Landing on the ground just outside the town's territory, I set Elaine on the ground beside me, while she folded her arms and huffed, clearly still annoyed at the loss she suffered; however, her pouting expression was absolutely adorable, so if anything, it was worth the annoyance she felt with me. Besides, to top it all off, I did win, so there is that.
As Elaine and I took the lead to enter the town, we swiftly became the objects to scrutinize and inspect, especially since we were a group of five. Flicking my hair behind my ears, I walked confidently with grace, allowing the townspeople to feast their eyes upon my otherworldly beauty that transcended space & time.
Coming to an abrupt halt, I leaned back while letting my garments slide off my shoulder a little, yet instead of hearing howls and cries as the townspeople cheered at my splendid beauty, only a slight cough entered my ears. Furrowing my brows, I fixed my clothes and stood upright as I looked around at the residents, who, despite staring directly at me, didn't seem the least bit in awe at my beauty.
'Hmm, what is wrong with these people? How can they remain calm after just witnessing part of my shoulder? That alone would drive women to lunge at me, yet they hadn't even moved? Something is wrong…' Mused Elif with a deep frown as he scratched his chin while noticing everyone had moved on from him and was observing Elaine.
Swiftly appearing in front of Elaine, stealing their eyes, I dropped my upper garments to my side, allowing all to see my bare chest; however, even so, not a single soul moved.
"Brother, p-put your hehe, c-clothes on." Said Elaine lightly as she struggled to suppress her laughter, finding Elif's misfortune amusing.
"Y-Your Highness, this is a topic that needs further study! How could these people not feel attracted to His Highness? Something is clearly not right; I believe further testing is needed." Remarked Marely solemnly as she stepped forward and bowed toward Elaine, who glanced at her with narrow eyes, only to snort.
"I'm no fool; you just want to watch, Brother strip." Said Elaine sternly as she eyed Marley, who awkwardly coughed while lowering her head in fear and shame, only for her to grunt with a nod.
"However, despite finding his apparent irksome state amusing, this is highly unnatural. No being alive should be able to remain calm when witnessing Brother's beauty for the first time, let alone now that he is practically stripping." Added Elaine solemnly as she folded her arms before shifting her focus to Elif, who was hiking up his pants, putting his silky smooth leg on display while the four watched with fascination.
"I could watch this all day." "Yeah, no kidding. His Highness' leg is so smooth, and there is not a single hair; how does he do it?" Remarked Idonea and Ember, respectively, as they stared at Elif's leg with envy and lust, causing Elaine to snort while waving her hand at him, pushing them back with a gust of Qi.
"Find someone who will be willing to trade with us." Ordered Elaine as she sent the three servants tumbling back while approaching Elif, who had boldly removed his pants, allowing his grace-given body to be set free.
"Brother, do you not think you're taking it just a bit far?" Asked Elaine with a twitching expression as she glanced at Elif with a faint smile while traces of yellow flashed through her eyes.
"Why are they remaining indifferent, Elaine!? The most beautiful, heavenly, charming, gorgeous, and bewitching being in all of existence is standing mere feet away from them, wearing nothing but a ring on his finger, yet they don't even react! Something is wrong!" Remarked Elif as he snapped his head at Elaine, feeling anger, confusion, and several other emotions while he entered a somewhat unstable state.
"Eh, B-Brother, maybe you should just calm down–" Said Elaine softly as she stepped forward and gently rubbed her hand across Elif's back, soothing him somewhat, though he eventually pushed her arm to the side.
"This doesn't make any sense! Elaine, am I not beautiful?" Asked Elif as he turned and looked at Elaine, whose eyes washed over his figure, lingering on his exposed crotch for some time before eventually nodding.
"The most beautiful, and it is not up for debate, Brother." Replied Elaine with a nod as she folded her arms and looked at Elif, her crotch turning moist the longer she looked at him.
"Exactly, Elaine! If this is the case, please tell me how they don't feel a thing when their eyes get to grace on my glorious body!?" Exclaimed Elif as he looked at Elaine, his voice ever slowly gaining volume the more he spoke.
