open as he showed a shocked expression. But when he looks at Tetsuya moving forward to him he slowly moves backward as he shows a fearsome expression on his face.

"You know right, from what kind of deeds that the nickname Reaper does to be able to gain so many reputations?" Said Tetsuya as he is still walking toward Honest while lifting his right hand forward.

"You dare to threaten m-" Before Honest is able to complete his sentence, he then notices Tetsuya's strong bloodl.u.s.t as he shivered and fell to the ground while moving backward as he wanted to move away from Tetsuya.

"The reputation that I gained is from killing all the people such as you and then giving away all of their darkest misdeeds to the public... And it seems your turn has come~" Said Tetsuya while looking down at Honest which made Honest make a not-so-manly shriek due to Tetsuya's strong bloodl.u.s.t making Honest start to sweatdrop.

"Y-You must be related to that Alchemist boy!!" Honest, who look at Tetsuya who moved forwards at him then realize that Tetsuya has a small body and thought that the person is Tetsuya that is in the palace, but later reject that idea since his body is much smaller than the Tetsuya that is in the palace. But since the person in front of him is a child, he cannot help but think that the person in front of him is related to Tetsuya, who is in the palace.

Before Honest is able to continue his word, Tetsuya rushes to him and grabs his neck with his right hand as he then slams Honest down on the floor. This makes Honest more surprised as he didn't think that a child's strength can make him fall to the floor as all of his muscles also cannot move due to the bloodl.u.s.t that Tetsuya emits and this led to Honest thinking that the person in front of him is probably using some kind of Teigu.

"You think your Teigu is so strong!!! You should know your place!!" Said Honest with a big smile as he then uses the anti-teigu called the [Erastone] as it can be used to disable and destroy a Teigu that the user possesses. But after Honest a few second Honest active Erastone, he is confused on why there is no change on Tetsuya as he still can still feel Tetsuya's strength which makes him cannot move and also his bloodl.u.s.t which made all of his muscle freeze in fear, even though his body is so durable which he earned due to hard work of training his body.

"Well it seems you are too dumb to realize that I don't need any Teigu to finish you off, you should learn your place you fatty Pig... So how about we begin the punishment, shall we?" Said Tetsuya as he then looks at Honest while throwing a sadistic smile in his face at him behind his mask.