Chapter 93 - Arthurian Legend

"Why do I feel like I am being doubted here?" Joren tapped his foot after pointing out the problem he saw.

But could he blame them? Not really.

Even for himself, what happened was only a quarter planned. Luck played a big part, so, understandably, they would doubt him. But the problem is their "exaggerated" reactions as if they were saying what he had done is impossible for him.

Joren felt insulted that he sighed.

'Do I look so incapable in front of them?'

"Listen, what I will say now will be the truth and only the truth."

After getting everyone's attention, Joren began to tell his story while he was in the UnderWorld after he jumped from the cruise. It summarized and excluded some parts he was ashamed to say out loud but didn't emphasize any "achievement." Hell, they aren't even achievements for him.

"So, that's how I got here."

Kidrith didn't know if she should laugh or internally die, remembering the time when Joren was getting slapped by his own dick.

After hearing his story, Ness, Jack, and Virena looked at each other.

'Who is he fooling?' the three of them thought.

For the first time, Jack and Ness agreed to something. After all, how could a lesser undead hit the manifestation of hell itself? That's less possible than escaping death.

Giving untrusting looks, Joren raised an eyebrow.

"You don't believe me?"

"It's… you know, hard to believe." Ness awkwardly smiled as she kneeled on the same sofa as him.

"Kidrith can testify, right?" Joren looked at her and found the same expression as them, "You don't believe me too?"

"Even if you say red is blue, I'll believe you. Even if you said you defeated Cerberus, I'd believe you."

"So, you don't believe."

"..."

Joren sighed and gave up again.

"Anyway, since I'm back to human now. I have to go and get Scarlett now."

"Scarlett… ah yes, your woman," Ness muttered, but unfortunately, she doesn't have any clue as to where Scarlett may be.

"I think she's safe for now, I think."

Jack was the one who responded which caught Joren's attention.

"I'm not sure, but I received some message that Zeus was restrained by Hera once more after learning what he was planning. As a jealous wife, she sent her people to pursue Scarlett, but there hasn't been any news of her capture. It's easy to speculate that she's still safe."

Joren nodded as a great sense of relief permeated within him.

"This is just speculations again, but it is believed that Scarlett is within Camelot."

Jack strongly stated.

"Camelot? I feel like I've heard this from somewhere." Joren remembers his boring school when he hears of this location.

"You don't know what Camelot is?" Jack was taken aback and asked.

How could the person who claimed to have defeated Cerberus not know what Camelot is? Although both are unrelated, when it comes to Arthurian legends, Camelot will be one of the very first things that should come into mind.

"Don't be so surprised. He doesn't even know who Zeus and most Greek Mythology is."

"!?"

Jack wasn't there when Joren first met Ness and Virena, so this was all news to him.

"H-how could there be a person who does not know who the King of the Gods is!?" he didn't believe it.

"Joren doesn't," Virena responded while Joren intercepted with a harrumphed.

"I didn't."

Ness laughed at this, "I bet you don't know anything about the Arthurian Legend too."

"Arthurian… I may be wrong, but it had something to do with King Arthur and the Excalibur?"

"Correct." Virena nodded with an astonished face while Ness clapped with an "Ohh…" seemingly amazed by this.

'They have better reactions than when I told my time in the UnderWorld.' Joren felt unjustified.

"What is this… Arthurian Legend?"

Kidrith asked as her curiosity was piqued.

Learning that this suspicious don't know too, Jack explained.

"The Arthurian Legen-"

"The Arthurian Legend is the legend surrounding King Arthur of Camelot and the Lancelot-Grail Cycle." Ness cut off Jack's explanation as she did it herself, "The summary of the story goes like this. King Arthur is a kind and fair king of Camelot, a mythical castle located somewhere within Britain."

"Britain, huh…"

It feels kind of strange hearing "real-world" locations now as Joren tends to think of the Myth Academy and all the mythological places well… as myths, separated from Earth to which he believes is real.

What confuses him is why they still call these places myths and so on.

Joren would be devastated but not surprised if he were to wake up the next moment, realizing he had been on the strongest crack ever.