"U-Um, I-I g-genuinely don't know how to answer that, Brother. I've known you my whole life, and even I'm always slightly taken aback by your beauty whenever we make love." Remarked Elaine with a faint blush as she looked at Elif, who narrowed his eyes while scouring the town.
As my eyes traversed the town, I spotted none looking at me how they should: no lust, no arousal, no fidgeting in their crotches, none of that. The townspeople practically acted as if I didn't exist, as if I wasn't… Beautiful! Which was impossible; I was beautiful. No, I was beyond beautiful! I give that word meaning. When someone asks what beautiful means, they don't say anything and simply show my face; that is still an understatement of my beauty.
However, these townspeople didn't care about my beauty… And that was something I despised with heartfelt passion. You call me beautiful, hell, you may even call me ugly, and I won't be offended, as I know you're lying; I'm the most beautiful. But to stay indifferent to my beauty was a level of disrespect I had never experienced, and I refused to allow it any further.
"Brother, please tell me what you're doing." Asked Elaine softly as she watched Elif raise his arm, his finger pointing at an unsuspecting person.
"They disrespected me, Elaine… They disrespected my beauty of all things, and as a Prince, I will not idly allow such disrespect to go unpunished." Replied Elif coldly with a piercing glare as he compressed a spinning ball of Qi at the tip of his finger, only to suddenly launch it at the unsuspecting person.
Since everyone here was a soul, there was no bloody mess as my attack cleanly pierced right through the humanoid's chest, nor was there any pain; my attack simply caused the person to lifelessly fall out of his chair and collapse onto the ground while his body slowly dispersed into the atmosphere.
At the death of one of their own, they all frantically ran towards the scene of the crime, causing me to snarl in anger.
"Ho, so you can show reactions? Does that just mean you were purposefully choosing to ignore me? Well, I don't care; I've already decided… I'm slaughtering this town." Remarked Elif coldly as he summoned Hokori from his dimension ring and unsheathed it while he pointed the top of the blade at the group of townspeople before lunging forth.
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Watching as Brother slaughtered every person he came across, I sighed to myself deeply. It had taken us nearly two weeks to come across a settlement, and now Brother had decided to slaughter every resident within five minutes of being here. Of course, I didn't care about the people's well-being; their insignificant lives didn't affect me whatsoever.
'Actually, maybe this isn't a bad idea. After Brother finishes killing everyone, can't we steal their resources without exchanging anything in return? Hmm, maybe Brother is onto something.' Thought Elaine with a thoughtful expression as she rubbed her chin while looking at Elif, who swung his sword angrily, slicing through the house and people alike.
"Y-Your Highness, w-what happened!?" Exclaimed Marley as she, Ember, and Idonea quickly neared Elaine, who was snapped out of her thinking.
"Brother felt disrespected and decided to slaughter the town." Replied Elaine lightly as she glanced at Marley while shrugging her shoulders, causing the three servants' eyes to widen.
"Eh, really?" "C-Can I help? I've always wanted to slaughter a town at least once!" Said Idonea and Ember, respectively, the latter's words causing everyone to subtly freeze as they all looked at her in surprise.
"YOU wished to slaughter a town, Ember? I would expect Marley to say that, but not you." Asked Elaine in suspicion as she, Marley, and Idoena eyed Ember, who awkwardly nodded.
"I-I always e-envisioned I-I would be flying a-above the town or city in my t-true form, raining fireballs down onto the place of interest, s-setting it ablaze a-and watching it burn." Replied Ember softly as she lowered her head with a faint blush, her words causing Marley and Idonea to glance at each other while Elaine nodded.
"Hmm, I see. I will say the first experience is quite fun, but everything after that can be quite a chore." Said Elaine, her words causing the three to gaze skeptically at her while she raised an eyebrow.
"Hmph, do not look at me like that. Slaughtering towns and villages is nothing new to me." "They probably had a picture of His Highness somewhere in those villages." Remarked Elaine and Marley, respectively, as the former rolled her eyes while the latter whispered to Idoena and Ember, causing them to nod.