Chapter 206 - 206 Last Man Standing (11)

True love means being unconditional. So be courageous because love is not always about all the things that will make you happy. ---- From the movie Through Night and Day

Luna, Francois, and Dimitri were all smiles when they entered the tortured room. They're were out the room for thirty minutes, as everyone recalls Dimitri gave an hour break so that Louie could take ample rest. ​​

As the three of them walk inside Louie's eyes didn't leave Luna's silhouette. Francois ushered Luna to her seat carefully and he gave her some snacks and drinks.

"I'll leave you here for a while Peaches... Harry my love check his body carefully for the next round may be difficult for him to handle. I'll just go to Luna's table and ask them who will be your next opponent" Amber said as she tapped Louie's shoulder. 

"They're nice once you got to know them. They're quite mischievous when they are together but the way they protect each other is very unique and awesome" Yuan said to Louie. 

"Yeah, especially your kids Louie. They are the precious gems of the HADES, everyone is afraid of them once they have some mischievous plans to the people around them. But they didn't forget to discipline the twins" Harry told Louie. 

While Louie and his friends were busy chit-chatting as Harry checks on him, Amber was already sitting at Luna's table. "How was he? Any damages?" Dimitri asks Amber as she sits down. 

Amber: "Bruises, Cuts, and some hematoma on his body; but he still seems alright."

Luna: "I hope Artemis will be gentle on him later."

Francois: "Artemis is always gentle to his sparring partners. He just likes them to be knocked out and he always makes it sure that his opponent will wake up two days after the fight."

Amber shook her head, she felt pity for Louie especially on his handsome face and yummy body. "He is now finally regretting everything and he seemed to learn his lessons. And for what I just have observed he can still give a fight but he will be knocked out after one or two weeks" Amber informed the three. 

Luna giggled on Amber's report, Dimitri and Francois, on the other hand, raise their brows as they heard her report. "I think Artemis doesn't need to fight anymore, from his look right now he will not stand any minute if Artemis will plat with him. I think we can have the last part which is the drink till you can't handle it, Artemis and Soitera will do it with him but they have to eat spicy chicken feet in dark soy sauce" said Luna. 

Dimitri: "Are you worried about Louie my dear sister? I mean, you don't want the sparring to happen anymore then I assume you are worried for him."

Luna smiled at her brother, Amber, and Francois. "No... I am not worried at him rather I am worried about Artemis. Artemis might kill him with his Martial Arts and I don't like to dirty his hands with Louie's blood" Luna explained to them. 

Francois is not jealous of Luna's decision because behind her decision she had just made, he laughs and because of that Dimitri and Amber look at him. "What's funny Andrei?" Amber ask him as she called him by his second name. "My Queen has another way on her mind of how to torture Louie Chen after the drinking session" he answered Amber's question as he controls his laughter. 

Dimitri: "What's on your mind Luna?"

Luna: "If a person is already drunk, he can't feel any pain because sometimes alcoholic beverages serve like anesthesia to the body, am I right? So if Louie will be drunk, as in very drunk... Ares can play his knives on his body....means Ares and Soteira can mark him up just like what I have on my wrist."

Dimitri and Amber formed an O shape on their lips as they heard her words while Francois feels proud of his wife's idea. "Quite barbaric but I like the idea," says Dimitri. 

Amber giggles, "I can't imagine that you have that kind of dark another side with you Luna. If the Ladies of the Court, Audrey, and Sapphire will know about it I am sure they will be excited for you have already accepted that kind of character that we have been teaching you."

On the other side of the room, Louie and his friends are busy watching the other group having their chit chat and it seems that they are having a good time. Harry smiled as he observes his fiancée laughing, Louie was mesmerized to Luna's face as she laughs and smiles to the people around her. "She never smiled at me like that before, even a simple laugh nor giggle she never showed it to me" Louie suddenly uttered. Yuan taps his shoulder, "Luna smiled at you Louie, have you forgotten what happened at the Valentine's Day Party of the Wu's? She smiled at you at that time and I know that was one of her sweetest smiles" Yuan told him. 

Louie smiled as he recalls the scene that he and Luna have talked to each other in the garden of the hotel where he first met Luna. "I love her so much Harry...Yuan, I want her to be mine again and I miss her so much" Louie informed his friends. "But I know that I am five years too late, I am too late to prove to her how much she means to me. I am still hoping that someday she will accept me as her friend, even as a friend I will be contented to that kind of relationship with her as long as I can take care, protect and love her" Louie added. Harry and Yuan could feel his pain, they knew that Louie is very devastated right now but they couldn't do anything to help him. "Yuan please tell them that I am ready for the next event that they want me to undergo," says Louie to his friend. 

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Yuan nods his head and he stands up and went to where Dimitri was seated, Louie just look at Yuan as he informs him about his decision. "Louie, we still have fifteen minutes for you to rest. Are you sure you can still fight?" Harry asks him and the worries are evident to his face. Louie smiled at him, "I am okay Harry, I just want to finish everything so that I can talk to My Luna. I am still asking and will still ask if we both could have some time alone so that I can tell her everything that is hidden in my heart. If she wants her husband to be there then fine but still the two of them are okay but the whole family is seemed scarier than facing the wrath of my grandparents." 

With those words both of them laugh, Harry agrees with him about the whole family of HADES is much scarier than facing some criminals or some problems he has been through. "I wish you all the luck, Louie. I will not promise you anything but I will see if I can ask my fiancée to work out about your time alone with the Vendari couple" says Harry.

Yuan informed Dimitri and the rest that Louie is now ready for the next level of the event, after that he went immediately to Isabele's side as he kisses her forehead. "Is your friend okay My Peaches?" Isabele asks him, Yuan nods his head and smiled at her. "He is fine, he just wants to prove to you all that he will endure everything for Luna" he informed his fiancée and the others that surround them. "Peaches, True love is pure and rare. It stays until the end but you must love hard and don't regret anything until the end. I hope Louie Chen will accept whatever the twins' decision in the end for Luna has already given her verdict about what she wants to be done regarding him, we as her family can only respect her wishes and ideas and even Viscount Francois can't change it. I am just hoping that even Luna will forgive your friend, I am still hoping that she can also forget everything that he has done to her. Forgive and forget as they say" Isabele voice out her thoughts as she leaned her head to Yuan's shoulder. 

Dimitri made a decision as soon as Yuan informed him that Louie is now ready for the next event. As he stands up and announces the rules of the event "For the next event, my sister Luna, her husband Count Francois and I made up a new set of Last Man Standing. We will now proceed to the event called 'drink till you can't handle it' and it will be Artemis and Soteira who will be Louie Chen's opponent. The three of you will drink Tapatio Blanco, El Tesoro Reposado Tequila, Milagro Select Barrel Reserve Reposado, Pasote Extra Añejo Tequila, and Tres Agaves Anejo. Five bottles for the three of you....means each one of you will have five bottles of each tequila, you will drink it without salt and lemon, and if you can't taste it you have to eat the spicy chicken feet with dark soy sauce. Amy Questions?"

Artemis and Soteira were surprised but Louie was shocked upon hearing it. He was a heavy drinker and he has a high alcoholic tolerance but he can't eat the spicy chicken feet. He gulps a mouthful of saliva and closes his eyes as he takes a deep breath. "No Pain....No Gain" he chants again these words like a mantra on his mind. "Louie Chen You can do it....For Luna....For the twins'.....For your love to your Wife named LUNA," he said to himself.