As Leon turned to leave, hoping to avoid any further confrontation, his heart sank as his feet accidentally crushed so dried leaves on the ground. The loud crunching sound seed to echo through the silent air, and he imdiately regretted not being more careful.
The sudden noise caught Lincoln's attention, and he quickly spun around. "Who's there?" he shouted, his voice filled with a mix of fear and anger.
His heart started racing as he thought that Benjamin or his other minions followed him here, to give him another beating. If they heard how he was cursing them, he didn't know how badly he'd be beaten.
He tried to steady his breathing, not wanting to show any signs of fear. As he tried to move towards the direction where that sound was coming from.
Leon's heart pounded in his chest, and he considered running away to avoid any further confrontation.
But it was too late. Lincoln's eyes had already landed on Leon, and he recognized him instantly as the sa boy he had bullied earlier.
His face contorted with rage as he rembered it was all because of this dam bastard, that he's in this situation. If he didn't pick a fight with him, nothing would've happened. He was planning to take his anger out on this bumpkin, but then Leon started running away.
"Stop, you bastard! How dare you sneak up on !. Looks like the last beating wasn't enough for you. Co here you fool."
His words froze Leon, as he heard Lincoln insulting him again. He hesitated for a mont, unsure of what to do, but then decided to step forward and reveal himself.
"I didn't an to startle you. I was just passing through."he said.
Lincoln narrowed his eyes, still not sure if he could trust Leon. He still rembered his brother's words, about not creating another drama. So he wanted to leave, but his anger got the better of him.
"Doesn't matter. Since you're here, and stalking . I ought to teach you a lesson." He shouted, his voice rising in anger.
Leon clenched his fists, resisting the urge to argue back. "Look, I don't want any trouble, anymore," he said firmly. "I just want to go back and forget about all of this. I won't tell anyone anything, you can rest assured."
Lincoln's eyes narrowed, his words confirming his doubts that this guy heard everything he said. He scoffed when he saw Leon turning around, trying to leave again.
"Too late for that. You think you can just walk away after all the trouble you caused earlier?"
Leon froze, a little afraid by his angry shouts, but gathering his courage, while clenching his fists. He said -"Look, let go. You can't stop anyway."
"So you're making fun of now eh. It's because of you that I'm walking around like a cripple. It's not fair if I'm the only one right. Co here you bastard." Lincoln said, increasing his pace towards him.
Lincoln swung his arm trying to slap the shit out of this stupid, thinking he could easily beat him like last ti. Not knowing, last ti Leon only got beaten because he was surrounded and suppressed.
Leon easily dodged his fists, and punched him in the nose in response, followed by a kick in the stomach, making him fumble on the ground.
Feeling surprised that the pest punched him back, Lincoln looked up and shouted -"How dare you lay your hand on you bastard. Did you forget what happened just now? I'll chop your hands off for this."
"I only did that before, cause you insulted my mother, and even this ti, it was you who ca to pick a fight with . Don't bla for it."
"Bla you, you'll regret it you bumpkin. Just wait, if I didn't have your father apologize to for your mistake, my na's not Lincoln." Lincoln said his warning, shouting angrily.
"Don't talk bad about my family. Why do you keep picking fights with ." Leon said, as he grabbed Lincoln collar and punched him.
"Don't you dare talk about my family or I won't let you go next ti." Leon said, as he let him go.
Knowing Lincoln was of higher status than him, he didn't want to escalate the fight.
"We're even now. So don't pick another fight with for today. You won't see again anyway." Leon said, and turned around to leave.
Lincoln, who was still holding his mouth, wiping away the blood, glared at his back, but he controlled himself from jumping out. Even he didn't want to drag this fight inside again, especially now when all the guests would be gathered in one place.
'I'll have my revenge sooner or later. You punk.' He thought.
Leon had only taken a few steps when he saw a red haired boy standing in front of him, with his guards. It was soone he t just earlier, Lincoln's friend and another bully - Edward Sinclair.
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Edward, who had just learned that Benjamin had a 'nice talk' with Lincoln, decided to take a look at him and help him.
He could guess, knowing Benjamin's personality, about how their 'talk' must've gone. So he asked his guards and ca to check on his friend.
But this is what he cos to witness. The pest they pinned down and beaten, was actually fighting back and beating his friend when he was alone here.
He started clapping his hands on the sight, as a smile ca to his face.
"I gotta say, you're a real dumb character, aren't you? We just taught you a lesson about what happens when you pick a fight with us, and here you are, fighting back."
