Misunderstood

His muscles were sore and he urgently needed energy. But, with all his will, he needed to support Thomas and show that he was there for him.

'It will be fun to do these things with him. Besides, I almost forced him to come. I must give a reward afterwards.' A smile appeared on Arthur's face as he watched Thomas do the stretches.

He was truly grateful for the things that have happened recently. His entire life was one of tireless suffering in order not to die of hunger or other things.

Even though he suffered like never before on that fateful night, it brought a new path to his life. To become stronger to protect those who are important to him and to have a good life with the things that this new strenght brings.

Arthur never had a solid reason to seek greater force beyond what he already has. He just found it interesting the fact of getting so strong so fast. After all, he was weaker than everyone else, so suddenly getting stronger is cool.

But, after he joined the Mercenary Guild, he realized that he needed to get stronger so he wouldn't be suddenly wiped out. It was no use crying over spilled milk, just cleaning it.

Only incredible strength can ensure protection. And that's why he keeps coming to exercise, both to get stronger and because it started to be fun and satisfying after a while.

'Even though it's fun to get stronger this way, there are many things that bother me. The first of all would be where the hell did this system come from and how does it make me so strong. Also, why does my race have interrogations? Am I not human by any chance ?? Many doubts!!' Every second that Arthur thought was a twinge of pain in his head.

These were things from which he could not easily get answers. But there was no point in brooding over what he can't know now.

'Life goes on!'

After waiting a minute, Thomas finally got enough rest and his body was warm to continue the exercises.

"Go!" Silva gave the warning and Arthur and Thomas started to run.

***

"Honey, you know what I mean! He's really into you. He even called you for a date!" A young and beatiful black woman, looking to be between 17-18 years old, spoke while rolling her eyes slightly. She had a well-developed and envious body, with well-defined curves. She had a fuller body, but that only added more to her beauty.

"I agree with Sara, sweet. You don't have to be a superior all the time. You are even VM* yet!" Another beatiful young woman of the same age also spoke, supporting the opinion of the other. She was white as snow and her black hair had a few blond streaks. Her body was thin and delicate, a little like those TV models.

"I'm not being superior to anyone. I just don't want to go out with a guy who cares about muscles and barely uses the main one." The last young woman spoke, while pointing to the head. She had a slightly tanned skin and her hair was blond. In her face was an unprecedented beauty and her athletic body attracted attention.

This trio of girls, all with seductive bodies and beautiful faces, was now arriving at the square and was already drawing attention.

They were wearing women's exercise clothes, which drew even more attention.

Fortunately, it was still morning and few adults were willing to come to the square to exercise. As it was still in the school vacation period, the children and teenagers were either sleeping or doing something cooler than exercising. Basically, there were only a few adults and a smaller number of old people.

"Hon, I know you dragged us here to see if we get in shape, but I hope you know that today is going to be the only day!" The girl named Sara spoke to the tanned girl. She was looking at some of the old people who were looking at them.

"Really! Here it is full of old freaks!!" The other girl was more direct and said the problem right away.

"If you care for each glance and look that they are going to give you, then I advise you to leave and avoid embarrassment. In the same way that you two like to stare at those healed boys on the soccer field, they will also look at us." The tanned girl said what she had to say and started to stretch. The look on her face was calm and she totally ignored the obscene looks of those old men.

The two girls behind her finally fell silent and started to stretch as well. They were light stretches, since they were just going to run.

As soon as they were going to start running, two people ran at high speed beside them. The tallest person was around 1.80m, while the other was much smaller, around 1.55m. They seemed to be competing to see who gets somewhere first.

"Are they blind ?? They almost ran into me here!" The white-skinned girl was slightly irritated. The tall guy almost ran into her, but he dodged quickly.

"Stay calm, sweet. There must be two idiots. Look at the big guy. He's a little clumsy, probably so weak that he is! Even the smallest is running with more stability." Sara spoke while laughing lightly and comforting her friend.

The tanned girl just kept quiet and watched the scene calmly.

They soon ignored everything and started running as well.

It wasn't long after they saw a very funny scene.

They were the same two people who ran past them. But the larger one was lying on the floor and breathing heavily, while the smaller one was jumping around and vibrating with joy.

Sara immediately started laughing and spoke with a condescending look to the big guy: "See? I said he was just a weakling."

"Truth! Just look at his legs and see that he is very thin. That coat must be to hide the lack of muscles." The white girl also started to laugh at the situation. Her look was of disgust when she looked at Arthur.

Just like before, the tanned girl just kept quiet and kept running. She looked slightly at the scene and had no negative emotions whatsoever, much less positive.

None of them could see the big guy's face, since he had his hood over his head and his position also made it difficult to see.

The little one was already able to see the face and they found him very cute. His cheeks were pink and his hair was messy. The happy expression on his face made everything even more cute.

"I want to give him a hug!" Sara spoke, while tears of cuteness almost descended in her eyes.

"I want to squeeze him!" The white girl was also wearing the same expression. Her hands were already twitching slightly.

But they didn't get very far before the tan girl ended the mood.

"Sara, Madison, your breaths are already getting wrong. Focus on running first and squeezing later."

The two immediately looked at the tanned girl with angry looks and spoke together.

"Emily, shut up!!"

***

Arthur was now lying on the floor, resting. His legs were totally sore and his lung demanded more oxygen than normal.

He naturally did not fail to hear what the girl trio said with his heightened senses, but he simply ignored it.

This type of occurrence started to be ignored by him since he was little. People speaking ill of him were very common.

After getting up with a lot of effort, he went to Thomas, who was still a little happy, and rubbed his already messy hair.

"Don't think too much. I let you win! Let's go to pushups."

"Stop it, loser! Spends that much time doing exercise and still loses to a child who never did! You really are a wea- Oouch! Hey, why did you hit me??" Thomas's proud tone was immediately interrupted by the slap Arthur gave him on the head.

"I think I spoiled you too much by saying you were amazing." Arthur pretended nothing happened and just smiled.

Soon after that they started doing push-ups.

Just like before, when the trio of girls came around the square and returned to the point where they were, two of the three girls started talking about how weak Arthur was and how cute Thomas was.

Also as before, Thomas won in push-ups.

Even a small effort by Arthur required a great will to be accomplished. His body was in pain all the time, but it was gradually easing. His body was also getting thinner, as it tried to seek energy to regenerate himself, burning all kinds of fat.

After the push-ups, they went to the squat and the cycle was repeated.

After they were finished, Arthur and Thomas went to the tent to eat. They were going to bathe at home.

Silva was gone from training, but Arthur saw him going to the tent.

***

Obs*: MV (Virgin Mouth, translating directly) it's a brasilian term for when someone haven't ever kissed another person in his / her entire life.