Ch. 16: Saving Cressida

Recap:

In the last chapter, Chlevern had fought with Cressida and had to jump inside the Punishment Chamber to save her as Artendo interrupted the match.

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*Inside the Punishment Chamber*

Cressida had been unconscious for a while which made Chlevern worry about her more. When he landed on the ground with Cressida in his arms, he laid Cressida on the wall and tried to wake her up but she did not.

Finally, after giving up the trial to wake her up, he realised that he was in the Punishment Chamber and dangers can come from anywhere.

He was thinking about all this when he noticed an arrow flying towards Cressida at a fast pace. He had to respond quickly. He said,

"System, activate skill: Speed."

[The Skill: speed is now being used]

He quickly rushed towards Cressida and when the arrow was just an inch away from her face, he caught it and broke it into two.

'That was a close call', he thought. But he had no time to rest.

More and more arrows were coming at him and he was trying to block each and every one of the arrows which came towards him or Cressida.

After a while, Cressida woke up sitting on the floor with her back on the wall. And what she saw shocked her to a great extent.

She saw a bunch of arrows lying on the floor with a somewhat injured and bleeding Chlevern ahead of her.

He was panting hard.

'Did he protect me while I was unconscious?', thought Cressida.

Chlevern was injured but the wounds were minor ones. Suddenly Chlevern said,

"Activate Skill PainKiller", and all his wounds healed with a screen in front of him saying,

[Skill PainKiller will now heal your injuries.

Extent of injury: Minor wounds]

[Congratulations

Skill PainKiller has leveled up!

Skill: PainKiller Lvl. 15]

*SWOOSH~~~~~*

'Is that magic? how did he do that? this type of spell can only be used by higher tier mages and sorcerer level wizards.', thought Cressida.

Chlevern stood up and looked behind to see Cressida conscious and staring at him. He then realised that he used the system to heal in front of her. Now he needed an excuse.

"Well.... what you saw.... was..... my innate power.... how can I explain....", said Chlevern nervously looking at Cressida.

"Don't worry, I was not judging you anyways. By the way thanks for saving me.", said Cressida with a plain look but a little happy mood from inside.

"Oh now that I remember, how are you? are you injured anywhere?", asked a concerned Chlevern.

"No, all thanks to you for saving me the whole time while I was passed out.", she said with a smile and a little blush on her face.

"That's a relief, good to hear that you're fine.", sighed Chlevern.

"Thank you, but I think we should be a little more careful now. The punishment chamber is filled with a lot of traps and many types of punishments.", said Cressida, with a serious look.

"How do you know about this chamber? Did you come here before for punishment too?", Chlevern raised the doubt.

"Actually, I've never lost a fight here. But I've heard from the people who suffered here and read it in the books about the history of this place. So that is why I kinda know about it.", said Cressida, a little cautious.

'Damn, wait.... she never lost a fight that means she is one of the strongest females here. Should I ask her about her win-lose streak?', thought Chlevern.

"By the way, what is your win-lose streak, you said you never lost.", asked Chlevern.

"I don't know exactly but as far as I remember it is 99,999-0, I guess.", said Cressida holding her chin.

'Wtf????!!!!!, just how many people did she fight?', thought Chlevern, a little shocked.

"What about you? How many people did you fight? What is your win-lose streak?", asked Cressida.

"Actually this was my first fight here in this place. So it's still 0-0. hehe.", said Chlevern.

"First fight in 'this place'?, so where are you from?", asked Cressida.

"I am from Earth. I've actually come here as a disciple of Mr. Kingspeare.", said Chlevern.

"So did you never fight on Earth?", asked Cressida.

"Actually when I was in my highschool, I fought in the school arena. (I think I should not tell her that I died during a fight and was summoned here to be the successor of The Progenitor.)", said Chlevern while this thought struck his mind.

"Ohhh, so what is your 'highschool' thing? Is it the type of prison where kids like you are kept?", asked Cressida.

"Well.... no, (But actually it's like a prison for every student)", said Chlevern.

"So did you not win any fight in your 'highschool' thing?", asked Cressida.

"Actually I won many fights but lost the last fight. (more like I lost my life).", said Chlevern.

"I think we should not waste time chatting here and find a way to get out of here.", said Chlevern.

"Ohh I just forgot about that.", said Cressida.

'How dumb can she be?', thought Chlevern, sweatdropping.

"Why do I think that you just insulted me?", said Cressida, a little annoyed.

"What? No no, I did not.", said Chlevern panicking.

"You better not as I can sense emotions.", said Cressida.

"Ahh haha I will remember this.", said Chlevern.

They both soon started walking looking for an exit but they had to be very careful as there would be more traps ready for them in the punishment chamber.

"So tell me about yourself, and how did you end up with Mr. Kingspeare.", asked Cressida walking ahead of Chlevern looking around with her guard up.

"Ahh... it's a long story.", said Chlevern.

"No problem, we have a lot of time until we get out of this place.", said Cressida looking back a little bit.

"Well..... before coming here, I was a mere student in a school on Earth.", said Chlevern, a little hesitant to speak about his past.

"Okay continue.", said Cressida not thinking much about it.

"When I was in school, they had conducted a school arena where the students fought for a type of training to be an Arsenal Warrior, where the fighters from all over the multiverse came over to battle for Glory.", continued Chlevern.

"So,even you had fought in the 'School Arena' of yours?", asked Cressida with a little interest arising inside of her.

'I think I should tell her', thought Chlevern.

"Yeah, I was like in the final round when I died and was summoned by Mr. Kingspeare and then he made me his disciple (Or rather his successor).", said Chlevern.

"Oh that's kinda sad, I hope you had won.", Cressida said with a little pity and blush.

'Bro seriously?! is she a tsundere or something? She clearly acted like one right now.', thought Chlevern.

"Yeah surely it was sad, I was in the peak of my teenage years. I still had to experience first love, the parties with friends, the living life to the fullest things and most importantly some love-making.", Chlevern said with a smiling face but a bit of sadness in his tone.

"So I think after you become a good disciple of Mr. Kingspeare then you can ask him to reincarnate you in your world again where you can experience these things you mentioned.", said Cressida, noticing the hint of sadness in his tone and emphasizing the 'First Love' and 'Love-Making' in her mind.

Cressida was honest. She did not know anything about first love or teenage fun or romance or anything. Ever since she was born, she was just training and training to be strong and make her name in the list of supremes. It was her dedication and passion that led to Artendo Sadistor to choose her as his disciple. She wanted to become strong and surpass everyone in a short period of time, so she agreed to be his disciple.But never did Artendo treat her well. She was always scolded and only trained without any breaks. But to become strong, she never really cared about such things. But it was this day when there came a man who really cared about her, jumped into the Punishment Chamber just to save her, and protected her from the dangers while she was unconscious. It was really the first time for her.

'Is it possible if I can even experience my 'First Love' with someone I truly love and care for him as he does for me. Will that day really come?', thought Cressida, with a smile forming on her face.

'What is she thinking about?', thought Chlevern with a confused look on his face, seeing her smile all of a sudden.

The End