[Enna's POV]
"Ray texted me that he will be having breakfast outside..."
Enna was sulking again
".. I wanted to cook for him..."
She looked outside. The birds were chirping under the sunlight.
The rainy season has almost come, so it will be difficult to go outside without an umbrella from now on.
"Today is a sunday. Did he have somewhere to go?"
Enna thought about last night.
"His shirt was torn..."
She recalled the tattoo on Ray's chest.
It was shaped like a crown with two crossed sceptres below it.
"Is he part of some gang?"
Now that she thought about it, she didn't know anything about Ray.
Her mother had said that Ray's family had died and that he had to live alone in Arayama street.
"He didn't get hurt while fighting...right?"
She found herself worrying about Ray.
"He didn't tell me anything even after I asked him so many times..."
Suddenly, she remembered something.
Ray's well defined chest muscles, the bulge of his pecs came into her mind.
Her ears started burning.
"..."
Beep Beep
Her phone rang.
She checked the caller, it was Ichika.
"Hello...?"
"Enna! Open Liamwon right now! Go to Alice's social handle!"
Liamwon was a social website where people could post about themselves and also stream.
"I don't have Liamwon, Ichika."
Enna didn't use social media that much.
"Use my alt account. I'm sending it to you, wait."
"Uhm, Ichika, what happened all of a sudden?"
"She is about to stream a fight! It's her brother versus a NEW Saint!"
"New Saint?" Enna wondered if she was talking about Ray.
"Ok. I'm opening it."
Enna quickly logged into Liamwon and opened Alice's stream on her tablet.
The fight was taking place in the stadium in Ishiyama.
There was a huge crowd, composed of teachers and multiple students.
Soon, the stream showed the faces of the fighters.
"Ray?!"
"Ray? Are you talking about the new Saint? Do you know him, Enna?", Ichika asked her.
"Uh..uhm, yes. He, he lives with us."
"Whaaaat?! The new Saint lives with you?!"
Ichika was shouting at the other end of the phone. "Why didn't you tell me that you knew him before?"
"I, I was going to. I met him very recently too."
The stream camera turned and showed Alice.
Alice spoke to her viewers, "Hey what's up, Alice team? Today I'm going to show you the abilities of the NEW Saint! Remember to keep watching my stream and donate so that I can keep my camera clean!"
She then turned her camera back towards the raised platform, on which the fighters were standing.
Enna looked at the comments that were rising on the screen.
[Wow, that Saint has no sign of anxiety on his face!]
[He must not know that he is facing THE Ash Hopkins, son of THE Belford Hopkins who is the current strongest Elementalist in Ark city.]
[His face is so good looking...]
[No, I think he already knows that. Look at how calm he is.]
[I want him to kidnap me and tie me up.]
[He's just a con-man. I have never heard of two saints existing at the same time.]
[His black hair...his blue eyes...wow, just where did he come from?]
The comments were all saying very different things. Meanwhile Enna looked at Ray's face.
"He looks angry...", Enna couldn't explain it but she felt it in her heart.
"Really? I think he's just bored." Ichika replied over the call.
"Without further adieu, let's begin!", the referee announced.
The fighters stood on opposite ends of the platform.
Ash Hopkins started speaking to Ray, "Oe you stupid mongrel. Do you know who I am?"
Ray just silently stared at him.
"I am THE ASH HOPKINS. If you know what's good for you, you should bow down and beg for mercy."
Ray suddenly clasped his hands.
[No way? Is he going to beg?]
[Haha, has he finally given up on his con act?]
[Here I thought I'll get to see a good fight... this was disappointing.]
[He must have remembered how good Ash is with his Rock Elementalism.]
The comments started flooding the screen.
Enna kept looking at the stream with a tensed expression.
Then Ray closed his eyes and raised his head towards the sky, and spoke, "Oh Dear Lord...Forgive this lamb, for he does not know better."
"What?!", Ash Hopkins got enraged.
Ray continued. "Forgive his sins of looking down upon his brethren. Forgive him for assaulting multiple young men. Forgive him for all the unholy deeds he has done in the name of HIS FATHER."
"How dare you, you mongrel!", Ash Hopkins cussed at him loudly.
"As you have given me and guided me, a lost soul in this vast world, the authority to nurture and love mankind..."
"MONGREL! Look at me when I'm speaking to you!"
Ray raised his voice to talk over Ash. "So, in the name of the Lord!", he smiled and lowered his head, before completing his sentence with a softer voice, "I will deliver divine retribution to this poor soul."
Golden light enveloped his clasped hands.
[No way! That golden light!]
[It is divine mana! He really is a saint!]
"That's it! You asked for it, you mongrel!"
Ash transformed his hands into two huge metallic drills.
He kicked on the ground and the platform made of mana reinforced tough concrete cracked and split into multiple pieces.
The area around the platform started shaking violently, and the audience had to step back.
Ray was still standing in his original spot, his hands clasped like before.
[Hahaha. Fool is going to die now!]
[My handsome Saint! Run away!]
[What the heck is he doing? Does he have some secret trump card?]
Enna pushed her eyes closer to the screen. She was feeling anxious.
"Why isn't he doing anything?", Ichika asked.
"Prepare to die! You will regret this day for mocking me!", Ash Hopkins finished all his preparations
Ray still had his eyes closed.
"YOU MONGREL! LOOK AT ME!" Ash Hopkins raised the power of his metallic drills.
Ray didn't open his eyes.
"LOOK AT ME!", Ash Hopkins charged with full force towards Ray.
He made a T- pose, aiming to cut both sides of Ray's waist, with his deadly drills.
"Ray!", Enna shouted at the screen.
"Even a woman hits harder than you", Ray finally opened his eyes and slapped him in the face.
All of a sudden, Ash Hopkins disappeared.
Thuuuuuud
A loud sound came from the opposite end of the stadium.
"Wait a second folks. Looks like an unexpected accident has occurred. Let me show you what is up!", Alice announced and turned the camera.
The opposite end of the stadium had suddenly broken down. Gigantic dust clouds covered the place that had been destroyed.
[What?! What happened!]
[Where did Ash Hopkins go?]
[I think I saw my Handsome Saint slapping him?]
[Is it a terrorist attack again?]
"No way!", Ichika was stunned.
Enna sighed a deep breath of relief.
She smiled, knowing who had won.