(Reader's pov)
I couldn't sleep anymore since Nozel left my room. I didn't know why, but I felt unsecure and lonely. In that night when he slept in my room, I couldn't refrain myself and looked at him sleeping. He was so cute!
I got ready and went in the backyards to test my new types of arrows that I disvovered recently in missions. At that moment, I had 3 types : Sparkle arrow, Paralyzing arrow and Multiplier arrow.
The Sparkle arrow explodes when it hit the target (I used it to Beatrice when she entered in my room by force) , but it doesn't do a lot of damage. The Paralyzing arrow paralyzes the target for an hour, and the Multiplier arrow multiplies in many arrows who explodes and do a lot of damage.
A few hours later, the captain saw me.
"(Y/N), STOP MESSING AROUND! You will go in a mission in Nean with Beatrice and her sisters. They are waiting for you at the entrance. NOW GO!" he yelled at me.
"Yes captain!" I said and used my Shiny Boots to get there very fast.
"Finally you arrived!" she said and her sisters giggled.
"Is something funny?" I asked frowning at them.
"Oh, dear! Your existence itself is a joke, but that not the reason we're giggling." she pushing me so hard that I nearly fell.
I got out my bow and summoned a Sparkle arrow, ready to shoot at Beatrice.
"DO THIS AGAIN AND YOU WILL DIE!" I said with a high tone, creating a strong mana zone which shaked the ground.
"Whatever.... We have a mission to do. Let's go!" she said with a careless tone, like what I did then was nothing for her. I calmed down and my bow and the mana zone disappeared.
The mission went the same as the other ones with them: me doing all the work and they mocking and laughing at me and complaining about everything.
After the mission was over, I went back in my room, without noticing that Beatrice and her sisters were following me. It was night and my room was dark. I was heading to the bathroom to take a shower, then I heard my door opened. I looked back and I saw them.
"What are you doing in my room? GET OUT!" I said yelling at them. All day they pissed me off to see that they were in my room was frustrating.
"What? Aren't you happy to see us? After all, you said when we first met that to get to know each other. Let's do that tonight!" Beatrice said approaching, while I was walking back until I hit the wall. I got out my bow and summoned three Sparkle arrows, ready to shoot in them.
"One step closer and I will shoot. GET OUT OF MY ROOM NOW!"
"Ahhh.... (Y/N), you're so serious and grumpy! Are you trying to imitate Nozel to scare me to death and leave your room? Hahahahah...." they laughed loudly like I wasn't serious about shooting at them. "Don't make me laugh because you're not funny, (Y/N), you're not. Maybe that's why you're a royal shame, because you have so many defects: you're not funny, you're naive, stubborn and weak." I started trembling my arms and crying. I was so scared that I couldn't move. "Awwww.... She started crying isn't that funny, sisters?" she said and her sisters started laughing loudly again.
"SHUT UP....SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP! BEGONE, YOU FUCKING BITCH!" I said and shoot, but a steel wall appeared and that arrows exploded in my face, making me blind for a few seconds, and then, a shadow aproched me and grabbed my neck very hard.
" How dare you to say that to beautiful Beatrice, you idiotic girl?" I recognized that voice. It was Tedros.
"I knew that you will try to harm me, like you did before, so I invited Tedros to join us. Now that we're all here, let's start to get to know each other well. I'm first. I'm Beatrice Misako and what I don't like it's that a beatiful (C/H) like this is wasted on a girl like you. Let's cut it! "she said holding a scissor.
When I saw the scissor, I tried desperately to escape, but they grabbed my members tightly so I couldn't defend myself or escape.
" AAAAAAAAAAHHHH.... "I screamed when she started to cut my long hair and Tedros punching my face to shut up.
(Nozel's pov)
I was heading to the HQ to see (Y/N), then I heard her screams. I runned to her window and what I saw shocked me, (Y/N) was screaming in pain, Beatrice was cutting her hair and Tedros was punching (Y/N). I broke the window and they stopped and glared at me.
"HOW DARE YOU TO DO THIS TO MY FRIEND? YOU'LL BE PUNISHED FOR THIS!!" I yelled at them and opened my grimoire. "Mercury Magic: Silver Bullets" I said and the bullets hit them very hard. They tried to defend themselves, but I was to fast for them, but I didn't harmed (Y/N). I hit them until they somehow managed to get out of the room. (Y/N) was sitting down on her knees in front of me with her cheecks crimson, nose bleeding, eyes red and full of tears and her hair almost entirely cut.
I ran toward her and hugged her tightly, she was still crying.
"It's okay, (Y/N). You're safe now." I said patting her head to calm her.
(Reader's pov)
"It's okay, (Y/N). You're safe now." he said patting my head. His hug was so warm and made me feel safe
A few minutes later, I stopped crying, but my heart didn't stop beating fast because of the shock.
"I was so scared.....I though that I would die. Thank you so much for saving my life!" I said breathing very hard.
(Nozel's pov)
"No problem. After all, you're my best friend that I could've had ever." I said and looked at her, her face starting to recover, like her leg did in our first mission. "I won't let them hurt you ever again, I promise." I said and hugged her again.
"Thank you, Nozel!" she said and... kissed my cheeck.
My heart was beating fast and my face turned red. That was unexpected, but it felt good, like I've waited for this moment my entire life and it finally came. I didn't know how good it was to be kissed on the cheeck by a girl, especially her.
We finally woke up and I looked around in her room. Then, I realized how much mess I did.
"I-I'm so s-sorry for your r-room." I said shyly, still didn't recovered from that moment. "Y-You can... s-sleep in m-my room, if...if you want."
"I would like to, but I don't you to have problems with your father because of me. I know how scary he can be....Nozel, you should took me to the hospital, I don't feel very well..." she said and fainted.
I catched her and took her to the hospital. Fortunately, Doctor Owen was there.
(Timeskip)
I was standing on a hallway and waitting for Doctor Owen to tell me how was (Y/N). I was so concerned for her. Doctor Owen finally came.
"How is she?" I asked.
"She's gonna be okay. She fainted because of exhaustion, starvation, severe injuries around her face and her skull was cracked. If you hadn't taken her to the hospital, she wouldn't survive." he said. I was shocked. I didn't know how much she suffered because of them. Thank god I could save her.
" Can I see her? " I asked.
" Yes, you can. " he said and entered in the room where she was. She was sleeping on a bed with her head bandaged.
I never though that Beatrice could do such a horrible thing to a girl like (Y/N). Poor (Y/N), she was just an innocent girl who wanted to help this kingdom and it's citizens and be accepted by the world. Her intentions were so pure and she never hurted somebody for no reason. She took all the blame to her to defend me and, because of that, she was hated by the whole squad and didn't allowed to eat good so she was starting to starve and suffer in silence until it came to that.
I looked at her and started crying. She looked horrible and she could barely breathe. She suffered that much because I was too weak to defend myself. She never deserved that. I was a horrible person, a coward who wasn't capable to take responsibility of his misbehave. She knew that, but she was still smiling at me. She sacrificed for me so much, even her life, and I gave her nothing.