Arc 2: A vigorous first month
Road to a Hero:
Three chances in another world
Chapter 5: The Red Dragon is coming to town.
Al bandages Gray and Edward up, then he proceeds to take Gray's measurements.
Gray: “So why are you doing this?”
Edward: “I would like to know the same thing.”
Al: “We have a very important visitor coming in a few hours, so we need to make you a nice suit, as well as for your armor.”
Gray: “Why are you bouncing around the visitor, who is it?”
Al: “Well… It’s the Head commander of the Dragon army, Arthur Willams, The Red Dragon. He is coming to talk with Kioshi, since the king died, they need a replacement and since Walgonia was founded on the idea of bringing the countries together, every country can pick somebody to run.”
Gray: “Thanks.”
Edward: “Gray I would like to apologize about earlier.”
Gray: “If you apologize one more time I’m gonna fight you again.”
Edward: “Sorry… I understand.”
Gray: “You moved like an animal dude, shit was scary, and you went berserk.”
Edward: “I could say the same thing for you.”
Al: “Berserk huh, you may be a Van Helsing yourself, Gray.”
Gray: “What do you mean?”
Edward: “Oh yeah you don’t know about the Warrior's spirit.”
Gray: “Please inform me!”
Al: “It is just a name for an intense focus. When you focus on something a lot, your mana will push you into overdrive when you try hard to do that thing. But The Helsing family pushes themselves so hard, that their black hair turns white, and they push their emotions so far down that they go berserk as you say when their adrenaline starts to rush. Hence the name Warriors Spirit.”
Gray: “Wait, Edward, your hair isn’t white though?”
Edward: “Well I haven't really pushed myself that hard, I do train, but I don’t do it as much as I should.”
Gray: “That explains why I could get the upper hand for a second. I think you might be selling yourself short though, you must be a damn animal if you can hold that big-ass sword! How much does that thing weigh?”
Edward: “About a hundred. More or less."
Gray: “DAMN!”
Edward: “I mean that’s not that impressive, not as impressive as you. You were able to get on my level in a month.”
Gray: “Well it’s kinda like I cheated, I can regain my strength and go back to training faster than a normal person, and most of my wins are just me overusing my body to win. You have a normal amount of mana and no affinity, and you still beat my ass.”
Al: “I think you are both very impressive, Alright then Gray I finished taking your measurements, Your suit will be ready later, now I must get the other's measurements. I say go rest until then.”
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Gray: “That’s the best thing I’ve heard all day.”
Edward: “I agree.”
They both walk back to their rooms, sore, and tired. Gray lays next to Rosemary, preparing to go back to sleep.
Rosemary: “Gr...ay? Why are you up?”
Gray: “Don’t mind it, just go back to sleep.”
Rosemary: “Ok….”
They both fall back asleep, the snow continuing to fall outside, Gray ends his first month in the mansion, stronger, faster, happier, and wounded with another recurring nightmare. The sunshine coming through the blinds starts to wake Gray up. He slowly rolls over, seeing Rosemary's face right in front of him.
Rosemary: “Good morning.”
Gray sees Rosemary smile, almost instantly waking him up.
Gray: “Morning, what time is it? You are usually downstairs by now.”
Rosemary: “Well I got up for a bit, then I asked why you have bandages on your body, next Al measured me for a dress, and then I just felt like going back to bed.”
Gray: “Oh these bandages… small mistake on my part.”
Rosemary: “Well I was told Edward had just as much input on the fight, actually I heard he started it.”
Gray: “Well I accepted it, it’s a little on both of us.”
They continue to talk, then suddenly they hear a knock at their door.
Rosemary: “Come in!”
The door opens, revealing Musashi, as well as Al, holding their outfits.
Al: “I’ll leave these in here for you to dress into.”
Gray: “Okay thanks!”
Gray: “These are nice, hope they fit well.”
