Chapter 17

While William was walking out of the Soma familia mansion, a white haired boy walked pass him.

'Wait...'

Almost instinctively William moved his left hand and grabbed the head of white hair in his tight grip.

"W-what!"

The sudden action caught the boy by surprise making him let out a surprised scream.

Not bothering with his reaction, William lifted the boy using his head and easily placed him in front of him.

"L-let go!"

The boy struggled with all his might but to his horror he was unable to even shake William's hand a little.

"Why are you here?"

William asked, he was genuinely concerned because this person should not have appeared here.

"W-what do you mean why I am here! of course it's because I'm a member of the Soma familia!"

The white haired boy with Ruby like red eyes shouted in an almost crying voice.

"Then...what about Goddess Hestia?"

"I-I don't know what you're talking about! please let me go! or I'll call for my big brother!"

William's eyes dilated a little as he came to realise just how much he had f*cked up the original timeline.

But it was only for a moment.

What was done was done.

There was no point in thinking about it now.

And to be honest at this point why would he even care about the original timeline?

As William's thoughts reached this point, he began to loosed the grip holding Bell's head.

That's right it was none other than Bell Cranel! the original protagonist! Surprise!

But just before William was about to let go of bell.

"Hey you."

A giant hand, larger than his head suddenly grabbed his face

"What do you think you are doing to my little brother?"

A heavy and familiar voice rang out in William's ears.

"You ba*tard do you even know..."

It wasn't like William wasn't able to dodge the grab, for him who was a level 7 Sword Emperor, there were few things he couldn't do in this world.

It was because the person who just grabbed him was someone he didn't wish to kill.

"Who you are messing with?....."

A giant mass of muscle which would leave any modern body builder to shame, one of the first members William recruited in his party and a massive M.

Eldest Lackey!

"How do you fell now you little sh*t when someone lift you using you're.... you're....you.....y....."

Eldest Lackey's heavy voice became smaller and smaller as he noticed a particular detail.

The person he just grabbed, who was not even half his body size was standing strong without even a hint of him being moved, even after he who was known for his raw strength was using all his might.

And then he noticed another detail.

'This familiar way of dressing.....'

A bead of sweat rolled down Eldest Lackey's face as an indescribable sense of oppression started enveloping him.

'This feeling of indomitable power....'

He felt his throat run dry as he gulped down a mouthful of saliva.

'And those....those eyes!'

Eldest Lackey's hand started shaking as he slowly retracted it making a pair of familiar indifferent eyes appear before him.

'This....this.....this...'

His entire body started shaking, making the ground tremble.

And in the next moment.

"BOSS!"

With his arms wide open, Eldest Lackey jumped right towards William with a face full of tears and snort, expressing his never-ending love!

And what he got in return.

"Get lost."

Was a punch right on his face.

The size difference between William and Eldest Lackey was massive, but as if probing the fact that this was a fantasy world, William's small punch made Eldest Lackey's massive body fly through the air, crashing into several walls before coming to an end.

Just when William was wondering whether he may have used a bit too much strength, a huge figure jumped out from the rubble.

"Haah haaah such ruthlessness! it's you after all!"

With heavy breathing Eldest Lackey made his way back to William.

"Boss!"

"The next time you try to hug me I'll kill you."

"Boss!"

"I am serious I will kill you."

"Boss!"

"....What?"

"Nothing I was just checking if you were real or just my imagination"

"...."

William wanted to point out that if he was an imagination then he wouldn't have been able to send him flying with a punch, but he decided not to say it.

It was a waste of words to say anything to an idiot.

Especially when that someone was this...this indescribable living being.

The amount of knowledge he possessed was severely insufficient to give a suitable term to describe Eldest Lackey.

But even with all of his short comings.

*Pat*

William raised his hand and patted Eldest Lackey's shoulder making him tremble.

"It's good to have you back."

William said in a low voice before retracting his hand and turning around.

On the other hand....

'F*ck he's going to kill me!'

Eldest Lackey thought without a hint of doubt.

'Why the fck else would Boss say such sentimental words?'

'It's crazy.'

'Torture.....will he be torture me before finishing the job? using his rough and powerful hands to beat my delicate body?...'

'T-thay doesn't sound so bad!'

William felt a chill run down his spine making him speed up his pace.

"Wait for me! Boss!" Eldest Lackey shouted before quickly following behind making William run even faster.

"B-big brother I'm also coming! you promised to show me the way of the muscles!", Bell shouted as he quickly tried to catch up.