Chapter 24

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Maximus's POV

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I'm pretty sure I called this. In Front of me stands a man. Said man has a few claims. This man claims to be Eve's uncle. I stand in front of this man. I know he's a coward.

Now I know that I may not be the best at telling people's intentions at first glance, but this man is so obvious. First he walks up to the manor and yells for the guards to step aside. And they do! Like what the hell?! Their only job is to not let people in, unless those people are allowed in by the owner of the manor. But they let a random man in. I don't care if he is Eve's uncle. He looks like he would walk into a back and rob it only to forget to subdue the security guards. Brown hair that looks like an explosion and a bowl cut mixed. And he was skinny, but not unhealthy, just skinny. He had no defined muscles. He looks like a sketchy dude. I walk up to him and say.

"Please leave before I escort you out."

"Are you talking to me?"

"Yes, now please leave."

"Servant leave! Do you know who I am to you?"

"10, 9"

"I am the Duke Now!"

"6, 5"

"You! Quit your counting!"

"3, 2"

"If you touch me! I'll get-"

"I will be escorting you out."

So I pick him up and I walk him straight to the gate and prepare to throw him out. But I hear running and see Eve jogging towards me holding a book. She jogs up to me and stops for a second to breathe. Then she says.

"Who's that?"

"Just some garbage."

"Garbage?"

"It's another word for trash."

"Ohh!"

Then the fake uncle starts screaming.

"EVE! TELL HIM TO LET ME GO!!!"

"Uncle?"

"YES YOU B*T- GIR-l please tell him to let me down."

Man he changed his turn real quick! And he should be glad he stopped himself before he said b*tch. I was about to kill him. But he still yelled at Eve. He's gonna die eventually.

"Maximus? Can you please put him down?"

"Yes Eve."

"Finally! Take me off your shoulder before I have you ex-"

I toss him on the floor. I don't care if Eve likes him, he's a horrible influence. And she only needs me in her life! Another man? F*ck that! He must want to steal my daughter after Eve's dad died. He shakelly stands up and attempts to brush off the dirt on him. But then stop after realizing it will need a much more thorough cleaning.

"I am Alexander! The new Duke by law!"

"By law?"

"I am the eldest man within one blood connection to the late Duke."

"Eve's gonna be the Duke."

"Sure, sure. But! She requires an adult who can help her make decisions. AND! She will soon become the duchess, not the Duke. That's for me."

"Are you f*cking kidding?"

"You would use such language around me?"

"Are you f*cking kidding?"

"She will be my bride when she comes of age."

I am going to f*ck this dude up. So I do. My fist flies before I even know what happened. It slams right into his nose, now normally I would rather kick him as it has a lower chance of breaking a bone of mine. But there is something satisfying about slugging a predator in the face. It's… Therapeutic. So. I do it again. And again. And 12 more times until he stops breathing. Then I realize, I just killed someone in front of Eve. Even if I was doing the world a huge favor, I still may have mentally scarred Eve.

"Eve! Are you ok?!?"

"Yeah why?"

"He's dead."

"Mhm."

"I killed him."

"I ended up seeing the last time you killed someone."

"He was your uncle."

"He stepped on my favorite teacup, while I was chatting with nay-nay."

"Ok."

"Ok?"

I knew I was a good influence! She is so optimistic that she can think of death in a good way! I will definitely give Eve more free time this week! She has earned it! That guy probably had some family right? I'm sure I can take them. How much of a threat could some loan shark looking dumb*saws guards be? Even if I need to escape, I'm confident I can escape with Eve and we can live a happy life elsewhere.

Back to Eve! No! Back back to the body! I should probably get someone to clean it up. Or fire magic! Which I have but I don't want to waste a lot of my magic on him. Maybe I should put his head on a spike? No, that might make Eve catch a disease. Wait! Why was a noble traveling alone? Was he bait? Am I thinking too much? Was someone testing the waters? I mean it's not like anyone could kill me even if that's their goal. Believe it or not, sons of gods are hard to kill. I bet I could make someone immortal just by drinking the blood from my stomach. Am I immortal yet? Maybe? I'd probably kill myself if Eve died before me though.

What to do with the body. I walked over to a servant who was passing by the area and I assume they happened to see this scene. Because they are frozen, completely still. Just as I'm nearing the servant they jump back from me like I tried to bite them. I point at the body and ask if they would go grab the knight who summons fire.

After around 4 minutes a guard came running over and I had the time to check the body for valuables. Nothing except for a gold looking rectangle. The guard makes it to me and I ask him to burn the body. He sighs and attempts to burn it after around 25 seconds he stops and starts to pant. But! He only burned half the body! I get that he is doing his best but come on! He couldn't have pushed himself to burn at least the face! I'm getting sick just looking at it. Thank Father pedohilia is not an air born disease, because this guy has enough to go around.