He heard another cry, but it was from the boy who was crying in fear. Added to the weeping was an unmistakable scent, followed by the laughter of the guests and the loon and slobber. Well, the boy who had been so arrogant a few seconds ago was lying on the ground with the white pants of a prince's outfit and a brown spot on his back. To get over his humiliation, everyone recorded him crying and focusing on the big spot on his pants. Along with a well-deserved laugh-out-loud joke.
"Ugh, that smell of fear, oh, oh, it's from your pants. Very funny."
Everyone laughed at Luan's joke as the boy ran away with his legs apart, which made him look even funnier.
"You are all zero cool. I'll go with my father." The boy left the room, leaving behind all his dignity and reputation and the stench of his humiliation.
The guests applauded again, this time for the albino boy who had put this insensitive man in his place.
At the end of the event, the girls and Lincoln received double what they were promised for the boy's problems. In the end, in spite of everything, things went well.
Before returning to the grandparents house, they had to take Giggles to her house. While Luan was driving, she saw Lincoln in the rearview mirror talking to Giggles.
"Thank you for taking care of me, Lincoln."
"It was nothing; I couldn't allow that idiot to talk to you like that."
Giggles approaches Lincoln, which Luan notices. "And tell me... when did you learn karate?"
"Oh, that was judo, not karate. And I learned that from a retired former KGB officer who lived in Snowy Pines. She was strict, but she was the only one who believed in me despite my disability; she was blind in one eye. I think that's helping her empathize with me." When he remembered Alexa, sadness invaded the boy.
"She looks like a great person."
Yes, she was the best teacher I could have."
"She was?" Giggles asked, puzzled by the accent Lincoln had used.
"She died recently."
Giggles had seen grief in Lincoln. "I'm so sorry." The girl grabs Lincoln's hand.
"Thank you, Giggles. You're a good friend."
Luan can see that her plan has worked; if Giggles becomes Lincoln's emotional support and the same for her friend, she will soon become his girlfriend.
They finally reach Giggles's house. She said goodbye to the two siblings with a hug.
On her way home, Luan wanted to kick things up a notch, so she looked up a conversation with Lincoln.
"So? Do you like meeting Giggles again?"
"Hmm? Oh… yeah… She's a very nice girl."
"You have been very chivalrous in her defense."
"I didn't like that idiot making her cry just because of how she looked."
"You know? She's single."
"What's the use of that?"
"I'm just saying you guys look cute together."
"Luan, don't start looking for a girlfriend for me."
"I'm just saying. But whenever you want, I can arrange a date for you."
"I'll think about it, Luan. I'll think about it." Lincoln was already satiated with girls who wanted something with him, including his sisters.
Upon arriving at Myrtle and Albert's home, Luan and Lincoln gave their parents their wages. Luan gave them half, while Lincoln gave them all. In total, it was nine thousand dollars. It wasn't much to rebuild the house, but it was a good start.
Lincoln went for a walk to clear his head.
On the way, he could forget all the troubles he had been through since arriving at Royal Woods, but the fun was short-lived. As the unmistakable limousine was parked next to him and an unmistakable voice was calling out to him, it was none other than Professor Venomous.
"Hi, Lincoln."
"Professor Venomous? What can I do for you?"
"I forgot to tell you where the Dracoviam Fighters exam will take place. So I'll take you."
"Is the exam today?"
"That's right, and unless you want to lose it, you'd better come."
"But I didn't study; I don't know what the exam is about," Lincoln said after getting into the limousine.
"Studying?!!!! For this exam, you don't need to study for it!"
The limo drove towards a building without windows or doors in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by vegetation. The professor and Lincoln got out of the limousine and walked to a point where no plants grew. Venomous gave three blows, and the ground started to sag, indicating that they were on a platform.
Upon reaching a certain depth, the platform moved forward to finally rise again, this time to a greater height, until it came to a stop.
"Well, Lincoln, we've come to the place where the test is going to take place." Venomous took a step back, left the platform, and moved down again, but this time he stopped. Followed by the sound of an automatic door opening. "Move forward, and you will reach the room where the test will take place."
Lincoln obeyed and entered the room, and the moment he did, the door behind him closed. "Hey! What's going on here?.. Hey!" Lincoln got defensive when he heard he wasn't the only one out there. Inside the enclosure, there was more to be found. Based on the directions the breaths were coming from, Lincoln could count eleven people. "What is this about, Venomous?"