
Chapter 23: Locke and Els (2)
The second time he met Lorist, Els was naked and it seemed like she was running away from something. Lorist could not find the words to describe someone covered in plaster and running around without wearing any clothes.
It had been a month since the incident where Lorist was trying to save the thieving woman from Els. Charade had just stopped talking about this matter over and over again, making Lorist relieved. Moreover, he was lucky enough to find himself employed by a noble to train his son on the way of the sword with a salary of three gold Ford a month. Originally, the noble wanted Instructor Claude to become a tutor but since Claude had no extra time, he instead recommended Lorist to the nobleman.
One night after he finished teaching the noble boy, Lorist was looking to get some food on his way to the academy.
I remember there was a stall in the corner selling salted cow kebabs. Charade bought it for me once before and it tastes pretty good. Alright, let's grab some of them with a barrel of beer before returning to the academy to have them with that fatty. As he finished thinking, a naked man covered in a layer of white seemed to rush towards him.
Sol, I think I just saw a lunatic. Lorist hurriedly took a few steps back and prepared to dodge the madman.
Who knew that when the man passed by Lorist, he looked into his eyes and immediately stopped before saying, “Hey, it's you, brother! Thank goodness, help me out a little and lend me your jacket. ”
Lorist was just about to get rid of the man when he felt that he had heard that voice before. Huh huh? Isn't this Els? Els, who took a deep breath beside him, was covered in white plaster from head to toe and looked like an abstract work of art.
"What are you doing now?" Lorist asked with a surprised tone in his voice. Since when has the syndicate boss ever shown any dedication or interest in street art?
"Not even talking about it. You just need to know that I lost a bet with someone. Now, quickly lend your jacket for a while, ” said Els with great urgency.
Oh well, since it looks like tonight won't rain, I don't see any harm in lending it, I don't, thought Lorist as he took off the jacket and handed it to Els before he immediately ran over and gave Lorist a warning, "You better run too, otherwise it will be too late. ”
Why should I run? I'm not crazy like you, Lorist thought as he turned the other way only to find a group of people holding iron and metal buckets lined up in his path. What are they planning? Will they help clear the streets at night like this?
Even before Lorist understood the situation, some of the people around him pointed to him and said, "He's with that man!"
"He lent his jacket to it!"
"Stop him! Don't let him escape! "
"Defeat him!"
Completely perplexed by the situation, Lorist was surrounded by a group of people who started hitting him with whatever was in their hands. Protecting his head with his hands, he said, “Hey, stop! What the hell is going on?"
The crowd erupted into a frenzy of noise and none of them could be heard clearly. Lorist wanted to retaliate but he hesitated because the people who hit him were just ordinary people who did not have an ounce of Battle Troops. He thought it would be better to hold back so that he would not intentionally commit murder. Reluctantly, he could only circulate his War Force to absorb the attacks from the crowd.
An old woman walked towards him with a bucket in hand and demanded that he disperse his Battle Force.
"Huh?" Lorist did not understand why he said that.
"I'm asking you to stop using your Battle Force!" The old woman.
"Why should I?"
"If not, how can I teach you a lesson? Otherwise, given my age, I would just tire myself out by constantly hitting you like this! ”The old woman said in the tone she used to lecture her granddaughter.
The surrounding people were also tired and stopped the beating. The people next to the crowd continued to struggle to get in to try to see what was happening there.
"Where's the prick?"
"Did you get it?"
"Bring him here!"
As the surrounding chatter calmed down, Lorist exhaled a sigh of relief, disbanded his War Forces, and said to the old woman, "Alright, why don't you tell me what happened …"
Before he finished his sentence, he could only see the bucket slowly enlarging in front of his face and landing right on it, causing him to see nothing but stars. He groaned in pain and could vaguely hear the old woman say something along the lines of "That's what you got …"
Bam! Another voice sounded from the impact. "Who asked you to peek at the women's bath …"
Badonk! "… while pretending to be a stone statue …"
Just as he was about to activate the Battle Force again to protect himself, he suddenly realized upon hearing what the old woman said and understood why Els was running around naked covered in plaster earlier. Sol Nice, Els .. You better not let me find you …
“Not me! Gosh ... ”Lorist makes a painful sound.
