My second go at life // Orsted x oc (Mushoku Tensei)

Chapter 39

I did eventually come back, but I kept on top of the stairs as Zanoba crawled all around on the floor. "I simply can't find the mechanism anywhere to shut it off!" He yelled.

"Want me to blow it up?" I asked.

"No!" Rudeus shook his head.

'But the barrier will protect you, I just need a dragon.' I explained in my mind.

"The idea is to get me out of here, right?" Rudeus mumbled confused.

"Oh...yeah." I let out and he laughed as I was away with the dragons.

"Are any of your subordinates experts?" Rudeus asked him.

"I have no subordinates," Zanoba informed us.

"Oh, that must be lonely," I mumbled.

"I traded my last one for the Roxy Figure." He explained.

"You traded a friend for that?! Cruel." I hissed, and he bowed to me while apologising.

'This guy has a one-track mind...distancing him from Ceres will be a good idea.' Rudeus thought. "Then it seems I will soon be forced to expel you, my pupil." Rudeus sighed.

"What?! Master!" Zanoba begged then whacked into the barrier. "What a calamity."

"Just get him out. It was fatty who did this." I explained.

"Really?! Very well! I merely have to do something about Pax?" Zanoba asked and we nodded. "Understood. Please be patient a while longer."

Zanoba walked off. "What was that?" Rudeus asked me.

"You tell me," I mumbled as I just waited with him. "I heard he was a blessed child with cool strength..."

I paused when I heard screaming from outside and it seemed Zanoba was dragging Pax here making me grin scaring Rudeus a little since he can't hear them yet. "Zanoba!" Pax yelled as he came up behind me holding the idiot by the head and I made my way down the stairs quickly.

"Well, Masters?" Zanoba grinned.

'Why am I being pulled into this weird name?' I thought.

"Will you make me your apprentice now?" He asked us.

"Oh, I like teaching people! Yeah!" I nodded.

"Prince Zanoba! Please unhand him!" Ginger yelled then was surprised to see me.

"You will split my skull!" Pax screamed. I was a little unnerved by his yelling, but it was still well-deserved for what he had done and planned to do. "Ginger save me! Don't you care what happens to your family?!"

"Huh?" I let out.

"If you are worried about your families, they are fine," Eris spoke up from the stairway. "Ruijerd went to rescue them."

"Who is Ruijerd?" Ginger asked.

"A strong friend, he's stronger than me...do watch." I grinned as I held out my hand and then sent Pax flying into a wall. A huge indent of him was left behind when he fell from it. "That felt great! Seriously?! You are the worst!"

"That girl...they are safe." The guards mumbled then dropped their weapons making me grin.

"What are you doing Ginger?! Hurry up!" Pax yelled after I splashed him with a water ball to wake him up and Zanoba lifted him up by his head again.

'...Ceres is getting scarier...but a good majority of her family was in danger.' Rudeus thought then grinned. 'She's done well.'

I trembled making him laugh. "I originally swore my loyalty to Prince Zanoba. I can't defy his highness' will." Ginger gave a pretty good excuse.