Martial Arts Worlds

"Why don't you come here to have some fun?"

Leaning against a railing, the young man said with a flirtatious tone in his voice as he looked over the gap towards the girls on the other side.

The girls' and boys' wings were separated by the railings, and the short five-meter gap was the only thing keeping them apart.

It was possible to go from one wing to another from the stairs at the bottom of the mansion, but with the cameras looking, it was risky to try.

"With you? I don't know… You seem to have a limp dick, I feel like."

With a smile, a short-haired girl said over from the girls' wing, also leaning against the railing.

"A limp dick? I'll show you that it's far from being limp…"

The young man said with a smile.

The doors were all swung open over in the girls' wing, as everyone had returned from missions, and had gone to take showers before getting ready to sleep.

Thus, the boys were all able to see the girls walking in their nightgowns, causing a few of them to look over.

All of the boys had also come back, but there was a much tenser atmosphere over in the boys' wing than with the girls, as they were all eyeing each other and trying to find out which ones already had points and who did not.

"If you want to show him, you need to come over here. If you dare."

The short-haired girl said with a smile on her rather pretty face. With a button nose, freckles under her eyes, and fleshy cheeks, she looked rather nice.

In the body department, there was much left to be desired, with her flat chest and slim hips that gave her a rather boyish figure.

"Oh, you bet."

The young man said with a smirk and put his feet on the railing, but immediately after, one of the other young men put a stop to it.

"Are you stupid? She wants you to go over there so you'll get punished and possibly disqualified."

"Oh? Why do you care if I get disqualified? It's better for you if I do."

The young man asked with a raised eyebrow.

It made him rather suspicious of his true intentions.

"Fine… Do whatever you want."

The young man, who came to warn him, backed off but whispered under his breath, 'What an idiot,' and then returned back to his room.

"I am coming!"

The young man easily jumped the five-meter gap between the boys' and girls' wings, then landed at the railing and looked at the short-haired girl with a smile.

"Eek, there is a boy over here!"

At that moment, the short-haired girl shouted, and then the young man turned slack-jawed, and then he saw the angry-looking woman with glasses on her nose heading over their way.

"I-I can explain?"

"You can explain to the headmaster!"

With an ear pull, the young man was dragged away by the angry-looking woman, and his screams resounded across the hallway.

"What a simpleton~"

The short-haired girl smiled with a wicked glee and then turned back to the boys' wing to see any more easy prey.

While drying her hair with a towel, Aoi walked out of her room, as she heard the commotion, and looked over the boys' wings.

She couldn't see Kiernan anywhere, and she was starting to feel quite lonely having to sleep alone, as they slept together every night back in Rodero.

It made her somewhat miss the days in the Rodero, as the few months there were absolutely amazing.

As she turned back to her room, she saw a short girl walk out of one of the rooms, licking a lollipop and looking around curiously.

She looked quite younger—way younger than most—but the looks could be deceiving, as she could also be the same age as them.

"Hmm…?"

Antigone looked over at Aoi, her eyes brightening for a moment, and then she looked away before returning back to her room.

'What was that look?'

Aoi wondered, then also returned to her room and closed the door.

…

With a lollipop in hand, Antigone plopped down on her bed and kicked her legs in the air.

'That girl… I think I saw her with Kiernan over in that hall. They seemed close. I also saw a ring on her finger. Could they be married?'

She thought.

Since they had to act discreet, like they decided beforehand, she didn't go and meet up with Kiernan right away.

They were in an important Martial Order business, and it was better for them to act like they didn't know each other.

However, they had already planned to share points if it helped each other to stay in the selection.

Kiernan had already asked her if she had any need of points, but Antigone refused, as she had already acquired about 2500 points.

It came from a quite difficult mission, which most left because of harsh punishment, but Antigone accepted it and successfully cleared it with flying colors.

In that moment, the sound of a bell echoed throughout the Selection mansion, and following that, a voice came from the speakers placed all around the mansion.

"To celebrate the first night in the selection mansion, there will be a special event happening right now!

"There are five gold bracelets somewhere around the mansion, and each gold bracelet is worth a thousand points.

"Once you find the gold bracelet, put it on, and if you manage to keep ownership of it till the end of the special event, you'll get the rewarded points!"

With that said, the voice disappeared again, and there was immense commotion in the girls' and boys' wings.

Everyone dropped any idea of going to sleep, even though it was really late, as most of them were still in desperate need of points!

Crack!

Antigone bit through the lollipop, tossed it to the trash can, and walked out of the room to see every door banging open.

"Gold bracelets! Could they be inside rooms or somewhere else?"

"They might be anywhere. Five gold bracelets are not much compared to the size of this mansion!"

"I guess we won't be sleeping tonight!"

"Girls, let's find them all, and don't let the boys have any of them!"