Drull POV 9 month after the tournament.

(Rated M for mature^^. Well read this One Shot after this chapterhttps://www.royalroad.com/fiction/5176/rufus-unkind-live/chapter/52130/rufus-unkind-live)

“Hmm, this child looks delicious,” I mumble silently but Master, who is walking in front of me has heard it.

“Drull, eating children in this city is forbidden, it would be troublesome if someone knows that my butler eats children,” Master said in Pralara.

I must say, Masters Pralara is splendid. Master is truly worthy of my being my master.

I grunted in understanding and kept following her. We're currently establishing Masters kingdom that will be led by the ex-slave named Kily, now she's a queen. A quick rise in power. We've already send the announcement for Masters kingdom. It will be called Aeron, like Masters race. Kily was really confused as Master told her that she'll be the queen.

My first meeting with Kily was, well funny. Master was visiting her village, where Kily is, or more like, was the village head. At that time she was a wolf beastkin woman with silver hair and a silvery tail. But she had no ears, they were cut off and the remains healed in an ugly way.

Alas her body was quite good, 1.69m tall, thin but not skinny with smooth skin.

As I saw her I chuckled and she looked at me, not understanding what I meant.

Even Master looked at me, not knowing why I chuckled.

I then said that it's funny for her to have no ears when Master is able to regrow them.

She looked confused and Master made a strange gesture in which she hit her face with her palm.

Master then mumbled a Tier 10 healing spell and healed the whole village. The people with missing limbs and Kilys ears grow back.

She thought that Master will be the queen, Master told her beforehand that she will make a kingdom out of the Dragon Forest, but Master is way too lazy for being a queen. So Master dumped the work on Kily and only made the initial paperwork.

Well, she also did teach Kily the necessary skills. It took Master 4 month to teach her the basic necessaries like [Deceiving], [Poker Face], [Actor], [Liar], [Persuade] and [Orating]. They will be the more important front skills, but she also got passive skills like [Identification] and [Poison Resistance], the later was funny. We gave her deathly poisons and Master healed her before she died, we repeated the process until she got the skill up to the third LV. Most of Kilys skills are at LV 3. Master said that they would be high enough for the start. At first, Kily made a relieved face but then Master said that a clone will continue the training when Master is gone, and her face got as pale as her white wolf ears.

Kily also got a set of runes, but only one layer. They will grant her the necessary basic strength of 20.000.

But I got strayed, Master forbid me to eat children.

“Master, is there a way for me to eat some tender child meat? I haven't eaten child meat for ages,” I said in Palara, we're always speaking in Palara when we don't want people to listen in. Apparently Palara is a dead language.

“I already told you, it would be bad if we let children dissapear, can't you eat some beggar who's not important?” Master asked a little annoyed.

“But Master, children are way better than dirty old beggars. Their meat is tender, sweet and truly delicious. Beggar in comparison tastes horrible, too hard and there is too much fat,” I said, already salivating from the imagination.

Master sighed and asked, “Is it common in the land of demons to eat humans?”

“Of course, I don't know if it's the same in this age, but 2500 years ago we held humans as cattle and children of the age between 8 and 10 were the best,” I told her with nostalgic in my eyes.

“Okay, you may go. But only if you change your appearance and the child has to be a male and noble,” Master said and I was instantly happy.

“I understand the change of appearance but why male and noble?” I asked.

“Because females are cute, males are dirty and nobles have eaten better food, their meat will be better than that of an orphan,” Master explained.

“Master, you speak as if you're breeding humans for ages. Might it be that you're also interested in eating some child meat?” I asked.

“Sure, why not. I always wanted to try human meat,” Master said and I was delighted beyond reason.

“Then Master I'll be off, searching for a male noble of the age between 8 and 10,” I said and flew away, right to the next bigger human town.

After 20 hours of flight, the sun has not yet risen, I finally found a decent sized city, which might have a noble house. I changed into my demon form and flew down to the biggest and most luxurious house.

Two guard were standing at the front gate. Both looked boored.

“Good morning gentlemen, does this house possess a family of noble blood?” I asked as I landed in front of them, startling both.

“D..DEMON!” One guard shouted, while the other rung a bell.

“Indeed, I am a demon. Is there a problem?” I asked with a smile and both guards got pale.

Is my smile not pretty? Master said it looks cool.

“Alarm!” The guard at the bell shouted and a few more guards came out of a nearby house.

They surrounded me with raised weapons and one who looked as if he's the captain asked,

“What do you want demon?”

“I'm in search of an ingredient, is this the house of a noble?” I asked again, Master said I have to ask before I take something.

“Leave demon, we don't want trouble,” the guard captain said, but I could smell his fear.

“I'm not going to ask again, is this the house of a noble family?” I asked again.

