Infirmary

Adrian looked at where the voice was coming from. He recognized this voice. It was the most beautiful and silky smooth voice he had ever heard. When Adrian saw the owner of the voice, his face started lighting up.

Adrian showed a smile he rarely showed. It was a smile that showed he adored this person. It was, of course, Johanna who walked in. She had a worried look. She didn't want to see Adrian hurt at all, and when she saw that guy turn into some kind of demon, she was more scared than she had ever been before.

"I am fine, Anna, don't worry!" Adrian caressed her face gently while saying this softly.

Johanna grabbed his hand and looked him straight in the eyes. She was trying to see if there were any lies to what he said. Her expression was very serious; she didn't want Adrian to be hurt at all.

"Come on, Anna, I am fine ..." Adrian was showing a wry smile; he didn't know what to do here. He looked over at Sir Harlace to see if he could get any help from this man. All he got, though, was a shrug of the shoulders.

"Fine, just be careful from now on!" She finally showed a loving smile to Adrian. She could not keep being worried; she knew that. Adrian kissed her on the lips to calm her down a little more. Her face turned to beat red; he had not kissed her before anyone before.

"Oh, how I miss being young!" Sir Harlace butted in from the background. Johanna's face turned even redder after hearing this. She buried her face in Adrian's chest.

"Anyway, why are you here, Anna?" Adrian had been wondering this. He knew she was in the capital to attend the imperial academy.

"I am always attending this tournament!" She was looking at Adrian like he was weird. Everyone is attending this tournament, after all.

"Oh, I didn't know you liked violence!" Adrian chuckled a little. Johanna had always seemed like a proper lady, with some temper.

"I don't; I like the festivities!" She just looked at Adrian weirdly while Adrian gave her an 'I get it'll look. There is a lot of festivities after all on this day.

Adrian and Johanna kept chatting for a while; they had not seen each other for some time. They needed to catch up.

After a few minutes of talking, Adrian and Johanna heard a voice from outside. "Johanna, where are you?" It was the voice of a young man. Johanna didn't say anything; it seemed like she didn't want this guy's attention.

"Johanna, come on, I know you are down, he- ..." He walked by Adrian's room and saw how she was caressing Adrian's face. His sentence ended, and he stared at Adrian with a killer look.

Adrian stared back at him and saw that he was a decent-looking young man. He was about Adrian's height, with a slim and noble look. He looked more like a scholar than a fighter.

Johanna turned around and looked at the guy "Seth, please leave me alone ...!" One could hear in her voice that she was fed up with this guy. Adrian had started to figure out that this man had been bugging her for a while.

Seth looked at Johanna. "Come on, just give me a chance!" he was practically begging her.

"Come on, dude, get a hint ..." This time, Adrian joined the conversation; he sounded quite nonchalant. He could understand why he liked her; she was an amazing girl.

"Shut up! This does not concern you!" He was already angry with Adrian since he had the woman he loved in his arm. "This is between Johanna and me!"

Adrian lifted his arms in the air and looked at Adrian with a small smile. He liked this situation and trusted Johanna so that this small thing won't do anything between the two. If the guy chose to be violent, though, he would not walk out of the room in one piece.

Johanna just gave him a wry smile. She was feeling grateful, too, since this meant that Adrian trusted her.

"Seth, I am sorry, I already have someone I love!" Johanna gave him a polite smile, trying not to hurt him too much. What surprised Adrian was that she was not hard on him; he really wanted to see Johanna angry.

"So, who is the guy you love then?" He looked at Johanna with some anger. He did not even glance at Adrian at all.

Johanna stayed quiet while looking towards Adrian; she was trying to ask for some advice. This caught Seth's attention; he stared straight at him while asking, "Is THIS the guy?"

Adrian just smirked at him. Now, this was fun; this might escalate to a fight. "What if I am?" He was trying to provoke Seth into fighting; he loved a good fight after all.

"You will regret taking MY woman!" His anger was rising; he was at the point where there was almost coming steam out of his ears.

"Your woman? As far as I know, she is her own woman" Adrian just talked to him in a calm tone while he was almost spitting out fire in anger.

Johanna smiled widely when she heard Adrian; she was glad he understood what kind of woman she was. After seeing that smile, Seth's anger exploded. He went straight up into Adrian's face, but before he could do anything, he felt a hard pressure.

Adrian released all of his battle and killing intent. Seth was frozen in place; all he felt was Adrian's eyes staring down on him. He was in so much fear that he was about to piss himself.

When Adrian pulled back all of his intent, Seth fell to the ground with a dumbfounded gaze. "Why don't you just leave us alone?" Adrian looked at him on the ground, basically commanding him to leave. All of this happened while Adrian and Johanna just stayed in the infirmary bed.

He got up from the ground and stared straight into Adrian's eyes. "I will remember this!" After losing out in their little encounter, his anger had just risen to a new height. He turned around and walked out with heavy steps.

"HAHA, sounds good!" Adrian grinned a little while saying this to Seth; this made Seth stagger. Adrian was really trying to anger him, more than he had already done. Seth's speed got even quicker, and he stormed out from there.

Everyone had still been in the room while all of this took place. Sir Harlace had an amused but worried look on his face. "Adrian ... do you even know who that guy was?"

"Nope, no idea" He gave a small chuckle while smiling at Sir Harlace.

Sir Harlace couldn't help but shake his head. "So, you just made an enemy of someone you don't even know?"

"Hmmm, he messed with Anna, so of course, I would mess with him!" Adrian looked at this as he was in the right. No one should ever mess with Johanna in front of him.

"Well, I like your character, but you should really be careful!" Sir Harlace could not help but be worried for Adrian; he had just pissed off a dangerous guy.

"Oh? Is there something I need to know?" He looked at Johanna with a curious look. Had he just made a powerful enemy?

"Yeah, you just pissed off the king's nephew." Johanna looked at Adrian with a wry smile; she did not stop him because she was happy that he was there to protect her.

"That does sound bad, but if the king is not stupid, he would never support this nephew of his ... it is just some romance of the young people!"

"It is not the king you should be afraid of; it is the mother of Seth, the king's sister!" Sir Harlace joined the conversation again. "She has a lot of resources, and she dotes on her only son!"

"It seems like the action is about to come my way!" Adrian gave a grin. He might have made a powerful enemy, but he would get to fight a lot. He is going to have a lot of fun from now on.

"That is the conclusion of the first round of fights!! What did you all think??" suddenly, from the outside came the announcements from the commentator. All the fights had finally ended in the first round.

"WHUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" The crowd was so excited, especially with the fight Adrian had fought. They got to see something they had never seen before.

"It seems we need to get back out there, Adrian! We will go First, you two can say your goodbyes!" Sir Harlace and the others left, leaving only Adrian and Johanna there.

As they had all left, Adrian and Johanna were just looking at each other. "I am sorry, Anna, I need to go!"

"I know, I know, please just be careful!" She gave Adrian a loving look before she gave him a small kiss on the lips. "I will be cheering for you!" As she said this, she stood up and walked out "see you after the fight!" She said this just before she ran off.