The Strongest Hero (Reader X Harem)

Chapter 14

Howdy everyone, how are ya doing? I'm doing pretty good if I do say so myself. Sorry for the late chapter! :=) Please enjoy!
[] Tensa Zangetsu
** Thought
{} Katen
(If you don't know who she {Katen} is, she's the Bankai the OC used during the fight against Aatrox.)

The evening was cold and grim, (Y/N) was approaching the planned meeting spot, though his acquaintance was nowhere in sight, there were children nearby singing a lullaby of some demon that claims the soul of the ones that are unfortunate enough to do business with him, quite creepy.
[We're almost there, just a little bit more.]
*Fucking hell, finally. The road we just had to suffer was actually the reincarnation of everything I hate, I really want to go back to school."
I then suddenly realize something. "Hm, talking about school... I wonder how my friends are doing.*
[You mean the girls, don't you?]
*How the hell did you guess that quickly? And I guess you're right, you can't really blame me, right? The girls are total babes. I also hope we could finish this mission soon so that I could finally be able to sleep on my bed, obviously without the interruption of Mr. Ryze.*
[Play your cards right and you might just manage to date one of them.]
After a while, the voice of a woman could be heard. Soothing and calm, that was the tone she was speaking in, though her words suggested something else.
{Talking about girls while I'm gone? After all those years you still haven't changed, have you?}
*K-Katen?! How and why are you here?!*
{What do you mean how and why? I was simply bored waiting for you to wield me and also, I am the same as Zangetsu, I can communicate with you the same way as he. By the way, what was that about some girls?} She asked in a slight jealous manner.
*Uh, hehe?*

She then proceeded to lecture me about how terrible I am for abandoning her and going after other girls. Quite the jealous type. Isn't she?

After a while, I finally arrived at the place. A lonely and sad village in the middle of nowhere. What an odd place to meet.
After going by what seemed like a burned down house I finally found the man I was to meet, he was sitting on a religious figure, whistling a soothing tune.
"I knew you'd come." The man said.
"You a soothsayer? I feel like you're everywhere and know everything."
"It matters little who I am, turning that head into that of a beast, I made it possible. Previously, Olgierd, you found him thanks to me. So you feel you owe me."
"Memento you left behind, pretty effective, I meant to thank you for the head, it wouldn't be possible without your aid."
"That is its purpose, to make you feel indebted to me. Incidentally, I find it quite amusing how even the most rotten scoundrels have this inner compunction to repay 'depts of gratitude'. Humans, elves, dwarves, vastaya... all races. You really must explain that to me... One day. As for the here and now, tell me, how was the road over here?"
*Oh he actually dares to ask!?*
"It was great. Mud, storm and lots of stray wolves seeking for prey. It was AWESOME." I roll my eyes to the side and find a boulder, I decide to sit on it since I was really tired.
"You could've gone for Olgierd, but you still came here, seems like It's not curiosity that brought you here. Which means gratitude's done the job. Mm, I adore that trait. It gives birth to so many fascinating tales."
I then take a quick bite off an apple I had found earlier.
"Ai thhank yhou fhor your helph earlierh."
{Don't talk with food in your mouth!}
*Sorry sorry.*
[Just like a proper mother, eh?]
{Shut it. Old man.}
[NOT YOU TOO!]
After about 20 seconds I finally proceed to swallow the apple. "But I must ask about the tale you so clearly want to tell me? What's that about?"
Gaunter then puts on a serious expression.
"It's about a man worse than most. A vulgar, despicable man with a Heart of Stone. A man who refuses to pay his debts."
"Not to offend or anything but really think this'll interest me? Any reason why?"
"He's wronged you as well. His name is Olgierd von Everec." Gaunter states as he comes down from the statue.
[That son of a bi-]
{LANGUAGE!}
"What'd he do to you?" I ask.
"Before I reveal this, I'd like to make one thing very clear. Olgierd von Everec did willfully and maliciously conspire you to kill a man who might've been cured. Had I not been there, you would've still been in the sewers, trying to think of a way to turn it back into a toad's head."
[He-He's right you know? You might've killed an innocent man.]
{What a bastard! When we get to him, I'll teach him a lesson!}
*Calm down, both of you. Gaunter's still talking.*
"Do you know why he did it? Because he's a degenerate monster in human flesh who feeds on the pain and suffering of others."
*Well that was fucking direct wasn't it?*
"Well you clearly don't like him, what did he do to you?" I ask the man who is now in front of me.
"He and I made a pact. A pact under which I called on my many talents and associates to give him what he desired, and now that time's come to pay he shirks his obligation."
*Ahhh, I know what's going on here!*
"So you need me to collect your debt? I'm sorry but I'm currently not some hired muscle."
"Muscle is not what this requires. It needs a soul intelligent and clever, an individual who fears no dare. Someone like you."
[HAHA! He needs someone with a brain?! Well, you're obviously not the right on-!]
[Oi, you're not thinking of breaking me. Are you?]
*...Shhh...*
[O-Okay.]
"Pure flattery that." I say.
"Of course it is! After all, I am but a traveling merchant. Make no mistake, I've many interesting wares on offer."
"Wares like?"
"Surfeit, abundance for the body and soul. You will lack neither food nor drink. As a powerful fighter, you might desire weapons supreme - I can offer you those you've dreamt of."
*Ehhh, I'm fine with the swords I've now so I think I won't take anything.*
[Did...Did you just compliment us?!]
*No not you. Katen and everyone else, obviously you excluded.*
[Awww.]
"Your body - agile as ever! Your mind - faster than lightning! Romantic prowess to charm all womankind. But above all, I offer a great and true adventure, an experience like no other, the fate of only the chosen few."
*The romantic prowess does sound kind of nice.*
I could then feel a sudden pressure on my back, If I had to guess, it would be the certain sword of mine.
"Sure sounds generous. And all that for my help with one small matter? Won't want anything else from me?"
"Just one. Honesty." The man replies.
"What did you do for Olgierd? Did you turn a head into a Toads for him too?"
"No, not at all. I remember that day quite well... Olgierd appeared at the break of dawn - gaunt as rail, his shirt moth-eaten. Seemed to have naught but the sword at his side. It quite pained me to look at him. He asked for help and help I gave. Made him a rich man, successful, esteemed. He is who he is today thanks only to me. Yet afterwards he turned his back, shunned me. Sends me off when I dare ask for payment - even sicced his hounds on me once. He's thus left me no other choice but to invoke the terms of our pact. And this is where you come in."
"Hm, how much does he owe you?"
"Hah, gentlemen don't discuss coin." The man says.
"Need to know some details before getting my hands dirty, how much is it? A thousand? A million?"
"I'm no usurer to lend coin for interest. No, what Olgierd owes me is much more personal than shiny things that clink."
*Oh lord this sounds like so much woooooooooooooooooork.*
[Then don't do it? You do know that we could like just go, right?]
*I have my own pride to keep.*
"What about you? You call yourself man of many talents - can't you take care of this?"
Gaunter then sighs. "Therein lies the catch. Our pact states that before I can collect my due, I must yet fulfill three wishes for von Everec. But I cannot fulfill them myself, directly, making use of something, hmm, how should I call it? A proxy perhaps?"
"So what you actually need is a slave?"
"Oh please, what I need, is an ally. Someone I can trust and something tells me I won't find anyone better than you."
"Sighs, alright then. What do you want me to do?"
[Are we actually going to do this?]
*Yes and I will hear no complaints.*
[Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh]
"To start with, join me in paying von Everic a visit. Then, well... We shall improvise. Come with me, and you shall see, the kind of scum he is."
"Fine, I'll go see Olgierd with you, but no promises."
"That is all I ask. But I've got to go now, got business to attend to."
"Another debt to collect?" I ask.
"Hmhm, perhaps..."

