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บท 199: Couldn't Pick Up His Feet

It wasn't long before Lotus noticed Zhang Li in her room who had reported to her, "Young master. According to the information we gathered, the two have left the school ground and arrived at the beach where they are fighting some gangs…"

"Gangs?" Lotus raised a brow in confusion.

Zhang Li nodded, "Young Epel managed to stun them with his charm and seemed to have come across something, but it didn't work a second time since his ruse was uncovered. The two are now fighting against the group."

Lotus sighed, "Deuce will be all right and Epel is with him. Let them fight it out for now and be scolded. When the time comes, call for me."

"Yes!"

It was a few moments after she had sent out a message to Riddle and the others in Heartslabyul did they calm themselves and allowed Riddle to scold them after Deuce had returned.

It was still dark when Zhang Li notified her of the visitors and the other's return. She quickly vanished as the door opened revealing the group of Pomefiore and Deuce in their dorm uniforms The others do not bear the crown or worn a long robe the way Vil did, but it only showed that Vil was the dorm leader so there was no other significant meaning behind it. Seeing her still up and studying from her book, Deuce was surprised to see her being so studious and in her realm of concentration. For once, it made her look like more than just a tutor or mischievous student.

"We are here." Vil huffed with a scowl, "This better be worth it."

"Of course." Lotus responded and placed her book back down onto the table before leaving the room, "You're here as well, Deuce?"

"Y-Yes!" Deuce responded with a firm nod, "I also want to work hard alongside with everyone!"

"This is no idea." She replied firmly, "Just a small demo."

"A demo?"

…..

The snow had only begun to clear as Lotus stepped onto the wet surface. She glanced over to Vil and the others and said, "Stay."

Vil nodded with a frown and watched Epel nervously took a step forward onto the ice floor. Rook frowned, "Lotus, this terrain."

"It'll be all right." She responded in an aloof manner and asked Epel softly, "How good are you with your magic?"

"That's… Are you sure you'll be all right? I-I mean-!" Epel stammered realizing his error.

"Come at me however you see fit. Either magic or physical will do. However, keep your eyes peeled and watch carefully..." She said this and tossed aside her mittens and scarf adorning only a long blue shawl around her arms and behind her back.

With only her Athletics uniform, it was rather cold in the light with only the lamp to shine upon them between themselves and the forest from behind. Finally, Epel nodded, "I-I'll start!"

Epel took a deep breath before he threw out a fire ball only for Lotus to step aside softly and the snow dissipated into the snow. Epel looked at her hesitantly as Lotus said, "You're too nervous. Fight as you would usually do, Epel."

Hearing this, Epel looked to with a look of surprise to see her smile sweetly unlike her usual aloof expression. That was when he suddenly recalled something and nodded, "Then, I'll attack now!"

With that, a few series of dark magic was cast in her direction without any hesitation. However, Lotus easily sidestepped each one of them with ease.

"I'm not done yet!" Epel called out and pointed his magic pen at her creating some strangely fast bits of fire pieces at her like a gun.

They shot fast which impressed her, but it wasn't enough to touch her as she spun around them with ease. Seeing this, Epel suddenly noticed something and casted out a rope to which Lotus quickly and softly batted away with the light flick of her scarf. Watching everything spin around them, Lotus softly picked off a small branch from the trees and Epel quickly grew tired. Seeing that she had gotten closer, he ducked in under her and attempted to use his magic rope on her. However, with one smooth motion, she quickly redirected his pen to the surrounding snow with one stroke of her hand causing him to look up in surprise only to be stunned by the soft smiling expression on her face shone by the soft light of the rising sun.

"Those soft expressions and arcs…"

Seeing this also caught Vil off guard as his eyes widened in disbelief. Rook was rather surprised to see this display as well and was quickly reminded of Epel's appearance.

Deuce watched on in disbelief as the fight had become a dance as a whisper slipped out of his lips, "Is this really Lotus?!"