After landing on the ground from the swing of the bucket, he desperately tried to crawl out of the crowd as millions of blows struck his body. In the end, he managed to escape in tattered clothes.
Just as he was about to sit in a corner to catch his breath, a stranger who thought that he was a beggar threw him with a copper coin out of kindness due to his pitiful appearance.
Lorist held the coin in his hand and bit his teeth as he pondered to himself, "Els .. You really have done it this time .. Just wait …"
But where did he find Els? Lorist recalled that Charade said that Els rarely lived in a fixed location and was almost impossible to find. While he held the position of syndicate boss and had three districts under his jurisdiction, district affairs were usually handled by his subordinates. However, Els is very afraid of her uncle, who happens to be the owner of the Red Grace Inn.
I know, I'm just going to go to his uncle's place. Given his honest demeanor, if he knew that Els was playing around and peeking at the ladies' bathroom by disguising as a stone statue, he said, I'm sure he'll teach Els a lesson he'll never forget.
Lorist spent quite a bit of effort to summon the horse carriage because most of them thought that he was just a beggar and would not stop for him. When he finally found one, he asked the driver to send him to the Red Grace Inn. As he got off the train, the driver reminded him kindly, “Master, while I'm sure there's a reason why you're dressed like that, <TAG1>Master, you should change clothes before entering or you may be chased outside. Good night, sir. ”
Fortunately, Lorist was not thrown out of the inn when Charlando recognized him from then on, he beat up his nephew. The only question still lingering in the man's heart was how did someone with Lorist's abilities become rude up to that point? Although he did not bleed from any injuries, his face was covered in bluish-black bruises.
"Hi, sir. Have you seen Els? It's all his fault! "
Lorist then explains the events that happened to Charlando and expresses his regret for offering Els help and wishes that he had just left her for dead.
With a grim expression, Charlando instructed the serving girl, Louise, to give Lorist a cup of blackcurrant beer before going looking for Els
It didn't take long for him to return to the inn with Els in hand. He was still wearing pajamas that had some boot marks on it; it was clear that he had been kicked out of bed and dragged here by his uncle.
"So, you've been peeking in the ladies' bathroom while disguised as a statue, huh? Instead of spending your time on something valuable, you go around peeking at the ladies? "
Els responded and said, “It wasn't peeking. I was just training my stealth skills! Who is interested in seeing a group of elderly women who bathe .. ”
While pushing Els in front of Lorist, the old man said, "Speak, what happened just now?"
Els was surprised to see Lorist in such a state. “Yeah, what happened to you? Don't you look all right now? "
Struggling to resist the urge to smash the cup against Els face, Lorist said, "What do you think happened? Why are the gangs chasing you? You still dare to ask what happened to me !? ”
Els understood immediately. "Oh, so you were captured by them. Didn't I already warn you to run away as well? Are you sorry you didn't listen to me? "
"Good .. Nice Sol! I'm not the one peeping on the bathroom! ”Shouted Lorist, angry.
"Don't be mad, bro. Fine, sorry. I'll make it up to you. How about this, I'll buy you a drink tonight. Order as many as you like, ”said Els kindly while patting Lorist on the shoulder.
Sol ... He thought that I would be soothed by a few beers? Lorist suddenly felt even more furious than before. After seeing the Els character for the last time, he should have never bothered to come look for her here.
Stepping out of her confines, Els instructed the serving girls to treat all the guests at the inn with a cup of beer and bathe in their praise, completely ignoring her uncle's gloomy expression.
