Tournament 2

"14," Sora said calmly, confusing Seth and those who heard him.

"out of the 14 commoners you faced, you cropped them all by cutting off their legs or arms. did you want to send a message to me? I got it loud and clear," Sora said calmly, to which Seth laughed in rage

"you broke the arms and legs of 6 nobles, and you are upset over just 14 small commoners? not even 100 commoners are worth the hair of a noble. you commoners should know your places, we nobles protect you, give you jobs, and so on, and this is how you go around repaying your benefactor?" Seth asked with a cold laugh, causing the crowd and everyone else to go quiet

"Benefactor? Sorry, in my whole life, I only had one person who was my benefactor. from birth I was cast away into the slums, growing up my mother was the only person who ever bothered to love me. So, why should I look at you nobles the same way others do? all I have seen is a bunch of brats, using their family name to do as they wish. all I have seen are those with resources far beyond me, getting put in their place. noble this and that, take that away and what do you have? annoy kids running around asking people to put them in their place... the more of you nobles I see, the more disdainful I grow of you." Sora said calmly, leaving everyone stunned. A person from the slums? no one knew this, and such information was a blow to the pride of many nobles who were fearful of nobles

"let's say for a moment you manage to win against me, which is impossible. what would you gain from defeating a 5-year-old? the fact you give me so much attention, just makes me wonder if you can't fight someone your age." Sora said calmly, shocking the crowd even more, no one knew Sora was 5 years old, hell he didn't look like it.

ever since Sora awakened his magical energy, he had been growing far quicker and now looked as if he was an 8-year-old. a 3 years growth within less than 3 months. but hearing just how huge the gap of age was, everyone threw weird looks toward Seth, making his face darken,

"you should have stayed in the slums," Seth said angrily, and once the match began, he shot toward Sora, his killing intent causing everyone to grow worried for Sora. yet before everyone shocked Sora, Sora with his finger, reached out, blocking the sword which was cutting down towards him. the silence instantly filled the whole era, how could such a thing not leave everyone in shock, a finger stopping a sword, this was stuff out of stories.

"one pinky is too much for you, tell him... how do I hold myself back to be at the level of a noble? I would call you trash, but I would be disrespecting trash a bit too much... at least trash is another man's treasure. you are less than dirty." Sora said calmly, his cold eyes staring into Seth's eyes which were filled with disbelief.

Sora's hand moved, bitch slapping Seth across the face, sending him falling across the battlefield, the nobles who saw this snapped out of their shock and were all enraged by Sora's actions, yet Sora ignored every last one of them, and simply turned to walk off the stage

"t-this isn't over," Seth said while coughing up a few teeth, he let out a roar and shot towards Sora, whose back was turned towards him. Yet Sora raised a hand, before snapping his finger. the next moment, blood flew across the sky, followed by a limbless body flying over, slamming hard to the ground, and only stopping once Sora's leg landed on the body's face.

"the commoners are under my protection, you're just the first out of many I will be doing this too. be lucky I'm not in the mood to dirty my hand with the likes of you, or else your head would be rolling." Sora said before kicking the kid's body into the air, with that kid, Seth was snapped out of his show, and his pained cries filled the salient hair.

"brat you dare?" a huge amount of magic pressure exploded towards an era where a group of nobles sat, someone who was most likely Seth's father sat up, wanting to kill Sora where he stood. all the nobles also stood up, Sora's actions were a challenge to them all. what Sora did next was enrage them all to new heights by ignoring them all

But Seth's father had to move to quickly check on his son who was bleeding out, but Merlin acted first and already Seth's arms and legs were regrowing, although the pain was another matter.

"Mess with me again, and the next time will be your head. don't think your dad being here means shit to me." Sora's voice sounded, enraging Seth's father who glared at him, yet even Seth's father had to freeze upon looking into Sora's eyes. those were not the eyes of a 5-year-old,

"You went overboard again... I want to fight you next." Ellen said while stumping her feet while glaring at Sora. everyone looked towards her, and Sora, to which Sora simply stepped back onto the stage, followed by her jumping.

