Chương 98: Chapter 86. Les vs John

The first thing I noticed about the arena was just how large it was. I'd say it's about the size of a baseball diamond. Les and I were standing in the field and were staring at each other. We needed an impartial judge, which was hard to find, so instead we just got Warrick to do it. Made sense seeing as how he was the Highest-Ranking person in the village. Everyone else was sitting in seats at a safe distance away. Anna was holding her hands in front of her chest and seemed to be worried.

Sarah and the rest of the girls were smiling confidently. Seems they really have faith in me. I turned to Les and began to speak." Are you ready, Mr. Mori?" Les glared at me and responded." Yes, I am, boy!"" Good, so am I. Warrick! Whenever you're ready!"" Ridiculous! You call our King by name!?" Seems he thinks I'm disrespecting Diablos and its people." No, I was given the privilege of referring to Warrick and Aqua by name.

Also, they're going to be my In-Laws, so it's only right I get used to being informal with them." I responded to him as well. After a few moments, Warrick shouted." Begin the match! The winner shall be decided by Death, incapacitation or admitting defeat!" Warrick spoke, Les and I both kicked the ground and began to run towards each other. He pulled 2 daggers from his belt. I summoned Scarlet. Grip! Swing! / Clang! / A sword and 2 daggers clashed not too long after that.

Les's arms didn't rest in that position however. Before long, he lowered his left arm to strike at me from under my sword. Jump! I jumped back from my position to dodge it. Without giving me time to reset, he began to attack me again. Swing! / Clang! / I was puzzled as we just ended up clashing again." Why?"" Who knows?" Les answered my question with a harsher glare and sarcasm.

"..." Jump! He lowered his arm again and I jumped back. This time something was different. The way he watched me was wei..." Shit!" He wanted my timein.... /Swoosh/ Pain! / Splat! /" AH!" He shot something from his eyes!? How the hell does someone do that!?" Brat, you thought I was a simple dagger user? Ignorance gets you killed on the battlefield... Or worse." Les gloated as walked slowly towards me. Blood was pooling from the wound in my stomach. It went right through me. Above my belly button.

Les walked towards me, I guess he saw a wounded animal that needed to be put down. I laid weakly so he could get close to me. Soon he was over top of me. He glared and spoke to me." This is the best you can do!?"

"!" / THUD! / Pain!

"AH!" He stepped on my wound!" How could you even begin to think you could protect My Daughter like this!? HUH!?" Pain! / THUD! /"AHH" He stomped on it again! Not yet! He's still got his guard up!" This match is over, brat! Leave Anna here with her Family and return alone! Find some other woman you can care for only as 2nd best!"

"...."" I see! Well, if you're dead set on dying! Let me help you along the way brat!" He raised his daggers and began to swing them down." DIE HUMAN!" NOW! /SHING! /" MY LEG!" Les fell from a blade made of my blood shooting out from the pool of my own blood on the ground that entered into the middle of his right thigh. I cast Holy Heal immediately on myself to recover. I stood back up while Les struggled to stand. His right leg was bleeding badly, but as a veteran, he still stood up straight, ready to continue.

The author's content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon." You know, Arrogance is also a killer on the battlefield as well."" BRAT!" /SWOOSH/" WOAH!" Jump! I jumped to my left to dodge the eye beam." So, do all Dodomeki have the ability to shoot beams from their eyes?"" So, what if we can!?"" Don't be so angry. I'm just wondering what else Anna can do."" You think of My Daughter while fighting me, boy!?"" Yes, I think of Sarah and Anna a lot when I fight.

They're the people I want to see the most after battle after all."" Is that so!?" Les looked at me like he didn't believe me." You should surrender, Mr. Mori. Your leg is leaking severely. Give up now and I'll heal you."" And let you walk away with My Daughter!? To just take My Precious Family from me!?" That pissed me off." ENOUGH!" Everyone looked at me as I yelled at Les. I continued since I was beginning to see red." Why are you pretending like Anna is some puppet who can't make up her own mind and will!?

This isn't an arranged marriage! If at any point your daughter wanted to stop or distance herself from me, I would let her! The bottom-line is we Love each other! I was lost in this world with no one to rely on and so was she! We found each other during that time! In fact, it was even worse for her than me! When she first arrived at the castle, she could barely do anything right! The staff ostracized her! She couldn't go back to the family that rejected her, so instead, she had to suck it up!

Do you have any idea how many tears she's shed from that!? How lost and afraid she was!? How much of a failure she must've felt like!?" Les looked shocked at my speaking. Regardless I continued on." And what does she get as a reward for finally being able to adapt to her new lifestyle!? She got assigned to me! A Human! She went from being ostracized by herself to being ostracized next to someone who's always one step away from being assassinated! And since she was next to me, she would be caught in that crossfire!

But from that moment of being assigned to me, she fell for me. Do you know what the reason was?" Les looked at me confused. Like he couldn't fathom the answer." It was that I asked her to be honest with me. That I valued her opinion! Also known as something her FAMILY should have done! BUT NO! She found it for the first time in a Human!" I walked closer to Les, so I could make sure he heard this bit." Anna is not being taken from you by a Human!