"Did you forget the beating you got, just because you drank a healing potion? Then let refresh your mory a bit."
Saying so, Edward turned to look at his guards, and nodded his head.
Acknowledging his request, the 2 n following the heir of house Sinclair , ca forward to fulfill their order.
"Make sure he learns his lesson this ti. I don't want a repeat of so pest probleming everyday." Edward said, walking towards Lincoln.
Leon looked at the 2 n walking towards him and he knew there was no way he could take a single hit from them. Unlike those kids from earlier, these 2 were guards trained and tasked to protect the heir of a count rank noble.
No way he would survive their punches. So in a desperate attempt to flee, he turned around and started running, only to bump into soone and fall back.
Looking up, he saw one of the guards now standing in front of him, while the other stood behind him. I think you should take a look at
"Lo_ look, let go. I didn't do anything. He was the one who started the fight." Leon pleaded, his voice stuttering a bit as fear finally started clawing its way in him.
"Does that matter? I only saw you punching my friend." Edward replied with a smile. Taking out a healing potion and passing it to Lincoln.
"Why are you doing this? Just let go. You won't see again." Leon begged, as he looked around, hoping soone would co save him. Praying to the gods that so royal guards or that girl from before could just show up and save him. But alas all his pleas fell on deaf ears.
The only God who heard his pleas, were the ones laughing and suggesting different thods of torture for him in those guards status screens.
"Should've thought of that sooner. You punk." Lincoln said, finally feeling a little better.
"What're you waiting for? Break his bones. Make sure he doesn't make much sound. It would be bad if soone stopped our fun again." Edward said, as he turned around to leave.
"Let's go. We're already late. Everyone would've already gathered at the main hall." He said to Lincoln, who was gloating over Leon's scared look.
"Yeah. Don't let him go, easily." He said and followed Edward.
Laughing as the slow screams of Leon sounded behind him.
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Since Rio didn't change anything with Lincoln or Edward, they still followed their sa routine and the scene unfolded the sa way as it was written in the novel.
While the heroic protagonist was getting the best beating of his life, his savior, the heroine was busy looking for the villain, who was on his way to fool another one of his heroine to join the evil camp.
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Rebecca looked around the guests who had now gathered in the open area for the gift and dance ceremony.
She'd been searching for Rio ever since she ca in, but couldn't find him anywhere.
"Looking for Rio?"
"Yeah" Rebecca said, without looking to see who was speaking to her.
"Ohh, so you really are searching for my brother huh." Alia replied, in her teasing tone, smiling heartily as she watched Rebecca's expression changing imdiately when she looked at her.
"I_ I was just looking around for you. Thought _ thinking you'd be with him. That's it" Rebecca said, looking away.
"Is that so! well, I was going to tell you where my brother was, but since you were looking for . I guess there's no need." Alia said, while disappointingly shaking her head.
"Ehh"
"Th _ that, where is he, anyway?" Rebecca asked, while hiding her flustered face. Giving up on her search as she couldn't find him herself.
"That, well you won't find him here. He went back ho." Alia inford her.
"Ho. Why? The party's still going on. Why'd he leave so early?"
Rebecca asked, as she rembered how she argued with him like an idiot, and told him to leave. Thinking maybe he really did leave because of her.
Though Alia didn't know her thoughts, she could still see her lost look, so she decided to take a chance with a guess.
"I don't know. He was so angry. Smoke was coming out from his nose when he ca back after talking with you." Alia said, dramatically acting like Rio, while puffing her face and breathing loudly.
Looking at Rebecca's face, a smile was coming to her face, but she stopped it, as she continued her act.
"Did you do sothing to make my brother angry? I'd beat you bad if you did." She said, with a serious tone, grabbing Rebecca's hand.
"I_ I _ didn't an to. I w_was just talking and then _"
Rebecca, looking at Alia's serious eyes, started explaining, but couldn't form proper words, as she really thought it was her fault.
She was thinking what she could say, so her friend won't be angry at her too, when suddenly Alia finally couldn't control herself and burst out laughing.
"Haha hahaha look at your face, geez. That was so good."
She said, laughing loudly as so tears trickled down her eyes, with all the jokes.
She couldn't believe she got her so scared and anxious so easily.
"Priceless. I'm definitely telling it to brother. The way you went 'I _ I _ was just' hilarious."
"Oh god, that was so funny."
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A/N - I'm slow, aren't I? Even I noticed it now. Fuck I should wrap it all up and speedboat things.
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