Chapter 18: The Arena
Lucia agreed to let Princess Sophia and her guards stay.
Ignoring the princess who was packing up and preparing to move over, Lucia took Einstein to prepare to go out again, this time different from the previous stroll, with a clearer purpose, that is, the upcoming "Great Martial Arts Festival".
Lucia has a lot of interest in this event, which is similar to the Olympics on earth, and she plans to go and see if she can participate in it, but it is said that there are no clear criteria for participation in this competition.
"Is it over? I just saw Her Royal Highness Princess Sophia leave......"
As soon as he left the room, Jonathan, who was looking for an excuse to leave, came over.
"Sofia has been staying here since today. β
Didn't ask Jonathan why he left, Lucia replied casually.
"What......"
Not everyone is as casual as Lucia, Jonathan glared exaggeratedly, with an expression that fully showed the extent of his surprise.
"Wasn't it not so long ago that we were enemies?!How did you make such a strange turn in the span of time?!"
"Is it necessary to be so surprised?"
Lucia tilted her head in confusion, she couldn't understand the reason for Jonathan's surprise because she had no sense of the country and the royal family.
"Of course, right? That's the princess of this country, Princess Sophia, who is known as the "Jewel of the Snow Field"? That's a big man who is not usually seen except for the festivals hosted by the royal family!"
"So what?"
Unaffected by Jonathan's excitement, Lucia still looked puzzled.
"No matter how powerful she is, Sophia is just an ordinary human, right?"
Affected by Lucia's indifferent attitude, Jonathan's enthusiasm slowly cooled. The super-everyday he experienced today was too much, and the fuss was nothing more than a long-term awe of the royal family, but a sudden three-minute heat.
As Lucia said, Princess Sophia is only a mortal even if she has a dazzling name, and the master and servant in front of her are 'the beautiful girl and her monster butler'.
"Well, that's true. β
Jonathan wasn't interested in continuing the topic either.
"Where are we going now?"
"The Great Martial Arts Festival. β
After Lucia finished speaking, she turned to the smiling Einstein.
"What's the problem? Albert Einstein. I couldn't accept it from just now. β
"Huh?"
Jonathan looked at Einstein's smiling face, as always, and let out a small puzzled voice.
"No, I just ...... I just can't let go of being under the same roof as the lowly people who attacked my lord......"
Einstein's smile took a small step towards a wry smile.
"It's a great joy for my lord to be interested in other women, and that human princess also has the appearance of becoming a member of my lord's harem, but does the lowly person who once committed it have the qualifications to be favored by my lord......"
Although it was a topic that she started with, it would inevitably turn into her own sexual orientation disclosure conference, and Lucia decided to pretend that this conversation had never happened, so she turned her face to Jonathan again.
"Let's go, let's go to the Great Martial Arts Festival. β
"Ah...... Well, well, I'll lead the way. β
Jonathan also thinks that Lucia's response is very good, he has also heard the topic of women falling in love with women or men falling in love with men, but it will be a bit novel as an anecdote, but when it is brought up by the person concerned, there is only unspeakable embarrassment left as a bystander.
The registration venue for the Great Martial Arts Festival was in the arena next to the palace, not far from Lucia's mansion, and in less than ten minutes Lucia was standing in front of the building, which resembled a Roman arena but covered an area that was more than ten times larger.
"It's big, I know of a similar one, but it's not that big. β
In Lucia's memory, the Colosseum was not like that
"Is it big?"
Jonathan was puzzled.
"The arena is sometimes used by those magicians, but it's not enough for this size, right?"
"That's right, the one I know doesn't allow magicians to use, at most sword fighters fight beasts. β
Lucia added in her mind, 'The mages on Earth are busy making their own'
"A beast that can fight a human swordsman...... I thought it was a low-level country fighting arena, but I didn't expect the unexpected excitement, it's really not to be underestimated. β
Lucia looked at Jonathan who would be wrong with a look of admiration, and didn't bother to explain, anyway, there wasn't much of a gap, she was more interested in the monster in Jonathan's mouth than this, but I don't know if it can speak human words like it is said in the web novel on Earth, obviously strong but always bullied by weak humans, and there are strange gems in his head that have meaninglessness.
"What is Warcraft?
"Warcraft are just slightly more powerful beasts, and your clothes are made from the fur of Warcraft. β
Einstein stepped forward to answer before Jonathan could reply, passing his warning glance over Jonathan's face as if he were inadvertent.
- Anyway, I guess I was thinking, 'How can my lord get close to those lowly animals?' Although Jonathan couldn't understand Einstein's emotions hidden behind the smiley face, the meaning of the other party's self-disclosure could not be more obvious. But even without Einstein's warning, Jonathan didn't intend to arouse Lucia's interest in Warcraft, which wasn't something a weak girl should approach after all.
"yes, it's boring to be so ordinary. β
ββIt's not ordinary, it's just that your housekeeper is out of specification. Of course, Jonathan wouldn't say that, just think about it. Seeing Lucia's interest in Warcraft waning, Jonathan felt a little relieved at the same time, liking small animals is the nature of girls, and it is not good to be depressed, maybe you can suggest that Einstein buy a rabbit or other small pet for Lucia, Jonathan feels that rabbits and Lucia are very compatible, they are so innocent and cute.
"What if you let my lord's splendor be dusted?"
Anyway, even if you go to the palace, Einstein has all kinds of vexatious pickiness and difficulties to find fault. Knowing that persuasion is futile, Jonathan will no longer try to make Einstein offend people with that smiling face, anyway, this black-bellied smiling tiger has enough strength to settle down. Of course, being beaten up for not being fair is what Jonathan is most happy to see, and it would be even better if he changed his character almost with pride and prejudice and a slow bad taste.
Lucia's feet shrank as she prepared to step into the arena, but she stepped out anyway.
"It doesn't matter. β
Einstein showed a look of sudden realization, as for what he realized is unknown, Lucia's short words will automatically be transformed into a code word that needs to be carefully analyzed and carefully guessed, God knows that he will make up tens of thousands of words of reasoning in his head.
"I see, it's a gaffe, how can the toy sculptures of the mountain monkeys be contaminated with the brilliance of my lord, it will only be sublimated under the glory of my lord. β
- You didn't realize anything except the timing of the sycophants, did you? Jonas, who had a huge difference in style between himself and Einsta, followed Lucia into the arena, disdainful of being in the company of Einstein, and of course careful not to be seen by Einstein.