18 Chapter 17

I left the hostess of fertility with a satisfied sigh, patting my very much not distended stomach, -making my stomach acid out of fluoroantimonic acid instead of hydrochloric acid was a great idea.- as I pulled on my clothes and walked past the hanging jaws of my adoring audience, as money passed between hands and some lucky betters got quite the hefty sum, despite putting up very little money to start. And the now not very amused eyes of the woman I now know to be the owner as she realizes how much money she just lost in high quality meat.

Pushing past the doors and down the near empty streets below the moonlight, I noted the sound of distant footfalls, spinning on my heel, perfectly balanced despite my large backpack, I smiled at the actually surprisingly well hidden silver hair of that human girl that I scarred away earlier, no idea why she tried to follow me, but she must not be very normal considering how well she hid, she did smell quite strange. Too bad my senses are optimized well past the abilities of conventional biology, and I quickly dipped into an alleyway, climbing the building next to me in seconds, as I dropped my backpack on the roof, returning to the edge and laying down to expose less of my form. as I watched the girl in amusement, as she stealthily ran between cover as she closed in on the alley entrance I had entered, pulling myself in a flip over the edge as she reached the corner, landing in complete silence as my shoes absorbed all the impact, as I slowly walked up behind her as she stared into the alley in confusion, before placing my head directly beside her's. She smelled quite strange upclose, it's very very well hidden but she kinda smells like that Loki girl, although the feeling is distinctly different. Kinda like those succubi or sirens from the trial.

"Whatcha lookin for?"

I closed my left hand around her wrist long before the blade could reach my neck.

"Aww that's boring, I really wanted to do that trope where they begin to answer just to realize there shouldn't be anyone behind them. Can we do that again?"

I receive no reply as a strange wave of something washes over me, and I suddenly feel the compulsion to let her go, 'oh my god did I hurt her!? I did hold her wrist quite hard! Stupid stupid how could I hurt such a cute gir-'

I palm her face, lifting her from the floor and muting her scream as I snap her wrist as she struggles in my grasp as I growl.

"Try that again and I kill you." my earlier amusement entirely absent from my voice.

I stare in her eyes for a moment, before finally the feeling disappears, and I replace the hand over her face with one on her neck, my now free right hand wrapping around her left as she once again tried to stab me, and I crushed her neck slightly more to suppress her gasp again as I drag her deeper into the alley before smashing her into a wall. Her face turning purple as I interrupt her blood flow, and I stare into her eyes, watching as they lose focus as I reach into my jacket, pulling out a few sound lures before setting them to sound interference, a setting that uses a sound equal to the sound emitted but 180 degrees out of faze to nullify the noise, and throwing a few in a pattern around me, before I release my hand, watching as she dropped to the floor gasping for air as she reached for her throat with her remaining hand. Staring at me with unconcealed malice and hatred. The fuck did I do to you bitch? Did I kill your fucking family or something? I swear I've only killed monsters since I arrived here so far. Wonder how long that will last?

I've decided I really really don't like her.

(Syr pov)

Terrifying. That was the only thing I thought of the man standing before me. If they were even male at all, associating this entity with the concept of gender seemed wrong, it was not a person, it did not deserve to have its form acknowledged.

I had followed it from the hostess, hoping to figure out its destination so I can send ottar after it later, when it walked into a nearby alley, likely to kill some poor hapless fellow who decided to take a shortcut through the back alleys. When I turned the corner to find nothing, only to hear a voice coming from directly beside my face, as I turned as fast as this weak body possibly could, only for my attack to be intercepted by a single, gloved hand, that wrapped around my hand as he stared down at me in amusement.

Utterly silent. That should have been impossible. Even with this weak body not even the best assassins and scouts in my guild could sneak up on me, and yet this man had somehow managed to not just somehow get around me in moments without my notice, but place his head directly beside mine, only to be noticed once he spoke. 

Failing to free myself from its grip I activated my charm full force, the tell tale signs of charm, the surprise, the confusion, the regret, and the self loathing, appearing for but a moment before being replaced by a pure, burning hatred as his aura flared, and I felt my body seize in primal fear, his hand palming my face as my wrist snapped, bending so far back the flesh tore, as he dragged me deeper into the alley, messing with a few strange items before tossing them around and dropping me to the floor, the disgust and hatred in his eyes I knew reflected my own, as I grasped at my throat, the skin bruised and raw. As his voice, quiet and steady despite the burning rage within.

"Now then, you are obviously no normal waitress, and evidently have some sort of problem with me, why. I don't know, nor do I really care. What I do care about is the fact that you just tried to control my mind, and I really, Really, don't like that, not to mention you have a similar smell to that loki "god". So here's what's going to happen. You are going to give me a very good reason Not to kill you, or I will kill you, and everyone you ever loved.

I stiffened again in fear. 'He could smell my divinity. I can never let him meet my true body.'

(an: I don't like freya, also btw I need some ideas for the mc's future familia, I plan on him joining a crafting familia kinda like Haphaestus, but I would rather he join a small guild, so an oc god (one not mentioned in the original) would be ideal. so give me some ideas.)