Chapter 198: A Spoilt Meal
"Greetings, welcome to the roasted hen! Oh? If it isn't for Ryuji and his beautiful wives. Please, sit, and I'll come take your order."
Ryuji had been visiting this small restaurant almost every day after Liana and Erika discovered it a few days ago. The meals were delicious, and extra portions for after practice weren't too expensive, like some of the other places in the city.
"Afternoon, Marina. Can we get the usual?"
The owner of the restaurant was named Marina, while her husband and son worked in the kitchen and backyard preparing drinks and other parts of the service.
"Master~ Sariel wants fried chicken with crunchy bits and cheese!"
"Darling, I want a roast chicken with leeks, potatoes and onion gravy."
"I know, you always get the same dishes!" Ryuji could only bitterly smile as Marina gave a bitter smile before heading into the kitchen; a few minutes later, a cute girl who seemed to be in her late teens placed several iced mugs of water and mead on the table.
"Thanks, Tina." Yumiko chuckled as she took her mug and sipped the chilled mead.
Today's practice was much more intense than the past few days, so Ryuji didn't mind if the girls let loose afterwards.
Though they would have the final match in the arena tomorrow, none of them seemed nervous or worried about the outcome.
Around ten minutes later, a group of knights entered the restaurant along with a bloated noble who waddled with each step. The noble sat down while the knights covered their faces with iron helmets. However, the surrounding atmosphere wasn't friendly, and their gaze flickered towards Ryuji's table.
"Greetings--"
"Shut up, old woman." The leading knight interrupted Marina and placed his hand on his sword. "This filthy restaurant isn't suited to serve food. How dare you run such a shabby and disgusting place. To think that our noble lord would enter here is a disgrace to his name!"
"Eh...?" Marina's face became pale, though she knew the knights of Grigor could be arrogant and a little stuck up. None of them complained about her restaurant or food. "Dear customer, I assure you our food is--"
"Kya...?!"
The knight struck out towards Marina, however Ryuji's body appeared beside her and grabbed the extended hand to stop his blow from striking her.
'Hmm... a low-tier A-Rank...'
The knight's hand trembled as he felt Ryuji's strength. He tried several times to pull away, only to feel his bones crack the moment Ryuji tightened his grip and glared at the knight.
"Who are you?! How dare you interrupt my strike!"
"You're the ones interrupting her. Why don't you leave before you regret it? It's not like you came here to eat anyway. Most likely, your fat-ass lord saw my women and thought they looked good. I'm not interested in this cliché. If you start trouble, I'll crush every last one of you."
"How dare you insult our great lord! Do you think a small peasant from this trash kingdom is worthy of our mainland heritage? I'll tear you limb from limb and sell your women as whores!"
The knight's eyes turned bloodshot as he reached for his sword.
"What did you say?"
The sound of torn flesh and broken bones echoed through the silent restaurant. The knight's eyes turned white as he fell to the ground.
"Rude plebeian! Who are you to kill, my knight? I'll have you know I am from the mainland's noble family! My father, Marquis Elmond, will send his army to crush this pathetic kingdom if you don't prostrate yourself and watch as I take my wife home! Liana has been promised to me by this kingdom's queen."
The nobleman's voice shook along with his double chin as he watched the knight collapse with his heart crushed, yet the man in front of him stood without a care in the world.
"Do you even listen to the nonsense from your lips? If I wanted, I could kill you right here. Then, by the time your father realised. I'd be ready to crush his army, too."
"Ryuji..." Yumiko and the others could only watch with a stunned expression as Ryuji's hand flashed and crushed the fat noble's heart.
The knights drew their swords and stepped forward, but just as they were about to reach Ryuji. They felt a powerful weight as his eyes turned black; a powerful force forced them all to kneel as a cruel grin appeared on Ryuji's lips.
"Tell me, Marquis Piggy, do you think I would let you take Liana? She's already my woman, in both body, mind and soul and looking at your pathetic state... Do you really think your limp dick and flabby body could satisfy her?"
"You...you bastard... I'll kill you!"
"Then why don't you try?"
The nobleman's face turned bright red as he screamed at his knights. "What are you waiting for? Attack him!"
[Skewer Them All, Blood Crucifix]
Ryuji's eyes flickered red as the blood within the knight's bodies turned into needles that impaled the hearts. Though the knights were a mixture of B-Rank and A-Rank, under Ryuji's control, their bodies moved on their own as they each stabbed their weapons through the other's body.
"Ah, ahhhhhhh...?!"
The nobleman watched in horror as his knights each stabbed themselves to death in a bloody display.
"Wha, what did you do?!"
"Me? I did nothing~ I only stood here looking handsome, right girls?" Ryuji grinned as he turned around. "Right, Liana, Erika?"
"Yes~"
"Yup~"
"I, I'll have you killed for this, how dare you... how dare you...?!"
"Oh? And how are you going to do that? Your knights are dead. You're alone in a foreign country. You're fat, have a limp dick, and your breath smells like rotten fish."
"Rude commoner! When Bernard comes, he will cut you down, vile plebeian. I will fuck your women until they carry my children, then execute them all!"
