Unexpected Hospitality

Upon entering the building they were exposed to a massive open space dominated by a bluish chrome theme, there are guards guarding every corner of the place showing that this place is very important and well-guarded.

But his eyes were attracted instantly to a huge dome window located at the center of the place.

Ramero walks to the edge of the dome window to look down before his eyes widened in surprise, he now realized what Silver Fists said about him misunderstanding something. It turns out the Deathbound Colosseum is underground, the building he's in right now is nothing but the entrance to the Deathbound Colosseum.

For a moment there, Ramero was stunned to see the sheer display and size of the actual arena.

Located beneath the building he's in right now is a majestic sight of a huge arena made of magic and deep blue stones, with thousand seats for the crowd surrounding the arena in an ascending manner just like the colosseum in his home world.

Above the seats were two buildings that looks like small castles, and they are also floating!

Nothing fascinates Ramero more than seeing the world of magic, the sight of two floating buildings is not a familiar sight even for a person that has seen the world of the upper echelon in his home world.

It would've been the eighth wonder of the world if this colosseum is put in his home world.

Despite trying his best to try and figure out what those two floating buildings are for, Ramero can't think of any as the floating buildings are bizarre. Shifting his eyes to the side, he finds two sky-high pillars that ended with two crossing scythes.

At the base of these pillars are a couple of seats, probably reserved for important people.

"Welcome to the Zeabet Kingdom, this is the main attraction of the entire kingdom so the Gladiator industry is really developed here compared to the other kingdoms out there" Silver Fists suddenly said from the side.

But Ramero kept looking down at the arena, clearly fascinated with what he was seeing.

The Regulator seems to still be assigning their resting place for the Gladiators, he's talking with the person in charge of this place with two other guards. It gave Ramero the time to look around the building he was in.

As his attention was occupied, he didn't realize the huge statues surrounding the place.

Each of the statues is massive, the size of a two-stories house, and is shaped like different Gladiators. There were only six statues, and each has an explanation panel at the base that stated that these Gladiators are the ones that enters the hall of fame.

'Huh... it's going to be really cool if they make a statue of me like this' Ramero thought.

From the side Laughing Butcher approaches the two of them and saw Ramero's expression, he chuckled realizing instantly what he's thinking. Laughing Butcher stands beside Ramero and comments, "I know that look on your face, it's not easy to enter the hall of fame. In order to have a statue of yourself, you need to be acknowledged by the Zeabet Gladiator Consortium. And trust me, it's damn hard"

"Bunch of requirements, something a Greenhorn doesn't need to think about" Silver Fists added.

Ramero glanced at the two of them with a cynical look, "Since when did you two get this close, or is it because you wanted to mock me? I just think it would be cool to have my own statue, do you really to pummel me down?"

"Just saying" Laughing Butcher replied with a laugh.

Soon enough the Regulator finished assigning their school before they were led to their living quarters, each Gladiator was given a room for themselves. Ramero and the other Gladiators were brought into their living quarter through a weird transportation method.

It's quite convenient though, especially for Ramero that lived in a world of convenience.

An officer working for the Deathbound Colosseum wearing combat armor that gripped his body tightly and a robe leads them to a circle carved on the ground, they need only to stand inside the circle before grey energy highlights the circle.

Feeling the light penetrating his eyes, Ramero closed his eyes in response.

The moment he opens his eyes he was greeted by a small room that should be his own bedroom, the sudden change of pleasant air was the first thing he noticed when he reaches this room. 'Wow, I didn't expect to get something like this...' he thought in amazement.

Unlike what he expected, the room he gets is very nice and is also fully furnished.

Many windows that display the beautiful night sky can be seen around the room, there's a weapon cabinet in the corner of the room where his weapons are already put neatly there, a sofa cushioned with gentle furs of an animal, and even a table beside a fireplace that keeps the room warm.

On top of that, there's also a bed that excites Ramero, 'Finally! A proper bed to sleep' he thought.

But immediately after his eyes landed on the bed, he was surprised to see a woman sitting there elegantly with both of her hands on her lap. She has wavy black hair that graciously falls to her shoulders, sharp and bright grey round eyes, a taint of light makeup that highlighted her beauty, and also wears a white nightgown that matches the bedsheet.

"Am I in the wrong room...?" Ramero mutters out loud in surprise.

Upon hearing this the woman smile faintly before she stood up from the bed, she bowed a little before she introduced herself, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Sir Ramero. My name is Alessia, and I will be your personal attendant for the rest of your visit here in the Deathbound Colosseum"

Ramero was quite shocked when he heard this, 'They even gave me a personal attendant...?'

Already used to sleeping on the rough ground, stuffy air that is filled with horrifying stenches, and also the rough treatment of the guards, he feels weird when he was faced with such good hospitality.

It almost makes him feel guilty for whatever reason, he didn't expect this at all.

"Oh is that so..." Ramero mutters while rubbing his chin.

Even after saying that Ramero kept rubbing his chin with his eyes fixed on Alessia, and Alessia herself looks down to the ground submissively. It's clear what her job here is, she's a personal attendant and that speaks for itself.

Alessia doesn't know what is inside Ramero's mind right now, but she knows what to guess.

'I am his personal attendant, after all. It's my job to serve him...' she thought meekly.