“LEAVE!” The guard shouted.

“If you don't want to answer, good. Then I'll ask the family directly,” I said and began to walk towards the front door.

“Kill him!” The guard captain ordered and four guards attacked me simultaniously.

“Stupid apes,” I said and killed two guards behind me by stabbing through their chest with my wings. The two guards in front were killed by two quick jabs at their collar bone. Their upper body exploded in a mist of blood and bones.

“Monster!” One guard shouted and fell backwards, I ignored him, as he's not my target.

“ARGH!” The guard captain shouted and attacked me, he infused his body with mana. It was almost sad to see his meager talent, so I released him from the struggle of life by ripping his head off.

“HIIII!” The other guards began to scream in fright and run away.

Now without anyone stepping in my way I started to walk again to the front door.

The door was not really a hindrance and I broke it with a kick.

A man with a sword stood at the other side, he wore night closes and I could see a woman in his age and a small child in the arms of the woman. All of them were afraid and looked at me with fear.

“Ah, how good it is to see the faces of apes in fear,” I said, revelling in nostalgia.

“W..what do you want?” The man asked.

“Good evening, is your family a noble family?” I asked with my cool smile, but the man got paler.

“Y..yes,” he said slowly.

“Good good, then do you have a male child?” I asked, looking at the child in the arms of the now crying woman.

“N..no, I have a daughter,” he said and stepped between me and his wife.

“Too bad, then do you know where I can find a male noble child?” I asked.

“Will you let us live if I tell you?” He asked.

“Naturally, I don't need a female child and Master forbid me to kill people that didn't attack me,” I said, again smiling but I could see the male shuddering.

“T..the Chevalier of Harlmo has a boy,” the man said.

“Good, then where is this so called Harlmo?” I asked.

“They live 2 weeks of travel to the north,” He said.

“Thank you, then I'll take my leave. Oh and you need five new guards,” I said ad left, hearing a °Thud° as the male felt down from relief.

Two hours later I was over a small city.

“This should be Harlmo,” I said to no one and descended.

The sun was already risen and a few shops began to open, however they quickly closed as they saw me, some even shouted in fright, other fell unconscious as they saw my smile.

But I don't know the house of this Chevalier, so I walked to a nearby beggar and picked him with my hand up, choking him a little at the procedure.

He looked at me as if he was ready for hi death.

“Is it time?” He then asked.

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“Time?” I asked back.

“Are you here to take me?” He said and I realized that he thinks I'm death.

“Oh no, I'm not here for you. I have a question, do you know the house of a so called Chevalier?” I said.

“Chevalier? Oh demon do you mean the minor noble family?” The beggar asked.

“Yes I do, do you know where they live?” I asked.

“Why should I tell you? Sir Chevalier is a nice city lord and his son is truly intelligent,” he said and I squeezed a little.

His began to struggle and his face got blue. But shortly before he lost his conciousness I released him and he felt down, coughing.

“Say it!” I demanded but he just looked at me with hateful eyes.

What now? Master forbid me to kill people that didn't attack me.

I looked around and felt a woman with a child, hiding in a small stall.

I walked over and asked, “Where is the house of the family called Chevalier?”

She looked up at me, her mouth repeatedly opening and closing, tears were in her eyes, but she did not speak.

My hand went down, reaching for her crying child and she tried to shield it.

“NOO! I'll say it but don't hurt my Shila,” the woman said, more crying than speaking.

“Speak!” I demanded and she said with stutters,” S..sir Ch..chevaliers house i..is outside the city, o..on a nearby h..hill to t..the w..west.”

“Thank you, I'll come back if it's not true,” I said and turned around.

I then began to walk in said direction. After a short walk I left the city and found the house, a man in armour was standing in front of the house, a villager hid behind him.

I walked up to them and asked, “ Are you called Chevalier?”

“What does a demon want from me?” He asked, and got into a fighting stance. His posture was good, he might have the strength of an A-Rank adventurer.

“Do you have a son?” I further asked.

“Rufus? What do you want?” He asked and tensed up. He got ready for a strike.

“Give me your son,” I said but he didn't answer, he attacked.

With a quick jump, he rushed at me and swung his sword in a wide arc.

I evaded it and said,

“Give him to me or I'll kill you.”

“NEVER!” He screamed and used the spin of his first strike for a new one. This time from the bottom right.

But his sword didn't cut me, I coughed It between my fingers before it could reach me.

The man's eyes got wide and I got his sword with a quick pull.

“A fine sword, again give me your son or I'll kill you. This is your last warning,” I said and looked at me.

He didn't answer my question but started to conjure a spell, so I threw his sword like a spear at his face which produced a large hole and killed him.

