"A fight to the death??"
"What? Why?"
"Isn’t this our day off?"
"We will get our assignments tomorrow so where did this come from?"
"What is going on, Diablo?"
All the candidates asked all types of questions but all of them were shocked to hear that a fight to the death was going to take place.
"Now. Now. I will explain everything but first let all the guests come and sit here." Diablo said.
"We don’t care about that shit. Just answer the quest-"
BANG!
Diablo stomped his leg on the stage and it made a loud sound.
Everyone was forced to shut up by that sound and Diablo looked angry as well.
But the next moment, he smiled.
"I will answer everything, everyone. But first let the guest come here. Alright?"
"Yes."
Everyone agreed and didn’t speak after that. They were finding Diablo easy as he mingled with them but they remembered that he was also a member of the military. They shouldn’t take him lightly.
After that warning from Diablo, all hundred candidates just focused on the guests coming through the entrance.
All of them were walking leisurely towards the garden and the candidates were cursing them to come fast.
Nevertheless, they couldn’t do anything but wait so they waited.
After fifteen minutes, the guests finally began entering the garden and one by one they took the seats placed around the circle.
Pablo watched all of them closely and he noticed many things about them.
Most of the guests were military men and their uniforms were different.
Some were wearing purple colored uniforms, some were blue, some were green, some were red and some were yellow.
There were badges and medals on some uniforms and the people with a dark colored uniform were menacing.
’They must be the higher ups of the military. People from different divisions. Their ranks are displayed by the color of the uniform. Purple is for a higher ranked and strong person and green must be for the lowest. I wish someone wearing a black uniform would come as well.’
The seats were placed at the left and right side of the circle and in front of the circle was the stage and at the back of the circle was the entrance gate.
The garden was rectangular in shape and it had huge walls on all four sides.
The guests kept coming and the seats kept filling. There were too many guests as well. Pablo figured they all liked watching a fight to the death.
After the military people, different people began to arrive.
They were not wearing any uniform but they sure were wearing classy and regal clothes.
They all had someone with them and they were most likely their bodyguards. One thing was clear, they were rich people.
’They must be the Nobles, Dukes and Counts of this and some other cities. So they are here too.’ Pablo figured but then something came to his mind.
’If the big people are also here then could it be that…’
Pablo was just thinking about something and the next moment, it happened.
A woman appeared at the entrance of the garden and Pablo knew that woman very well.
"Lady Seraphina is also here!"
"She came to see our fight?"
"She is so pretty."
"She is more beautiful than what I have heard."
"I will show her my cool side today."
"After I win I will ask her hand for marriage."
The woman who appeared was none other than Seraphina or Sera. The daughter of the Count and Pablo’s self proclaimed wife.
’Don’t talk to me. Don’t put your eyes on me. If you have even a little brain, don’t show that you know me.’ Pablo spoke in his mind and he was praying. He couldn’t talk to Sera through his mind after all.
He didn’t want people to know that Sera knew Pablo. Yes, everyone knows that Pablo got the recommendation from the Count, Sera’ father, but Sera is a different matter.
If Sera showed some affection to Pablo in front of everyone then he would be the target of everyone’s jealousy or even hate. And in that jealousy and hate, they would find a burning urge to kill Pablo. Jealousy is a strong emotion after all.
However, it was not like Pablo would outright die by the hands of the candidates. He would manage anyway but the jealousy would just make it a little bit difficult for him to deal with things.
Sera was standing at the gate, she hadn’t entered the garden yet.
She roamed her eyes around the barren garden and Pablo knew what or who she was looking for.
’I better hide.’ Pablo walked backwards and he was just about to turn his back on Sera but it was too late.
Her eyes already found him and the very thing that Pablo feared, happened.
Sera smiled at him.
’Shit.’
"Huh?"
"Who is she smiling for?"
Everyone saw Sera’s smile and they all turned and looked at the person she was smiling at.
"This guy?"
"No way!"
And if that wasn’t enough, Sera waved her hands with that sweet smile of hers.
This time, all the men darted their eyes on the person and they all said one thing…
"How dare you?"
"Huh? What? Did I do something?"
"Yes. You made us angry." The men replied. They were glaring.
"Um, Boss. What is going on here?" Flashy said as the men were eating him with their eyes.
’It’s a relief he was just beside me. Now I’ll be at peace for a while.’
Pablo had switched places with Flashy at the last moment. For Sera, she smiled and waved at Pablo and for the other men, she did all that for Flashy.
Flashy stood on the left side of Pablo and all the men were gawking at Flashy with intense hate and killing intent.
’Guess, I can help him a little.’
Pablo came between Flashy and the men.
"Why are you angry at him?" He said.
"Because Lady Seraphina smiled and waved at him. At this coward. If it were someone other than him then we could have accepted it but not him. He doesn’t deserve someone like her."
"Yes."
"We’ll teach this guy a lesson."
"He must have hypnotized her to do that."
"She is a princess and he is a horse."
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’Horse? That’s some comparison.’ Pablo liked Flashy’s comparison with the horse but he still needed for the men to stop.
"You all want to kill him?" Pablo asked.
"Yes!" All the men shouted.
"Then don’t forget you will get a chance today. A fight to the death is happening after all. Wait till then, alright?"
"Right. Wait till then. I won’t run away." Flashy also spoke from behind Pablo.
"See? He is also ready. Let’s do this later." Pablo said again and the men finally stopped screaming.
They all kept their eyes on Flashy and eventually they backed off.
"Count your hours, coward." They said some parting words and focused back on the guests again.
Flashy heaved a sigh of relief.
"Women can start wars, Boss. I found out today." He said.
"Yeah. That’s why those who say Women are weak are entirely wrong. Because the way I see it…" Pablo looked at Sera, sitting on the chair on the front row and her eyes were still on Pablo.
"Woman is a power."