Giving him a heavy slap, Charlando said, “Where did you get the money to take care of these people? You better settle this matter tonight or I'll break both of your own legs so you don't embarrass me any further! "
Finally entering a serious mood, Els admitted that she had slipped into the bathtub as a result of losing a bet with someone. He told the people present about his dream to learn the ways of the magic era. Ancient thieves were not like the common thieves of this age, but they were people who specialized in stealth, lockpicking, tracking, investigation, entrapment and even murder. There was also the legend of a powerful rogue guild that smashed fear deep into the hearts of many people.
Els goes on to say that with the dark attribute Battle Force is revealed through his family, he believes that his ancestor may have been one of the mysterious rogues during the era of the magic civilization and says that he aspires to train hard and one day rediscover the lost art of the mysterious rogues.
One day during a drinking session with a friend, he bragged about how he was the descendant of a mystical rogues who once roamed the world. His friend said that if a skill was that strong, it would definitely be passed down from generation to generation. "Did you remember the book you showed me that told me about a hero of a magical civilization?" Ask friend. "It was said that a man had slipped into the bathroom of a princess from an enemy kingdom and heard her discussing a plan to take down the hero with her lover. Although I won't ask you to sneak into the royal bathhouse, you should at least be able to enter the bathhouse on that street there. If you could stay there until the bathroom closes without being found, I'd believe that the ancient is really as strong as you claim. ”
Els accepts the courage only to discover that sneaking in is the easy part. The bathroom is a very spacious room that has no corner for him to hide in and only has a number of messy bathtubs in the middle. There is no blind spot at all.
Later, Els finds a statue that has been thrown in the corner of the bath that looks like a man who is thinking hard. So the next night, Els got into the bath again, broke the statue into pieces and moved it from the bathroom. On the second night, he covered himself with white powder and stood in the same corner as the statue.
Els is sure that she will not be found by an unsuspecting customer as long as she does not move too much given the relatively low light in the bathroom and the steam that further helps in blurring one's vision.
While everything seemed perfect on paper, there was no way to explain the unexpected situation. Coincidentally that night, two young women walked towards Els and stopped beside her to share some secrets.
The plump girl told me about the pleasant night she had with her lover the night before, while the other girl listened with great admiration and envy. When the girl told her story, she accidentally dropped a towel that Els had wrapped on ***********.
She was surprised to find the plump girl pointing to her members when she said to another girl, "Here, look. The rooster usually looks like that. Although it is small and harmless now, you only need to rub it a little to make it hard and long. It will grow faster if you use your mouth. ”
As he explained, he used his hand to show it to the Els trash. “Come, try it yourself like how I did it. I guarantee that most men will have trouble in no time. ”
The girl simply stood beside the statue with her mouth agape as the rich continued to continue, “Note. It's done like this. It's starting hard. If you do it longer, it will begin to secrete some secretions … "
He continued to caress very loudly as he chatted until the male organ sprayed a thick white liquid.
“It's too fast! And this is even smaller than mine, how useless and disappointing it is .. ”comments of the girl.
Els really couldn't bear it anymore, especially after the girl made the final comment, which greatly hurt her pride.
While pushing the two girls away, Els jumped towards the exit with a wounded heart as her comments echoed in her mind.
"The statue is alive …"
"Miss goddess, what is going on in the world?"
"No, wait. It's men! ”
“There are naked men in the bathroom! Catch her!"
The plump girl suddenly realized and blushed in embarrassment before saying, "Capture it! I swear I'll kill him! ”When the whole bathroom breaks into chaos.
The burly women guarding the entrance of the bath house saw Els running past them without a single piece of clothing being worn on her and were completely dumbfounded. "Frozen! Stop, you peeping bastard! ”
The rest of the people on the street immediately joined the chase.
Just coming out of the bathroom wearing nothing, he could only continue running until he saw Lorist nearby.
Their second encounter also ended with injuries on both sides: Lorist suffered a physical blow while Els suffered mentally from his arrogance and even sulked about the matter for some time.