'Quite a disgusting thought. Is this some reincarnated weeb who wants revenge on the world?'
"Bernard? Who is he?"
"That, that is..."
"Hmm? Is it that old butler rushing towards this direction with silver hair? I see. He is stronger than the knights, but do you think he can match me?"
Ryuji just wanted to make the fat noble scared, although he wanted to kill the pig.
He couldn't cause too much trouble for Alan, but now it was decided in his mind. The moment this match ended, he would flee this kingdom and head towards the beast kingdom.
'Well I learned recently it's actually called the Federation of Beasts...'
Ryuji couldn't help but smile as he recalled the conversation he had with Alan who taught him all the details that the kingdom hid from the normal summoned heroes and the general populace.
'Speak of the devil.'
Alongside the old butler was Alan. His face looked calm despite him trying to appear worried and upset.
"Ryuji!"
"Ah, Alan! I didn't expect you to arrive this quickly."
"What have you done? This is outrageous! Look at all the deaths you've caused! Killing so many knights and a noble, what do you have to say for yourself!"
Alan's eyes narrowed as he stared at the nobleman. "Oh... it's alive."
"Hah! You see, I was not the one who killed these men. They did it on their own! I am just an innocent hero trying to get his afternoon meal!"
"What! That is a lie. I can't believe such nonsense! Don't believe this plebeian's words! I was the victim of his crimes!"
The nobleman's fat cheeks trembled as he yelled at Alan, but Alan simply ignored his words and looked at Ryuji.
"It's good that you managed to survive. These knights are very strong. There is no way you could have killed them all. Maybe they suffered some mental damage on the journey here."
"Hey! Listen to me!" The nobleman screamed and yelled, but Alan continued to ignore him as he looked at the owner of the restaurant.
"Marina, are you injured?"
"I am alright, thanks to Ryuji."
"I see, well then. Bernard, please have these corpses removed and cleaned. To have your suicidal knights staining this innocent woman's restaurant with blood and flesh, I believe your young lord will not leave without adequate financial compensation for the lovely lady and her family."
"Eh...?" Marina was confused. Although she knew Alan was a duke and he was powerful. Marina was sure the knights died because of Ryuji; however, seeing the veins almost popping from the fat noble's forehead made her feel good. So she remained silent.
"Su, suicide?"
"Yes, isn't it obvious? I don't know what other conclusion you could use when they are all impaling each other with their swords!"
"I, I, I am the son of a marquis. You can't talk to me like this!"
"Son of a marquis? Oh, so you're a Marquis Piggy?"
"Ha, haha!" Yumiko and the girls couldn't help laughing unable to hold it back from Alan's horrible acting.
"It's Marquis Bacon!" the fat noble bellowed while Bernard looked around with a complicated gaze.
"Bernard, what are you waiting for? Remove these corpses and pay this woman. It seems the Marquis Bacon here is suffering from a delusion. The knights had a mental breakdown and killed themselves. What if your young lord is infected, too?"
"I, I am not--"
"Marquis Bacon. You are a guest of my country. I cannot risk you suffering any ill, even if it's mental." Alan's eyes turned cold as he looked at the fat noble.
"Bernard, take Marquis Bacon away. Make sure to keep him safe and treat him for any illness or possible mental breakdown. If he dies, I'm sure his father will not be pleased."
"Tsk..." Bernard didn't heed Alan's words instead clicking his tongue, before kneeling before his lord. "My lord, we should leave and make new preparations. Thankfully, the Knight Captain is waiting in our private mansion for tomorrow's match."
"Fine, fine. I understand, Bernard."
'This filthy plebeian, I will make sure he suffers a miserable death! And those whores who laughed at me too! Don't think I don't know you were silently mocking me, Duke Alan Grigor!'
The fat noble, Bacon, tossed a few gold coins at Marina while giving a deathly stare to Ryuji, Alan and the girls before his butler held both doors open to allow him to squeeze through.
Once their party left, Alan turned to face Ryuji and gave him a doubtful look. "You killed them all, didn't you?"
"Who knows?" Ryuji grinned as he patted the hero on the shoulder. "Maybe they were all possessed by something. Maybe they were crazy. But either way, I have a match tomorrow and need some sleep. It's a shame that damn warthog ruined our dinner atmosphere."
"You should be more careful. You may be powerful, but the royal family would have already put a bounty on your head. If it wasn't because you are under my protection, and we knew that noble would cause issues with Liana."
"Hah... I should have killed him."
"It's fine. We'll deal with him later, so just make sure to win tomorrow."
"Oh? Are you saying I might lose?"
"Anne is strong and seems obsessed with you... Really, be careful. She's like a feminine ogre!"
Ryuji's lips curled as he remembered that woman's obsession. He could only nod at Alan's warning.
"Well, I won't lose, and I can't wait to fight her and beat her so hard she calls me daddy."
"R-Ryuji... you're not going to try and seduce both my nieces, right... Right?!"
"Hahaha!" Ryuji's only answer was an awkward laugh as he walked towards the table with everyone waiting.