I thought of going undercover, entering the church at Malsia and scan the whole building while offering my prayer to Goddess Achalasia. Well, that's my initial thought but...
"So that's the Behemoth Slayer!" [Thug D]
"He is young!"
"And quite the look as well"
"Shame that those filthy brats are with him"
"Tchh, can't they just die. They're an eyesore. If I was in charge, I wi..."
"!"
"Oppsie, sorry. My Scythe suddenly slip. Do forgive me for my carelessness" [Ash]
"Ash..." [Mira]
"You think you're a big shot!"
"Take thi..."
"Huwaaaaa!"
"Why me!" [Thug C]
"What spell did you use to make them fly so high?" [Seo Ah]
"Hmmm... Don't know." [Ash]
Well, I should just take Haliza's offer to come with us to buy some clothes for the orphans, but if I do that, more ruckus will follow. She already got severely scolded by her father for sneaking out not from the castle, but from the country itself, and I'm sure she's currently sneaking out as well. As a result, this not so innocent and stupid young man that dare to harm the orphans get a free ticket from me to get once in a lifetime experience of experiencing cordless bungee jumping alongside his friends. Well, that what you got for not being a decent human being, the least you can do if you hate these children so much is just to keep quite, but no, you have to openly say your hatred out loud, not to mention right in front of me.
"Brother Ash..." [Little girl]
"What is it?" [Ash]
"Can I try next!?" [Little girl]
"It looks fun" [Cat boy]
"Sure, but we should buy your clothes first" [Ash]
"Ash, you are disturbing the traffic" [Mira]
"My bad" [Ash]
Well, better stop doing this. Here I am thinking that I will be left alone afterward, but some of them (or rather their friends) decided for round two
"You sure love to mess around aren't you" [Thug?]
"Boss!" [Underling]
"Listen here, I am..." [Thug boss]
"An idiot?" [Ash]
"What! You dare to..." [Thug boss]
"A massive pain in the, no. I can't say that out loud. This little kids will follow me. Hey Mira, is there a nice way of saying that thing?" [Ash]
"Hmm... Haemorrhoids?" [Mira]
"Listen!" [Thug boss]
"Oh yeah, did you collect any sort of information from him? If not, I can do it now" [Ash]
"You can! Thank you!" [Mira]
"You two! This isn't the time for that!" [Seo Ah]
"Just die" [Thug boss]
"You go boss!"
And he threw a single punch to me. Is he really a thug? Such a weak punch? Or was it because of my body receiving a blessing from God herself? Either way, I did plan to extract some information from him, so
"Question, would you rather receive a thunder or ice flowing through your body?" [Ash]
"Neither! Neither! Neither! Please don't press my fist so hard!" [Thug boss]
"Boss!!!"
"And you there, you sure are lovely after "learning hoe to fly". Want to do it again?" [Ash]
"No, no, no, no. Please spare me!" [Thug C]
Well, they're just some random thug after all. So, they succumb quickly just from a single threat. That say, rather than punishing them like this...
"You guys will be joining me to lunch with my new cutie pie here. Just a warning, if you do anything funny to them..." [Ash]
I summon my ice shark missiles and have it surrounds them.
"Understand?" [Ash]
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"YES!!!" [Thugs]
"We really are disturbing the traffic" [Mira]
"Yeah, let just go and buy them some nice clothes first. You guys get moving now!" [Ash]
"Ehhh?" [Thug boss]
"Obviously, I don't want you guys to escape. Plus, your task now is to choose some nice clothes from them. Bring us to a nice clothing shop and make a suggestion for what they should wear. Any inappropriate clothes will receive another ticket to heaven!" [Ash]
""Is that alright?"" [Mira, Seo Ah]
"It is" [Ash]
Rather than having them keep on hating the orphan, I'll rather have them spend some time with the orphans. I hope by doing this, a bond can be forge between them. Well, one or two sessions won't be enough and there will be some that will fake it till they escape from my "punishment". Well, I can ask Haliza to think of something creative after this, so for now, let just focus on the shopping part.
As the thugs show us a nice store for clothes, we enter the said shop. Apparently, Mira is about to bring us here as well. Well, that's convenient. And when I told them to browse some clothes, the seven of them quickly search for some nice clothes and bring them to me for evaluation. What is this? A fashion show? Still, they do bring out an appropriate clothing to be used. Here I am, thinking that they will choose a clothing like those medieval thug that suit them, but no. They actually took their time to browse through the shop and look for the best clothes! I'm sincerely impressed
"This is nice for your black hair" [Thug boss]
"Umm... thanks?" [Seo Ah]
"What do you think you're doing? Flirting around with my little sister?" [Ash]
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch. That hurt. Please loosen your grip boss!" [Thug boss]
"Little sister?" [Seo Ah]
"Scythe boss! Let them kiss!" [Thug A]
"Yeah, boss here didn't get a chance for romance when he was a kid" [Thug B]
"Did you want to get electrocuted?" [Ash]
"Please spare me this time scythe boss" [Thug C]
"Looks like you have a follower" [Mira]
"Sigh..." [Ash]
Well, if I can straighten them up, then I don't mind being called boss by them. Plus, I will not be here in Malsia for long. So they can at least protect the orphanage here when I'm not around. That being said, I won't force them. If I do force them, I get this feeling that it will bring more harm than good.
After one and a half hours of shopping for clothes and necessary things for the orphanage, all of us head back to the orphanage. The thugs offer to carry all the luggage at first but I simply put them all inside my item box, for which their eyes become glittering due to how effortlessly I open up and close my item box. The orphans also react the same
"Want me to teach you guys magic?" [Ash]
"YES!" [All]
"Can we?" [Thug boss]
"Can you?" [Ash]
"Please!" [Thug E]
"Scythe boss!" [Thug F]
"Hahaha, kidding. I will, but make sure you use it for the right purpose." [Ash]
"Understood!" [Thugs]
"You really have become their boss" [Mira]
"That actually impressive..." [Seo Ah]
Well, let just hope I can influence them in the correct way
~At orphanage~
After cooking up today lunch, I asked them about the mysterious guy that drove out the ghost monsters. Sadly, they don't know anything about it. Haliza tries to extract more and more information from them, which only makes them becoming even stiffer. The fact that she's a princess alone makes it hard for these thugs to look her straight into the eye, and with her acting like this, you could imagine how sweaty they become. It's no joke when I say that they're even more scared as compared to me threatening them.
"Sigh... If only I can just walk into the church and scan the building" [Ash]
"Why can't you do that?" [Seo Ah]
"Well, if the masses do know about me, I should consider that the church also knew about me, and let just said I don't have a good records with them" [Ash]
"Can't you just infiltrate it?" [Thug D]
"I'm sure there are barrier set up here and there. So me doing that will leave a bad impression. Not that I care but these children here will be affected by my actions so I have to act with more care" [Ash]
"Then how about you come with us? I'm sure we can blend in perfectly. That way, you can enter the church and boom! Problem solved!" [Thug boss]
"..." [Others]
"Did I say something wrong" [Thug boss]
"Boss, you did have a brain after all!" [Thug A]
"What did you think of me!" [Thug boss]
"I must say, I'm surprised to hear a decent idea coming from you!" [Ash]
"BOSS!" [Thug boss]