"WOOO!!! LOWLY COMMONERS, MAKE WAY FOR THE KING!!!"
Then under the sound of glass tinkling and crashing, there was also a voice booming from whoever was riding on that airbike. It was as loud as the nitrous engine revving sound itself. So loud that I couldn't believe it just came out of a human vocal chord. It made me think of... a lion's roar. But a juvenile lion, not a full-grown mature one since it also sounded high-pitched in a way.
For goodness' sake... Really? My office got attacked by a boy? A boy riding a revving bike? No way--
As my mouth opened wide in shock, and I was trying to lean over Howie's shoulder to confirm the identity of that mad lad, suddenly my body got pushed out of under Howie's protection... by his own hands?
At that moment, I didn't even have time to figure out his reason, the second that airbike made contact with the floor in a not-so-gentle way, it also sent some form of force wave traveling swiftly through the air and struck both of us mercilessly, sending Howie flying across the room, and me gliding above the floor until my whole body clashed with the steel wall in the back, rendering me immobile for a good half minute.
"Ugh--?!" When the pain started to seep through my back, I was not even surprised. I got my rear end damaged today too, and now my back suffered the same fate. Being 25 with a frail body surely was hard!
Still, no matter how bad my condition was, I bet it wouldn't be as bad as Howie's end. My prince literally flew 3 feet above the floor from this side to that side of the room, God knows if he broke his spine. So I frantically scanned the room looking for him, luckily he was a big man so it didn't take me very long until I found him lying on the floor, motionlessly.
"Howie...?"
Looking at how he let his perfect face touch the dirty floor lying face down, that was a sure sign he got knocked out because of that force wave.
And he did push me out of its way beforehand? To protect me? ...Really?
"Ai yo! That skinny shrimpy redhead over there!" Before I started to panic from the thought of me being the cause of Howie's misfortune, suddenly that loud lion boy (?)'s voice got sent through the air like waves of heat, it interrupted my train of thoughts, catching my attention in almost that instance. As I turned my head to take a glance at him, a shadowy figure started to appear from behind the dust curtain, it seemed he was walking straight toward... me.
Of course, not Howie. Me... 'That skinny shrimpy redhead' as he just called me.
...
Skinny... shrimpy... redhead...
"Sorry, sorry~ I forgot to turn off the force barrier~ Y'all still alive?"
As the lion boy a.k.a. the intruder said those words, he himself finally got out of the dust, showing his... Oh my goodness, Herculean physique to my very eyes. No, I was not joking nor mocking him. That gloss black shirt with a matte black lion symbol motif and an unzipped crimson red jacket with a white fur collar he was wearing couldn't even hide his vigorous pecs - it took me almost 3 seconds to finally move on from his torso to somewhere upward. Then I saw his smug face which has a wide snarky smile painted over it, somehow... it reminded me of a cat; a demonic black kitty cat. Since his hair was also jet black and seemed to reach the nape of his neck in the back, and his eyes were blood red with a gleam of danger, making him look almost like an entity from another world; a demonic god of some sort.
Yet again, because on his neck there was this big red buckle collar adorning his fair skin, and down below he was wearing skinny-as-f*ck matte black jeans and... gothic high heel boots, so it would be best to call him a black kitty. Oh, did I mention that he also has this fang-like tooth that seemed to be visible only when he smiled? Now I did.
It was not that I hold a grudge after he called me 'skinny shrimpy redhead', no. His appearance did give me an impression of a punk black kitty... Aside from that, when the kitty boy started to get close to me, his nose then did this *sniff sniff* thingy just like a cat sniffing its prey. I was staring at him in wonder until I noticed that he had already got so close to me, even kneeling down before me, so close that my pale blue eyes got reflected in his eyes.
"You've got an angelic scent..." said the cat boy as his face moved even closer toward my neck, making my body all stiff.
Somehow I had a feeling like... I've known this pair of eyes before, although that thought didn't cause a fluttery feeling in my stomach, it did cause a sense of dread.
I wonder why... This kitty boy didn't even look that scary.
"Excuse me, could you please back--"
However, the moment I opened my mouth with the intention to ask him to kindly back away, I found my mouth immediately muffled by his hand. And no longer than a second later, this not-so-scary-looking kitty just yanked my collar with his ungodly and immense strength, lifting me above the floor with one hand as if my 132 lbs body weight meant nothing.
Being in utter confusion and shock, I couldn't stop myself from trembling all over, especially when this beast continued sniffing my neck, moving his mouth so close to my skin. I had to stop viewing him as a kitty. This was no kitty! A big cat, at least!
"It's really you..."
"M-Me?"
"Having an angelic scent... Got your face on a quest board... Haha..."
My face... on a quest board? W-What do you mean by 'quest board'? 'Quest' as a quest in an RPG game? A-Are you sure that was me? My face was not unique in any way, it could have been anyone?
But if it was really me, then did that mean I'm being hunted--???
"Adel Ozwald, I've come to retrieve you! You shall join us in our war against filthy demons! Don't you f*cking dare reject my offer!"
"..."
EXCUSE ME???