Rosemary and Gray begin to undress, getting ready to put on the suit, and dress
Gray {Wait… IS SHE UNDRESSING BESIDE ME?}
Gray struggles to not look at her, using the mirror to look, without turning around
Rosemary {Um…}
Rosemary notices that she was undressing with Gray right beside her, she looks at Gray who is in nothing other than his underwear, with her dressed the same.
Rosemary: “I'm SORRY!, I DIDN’T REALIZE!”
Gray: “No! It’s fine unless you don’t feel comfortable, then I can go right now if you want!”
Rosemary: “It’s fine… I didn’t know if you would be mad, or embarrassed.”
Gray: “Na, I'm chill if you are.”
Rosemary: “Yeah… I’m ok with this.”
They continue to get dressed, then hear another knock at the door.
Gray: “Come in!”
Soku and Ophelia walk in this time, They both have already gotten dressed, Soku wearing a tuxedo instead of a dress, though Ophelia is wearing a long black dress.
Ophelia: “ARE YOU GETTING DRESSED TOGETHER!”
Rosemary freezes up, struggling to find any words as her mind begins to shut down.
Gray: “Don’t know why, but I always assumed that you would be the type of girl to wear a tux, looks nice on you.”
Soku: "Wish I could say the same for you."
Gray: "Love how nice you are."
Ophelia goes to help Rosemary put on her dress while Soku and Gray leave to walk downstairs.
Gray: “ YOH! Musashi, I figured that Arthur would show up around dinner, it’s like one or two pm.”
Musashi: “Well actually it’s Three-thirty, and he’s a busy man, he’ll be here in about an hour or two.”
Gray: “What’s he like?”
Musashi: “Well In my humble opinion, he’s one of if not THE most annoying people I have ever met in my 56 years of being alive.”
Gray: “Well okay then, good answer I guess.”
Musashi: “I suggest that you just have fun until he gets here, just don’t ruin your clothes. Try to heal yourself for a bit, also take those badges off your face.”
Gray: “Alright I hear you loud and clear.”
Gray goes outside with Soku to just relax, taking the jackets off to lay in the snow. Ophelia is currently in the kitchen helping the other maids make food, while Rosemary helps set up the table with Edward.
Gray: “It’s nice out here.”
Soku: “Yeah, it’s kinda warm even though it’s snowing, I would be suffering if I was still living in that old house in the slums.”
Gray: “Wait, what month is it? The time is the same as where I’m from, I wonder if it’s the same for the months.”
Soku: “It’s November 24.”
Gray: {What the hell? The months have the same names, as well as the time, and the language is like a modified English. What the hell is going on here?}
Gray: “Wait, it's Thanksgiving?”
Soku: “Yeah.”
Gray: “How the… explain it to me?”
Soku: “Some random knight talked about it to one of our kings a few hundred years ago and the dumb king thought it sounded cool.’
Gray: “Oh."
Gray {Yeah that guy was definitely isekaid.}
Musashi: “GRAY, SOKU GET IN HERE!”
Gray: “Oh shit! Let's go!”
They run into the dining room, sit down, and await Arthurs's entrance.
Gray: “I wonder what he looks like.”
Soku: “I heard he’s got bright red hair, and he’s also pretty tall”
Gray: “Seems about what a powerful leader would look like.”
Ophelia: “Get ready!”
The doors to the dining room open. Three men walk in, all dressed in nice suits.
Gray { That dude with the light pink hair... Is… he elegant or beautiful? And then there’s the other two, messy black hair and a bad bowl cut, which makes the pink guy stand out even more}
Then, walking beside Musashi, is a tall, muscular, man with bold red hair. They all sit down, all on the other side of the table from Gray's group. The red-haired man stands up, holding his glass, tapping it, and taking a deep breath.
Arthur: “Okay everybody! If you don’t know me, my name is Arthur, Head commander of the Valatrocitus army, The next ruler of Walgonia, no offense Kioshi, I would like to make a toast, so come on everyone, hold up your glasses.”
Everyone holds up their glasses.
Arthur: “To everyone who helped us get here today!”
Everyone: “To everyone who helped us get here today!”
Arthur: “NOW! Let us eat!”
END OF CHAPTER
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