A play for three

"It seems like tickets for the Kingdom Theatre need to be bought in advance..." Fors said weakly, turning to look at Lorry, "Is that right?"

"Hmm." Lorry nodded, his expression very sincere.

"We don't have any extra tickets. Maybe next time."

As he spoke, he pulled his right hand, which was holding the ticket, back slightly.

Hugh's face darkened instantly. He felt that Lorry was insulting his intelligence. He wasn't blind; he could see that the other man had more than two tickets in his hand.

"Fors isn't going either, unless you can take her away from her!" She snapped, stepping in front of the two of them.

Lorry glanced at him and smiled, "Seriously?"

"Let's go then, let's find a more open space."

Hugh scoffed, turned back and pursed her lips at Fors. She glanced around, then strode towards a room on the first floor with relatively few clutter.

"Uh, Lorry, he..." Fors tried to stop her.

Xiu didn't give his friend a chance to speak, and looked at Lorry with a Provocation expression:

Are you scared?

"Knowing that Fors would definitely stop me, that's why I dared to say those things."

"Don't worry, for her sake, I definitely won't let you get hurt. We won't use weapons or Beyonder Ability."

Lorry shook his head and chuckled, then said quietly:

I remember I just gave you a reward of 20 pounds.

"Punching your employer, kicking your customer... Hugh, you're destined for great things."

He turned and handed the theater tickets to Fors, then followed Hugh into the empty room, saying without looking back, "Wait for me for three minutes."

Xiu scoffed and ignored him.

Are you still waiting for three minutes?

That's quite a boast. I could beat you to tears several times in three minutes...

Snap!

The door was slammed shut by Xiu.

Like a lion with its mane bristling, she stared sharply at Lorry, her fists clenching tighter and tighter, her body tense and ready to pounce.

"Start?" Hugh asked excitedly, eager to try.

In terms of verbal skills, I'm no match for him.

But when it comes to fighting, it's a different story!

Lorry nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Hugh suddenly swung his fist and charged quickly towards Lorry.

Then...

"Bang!"

Ten seconds later, Fors, who had heard the noise, pushed open the door to check the situation and hurriedly ran to the Kitchen to get a piece of ice wrapped in a towel.

She's recently become obsessed with cooking, so she's prepared some ingredients for making desserts.

"Hugh, don't cry..." Fors glared at Lorry, gently comforting her as she handed the ice cubes to her roommate.

"I didn't cry, sob... I got my nose hit, sob..." Hugh said, taking the ice pack and applying it to his nose while glaring at Lorry with his red eyes.

"That doesn't count. I was careless. Let's start again!"

Hearing Hugh's boastful words, Fors slapped her on the shoulder in exasperation. "Fool... you still wouldn't be a match for him even if we tried a few more times."

After saying that, she explained the effect of "Warrior's Glory" in a low voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Hugh's expression froze.

She looked up and glared fiercely at Lorry.

Lorry shrugged innocently. "You set the rules. I didn't use any weapons or Beyonder Ability."

Then he explained to Fors:

"Well, I only meant to tease her and test the Sealed Artifact."

"I didn't expect she couldn't block it at all."

"You..."

Xiu jumped up from the ground, wanting to condemn the other party's shamelessness, but Lorry preemptively shut him down with words, leaving him with nothing to say.

She turned to look at Fors, but before she could speak, she was met with a glare from the other woman.

Don't blame me.

"I was just about to remind you that he possesses this Sealed Artifact."

"You didn't give me a chance to speak."

"... Don't cry." Lorry said with a smile, "At worst, I'll give you a chance to get revenge. We'll have a rematch next week at this time."

"Both sides are prohibited from using any weapons, Beyonder Ability, or Sealed Artifact."

"I didn't cry... Waaah!" Hugh just wanted to disappear into the ground.

She didn't know what was wrong, but the ice pack was working quite well; her nose no longer felt sore, dry, and tearful.

But as soon as I started talking to the other person, the spot where I'd been hit felt incredibly painful again.

She asked, sobbing:

"Real?

You're not lying, are you?

"Really, you can ask Fors to be a witness." Lorry shrugged, feigning helplessness. "Shall we go to the Kingdom Theatre now?"

Actually, I already had your ticket ready.

"I was just joking."

Xiu blinked, her eyes filled with confusion.

She was a little confused. She was clearly very angry, but after listening to what the other person said, she inexplicably felt that she shouldn't continue to be so persistent.

After thinking it over and over, Hugh still couldn't find the reason, and angrily threw down a sentence:

"... Okay, you'll see next week."

I'll wait and see. I'll take it with me to train when I get home today, and try to make the fighting techniques inside my own as soon as possible. Who knows who will wait...

Thinking of this, Lorry nodded with a bright smile:

"Good."

Six o'clock in the evening, at the Kingdom Theatre.

Hugh glanced at Lorry on his left, then at Fors on his right, and muttered, "The second row... these are really expensive."

"..."

Fors was speechless, and turned her head to glare at Lorry.

Why did you have to tease her for no reason?

You should have hidden the receipts better... Romeo and Juliet is a worldwide bestselling romance drama; who watches this kind of play with three people together?

Just then, Lorry also looked over.

Their eyes met.

He saw their gazes meet above Hugh's messy blond hair, and he almost burst out laughing, quickly raising his hand to cover his mouth.

Fors reacted a beat slower, hurriedly covering her face with her hands.

Hugh, in the middle, vaguely sensed something was wrong and looked at Lorry suspiciously:

"Why are you laughing?"

"Ahem, I suddenly remembered something really exciting... You know, I just got that custom-made Sealed Artifact..."

Lorry lowered his voice, suppressing a laugh as he spoke.

Hugh turned to Fors on the other side. "Then what are you laughing at?"

"Phew... I got him that custom-made Sealed Artifact..." Fors practically copied and pasted Lorry's answer.

She coughed lightly and changed the subject:

"The show is about to start."

"Shu, be quiet, or we'll be kicked out."

Xiu squinted and gave the two of them a deep look.

However, the play was indeed about to begin. Having discovered nothing, she took a deep breath and temporarily shifted her attention to the center of the stage.

Time slips away unnoticed.

Hugh stretched and inadvertently noticed that Lorry's gaze was fixed on the figure of a beautiful actress on the stage.

A thought struck her, and she quickly and quietly tugged at Fors on her right.

Fors, whose interest in watching had been interrupted, turned her head in annoyance, instinctively wanting to complain, but suddenly saw her roommate make a shushing gesture.

She looked in the direction Hugh was pointing and frowned slightly.

It's not what you think.

Lorry Rui caught a glimpse of Hugh's little action out of the corner of his eye, and was immediately both annoyed and amused. He casually explained to Fors and raised his hand to rub his nose a couple of times.

Upon seeing this action, Xiu was so angry that he almost pounced on him.

Lorry shrugged, his teasing expression fading, and lowered his voice. "Hugh, haven't you been bored lately? Want to consider another commission?"