14 I'm not a narcissist! Honest!

'I'm not a narcissist, but I must admit, I look good.' Adam told himself, trying to humble his growing ego, as he examined his full splendor in the new outfit he got in the full-sized mirror.

The most vibrant colors on the clothes were a mix of blue and red, with the highlights of gold jewelry sprinkled in, fur goes around the neck portion of the clothes which is held together by a golden decoration.

(Basically, imagine the noble's clothes from Skyrim.)

With his rather large height, combined with his pronounced muscles, presently white skin which has no blemishes at all, and chiseled face he looks rugged handsome, his short blonde hair and bright blue eyes only enhance it even further, as someone who was rather average in his past life some praise to himself is noteworthy.

(Again, he looks like Guts and Pickle mashed together and had blonde hair, hell, you can throw Blazko in there as well. The closest thing to a real-world equivalent that I have found is Dolph Lundgren in his youth)

People say that beauty is only skin deep, they are wrong, you also need the right muscle and bone structure for it, and Adam has all of that, tooting his own horn is something he must do now that he is handsome before he couldn't do it, now he can.

Alongside all of that a greenish-brown cloak draped his shoulders, his hood was on his head, concealing his body and his face, not that it did him any good since his large size made him stand out anyway, it concealed him nicely and is just another weapon for him to use amidst combat.

He took a book from a table, a fake grimoire that he had crafted for concealment purposes, and strapped it on his hip, he also took 2 swords and 2 scabbards with him, as well as a knife.

Unlike other mages, he doesn't have magic, and to activate most of his alchemy he needs to clap, thus carrying around melee weapons, especially those custom made and modified ones is a necessity for him more so than other mages.

Now with the big iron strapped on to his hip, he looked at the carriage door, he checked himself once over before nodding, satisfied with his appearance and preparation it was 20 past eleven as he made his way out on the street.

Immediately upon exiting he was blasted by joy, happiness, and festivity, the noise drowned out his thoughts, and the smells confused him, the whole city was in an uproar.

Such festivity, such joy, such happiness, Adam had not seen anything like this anywhere in this world, he can only compare it to Christmas from his world, yet even that fades in comparison to the grandiose display of splendor and happiness presented before him, it was magnificent really.

He started to walk around town, listening in to the conversations and the shrieks of joy, he has time until the exam, which begins only at noon, after all, he has more than half an hour to waste, might as well see what the town has to offer.

"Hey, have you heard about that kid with the 4 leaf clover?" The chatter of two residents caught his attention rather swiftly, they seem to be talking about a matter of great importance to Adam.

"Yea, I heard that he comes from the outer districts, and is an orphan." His companion said back, they are most likely talking about Yuno, this slowed down Adam, he wanted to see how much these people knew about him.

'Rumors of him have spread this far, huh?' Adam asked himself, in this rather primitive society it is a wonder how word spread so far so fast, it took half a year for the word of mouth to reach the king, human beings are fascinating creatures.

"Then it must be just a rumor, no way that a country bumpkin would be selected by the 4 leaf clover." The other said back, snarking and laughing at his words, they seem to be enjoying themselves, Adam can't help himself but sneer at that.

It is the ability that matters, and while sure, the nobles in this world do have a reason for being nobles, if a commoner appeared with great abilities he would still be shunned, and suppressed, that sort of illogical behavior is something that Adam just can't support.

But then again, humanity's logic is based on the illogicality of life and of his faults, if everybody followed logic there would be no war nor strife, yet as an illogical creature himself, Adam can't allow that, why? Because he doesn't want to rid himself of emotion, he's not a fool like Father, he wants to enjoy life, and for that, he needs himself to be illogical.

This contemplation on logical and illogic stalled him, made him drag his legs and not exactly look at where he was going, thus as he was walking he accidentally bumped into someone.

"Hey freak, do you have eyes?!?" The sudden rude and loud voice of a man next to him drew Adam's attention away from his inner thoughts, which is quite unbelievable, to be louder than the whole crowd, he sure as hell has some talent with that voice of his.

Looking down Adam saw a man standing in front of him, he's about average in height with black hair, next to him there seem to be 4 goons, all of whom have already spread out to surround Adam.

'Must have practiced this.' He thought to himself as he watched them with disinterest, he can see that this is not their first rodeo, they know what they are doing, just not to whom.

"Why, yes I do, although if I might ask, why should that concern you?" Adam asked, his voice smooth and gentlemanly, he'd rather not cause a scene at the festival, drawing attention is not always the best course of action.

"How does it concern me? How does it concern me!!? It's cause you lackwit bumped into me!" The man yelled out, apparently outraged at Adam for bumping into him, Adam released a sigh, he can see where this is going.

Some residents started to pay them some attention, he noticed them whispering, seems like this is not the first time they see this man attempt such a thing, how troublesome, it would be best if this was cleared up soon before an even bigger scene happens.

"How are you going to pay me back, huh?!" He asked, seeming like a common street thug, pushing his face into Adam's comfort zone, he's lucky that Adam would prefer to resolve this peacefully still Adam can't help himself but sigh at this, people really are trubelsome, aren't they?

"If you wish for repayment I will gladly pay you some yule," Adam said, once again hoping to resolve this whole matter without much hassle, yet it seems that he will be allowed no rest by this guy nor his goods, they are hell-bent on taking a beating.

