We walk for a couple hours before arriving at the mountains

"Crap...how can I stop them if I don't know where they are" Luka exclaimed

"This huge mountain range will take ages to search. Are you still going to do it?" Alice taunted before I felt a vibration through the earth though it was very small.

"Heads up" I say before hiding and Alice disappears

"Huh?" Luka says confused before the creature travels itself

"Yai! Give me you money!" A childish voice said coming from a small girl with a horn on her forehead and caring a hammer that was way to big for her

"No way... you're one of the bandits!?" Luka yelled

"Indeed! I'm the goblin bandit of the four bandits!" She smugly confirmed

"Now give me your money!" The little girl ordered

"Um...I'm a hero...I have come to punish the bandits..." Luka said in an uncertain tone

"Eeeehh? Someone weak looking like you?" The girl mocked

"Sh..shut up! You look weak too!" Luka childishly yelled back taking out his sword

"That sword! It looks so gross!" She shrieked in disgust as Luka silently agreed

"Hmmm...what should I do...the sword looks so gross, but I want to play with it's wielder...Alright bring it hero! The goblin bandit of earth shall be your opponent!" She finally declared

To sume up what happened, it looked like two children fighting

The monster eventually tripped on a rock causing her to lose

"Now, where is your hideout?" Luka asked the fallen girl

"There's a cave over there...but there's three more, a lamia, vampire and dragon there's no way you can win!" The goblin girl yelled and ran away.

I got out of my spot

"Luka, we have a lot of work to do" I say

"Looks like we found out where the hideout is, will you still continue knowing what awaits you? Alice asks

"Of course, I'm a hero" Luka states and starts walking to the hideout

"...idiot" Alice says as we follow him

'why was she a kid, are the rest of them kids?' I think

(Time Skip)

"Well, here we are" I say looking into the cave

I can feel three small presences moving around inside

'so they are all kids' I sigh

"So it's like that isn't it" Alice says pulling me out of my thoughts

"What's wrong Alice"

"I'll wait here. Finish up quickly" she declared

"Oi oi, what are you saying?" Luka exclaimed

"Same here" I say

"What! you too!?" Luka cries

"You trust me right?" I ask to which he nods

"Then I promise you'll be fine" I say as he nods and goes into the cave

"You knew they were children" Alice asks

"I can feel their movements disturbing the air, with how slight it is, it wasn't hard to figure out" I explain

"Wait! You can feel disturbances in the air!?" She yells in disbelief

"Yes"

"To feel disturbances in the air, let alone with how small they are from all the way over here..." She trails off

"Look, I was born with a keen sense of touch, during training I simply refined it" I explain, seeing no harm in sharing a bit about myself

"I see...if that's the case...you must be extremely sensitive right~" Alice cooes, slithering closer to me

I take my katanas out and point one to her throat

"Try anything and I'll slit your throat" I say coldly, glaring at her

All she did was chuckle and put her finger on the point of my blade

"I honestly doubt you could but..." She says as she slithers back to her original spot

"I would prefer not to traumatize a bunch of children" she smirks

I scoff

"Don't underestimate me Alice, after all..." I start smirking a little

"you haven't actually seen anything yet" I say seeing her eyes widen, I put my hand under my chin

"I had to hold back during my fight with Granberia since I didn't want to kill her" I close my eyes and open them to show a chaotic look on my face

"Besides, all the techniques you've seen so far focus more on speed not power..." I close my eyes and go back to my normal expression

"Looks like he's done" I say as Luka emerges out of the cave with four little monster girls in tow

"What happened to you" Luka asks seeing Alice's terrified expression

She coughs and collects herself

"Nothing" she says as Luka shrugs and looks to me

"Well... what should we do with them?" He asks

"You were the one who wanted to root out the bandits. Sell them, violate them, kill them or eat them. Do whatever you want" Alice says in an uncaring tone

"NOPE!"

