chapter 22

Leonard was standing over Stultus while cracking his knuckle and having a sadistic smile plastered all over his face as he looked at the man that was down below, with a face all broken and bloody all over.

"So...you wish to discipline the assistant that I leave behind, huh?" Leonard picks up Stultus using one hand and pushed him against the wall.

"Hooo aaa yeeeww!!" the man jaw was broken and most of his teeth were knocked out and he struggles to form some coherent words.

"You were saying that you're going to discipline her- in my stead? You got some balls indeed…" Leonard glared at Stultus.

"Nuu nuuuuu! Awwe duuun daarrr!!" Stultus struggled to speak using his now broken jaw.

"Yes yes, I know you wouldn't dare to do it now." Leonard smirked at the terrified Stultus.

"But...since you already "discipline" Mavis, I guess it should be fair that, I- too should discipline you and gave out some appropriate punishment, let start with the arm first." As Leonard said those words, he grab hold of Stultus arm, the one that used to slap Mavis and ripped it out.

Prompting the man to wailed out in agony.

After his arm was ripped out and tossed to the side, Leonard quickly activate a healing skill to stop the bleeding on Stultus stump of an arm now.

"Now...the next part, let me have a look inside of your head and see what the hell is going on in there." Leonard then used his now freed hand after ripped Stultus arm out and healed him, and placed it on the wailing man head.

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After the little torture session with Stultus, Leonard dropped him on to the floor.

The Stultus who was previously an elegant ambassador of the Republic now lay on the floor in a half dead state with foam all over his mouth and his eyes turned white, looking extremely miserable.

It was then that he turned his attention back to the girls within the room, witnessing his little session of information extract.

"Hello girls, I'm back~ did you all missed me?" Leonard smiled innocently at the stunned female companions that was within the room.

He then turned his attention to Mavis, whose cheek still had a tint of redness due to being hit by the ambassador of the Republic, Stultus.

"Does that still hurt? Here, let me heal you." he quickly went over to her and used a healing skill on the redness of her cheek.

"Uhm, it's all good, he's weak- something like this couldn't possibly make me feel too much pain, it just he caught me by surprised, that's all." Mavis replied as her cheek still flushing.

"Alright then." Leonard then turned his attention back to the quiet girl, Ryan- who stood silently behind her desk, looking at him with eyes full of longing.

"... I'm back... Ryan." he smiled at her before slowly moved forward and gave her a warm embrace, one that she was likely looking forward to for so long already.

"I'm glad that you're safe... Leonard." she embraces him back.

"Yes Ryan... I have returned at last." he whispered into her ear before pulling off a kiss on the lip on Ryan.

While the two of them were having an intimate moment with one another, Mavis, Sachi and Luminous were standing on the side, watching with a complicated expression plastered all over their face, as they watched the two of them having "the moment" of their lives.

"How...enviable…" Mavis muttered softly as she watched the two of them making out without a care in the world.

"Uhmm…" Sachi also nodded in agreement as she watched the two of them, while she too had an aching feeling inside of her heart.

"Wait...who are you again?" It was then that Mavis finally noticed there was an extra person within the mix, she has a cute ace, short black hair (about shoulder length)and a small mole under her eye.

"Hello... I don't think that we had introduced ourselves to one another yet...my name is Sachi, Sachi Hayami." Sachi bowed her head slightly and greeted Mavis using the formal Japanese greeting style and being extremely polite in her tone as well.

"Uh...hello, My name is Mavis…nice to meet you too, miss Hayami" Mavis tried to copy Sachi formal greeting style while somewhat fluster herself.

"By the way, If you don't mind me asking, but...what is your relationship with...erm... Leonard?" she quickly went over to Sachi and whispered into her ear in a low tone of voice.

"I...ermm…" Sachi was getting nervous by Mavis question and became flustered as well.

Luminous seeing that Sachi was being pressured by Mavis and promptly dragged the Elswynian away from the poor little girl.

"Leonard will tell us later…" she spoke to the "elf" Elswynian.

"Hmmm...is your relationship with him is what I think it is?" Mavis narrowed her eyes while forming a coyed smile on her lip as she looked at the flustered Sachi.

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Back to Leonard and Ryan having their sweet moment with one another.

The two lips are now parted, and now- they were looking at one another with a mesmerizing gazed of longing and full of passionate feeling.

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Mavis then interrupted the two of them using an exaggerated fake coughing excused.

"Sorry to ruined the moment for the two of you...but we...need some answers...especially from you, of all people, Leonard." she grinned.

For a moment, Leonard could swear he saw both of her eyes were lit up like a torch in the night.

"...erm...answers…" Leonard froze as he noticed something awkward that happened inside of this room.

The first was all the girls eyes were on him.

Next, was Sachi, she was standing there, next to Mavis and Luminous, looking at him with eyes fill to the brims with worries.

Cold sweat were now starting to form on his body as all gazed were fixated on to his body, from the front, Mavis gaze was the most intensive, while close to him, it was Ryan, he had a bad feeling about all this now.

"Alright, tell us, who...is she...to you." Mavis narrowed her eyes at Leonard while pointing a finger at the nervous Sachi who stood next to Luminous for cover.

"Well…" Leonard was now having a nervous breakdown.

"Tell me Leonard...who is she?" Ryan chimed in while having a worry filled and questioned look in her eyes while staring deeply at him.

"... I'm sorry Ryan... I... I did not stay truthful to your feeling for me…" he returned to her gaze while having a sad eye.

"W-w-what…you mean...that Mavis...was right…" she looked at him with tears forming near her eyes now.

"I'm sorry Ryan...blame everything on me, I'm ready for any punishments...just please...don't blame Sachi, I was giving in to my temptation, she had nothing to do with it." Leonard felled down to his knee as he faced Ryan.

"Mavis...please..." Ryan turned to Mavis with pleading eyes filled with droplet of tears.