Reward
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"How? Ash, can transform?" She said as she looks at Ash who is bored as he goes back to my bed.
"Yes," I said and went back to my bed as I told Ash to go back to being a wolf and he went back to his wolf form so I immediately hugged him again.
"Avy, aren't you afraid he might take advantage of you?" She said as she started to pulls me away from Ash.
"Don't worry Sofie, I'll give him a beating if he does and so far he didn't do anything wrong," I said as I hug Ash so tightly.
'Master, I can't breathe,' Ash said as he was trying to slip away but I did not let him go.
"No, you will also suffer too, Ash," I said while Sofie is still pulling me.
"Avy, you should still be careful even if he is a magical beast," She said, Ash suddenly transforms into a human so I was hugging his back as he faced me, and he looks at Sofie.
"Wah! Avy, get away from him immediately," She said so I let go of the hug and immediately pulled me away from Ash.
" Ash, don't look at her like that. You're scaring her," I said to Ash since he was looking at Sofie as if he going to eat her because Sofie is already hiding behind me.
"Fine, just don't disturb me. I'm going to sleep," He said as he sleeps and turned away from us as I faced Sofie.
"It's okay, Sofie. He will not touch you, okay?" I told her because she was about to cry in fear because of Ash's glare.
"Really?" She said.
"Yes, he is a good guy just don't disturb him if he was sleeping," I said since Ash doesn't want to be disturbed when he is sleeping because he will glare at you all day. I was really scared of him when I tried to disturb him once and today, I forgot it.
"Okay, if you say so, what will you do now?" She said.
"Well, I'm going to decline since I told him that I treated him because he helps her Grace for looking at me so he doesn't need to give me a reward," I told her as I fixed the blanket on Ash while Ash was sleeping soundly, and I stretch a little.
"Are you really sure?" She asks again.
"Yes, don't worry. I'll go there tomorrow. Anyway, I'm hungry so Let's go to the dining area." I said and pulled her out of my room.
"Good Morning, milady," I greeted Lady Miary since she was there.
"Morning, Avy. Did you rest well?" She asks me.
"Yes, it's much better than sleeping outside," I said and eating since she was already eating.
"That's good, by the way, how did you know how to treat his illness?" She asks me. I knew she would ask me about that since she knows that I don't really know about treating let alone treating a poison.
"That my teacher teaches me since he travels from place to place, and one time he encountered the same once then I saw him doing it and I ask what is that so he told me about the poison," I said.
"Oh, is your teacher a healer?" she asked but I'm not sure if he is a healer or not since he sometimes holding books for teaching.
"I am not sure since he didn't tell me about him," I said.
"It seems he doesn't want you to know him," She commented.
"Maybe," I said since I am not sure since he was kind to me but when I am trying to think about him, I can't remember anything about him except for the teachings he teaches me.
"Maybe?" She repeated as she was confused also but I didn't answer and she didn't question me again. We eat silently and I said that I was going to the training ground to have training.
"Yo, Gin!" I said when I saw him in the training ground with the other knights. Everyone looked at me and approached me.
"Commander, where have you been?"/"We are waiting for you after you went to the palace and you only came back?"/ "Commander, are you okay?" they simultaneously asked me questions as they surrounded me.
"Wait, wait, wait. Could you please get away from me?!" I said as I pushed them while Gin is looking at me smiling. When they moved away from me a little I took a deep breath.
"Guys, I'm okay so could you go back to the training ground if you don't want to get beaten by me," I said as I smirk and they immediately go back as I face Gin and punches him in the face.
"What was that for, commander?" He said at the same time holding his face that I punched.
"Greetings, now would you like to have a sparring?" I said and he just smiled.
"My pleasure, Commander," he said and we went down. They stopped because we went down so we occupy the training ground.
"Let's see if you improve," I said as I pull out my sword and so he is.
"Please be gentle to me, Commander," He said.
We exchanged attacks and I can say he wields his sword stronger now. We exchange blows many times and now we are using mana to increase more power into our swords and it is more intense when exchanging blows. Every blows we are overwhelmed by the impact of the mana on our swords but in our next blow were I used a lot of mana and he did also the same to pair with me but then our swords collide and fly away from us. Since we are not using swords then we are fighting with fists.
"It seems you become stronger Gin," I said.
"You are fluttering me, Commander," He said as he attacks me first. I block his punches as I tried to him but he dodges them. We exchange punches, kicks, and blows to each other but I am faster than him so I managed to kick him so he was knocked down because I kicked him hard. He stood up and immediately rushed towards me and I almost got a punch from him in the face so I immediately backed away because of that. He just rushed at me and we exchanged punches and kicks but I suddenly jumped as I use my feet to kick him down on his shoulder so he got on his knees. I am at his back and my sword was pointed at him since I use magic to get my sword before I can land on the ground.
"I win, Gin," I said and our colleagues shouted and cheering. They said that our fight was amazing.
"Your stronger, Commander," He said, we also left the training ground, and I said goodbye to them since I have something to do.
~~Next Day
"Fine, I try to talk with the Emperor even though I said that you owe but he insists it since you saved my life." He said as he sighed.
"Thank you, Your Highness," I said because he will no longer force me to give it to me.
