Chapter 16

After he prepared the paste, he went to the bathroom and added it to the basin of water. After letting it rest for a few minutes, he drowned himself in the water.As soon as the water came into contact with his body, it was immediately absorbed. But the process was immensely painful. Before going in, Arthur tied a cloth around his mouth and in between his teeth just to prevent any shouts from coming out of his mouth.For an hour, he stayed in the water. After making sure, when he came out of the water, his body slightly increased in size.This will be more beneficial in the starting stages, and gradually it will lose its effectiveness in the later stages.In his past life, he used this method to increase his abilities to knight tier 3 without any mana as his source of strength. Just his physical might was comparable to that of a Tier 3 knight, and after he learned to control his mana core, there was no one who was able to best him in the same tier. He was even able to fight with people of higher tiers of knights and get the fight to a draw, which in its own right was challenging.This earned him the title devil of the battle field, which changed to one-hand devil after he lost his hand. At his peak, he had the prowess of a tier 5 knight when he was just a tier 4 knight.After coming out of the bath, he observed himself in the mirror.He felt his strength close to that of a Tier 1 knight. This is because it is his first time using this process, and his body got the most out of it.'After doing this another two times, I can safely say that I can reach the abilities of a knight of Tier 1 high grade.'The knights levels are divided into 7 tiers, and each tier will be further divided into low, middle, and high grades.After getting dressed, he went and continued his usual meditation process.Meanwhile, Julius went and met with Sabrina, and after talking about Arthur's outburst today at the store and his subsequent action, they decided that tomorrow would be the day they set their plan in motion.The next morning, Julius went and brought a maid from the maid rooms. She is a young maid who only followed Julius because it was an order from a more senior maid who told her to follow Julius. This maid is a person who wanted to climb up the ranks by getting someone influential in the clan as her backing.And who is more influential than Sabrina in the clan?She knows that the senior maid directly reports to Sabrina, and by following her orders, she can get into the good graces of Sabrina.So after hearing that Sabrina needed a maid to do something for her, she volunteered herself, and that's how she ended up being the one in this situation.On the way to reaching Arthur's room, Julius made sure they would be seen by as many people as possible.After reaching Arthur's room, Julius ordered her, "After going inside, make sure you flirt with Arthur. Try to make some sounds that will suggest you guys are doing something inside, and most importantly, make sure that he drinks this. Understood. "Seeing the maid nod, he gestured for her to go in. After she went inside, he went away from there.After going in, she saw Arthur shirtless and doing some exercises. Seeing his bare body without any clothes, she blushed a little.Looking at the maid who came in, Arthur was confused. "Who are you? Why did you come inside without permission?""Young master, I was sent by Sir Julius to help with your needs. He told me to serve you."Hearing her, Arthur just asked her to leave and not disturb him until he called.The maid, realizing that her idea was not working, went to the water container, blocking Arthur's field of vision, added the powder to the drink, added that water to a glass, and bought it for Arthur."Please don't say that, young master; you are all sweaty from that exercise. Please drink this water, and I will immediately leave."Arthur, who wanted to be left alone, snatched that water and said, "If I drink this water, will you get out?" Seeing the maid nod, he gulped the water, threw the glass to the side, and asked the maid, "Now get out."As soon as he said that, he felt a sleepy sensation and immediately lost his consciousness.The maid, on seeing him lose consciousness, immediately started making some sensual sounds, sounds loud enough to be heard by people outside of Arthur's room.Meanwhile, Julius used a back entrance and entered Arthur's room from the outside window. On seeing Arthur unconscious and the maid making those stupid sounds, he grinned a little and slowly approached her.The maid, seeing Julius, stopped making those sounds and approached him, saying, "So now what, sir Julius? What is the next part of the plan?""The next part of the plan is nothing but you dying." Saying this, he immediately attacked the maid and caught her neck in his heavy grip."What are you doing? I just did what you told me. Please, I can' breathe." The maid was dangling in the air and started flailing.Julius is not only a butler but also a knight. It is impossible for a maid who has never fought to overpower him. After a few minutes, the flailing got reduced, and the maid lost her life.After making sure that she was dead, Julius started tearing her dress apart and arranging her corpse in a position that suggested that anybody who came from the main door would see Arthur sitting on the maid and chocking her.After making sure that everything was set, he left through the same back window and came near the main door of Arthur's room as if everything were normal.