Human presumably thinks that. 'If a demon is here, this place in danger.' or 'A demon always and will cause devastation and instill fear to man.' is what i'm heared off based on my retainer's story. She also noted that, mankind can keep up to us in terms of power, which isn't relatively a surprise. Although wishing that they wouldn't be much tougher that us. Reality makes dreams difficult to attain. And yet to think that they would be this close keeping up with ours, especially in these out of the world innovations.
"Goodness gracious."
Bewildered, humanity has somehow passed my expectations and turned it upside down. It was different from what i imagined, somehow even me, i couldn't recognize any of 'what's' in my field of view. Lights, lights bounce of everywhere. In everything there was a light. Loud noise, each coming from living organisms and large moving mechanism layered in harmony.
A sight to behold. A sight that only you, would've seen in the land of man. Walking around the place i stopped by to look at the front of these things that looks kind of a beast. No they were made of metal. I hadn't felt any life to these, only a life of man riding it was felt inside of these unusual works. Lights in their sides, glasses in front of it, seeing the individual riding it. Four circular rubbers that supports the weight and rotating indefinitely that let's it move.
"Geez"
Upon glaring that these seemingly tons of ironed carrier, some of them passed by, changing their directions, dodging me. Then one in my field of view, was once small, then it grew. Larger and larger till it then stopped once it's in front of me. Tilting my head on not knowing what to do, it then sprouted it's defense mechanism.
"HOONKKK, HOONKKK!"
"eek!"
"Hey! Hey boy, what the heck are you doing? do you wanna die? get out of the lane."
The man said after buzzing the most vile sounds I've ever heard of. To my response, i ran away as fast there.
"Hey wha- where did he go?!"
***
"Huff, huff, huff"
Breathing heavily, after running at full speed excessively depleting my stamina yet these beast made in iron still plastered me everywhere, to what seemingly endless of them. I had realized that i must not interfere in their way. After resting for sometime, a minute or so, i returned to observe. Now instead of looking directly at what i want to look and get in their way, it might not be safe. Especially from my experience looking infront of those moving innovations. I decided to follow the human path, the side where human walks instead of these irons.
I walked and walked, wandering and looking around aimlessly. These place never cease to amaze me. Tall houses, each and everywhere there they are. Rectangular shaped building with an unknown source of material for building, filled with glasses to the structures body. Between the already tall buildings there is one that stood tall. From the far distance it was almost as if it can reach heavens itself. An oddly shaped one, instead of a cubic building it was like that of as spike. Black colored with transparent light flickering in a circular shaped at the peak of the building, giving off a spherical shaped at the top. A thick base, getting smaller and smaller at each rising height. Sensing waves of energy at the top of it, spewing it out everywhere.
"Mama, is that brother a royalty? Holy shii"
"Hmm? Royalty?"
Staring at the building blankly and pondering, my eyes wander at the perpetrators who asked that question. It was a child, along with her mom. The child looking at me, while her mother, lecturing ber out, giving off a troublesome look. The mother then bowed apologizing at her son's behavior, i also bowed in respect.
One thing is certain. I, myself has been gaining a lot of attraction. People gazes everytime they passes by looking at me in every manner, negatively or positively.
'how did they know?'
Upon questioning myself i realized. my clothing was different to theirs. To what seems some kind of contemporary, instead of the gothic style of clothing in my place. Theirs was inexplicably differs to mine.
'I need a change of clothing.'
My eyes wanders around once again, this time fixated on a structure. It was small, no it's still large but not comparable to the others. There, they were clothing, closed or locked by glass wall. I walked to see it personally. Dolls, dolls wore the clothes, each and having their own design. I think to myself.
'Should i steal? What use can they be if the clothes weren't being used but only being presented here.'
Narrowing my eyes contemplating. I realized.
"Wait! I'm rich! I can just exchange my treasure to theirs. Yeah let's go with that."
Nodding my head of i headed to the door where people used to enter. They were guards, looking at me in suspicion.
There, i entered. A full line of clothing, pieces of clothes everywhere in every nook and cranny. Others were hanged off, others were folded. Observing the costumers, they can freely look and try out at any clothes you see here.
'so they weren't just for display huh. I see'
Nodding once again at my thoughts, grinning indefinitely, while glancing at every clothing i see excessively, giggling for some time. A moments passing, i had try out most of the clothes relatively to my size. It was a breeze, almost fun itself. I had not realize trying out clothes would be fun in on itself. But then again all things must come to an end.
Upon deciding on what i like the most, i realized. You can indefinitely purchase anything here as long as you have money. I can even purchase the entire building. Although i shouldn't since there are people still looking out for clothes, i don't want them to miss out on anything. After that i then decided to picked out six set of clothings to my liking. Heading to the tailor, or some kind of seller. Still not knowing this world's currency.
"Is this enough?"
Dropping off a bar of gold at the table whe the seller reside. The girl quite in shock, looked at the gold on the table and looked at me again.
"Omigosh you really are a royalty. Uh, ahem milord then please allow me to swap these gold to frinz."
She then took the gold returned out of my sight i waited. Upon returning she gave me a case, the same size as my head. After giving some time of thinking and struggling to understand, i was finally able to unlock it. 10 coins colored in gold, 50 coins that a bit smaller than the gold one was colored in silver, they were lined perfectly. Then a miscellaneous 43 coins relatively the same size of the silver one was colorless, iron as a material.
