Chapter 22 - 23 : Kneel! (1/2)

Having stayed for quite some time at the Ghost island, Arthur finally decided to go back to the Academy, with his actual speed, 1 minute or so was required to arrive at the teleportation array.

He injected it with a bit of mana and it teleported him back to the Academy, it should be around noon now so he guessed that Lucy must be practicing magic somewhere, so he rushed to her location.

At the same place Arthur fought with the holy church, there was a white-dressed maiden sitting there, apparently practicing her magic, you can see a strangely shaped magma a couple of centimeters above her hands. She seemed to be concentrating a lot, but nonetheless, all you can see on her face is coldness and emotionless, as if she was a statue of a goddess and not a person.

No one dared to even approach her for they knew what would be the consequences, first They would have to receive Arthur's wrath, secondly she was more than enough to take care of almost all of them, so they could only stare at her with lustful eyes.

While she was busy practicing, a black shadow so fast that no one could even react to it, dashed towards her with immense speed, even Lucy couldn't react in time even though she felt someone coming at her, all of a sudden, that someone hugged her from behind and all she could do was struggle for a second before she turned her head and saw the familiar face. She stopped struggling and just relaxed and let Arthur hug her, but after some time she couldn't suppress it anymore and said

”A-Arthur we're in public..”

Arthur chuckled and kept hugging her as if he didn't care

”So what, they can only stare at us with jealousy, hmph!”

Hearing this could only drop her head down in embarrassment, her ears had a tinge of redness in them, even though she protested a second ago, she felt comfortable and joyful to be hugged, it was like a behavior of an elementary kid.

After some time, he decided to let her go, but he sat next to her on the bench and just gazed around with lazy eyes. As for Lucy, she continued to practice her magic but you could notice her throwing some glances at Arthur every a couple of minutes.

To be honest, apart from reading books or sometimes practicing his void magic, Arthur didn't have anything to do, but that didn't cause to him to be bored, in fact just being next to his gorgeous woman besides him made him beyond happy, and just passing days like this is more than enough for him, but he knew the holy church just wouldn't let go and give up chasing Lucy.

Having nothing to do, Arthur laid his head on Lucy's lap and decided to take a nap, though his action may have surprised her, she nonetheless didn't say anything and continued practicing. Just a couple of days ago, he wouldn't have the guts to do what he did now, but now he knew she trusted him, he discovered that when he found her hugging him in the morning, and that she wouldn't mind him just using her lap as a pillow and to be honest he totally enjoyed the feeling, a very soft yet relaxing lap pillow.

He could feel her soft legs, and heart-warming fragrance, he soon closed his eyes and drifted into a deep sleep.

Lucy, who was still practicing noticed how he quickly slept, and she couldn't help but smile, even though she didn't want to express her feelings in public, seeing sleep like that made her happy yet embarrassed. She stopped practicing and just gazed at him sleeping so defenseless. She stretched her hand and began stroking his hair gently while ignoring the burning gazes of the male students.

Half an hour passed and she never got enough of seeing his face, even her hands never stopped stroking his hair, you could see a tinge of redness on her face now and then as if she thought of something embarrassing, all of a sudden a commotion broke out and people began cheering and shouting.

”It's the princess, she's beautiful every time I see her”

”Look at that waist..”

Some students gazed at her while drolling non-stop.

”SHHH, do you want her to kill you? Last time someone disrespected her yet she crippled him and used her status to drive him out of the academy.....”

”..”

A tall girl, with a long blonde hair, mesmerizing legs, and breath-taking waist was walking at the park, she wore blue tight clothes that revealed, even more, her waist and the two huge peaks. She had a look of arrogance and pride as if all people around her were mere mortals and she was an immortal... that's to be expected from a princess.

behind her was the second prince and two other women bodyguards from last time. They seemed to be heading towards where Arthur was, and you could notice the prince staring at Lucy as if he already owned her.

Since he is with his big sister and she has a lot of authority in this academy he decided to be more arrogant than ever.

They soon stopped before Lucy and the Sleeping Arthur on her lap, you could see jealousy in the second prince's eyes, and if looks could kill he would have killed Arthur a thousand times if not more.

Arthur who was peacefully sleeping, was obviously awakened from the commotion, but he ignored it and decided to just continue his nap, but who would have thought that troubles would come non-stop, he already detected the princess and her brother coming towards him, so he couldn't help but sigh, it was such a beautiful and calm day, enjoying a nap on Lucy's lap... what could have been better than that? And to be disturbed by those kids was the worst possible way to wake up.

Christian, seeing both Arthur and Lucy not paying any attention to either him or his big sister, became enraged and shouted

”Hey, you! don't you see who is in front of you? you have to at least be respectful towards your princess.”

