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Chapter 14 - KNOWN BEING

Maestro strolls on the down town streets of papillon, if you don't know what the phrase down-town means, it's another word for the slums.

Yeah every town, city, county, and continent has it no matter how rich the place is, such a pity!

As maestro walks down the streets of this slum, he hears the sounds of thugs on the alley right beside him.

"Where is it", the ruggerd short thug asks a dirty looking man while kicking him"

"I-i don't have it please", the dirty man pleads with the first thug.

"Ugh, why are you worthless", the short muscular thug gives him a heavy punch to the gut!

"Blehh", he vomits and at that moment he see's Maestro looking at him with pity.

Then the short thug see's Maestro and ignores his existence as he starts stepping heavily on the head of the dirty man.

"Please help me", the dirtyman begs Maestro with a pathetic face and a broken nose full of blood.

"Don't get caught up in this Maestro, ignore", Sega tells Maestro as maestro walks away from the scene dejectedly.

Okay don't be quick In blaming Maestro, if you were in a strange land with its own rules against people like you, would you still help him when they are still many more with the same case all around him??

As Maestro keeps walking he soon runs into another mess of a scene.

"Useless", a drunk man in torn singlets and boxers probably in his 40s punches his son. A young boy of about 12 years old to the ground.

"Sob", "I'm sorry, sorry please it won't happen again"

While the child begs for his life like a thief, the drunk man just throws him a dejected look as he carries a red smoothing rod from the grilling machine.

"No you're not sorry", the drunkard speaks as he gets closer with full intentions of scaring his son for life.

"Fuck", I can't allow this", maestro spouts as he finally reaches his sympathetic limit.

"No, you fool", Sega shouts as Maestro does what he wants anyway.

He dives in and throws a punch to the drunkards stupid face.

"Bam", the drunk man holds his face in excruciating pain, as he flies across the street crashing into the opposite building wall with a large thud.

From the sound it was obvious that several ribs and collar bones had been broken.

Then the child looks around for the mysterious benefactor who dared intervene in someone's business in this parts, only to find nothing.

"Glad that's over phew", Maestro runs all the way out of the slums and into the rich and royal faction.

With streets paved beautifully.

"Of course this is the latest beauty face cream", women in fancy thick clothing walk down the street as they chit- chat", carriages attached to horses clad the roads looking blissful and graceful.

Arrgh it really is a far cry from what the slums is like, what a pity!

Just as Maestro is still taking in all the beauty of the street houses, businesses and people he sets eyes upon a damsel more beautiful and posh than any lady he had ever seen before.

She instantly catches his eye, but the only problem is that this beautiful damsel that just caught his eyes is about to be run over by a stray horse.

"Neigh", the speeding horse shows no sign of stopping as it appears before the damsel.

"I must do something Sega"

"You better not use your abilities here boy-o", Sega instinctively warns Maestro sensing future danger.

"Sorry", Maestro taps into Sega violent aura and uses brute force the shatter the bracelet artifact.

After that Maestro runs in front of the running horse, holding it's front hooves he flings the horse away.

"You just fucked up boy", Sega regrettedly tells Maestro.

"Are you alright"

"I'm fine, thank you", in her pov she see's the man of her dreams , broad chests, handsome face and good hairline, nice physique and muscles.

The man every girl could die for, "Maestro", too bad they don't know he eats raw pigs for breakfast "bleh".

"M-monster"

"Freaks, it's the freak"

"Run or he will kill you"

"Off with his head"

"Get away from our princess at once miscreant"

One second after maestros heroic did, the onlookers burst with different reactions, some wanting him dead that very second, some afraid, some taking matters into their own hands by charging at him to kill him for the sake of their princess.

"So you're the princess huh",maestro bluets out as he is captivated by her beauty and posh lips.

"Get away from her", one of the the priests arms says as he throws his magnificent blue royal forged sword at Maestro.

Maestro dodges it , "what the?

Before Maestro can react another weapon a large unique spear almost rips his face off.

"Stop", the princess commands.

At this moment a powerful figure in full white priest clothing and expensive gold rings and cross necklace, probably in his 70s although he still looks tough.

"Priest", the guards and the priests arms bow.

"Are you alright my dear flower, did he try to hurt you or anything", the priests asks as he gives Maestro a sinister stare.

"He saved me"

The 3 arms of the priest (speardigo, boarrow and swordigo), all take a defensive stance around the princess, pushing Maestro away from her.

"He is probably one of the freaks still hiding within this town, and a strong one, he needs to die now!!,

Boarrow the second of the priest arms that shield him announces.

"I-im not a bad person", Maestro lies through his teeth.

"How dare you lay hands on the priests daughter, the honorable princess", swordigo the fittest of the priests arms says while drawing his blue sword.

On the leader of the priests arms mark, the three lunges attacks at Maestro.

Maestro catches swordigos sword from his sloppy sword skills, dodges and breaks speardigos spear,

Then he runs up close to boarrow the marks man and collects his bow from him.

"Why are these triplets skills do sloppy, and they claim to be the arms that shield the priest",masetro wonders as he beats the so called ares with cool looks and customes rather easily.

"Enough", the priest finally interrupts seeing his guards getting beaten easily that it gets embarrassing.

"Hey priest, I thought your town papillon was prosperous so why are they hundreds of people in the slums suffering", Maestro asks.

"You are evil and will die", swordigo yells as he picks up his sword.

"Stop", If you can kill the mysterious beast, the king that lies in the dungeon north from here, then you will not die!!

"They say his power rivals that of a demon lord"

"He saved the princess, please save us"

"Do demon lord's exist??

"I heard all demon lord's where executed by the Demon Slayer!!!

"Okay, I'll do it to clear my name", Maestro announces making the crowd have missed reactions.

Can he be trusted or not, are they not others hiding in this town like him, not all miscreants are bad right, I had a friend that was a freak he was nice and cool until they killed him.

Different questions and reactions surfaced as some memories and hope where brought back along with maestros words, which now carried heavy meaning.

"Ugh, damn you stealing my glory", swordigo attacks Maestro again and Maestro simply dodges and literally kicks his ass , sending him crashing.

"Crowd cheers for Maestro"