
Chapter 33: Journal Entry and Duels
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, day 19 of the 2nd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
Just this afternoon, I have sent the young master to apply to the academy. Instructor Locke has said that the young master would have no more than a few years to live if he had not started losing weight and continued his old eating habits, like the Blademaster that his master hired just two months ago. I have brought the master to the academy and he has decided to let Instructor Locke do his fat reduction program and even sign the agreement. The Master has assigned me to remain in the academy and help Instructor Locke wherever possible, but I was not allowed to interfere with the training course or interact with the young master in any way and could only observe the situation from afar. Although I agreed to obey, I couldn't help but feel that things won't go well for the young master in the future.
As expected, after Instructor Locke finished briefing the other instructors, he asked me to take a basket full of lettuce, carrots, and celery. After that, he took the young master away. When I returned with the items I bought, Instructor Locke took me to a small building made of gemstones and told me to put vegetables on the floor. That washroom felt like a sword practice room to me. Just as the impression entered my head, I saw the young master crouching in the corner crying. I couldn't ask him personally what had happened or I couldn't talk to him, so I asked the instructor what was going on.
Instructor Locke gave a savage smile before replying, and said that this would be the place where the young master would stay from today onwards. Good lord, that room has no bed or furnace. How could the young master sleep like that?
But Instructor Locke didn't seem to think it was a problem and said that straw mats and wool blankets were enough. “If young master feels cold at night,” he said, “then he should get up to exercise and warm himself. “She also mentioned that the main feature of this room is that it is soundproof and no matter how the young master yells, no one will be able to hear anything.
I then asked him what the young master was going to dinner for. He simply pointed towards the vegetables I was carrying and said that the young master would feed only those vegetables for the next three days. I was very surprised; did he treat the young master like a pet rabbit? I tried subtly telling him that the young master did not like to eat vegetables, especially the raw ones. He just laughed at her and patted me on the shoulder before saying that there was nothing to worry about. He said that when humans are hungry, they will even eat the corpses of others who rot if they have to, not much to say about vegetables.
Instructor Locke was really disgusting, cold-blooded, and iron-hearted. It is no exaggeration to say that he is the incarnation of evil itself. The young master was truly unfortunate to have fallen into his hands. I have to take note of all this and report it to the master so that he does not get away with it.
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, 20th day of 2nd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
Yesterday, the young master threw a large racket and cried all night, but no one noticed him. I wanted to go there to calm him down, but the assistant instructor who was on guard the night would not let me and warned me that I could not go near the room without permission. I could only listen to the cries of the young master from afar and could do nothing.
After the crying subsided, I heard the sound of chewed vegetables coming from inside the room. The young master cried and cried as he bit the vegetables until finally, he fell asleep before dawn.
In the afternoon, Instructor Locke came along with several others to help clean the room, help the young master take a bath and give him a set of clothes made from rough hemp. The instructor then held the young master's wrist and said that he helped him read his pulse. The young master cursed and cried at Instructor Locke during the entire process but the instructor paid him no heed and even said that he intended to make a stick that would not be able to injure one's bones but still succeed it causes a lot of pain! Oh Gods! Did he treat the young master like a slave now?
After that, he asked me to go and give me a picture parchment that had some building designs on it. He said that he wanted a spacious bathroom built in the academy that would be part of the necessary facilities that the young master should use during his weight loss training. I strongly suspect that he is just trying to knit additional benefits for the academy because I have never seen a bathroom that has a room inside that is made entirely of wood, which he calls 'sauna'. Who does he think he's cheating?
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, day 21 of the 2nd month, Weather Trading Calendar Weather: Bright
The young master ate once more with vegetables only yesterday, but he did not make a fuss like yesterday.
Instructor Locke came again today afternoon. As usual, he had someone bathe the young master before taking his pulse and cleaning the room like he did yesterday. He also instructed me to go buy more vegetables this time, where I quietly sneaked in some tomatoes in a pile. I believe you will be happy with that.
The bathroom design that Instructor Locke brought to me yesterday is estimated to cost over 100 gold coins. After I showed it to the master in the mansion, he immediately agreed to it and sent people to the academy to work on it immediately.