'So gold is still a valuable resource up to this day.'
Satisfied at my purchase, i headed out and immediately wore an outfit. I wore a white chiffon long sleeve, and a black jeans that they called trousers, quite the right fit for my size. Upon looking in the mirror for some time, I then returned to wandering around.
Walking from areas to areas, i had already realized the sun was already setting up. I remembered it was still a night when i get here. But then again, my visit probably was only hours before sunrise. Lights from those moving machine's finally stop and even to those street lamp and buildings disappeared. It was still dark, but the sun will foreshadow it at moments notice.
'Haven't seen it in long.'
Before i had realized it, i was already in the slum, a dump of sum sort. Small houses everywhere, with the specks of dirt everywhere. Mud and polluted water i step into as i walked. An unpleasant smell, a smell of rotten egg from those dripping just above this place where those unknown iron fort was transporting from place to place.
But yet. A different smell caught my attention an aroma of sweet rancid clinging in my nose. My eyes wanders trying to caught of the perpetrators behind that smell. There it was, a hollowed box like container, containing someone. I saw it, food. I quickly headed to the man, and asked.
"What are these?"
Looking at it out of curiosity. The food, a palm sized yellowish bread like food. Sniffing out the smell, i swallowed my saliva. Looking at it intensely.
"Oh you mean this? They are called packet cakes my son. Would you like to buy one?"
"... How much?"
"5 frinz per 2."
The man exclaimed. I then pulled out my case to the man's surprised. Tampering with it i picked up a silvered colored coin then immediately closing it.
"10 frinz then."
The man nodded then immediately took a transparent fabric and dropped the already cooked packet cakes in it. We then traded our possession and then exchanging my money with 90 of those colorless coin. Now i finally grasped this lands currency. These colorless coin must be one frinz then the silver once estimates in 100 frinz, although i'm clueless to the golden one, my guess is at 100 also, well it might not be the case.
"What are these?"
Pointing at the transparent fabric that i'm holding.
"Plastic son, they are called plastic. You really don't know son?"
"... No i'm asking about the brand."
"Oh I'm sorry ha ha ha, but i just picked them in the market. I really don't know much."
I opened the plastic as he talked then picked a piece of packet cakes. Slowly coming in contact with my mouth, slowly entering my mouth, i bit it. The sweet flavor a taste of cheese dough with the sweetness of the darkish gue inside the packet cake. It was delicious.
"Holy shii!! Hey you! Give me another 8!"
After completely devouring one packet cakes i once again ordered another 8, i gave the seller another 20 frinz. Then he started cooking, or baking to say the least. Waiting for the food to finish while munching my packet cakes. Footsteps behind me came louder.
"Heya to think someone rich would come here."
"There he is! I saw him picking out a brief case! Alot of frinz, even gold one's!"
"Uh hey! This isn't a place for you to pry, leave here!"
The seller budge, looking behind me. My eyes glanced on what's behind. 5 man, with relatively old and torn clothing. Staring at me with greed.
"Peasants huh."
I exclaimed, narrowing my eyes then moving fort my body infront of them
"What? Look here you punk, if you don't want to bruised then leave the money here."
"If you didn't stop here i'll call the officials!"
"Don't butt in old man, we're not talking to you."
The seller or chef, clenched his fist an a disarray on whether to help or not.
"... Don't mind them, continue in your cook show. I require a power check anyway."
I uttered to the man, while continuing my advance to these peasants. Once upfront they gave me the look of 'do you dare?' while they circled around me. Without a wait i elbowed the person infront of me in the stomach which crouched in pain, causing him to bow down infront of me. My palm then hit the man's cheek with force that their jaws seemed to broke.
"Ghuheu-!"
"Wha-"
Before the man on my right side finished what he's saying, i hit him below his face using my palm forcing him to shut his mouth off, severing his tongue with his teech. Screaming as he dropped down holding his mouth with both hands as it bleeds.
"You BITCH!"
The man on my left end retorted. Clenching his right fist readying off his arms for a punch. Light embedding in his fist. Other persons behind my back wrapped their both arms around my arms trying to stun lock me. The man, who was now infront of me had now thrown his punch right at me. Forcefully moving my left arm, the man holding it was flung away, falling off with a 'thud' in the garbage dump. I catched the man's fist who's trying to punch me using my hand, a small shockwave blew infront of us as the light now disappearing from his hand.
"How."
He stared in disbelief, trying to free his fist to mine. I then rotated my fist counterclockwise, disclocating his right arm, screaming in agony. Kicking him in the crotch, his eyes rolled off and now sleeping in the dirt knocked off.
And lastly. The man trying to lock my right arms retorted in trying to strangle me, wrapping his arms on my neck behind my back, using his full force leaving off a copious amount of sweat.
"Filthy."
Before he realized it he was already upside down midair then fall off to his back with so much force that he puked, falling unconscious. I also kicked the man in the face who has his tongue cut off knocking him down. There i say, my estimation is.
"The same as a toddler in my place. It's an overestimation, there's five of you after all."
Looking at the seller, his jaw wide open, sweating profusely. Closing our distance apart, i opened up the plastic I'm holding. He, swallowing his saliva, wipes off his sweat then dropped the packet cakes on the plastic using his iron clips that i have no clue what's about.
After what's all done. I quickly headed out away of the slums, munching my food, savoring it in my memory. There's a lot more things to do. It's still early in the morning after all.