Before they could say anything, Lotus made him twirl around and trip his feet over her long shawl. Much to his shock when he came to and looked up, he was already under her soft gaze which shocked him in bewilderment. It was only then did he realize the touch of the stick on his neck. Seeing this, Epel realized that he was already on the ground and utterly defeated. Looking around, he also realized that his magic pen was no longer in his hand!

Lotus helped him up and he began to search for the pen vigorously before seeing her outstretched hand, "It is the rule that you only need to disarm the other person. Isn't that correct, Rook-senpai?"

"A-Ah, yes!" Rook responded as he shook his head in bewilderment before smiling brightly, "That's correct! You've won the match!"

"W-What just happened, though…" Epel looked around in bewilderment.

"Lotus beat you just by dancing…" Deuce responded as best as he could describe it.

"Huh?! What the?!"

"Didn't I tell you to keep your eyes peeled? Your reaction and planning was too aggressive and eager." Lotus responded with a blunt and firm manner, "Though you did change and improved yourself greatly by the end, your movements were sluggish and your feet dragged when you sprinted towards me. If you had picked up your feet as you had before, I wouldn't have the chance to even touch you. You only take your size into consideration after I got closer. Had you not thought of this sooner, you would've already gained the upper hand before I could react."

"Picked up my feet?" Epel raised a brow before his eyes widen upon realization, "That Jazz walk!"

"Exactly!" Vil frowned in dismay and sighed, "I was hoping you'd realize that major flaw. But, I didn't think that you'd need a battle to spell it out for you…"

"So, I lost just because I couldn't pick up my feet?" Epel raised a brow in doubt before he shook his head, "No, wait. He suddenly appeared before me and I couldn't evade it."

"That's not true…" Deuce shook his head and sighed in defeat, "Your right was completely open for you to evade it. However, it would need an insane amount of flexibility to swerve around his advances. But, Lotus..."

Deuce looked to her in doubt, "You know… How to dance?"

"I know little of other cultures." She responded bluntly, "However, I do know a little of ballet…"

"Eh?!"

"Ballet was an advanced version of an old traditional easter style of dance I was used to practice." She responded bluntly with a huff, "In truth, their style and choreographs are too different. I'm no expert in ballet, but I can dance traditional eastern style dances. Flexibility, choreograph, posture and steps must all be counted and placed into consideration. So much so, that they are engraved into your every action. From the way you walk to the way you simply turn your head, but all of this requires a lot more strength than you initially believe or do you think it is so simple for male ballerinas to lift their partners up? There are those who fail from joints and muscle problems as well. If you had thought that ballet was something as weak as spinning on your toes prettily, then I can tell you know that ballerinas are one of the dances that requires the strongest muscles to maintain a posture and routine over and over again."

"What Lotus danced… was ballet?" Deuce muttered in confusion.

"No." Rook replied with a wide smile on his face, "The dance he performed for one for the women from ancient eastern times. It was a style only the women dance to. However, it is also the most difficult."

Lotus frowned, "True. In the past, only women danced such dances until trendy lifestyles and social preferences and culture made it so that the style nearly went extinct because women couldn't dance without pain in their feet anymore. However, when the countries became modernized, the first style of dance that was picked up after was ballet because it was so similar to such dances amongst many others. However, that day when Epel called Ballet a girly dance, I was recalled of something."

"Huh?"

Rook nodded in confusion, "The dance you performed in the battle wasn't such a dance…"

Lotus nodded, "Over time, these dances grew to hold a smaller place in the eastern countries till it has only become a past time. There are those who had even go ahead and established martial arts twists into such dances."


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บท 200: Girly Man

"Is there really such a thing?!" Deuce looked to her in bewilderment.

