Punishment.

Alex finally reached the village, it was already a full day and the afternoon was closing in the sky.

"Sigh... mother is going to kill me." Alex sighed not realizing he had attached to the people he didn't consider his family before, he smiled and knocked on the door.

Knock!!! Knock!!! Knock!!!

"Can I?---" Alex got interrupted and Door opened instantly.

Jannese completely crazed worry looked saw him.

"ALEEEEXXXX I WAS SO WORRIED!!!" Jannese took Alex in her hands and hugged him.

Alex was shocked, then he remembered how much this person cared about their kid, he smiled and hugged back.

"Where!!! WHO!!! WHAT!!! WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN!!!" Jannese yelled out.

Alex looked inside and saw Ray on the couch reading some books.

"I..." Alex didn't know what to say to her, he didn't look at the time... because there weren't any fucking clocks here, and he was delayed by Eleanor.

"TELL ME YOUNG MAN!!!" Jannese wiped her tears and looked at Alex extremely angrily.

"Calm down sweetheart, he is a man, he needs to go through dange---" Ray swallowed his salvia.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY???!!!" Aura exuding from Jannese looked like a crazed beast ready to eat someone.

"Oh... not---hing... SHE IS RIGHT YOUNG MAN!!! HOW COULD YOU SPEND A DAY WITHOUT TELLING US!!!" Ray instantly looked at Alex with feared eyes and said this.

Alex chuckled.

"You are chuckling???!!! HOW!!! YOU ARE NOT GOING OUT IN THE FOREST FOR THE NEXT 3 YEARS YOUNG MAN!!!" Jannese yelled out.

"WHAT!!!" 

"WHAT!!!

"WHAT!!!"

Ray and Alex immediately yelled out.

"But!!!" Alex wanted to retort.

"He is right, you need to rest young man, and shower, you are dirty." Ray put his finger on his lips and shooo-ed Alex.

Alex got his motion and nodded.

"HMPH!!!" Jannese yelled out and went towards the bathroom with Alex to clean him.

Ray looked at Alex and noticed something different from him, but he couldn't put his hand on what.

--

"Am I going to get grounded for 3 Years, come on father..." Alex was wiping his hair off in front of the fireplace talking to Ray.

"What is grounded?... anyway, you don't need to worry, she always comes to heart when time passes, are you ready for your test?" Ray asked Alex.

Alex nodded, he was sure nobody in the village was his match right now, even if he wasted all of the coins he gained to help Eleanor, he still had fighting experience with Aether he lacked before, he also got new spells that would help him in the battles.

He was ready as much as he could be ready.

Except for...

"I think I will finish the gun tomorrow," Alex said and smiled, this would be a very interesting experience.

--

Next Day.

Click!!!

BANG!!! BANG!!! BANG!!!

Alex put metal parts together with a hammer and screws.

He looked at the components before putting the next part.

He had a blueprint in his mind, he was making SIG Sauer P226

model, of course, he was making the most basic one possible with just a bullet but that is where he got a reference from, it was a black gun since he used iron and it blackened in the furnace.

He almost got caught before when smoke was going out in the window and sounds were coming out from the room but Alex escaped with an excuse that he was training his new technique which required sand that he always cleaned up after.

Or maybe he didn't and his parents just didn't invade his hobbies.

"The bullets this will require will be a pain in the ass to make, but from my calculations, this will be enough to pierce the body of that Unicorn whatever the fuck it's called," Alex said this and looked at his pistol.

"I just have to test it against Magic Shields or something..." He pointed his gun towards the window and clicked the trigger but nothing happened as it was not loaded.

"Hmmm.... 9x19mm Parabellum, .40 S&W looking bullents maybe..., .357 SIG will be good too but the bullet will need to be 9.02 mm, I don't think I can go with millimeters with this shitty ass equipment... damn, which one do I choose...." Alex thought about the bullets... 

He then went with 9x20mm, he would risk damage to the gun even if he had to break it since he just needed to test this out, and after that, he would be able to easily make the gun again with a good blueprint in his mind.

Or he would just straight up buy it from the shop.

Alex bought copper alloy from the shop, put it inside the forge, made a fire inside with some coal, and pulled the tube outside just peaking it out as it remained unseen from the covers his window had.

Just the smoke was going outside.

Alex risked a big housefire with this but... he was too lazy to go to actual Forge in this village.

"Oh wait, I need to do that," Alex remembered that and sighed and continued his work.

--

Afternoon.

Alex was outside just moving around, he had a gun in his back pocket, he was going to test this on some animal and he was going out from the village.

But before he left he heard a voice.

"YOU!!! THE ESCAPER BASTARD!!!" He looked around to see there was only him.

He looked back and pointed at himself "Me?" He said this confusedly.

In front of him stood about 13 year old boy in leather shorts, he had black hair and blue eyes with a pointed nose and a little too big nose. with 5 kids behind him differentiating from ages 8 to 13

"YES YOU!!! DO YOU SEE ANYONE UGLY AS YOU AROUND???!!" Boy yelled out.

"HAHAHAHAHAH!!!"

"YOU TELL HIM BOSS!!!"

"YOU ARE THE BEST JOCKSTER!!!" 

Kids behind him 

Alex stood there stupified, what was going on right now.

"You know? you are disrespectful for ignoring me back in the dojo..." The boy said this.

Alex raised his eyebrow and said.

"Who the hell are you little goblin?" He asked.

Kids were stunned, what...

"YOU!!! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!! DO YOU THINK THIS IS A JOKE???!!! DAMN YOU!!!" The kid got angry for some reason, his face distorted and he yelled out.

"BEAT HIM UP!!!" He pointed his hand towards Alex.

"YES BOSS!!!" 

"LEAVE IT TO US!!!"

"HE WILL BE BEATEN UP!!!" 

Kids clenched their fists and went towards Alex.

Alex still stood there...

Was he getting bullied now? He? HE WAS GETTING BULLIED???!!

"This brings back memories from all the bullies I shoved in the principal's office in my college days..." Alex smiled and released his Aura.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!

"AGHHGHHG!!! WHAT IS THIS!!!" The KId fell, they felt extreme fear of their existence itself.

"YOU!!! WHAT DID YOU DO!!!" The kid behind pointed his hand towards Alex and yelled out.

He pissed himself.

"I don't have time to play with you kiddos... behave next time." Alex went towards the forest.

"YOU!!! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!!!" Kid yelled out.

Alex rushed out into the forest.

End Of Chapter.