Nonetheless, Arthur kept ignoring the shouting idiot, and pretended not to hear him, he was already annoyed he was disturbed but he didn't want to fight, for now, it was a peaceful day and he wanted to keep it like that.

”Now now, Christian, stop shouting, we are on the academy grounds and my title doesn't matter in here”

The princess spoke but you could feel arrogance and contempt in her voice. Although she tried denying the importance of her status in this academy, her haughty expression and the tone of her voice said otherwise. It was easily noticeable that she didn't even believe what she just said.

”Sorry about what my little brother said, he still is used to being arrogant, I have come today because I heard about you from my friends and about your performance in the entrance exam, so how about we talk Mr...”

Normally, seeing her like that, the princess she seemed very polite and kind, but Arthur knew better and just by her eyes and that heaven-defying arrogance, he knew she is only acting kind for whatever benefit she wanted from him, but since she is acting like that he decided to just play her game and see what she is after.

He woke up from Lucy's lap and stared at the girl in front of him

”Arthur, My name Arthur, so what does 'the princess' want from me or my comrade?”

”Mr. Arthur, how about we talk in private?”

Though she seemed extremely polite, one can see she only looked at Arthur and totally ignored Lucy even when He mentioned her, in fact, that's to be expected since demons and humans are enemies from ancient times and never ceased fighting against each other.

”No need to talk in private, just say whatever you came here to say.”

Arthur replied nonchalantly rolled his eyes towards the surroundings 'ah! can't even pass a day in peace, this academy is more troublesome than outside'

Christian, who was standing next to the princess, was infuriated by the attitude of Arthur, his big sister is one of the most respected people inside and outside the academy, her strength and LVL were one of the highest and she is considered a genius, so seeing someone talk like that to her angered him.

”Big sister came all the way here to talk to you, but you are not even grateful and just speak disrespectfully towards her? even though her status as princess does not apply here, she is nonetheless one of the top-ranked students AND your senior, so you better watch what you say and be respectful!”

As if he didn't hear the second prince, Arthur just relaxed and laid down on the bench, and stared at the princess to see what she is going to do.

”Since you want to talk here, alright, I came here to invite you to join my me, you will be under my care, and if you are outside of the academy you will be even considered one of the royalty.”

”Ohoho, that's indeed a good proposal, but I wonder? why did you only invite me? after all my partner talent is decent too.”

Despite knowing what her answer will be, he still wanted her to say it, and affirm his thoughts, when he came here he thought the students in the academy lived without fights or disrespect towards each race, but each day passed and he never saw 2 races talk to each other, only the council had different races that talk with each other.

Hearing Arthur answer, the princess was a little joyful when she heard him say that the proposal is good, recruiting a man like him who isn't half bad would benefit her a lot, especially her father, the emperor would praise her, but when she heard the last sentence she was emotionlessly said ”Filthy things have no right to be invited, even breathing the same air as me is considered a gift, so she should be thankful I didn't do anything, once you join me, you can be sure you would have enough beautiful women by your side”

Arthur frowned for a second, as he didn't expect her to just insult a demon just like that in the academy grounds even though it was prohibited, it's true he anticipated here saying something about not accepting a demon but to just insult her just like that? that truly came unexpectedly.

Arthur stared at her for a second before appraising her to see if she really is that powerful.

Lisa Terence(human): LVL95

Her LVL was indeed high, even higher than some teachers but that didn't mean she has to be this arrogant, he stared at her for a second before coldly saying

”You should apologize to my partner while you can..”

”Apologize? you must be fucking dreaming, a filthy thing like her can only be useful to be a bed partner, in fact, I wouldn't mind taking her! haha”

Now that he is with his big sister, the second prince didn't act polite like last time and straight-up proclaimed his desire and lust for Lucy, his arrogance has reached the skies and he never ceased to lick his lips while staring at the demon girl with burning eyes.

Lucy never spoke a word from the very beginning, she glanced at the second prince with disgust for a second before just leaning on Arthur and closing her eyes seeming not caring about the situation.

As for Arthur, seeing how those 2 kids in front of him are acting high and mighty, not caring about the Academy rules about not insulting other races, and abusing their power, he became slightly angry, but soon a grin appeared on his face..

”Kneel, you are not leaving this place before you kneel and apologize to my partner”-Arthur

Hearing what Arthur just said, Lisa laughed for a couple of seconds before speaking

”Hahaha, Mr. Arthur must be joking, why must I kneel or even speak to a dirty creature like her? Let us put that aside and talk about my proposal.”

She seemingly dodged the topic and resumed talking about her proposal while smiling, but Arthur didn't reply and just stared at her with a poker face.

A minute passed, but both parties kept silent, Lisa noticing how Arthur was not going to respond, clenched her hand for a moment before calming down and saying