"Is it really so difficult?" Lotus huffed in disdain, "There were two forms of these dances. One is called a civil dance with the shawl displaying the natures of graceful and soft, while the other is a martial dance with the sword displaying vigorous and bold such as on a battlefield. Is it so difficult to adapt one into a form of martial arts after I've used one to beat you today?"

Epel thought for a while before he nodded in hesitation, "This is suppose to teach me not to call ballet girly, isn't it?"

"You only notice that now?" Lotus huffed in disdain, "If you can't even beat a man dancing like a girl, do you really have the face to call the art girly?"

"WHAT?!"

Hearing this, Epel's face turned bright red in embarrassment. On the other hand, Rook and Vil shared a glance in surprise. They didn't think that this was basically what was going on, but they also didn't realize that they had a dance enthusiast amongst them. Watching her put her scarf and mittens back on. It was only then that they realized how slippery the floor was and that she had been walking over it as though it was a dry pavement road!

"It was more than just footsteps and movements." Vil spoke up, "Posture, speed, and balance. You got it all down and displayed a perfect image of a graceful and soft nature from your choreography. You're clearly an expert in dancing and just the kind we need. Why not assist us to manage the dance practice instead?"

"Eh?!" Epel and Deuce looked to him in bewilderment when they heard this.

"I refuse." She responded bluntly and walked away without a care, "Apologies, but I don't have the time to enjoy this anymore."

Seeing her wrapped tightly under her scarf and mittens, Vil raised a brow in confusion and looked to Rook in confusion, "Did he really have to leave so quickly? And wrapped in so many layers..."

Rook heaved a heavy sigh and shook his head in disappointment, "Oui. Unfortunately, he has no choice as well."

Deuce raised a brow in confusion and added, "Now that you mention it, I recall he had a relapse during a visit in Heartslabyul dorm. It was so bad that he could not leave our dorm or attend class and activities for over a week. By the time he returned, the try outs was over."

"A relapse?!" Epel gasped in shock when he heard this and shook his head in pity, "That's a shame..."

"A relapse..." Vil muttered quietly with furrowed brows.

Deuce nodded, "Something about Dorm leader Rosehearts not closing the window when she visited him for some advice..."

"Not closing the window?" Vil raised a brow, "To not close the window in this weather... Rook.."

Rook nodded with a heavy sigh, "Oui. Lotus is truly fragile to the cold and had collapsed on occasions due to weather. Perhaps this is why he no longer dances so often anymore."

"What?!" Deuce cried out in horror, "But just now..."

"So, that's why he suggested this morning instead of last night." Vil responded with a frown.

"What do you mean?" Epel looked to him in confusion.

"When the two of you vanished, he had wanted to spar against you this afternoon. However, you had gone missing with Deuce." Rook responded with a heavy sigh.

"Th-That's..." Epel's eyes widen in horror when he heard of this.

"I've caused a lot of trouble, then..." Deuce muttered upon utter realization and felt a pang of guilt in his chest.

"He must've already expected this." Vil shook his head with a heavy sigh, "He seemed unfazed to hear that you were missing and immediately let your dorm leader know of the situation."

"Dorm Leader Rosehearts knew of it?" Deuce said in bewilderment.

Rook nodded, "Oui. He was the first to tell us where you were and asked the Dorm Leader Rosehearts not to worry or look for you. That the two of you would return by the end of the day. All we needed was to prepare a lecture."

"He really is amazing..." Epel whispered in shock, "And, I had to trouble him for a session because I had said such a thing..."

Deuce shook his head and sighed, "He is. Even before coming to the school, he was entirely homeschooled by himself. We all have our troubles, but he had a difficult upbringing as well."

"He did what?!" Vil looked to Deuce in disbelief.

Deuce nodded, "That is what Cater and Trey said. He homeschooled himself because his family most likely had trouble interacting with other humans. He is the only human adopted into his current family and he ran away from his biological one because it was dangerous."

"That would explain why he knew how to use eastern dances as martial arts..." Rook said with a frown before wearing a bitter smile, "He reminds me of Lilia very much in his moves... He has battle experiences."