I quickly scoop all four of them in my arms

"No,not today, not while I'm here, to bad. No harm will be coming to this four while I'm here" I say as they cling to me in fear and start sniffling

Alice and Luka look at me oddly before Luka shakes his head

"First, let's go to iliasburg so you can apologize okay" he declared

The bandits look at me and I nod

"I'll apologize" the dragon girl said, followed by her friends

"So, you're going to pull them around town? What are you going to do if the people lynch them?" Alice inquires

"L...lynch..?" The tiny lamia coiled around me in fear

"Nope! If anyone tries anything, I'll end their existence where they stand" I say will a stoned face

"You... you're a good person" the dragon girl said looking up at me while Alice and Luka look at me in shock before we all make our way to iliasburg

(Time skip)

The four bandits were currently standing in the middle of the plaza with me, Luka and Alice watching from behind the crowd

"I'm really sorry for bothering you..." The goblin girl apologized with her friends following

"Geez, the bandits were this little things?" A man asked

"I saw them a few times and I thought they might be kids...I guess it was true." Another man said

"We have to punish the bad boss dragon..." One proposed before shuddering, turning around and running away from seeing Luka and Alice do everything they can to hold me back

'im going to kill him'

"It seems like they're sorry, why not forgive them? They must have had it rough too..." the familiar voice of the innkeeper said, snapping me out of my...trance

"There were a lot of monsters in the forest twenty years ago. Once those bandits showed up it looks like they fled." An old man pointed out

"Those bandits didn't do much. We were just scared because there was a dragon and a vampire." The weapon shop owner agreed

After that, I relax and collect my composure while Luka and Alice let go of me, breathing heavy

"I thought you were bluffing when you said you would kill someone for those girls but you were really about to kill that man" Alice said slightly flushed from exertion.

"Well, it's like that then. Now you'll put in a honest day's work" the innkeeper declared.

The girls agreed and soon they were all assigned to a job

"Alright! Happy ending!" Luka declared with a bright smile

"... that was unexpected. So these humans were able to accept monster..." Alice commented, looking impressed

"It wouldn't have gone this way in iliasvillage" Luka admitted until I felt a clawed hand tug on my pants

I look down to see the dragon girl

"You've helped us with so much...let me give you this." The little dragon said as she gave me a red orb, I could feel it slightly warping the air around it

"What is it?" Luka asked

"Some rich people saw me at the hideout and ran away. This orb dropped out of their luggage. I think it's a really valuable treasure" she explained

"I see, thank you for this" I say petting the dragon girl's head

"...that thing in such a place...it's too dangerous, I don't want a human to misuse it...oh well, the blue and silver aren't here, so I suppose there's no issue" Alice thought out loud

"...why don't you hold it Alice" I offer

"What, why"

"You clearly know what it is and said it would be too dangerous if a human were to misuse it so I'm sure you would feel a lot better if you held on to it" I explain handing her the orb

"I see...thank you for trusting me" Alice says as she takes the orb and puts in...where did it go...whatever this world is weird if I question everything I'll go insane

"...Well then, I think it's about time for us to head out. Be good little monster girls okay?" Luka pleaded

"I will" the goblin girl assured

"The four bandits are no more" the tiny lamia stated

"I won't do bad things anymore!" The vampire girl declared

"I'll become an amazing monster and help the world!" The dragon girl proclaimed

Sniffle*

Everyone looks at me

"God...they grow up so fast" I say with a few tears when suddenly the four bandits hug me

"Don't cry" the lamia girl said

"Ya, it will be okay" the dragon girl added

I kneel down and hug them back until I stop

"You all be good now ok" I say as they all nodded

I get up smiling as I gesture to Luka and Alice to follow me out of the plaza

"What. Was. That" Alice said with a dumbfounded expression

"Don't worry about it" I say

"Just as I expected!" An annoying voice said

"Y...you! You...came back!?" Luka yelled as Amira appeared once more

"Of course I came back. I'm the surprise true heroine after all." Amira declared

"When did you become the heroine!? Don't joke around like that!" Alice said in an angry tone

"Actually...a wizard turned me into this ugly sight. If I get a hero's kiss, I'll return back to my princess form..." Amira said in a sad tone

"Lies" I quickly say

"Che. You saw through it... there's no helping it...it looks like I'll have to use my newly acquired magic. Here I go! Heart splash!" Amira called out instead turning into particles.

"What..." Luka asked confused

"Let's go Luka. If you spend all your time being stupid, you'll never reach the monster Lord's castle." Alice declared, wisely not questioning it

"Ah. Yeah, I guess you're right. Now then...next is..." Luka pondered, taking out his map, as we start moving out of town again

'why am I still here'

A.N. so I'm sure a lot of you know that the next chapter will be about happiness village. Now most people would probably split it into two or three chapters but my ass decided to put it all in one chapter so next chap will be the longest so far