Kapitel 21: Young Master's Posture is Outstanding.
Linley was trailing behind Ark. After all, Linley does not know his way around this large building anyways. This was no different from a lost child following a smart person.
Ark easily noticed this Linley person was following him into the location of the restrooms. Ark himself does not want to go into the same restroom with Linley at least not in this place and time.
They had both casually introduced to each other as they were simply walking together.
When they finally have arrived at the entrance of the restrooms. Ark was being a gentleman here and said:
"Linley, you can go in first. I can go in second." Ark turned to Linley.
"But Ark, we can go in at the same time." Linley suggested in ignorance. Linley was used to the modern world way of restroom's systems. Where people can usually go together if there's more than one stall.
In this world going to the restroom together has a completely different meaning. For Nobles, they don't use restrooms for it's actual purposes normally. They used it as a resting room as in they called in their butlers or maid and prepare some intimate personal actions in there.
People are used to chamber pots to relieve themselves as in peeing or pooping. Havian Academy and Havian City are quite unique because they have functioning restroom systems that resemble modern world's toilets and plumbing system.
Due to the Church of Augusta's strong relations with Havian Academy and Havian City. The restroom systems is well adopted. Even in the royal housing of Faulen Kingdom there was also this restroom system as well.
Ark can use it fine as if it was an area to relieve themselves like with chamber pots due to sufficient experience.
Linley, even past Linley has never used a chamber pot before. Linley's dad, the Baron, spoils and shelters him too much. Therefore has purchased a personal restroom for Linley. The Baron and his servants all use chamber pots still in comparison.
An interesting fact to mention about on Linley and Melarue's journey, Linley has never felt the urge to poop. The only thing he actually did to relieve himself was pee in the wilderness.
"Oh. Not now. Definitely not now." Ark spoke rapidly as he shove Linley into the restroom. To Ark, Linley was a handsome, young, innocent, well-developed boy. Ark could only resist such temptation due to his current responsibilities that take utmost importance.
Linley while inside the restroom begins to use the toilet.
Melarue, Linley's loyal elf maid was looking for him. After all, Melarue and Cthulhu drag Linley to the contender's room in the first place. Linley himself shouldn't even know how to even leave the building to begin with. After all, Linley can't be trusted with money or with directions, he was too sheltered from the real world according to Melarue's understanding of him.
Melarue found out from a person in that room that Linley had went through a personal corridor that was connecting the room to a restroom location.
Melarue see a heavily armored knight standing by the entrance of the restroom. Ark on the other hand, noticed this elf maid looking around saw Ark with his condescending eyes.
"Mister, have you seen my young master? His name is Linley Arthur." Melarue spoke politely.
"Hmm. I see. Never mind your young master for the moment. Have you ever played a game called hit the elf maid?" Ark asked casually due to boredom.
Melarue shook her head and didn't want to communicate any further with this person.
Ark removed his belt and enhanced it with Battle-Qi Aura. It wasn't just any Battle-Qi Aura. For Master-Level Warriors, their Battle-Qi takes the color of their chosen element. Meaning It was Elemental Battle-Qi Aura. Depending on the element possess different effects and usage for the user.
"Don't worry, elf girl. My belt is enhanced with Holy-elemental Battle-Qi. Meaning I can make the hurt goes away immediately after I hit you." Ark explained. It was a case of true sadism here. Healing and hurting the target at the same time.
"This is wrong." Melarue said helplessly. Fighting against a master-level expert is a steep uphill battle. But at the same time, she couldn't possibly abandon her young master to such a fiend.
Snap Snap Snap
The belt was no different from a powerful whip. Melarue dodged these attacks. Clearly, Melarue was being toyed with opposition.
Linley came out of the restroom as he had done his business and heard sudden noises.
Linley saw Ark was trying to hit his maid with a belt. Linley felt confusion at first, but he had opted instead to take an angrier approach to this circumstance.
Linley did what any main character would do in this situation. Definitely not defusing this situation, and instead pick a side and beat up the other party. Definitely for this case...
Linley charged immediately and punched at Ark's solar plexus. Normally for an expert at Ark's level, dodging such a simple punch would have been to easy, but instead Ark chose to do this:
"Ah~ Please hit me more Linley." Ark was radiated with a masochist aura.
Linley felt disgusted and immediately retracted his hand and came rushing to Melarue's side.
Melarue then grabbed Linley by the hand and the two begin running away like what rational people would do in a near helpless situation.
"In the end, it doesn't matter that much." Ark sighed and spoke to himself as he begin walking into the restroom to relieve his needs.
Soon after a short while.
Linley and Melarue had met up back with Linley's other maid Cthulhu.
Melarue grabbed Cthulhu's head and made her bow to Linley.
"Apologize to the young master now." Melarue said strictly.
"Wait, what for?" Linley was curious on what was going on.
"I'm sorry for grabbing your sword and stabbing your stomach with it last night. I couldn't help but be curious on how good your blood looks." Cthulhu explained.
'What are you? A vampire or something?!" Linley thought with an annoyed attitude.
"So was it good?" Linley asked anyways. If so, he could probably made a profit of selling his blood to vampires or bloodsuckers or something like those.
"It was okay." Cthulhu calmly said.
Linley stared at her with an increased amount in intensity.
"So Melarue, why didn't you take out my sword from my own stomach?" Linley turned and asked his elf maid.
"Because young master's posture was outstanding when added with a sword in his stomach and his graceful sleeping face. Imagine the looks of young master's rivals and enemies at such an appearance. I personally believed it was too beneficial not to do so." Melarue elaborated.
'Yeah, it was so beneficial. It made almost all of them want to stab themselves and then sleep as well.' Linley thought sarcastically.
Which in hindsight, it was actually extremely beneficial. Since the weakening of the enemies severely increase his chances of winning.
"Here, Melarue. I do not want to completely over stain your hand-crafted scarf with all my blood." Linley passed her a now reddish blue scarf.
"I don't mind." Melarue murmured to herself.
So much stuff had happened but the half-hour break time was over as round 2 was beginning.
Linley won't be joining into a fight into very end of this round. So Linley stayed with Melarue and Cthulhu in the now very crowded stands for now.
There were three contenders in this tournament. The first was Ark Samson. The second was Roland Boliver. Lastly was Linley Arthur.
Linley was actually curious on how Ark Samson and Roland Boliver actually fight.
The heavily armored knight Ark Samson send his opposition flying away with one punch.
While Roland Boliver slap away his opponent into the air with a smack from the flat side of his sword in one move.
Linley was speechless because of all people who were in the arena were all master-level experts. Yet they're able to do a mere single hit to knock out their opponents.
Linley knows for sure he is definitely going to get his ass kicked by one of these two.
Unlike before, when Linley didn't know his way. He had at least asked Melarue to give him a simple summarized information about the directions into the arena and to leave the arena.
Linley was able to arrive for his fight that would be the end of round 2 of this tournament.
"Linley Arthur vs Eris Lionheart!"
The announcer said with no enthusiasm in his voice like he did before. After all, round 2 is like round 1. A bunch of major players vs fodder fights. Why would any major powerful people care so far, unless something abnormal pops up. Literally the audience now barely doubled than before in round 1. Like in Round 1, all the major guests are not even here to watch. They have more entertaining things to do like touring. It's only when it's contender vs contender, is when the stands get packed to the brim.
Truly the tournament is rigged to the point where everybody knows when the most entertaining stuff happens.
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