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, 22nd day of 2nd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
The young master ate nothing but carrots yesterday. It seems I have bought too much from the last time around.
After bathing the young master and taking his pulse, Instructor Locke gave me a list of medicines he wanted me to buy for the young master.
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, day 23 of the 2nd month, Weather Trading Calendar Weather: Cloudy
The young master only had celery to eat last night because the carrots were gone.
Instructor Locke had several other assistants hold on to the young master and forced him to drink the medicinal liquid from the test tube. It must have been very bitter when the young master looked like he was about to cry.
It didn't take long for the young master to start having diarrhea.
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Journal of Bill:
Year 167, 31st day of 2nd month, Weather of Trade Union Calendar: Bright
The young master slept rather soundly without snoring or sleeping through the night.
Over the past few days, the young master had been given laxatives. Although, the frequency in which the young master had to go to the bathroom had gradually reduced. He also looked much more energetic than before, unlike the past few days when his face was pale from releasing all the waste from his body.
In the afternoon, the young master weighed his body and the result was that he lost up to 8.5 kilograms in just a few days! It seemed that the young master really had hopes of losing weight after all. However, Instructor Locke said that the young master should lose at least 85 kilograms more with normal weight. Is that really possible? It was very difficult to imagine this young master having the same weight as me at around 80 kilograms.
This time, the instructor gave me another list of medicines to buy while mentioning that the young master no longer had to take laxatives. Now that the young master had removed all the waste he could from his body, Instructor Locke said that he could start doing physical exercises from tomorrow onwards and take all kinds of new drugs as supplements.
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, day 32 of the 2nd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
The young master had slept well the night before.
Instructor Locke arrived early in the morning and had the young master run three laps around the field. At first, the young master refused. But the instructor took out two fist-sized loaves of bread and said that if the young master were to run the rounds, he would be allowed to eat the bread. For not eating anything other than raw vegetables over the past few days, the young master instantly lost it and jumped towards the instructor in an attempt to take the bread for himself but consequently fell to the floor. Instructor Locke later said that he would throw bread into the toilet if the young master did not run away and let him eat vegetables for another week.
For this crudely baked black bread, the young master ran around the field three times and fainted in the middle of the final lap and had to climb the rest of the way to the finish line. Instructor Locke had several assistants hold the young master and walk half a lap on the field so he could catch his breath before allowing him to return to us. I was really on the verge of tears when I saw the sight of the young master stuffing bread into his mouth.
From today onwards, the menu of the young master has changed. In the morning, he was fed a bowl of porridge with two slices of bread. For lunch and dinner, he only had raw vegetables. Moreover, the young master started to exercise every day. In the morning and evening, he had to run around the field for three laps as usual as he did another exercise in the afternoon. After each training session, the young master had to drink a large bowl of salt water to replenish the salt content in his body. Every night before going to bed, he had to consume one more serving of a special drug.
At noon today, the young master refused to exercise because the instructor wanted him to jump like a rabbit and push off the ground. Without hesitation, Instructor Locke took out a stick and sent a lash to the young master. A loud voice rang out as the staff struck the young master's back, leaving a red mark on his skin. The young master had never been beaten in his entire life! I wanted to stop him, only to be warned aloud by the assistant instructor next to me that this would be an indirect violation of the agreement that master had signed. I dare not shoulder the responsibility of canceling the agreement and can only watch the young master suffer a lash until the training is over.
Journal of Bill:
Year 167, day 33 of the 2nd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
After being whipped the day before, the young master groaned all night as he tried to sleep. Although Instructor Locke had someone apply medicine to his wounds, he could not sleep well and was even dragged out of bed for a workout today.
A sauna is a small wooden hut with a round stone cauldron that is heated and then sprinkled with water to let the steam evaporate. The room quickly filled with steam as soon as the water splashed onto the boulders and I found it a bit difficult to breathe due to the sudden influx of hot air. Everyone should be naked naked before entering the sauna. Instructor Locke had an incredible body while nothing but fatty meat could be seen on the young master's body. After being tasked with placing heated round stones into the cauldron and sprinkling water on top of it, I was sweating everywhere. The young master on the other hand was sitting in the corner motionless as oily sweat poured out from his skin pores. After about 20 minutes, the young master lost consciousness. Instructor Locke said that there was nothing to worry about and that he would slowly wake up after being taken somewhere with normal air circulation. The young master woke up after being sprinkled with cold water. He took a shower and was put to bed soon after.