Why is the manor burning? I asked myself. I was just walking, minding my own business, having a good apple for lunch just to see my clients manor burning. What is even going on...
{Your client... He's quite special, not the good kind.}
*Yap.*
I approached someone that belonged to Olgierds group, he was the one that dubbed his sword. He wasn't doing anything special, just standing and having a good view of the burning manor.
"Well, look who's here! The boy with fists of steel! What's new?"
"Manors burning - you noticed?"
"That? Oh, right. You know how it is - feast drags on with plenty o' dancin', merry-making, rough play, hehe. We got a bit carried away, that's all."
"Plain to see. Where's Olgierd."
"Damned if I know. Must be somewhere hereabouts."
Cries could be then heard in the distance.
"No! Please! I beg you!"
[Who's that?]
"Lemme go! Let me be!"
"Shut it!" A woman says with a sword ready in her hand.
"I ate with you! Drank with you! Fought beside you! And you'd kill me now! I'm one of you!"
"You might've been, but you're not anymore." A man holding him says.
I then approach them.
"What's he guilty of?"
"What the fuck's it to you?! Not your concern mate, piss of!"
*Enough with them insulting me, fuck this.*
"Tell you what's gonna happen now," I say in a serious tone. "I'll ask again, polite, and you'll answer, just as politely."
"And if I don't?" The man says.
"Then I'll get angry, stop talking, and slaughter you all like swine. So? What'll it be?" I then proceed to release a little bit of my aura.
The woman then drops her sword out of sheer panic, the man does the same. They appear to be frightened, good.
"O-Okay! We'll tell you! The ataman wanted him dead! Nothing else!" The woman says, even though her legs appear to be trembling.
"G-Got y-your answer? Now please go. We have work to do.
"Nope, let him go."
"B-But our orders?"
"I don't care, release him!" I state, now even more furious.
"Whoa, whoa! What's this? (Y/N). Have you decided to play the defender of the downtrodden?" Olgierd says while appearing from the burning manor.
"More like gutter of sons of bitches."
"Long as I'm here, you'll gut no one," Olgierd says while having a confident posture.
"That a challenge?" I ask Olgierd.
"Why not? I've never fought anyone from the academy, and you seem different. Defeat me, and I shall let him go, now everyone! Stand aside!"
"You sure you want this? I'm warning you, I'm not something you're expecting."
Olgierd then raises his eyebrow. "Oh? What are you then?"
I then raise both of my swords up and point them at him.
"I am many things Olgierd, a hero, a student, and a sweetheart."
My aura then suddenly spikes thricefold.

"But now, I shall take the role of a monster..."

Meanwhile...
"Lux?"
"Yes, Ahri? What is it?"
"Have your boobs grown bigger since the last time I saw them?"
"W-WHA?! Why?!"
"Let me rub them!"
"No! Get away from me!"
"Boob monster! C'mere!"
"Don't call me that! Ahri!"
Irelia could be heard, murmuring with a very disappointed expression on her face. "Sigh, just like children."

End of chapter 14! New chapter coming soon:D