Judged by the Slave Mark

Pshh...

A refreshing sound of flowing water can be heard splashing against the ground, the tub made of stone is already full of water to the brim and is also equipped with a wooden water dipper to help anyone take a bath here.

On the edge of the tub is a wooden plate with a soap bar, a necessity for taking a shower.

Normally when Ramero saw this kind of place after a long while of not taking a shower, he would feel refreshed and excited. The bathroom is one of his favorite places back in Ramero's home world, it's a place where he can retain his quiet and time for himself.

Rarely has his bathroom time been disturbed by anyone.

Some of the instances when his time in the bathroom was disturbed is when he brought a girl home. Access to women is not a problem in his life before the military and special operations, he has the money so he's not an innocent guy.

But every time his bathroom time was disturbed, he really hated it to the guts.

Despite most of the women that he brought back home only asking if he was inside the bathroom, he still feels irritated that someone disturbed him. Ramero hated even the slightest bit of disturbance in his bathroom time, but this time it was even worse.

Glancing to the side, Ramero finds a maid standing beside the door to this bathroom.

"Are you going to stand there and watch me shower...?" Ramero asked in annoyance.

The maid's prying eyes went up and down to look at Ramero's naked body before she bowed her body slightly, "I'm tasked to keep an eye on you, hurry up and shower. Some Dog like you would probably die later, just do your thing and I will keep silent and not bother you" she replied with a monotone voice.

Ramero was frustrated when he heard her answer, 'What the fuck is this girl's problem?!'

You standing there is bothering me! Moreover, do you really need to look me up and down before replying? And the sassiness? Is that really necessary?' he thought while sighing heavily, he's not enjoying his bathing time at all. But he can't be picky, he doesn't have the liberty to be picky right now.

But the maid probably treated him like that because of the Dog-shaped slave mark on his back.

'Now that I think about it, when will my slave mark be upgraded to Wolf? I'm not at the bottom anymore, and I even defeated Laughing Butcher who has a Wolf-shaped slave mark' Ramero thought, he make sure to remember asking Laughing Butcher about this later.

Knowing that anything he tries would be futile, he decided to ignore the maid.

Feeling the cold water streaming down his skin made him forget about the existence of the main behind him, Ramero started to shower and enjoy every last bit of it as this is the most relaxed he has ever been in this new world.

Spending days and night training, it's good to have this kind of treatment once in a while.

Although taking a bath shouldn't be considered a treatment, he hasn't got any this week so his body feels itchy and sweaty which is not pleasant at all. It stinks at first, but his nose is already gotten used to it right now.

Five minutes later, he finished showering before being given the uniform for him to wear.

"I was told to help you wear the uniform, but you can do it alone, right? There's no need for me to help you" the maid said while looking at her fingernails, the level of annoyance from hearing this maid talk made Ramero's blood boils.

Living in luxury, he has never seen a maid this rude to him before.

But Ramero didn't want to act out and cause a scene, if he did that then this maid will win in this little mental war they are having. 'Although I really want to slap the hell out of her, I'll decide to be the bigger man. I'll just get dressed and get out of here'

With that Ramero quickly puts on the uniform that is surprisingly fitted his body perfectly.

Ramero looks down at his body and finds that he looked quite good in the outfit, 'There's no mirror but I think I looked good in this outfit. Speaking of that, I haven't even seen what I looked like' he thought realizing that he doesn't know what he looks like.

Although he could just look at his reflection in the water, he already finished bathing.

It's too late now especially with this annoying maid already looking at him.

"Can I go now...? Why are you standing in front of the door with that pitiful look on your face" Ramero asked blatantly, he saw the maid wearing a pained expression with her hand laying over her heart.

Laying her hand on Ramero's chest, the maid shakes her head lightly.

Now Ramero is really curious about what she's thinking, but then she suddenly mutters silently, "Such a shame for a good quality leather to be used by a dead man, it could've gotten a better purpose. I can't understand the world sometimes..."

With that, the maid turns around and opens the door for Ramero.

But instead of walking out of the bathroom, Ramero looked at the maid while grinding his teeth, the veins of anger on his forehead and neck can be seen bulging, 'This gentle and kind woman...' he thought sarcastically trying to not curse out loud.

It's her lucky day that Ramero is not in a position to do anything.

Ramero really wanted to grab her by the face and slam her into the wall, but he knows that he can't do that and on top of that he couldn't possibly do that to a woman. Not if the woman doesn't try to kill him or something overboard.

Sighing to himself, Ramero walks out of the bathroom and reaches a square-shaped room.

The other three Gladiators that are given the chance to take a bath alongside Ramero are already standing there with the uniform tightly wrapped around their bodies, one of them is Laughing Butcher that seems to be in a good mood.

