Everyone was holding back laughter, including Elise and Yua. However, so laughed vulgarly.
“What a na, Old Man!”
Even so, the owner of that na—a man with a buff body, thick beard, and tied hair—seed to be unconcerned about it. The old-looking man stepped forward with confident steps.
“It seems he is the sa type of warrior as you, Elise.” Raymund guessed when he saw Buddy Buttman’s weapon: a great sword almost the sa size as Elise’s.
“Good morning, young master Elr.” Buddy Buttman bent over.
Elr was still unenthusiastic. He was the only person completely unaffected by the man’s na. “You failed.”
“Eh?” Buddy Buttman looked up. “Excuse ?”
“I don’t like your na.”
“What!?” Buddy Buttman’s face imdiately turned red. “Hey, it was disrespectful! I haven’t done anything yet!”.
“I ask you to step down, Mr. Buttman. Or sothing bad will happen.” The Butler accompanying Elr gave the order. “Yes, you are indeed a great adventurer, but you know who you are dealing with, right?”
“Algernon family will ensure that your life will be miserable.” Elr gave a sinister smile. “As long as you are a good boy, we won’t care about your whereabouts.”
Raymund beca more curious about how much influence the Algernon family had.
Buddy Buttman snorted, then left, past the crowd of adventurers still waiting their turn. “Get out of the way!!”
“Second participant! Leanne Ash! Please co forward!”
This ti, a woman with tanned skin and shiny black hair got the turn. Several n whistled as the woman walked by, moving her thick buttocks excessively. She clearly wanted to show off her voluptuous body clad in a light golden dress.
“Is she wearing lingerie?” Raymund comnted because the girl’s clothes were so skimpy. “That crazy woman. She is dealing with a child, you know.”
Leanne Ashe bowed her body, showing a seductive gesture that was more extre than Yua’s. In a low and sowhat hoarse voice, she spoke. “Hey, young master. Don’t you want to spend so ti with ?”
“Begone, Thot.” Elr was again completely unfazed.
***
Dozens of people had already co forward, but no one had managed to convince Elr yet. They mostly show off their abilities, from the art of moving weapons to magic performances. So tried to convince the young master in other ways. One of them is a chubby young man performing a mi. Perhaps he wanted to convey the ssage that if he trained Elr, then the young master would be entertained as well.
“Are you guys really trying?” Elr snorted after kicking the mi player away. “You guys just bore . I wanted to sleep.”
“Forty-sixth participant! Elise Fairchild! Please co forward!”
Elise took a deep breath, looked at Yua for a mont, then walked over to Elr. She tried to ignore the illusion of a dancing teddy bear in the corner of her eye.
Unlike the others, the female warrior did not salute or stop a few feet from the young master. She kept walking, causing Elr to raise an eyebrow.
“Hey, that’s enough, Lady.” Elr’s Butler gave a warning. “Don’t get too close, or you will be disqualified.”
Instead of pulling out her sword to show her abilities, the woman crouched down. Her position beca lower than Elr’s.
“Good afternoon, young master Elr.” The female warrior expanded her smile. “How are you today?”
Elr was even more astonished by the female warrior’s behavior. None of the other participants had asked how he was. “It’s none of your business.”
“Well, I hope you’re all right, even if you have to sit like that for so long.”
“I’ve never seen Elise like this,” Raymund muttered. “The good big sister trait in her has kicked in, huh?”
“It’s okay. I promised my mom to stay here until this was finished… After I ran away from the stage yesterday.” Elr looked away, pouted, and blushed a little. “You better just do what you want to do now.”
“Then I just wanted to chat with you.”
The young master looked at Elise again, clueless. “Huh?”
“I know you’re a good and kind person. I’ve asked so of the maids. You always say hello and ask them how they’re doing every day.” Elise said in a warm tone. “With that kind of attitude, I wonder, why don’t you want to train when you want to be an adventurer. Yes, maybe you can practice on your own by reading books, but wouldn’t it be more fun to have soone accompany you?”
Raymund chuckled. “Since when did you have such good communication skill, Elise?”
Raymund and Yua didn’t know. Elise had been composing those words since yesterday. And she was also surprised that she could speak this fluently in front of so many people.
“W-why do you want to know about it?” Elr averted his gaze again.
“Because I want to know your wish, young master. Perhaps, after hearing that, I can give you so advice to make your practice more enjoyable.” Elise’s tone grew warr. “I’m sure you’ll make a great adventure if you train well.”
This ti Elr looked down. His teeth chattered. “Next contestant…”
“Excuse , young master?” Elr’s Butler couldn’t hear the boy’s low voice.
“I said, next contestant!!!” Elr’s voice bood.
Elise was about to speak again to continue persuading the boy but chose to hold back instead. “Well, if you’d like to speak to , I’ll be there, young master.”
The female warrior got up, looked at the boy who was still looking down, then returned to the group of adventurers.
“I feel that sothing is wrong with the boy, sir.” Elise lowered her head and whispered to Raymund. “He is no ordinary spoiled child.”
Raymund sighed. “I feel that way too, but we can’t do anything if he doesn’t want to tell us how he feels right now.”
“Good job, Elise.” Yua patted the female warrior’s shoulder. “But it’s a sha that brat looks like he should get special treatnt.”
“What should I do to keep you from doing that, Yua?” Elise couldn’t hide her anxiety.
“You don’t have to do anything.”
The guard called for the next participant. The young master rubbed his eyes, then raised his head with another haughty expression.
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