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Journal of Bill:
Year 167, first day of 3rd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
Yesterday, the young master slept well. These few days, he had been training under the threat of a cane from Instructor Locke the entire time whenever he tried to slack off. Before going to bed, he goes to the sauna every night. Lately the young master seemed much more excited than before: his strength had increased and he no longer started panting after walking a few steps. When I was in the sauna with him just at night, the young master suddenly grabbed my hand and to my surprise, it hurt. The young master said that he was so eager to eat meat that he would be infatuated with her and wanted me to sneak some bacon for her.
But I dare not do such a thing as Instructor Locke, who stood behind the young master unwittingly by him, looked at me with a savage gaze in an attempt to warn me.
Instructor Locke was not present this afternoon for training as he had to prepare for tomorrow's duel. I really don't understand what kind of person would do this crazy thing and take all the Silver ranked instructors from 27 different academies. I have heard that they number up to 1,600 people or more and I do not believe that a single iron rank instructor like Locke can defeat them all without losing. A tavern near the academy called 'Sword and Beauty' had a betting pool for the upcoming duel. I will bet 1 gold coin on the loss of Instructor Locke as I have heard that the payout for 1 small silver is 1 gold coin. If I win, I will instantly get 100 gold Ford! I sincerely hope that Instructor Locke will lose tomorrow.
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The 2nd day of the 3rd month finally arrived and the weather on that day was sunny and sunny. Lorist walked leisurely in the academy as if he did not mind the duel that was coming in the slightest.
He had received a list of challengers the day before for the inter-academy duel. The open match will start on the 3rd day of the 3rd month, which is tomorrow. However, he did not have a list of competitors for it because Charade forgot to give him one, or perhaps not, because he believed that Lorist would defeat all the challengers without exception. On the other hand, Charade gave Els a list of all the challengers, both instructors and non-instructors, with such great detail that Els would spread rumors about the challenger's ability to easily defeat Lorist.
“How else, if we don't do that, we won't be able to attract customers to the betting pool. We have to give information to the superiors in as much detail as possible to make them think that the challengers have a chance against Lorist, ” Charade said as he shrugged.
Lorist did not want to bother with that list of names. The instructors today were from Hoary Stock Academy which was ranked 21st and did not have any famous Silver ranked instructors among them, so Lorist did not feel any enthusiasm at all towards the upcoming duel.
The members of the Enforcement Division as well as the elites from the Sword Society could be seen receiving instructions from the nearby fatty. Looking at Lorist, who was looking around aimlessly, Charade said, “Don't go first, there's a good show you should see. ”
Without much delay, Charade's predicted 'show' slowly unraveled. A group of black-clothed people entered from the entrance of the academy with Silver-ranked instructors wearing instructor badges from Hoary Stock Academy leading the non-challenges from the other academies who were here to witness the duel to in place.
The head of the Levins Academy who was holding his staff stood in the training hall that had just finished after a month of hasty renovation. With a wide smile, he accepted the academy's head and brought him into the dueling room, but he did not let the others who were following behind enter.
"Rubby old man, what does this mean?" Asked the head of the Saint Marceau Academy with a grim expression.
Academy Head Levins is attacked by a rather serious illness that causes his legs to only partially function for the rest of his life.
Smiling, Levins said calmly, "old, Hoary Stock Academy is here to participate in the duel. Given that you the academy heads have witnessed that spectacle, it is only natural for me to accept you. The rest left outside could enter from another door if they wanted to. ”
As he said that, Levins pointed in another direction where a large sign could be seen hanging with the inscription 'Ticket Counter' on it. It seemed that the spectators would have to pay a fee to be able to see the upcoming duel.
"The price is not expensive, only one small silver per person," said the head of the academy.
“Dirty old man, you are completely blinded by money until you will not let a small change like this not happen. Can't you be more generous in your own way? I'll pay for the audience tickets today, just tell me how much I have to pay in total, ” said Academy Head Weston generously as he took out a complicated pouch and threw it towards the silver-ranked instructor from Saint Marceau Academy
"The head of the Weston Academy is very generous .." "Thank you, head of the academy ..." Such shouts and cheers were heard from the audience.