Seth's father wanted to kill Sora on the spot, but how could he? would Merlin allow such behavior... after gritting his teeth, he returned to his seat, in deep thought about what his next move shall be.

"I have a question... in the forest, why didn't you break my arms and legs like the others? you said I was different or something." Ellen asked while cracking her fingers,

"Unlike the other nobles, you are more likable. annoying, but less annoying than the others. you can be arrogant, yet you are more down to earth, you can walk around with your nose in the air, yet go out of your way to help others. so far, you are the only noble who I have seen I don't want to kill." Sora said stunning Ellen who blushed slightly while stretching her head.

"you think so... although you are super annoying and go overboard, you are a nice person at heart. it's just that when people mess with you, you go overboard." Ellen said with a sigh

"what do you think of being my husband?" She asked after some thought, making Sora's head fall to the side, a question mark forming over his head.

"a husband is to people who liked each other and want to stay with each other. I like you, and you like me, so let's get married." She said with a smile, making the who crowd heads fall to the side, a question mark forming over their head. even Merlin had a question mark, caught off guard by her words.

the world was silent, too salient, but the silence was broken by mad coughing. everyone look over and they saw the king from Dragnof who was drinking some tea and was madly coughing, to say the least, his daughter suddenly asking Sora such a question caught him off guard,

"Sure, if you defeat me," Sora said calmly, to which Ellen cracked her neck, and once the match began, she exploded forward at great speed.

"you used telekinesis to cut Seth's arms and legs, an easy way to counter that is by using overwhelming speed so your mind can't take hold of me," Ellen said as he moved all over the place, to others this was random movement, but to Sora, she was avoiding his telekinesis which tried to get hold of her

Sora limited all his stats to 4, and with her agility of 15, Sora had a hard time taking hold of her,

'she enchanted her senses to sense my magic, allowing her to avoid it. she saw me use my magic just once and she already made counters, she is capable.' Sora thought as Ellen flashed in front of him, her fist shooting towards his face, but when she was a hair breath away from touching Sora, she hit an invisible wall.

a shock wave spread out behind Sora, cracking the area floor, yet Sora stood there as if nothing happened. Sora looked at the shocked Ellen for a moment before smiling,

"you are strong, it seems like I will have to try to defeat you," Sora said calmly, Ellen shot backward while shaking her arm which was in pain, she felt like she hit a metal wall.

'he has his telekinesis around him in the form of a layer to protect him, no wonder I didn't sense it. well, I simply have to break through the defense.' she said before shooting towards Sora, who moved to meet dodging her attacks.

'got him, my martial arts isn't as good at me. but if I enchant the air, creating a vibration that would target your senses, I can shoot off your magic.' Ellen thought as her fist glowed, but before she could throw the fists, Sora's palm moved, hitting her neck, but Ellen's neck was protected to a great degree, she seemly thought of this, and the smile on her face which said, I got you, said it all.

Boom

Ellen froze on the spot, her pupils almost disappearing. in her stomach, a knee aimed, causing all the air in her body to seemly disappear. As Sora pulled his knee back, she fell to her knee, struggling with air.

"I could sense your neck was more protected than last time, that moment when you enchanted your fist, I attacked your neck, drawing your attention from my true target. you are strong, but your experience is low." Sora said calmly while walking off,

"... I... I can still fight." Ellen said while struggling to her feet, she breathed heavily while looking at Sora. Sora looked at her for a moment before nodding slightly, Ellen stepped forward, but with that step, the ground came to life and countless spikes shot toward Sora, Sora reached out, his energy taking the form of a sword.

with a step, everything shooting toward Sora exploded into cleanly cut pieces. everyone's eyes at this, but what shocked them even more was Sora's next actions. Sora gathered as much magical energy into his sword, so much so that it was the limit of his control,

Ellen let out of her before she enchanted the earth. a huge sword made out of metal took form, which she took hold of. the two looked at each other before Ellen jumped into the air, shooting toward Sora while swinging the giant sword down.

