The Seirei Gensouki Spirit Chronicles
Chapter 2's

“I can say the same to you. This is our first meeting, isn't it?” Rio sighed, defying the man with a cold voice and making him furrow his brows.

“What did you say?” Deteriorated mood. Till…

“Alright, stop, stop! Do your fight outside” Chloe, who is bringing beer there, jumps between them in panic.

“Come, Miss Chloe. It doesn't count as a fight, does it? Or do you give special treatment to this boy?” The man whose hand was slapped said, clearly displeased.

“It wasn't ... I mean ..” Chloe flinched at the dark gaze that the dangerous man sent her.

“Then, close your trap. I'll teach this kid some manners. Hey kid! Unscrew your hood and kneel. I'll forgive you if you do that.” The man to Rio's right ruled for no reason with a sharp look.

However, Rio continued to enjoy his food secretly, which rubbed the men the wrong way. The spectators around them giggled at the sight.

“Heh, he ignored them.”

“They are looked down upon. Serve them properly,” said someone mockingly.

“K-You ..” The two men started shaking with anger at being insulted.

“H-Haruto! Hurry and remove your hood!” Chloe fearfully urged Rio to obey her.

“... I don't want.” Rio smiled uncomfortably and shook his head at Chloe.

“So, you'll ignore what we said and just answer Miss Chloe. That all? Is that how you do it, huh? ”

“How should I respond to someone clearly approaching me with ill intentions? If there is a correct answer, please, tell me,” Rio asked the man whose voice is tired.

Getting involved with something like this is just a problem. Rio had been raised in a slum where power was everything, but he found that the adventurous society was indeed somewhat similar. The way the two groups thought was very simple. For both of them, being looked down upon was equivalent to defeat, as their livelihood depended on their strength. They are unable to show any weakness. Even if Rio apologized here, there was no guarantee they would forgive him. They'll just push their accusations further, say something along the lines

“APologizing means you admit that it was your fault.”

“... Correct response? Don't change the topic. Right now I'm asking you how you're gonna make up for this. All you need to do is apologize.” The man whose hand was slapped Rio insisted on doing something as he wished.

Rio let out a mocking huff before moving a piece of meat into his mouth.

“Do you really want to learn things the hard way, boy?” The men stand up

from their seats with a loud noise.

“Hei, Gene, Assil. Shouldn't you be giving the boy a lesson? ”

“Yes, he needs to hit his high horse a little bit. Especially being a beginner and all. Teach him the rules of life as an adventurer here. ”

The men sitting nearby were trying to make the men bother Rio even more. Chloe tried to speak out against them, but was silenced with a sharp look. He closed his mouth in fear.

“Standing,” the man whose hand was slapped earlier said, grabbing Rio's collar collar with his left hand.

The man was nearly two meters tall, so at twelve years old and 160cm tall, Rio's feet easily hung in the air. However, the act of grabbing someone's collar in a fight is usually nothing more than an act of intimidation; it occupies your hand and leaves you helpless in the face of a counterattack.

“Haha, Typical genes and their brute strength. Go and get him, man!” The spectators urged the man holding Rio.

If this one's a Gen, then the other is definitely Assil. Rio threw his cold gaze

to both men once.

“Cih, you brat brash.” The man named Gene clicked his tongue, muttering with an alcoholic breath.

“You smell. Can you stop talking ... No, stop breathing on me? ” Rio asked sadly, twisting his face.

“You're asking for it now.” Gene clenched his right hand and swung it at Rio face. But Rio easily moved his hand, and in the next moment –

“O-Oww!” Gene screamed. Rio nimbly grabbed the left hand

Gene and twisted it, allowing him to push Gene's doubled body to the ground. Gene grimaced from where he was pressed; he had yet to process what happened. The same goes for everyone who watches them.

“H-Hey! What did you do to Gene ?!” Assil demanded, flabbergasted.

But that's not what Assil wants to know. He talked about how Rio had pinned Gene with

so easy, but Rio won't reveal it.

“How long will you last for it ?! Release Gene! ” Assil clenched his fists impatiently and tried to punch Rio.