Pretending not to see the excited expression of Head of Weston Academy, he stretched out his hand and moved towards the interior of the hall and said, "Here, my guest friends. ”
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The newly renovated training hall has changed a lot after the process. At the center of the hall is a 7m x 5m high platform with up to eight terrace audience seats around it that can accommodate up to 2000 people.
Painstakingly standing on the dueling platform, Lorist looked casually at the uniformed Dawn Academy students walking around the audience seats and said in a clear voice, "Get your betting tickets here! Anyone want to bet? The payout for Instructor Locke's win is 1 small silver for every big silver and the payout for his loss is 1 big silver for every little silver! "
The head of Weston Academy and Hoary Stock Academy was furious at the scene on the chair. "Rubby old man, what does this mean?"
Academy Head Levins simply said, "What's so strange about some girls working so hard to run betting groups to get cash for a living? Maybe they are just very confident in Instructor Locke's ability and set the bet payouts to be very skewed. If the two of you are not happy with that, why not buy a ticket for your victory and teach them a lesson? "
Only an idiot would believe that you are not involved in it! The two academy heads stared intently at Levins. The head of Weston Academy said, “I have over 10 gold Fords in this pocket and I bet on the Hoary Stock Academy win! I'll make sure you're broke due to payment! "
The head of the Hoary Stock Academy also told the academy's instructors and students, "Everyone, put money in the pool and bet on our winnings. It was not like the Iron ranked child on the platform there were three heads or six arms, I doubt that none of the twenty Silver ranked instructors could take care of him! With enough people, no matter how strong he was, he would definitely be tired towards the end! ”
The female students accepted the bet without hesitation although hardly anyone bet for Lorist's victory aside from some of the other Dawn Academy students.
Head of Hoary Stock Academy held a handful of betting tickets and whispered to the head of Weston Academy, “Although Instructor Worbas is only a Silver Two Star, swordsmanship is not something to be underestimated. I sent him first to test Locke's abilities. Even if his swordsmanship was great, there was no doubt that he would fall after some tiring matches. Look, Instructor Worbas is already on the platform. With his rich experience and 17 wins out of the 18 duels he had .. Huh? ”
Charade quickly walked over the dueling platform and announced after examining Worbas, who was lying flat on the ground, “Sang challengers were eliminated from the blunt force trauma to the chin and were unable to continue the battle. Next . ”
In half an hour, all twenty of the Hoary Stock Academy's instructors had been completely defeated by Lorist, who still had the 'energy' to yawn lazily on stage.
The beauties running the betting group as well as the patrolling members of the Enforcement Division, who raised their swords high, let out cheers of excitement and chanted, "Locke's Structure, Unbeatable Silver!" Repeatedly.
The head of Weston Academy was stunned speechless and ruthlessly tore up all the betting tickets he had bought. Without saying farewell to the Head of the Academy, he turned towards the exit and left immediately. The people from the other academies who had come to cheer up the Hoary Stock instructors were also disappointed.
The expression of the head of the Hoary Stock Academy was dark like the ground on the ground. He didn't even see the ticket fall out of his grip. How is it possible .. Instructors from my academy were mostly defeated in one exchange .. Even the best ones only survived three fights …
Lorist called Charade and said, "How many challengers for tomorrow?"
"Twenty, just like today," replied Charade.
Lorist said, "That's too lacking. Next time, increase the number to 50 a day. It's better if I can finish this sooner. ”
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Journal of Bill:
Year 167, 2nd day of 3rd month, Trade Union Calendar Weather: Bright
I lost a gold coin in the betting pool today. Who would have thought that all 20 Silver ranked instructors sent by Hoary Stock Academy became so useless and were defeated by Instructor Locke, because the duel is open to all famous fighters who do not represent any academy. They should have been too much for an instructor who had always spent his time in the academy's teaching without much combat experience. Fortunately the payout for the bet still remains the same. It seems like I still have a chance to get the gold coins I returned.
The young master was in quite good shape today as well. He took a shower and went to bed after training as usual.