"Battle experiences? Him?" Vil raised a brow and sighed in disbelief, "Just what nonsense are you all spouting?"

Rook shook his head with hands up, "I'm afraid not... He was the least fearful of Monsieur Crabapple's magic even when his skills jumped leaps and bounds past his original skills on the grounds. It was enough for him to dare to approach him even more before entrapping him in his dance and striking him down. Had it not been for his graceful movements without intent, I would've already stepped in."

"Now that you mention it..." Deuce frowned, "I wouldn't dare to approach Epel so carelessly when he has a rope around and shoots out small fireballs like a revolver from his pen. But, Lotus didn't even flinch from all that. I didn't think he would be so strong as an opponent despite not having magic."

"To think that was the reason how he could roam so freely in the halls." Vil muttered in upon being convinced a little after having heard this, "I didn't realize we had a professional dancer amongst us back then... However, I should've known from the way he moves..."

"Non..." Rook shook his head in disappointment, "I also had not realized it till he began changing his pace."

Thinking this, he smirked, "Huhu, it would seem there is more to him than that meets the eye as well? How exciting!"

"Again?" Vil shook his head and sighed in dismay, "All right. That's enough. He had already told us not to speak of this matter anymore and would return to help us in three days time. If you truly feel guilty, then I suggest you do as he says and not talk about this incident again. He has contributed much to our efforts. Don't let it go down the drain! Now, go prepare for class!"

"Yes!"

Watching the two hurry back into the dorm. Vil sighed and shook his head in dismay, "That wasn't to help us..."

Rook nodded with a wide smile, "Oui. It would seem that he had also grown an interest towards the progress of Monsieur Crabapple's growth. However, today's performance was truly spectacular! Wouldn't you say so, Roi du Poison?"

Vil looked up to see what his vice-dorm leader had handed only to be surprised by the sight of a blooming flower on the branch of a stick. He took it with a look of confusion, "A flower?"

He looked up in time to find small buds of flowers blooming in the small forest behind the dorm. It wasn't enough for a full flower viewing festival. However, it was the first sign of spring. Seeing this, Vil shook his head and sighed in dismay, "He really isn't mellow at all... A real show-off..."

.....

Since that morning, she had stayed in bed whenever she didn't have any activities after class. Thankfully, she was not in such a worse condition that it would put her at a risk of collapsing from the cold again and spring was also just around the corner.

Yuu sighed after checking on her forehead again with Grim barely sitting still on her lap, "Please don't randomly sneak out at night again. You're not in the best of health during this season too. You could be in danger if you collapse again."

"Yes, sir..." Lotus grumbled as she curled up on her bed and hugging Grim like a plush toy.

"Gah... Let me go!!!" Grim cried out in pain.

Yuu watched her play with Grim's fur and sighed shaking his head, "Just bear with it for a little bit Grim. I'll bring some heat packs for him."

"Fgn... Fgna..." Grim grumbled with a scowl as he cried, "Hurry up..."

"Okay!" Yuu responded and quickly went out of the room.

Seeing this, Lotus frowned in dismay at the sight of Yuu gone from the room and hugged Grim's warm and fluffy body closer.

"Gah-! Come on! Let go!" Grim fought back desperately to squeeze himself out of her grasp.

However, it was useless as she simply fell down onto the bed in a fetal position while hugging the cat in her arms. The bed wasn't as soft as the sofas in the Heartslabyul lounge, but it was strangely better than the hard mattress in the mansion of her ring. Yet, none of them could compete against the scent of the sun and softness from her bed back home. For once in a long time, she had begun to long for her home and her parents. Her father must be busy pre-establishing political matters with the kingdom of "Dark" faes with old general of that kingdom and mister lawyer. Thinking this, she recalled the budding trees and wore a small smile on her face as she responded, "It should be almost time too..."


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