[scene : Colt and alexander standing in front of a gate of a grand mansion]
Alexander: "Colt, are you aware of the time when the domain lord was changed in our town?"
Shit, why would he bring this up now?!
Relax... relax... none of the people of this world know about me. There is no way he knows a thing. Let's play dumb.
Colt: "I remember it vaguely."
Alexander: "You probably wouldn't know, but your dad told me all about it. He said the new domain lord raised taxes tenfold which was about to cause a famine... luckily, he died of an illness before things progressed that far." Confirmed, I'm a badass and a genius.
Alexander: "You see, there are all kinds of nobles... good and bad... The one we're going to visit right now is tricky to deal with."
Alexander: "So don't say a word, he'll completely ignore you. Do not show offense. Let me handle the negotiations, understand?"
Colt [completely emotionless]: "Yes, sir."
[scene: Colt and Alexander are inside of the noble's estate, they're in a big lavish room with highly valuable furniture]
[A slow obese guy, brown hair, no moustache, brown eyes, walks in]
*Colt and Alexander both go down on one knee and lower their heads*
Another one! Is there a factory that makes these guys somewhere?!
No, wait, don't judge by appearance, maybe he's a good guy, but, if so, why was Alexander so worried?
The noble [with arrogance]: "I heard a lowly merchant came to meet me, and I so graciously took time out of my busy schedule to indulge your foolishness... This'd better be worth my valuable time."
Busy doing nothing that is.
Yup, that cliché never fails.
Alexander [while still lowering his head]: "I apologize, your lordship, but, I have a valuable item that I humbly desire to show you."
The noble: "Fine, let's get it over with.
*Alexander opens his item box, takes out a black box, opens it, the diamonds shine brightly*
*The noble's eyes light up with greed*
The noble [trying to maintain a poker face]: "These diamonds are not that much of a waste of time after all... How about... 5 gold coins for them?"
Son of a...! He's trying to rip us off!! I'm the one supposed to do the ripping here.
Well, they are genuine pure diamonds.
The fact that I made them from charcoal doesn't matter.
[Alexander stands there in silence, never showing an expression]
The noble: "What is that not enough? Fine, how about one large gold?"
Alexander kept his poker face until the noble's greed got the better of him.
We made out with three large gold coins since the noble knew he wouldn't find anything like this again.
[After leaving the mansion]
Alexander: "Not bad for your first time. When he gave his initial offer, I thought you'd get angry."
Colt: "Well, I was angry but you said to not show offense."
[Alexander standing there and thinking how a 9-year-old could contain his emotions and perfectly follow orders]
Alexander [with pride and sincerity]: "Colt, I hope one day, my son can be just like you."
Truth is... I never expected to hear such words.
I was shocked...
And for the first time since I met him, I spoke with sincerity.
Colt [speaking in a slow tone, still emotionless]: "Alexander, I respect you a lot, and, hearing you say those words, it fills me with joy. I just hope, I live up to what you hope for me to achieve."
Crap, I can't believe I said that out loud.
Alexander [trying to change the subject]: "Anyway... it's a good thing he didn't ask where we're from."
Colt [deciding to play along]: "Why? And also why sell the diamonds to him of all people?"
Alexander: "Because the domain lord that died of an illness... is his younger brother."
[Colt laughing internally]
Wait, so I just took a small fortune for basically nothing, from the brother of the guy I eliminated 3 years ago.
If I didn't know better, this looks like payment for a job well done, hilarious, hahaha...
[Colt's internal expression changes to a dark sinister grim face]
Maybe I should wipe his entire bloodline from existence.
Or, while I'm at it, I should level this whole kingdom. I just thought of a way to do it.
Alexander [interrupting Colt's thoughts]: "Why him? Because he cares about appearances... Most of the nobles who'll buy such expensive jewelry are just like him."
Alexander: "The respectable nobles care more for the people of their domain than their own looks... Not to say they live in poverty, but they don't exploit the powerless."
Oh... is that so... Guess I won't level this kingdom then.
Better try fixing it from the shadows instead.
It's good to know that there are actual good nobles.
[In the void flickers of orange flame glow]
This world isn't black and white.
[Back to Colt]
I need to gather allies, and the time for that will come...
But, for now, let's just live.
Alexander: "You just made a major profit of 3 Large Gold... Go have a little fun, take the next 2 days off. We're in the royal capital, there are plenty of things to do."
Colt: "Thanks, Alexander, by the way, here, your commission fee."
[Starts residing the incantation]
Alexander: "No, I can't accept that! Consider it a gift from master to a very talented apprentice."
Colt: "But-"
Alexander: "No buts, GO!"