"Huh? Hah, ain't that funny! You hear him brothers, he thinks that he will get away by giving us some money!" The guy said, making the goons around laugh hysterically.

He thought that Adam is a pushover, due to his rather smooth voice, just a big crybaby in a huge body, the power got to his head, he became arrogant, even more so than usual, he decided to demand more from Adam.

By this point, they had drawn a rather large crowd, everybody was looking at them, that didn't escape Adam's eye, as he just sighed since there's a crowd anyways then he might as well finish this clowning around, he'd rather not waste any more time on these fools.

"No, we want you to get on your knees, strip, and then bang your head on the ground in apology, if not, there will be consequences." The man said, his voice dark and grim, threatening, out of his pocket he took out a shiny metal object, a knife, and he poked Adam with it in his abdomen, wanting to appear threatening.

Once more Adam sighed such cliche lines. When he first came here he experienced a young master, now he is experiencing these fuckers, what's next? A heavenly beauty with jade skin will take interest in him?

He doesn't even need alchemy to take care of these mongrels, his pure physical capabilities should be enough, no matter how much a chihuahua may bark nor puff up its hair, it can't beat a bulldog.

Seeing Adam not immediately respond by groveling and crying the man was about to call out to him once more, and snag him a but to draw blood, yet before that could happen, his extended hand with the knife in hand got grabbed by Adam.

The man looked with confused eyes as Adam grabbed him, yet before he could truly react in any meaningful fashion he saw the world around him move unbelievably fast, before getting assaulted by pain from all fronts.

Using his raw strength, which while not a match for Mereoleona still puts him leagues above what a normal human should be cable of, he flung the poor fool around like the laws of science were turned off and he suddenly became affected by ragdoll physics while under a zero-G environment.

Not wanting to drag this on for any longer he used the barely conscious man as an improvised weapon, hitting his buddies with him knocking them all back before he threw the guy into the side of a building, breaking a few bones at the very least.

'Huh, that felt good.' Adam released a satisfying breath of air at that, he didn't even realize how much he needed some stress relief until now, this was fun, maybe he should do it again.

"Unbelievable, what a monster." It is then that he heard a whisper from his right, snapping back into reality Adam saw a lot of people staring at him with conflicting emotions.

Shock, awe, fear, loathing, disgust, desire, happiness, and many more combined into a mess of feelings, pulling down his hood a bit lower Adam hurried on out of there, he had drawn enough attention as it is, although along the way he did trample one of the goods, whether that's intentional or accidental is for Adam alone to know.

He quickly came into an area where he was less noticed, after which he continued his tour as normal around the town coming to the magic knight exam 20 minutes later, with a mug of beer, sausage around his neck, a hat, and a necklace.

Turns out, during the festival people are hospitable, they give out free stuff like it's Christmas, and there's one universal truth that goes for any person, no one will reject free stuff, that's just inconceivable.

However, the fun times need to stop at some point, and for Adam, that point is now, for it is about 15 minutes till the exam, and he found himself standing in front of a huge colosseum like structure.

'Sure reminds me of my homeland.' Adam thought to himself as he looked up at the giant marble structure, back home they have a famous colosseum like that as well, or is it called an amphitheater? He can't exactly remember.

Still, his point stands, it reminds him of his homeland, and right there, at one of the entrances to the colosseum is a small wooden booth.

'Must be the receptionist.' Adam thought as he chowed down the sausages and drank down the beer, he wouldn't want to appear too rude when on the exam, and eating while doing it could definitely be seen as a rude thing to do.

Having eaten and drunk all of the gifts for him, Adam hid the hat and cracked all of his bones, it is beyond this gate that the shit will begin, yet before that he needs to enter into the exam.

Coming to the booth he noticed that behind it is a cute woman with brown hair in a bob cut, he gives her a 7/10, if luck serves him his charm will make it easier for him to make it to the exam.

"Good morning, miss, may I know if this is the place to enter the Magic Knight exam?" Adam asked, a smile gracing his lips as he showed his pearly whites, he made sure to make his aura seem as harmless and inviting as possible.

"Um, yes, you just need to tell me your name and give me 50 yules, before I give you a number and you can head-on into the exam." The woman said, apparently not disturbed by Adam's good looks, what bad luck, still, 50 yule is not much for him, but it makes sense after some thought.

The knights need to somehow replace all that they break and earn some money for this, after all, while this may be for the good of their squads this is still a part of their job, something they must do, so it's only right that they get paid.

"Adam Van Hohenheim, and here you go," Adam said as he gave her 50 yule, she nodded and used some magic on the coins, probably checking if they are fake or real before nodding happily and using magic once more.

"Good, you have been registered, your number is 157, good luck out there." She said with a smile as Adam nodded back, he looked towards the gate towards the colosseum and took a deep breath, before stepping inside.

He is a bit nervous, he must admit, a small part of him is fanboying, yet the moment he steps inside he gets swarmed by birds, not exactly the glorious entrance he hoped for.

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Well, it's official, you did it, you bastards did it. I got 2 positive comments, shit, well I guess this will be continued, it'd be only fair if I continued it after the deal, you did your part, now I'll do mine.