"But, in one condition," He said as he smirks at me so I was nervous because of that since I feel like something is wrong.
"What?" I ask.
"Be my physician," He said as he smiled.
"What? I'm no a physician, Your Highness," I said,
"You can give me your answer in three days whether you accept the reward or be my physician," He said.
So I was wondering what I was going to do since it not that I don't need money but it's just too much to give me a reward like that. It's like it can buy a house already when I'm going to compute all of it.
"What's wrongs, Avy?" Sofie asked me since I had just returned from the palace.
"Nothing," I said,
"Nothing, but why are you so dirty?" She said as she looks at me from head to toe. Only now have I noticed the dirt on my clothes.
~~Avy is not herself after he left the castle and she was walking absentminded because of the reward that causes her to bumped everywhere so her clothes are filthy.~~
"What I am going to do, Sofie?!" I said to her as I shake her.
"Stop, stop, Avy." She said as she stops me shaking her.
"What's the problem?" We turned to Lady Miary who came down and approached us.
~~Flashback~~
"Avy, accept you're reward," Prince Renz told me as I look at the rewards he gives to me which are magical stone, clothes, gold, and many other things.
"I humbly refuse, your Highness," I said while kneeling on him because he was stubborn.
"Then, are you going to accept your punishment?" He said.
"No, Your Highness," I said, why would they punish the one they want to give reward?! Seriously?!
" Just accept it, Avy since the emperor himself said that I should give you a reward," He said as he taps on his table while looking at me.
"The Emperor?"
"Yes, and he said that if you refuse it then, you better die for not accepting it." He said. I don't know if the emperor lost some screws on his head.
"What?! What kind of logic is that?!" I said.
"That's why I said that you should accept it," He said as he blows his finger.
"Then, you can keep it, Your Highness," I told him and he looked at me in disbelief.
"No," He said.
"That's why I said that I don't need any reward," I said, It's not that I do not want to accept but I just did what I should have to do.
"Why?" He asks me as he looks at me seriously.
"It's just that I only did what should be done," I said as I look at him straight into his eyes. He was a bit surprised when I said that.
"Fine, I try to talk with the Emperor even though I said that you owe but he insists it since you saved my life." He said as he sighed.
"Thank you, Your Highness," I said because he would not force me to give it to him.
"But, in one condition," He said as he smirks at me so I was nervous because of that since I feel like something is wrong.
"What?" I ask.
"Be my physician," He said as he smiled.
"What? I'm no a physician, Your Highness," I said,
"You can give me your answer in three days whether you accept the reward or be my physician," He said,
~~END Flashback
"Then, why don't you just accept it, Avy. It's easy, " Lady Miary told me when I told her what happened in the palace.
"No, I can't accept something big like that," I said as I left them. Sofie tried to stop me but I ignore her even her Grace was calling me. I locked myself in my room and Ash looked at me from my bed. I looked away as I remembered my d*mn father when he left us because of wealth that's why I don't want to have something like that since I'll just have need enough for me to survive.
'Are you okay, Master,' Ash asks me before approaching me because I was sitting now while leaning against the door.
" I'm okay, I just remember something bad but I am okay so don't worry," I said as I patted his head but then he was hugging since he transforms into a human.
"It's okay," He said as he was hugging me as if he was saying that 'it's okay to cry it loud' so I clung to him since I remember a feeling that is not bad but the worst like it was piercing your body piece by piece. I cried because of the memories in the past that's the reason why I always stay in the house because my friends, classmates, and even relatives are looking down on my mom and me because of my d*mn father's greediness in money.
I just woke up and was in bed when I remembered I was hugging Ash last night. I did not realize that I fell asleep crying and I don't want to show anybody that I'm crying. I looked next to me but Ash was not there so I looked around and he was at the door sleeping since he was in his beast form.
"Thank you, Ash," I said as I pat his head and he got up.
"I didn't mean to disturb you," I said as I smiled at him but he didn't answer me as he just walks toward the bed and immediately lay down on my bed. I think he was guarding the door since last night preventing coming in and I remembered I have plans with Ian today so I get ready.
"Ash, you stay here and have a rest since I have plans with Ian today," I said when I'm about to leave.
"I'll come," He said and he stood up on my bed.
"No, you should sleep. I know you take care of him. I'll buy something for you," I said so he just nodded as he lay down again on the bed.
"I'll be back," I said as I jumped out the window since I didn't want to show myself to them first because I was embarrassed because I suddenly left. Since we are going to meet in the town and I'm a bit early so I went to the bakeshop to have some sweets to comfort myself. I ordered a chocolate-strawberry cake, Chocolate parfait, and chocolate mousse. I really love chocolates ever since I was a kid, and I remembered Ian was always buying chocolate for me.
"You really love chocolate," I turned around and saw Ian as he sat in the chair in front of me.
"They are my happiness," I said as I smiled before I scoop my parfait.
"Did something happen?" He asks me as he looks at me worried. I don't know why does he know if did something happens to me even though he was not with me.
"It's nothing," I said as I smiled to hide it,
"Don't lie, Avy. There's evidence in your eyes even if you soak your face with cold water. It's visible," He said.
"I just remember something bad," I said.
"I know it's not--"
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