Summoned to Another World, but as the Final Boss [ONGOING]

(7.) Protector of The Hero.

       1 Year Later...

            I was currently hidden inside of the treeline, watching the protagonist and her family on a picnic. It has been 3 years since the protagonist was born and as far as I remember, her birthday was around 6 days ago. So yeah, that makes her 3 by now. Honestly — these past 3 years have been quite busy for me around in the Dark Lands. I've had to give my attention to a bunch of problems around in the castle and the Dark Lands themselves, attend meetings that had been proposed by the Golden Dragon Saint and even sometimes go to help with the training of my subordinates and new warriors in the army. Basically, things that would have never happened to me in my usual everyday life before.

However, even with how busy I was, I always found some free time to come by and 'visit' the protagonists family and see how she is doing. The protagonist has had so far a pretty safe and comfortable life as I've seen — her parents are doing well for themselves and she is getting lots of love and attention as well.
She was also learning things fast - at just 3 years old, she was already fully walking around and what not. Though, she still wasn't talking, which was a bummer.

But then again....
Can't expect the world from a toddler, even if that toddler is supposed to become a Legendary Hero in the future that would strike down and put an end to the Demon King of Sins Aka... me.

..Anyways — seeing the protagonist like this, an innocent and simple child was a novelty I didn't realise I'd like to have. Not because I like looking at children or something, but because it allowed me to sort of... Watch how she grew up into the person she was during the main story of the game - if that makes sense. I mean, I'm pretty sure I said this earlier, but the game puts you in the protagonists shoes around the beginning of her first year, when she is 13 and joins the Evelia Magic Academy, so you don't really get to see a lot of her life before that moment.

The most you can get are some on and off comments about the way she lived up until being accepted by the academy and allowed to study there as a student, but those aren't as definitive and boldly speaking, as interesting as seeing the whole growing up process in person. It just felt... More novel, I suppose. While I watched the family eat away at their picnic, the sound of something nearby approaching them caught my attention. I exhaled, before disappearing into a cluster of smoke, which flew above the treeline and over towards the source of the noise. Once I reached the area and looked down — through the treelines, I could spot a group of bandits, all slowly approaching the picnic sight of the family - clearly with evil intentions.
I know that I should probably let this slide and not intervene, since this would be changing the protagonists childhood and past.... But my "human" side is shouting at me to do something about this.

So, time to become a police officer on steroids and beat up these thugs. I slowly descended down towards the group of bandits as the cluster of smoke, while the group still continued to slowly move forward through the trees and bushes, approaching the family.

Bandit #1: "Hey boss, why are we sneaking up on a helpless family? They can't do anything to us."

Bandit #2: "Yeah, we outnumber them by a landslide and there is no way for them to call the guards to help them out here, so surely we're safe to just rush in slaughter them?"

Two of the 4 bandits asked another bandit, who was more buff and ragged looking then the others. The 'Boss' of the bandits looked back at them, stopping before exhaling.

Bandit Boss: "Are you really that simple minded?! That man right there is a veteran imperial mage who defended Evelia while it was being constructed. He's no joke and should not be underestimated."

The boss shut down his comrades, before scuffing and turning back around, continuing his sneaking approach towards the family. The other bandits exchanged gazes, before following slowly after their boss, trying to keep as little distance between them and him as possible. I fully descended to the ground, the smoke that I was forming back into my true body, before dissipating completely. I then scratched my chin lightly.