She's allowed to assume the worst as that is what she heard and that is what the other Gladiators usually do before their life-and-death battle the next day, she also can't blame them for being like that.

Just as she thought of that, she quickly raised her gaze when she heard what Ramero said.

"Do you have a mirror?" Ramero asked innocently.

The sudden question caught Alessia off guard, she was not expecting Ramero to suddenly ask for a mirror instead of naughty things inside her mind, "Err... There should be one right here, let me check for you"

Quickly, Alessia went to the table and open the drawer in search of a mirror.

Rummaging through the drawer she finally finds a hand mirror before she gave it to Ramero, and he gladly takes it before he looks at his reflection in the mirror, "Hmm... so this is what I looked like. Not bad, this face is quite decent" he mutters to himself.

The reflection in the hand mirror showed a man that doesn't look older than twenty.

In reflex Ramero raises his hand to touch his own face, he inspected his new face which doesn't come close to what he looked like back in his home world. Similar to Lucas, he has brown messy hair but it's already quite long almost reaching his shoulders.

But different than Lucas, he has quite a developed jawline that makes him more masculine.

Everything should be perfect if not a straight scar at the bottom left of his cheek that spans all the way to his neck, it seems to be caused by a blade and this makes Ramero lament in pain, "Who the fuck did this to me?! That person grazed my nigh-perfect face!" he exclaimed in anger.

Once again Alessia jolted in surprise, 'Why is he so narcissistic...?' she thought with a cynical look.

Putting down the hand mirror while feeling regret that he was scarred on his face, Ramero glanced at Alessia lazily before he asked, "Is there a bathroom here? I want to get a peaceful shower to relieve some stress"

"I-It's right here" Alessia quickly ran across the room before she opens a door.

Upon seeing this Ramero nodded his head before he heads into the bathroom, he was about to close the door but Alessia stopped him, "Sir Ramero, you know that I'm here to help you with whatever you need, right? I can help you with cleaning up, If you want I can scrub your back"

Ramero pauses for a second while keeping eye contact with Alessia.

Alessia feels shy and her face burns under the intense gaze, but Ramero suddenly replies with an annoyed tone, "Fuck, no. Why would I want anyone disturbing my peacetime? Stay there and don't come inside" he said before he closes the door on Alessia's face.

Getting the door slammed in her face, Alessia's wry smile twitched as this is very odd.

'Is he being serious...?" she thought while sucking in a cold breath.

Not once has she heard from her colleagues a Gladiator that acted like this, they usually instantly asked for their personal attendant to serve them sexually or anything that pleasures them as this might be their last day alive.

But she just has to meet a weird Gladiator like this, and this worries her greatly.

'What if he one of those sadistic types that would refuse their personal attendant's help, and report to the Officer so that I'm going to be punished in front of them... No, it can't be... But I can see this guy doing that' Alessia thought while biting her lower lip in worry.

Looking at the door, her eyes become determined, 'No matter what, I can't let him do that!'

A moment later, Ramero opens the door in a good mood as he can finally get his peacetime without anyone bothering him. Not only that but there's also a tub made of wood that can be filled with hot water.

If not for the fact he hasn't exercised at all today, he might've gotten asleep in the hot water.

'Not an ideal time to exercise as I just clean myself, but hey, I can just wash again. I have all the time until tomorrow for myself!' Ramero thought with a smile on his face, he's already changed into a white nightshirt that he found inside the bathroom.

But his step stopped when he saw Alessia already laying sideways on the bed.

Due to the nightdress that she's wearing, her two plump slender long legs are exposed and squished together which is pleasing to see. Her body position, her black hair that added to her beautiful face temptation, and also her enticing reddened expression look very inviting.

Ramero widened his eyes when he saw this, for a brief moment his mind went astray.

Since Alessia is clearly tempting him and is also his personal attendant, there's nothing wrong with asking her to serve him. But as he was looking at this seductive temptation scene, a system message popped into his vision and disturbed his mind.

[Warning! The host is forbidden to have sexual intercourse until the host reaches Paidiskoi Rank]

[The host is only allowed to have children when the host reaches Hebontes Rank]

'What the heck...? I'm not going to have sex because I don't want to ruin my performance tomorrow, and I don't mind about it. But to actually be prohibited from having sex is a completely different thing' Ramero thought in surprise.

It's true that he won't fall to Alessia's scheme, but he didn't expect the system to react like this.

Reading the system's message slowly, he finds that he doesn't know what the system means by Paidiskoi Rank. 'What are these Paidiskoi and Hebontes Ranks? Is it the rank that is displayed in the rank section of my status window?'

[Yes, here is the listed rank in ascending order]

[Infant, Paides, Paidiskoi, Hebontes, Spartan]

Upon reading this Ramero has another question in mind, 'How do I reach the next rank?'

[Completing all of the available main quests will raise the host's rank to Paides before the next set of main quests is opened to reach the Paidiskoi rank. It will keep on going until the user finally reaches the Spartan rank and becomes ready]

But Ramero regretted asking that question, he unconsciously held his breath for a moment.

'No way, beating the strongest Gladiator and learning sword mastery, every single main quest that is available to me will only allow me to reach the second rank...? Then how difficult will it be to reach Spartan rank...'