She is getting Married to the man she loves, who happens to be Human and who actually Loves her back!" Les was dumbfounded by my words. I calmed myself and continued to speak.

"You said something earlier about her being a" 2nd choice" to me. I would like to correct that statement. Anna isn't my second choice. She's not some consolation prize I picked up from a carnival game or some inferior version of Sarah. She's Anna Mori! A woman who I Fell In Love with naturally! Do you know that she hums when she cleans when she is in a good mood?

Do you know that when she wakes in the morning, she opens one of the eyes on her arms to check and see if the sun is up to tell if she can go back to sleep? Do you know that she prefers poultry to steak? Do you know that she likes chilled fruit more than candy?"" What is your point brat!?"" My point is that I look at Anna as her own woman. She is a separate existence in my heart from Sarah. I Love Anna and I Love Sarah. Sarah wants my firsts and to be my Top Wife.

Anna knows this, she was told this before anything untoward happened or before we entered a relationship. For Fuck's sake! She knew about all of this before I even did! AND SHE CHOSE TO ENTER A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME ANYWAYS!" Les just continued staring at me blankly. I turned away from him and cast Holy Heal." I told Anna and your wife that I wouldn't hurt you in any permanent way." Les looked surprised that I healed him." Your wife told me about what happened to your children."" Boy! Do not go there.""

I lost my Parents when I was Elizabeth's age. I watched their dead bodies for hours before anyone could help me. I know how painful it is to lose Family. I chose to not let that define me here in Gaia. I suggest you do the same before you lose any of your children to this way you've chosen to treat them."" I will kill you!" Despite what he said, I didn't hear Les take another step towards me. Even if he did, I'm not shutting up yet."

The simple fact of the matter is, Anna didn't tell me about you besides the fact you were alive. On the way here she never spoke a word about her family. I thought at first it was because our travel was hectic. Now I think it was because she doesn't know what to say about you. She still loves you. She wanted nothing more than approval from you. But instead, you gave her failures, silence and rejection. I suggest you look for a different way of showing how much you love your children besides trying to cage them.

Prisoners look for ways to slip out of their cages. In a way you're lucky."" How could you consider this lucky!?"" Because, if I was half of what you thought of me, we'd have never come here. Because I wouldn't have even wanted to do this the right way." I started to walk away from Les." Strike me, behead me, I don't care at this point. This is futile. I just want you to take my advice. Before you lose any more of your children." I turned my head to Warrick after I took a few steps away from Les." I surrender."

I continued to walk towards where Anna and Sarah were sitting. Anna was running towards me with her hands covering her face. I heard her sobbing as she ran. Sarah was walking towards me. thud! Wrap! Tighten! Warm... Anna collided with me at about the halfway point from our starting positions. I embraced Anna as she collided with my chest." You know, running with your hands covering your face is a bit dangerous. I hope you aren't too sad about all of this, Anna?" Rub... Press... Pet... Pat...

She didn't speak, she just nuzzled her head deeper into my chest. I began to pet her head. She started to speak after she calmed down a bit." It's hard to explain. I'm happy, but sad. You've said so much I wanted to say. I'm so happy that you understand me, but I'm sad that this had to be said to my Father of all people."" Sometimes, it takes a stranger to knock some sense into your head. It's up to you to actually acknowledge the help however." I sat there with Anna for a few moments.

Before I heard a voice behind me." Boy... You can marry My Daughter."" Father?" Anna lifted her head from my chest and straightened herself a bit in order to see her father behind me. It's at times like this I wonder why Anna and Sarah bend down to place their heads in my chest when we're standing up and hugging each other. I imagine it must hurt their backs." Anna.... I'm sorry..." Les apologized and just walked away from us. Maria was staring at the scene in shock. I gave her a wink.

This didn't go exactly how I wanted it to. But I think this is a solid foundation to fix their relationship." I guess that's the end of it..." With that, I muttered my honest thought at the moment... After the duel ended, we all moved on with our day. Seeing as Anna's parents were just members of the village, we went and greeted the village's Leader and to find lodging for all of us. When things had finally calmed down a bit, it was time for dinner. We all sat at a table and began to eat.

Anna, while still being a Maid, was standing behind me, but she was close. Sarah sat next to me on my right. She was to the left of side of Aqua. Aqua was seated to the left side of Warrick. Warrick was seated at the head of the table. The Village Chief sat to the right of Warrick. Followed by Asha and Sharon. Finally, Cynthia sat to the right of me. While we were eating, Sarah turned to Aqua and asked a question that was sitting in the back of her mind for a while now I've no doubt." So, Mother.

When exactly am I getting Married?" The food fell from my mouth as I looked at Sarah. Aqua began to respond to her impatient daughter's question." Well, now with everything that's happened today. Why not have John Marry both you and Anna when we get back to BlackStone?" Sarah turned to me and smiled a grin befitting a Demon. Anna just placed her soft hand on me. they were both waiting to hear my thoughts. I took a deep breath and began to speak." Treat me kindly from now on. Sarah, Anna. And like I said before.

I Love You Both. So... Please Marry me!"