Records of the Weakest Emperor

"Oh? To think that there's a busybody out here... From the looks of it, you're a foreigner, aren't you? Don't you know how things work here in Ashmelion? Those who borrow money from my company shall pay for it properly!" The gangsters weren't intimidated at all.

In fact, when they saw Calvin's closed eye, and his arm that dangled strangely on his side.

The gangsters realized that Calvin was a cripple.

Just what could a cripple do against them?

The gangsters became even more arrogant.

Calvin furrowed his eyebrows and glanced at the soldiers stationed near both entrances of Mapayapa Street. There, he saw both guards pretending to be asleep with their chins tucked and their heads dangling in front of their chests while they leaned on the walls behind them.

Damn...

Calvin bitterly smiled.

He swept his gaze at the gangsters and asked, "How much does she owe you?"

The gangsters and the crowd expected a brutal fight to happen.

They were dumbstruck hearing Calvin's words.

The leader of these ruffians stared wide-eyed at Calvin before replying in a strange tone of voice.

"Uh... A thousand Joselian pesos should be enough...?"

"All right..." Calvin hurled a pouch containing coins amounting to a thousand Joselian pesos.

Afterwards, he turned around to help the mother and daughter duo.

"Are you okay?" Calvin stretched his hand out.

The woman stared in shock at Calvin.

She didn't expect that someone would help her at this moment. What's more, he just didn't help her fend these unscrupulous loan sharks and gangsters. He even paid for her debt! Complicated emotions flashed across the woman's face.

She wasn't a greenhorn.

A lot of men offered their help to her, but all of them only wanted one thing from here which was outright disgusting.

But when the woman saw the light in Calvin's eyes.

She realized that he had no desires for her body whatsoever.

Was he doing this because he's a philanthropist?

The woman didn't think so.

But at least, it was clear that Calvin's motive for helping wasn't her body.

The woman took Calvin's hands and stood up.

Her daughter jumped up and down in excitement and joy as she said, "Mommy! I told you Superman will come to save us! Uncle Superman is here!" She held Calvin's arm and tugged on it as Calvin and the woman lifted bitter smiles on their faces.

"You're safe now. I've already repaid your debt, I guess these gangsters won't bother you anymore."

Calvin said.

"Why... Why are you doing this?" The woman asked.

She was once again reminded as to just what were Calvin's true motives.

"Nothing... I just felt like helping someone else today and it just happens that I was passing through this street and saw your plight." Calvin gave a small smile, "And besides, your daughter believes that I'm Superman, so let's just leave it at that, all right?"

"That's..." The woman hesitated. But when she saw the joy and excitement on her daughter's face, she was suddenly speechless and didn't know what to say.

"What's your name?" Calvin detected her embarrassment, so she promptly switched topics.

"You can call me Charlotte... She's Cecilia."

"Oh, what beautiful names... Really suits both of you considering that you two are beauties."

"Ermmm..." The woman went speechless.

A crimson blush appeared on her face and no one knew what she was thinking. However, when she surreptitiously glanced at Calvin's eyes when he said those words.

She realized that there was no tinge of desire from Calvin.

What he said about feeling like he wanted to help others today was most likely true.

"Can you lead me to your home? I'll escort the two of you, so I can ensure that these bastards won't follow you home and demand more payment." Calvin made a proposal. He wanted to leave, so he could prepare more of his plans, but Cecilia just wasn't letting go.

It was as if she was afraid that if Calvin left, she wouldn't be able to see Superman anymore.

The Joselian Kingdom's tradition placed a lot of importance on purity and etiquette.

Inviting a stranger, who was also a man with unknown motives into her home, made the woman hesitate on her decision. But at this moment, Cecilia detected her mother's hesitation and doubts, so she spoke up for her Uncle Superman.

"Mommy... It's okay! Daddy always said to me back then that Uncle Superman wouldn't hurt us! I want Uncle Superman to go home with us! I'm going to give him some snacks!" Cecilia seemed to be incredibly excited with the prospects that Uncle Superman would escort them home.

Calvin smiled at Charlotte and said, "See?"

Charlotte let out a sigh and decided, "All right..."

"Thank you..."

She said the following words in a voice so low that it sounded similar to a mosquito's droning.

Calvin merely nodded his head and he then proceeded to carry and place Cecilia on top of his left shoulder.

They then walked side by side with Charlotte on the lead.

But at this moment...

"Stop right there!"

The ruffians and gangsters that they had ignored all this time while they had their small talk in their own world suddenly spoke up with a shout.

Calvin turned around and stared coldly at the gangsters.

"..."

The gangsters subconsciously took a step backward when they saw the cold light within Calvin's eyes.

His gaze was so cold that it pierced through their body and made them feel as if they were in a thousand-years-old icy cavern.

However, when they remembered the fact that Calvin was just a cripple.

They grew courageous and said...

"T-The amount you gave for the payment of her debt is too low!"

"Oh..." Calvin's eyes landed on the Medallion that was still in the hands of their leader.

"We almost forgot about taking that medallion back," Calvin said to Charlotte and Charlotte suddenly squealed in panic.

Everything that happened was so unreal for her that she actually forgot about the fact that the Medallion was still in the hands of the gangsters.

In an instant, she descended into panic as her breathing grew rough. Tears welled up in her eyes as she pleaded, "S-Sir Superman... Please... Please retrieve that medallion for me."

Calvin simply nodded.

He placed down Cecilia back on the ground and dashed towards the gangsters.

"You bastard... Kill him!"

The leader realized that Calvin wasn't willing to oblige to their requests anymore, so he sent out the command to kill.

Calvin glanced at the guards and despite the leader of the gangsters explicitly saying that they wanted to kill Calvin. The guards were still pretending to be asleep.

"I see that you have some connections in the government, eh? In that case, since these guards are willing to turn a blind eye to your actions. Don't blame me for taking advantage of that and fuck you up!" Calvin took a piece of crumpled paper from his pocket and clenched it inside his fist.

Afterwards, he appeared in front of the gangsters' leader and opened his palm.

"Gawas, release... Aarb!"

Bang!

An explosion ensued...

An invisible shockwave appeared out of nowhere and overwhelmed the leader of the gangsters in an instant. He flew backward from the force of the shockwave that struck his body before eventually stopping when his back struck the wall of a nearby department store.

"H-H-He... He murdered him!"

"Guards! There's a murderer here!"

The gangsters were quick to change their tune.

They hurled their bats and weapons high up in the air towards the roof of the nearby houses in an effort to conceal it.

Then afterwards, one of them let out a scream which awakened the "sleeping" guards.

Calvin furrowed his eyebrows and let out a sigh.

He turned around and saw a pale-faced Charlotte along with the little girl Cecilia who was jumping up and down in joy.

"Uncle Superman! You taught them a lesson!"

"Hahaha..." Calvin lightly chuckled and then turned to look at Charlotte, "Shall we go now? Lead the way, my lady."

"Ermmm... Okay..." It took quite a while before Charlotte nodded her head and agreed.

Then, she led the way for Calvin.

But before they could even go far...

One of the guards shouted at them from a distance.

"Stop! You've violated the law!"