The Daily Life of the Demon King

Chapter 33 - 33: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Hot

Hearing Alex's maniacal laughter, everyone in the room grew tense, not understanding why he started acting this way. Hestia had just asked him to teach a lesson to the guys who attacked the girls. While Alex rummaged through his pockets, everyone watched him with strange looks, as his maniacal grin didn't leave his face. Hestia, more than anyone, didn't understand what had just happened. One moment they were discussing how to deal with the gods who wanted to cause trouble, then the members of her family returned, and suddenly Alex began laughing and talking about revenge.

"Alex-kun, what are you planning to do?" Hestia asked cautiously.

"As a wise man once said, 'Revenge is a dish best served cold.' But I don't agree with those words. Revenge should be swift, like a stone flying towards the head," Alex replied,

"If you haven't been told, then why did you answer?" Alex said, hitting the fool on the head. "I see you're suffering from leg pain. I can help you forget about that pain. Would you like that?" Alex asked, looking at the adventurer who was suffering from a broken leg.

"What are you going to do?" the fool nervously asked, afraid of what Alex might do.

"It's quite simple, don't worry. Just give me your hand, and the pain in your leg will go away," Alex said, gently taking the fool's hand and gripping the pinky finger, then decisively breaking it.

"Aaaaaaah!" the fool screamed as his pinky was just broken.

"See, now you've forgotten about the pain in your leg," Alex said, giving a thumbs-up to the fool, but the fool was already rolling on the floor in agony.

Alex shook his head at the ungrateful man and decided it was time to leave since the revenge had been completed. Calling the girls, who were currently kicking other adventurers trying to escape, they laughed and followed Alex. As they were about to leave the Soma family's house, a punitive squad appeared.

"It's them again! Catch them! This time they won't escape!" shouted the leader, pointing at Alex's group.

"Damn, they found us again! Bilbo, Merry, and Pippin, let's use the tactical retreat plan!" Alex shouted, tossing a smoke bomb at his feet and running into the alley. Once in the alley, Alex transformed back into a child, summoned "Chastifol," and sent the girls home. As soon as Alex finished teleporting the girls, the punitive squad charged into the alley and began looking around.

"Kid, have you seen anyone running through here?" the leader asked, looking at Alex in his child form. Alex simply turned and stared at the punitive squad, remaining silent.

"Kid, are you deaf? Didn't you hear what the leader asked?" one of the squad members said.

"Shut up! Look at this kid, then speak, or do you want to get us into more trouble?" another squad member said, trying to silence the first speaker. When the speaker took another look at the child, he realized his mistake and broke into a sweat, understanding that if anything happened, they would have to face two strong adventurers.

"Kid, I'll ask again: did you happen to see anyone running by?" the leader asked in a still calm tone.

"Are you talking about the strange people in masks?" Alex asked innocently, and everyone nodded. "They ran in that direction. They rushed past me, laughing and nearly knocking me over," Alex continued, pretending to be upset.

"Thanks for the help, kid. And you shouldn't be wandering around alone; you should head back home to your parents. They might be worried," the leader said. He didn't want these two causing a commotion in the city if something happened to the child in front of him.

Alex nodded, indicating he understood. Seeing that Alex was leaving, the leader led his squad in pursuit of the members of the "Flying Spaghetti Monster" cult, as they were now being called. The leader was determined to catch them, as they always managed to slip away like slippery fish. Seeing the squad leave, Alex thought it best to avoid returning home for now and decided to head to the "Goddess of Fertility" to hang out there until things settled down.

To be continued…