Rio released Gene and quickly avoided the incoming fist. It was just a hard blow from a shaky drunkard, and Rio had no trouble reading their way and avoiding it.

“Stop avoiding me!”

Assil was panting, but no matter how many times he swung his punch, they never made contact with Rio. But he kept swinging, so Rio tripped. Assil flew through the air.

“Can't,” said Rio while laughing short on the figure of Assil who fell after falling.

“K-You ..” Assil's anger causes him to jump back to his feet, but he suddenly freezes when

he saw who was standing behind Rio. It was Gene, and he had taken out the hidden sword at his waist. Meanwhile, Rio had noticed Gene's presence long ago.

“If you use that, I won't hold back either.” He glanced back, cautiously, and offered that one warning.

“Shut! As if I could let you walk around me more than this .. I won't forgive you even if you beg, you fucking brat!” Gene shouted furiously. Tibatiba –

“No blood can be spilled on my inn floor!”

A woman who appears to be the innkeeper steps out of the kitchen, led by the frightened Chloe. She looked to be in her late twenties; she was most likely Chloe's mother. Normally, the city guards would not take action against a fight between two drunkards in an inn, but even they could not ignore a fight that resulted in a corpse.

“Heeey, Rebecca, darling. Sorry, but we have to defend our honor. We can't back off

just like that,” Gene said, staring at Rio with a crazy look.

It was not that he was reluctant to retreat; he clearly had no intention of retreating at all. The fact that he was too drunk to calmly process his thoughts played a big role in his decision making.

Rio stared back at Gene, who in a moment would not befall him. If you don't want to lose face by picking fights in a drunken state, you have to live a simpler life, he thought desperately.

But Rio had no intention of voicing those thoughts out loud and fanning the flames. He had enough with the two troubled drunks in front of them, and only wanted to return to his room and rest. For him, Gene and Assil were not worthy opponents to fight for, so he did not want to get involved in their matters anymore than before.

Ah, okay. If they're going to attack, I hope they do it quickly. That way, at least what I do will be considered self-defense. Rio's mind started to change direction, but his words could only bring disaster.

He might be able to provoke them to attack with some generic taunts, but claimed self-defense would not come out well after inviting trouble himself. The fight would be considered both parties wrong if it were like that. In order to establish the situation as an undeniable act of self-defense, he had to make sure Gene attacked him without provocation in a clear way.

That was why Rio changed the corner of his mouth into a grin in a way that only Gene could see. Gene clicked his tongue with a screech and threw himself towards Rio at full force.

“Pak. The gene! ” Store owner Rebecca shouted, but Gene did not stop. He thrust the knife in his right hand forward, aiming to stab him through Rio's shoulder.

With a small******, Rio stuck out his right hand towards the incoming blade. Gene's knife and Rio's hands crossed, but not a single drop of blood was spilled. Instead, Gene's massive body floated in the air. Rio had swept that hand with a knife and dropped the man's leg up, before throwing it over his shoulder. Gene bumps into Assil, sending the two of them to the floor. Of course, Rio left Gene and himself unscathed, but –

“Gah! Oww... ” Gene's knife stuck in Assil's thigh. The momentum of the fall may have flipped it in Gene's hands. Assil groaned in pain, clutching the injured area with a pale face.

“T-Master. Assil! Are you okay?!” Rebecca left the counter in a panic.

“A-assils? Ma-Sorry!” Gene apologized through his shock.

“Oww, oww..” Seeing Assil's face twisted in pain made Rebecca and Gene lose his composure.

“K-You brat! What did you do to Assil ?!” Gene shifted the burden of his anger to Rio.

“What? That's a good example of self-defense. You are the one who is terrible here, stabbing your friend like that,” Rio replied in a sincere voice.

Although it was an example of self-defense, Rio felt a strong sense of disdain for crossing the killing line of – because of Amakawa Haruto inside him. Yet ... He is sufficiently tarnished by the values of this world to ignore only a little damage that is inevitable. That was why he couldn't find it in him to pity the wounded choosing others for their own amusement.

“What? You're the one who did it!” Gene was furious at Rio's words, unable to accept it.

Good night or whatever it is.