Angora had a 'oh shit' look on his face when he saw the coachman.
Even so, he was a step too slow to dodge.
Seeing that no one was opening the door for her, the girl in the opposite carriage was distracted by Joe's rhythmic chest muscles jiggling along with Horan and his retainers. After all, they had never seen such idiotic behavior as nobles, and it was only natural that they could not react at once. Hence, instead of sitting awkwardly inside, she opened the door herself and stepped out of the carriage, holding up her skirt.
"Greetings, Uncle Faust." The girl bowed at the Silver Eagle Duke who had finally recovered, before greeting Angora generously. "It's been a while, Angora."
"It's been a while, Kinley." Angora replied with a troubled look.
"Greetings, little girl from the Ainsworth family." Horan smiled as cordially as an eccentric uncle. "I didn't think that you'd become the apprentice of that master alchemist. Even your grandfather would be proud."
"It's just my master's misplaced love." The girl replied politely.
That was when a handsome young man with curly blond hair slowly stepped out of the castle, bowing slightly and raising his hand in a gentlemanly manner. "Kinley, you've become more beautiful than before."
According to etiquette, the girl should have extended her hand to him and kissed his hand. However, she did not seem to notice the hint, and instead smiled like a flower. "Thank you for the compliment, Mister Faust."
"Just call me Pompey." Angora's elder brother glanced at Angora discreetly, before turning to Kinley with a radiant smile that could enchant thousands of young girls in Tunaya.
"It's fine. Etiquette is important." The girl smiled and tactfully declined Pombert's attempt to close the distance.
"Pfft …"
Joe could not help but laugh even as his chest muscles jiggled.
Pombert glanced at Joe. His expression did not change, but there was disdain and disgust in his eyes. "Who are you?" he asked Joe condescendingly.
"A follower, mister." Joe replied cheerfully.
"What did you do before you became a follower?" Pombert asked again.
"An ordinary villager, sir," Charle answered cheerfully.
"Third Brother, as a member of the Faust Family, I suggest you pick your followers carefully." Pompey spoke to Angora with a sense of superiority as if he was a victor. "Don't just use any random person you find — it's embarrassing for the Faust Family."
"Oh," Angora replied.
It made Pompey feel as if he had just eaten shit.
If Angora retorted, she could criticize him from the vantage point of being the heir of the Faust Family. If Angora was a yes-man, she could use the topic to mock and taunt him without restraint and gain some face in front of Kinley.
And yet, Angora's attitude was so indifferent. If he wanted to criticize, the other seemed to agree with his words; if he wanted to mock, it felt like he was a standing target. Not only was it a waste of effort, it also made him feel like a fool.
So he could only continue to target Joe, who was still shaking his chest.
"Can you stop shaking! In this era, magic and magic are the way to go. Being strong isn't enough! " Pompey taunted Joe, glaring angrily at him. "Could you even move that statue in front of the fountain?!"
Joe stopped shaking his chest and followed Pompey's gaze, noticing that there were four statues of magical beasts placed around the fountain. The one Pompey was pointing at was a monster called the 'Cherry Baboon'. Though the name sounded cute, it was actually extremely muscular, a macho magical beast that could easily lift a land dragon, which was why it was worshipped by many warriors as a totem in some places.
"Oh."
Joe replied, mimicking Angora's tone.
Then, ignoring the fuming Pompey, he simply walked up to the statue, as if ready to move it.
Despite his anger, Pompey's lips curled into a disdainful smile. 'Done. Now that this uncouth peasant is in for a big loss, I could use this as a pretext to embarrass Angora!'
One had to know that these four statues were carved from different materials. Among them, the Cherry Baboon statue was carved from Black Heavy Rock. Although it did not look big, its weight exceeded the sum of the other three statues. It was about eight tons!
Unless it was a believer of the God of War who had awakened combat aura or was buffed with some strength-type divine arts, no human could move it!
Kinley had wanted to stop Joe at first, but when she saw that Angora was not reacting at all and instead seemed to be expecting something, she held back her worry and waited quietly.
Then, the group watched as Joe ran to the statue, picked it up and threw it on its back …
The head of the statue that weighed eight tons was smashed into the marble floor, and the entire statue was stuck diagonally into the ground like a radish that had been plucked in half.
The scene fell silent at once.
"H-how is that possible …" Pompey gaped at the sight.
Kinley's eyes were twinkling, but she was not looking at Joe. Instead, she was staring at Angora, who had a 'plan worked' look on his face.
At the same time, the Players who had been hiding in the carriage could not help poking their heads out to see what was going on because of Joe's ruckus.
The Players could easily understand what was going on from their point of view. The statue beside Joe, which had half its body stuck into the ground, had the words' Ancient Defense Golem 'flashing brightly over its head, and a chunk of its HP bar was missing beneath its name.
With a monster name and a HP bar, but no divinity or rule resistance, it could throw a hundred-ton blue whale, let alone an African elephant that weighed eight tons!
If it wasn't for Angora urging the Players to calm down in the forums, they would have swarmed up and killed the four golems that couldn't fight back.
"Alright, it's not a good idea to keep standing outside. Let's talk inside the castle if you have anything to say." Horan quickly broke the tense atmosphere when he saw that his eldest son had been humiliated. "I've prepared the best honey grape wine in the North for all of you. By the way, Angora, have your follower rest in the side room. "
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