"Let's go home, Master," Elena said.
"Mm." Lawrend nodded his head.
The five of them walked together and left, heading towards the exit.
Before long, they reached the gate of the academy.
"D-Dark Angel! You're finally here!" a red-haired man shouted by the gate, and two butlers were standing beside him.
"Hmph. It's you again," Aleshia harrumphed.
Lawrend squinted his eyes. He recognized this red-haired man. He was Vernon Rubrignis, the one who challenged him to a duel before that he ignored.
"Why are you with her? You coward!" Vernon shouted at lawrend.
"What? Does that concern you?" Lawrend asked with an angry expression on his face.
He was irritated to see this guy. He's like a cockroach that won't stop bothering him.
"Tch. Dark Angel, have you considered my proposal?" Vernon ignored Lawrend and asked Aleshia.
"As I said before, I'm not interested. You're just wasting your time," Aleshia replied coldly.
"Is it because of this guy? I'll show you I'm better than this coward!" Vernon shouted.
He was very confident in himself. He was the next-in-line Patriarch of the powerful Rubrignis clan. Except for a member of the royal family, he doesn't fear anyone in the capital city.
"What did you say?" Aleshia asked as her face darkened in anger.
"Eh? You haven't heard the news yet?" Elena asked him in confusion.
"What news? The news that he didn't show up for our duel?" Vernon replied mockingly.
"Hey! I'm talking to you!"
Aleshia grabbed Vernon's collar and lifted him into the air.
"D-Dark Angel, I'm not into this kind of kink!" Vernon shouted frantically.
"..."
Aleshia's face became even angrier, and she swung around and around as she held Vernon's collar.
"No one besides Master can say something like… that!"
"Ahhh!"
She released him upwards to the streets, causing him to crash to the brick pavement face first.
Vernon wasn't ready for it. His face skid across the road and damaged his flawless face.
"How dare you hurt our Young Master!" one of the butlers shouted angrily. He was an old man with a delicately groomed beard.
He sprinted to Aleshia, and a dagger appeared in his hand.
As for the other butler, he ran to Vernon and helped him up.
"Hmph," Aleshia harrumphed.
She calmly waited for him to arrive and easily parried his attack with a twist of her arms. The butler was thrown off-guard by her parry, and he fell to the ground on his back.
"Ow!"
"Are you gonna attack?" Aleshia asked the other butler.
"Who are you?" The other butler asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"I'm Aleshia. Do you have a problem with me?" Aleshia asked confidently.
"Do you want us to help, Sister Aleshia?" Aezel asked.
"I can take care of them," Aleshia replied.
"Aleshia, what did this guy do?" Lawrend asked.
He stood there calmly and watched everything. He was confident in her strength, so he didn't worry.
"He asked me to become his Main Wife. I disagreed, but he insisted that he will get my answer at a later date. Just forget him, Master," Aleshia replied.
"I see. Interesting. Is she why you wanted to enter the academy?" Lawrend asked Vernon. He had already stood up and recovered from the throw. Long bleeding scratches covered his whole face.
"Yes. Why is she calling you 'Master'?" Vernon asked in confusion. He never heard anything about this.
"Do you really want to know? You're gonna get heartbroken," Lawrend replied with a smug smile on his face.
"Stupid. I know she's calling you 'Master' because she lost a bet, right?" Vernon replied confidently.
"Unfortunately, I'm Master's maid," Aleshia replied coldly.
"Wait, w-what?"
Vernon stepped backward in horror. In this day and age, a maid had more duties than helping tidy the household. They were also known to service their masters.
That means, she's not the virgin and innocent woman he had been dreaming of before.
"Sister Aleshia, do you want me to suppress his family?" Humility asked.
As the princess of the kingdom, she only had to find an excuse, and he could use her power to suppress the Rubrignis Clan.
"Master, what do you think?" Aleshia asked Lawrend instead.
"Viagra, you said you want to duel me, right?" Lawrend asked him.
"Vernon! My name is Vernon, you coward!" Vernon shouted at him angrily.
"Well, then, Vernon. Let's duel now. If you can beat me, I'll give you Aleshia. If you lose, you have to watch us do it," Lawrend said to him with an evil smirk on his face.
"M-Master…" Aleshia's face turned red when she heard his words.
"Don't worry. I won't lose," Lawrend replied.
"Huh!? Why would I be scared of you? I'm not like you that hides behind women," Vernon replied.
"That's not the problem, Master…" Aleshia replied shyly.
"Wait. Let me talk to Aleshia," Lawrend held his hand up and stopped Vernon.
"Why are you scared, Aleshia? Watching me do you will be torture for him. He doesn't understand how f*cked up he is right now," Lawrend whispered to her.
"But… I don't want him to see my naked body…It's only for you, Master," Aleshia whispered back to him.
"Forget it then. I'll just punish him for daring to court you," Lawrend replied.
He then turned his head and looked at Vernon.
"We'll change it. I'll punish you if you lose," Lawrend said.
"It doesn't matter to me. I'll win anyway," Vernon replied smugly.
"Alright. When do you want to duel?" Lawrend asked.
"First, if you or I don't show up, then that counts as a lost," Vernon said.
"That sounds good to me," Lawrend replied.
"Deal!"
"So, where?"
"Tomorrow afternoon at the Capital Arena," Vernon answered.
"Alright. I'll be there," Lawrend replied.
"Hahahaha! Everyone, you heard him, right? If he doesn't show up tomorrow, he'll have to surrender his maid to me," Vernon shouted excitedly.
Humility stepped forward and opened her mouth.
"As the Third Princess of the Undrasil Kingdom, I bear witness to this duel! The violator will be facing the wrath of the whole kingdom!" Humility shouted.