Usually, these Gladiators did nothing but train and fight, nothing else.

From the looks of their good expressions, it seems fighting in the Deathbound Colosseum is treated by them as vacation, that is if they don't take the account of possibly dying in the arena. "Why are you looking like that? Didn't you enjoy the bath?" Laughing Butcher asked.

Behind him was a maid that helped him tidy his uniform so he would look presentable and good.

Ramero's mood plumps even lower when he saw Laughing Butcher got a good maid that helped him get ready, while he got a maid that is now standing on the corner while looking at her fingernails, unwilling to help him.

It was as if the maid is a princess, 'I'm pretty fucking sure a maid and a slave are in the same spot!'

"Say, what would be the punishment if I accidentally strangle someone to death?" Ramero asked with a darkened look while tidying his uniform himself, he just wanted to get out of there quickly. The air inside feels stuffy due to the presence of the damned maid.

Upon hearing this, Laughing Butcher rubs his chin, "Well that's going to be tough"

"As the school really forbids us from doing anything outside especially criminal acts like that, you would probably be sent to the go through the Death Martyr in the Deathbound Colosseum, and you will definitely die. Anyway, why are you asking this?" he asked back in confusion.

Just then Laughing Butcher caught sight of the only maid standing nonchalantly in the corner.

Instantly after he saw the maid Laughing Butcher widened his eyes before he started laughing out loud, he slapped Ramero's back firmly which makes him even more annoyed. "So that's how it is, you got served by Kendra, the Little Chilli"

"Hey! Call me that again and I'll rip your nuts off!" a voice suddenly shouts at them from the side.

Laughing Butcher glanced at the maid called Kendra before he puts on a wry smile and raises his hands, "Easy there, Kendra. It's what everybody calls you, why are you treating only me like this...?"

"Just because you're a Wolf now, don't act cocky, you're still shit" Kendra replied harshly.

Not wanting to be cursed more than he already has, Laughing Butcher decided to just stop arguing or else his heart would be destroyed by Kendra's mouth. Looking back at Ramero, he then said, "She's known for being like that, don't take it to heart. Also, that's just how the outside world treats us, they judged us first through our slave mark"

Ramero nodded his head as he doesn't want to talk about Kendra anymore.

But then he remembered that Laughing Butcher said something interesting, he has never heard of it before, "You mention something about the Death Martyr earlier, what do you mean by that?" he asked curiously.

Any information that he can get will not be turned down, Ramero is hungry to know more.

"Death Martyr is basically a death sentence for Gladiators inside the Deathbound Colosseum, it's where you are forced to fight against a Magic Beast. Some even deliberately try to go through the Death Martyr because If you win then you can request anything from being pardoned to being freed as a slave, but that's just a facade though" Laughing Butcher replied.

Ramero frowned when he heard this, "Facade? Why is that?"

"It's a facade because nobody has ever won that. Come, we can't be here for too long or the guards will punish us" Laughing Butcher replied before he quickly walks out of the room, it didn't take long for Ramero to also snap out of his daze and follow Laughing Butcher out.

Feeling refreshed and done with the new uniform, Ramero got back to his cell.

Stopping a passing guard from his jail cell, Ramero then asked, "Excuse me, can I go train? I want to prepare for the performance, it will be my first performance after all" he use a polite tone so that the guard will not be annoyed.

"Nobody can train this day, you'll sully the uniform with sand" the guard replied before he left.

Upon seeing the guard leaving Ramero clicks his tongue in displeasure, he wanted to go to the training ground to meet with Leandra but he doesn't have any opportunity to do so. 'Fuck it, what's there to be afraid of? If it's being whipped I can handle it'

With that out of the way, Ramero takes a thin metal piece that he hides behind the weapon cabinet.

For the first few days that he was here, he thought that he can escape this place so he was automatically in search of something to pick the lock. But turns out the system prevents him from going out, so the metal piece he finds was lying there unused.

But he decided now is the time to be bold a little, his body is already way stronger than before.

If he was whipped by the same force as the last time, he could probably take it without much damage done to his back. Although it's a bit risky, Leandra did say that it's something important so it's probably worth it.

Ramero instantly went to action, he pick the lock of the door easily and gets out.

Although there are Gladiators inside their cells besides his cell, he doesn't care about them and would just avoid the guards. Ramero knows that if he did this, he would almost certainly be caught and punished.

If it's almost certain, then why bother creeping around the place?

Not forgetting to bring his sword as he was told, he walks through the hallway quickly.

Upon reaching the Regulator's Desk in front of the entrance, he saw there are no guards guarding the entrance. 'Sweet, this will be easy' he thought before he quickly makes his way toward the training ground.

But reaching there he was met with an obstacle, the door to the training ground is locked.

"Fuck, how am I going to get to the training ground now..."