[Pushes Colt gently on the back]
This guy... he really is a good man, I will pay him back someday.
*Colt walks away*
[scene : Colt in a shop, buying some cooking utensils]
[scene : Colt buying some vegetables and meat]
[scene : Colt in a shop looking at some armor]
Leather, mail… all of these won't cut it.. and getting one of these is suspicious enough but getting a plate armor, how could a kid get the money?
Leather it is.
You can never be too careful.
Assuming otherwise is plain arrogance.
[scene : Colt lighting a fire in a forest]
The forest of elves and monsters.
This.. is gonna be fun..
*Colt takes out the ingredients and starts preparing a meal*
Since the civilization here is middle ages at best.
Their food is plain and the most they know is bread and soup and roasting stuff.
*Colt places his hand on the ground, and the other on top of a container, oil starts dripping to the container*
It was not an easy feat.
Which made me realize that if I want stuff I can't just "atomic manipulate" it into existence... Some things are way too much of a pain to do multiple times.
*The food is cooking and the smell is propagating*
*Colt hears the goblin call, as well as another sound*
*Colt hears the bushes ruffling, he looks towards the source, some goblins appear accompanied by another entity 2 meters tall, face of a pig*
*Colt smiles*
A real life orc.. how awesome is that?
*The creatures rush towards Colt*
*A violet circle expands with Colt at the center*
*As soon as the circle touches the monsters, they drop to the ground, helplessly screeching and roaring as they try to move in vain, only the orc manages to lift its head a little*
"graviol".. cool name right? Straight from (musclehead in magic academy)
The idea here is that within a specific radius I set G=XG.
X can be any number because I can calculate the new value at tremendous speeds, but it is usually from 1.5 to 3 or 4 at best.
Now the hard part here is activating it without spilling my food, which means maintaining G for specific targets including me of course.
Colt [laughing like a maniac, covering his eyes with his hand] : "Hilarious"
[In the void, the flickers of dark green turn into a flame]
*Squats down to look at the orc*
Colt : "What's wrong? Is the big bad orc down?"
*The orc lets out a bellow*
Colt [smiling] : "I'll put you out of your misery"
*Takes out a small kitchen knife and starts slowly slicing the neck*
*After killing the orc and goblins, he puts the corpses in his item box*
In case the materials turn out to be valuable.
If you're in an isekai you play by the rules.
*Colt looks at the food*
Colt : "Ooh, it's ready"
*Goes to eat*
[scene : Colt just finished eating, he puts the plate in his item box, then he hears the sounds of battle]
*Colt rushes to the scene with a smile*
Wonder what kind of cool situation I'll find.
*Colt turns invisible and approaches to take a look*
*Colt's face shows no reaction at all*
Sadly ,I did not find adventurers in need of help or anything that will make me act cool as heck.
Rather..
[scene : A group of people approaching three elves, two of them are adults and on the ground, backing down with wounded bodies, and an elf child hiding behind a tree]
A bald guy: "We finally put them down... The kid will fetch a high price."
Another rando: "What about these two, boss?"
The boss: "Kill them! They won't do as slaves."
As I heard that, for some reason, I didn't feel a thing.
I knew what must be done and I was going to do it.
But, the only thought I had was: another cliché, but we finally have test subjects, let's not waste this chance.
Let's make a scene while we're at it.
Colt [turning visible, calmly stepping into the scene]: "Hey, hey, hey, what's all of this?"
*The bandits turn to face Colt, the elves however, are rendered immobile with horrified looks on their faces*
The boss: "A little brat?! Go on to your mommy before you get hurt."
Colt [laughing hard]: "Hahaha, you guys are walking cliches, toying with you is gonna be fun."
[His expression suddenly changes into a dark and demonic face]
Colt [in a slow, terrifying tone]: "Graviol!"
*The bandits drop to the ground while the elves are frozen in fear, watching helplessly what is about to unfold.*
The boss [barely managing to lift his face, terrified and confused]: "What the hell did you do??!! Who, no, what are you?!"
Colt [in a slow, icy, and terrifying tone, enough to make a lion run with its tail between its legs, looking him dead in the eyes]: "Don't try to resist... I doubled the gravitational force on you and your men, as for what am I... I am... the last being you'll ever see."
*Boss faints*
Colt [sadistically enjoying this]: "Hahaha, that waste of space actually fainted, and so did his men, this is too funny."
*Turns to the elves, starts moving towards them.*
Elf 1 [long blonde hair, blue eyes, with horror]: "N-n-no, stay away, I will not let you harm the princess."
*Colt looks at the "said" princess.*
*She looks back with terror in her red eyes. She's completely petrified that it seems the winds can't even move her long, silky white hair.*
The princess?! This kid?!