“DAD!” I heard the a young man, maybe 13, shouting.

And a moment after a boy, a little older than 13 came running to the dead body of his father.

“Why? Why does this life be as bad as my last one?” He said in a sad tone.

“Hmm, too bad you're too old,” I said and began to sprout my wings.

“YOU!” The boy screamed behind me and I felt mana gathering in him.

A few seconds later he shot a ice spear at me, it was quite good for his age, maybe the strength of a Tier 5 spell, but not enough to even scratch me.

I swept the ice spear with a flick of my hand to the side and conjured a fire pillar that roasted him.

He quickly died and it smelt really good, but sadly I promised Master a child between 8 and 10. So I grabbed a got grilled leg and ate it on the flight to the next larger settlement.

Three hours later I finally found another city, it's larger that the first two and again I flew to the biggest house.

The guards were not as sleepy as the last ones and quickly noticed my approach. They too, rung a bell and a lot of guards came out. But this time I was not up to the arduous task of speaking to these apes.

I destroyed the main door, asked a maid with a smile for the direction of the bedrooms of the owners and killed any guard that tried to hinder me from moving forward.

The house owner and his women were quickly found, both tried to hide under the bed. I asked them if they have a son of the age between 8 and 10 but they didn't answer. So I searched for anything below the age of 10 with my [Mana Sensitivity] and there it was. Someone who has the amount of a 9-year-old human child and two other mana signatures.

I hurriedly left and run after the three signatures. They run through a secret way and tried to flee but I caught up with them.

And there it was, a healthy looking male child, not older than 9 years old. His meat grew in a perfect manner and my saliva was already flowing like a river. I walked up to the child, killed him by cutting his throat, also killing both guards who tried to stop me, and began to bleed him out.

A few minutes later I also skinned him as I flew back. After that I put him into a dimensional pocket I got from Master and was on my way back.

28 hours later I found Master inside her second mansion that is located in the Dragon Valley.

She began to prepare the ingredients, it seemed like she intedted to make chicken. Again. Master truly likes chicken.

“Master, I'm back. And I found the perfect meat,” I said and put the skinned, gutted and already cut remains of the child on the kitchen table.

“What took you so long?” Master asked and looked at the meat with squinted eyes.

“Well I had some trouble in finding the right age and gender, as well as background,” I said, already drooling.

“Did you kill unnecessarily?” Master asked.

“Of course not, I only killed those that attacked me and this meat,” I answered truthfully.

“Hmm okay, what do you want me to make out of it?” Master asked and I was delighted to be able to decide.

“Please make steak and spare ribs,” I said and Master nodded.

Half an hour later we sat at the table, Ilza came also back. She's following Master like a dog since Master came back from the tournament. She did not see the cooking and only looks at the finished steak and spare ribs.

“This smells good, that's not chicken, did something special happened?” Ilza asked as she sat down.

“Yes, Master allowed me to hunt some fine meat,” I proudly said.

“What kinda meat is it?” Ilza asked.

“A fine 9-year-old noble human male,” I said while sticking my chest out in pride.

Ilza got white as a cloud and then turned to the side, she has not completely turned but already started to barf.

“Clair?” Ilza asked.

“What? It's only a noble child,” Master asked.

“Only a noble child?” Lilia asked shocked locked white.

“Yeah, I wanted to try human for a long time, do you also want something?” Master asked but Ilza just weakly shook with her head.

“Is something wrong?” Master asked Ilza worriedly.

“No, I just did not expect you to eat humans,” Ilza said.

“Well, there is no difference between humans, cows, pigs, chicken or me. All of these things are living animals, all of them have feelings and all of them live their life. It's just so that we, people that are able to talk, degrade the other animals to livestock. And it's not like I will eat human every day, that's the same for Drull. He's only allowed to hunt and eat bandits,” Master said and I nodded.

Ilza thought about it and then asked,

“But why are you eating so much chicken if they are the same as you?”

“That's because I like the taste. The strong eat the weak that is normal,” Master said and Ilza began to think again.

After a moment she nodded and said,

“Okay, I think I get it. You mean that any living thing is the same and has funamentally the same right to live but at the same time there is a right to hunt and eat the weaker. Am I right?”

“Yup, then do you want some? Oh and don't tell this Lilia, she won't understand it,” Master said and Ilza nodded.

Each of us got a some meat and side dishes and we began to eat.

Ilza didn't like it after the first taste.

Ilza still had some feelings about the human that was gone, while Master ate her whole steak and said it tastes like beef but way tender.

All in all, it was a good dinner.

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Well not as happy go lucky as most of my chapters but still something I liked to write.

Question to you, would you eat human meat if you could?

And here is also a Link for a special side chapter. http://royalroadl.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=52130