Sora swung his sword, and the two clashed, creating a huge shock wave that destroyed the arena below. dust clouds filled the air, blinding everyone from seeing the winner, but after a moment they saw Sora standing over Ellen who was laying flat on her face.

"foolish," Sora said softly while turning around to walk away, but with a flash, a red-haired figure suddenly appeared before Ellen, checking her body.

"What did you do!" he said while glaring towards Sora, his rage clear for everyone to see. yet Sora ignored him, and simply walked away.

"your daughter ignored all defense and forced on pure offensive, the shock wave from their clash knocked her out. She would have died if Sora didn't move to shield her," Merlin said with a smile, stunning the red-haired man who checked his daughter once more and saw she barely had any stretches,

He gave Sora a complex look, and after a moment he gritted his teeth before opening his mouth to speak, but before he could say anything, someone beat him to it.

"Sora... please wait." the queen of the Dragnof empire called out to Sora, to which Sora just calmly looked at her. She bit her lips slightly, before he opened her mouth to say something, ignoring her husband who was looking at her, trying to single her to calm down, but before she could say anything Sora spoke.

"I have no interest in being roped into your family, I have one family member, and thats my mom. she died a year ago, thats all I will have, or accept." Sora said causing her to freeze, Sora ignored her and simply looked towards Anna, who shook her head, not wanting to fight him. With that out of the way, Sora left, not bothering to stay and watch the rest.

for the first time, Merlin frowned seeing what happened. his body shook slightly, a thought projection forming and disappearing, and appearing before Sora who was walking through a hallway.

"I don't care that she is my mom," Sora said calmly while stopping to look at him coldly, leaving Merlin frozen for a moment

"so you remember that far back? but you don't know why you were left in the slums." Merlin said calmly looking deeply at Sora.

"and I don't care for the reason, I don't care if I had an illusion that would have killed everyone around him. I don't care if she was forced, I simply don't care. I was thrown away, and I was taken in by someone who loved me unconditionally, thats all I call to know and remember." Sora said calmly, making Merlin quiet.

"5 years ago, I foresaw that the demon lord was going to try and have many demons be reborn as humans. I stopped as many as I could, but 2 male demons passed. I let everyone know of this, so every male baby that was born with abnormal conditions was suspected as a demon." Merlin said calmly,

"you were the biggest freak of them all, you didn't cry, you were letting out cries when you were hungry, you were letting out cries when you needed to get a chance... completely different from other children. before you could even see, you showed strength far above the strength of a newborn. you were a prime suspect." Merlin said softly,

"so death was something many wanted, instead your mother went behind everyone's backs and cast you into the slums," Merlin said softly, only to be answered by Sora's cold eyes.

"5 days, thats how long I was before I was found. 5 days of unimaginable hunger, 5 days of simply looking at the sky, covered in all types of bugs. 5 days of being eaten up by incents, and having to eat them back to survive, 5 days of burning heat, wrapped in that blanket that slowly cooked me. tell me, why fuck do you think I would run into her arms like she didn't give me a fate worse than death than to simply kill me?" Sora asked making Merlin unable to say a word,

"like I said, I don't care for the reason. I have only one mother, and she died a year ago. thats all I have... had." Sora said coldly before walking off, leaving Merlin standing there while stretching his head, not knowing how to deal with this. in his eyes, he was the one who broke up this family, but with what Sora went through, he didn't blame the kid for wanting anything to do with his family.

he turned to look behind him, where Ellen's mother and father stood, they had of course run after their son, but they hide when they heard them talking. but now they guess that it would be impossible for their son to ever accept them,

Sora sat in his room, in deep thought about everything. in his first life, he killed his father, although, by accident, his father was taken by his hands. he grew up in the basement, tortured, before he managed to run away, changed, fall in love, die, reborn, just to be thrown into that hell.

the only true happiness in all of this was that he managed to meet his mother, sure they were not related by blood, but Sora got to be loved. that was worth more than anything in his eyes. other than all that, Sora's life was dog shit. some times he wonders why he bothers to keep living.