"For so many reasons such as fulfilling a God's wishes, King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table searched the Holy Grail. Throughout their adventure, King Arthur was betrayed by his best friend and died, so the story goes. But until today, his body was still never found. Meanwhile, Camelot has become the central place for different creatures to settle in because of its diversity. It had become bigger, so big, in fact, it had become a nation instead of just a city."

Ness explained the simple summary.

"So, Scarlett is within this place…." Joren has decided. Even if she wasn't there, that was the only lead he got.

"You're going?"

Ness asked.

"Of course."

"Can I come?"

"Principal…" Virena voiced her displeasure, but it was weak.

"No, this time, you're coming too!"

Ness came to her and held her hand.

"Eh!?"

Both Virena and Jack were stunned at this.

"Are you serious, Principal? If I leave too, no one will govern the first level."

"That's right. It's fine if you were to be gone for a while, but the secretary cannot go since she's the one who's managing all the work here." Jack indirectly insulted Ness.

Putcha*

Ness spat onto the ground again.

"Just because you're the Principal doesn't mean you can be so disrespectful to homosexuals!"

"Why do you keep bringing all of them up!? You're the only one I'm disrespecting!"

While Ness and Jack argue at each other, Monstein dragged and slid her knees on the floor to ask-

"Can I come too?"

"Go back into the corner." but Joren dismissed him. Even though Monstein wasn't scolded, he wouldn't go unpunished. Monstein sadly lowered his head and slowly went back to the corner.

Speaking of which, Joren asked.

"What will happen to Monstein? He made a lot of mess on the First Level that I doubt he would easily let off."

"O-oh…" hearing this, Ness remembered something that made her stiffly smile.

Seeing this, Jack's suspicions grew and revealed Ness' true intentions.

"You see, Joren, the First Level is under the Principal's responsibility. The Principal can do anything to punish Monstein, but she would also be the one who will take the blame." Jack then looked at Ness, who went increasingly paler the next moment, "That's why you want to come and bring the secretary with you. You are leaving the Myth Academy for good and the responsibilities behind!"

Virena gasped as she looked at Ness.

"Is that true, Principal!?"

Being under the spotlight, Ness' face crunched.

"Objection!" she rebutted, "That's true, but the reason I want to bring Virena is mainly that I want her to experience more to life!"

"Principal!" hearing this, Virena was incredibly touched that her eyes got teary.

"I mean, I could've left her here and taken the responsibility, right?"

"Principal!?"

Joren suddenly clasped his hands.

"Then, it's decided! We're all going to Camelot!"

"Yey!"

Ness jumped and raised her arms while Virena's heart thumped in excitement. Will she really be able to go out of here and visit other places together with Ness and Joren?

Jack sighed, "Then, I'll hold off the officers from the Second Level."

"Huh? You're coming too, Sir Jack."

Jack's eyes widened while Joren was looking at him with a smile.

"I'm… I'm getting wet…" the unicorn squirmed and blushed, inciting a weird reaction from Kidrith.

"Alright, I retract my words!"

"Wait, Joren, I'm just joking!"

"Hahaha, I'm just joking too."

"Whew…"

"Well, as long as you are," Joren added to be safe.

"Camelot! Camelot! Camelot!" Ness shouted.

Meanwhile, Joren looked at Monstein.

"You did something almost irredeemable. If you cannot control yourself, I will not bring you."

Hearing this, Monstein felt like crying from an extreme emotion which is something new to him.

"Good thing that the casualties are things I don't care or else, it would be totally irredeemable. I'll give you this chance. Make good use of it."

Monstein's eyes sparkled as he strongly nodded. Unknown to Joren, he was no longer that unintelligent. The news of Joren's "death" just made him went frenzy. Monstein has confidence that he can control himself.

"If you want to redeem yourself," Joren leaned and whispered, "Always protect Virena and Ness, do you understand?"

"Yes!"

"Alright, then, let's go!" Joren raised his fist as he was about to open the door. Everyone excitedly looked at him before he paused and turned to ask, "Umm, Virena, can you help me go to the surface?"

"So uncool!"

Ness laughed while Virena sighed with a smile and went to hold his hand instead of his wrist before she opened the door.

Their travel to Camelot begins.