The Slayer

"Over there! To you right!" I gave the instructions to the man in red armour.

The demons that tried ambush him were instantly cut in half.

"Phew, that's all of them." I let out a sigh of relief.

The man swung his sword to get rid of the blood before sheathing it. Then he turned to look at me.

"Looks like we're done here." I said. He only nodded.

For the past week, we've already completed four demons slaying quests, but only demon slaying quests.

"Should head back now?"

He nodded and walked first after taking the demons' horns.

All we've been doing were demon slaying quests and nothing else. I tried to get him to do other quests, but he didn't even turn his head.

"Looks like what that butcher said was true." I muttered to myself.

............

A week ago, when we returned from the forest after teaming up on the spot.

As we walked back, I couldn't help but stare at him. His red armour was gleaming under the sun.

Perhaps noticing my gaze, he looked at me and I reflexively averted my guess. Even though I looked away, I could feel that he was still staring at me, so I thought I should say something.

"Uhhm thanks for saving me... From the demons and.... For carrying the rabbit."

Yes, he was carrying the rabbit. One of those things weigh like 50 kilos each and he was carrying it on his shoulder like it was nothing. He definitely was strong.

In response he only nodded and looked straight.

"Hey, can you talk? It's kinda awkward to be walking with someone but not chatting don't you think?"

He didn't answer. Maybe this guy can't speak. That's what I thought.

And so, we continued to walk towards the butcher shop.

"I'm back~" I said as I opened the door.

"Welcome- Ah! You're that girl that took the rabbit hunting quest. So how did it go?" Said the butcher as he wiped his hands with a piece of cloth.

"Yes, I did it."

"Good work, that was fast. So where is the rabbit?"

"Yeah, he's carrying it for me." I pointed behind me with my thumb.

The armoured man stepped forth and put the rabbit on the counter. The butcher faltered as soon as the man approached.

"Hey, that's not nice. The counter's gonna be all bloody now." I scolded the man that was unmoved.

"Uhh no, it's fine. Hey, can I talk to you for a second?" The butcher pulled on my sleeve.

"Oh, s-sure. Hey, wait for me here okay?" With that I followed the butcher.

After going to a corner, he said, "Hey um, is he your friend?"

"Uhhmm I guess? We kinda formed a team on the spot in the forest."

"Okay, okay, how did you meet him?"

"Well... When I was attacked by demons, he showed up.."

"I see, that explains it. Do you even know who he is?"

"Well, no. He hasn't said anything yet."

"Okay, so he is one of the most brutal adventurers in this world. They call him The Slayer."

"The Slayer?" I said with a confused voice.

"Yes, you know why they call him that?"

"Why?" I wanted to know who this man is if I want to stay in a team with him.

"Because he slays demons for a living! He does nothing but slay demons. Even back when he still in Stone rank, he slayed demons all the time."

"He's that strong?"

Demons are strong monster that only Titanium and above ranks were allowed to take demons slaying quests. Looks like he defied the laws and still went for demons even though he was not allowed.

"Yes, strong and he care nothing but to achieve his goal, to kill all demons. He will do anything to kill them."

"You're saying that he's like a bad guy, he seems pretty nice to me. Look, he even bandaged me."

"Well, I can't say anything about that. I've only been hearing rumours."

"Don't worry, I'm sure he's not that kind of a brute."

"Suit yourself, I'm warning you, being with him will be one hell of a ride."

"Noted."

After that, we went back to the counter where The Slayer was waiting. Maybe out of boredom, he fiddled with a pen. Seeing us coming back, he put the pen back onto the table.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

He didn't say anything.

Afterwards, I got the reward for taking care of the rabbit and we left.

.............

As we walked through town to head to the guild, I can't help but feel uneasy that the pedestrians were staring at us.

While I was embarrassed, Slayer doesn't seem to be bothered at all. Probably because he was used to it.

Anyone that was close by were staying away from us. People really are scared of him for some reason.

When we entered the guild, all eyes were trained on us as we headed for the counter. The ones that were drinking stopped with their mugs still on their lips.

When arrived at the counter, the staff stared with a frozen expression.

The Slayer lightly slammed the quest notice that we took onto the counter. The staff flinched and yelped when he did that.

I spoke in place of him, "Uhhm, we're here to collect the reward for the demon slaying."

"Ah y-y-yes, right away." She reached down and took out a roll of money. "Here, 5000 Bytes. One thousand for each demon."

The Slayer snatched the money and walked out without even turning back.

"Uh uhm, sorry about that. Thank you." I hurriedly apologised and tried to catch up to The Slayer that had already went out the door.

Exiting the guild, I searched for him. Then I saw him not far from the guild yet. I chased after him.

"Hey, hey, wait for me!" I shouted while running.

He stopped and actually waited. Upon reaching him, I said..

"Hey, will it pain you to show some gratitude to someone?"

He didn't respond to my question and turned around. I was getting angry and stood in front of him.

"Hey, just show some sign that you are thankful to people. Like to me who had been helping you track down those demons!"

He stared, not that he took off his helmet, but I can feel it.

"If you don't least do something to show some gratitude, I'll baik out from being with you!" I threatened.

And seemed to be working. He twitched and looked away as if to find an idea and then-

"Eh?"

-He patted my head and kept walking. I turned around to look at The Slayer whom wore red armour.

"What was that?"

It was only for a second, but I felt that my heart skipped a beat.

"Was that how he says thank you?"

Perhaps noticing that I wasn't following him, he stopped and turned around.

I flinched and quickly ran to him. After I got beside him, we continued walking.

I don't know what was happening or what was going on inside his head. From the outside, he is a killing machine made for exterminating demons and couldn't care less about anything around him. But inside, I believed that he still has common sense and a human heart that was still soft.

I will help him achieve his goal. His course is more or less the same as mine, and thus I will continue to be with him.

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