Chapter 16

Kojiro explained his situation and told them that if they could just get to his temple then they could rest for a while and have backup, the backup was his resident ghostly Saintess.

The fallen angels agreed as he had not spoken a single lie. Kojiro felt a bit giddy for the first time as he was carried through the sky with the other fallen angels.

They were close, so close. All of a sudden Kojiro's Mind's Eye warned him of danger incoming. "Make a platform even for just a bit. I'll get rid of most of them." His fallen angel listened as he was dropped onto a magic barrier.

"Hiken- Tsubame Mure!"

The huge swarm of parasites were reduced to stragglers as the other fallen angels took care of them. Kojiro pointed at the temple "My temple!" They quickly dashed as Kojiro yelled into the communicator orb.

"Flonecia! Now is a good time to repay me for all those boxes of pocky you stole from me!"

Kojiro felt a sharp pain in his leg as [Fade Out] quickly removed his shock and poison.

A shadowy presence covered the area as the parasites were ripped apart and destroyed. Kojiro plopped onto the ground as from the shadows the Saintess walked out. At least her form walked out. Kojiro chuckled "Better late than never." His head was pressed down onto another pair of thighs as he was so confused "Hm? What's this for?" A small sadistic smile formed on her face as a slap came as his head couldn't move due to the thighs blocking his escape. Another slap as he didn't even try "Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot. If you are gone I'll lose my best friend." Kojiro chuckled as she faded away.

First things first he needed to get his leg fixed.

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"HAHAHA, hold on a minute, FUHAHAHAHA!" Kojiro stared at Maria who was laughing hard as she pointed at him. Kojiro found nothing wrong as he continued to train while having his leg suspended on a sling while he continued to swing his sword to train. "This bastard thinks nothing is wrong with this sight?" Carpe Diem and come to visit him as they were puzzled as they watched Maria laugh while Kojiro continued to swing his blade while recovering.

Hugo laughed as well after a bit as his brain processed the situation. "This bastard is actually training?" They had a hearty reunion as Kojiro replenished his pocky supplies as he finished his meal.

Having some food in his belly was truly great after being starved.

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The parasite queen was even more furious, not only had they been hit hard as they lost a source of reproduction but the star that was staying still was still growing brighter. The guillotine over her head was getting sharper.

She grit her teeth as she made a decisions that would soon drag her down a dark path of misery. She would experience the pain of annoying someone who had the potential to be similar to the Martial God.

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Kojiro stared at this, his brain had blanked out.

[!] [Fade Out]

[Shock status has been removed]

Kojiro replied "It is an honour to meet you your majesty" He bowed as he straightened upright again.

Prihi Hussey calmly stared at the youth before opening his mouth.

"First, I would like to express my gratitude for your deeds. I've heard what you have done for this world."

"You exaggerate too much."

From the way he talked, it seemed he was aware of his position as a king. Kojiro was quite glad to learn this as he was somewhat worried the king might act like a thug like his daughter.

"I would also like to thank you for responding to our summons. You see, my daughter kept pestering me about wanting to meet you said you were the only man she couldn't tease. To calm she said. Looks like she was right."

He made it sound like Teresa forced him. Prihi used both hands to slowly push himself off of his throne.

"Then, let us go."

"Hm?"

"We invited you under the pretext of a dinner. How could we let our guest starve while talking about boring things?"

He talked somewhat jokingly as he waved his hand around. When Kojiro gazed at him in an attempt to decipher what was going on, Teresa skipped over to him.

"Heh, aren't you too tense?"

Kojiro simply hummed as he walked normally while a pouting Teresa was sad that she did not break his calm.

"You don't need to be so formal. Just relax. We're just going to chitchat while we eat."

For some reason, Teresa's eyes seemed to be sparkling with anticipation. She carefully grabbed his arm as if to link arms.

"Let's go."

Kojiro looked at the linking arms "What is the purpose of this arm linking?" Teresa glared at him as Kojiro shut up while thinking in his mind "Women are such strange and mysterious creatures. Never know what they are thinking." With that he let his skill [Fade Out] do the work as it constantly removed his mental statuses.

Prihi asked a few questions that had nothing to do with the state of affairs but more like his swordsmanship, Kojiro simply replied in the shortest and most politest way possible as he hummed in content with the food.

Kojiro had never dealt with nobility but he felt like his usual calm and elegant manner would suffice, but Teresa only smiled wryly. He felt conflicted, he did not know why she was smiling like that, it was uncomfortable to say the least. Even more so when he found out that Teresa had been stalking him for a while.

It gave him shivers down his spine.

[!] [Fade Out]

[Mental Statuses have been removed.]

However just as the previous mental shock had been removed.

"Oh, yes, I heard you slept with my daughter."

The king's sudden question made Kojiro calmly freeze and put down whatever he was drinking. Even then his elegant manner did not falter, no he would falter to such provocations.

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Somewhere Else:

"He really is a Legend!"

"Nah he's Japanese so how about "The Regend?"

"Yeah that sounds cool."

"Finally we agree on something Hugo."

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Kojiro's eye flickered in annoyance as he looked at his status update.

[New Alias has been added: The Regend]

Kojiro calmly replied to the King "It was necessary for her to not freeze to death. My kimono vest was not enough therefore transference of body heat was the only way. However that was short lived as I had to carry her during the nights.

Kojiro had dozens of thoughts as activated his Mind's Eye for more analysis.

"Why is she blushing…. No, why is she pretending to be coy all of a sudden? Why is she acting like a vixen right now? No she was always a vixen type of brutish princess. Beautiful nonetheless."

When he stared at her intently, Teresa shook her head.

"Geez, Father, say we shared a bed. Sleeping… that's too candid."

Kojiro gave her a blank face as he heard the King speak.

"What are you talking about… I understand the phrasing was a bit explicit, but you're the one who told me to…."

In an instant Kojiro had finally figured out what was happening. "Thank you Mind's Eye."

The father and daughter pair had finally turned back to the empty chair.

Wait...

"Empty Chair?"

Kojiro quickly made his way out as a voice filled with sweetness and yet a hidden blade was heard throughout the royal garden.

"I'll find you Kojiro!"

Kojiro froze before [Activating Presence Concealment (Intermediate)] for good measure as he made his way out of the castle grounds.