The Ancestral Power

Arthur knocks on the door with the same arm still wrapped around Allison's legs. A maid opens the door and sees Allison lying in Arthurs's arms. "Allison, poor thing. Did you find her at a cliff perchance?" Arthur nods. The maid sighs while moving aside so Arthur can go inside.

"She goes to the Farmside cliff every day since her boyfriend jumped down." She points to the maid's hall "follow me please" she says. Arthur does just that and ends up in Allison's room. A lot messier than the two times he had been there before. "Just put her on the bed and I'll lead you upstairs to our boss, Marida, you can get a reward from her." She says while pointing at the bed.

Arthur walks up to the bed with the sleeping girl in his arms, her eyes were baggy and her face tired. Slowly he puts her down on the bed. "I don't need a reward, but I still need to speak to Marida" The maid nods and beckons him. He follows her up the stairs and to the office doors. The doors didn't look so big now anymore, probably because he has grown to 185cm.

He knocks on the doors hearing a voice mumbled and tired says "c-come in". Arthur steps inside and the maid closes the door. Leaving them in the room alone, she turns around from the giant window to face Arthur. Seeing him, her eyes go wide and she seemingly sobers up while she stands up. "I can explain Martin I-I promise" She takes a closer look at Arthur. "You're not Martin" Her eyes widen even more "Arthur?" she askes carefully.

"It has been a long time Marida." The boy said while smiling. Marida stumbles past the table and embraces Arthur while crying. "It's such a relief to see you, I had so much hope for you." Arthur was panicking a little, his head was right under her chin and he could see straight into her cleavage. She wasn't wearing any undergarments either.

He patted her on the back "There's no need to cry, I'm back. I hope you gave Raina and Will what they deserved?" Marida stepped back. "What did they do?" she asked. Arthur stared at her in confusion.

He brings up his hand bringing up one finger for each thing he said. "They tied me up, beat me viciously, and dragged me to the end of the cliff." Marida's eyes widen "They did what?" she exclaimed. "But she said you jumped off, I even used a truth spell." She says turning away from Arthur with clear confusion in her voice.

Arthur shrugs, "Badly phrased question I guess, I did jump off." He said as Marida's eyes darken in realization. "How do you want them to be punished?" she asks coldly. "A simple fight will do" He responds. Marida turns around and was going to give a reminder about him being weak, when that did not seem to be the case.

She gets caught up in her words as she stares at Arthur's new muscular body. "How did you-?" Arthur shrugs. Then says "Let's go see Raina and Will shall we?" Marida nods for him to go. "You go, I can't. Not in this state, I'll sober up and see you later. Tell Taley, the maid on duty that your reward is fighting them." Arthur nods, pleased with the response he got. And leaves the room, where Taley is standing. She does a curt bow "Is there anything I may assist you with before you leave?" Arthur smiles and tells her his deal.

Arthur enters the herb garden behind the orphanage. Where Raina is seductively putting a strawberry into Will's mouth. Arthur smirks "Hey" he spits on the ground "remember me?" Raina looks at him confused and angry "Who do you think you are just barging in on us?". Arthur chuckles "Look around you, you're in public. Would you rather I'd just stand here and watch?". Will stands up and walks over to Arthur and says "You think you're tough smart guy?" but since he is 10cm shorter than Arthur. He doesn't feel intimidated at all. Rather he chuckles at the attempt.

Arthur grabs Will's shoulder "You two, will be fighting me. Out the front. Right now" He says coldly. Will who is now a little more than slightly ticked off hurridly agrees. They walk out to the front of the orphanage where the ground is flat with short grass. Arthur still remembers fondly when he watched Will cut the grass when walking by.

They stand opposite of each other in front of the orphanage, Allison who just woke up is staring affectionately at the boy she loves. "Do you think Arthur will win?" She asks the maid beside her. Taley's eyes widen. "That's Arthur!?" She exclaims as everything the boy said suddenly made a lot of sense. "Quite a transformation, isn't it?" Allison giggles.

Arthur stretches while talking "Will you take me one on one or will your petty bitch be joining us too". Raina tried to interject but was shut down by Will. "I'll take you on myself" Arthur smiles at the response.

"Then let the fight begin!" He shouts