Her cheeks were reddened to the very tip of her ears and she could only reply by giving Orion a nod.
Her heart was beating rapidly and she couldn't believe that Orion would caress her cheeks openly in front of his friends.
She expected him to do something like this behind closed doors, and not out in the open. Although, Dahlia didn't hate what he was doing right now.
In fact, she loved it, and it felt like Orion was saying, 'Back off, this beautiful and sexy maid is mine.'
Such were the thoughts that were spiralling around the beautiful maid's head.
Dahlia closed her eyes and leaned into his touch, hoping she could continue to enjoy the feeling of his hand on her cheek.
She didn't know why, but Orion's hand made her feel like she was being touched by a god, and she didn't want him to stop.
She wished he would continue to do what he was doing; she wouldn't mind being touched by Orion for the next few hours. However, Dahlia knew it would be impossible for Orion to do that now.
"Dahlia?" Orion called out to her, dragging her away from her fantasy.
"Y-yes, Your Highness?"
"I'll need three swords, could you help me get them?"
Dahlia nodded her head in response before heading over to the free-standing rack which was a very short distance away from where the bench was.
The standing racks were about ten in number and were neatly arranged close to each other with each of the racks having different weapons in them.
Dahlia grabbed three weapons and returned back to Orion while Aslan, Arthur, and Adrian were standing close to each other, looking for the type of weapon they should use to fight against Orion.
Adrian leaned towards Arthur and asked. "Do you still believe you can win against him?"
"Of course, I do. I'm a shark man and a shark man fears no one."
"Good, now let's win this fight," Aslan gently slapped Arthur on the back while urging him to move towards Orion.
He slapped Adrian on the back as well and urged him to move forward.
Aslan and Arthur might be a bit relaxed and carefree towards Adrian as though they had been friends with Adrian for years, but that wasn't the case.
They were just relaxed and friendly towards him because they noticed him and Orion talking freely to each other as though they were close friends, and this piqued the interest of the shark-man and lion prince.
They assumed that Adrian had to be strong or else Orion would never feel the need to talk to anyone like him.
Aslan and Arthur did not judge students based on their rankings, they believed that everyone's strength should properly be evaluated through training or direct combat, and this was why they wanted to see just how strong Adrian really was by watching him fight.
It was also the same reason why they were interested in fighting against Orion. They both wanted to experience how it would feel like to fight against a transcendent being.
Both Aslan and Arthur were hyped up for the fight and they couldn't wait to get started.
However, Adrian wasn't feeling as eager as the other two.
He had sparred against Orion countless number of times, so he knew how this battle was going to end, he didn't need anyone to tell him who would win this spar, but Adrian was also interested in seeing just how strong he had grown since he last sparred with Orion.
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A/N:- How many of you were thinking Orion was going to be the Elf version of One Piece's Zoro) (Evil smirk).