Ha Joon and Merlin stood outside the waiting room, waiting for Artoria to come out and show them the clothes they had specifically picked for her to try on.
However, Merlin did most of the picking, since Ha Joon's sense of fashion was greatly flawed.
"Lord Ha Joon." Merlin suddenly called out to him, even though her eyes were fixed on the curtains, where Artoria was changing.
"Yeah."
"Tell me, if the same thing ever happened to me, would you react the same way?" She asked.
"What thing?".
"You know, If I ever got into a predicament like Artoria, would you drop everything to help me?" She asked again.
"Obviously, I'm not some heartless monster."
Merlin smiled, "I expected you to say something like that. See I-".
She looked at him, and instantly noticed the weird expression on his face. He was seated on the chair, his thighs together and his hand resting on them.
"Lord Ha Joon?" Merlin's smile faded, "Are you alright?".
"Yeah, totally, why do you ask?" Ha Joon replied with a gassed voice. Beads of sweat on his face, and his eyes, popped out from his sockets.
"You don't look too good, are you getting sick?".
Before Merlin could take a single step forward, Ha Joon shouted.
"Don't come closer!".
"Uhn? What is up with you? Are you hiding something from me?" This time, Merlin had a stern look on her face.
"N-No, you just look gorgeous, I wanted to make sure I got a full view, you know." He smiled, although clearly forced.
"A full view?" Asked Merlin.
"Y..Yeah, hehehe, silly me."
'Oh God! Feels like my ass is about to release a full album of gas attacks. Hold it in Ha Joon, if you let it go, it might be the end of your social standing as you know it.'
He feets crossed against one another, while he stylishly pressed his butt against the bench.
'Hold it…hold it!' He closed his eyes, trying to force the fart back into his guts.
"I've come with the clothes you requested, although I couldn't find the red attire for the-"
Slam-!
Galio accidentally tripped over Ha Jun's outstretched leg. This caused not only Galio's body to trip to the ground, but also Ha Joon to lose hold on the one thing he had been trying to control.
Tisssssssssssss!
The gas gushed out of Ha Joon's body, a look of relief on his face as he looked to the ceiling.
The sound of his fart was so loud, even Artoria in the dressing room was curious as to what could have made such a disastrous sound.
Silence took over, it was obvious everyone heard it.
Since no one else was in the store, the source of the stinky smell that was gradually circulating around the store had to be from one of four places.
It couldn't have been Artoria, she would definitely not have committed such an outrageous act.
Merlin knew it wasn't her because she heard the source of the sound from the bench.
It had to be either Ha Joon who was still seated on the chair and looking at Galio with a disgusted look.
Or Galio, who was on all fours, a nervous look hitched on his face.
The answer was obvious.
Merlin mirrored the disgusted look on Ha Joon's face as she directed it at Galio.
"Of the places to perform your disgusting act, it had to be when I was in the room." Merlin voiced out with disgust.
"No lady Merlin, that wasn't me I swear-"
"Be quiet. You ought to be ashamed of yourself." Ha Joon chimed in, "Go freshen up, such an act needs delicate care".
Galio could do nothing but stare at the ground with a sad smile and a single drop of tear before standing up and sprinting away dramatically.
'Sorry Galio! You took the blame for me, such a noble sacrifice, you are a true citizen of Camelot, hmm, I shall repay you.' Ha Joon said to himself with joy.
"Honestly, you should forgive him, he never acts like that, I don't know what got over him today." Merlin sighed, her gaze shifting back to Ha Joon.
With a smile, Ha Joon responded, "Oh I don't mind it. I've smelled worse back in my homeland".
"Oh,... That's quite…"
The sound of Artoria stepping out of the curtain caused Merlin to stop speaking.
Both Ha Joon and Merlin moved their gaze to the left, where Artoria was standing.
Standing at the side, before their very eyes, was a beautiful woman dressed in a black sleeveless dress. It has blue designs all over it, with jewelleries at the side.
The dress was a bit free around her body, but still able to bring out her curves, while also making her look as elegant as ever- the mask was still on her face of course.
'She's beautiful.'
Ha Joon was speechless.
"Look at you go, been so long since I've seen you wear such a pretty dress. Uhm uhm, yep, You're extremely cute!" Merlin moved closer, her hands raised like a predator as she drooled.
"C-Calm down Merlin, we are in public…" Artoria sqweeked a bit as she tried to get Merlin off her.
'Yeah Merlin, what are you doing getting all over her like that? Tsk… uhn?'.
Ha Joon suddenly caught a quick sneak peak of the side of Artoria's face the moment she looked to the side while fighting off Merlin.
'Hmmm…' a dead look played on his face.
"Come here for a second." Ha Joon said as he moved towards Artoria.
The instant Artoria turned to look at him, he pulled the mask away from her face.
Her eyes widened in surprise, her blonde hair fell down as her earrings danced. Not only that, but her beauty was out of this world, anyone could tell.
Merlin was also shocked, wondering why Ha Joon would remove her mask.
Crash!
The sound of glass breaking echoed, and everyone turned to see Galio, standing at the side in shock, the glass equipment he was holding had shattered.
"Your highness!!!" Galio shouted.