Chapter 30: The Next Day

Maxwell's Castle.

Suddenly, Elon who had been sleeping soundly released a grunt, his eyes quivering as the sun rays peeked through the window, perching on his skin and driving the familiar feeling of delight and ecstasy without lust through his body.

Grabbing on the sheets tighter, Elon's breath trembled in thrill, his eyes instantly opening… only for the bright rays to pierce through them... sending him upward as he jerked back on his butt.

Touching his chest in surprise to feel the hot discomforting feeling he always felt within him turned warm and comforting, what more, the sun rays perching on his skin even felt more refined and soothing, inciting non sexual pleasure.

"Mmm?" feeling a lit bit surprised by the vague change he felt in his body,Elon clenched his fist wanting to see if there had been some enhancement to his strength. But before he could do so… his eyes suddenly widened in both realization and shock,as memories of what happened last night visualized in his mind.

'Wait a moment… how the hell am I in my room then?!!' Jerking his eyes even more wide open, Elon suddenly realized that he was in his chamber,room to be exact. And the blue haired beautiful maid of his,was standing not far by the door side, bending her head downward not to reveal just how shy and embarrassed she was.

Still trying to comprehend what happened, the reason he blacked out…

'Wait!! If I'm here then… What about Amelia?!'

As if she knew what was going on in his mind, Audrey suddenly raised her head,her face flushed,giving off a weak timid attitude of submission while trying to avoid eye contact with thoughts of what happened last night.

"She is taken care of," Amelia said, while avoiding eye contact.

Feeling intrigued by Audrey's words,Elon thought…

'Why does it sound like I'm a hidden big boss givin out an assassination orders.'

Thinking deeply for a moment,Elon concluded that Audrey must have dropped Amelia somewhere else…

'If so ,then why did I lose consciousness?... that sudden pain.' feeling his brain shudder from trying to remember what actually caused it, Elon quickly ended his trance.

'Huh?'

Switching his attention back to Audrey who now had her head down, Elon couldn't help but remember each image and session of what happened last night.

"Hmm" (low cough) feeling rather awkward to confront this maid of his on why she sneaked on him and what they did last night,Elon decided to keep it down for the time being.

Adjusting the cotton to block the sun rays by the window,Elon walked into the bathroom with a tub filled to the brim with warm water as he soaked inside.

…

Keeping their conversations as short as possible,Elon walked through the castle with Audrey by his side looking for Sir Remus…

Meanwhile the maids looked even more busier for reasons unknown to him.

...After his previous fight last night,one thing Elon had come to know and realize was that he had no fighting skills… to sum it up he was nothing but a brute with no combat experience

If he couldn't land a single punch, then what was the essence of his might.

So today he was going to find Sir Remus, the leader of the knights that guarded the castle.

The castle was bustling with maids as usual, cleaning and dusting the place even though it was never used. Because as a noble household in name it had to look clean and tidy everyday, even if it cost a lot to maintain hiring so many maids.

Unconcerned,after moving around for more than 10 minutes Elon found the steel like elder knight sitting in common plain wears,his plated knight armor nowhere to be seen as he gazed into nothingness within his personnel yard.

Sir Remus was an old bachelor knight who lived alone and said to have no family or wife, explaining the reason for the silent devotee atmosphere around the compound.

Following the particularly loud footsteps of Elon walking inside the yard alongside Audrey who stayed behind at the door post, Sir Remus shifted his gaze towards Elon who had a kindle smile on his face as he also stared at the knight.

Getting up on his feets the elder knight greeted,

"Young Lord" as it was a formality.

"What may I…" just before the elder knight was about to ask,Elon instantly cut straight to the point.

Walking towards the rack of weapons on the wall,as it was a formality for high ranked knights to have such basic combat facilities in their yards,Elon pointed at the steel sword on the rack…

"I would like to learn that… how to fight" Elon, completing the later part after a pause, turned his head to look at the surprised Knight Sir Remus who looked rather stiff from surprise, almost trembling in excitement which he hid very well that Elon was unable to notice.

Meanwhile…

Although he knew that Elon had gone through some weird changes,he never guessed it would create such positive effects, making the dull solemn Young Lord want to learn combat which he never gave a fuck about since the day he was born, even while putting the family's reputation on the line.

Forcing a deep breath…

"Learn?" Sir Remus said in bewilderment,which Elon replied with a nod and Audrey who was at the back blushed even more at the thought of last night.

Without exchanging another word,the elder knight,Sir Remus, walked to take out a normal steel sword from the weapon rack, standing firm as he said to Elon with his sword held out…

"Strike me"

Despite being confused by Sir Remus' request,Elon grinned and swung the sword with his full strength, unrestrained.

Seeing Elon's untrained stance and how fast his swing was, a little bit surprised Sir Remus remotely swung his sword in a relaxed manner.

Clang!! the sound of steel clashing reverberated through the whole yard and in the next moment… The Elder knight had his eyes widened in shock,an unbelievable expression on his face, feeling the steel sword tremble from the force it withstood.

Suddenly,apart from Audrey who stood far behind everything else seemed to turn still as silence instantly dominated the atmosphere,not moving an inch as Sir Remus stared at Elon with delight in his eyes, surprised and elated,just like someone who found a lot of treasures.

Losing his composure,the elder knight grabbed Elon's arm, flexing it out as he suddenly laughed out loud leaving Elon both stunned and confused at his reaction.

"Young Lord, so you've been secretly practicing all this while" 'or is it just the effects of being a Maxwell?' saying the former with his mouth and the later in his mind,Sir Remus laughed.

???

As if noticing Elon's confused expression, Sir Remus instantly calmed down to explain despite his excited state.

"There are three different knight classification for a reason, starting from:

Official Knights

Commander Knights

Grand Commander Knights.

AN: purposely decided to keep this chapter short.