"That's rather fast even for you , i hope the quality of the construction is up to par." ironwood said worriedly. leon scoffed "who do you think i am? it was fast not because of shoddy workmanship but because i pulled out all the stops to the construction." he said with an irritated tone. ironwood merely nodded "i see , then i believe it would be wise to wait for the defensive systems to get finished first before my people migrate to this new city." he said seriously. "alright now that that's taken care of , so about that drink?" leon asked with a grin.
In the end ironwood gave in and agreed to have a drink with leon since he technically didn't have anything to do at the moment. what leon neglected to mention was that the alcohol they drank was meant to work on a level five like him rather than a normal person. ironwood directly skipped the embarrassing part of getting drunk and passed out as a result. the alcohol was so strong that he was basically in a coma for the next three days which was rather funny since winter came looking for him each day during that time.
She was suspicious of leon when he said ironwood was drunk each time she came looking for him but leon freely showed her to the man in question to prove his innocence. winter , for obvious reasons , misunderstood the situation as ironwood drinking away his woes now that he had the option. leon could tell what she was thinking but found the situation too damn funny to correct her and so let it continue. it was only when ironwood finally woke up that she found out the truth before realizing that leon had basically just let her make a fool of herself this entire time.
Ironwood himself was confused that he actually felt great after waking up rather than having a terrible hangover. leon explained how how he had enchanted a the furniture in the house with rejuvenation properties to release stress on the body. unlike usual when someone gets drunk this enchantment let the body cleanly process and burn through alcohol. had ironwood spent the last three days anywhere else he would have likely died of alcohol poisoning rather than feeling like he went to a spa. "think i could get a chair like that for my office once it's done?" ironwood asked seriously.
Leon chuckled "nope , this particular luxury will belong exclusively to myself , gives you a reason not to blow me off when i invite you over." he said with a smile. "a small price to pay for such a miraculous effect." ironwood said with a shrug. "ah , right that reminds me for whatever reason , miss schnee i believe you've been trying oh so hard to not bring your grudge into our interactions. would you like to have a little spar , you know work off some of that pent up anger?" leon said to winter with a wide grin.
For the first time since he had met her originally leon saw winter make a conflicted expression. he knew why she was conflicted as well , honestly it was pretty easy to figure out if you think about it. at the moment leon basically held the fate of all of atlas in the palm of his hand and despite personally wanting to kick his teeth in she was professionally worried that he might target her people if he didn't like the outcome. ironwood also knew about this and basically told her not to worry about it since leon actually benefits from the spar.
Leon chuckled when ironwood exposed the reason he wanted this spar to a degree since ironwood was under the impression leon wanted to use her as a grindstone for his power. this wasn't totally incorrect since leon was indeed planning to do that but what he didn't clarify was that he really just needed something on his level to fight in order to grow faster. thanks to ironwoods explanation leon knew that at the moment there were only five people on the entire planet who could fill this role while the rest of the possible enemies on this level were basically all ancient grim.
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