(MC POV)
Well, I could just leave him like this but it wouldn't be much of a punishment if the person himself doesn't feel it.
I snapped my fingers again and altered the Origin for his state of mind, returning him back to sanity.
He blinked then looked around him, trying to make sense of his surroundings.
"I… Died…" He muttered.
"Yes, how did dying feel? Want to try again?"
The fat trash gaped at me, "What… What are you?"
I tapped my chin with a finger, "Hmmm… I doubt you would understand even if I were to tell you who I really am. I guess you can just say that I'm basically a god."
'Ara, ara? Isn't that underselling yourself a little too much, Master?'
Well, I'm not exactly in the mood to give people a history lesson so it's much easier to tell them that.
'Ara? I see, I see~ Perhaps… Oh, don't mind me, Master~'
Hmm… Weird girl.
Where was I? Oh right, the fat trash.
He blinked once, "A… God…?"
I nodded, "Pretty much. So are you thinking about changing that attitude of yours yet?"
He stared at me for a few more moments before he broke into a grin, "I know now! You're some kind of illusionist! You think I've never met a Practitioner before? You're trying to trick me! Well, now that I know that what I see is an illusion, your tricks won't work on me anymore!"
What the fuck.
This is seriously stupidity on another level, how the hell has this person managed to exist for so long being this stupid?
Turning back to Alpha's group, I gave them a wave, "Could you girls go check up on my disciples? I'm a little worried if those guards from before might take advantage of their kindness and do something bad to them."
The four of them looked at each other with uncertainty before Alpha turned to me, "Are you sure, Master? We should be protecting you…"
I smiled, "I think we all know there's nothing here that can hurt me."
They looked at each other again before bowing, "As you command, Master."
Now that there's only Iris and the other random passersby who I will most likely never see again around as witnesses…
I raised my hand and used the glove from earlier to slap his face, sending him sprawling onto the ground.
"That feel real enough for you? Or was that also an illusion?"
The fat trash glared at me, "How?! Your illusion should have been broken the moment I realised everything was fake! I've read about this! Why isn't it working?!"
I slapped him again, "Maybe because it's not an illusion, ever thought about that?"
"Im… Impossible! No, no! Definitely not! I just need to believe hard enough then you wouldn't be able to do anything to me anymore!"
I pointed my finger at his leg and shot a concentrated beam of light through his thigh, burning a hole through his flesh.
"ARRRGGHH!! No! If I just believe! All this pain will go away!!"
This is going nowhere.
You know what, screw it, let me get some help.
I picked him up and teleported away, bringing him back to Beiyang and inside the cave where Shizuri was.
"Oh!! Welcome back darling! I see you brought another toy this time! Oh~ This one's got quite a bit of meat on him too, do you like your toys with more meat on them?"
I threw him onto the ground and gestured to him, "This guy was being quite annoying. Feel free to do whatever you want with him."
The crazy fox's lips curled up into an even crazier smile, "Oh? Darling actually brought me a toy to play with! Is he my dowry?"
Xun Guan's face appeared from my shoulder, the slime girl giving the fox a look of scorn, "No, he's just some trash that Master is dumping on you, don't get ahead of yourself."
"Oh, I see you're still around little slime. I'm surprised darling is still keeping you around considering how perverted you are."
"And I'm surprised you still exist considering how irritating you are."
The fat trash interrupted them by suddenly shouting out, "Aha! I know this is another illusion of yours! Just watch me break it! Just need to believe they're not real… And now! Begone! Eh? It didn't work? I'll try harder again… Begone! Huh… That's weird…"
Shizuri looked at me and pointed a finger at the merchant, "I never knew you were into drugging your victims, darling."
I shook my head, "Believe it or not, he's not drugged. Xun Guan was right about him being trash though, so I don't care what happens to him. Burn him, castrate him, whip him, electrocute him, you can do whatever you want with him as long as you don't completely kill him. Just in case, here's a handful of healing pills too so you don't need to be afraid of being too rough on him."
Shizuri's eyes sparkled. "Oh my! Darling's most precious little pills! I will definitely make use of them!"
Don't make it sound like I'm giving you drugs and no, I said use it on him, not on yourself just so you can do more self harm.
Oh whatever, just being in the same room as her is already quite traumatising enough for a normal person so I'll just leave him here for a few days and come back later.
"I'll leave him to you," I told her before teleporting back, ignoring the fatty who kept muttering 'begone, begone' like some kind of mantra.
I teleported myself back to where I had been, making the people there cry out in shock.
"Where… Where did you take sir Zi Sha?" One of the guards asked.
I chuckled, "Oh, you won't be seeing him for at least a few days or so. I'm not even sure if he can go back to being normal so if I were you, I might start looking for other forms of employment."
Of course my words made no sense to him but I didn't really care if it did in the first place so I simply left him and his friends there to think about their life.
Since they didn't exactly do anything to me, I'll let them go with just this.
With them dealt with, I decided to go check up on how my disciples were doing. I was just a little concerned that those guys might take advantage of my cute disciples' innocent hearts.
But when I got there… What greeted me was the sight of the guards with their hands raised high up in prayer and shouting, "Master is the greatest being in the Universe! We are not worthy! Praise to His name! Master is the greatest being in the Universe! We are…"
…
I'm… Just going to back away slowly now… And er… Could I ask for a memory wipe plese? I'll create another set of new memories to cover that up…
'Ara, ara? Master wants to stay in denial? If that is what Master wants. Ufufufu~ There we go~'
Hmm… Looks like my disciples don't need any help. Guess I'll just wait at the carriage for them.
Eh? Why do I feel like I'm missing something?
…
Oh right, I need to give myself a reminder to go pick up that fatty a few days later, good thing I remembered that.
