"What's wrong with you two? Did something happen?" Aaron finally had enough of the silly silence from these two, "Out with it already before I lose my cool." He warned.
"Uh!" Lucas shivered from fear once he heard the kid and had a bad premonition, after all he doesn't want to experience that pain ever again.
"Well..." Pio wondered how he should deliver the news without making himself sound like a completely useless subject.
Aaron glared at the young man who kept stammering like a fool and delaying the answer which he finds really annoying, "Well what? Spit it out! Stop wasting my time."
"Alright, alright. Just don't get mad at me, alright!" Pio said.
"At us! I didn't do anything wrong here! I swear it!" Lucas felt like Pio was trying to sacrifice him to save himself in this situation, it made him feel an urge to punch that traitor in the face but his priority in this situation was to clear his name too.
"Why would I get mad?" Aaron was amused by the two men's actions, reactions, and expressions but he hid his emotions behind a straight and expressionless face when he asked.
Pio took a step backwards and seemed ready to run while saying : "Because the abandoned Ancient-Well is still the same?"
Aaron glared at the two men, "Didn't I order you two to the bury it? Were you comparing the sizes of your cocks and jerking one another for the past two hours or something?" He noticed that whenever he pointed the curvy end of his wooden Staff at Pio and Lucas, they'd immediately move away while revealing emotions of fear and panic on their expressions!
'So these two fuckers really do think that I'd do anything to harm them?' Aaron thought.
"We did. We tried." Lucas said in a pleading tone of voice, sweat trickling down from his forehead and his heart beating at a rate faster that it goes when he's engaging in nightly activities with Ria.
"Yeah. The bloody thing just wouldn't fill up no matter what we toss in it!" Pio waved his hands to deny these accusations, he was worried because his knees felt weak and his legs were heavy as if they're made from lead which foiled his attempts to run away when things get nasty with young master Ron.
"You two better not be lying to me or I'll mess you up real good if you do, let's go." Aaron walked towards the abandoned Ancient-Well after throwing these words.
Pio and Lucas both released a sigh of relief before following the kid.
The first thing Aaron saw once he arrived at the area where the well is located was the deep circle surrounding the opening, shovel marks and traces from when the two men dug the land could be seen all over the place.
Another noticeable fact was the lack of branches and leaves in the area, clearly Pio and Lucas already tried to use them to clog the well and fil the remaining part with sand and mud.
The two of them have dug so deep in the land until the roots of the surrounding trees surfaced, for some reason though... this root system never invaded the cobblestones to reach the water within the Ancient-Well!
Aaron walked closer and jumped into the circle before climbing to stand at the edge of the Ancient-Well and looked down, once he saw the green, murky, and disgusting water at the depth of it he was reminded of the day he climbed all the way up from the bottom.
A sense of achievement overcame him and some sort of selfish emotion urged him to put an end to this Ancient-Well, by doing so he'd become the only known person to get tossed in and receive no help to get out.
'Maybe I shouldn't waste these cobblestones, it'd be lovely to put some of them in the walkway from the main gate through the garden to the door of my house and around the pool.' Aaron thought after remembering how scarce it is to find any type of stone around Pine-Breeze Village.
"As you can see young master Ron. We really kept trying to fill it with whatever we could find but this well kept swallowing everything we toss inside it even wood kept disappearing, I mean they should've at least stay afloat on the surface!" Lucas explained while pointing towards the area around them where they spent hours digging yet ended up receiving no result despite their diligent efforts.
"Relax. There's clearly something wrong with this Ancient-Well but I need you to do something else, first collect all of these cobblestones and pile them over there near the edge of the trees." Aaron nodded before jumping down from the edge, "Pio. Take this rope and tie it properly to one of these trees, once you guys collect the cobblestones you can reach without trouble you may begin gathering the rest of them from below while Lucas pulls you up afterwards."
"But... young master Ron," Pio's face suddenly lost all color when he heard what Aaron just said and he panicked, "I'm afraid of heights!" The young man didn't hesitate at all when he revealed his personal weakness to a little kid.
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Aaron rolled his eyes, "Lucas is heavier than you and stronger than you which makes it much easier for both of you if you're the one hanging down to collect the cobblestones." He was starting to get annoyed with Pio who's acting like they're going to throw him inside the Ancient-Well.
Lucas just continued to dislodge the cobblestones and transport them towards the line of trees without commenting on the topic, he just smiled because his partner was complaining and making things harder for himself since he's going to struggle either way.
First is he's going to have to face his fears of heights if he agrees to collect the cobblestones.
Second he's going to have to make the effort of having to keep pulling Lucas up if he's not.
*Sigh*
Pio finally relented and looked towards his feet once he saw Aaron staring at him so hard that it made him feel like he's facing a Ferocious Beast!
