Chapter 179: Chapter 179
Arthur's Point of View
Pendragon Estate
"Wearing your armor or casual clothes is unacceptable." Rennal chastised me as I ate. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn
I shrugged. "It's not a date. If Arceana is interested in me romantically, I will eat the hat I'm wearing."
Ayda gave me a confused look. "But you are not wearing a hat."
"Exactly." Rolling my eyes, she huffed. "This is just a more official meeting if nothing else."
"If it was not meant to be special, Priestess Elincia would not have asked us to assist you." The Noble Elf shot back firmly. "And hat or no, you will be learning how to behave."
"There are no words for how bad I am going to disappoint you out of spite."
Rennal hummed in thought. "Maybe so, but you are a Knight and having a more formal attire is essential." When I opened my mouth, she gave me a look as she quickly continued. "Armor does not count." Then she looked at it and cocked her head slightly. "No matter how beautiful it may appear."
Ayda then held up the robes. "These are robes fit for a noble! A high-ranking noble at that!"
Putting my fork down, I crossed my arms as I looked at them. "They're Elf robes and I'm not going out in any pointy-eared, magic-slinger, noble, bullshit!" My firm response got the two Elves to frown.
The biggest troublemaker just thrust the robes out towards me. "Just wear the robes!"
"Oh, very well. You've convinced me."
My scoff got Cassidy to sigh. "Arceana and Elincia have been proving time and time again that they can't be relied on. There big move was to get Vithari involved, and they're definitely involved! Their Queen is sitting up in the Temple in a coma!" Slow clapping, I continued. "If only there were others, we could ask for assistance. Unfortunately," I started calmly, "There is no one else!" I finished with a raised tone.
"They tried to contact our allies! What more do want from them!?" Ayda demanded.
"Some fucking competence would be a nice change of pace!" Then I pointed at the robes. "So, take your elven attire, make like a banana, and fuck off."
"You are the most frustrating, infuriating, and selfish person I have ever met!" The Elf stated in an angry tone.
"I'm selfish?" I asked back in disbelief. "This coming from the same little girl who wanted answers and attacked me when I said no? I'm selfish?" Ayda looked a little less unsure before I stood up and pointed at her. "You and your brother go each suck a dick! I'm sick of both of you! Now get the fuck outta my house and tell Elincia she can suck one too!"
Cassidy put her hand on my shoulder. "Arthur..." She said softly. "Ya need ta calm down." I grunted and sat back in my chair as she looked to her friends. "Rennal, if ya could wait downstairs, Ah'd appreciate it. Ah wanna talk ta Arthur for a moment." Then she turned to Ayda. "Ayda, please tell Priestess Elincia that Arthur will be wearin his armor and paraphrase the rest."
The two gave a short nod and left while I closed my eyes annoyed. "I'm not in the mood for this, Cass."
She moved to the front of the desk and sighed as she crossed her arms. "Ah can tell. Wanna tell me what happened?"
"What hasn't happened?" I replied and sighed myself. "I'm sorry. There's a lot I'm dealing with right now."
"Like?"
"I learned a few things that put me in a rather foul mood and didn't exactly paint Arceana or Elincia in the best light."
Cassidy nodded slowly. "This have anything ta do with what you and Grandpa Reed discussed?"
I shrugged. "Part of it, but only a small amount. There are many things I do not approve of." Especially given the amount of work I put into this fucking place. "It's hard to explain."
Sitting down on the edge of my desk, she continued to study me. "Ah don't know what's goin on with ya, Arthur. Ah never do. Ya keep so much to yerself that it's almost impossible ta help ya." Then she patted my hand. "But Ah'm here if ya ever need ta talk."
"The offer is appreciated, but unless you want me to ruin your image of your 'perfect' Priestesses, I suggest just going about the rest of your day." I told her.
"And if Ah told ya ta go ahead and ruin my opinion on them?" She asked back with a raised brow.