"Fine then. I'll do it myself since you're being such a coward," Aaron walked towards the trees to tie the rope, "You're acting like a little bitch! From today onwards you're going to join me in grandpa Sid's trials, I'm also going to test the physical abilities of you two every morning. We're going to do laps, push ups, pull ups, squats, everyday and weight training at least twice a week." He merely gave the embarrassed bodyguard a side-glance before going towards the edge which became leveled with the surrounding ground after Lucas almost collected all the cobblestones he could reach from the top.
Pio blushed when his young master Ron ignored him and kept nodding despite hearing all sorts of "unknown" and mysterious orders, "Here young master Ron. Use my belt." He unbuckled his belt from his waist and removed the scabbards containing the hunting Blade and his Sword from it before offering it to the kid.
Once Aaron took the belt from his bodyguard and fastened it around his own waist, the two men got busy clearing all the cobblestones from around the opening of the Ancient-Well.
It took them a few minutes to finish transporting them to the pile near the tree-line, Lucas quickly handled tying all the right knots around Aaron's belt before explaining to Pio what to do when the kid is going to descend into the well and how to release the rope.
On the other side it's going to be Lucas himself who's going to be responsible for doing all the effort of pulling the kid up once he collect the cobblestones.
"You two are probably the worst type of idiots I've ever seen in my entire life," Aaron suddenly said once he saw the "older idiot" seriously explain to the "younger idiot" what his job is going to be, "How many times have you two morons see me make things disappear into thin air and retrieve all sorts of things from out of nowhere?" He asked while holding his forehead because he's doubting if these two fools are suitable to become his followers in the future!
'I'm worried that they might really do something that'd put me in danger!' He thought while seeing expressions of embarrassment surface on their two faces.
"Just do your damn job and pull me up when I tell you to do so, Tsk." Aaron rolled his eyes at the two men before pushing his feet against the walls of the Ancient-Well.
Lucas and Pio watched as their young master Ron kept descending the well whenever he succeeded in removing the layer of cobblestones from the walls on his level, sometimes he'd be cursing from annoyance whenever the cobblestone he's targeting refuses to be dislodged without him having to make the effort.
Other times he would be frustrated when dirt falls on his head from above since the walls of this Ancient-Well towards the top are not as stable as they once used to be thanks to the cobblestones solidifying them.
Yet the kid kept using tools like the shovel or the hammer to free these cobblestones before storing each and everyone he targets inside his Inventory Space, thankfully every Slot of Inventory could hold a stack of 100 cobblestones which allows Aaron to store 600 cobblestones before he reached the limit of what his Inventory Space could storage.
Afterwards Aaron noticed that each additional cobblestone he stores within his Inventory Space would occupy an entire Slot on its own!
'I guess that means that I'm only allowed to store 600 pieces of the same material in the same time, or is it that I'm only allowed 600 pieces of any sort of material at the same time? I better check that point later.' He thought before shouting towards the top : "Pull me up."
Once Pio and Lucas saw their young master Ron all dirty with mud covering practically all of his body, they felt ashamed and sorry... Especially Pio who was supposed to be the one doing this job.
"Young master Ron. I'll... I'll do it! I feel so ashamed of myself." Pio muttered these words while using his hands to remove all sorts of mud cakes from the kid's hair.
Aaron shook his head before saying : "I wouldn't mind if you do it yourself but I do mind if it'd waste more of our time, it's faster this way and a lot less dangerous with me inside because the walls might really sink inwards and bury you inside. It'd be a much easier to extract me from that mess if it really happens since you're a lot heavier than I am, getting a bit of dirt on myself costs a lot less than your life in the end." Afterwards he walked towards the pile of cobblestones and emptied the ones stored within his Inventory Space while adding : "I believe yours is worth much more than that my friend, you just need to prove it to us in the future" Aaron had a mysterious smile on his face when he said these words.
Maybe the kid had another expression on his face as well but there was too much dirt and mud covering most of it that it became hard for Pio and Lucas to read his expression, yet both of them immediately understood the true meaning behind these words : "You're valuable, stay loyal."
Pio was almost brought to tears when he heard these words and kneeled while saying : "I'll never disappoint you young master Ron, thank you so much for accepting me. I'll train so, so hard... I'll make sure that you never regret this decision ever in your life!" He was so emotional that he felt like it wasn't enough to kneel, Pio looked towards the sky while shouting this promise at the top of his lungs.
Lucas on the other hand nodded in approval because he felt genuine honestly and pure loyalty from Pio towards the kid, the man also felt some envy towards his partner who received verbal acceptance from their young master Ron for the first time ever.
Lucas also felt eagerness and anticipation towards the moment where he too receives a similar treatment from his master!
'It'd be nice if little Flora snagged this kid to herself, imagine if she could be like her mother and conquer Aaron under her roof! I'd consider it a huge win on my part if it really happened. It'd be somewhat a loss on my part if it's considered a tie. The future would tell, they're still too young right now but if I play my part things could fall in place when the time is right.' Lucas thought while looking at Aaron's tiny back as he descended into the Ancient-Well once again despite knowing that it might be dangerous.