Aiden stopped when he was almost at the tree line to the settlement and turned around. "Come here. If you walk so far behind me now, they might suspect something."
Fate stared at Aiden, unsure of what to do. 'Should I trust him this one time…?' Gripping the knife in her hand, she walked forward and stood next to him.
Aiden smiled and, with the sweep of his hand, scooped Fate up into his arms and held her close to his chest. "You!? What are you doing!?" Fate was panicking so much she forgot she even had a knife in her hand to stab him with. She had never been this close to any man before, and now she was being held in a man's embrace!
"Trust me. Don't say a word and hide your face." Aiden found Fate's surprised and angry face were both adorable.
"Let me go!" Fate yelled in a hushed tone. Even in her current situation, she knew better than to yell or make a huge scene. This is why she did not hit him or anything else.
"Fate, trust me this once. I swear, I will let you go as soon as we make it past the entrance." Aiden really only wanted to help her. He had no other hidden objectives. But if he had to say one thing about this moment, it would be that even though he knew Fate had been sweating all night and day, she still had a strange fragrant sent to her. He also found her every action to be very alluring. Aiden calmed himself down, gulped down a mouth full of saliva, and took a deep breath before walking forward.
Fate knew as soon as he began to walk, she had no choice but to sit in his arms. She lowered her head and pulled her hood down more, trying to hide her face as much as possible. Aiden was happy seeing her behave and walked right to the settlement gates with large strides.
"Halt! Show your Id!" A guard came forward and stopped Aiden.
"As you can see, my hands are full. This girl was hurt by a slither, so I am bringing her back to get medical treatment." Aiden's smile never left his face as he stood there staring at the two guards.
"Wait, he's good. He came here with Sergeant Greystone. You can let him through." The other guard seemed to recognize Aiden right away. This was what Aiden was hoping for. Aiden nodded his head and walked past the gates and towards the dorm building Fate's class was staying at.
Behind him, the guard who had originally stopped him turned to his partner and asked: "Are you sure that was okay?"
"Yeah. If that was a student in his arms and she was hurt badly, then it would not be good if something bad happened to her. Some of those kids come from influential families. If we postpone their treatment in the slightest and they report us for it, we will be in a lot of trouble."
"Alright." The guard took his partner's answer and nodded his head. It was true he could not afford to offend any influential families.
"Can you put me down now!?" Fate was getting anxious because this man would not let her go!
"Sit tight for a little longer. We are almost at the portal. If I let you down now, it will look suspicious." Aiden was actually far enough away to allow Fate to walk on her own, but since he had the girl in his arms, he was not going to let go that easy.
Fate was debating whether or not to stab this man in order to break away, but after passing through the portal, he gently let her down as he had promised. Fate turned and glared at Aiden before running off without so much as a word of thanks.
Aiden chuckled and clenched his hands that had been holding the girl's body and let out a sigh. "Get a grip on yourself, Aiden." He thought for a moment before turning around and walking off down the street. "I wonder if the clothes store is open."
Fate made her way back to the dorm and stood outside the door. She could see students lounging around inside, and even one of them she knew very well. She reached up to take her hood off and paused when she realized she still had the young man's jacket on. "Fuck, does this mean I have to return this? No, he took advantage of me, so it's fine if I keep this. I will consider it payment for touching me." Fate mumbled to herself before pulling her hood down.
The doors to the dorm opened, causing everyone to quiet down when they saw who it was that walked in. The silence didn't last long before one person, in particular, yelled out: "You, how are you still alive!?"
A smile crept on Fate's face when she heard the girl yell as she looked over at her and tilted her head. "Hmmm? Why wouldn't I be alive? After you wet your panties, running away at first sight of a slither, with the Sergeant and the other three girls. I had no choice but to run away on my own. I mean, not even a single spell you cast was able to hit the slither. Then out of fear, you pissed yourself, leaving a bright yellow puddle under your feet. I had to run into the jungle and only just now found my way back. So if you do not mind, I am hungry, so I will be going to get something to eat now."
Fate's words caused murmurs to spread through the students. Although they knew Fate as a failure, her words still caused some of them to give the girl who yelled out weird looks. That girl was none other than Ella, the girl who teamed up with sergeant Greystone to get rid of Fate.
"You! Stop right there!" Ella was not going to let things go just like that.
Fate stopped and turned around to see Ella walking over to her full of rage. Fate shook her head, wondering what this girl had in this head of hers that made her think she could take her on. Fate did not say a word as Ella walked over to her and raised her hand to slap Fate in the face. This, of course, made Fate sneer. "I will only say this once. You brought this upon yourself."
As Ella's hand came down, Fate grabbed it and twisted Ella's arm before leaning in and punching Ella in the stomach holding back her strength to a low amount. But this bit of strength was still enough to cause Ella to feel as if everything she had eaten was about to come out. She started dry heaving and fell to the floor when Fate let go over her arm. "I warned you..." Fate gave a faint smile before turning around and walking away. Her disheveled blonde hair gently fluttering as she moved. This much was fine. Fate made sure not to go overboard. Luckily she was already someone who fought back no matter what. This was just the start of her revenge, a bit of interest, if you will.
As Fate walked away, she had not noticed that many of the boys and girls were staring at her strangely. Although she has had her system for almost a full day, she had not checked all her skills completely. Fate walked to her room and shut the door behind her making sure it was locked before taking the jacket off revealing her tattered clothes.
"That fucking bitch! I need to make sure when I take my revenge on her and suck her dry." Letting out a sigh, Fate continued: "So many things to do when I get back… I need to figure out what to do about my mother and take my revenge on all those who harmed me. As for the pervert... " Fate looked over at the military jacket lying on the floor and sighed. "Well, I got a free jacket out of the deal, so we can just leave it at that. But if he comes near me again!" Fate punched her pillow a few times before settling down. "I guess I will bathe..."
*Knock!* *Knock!*
As Fate got up, she heard a knock at the door; she let out another sigh and walked to the door. When she opened it and saw that it was someone she really did not want to see, causing her to knit her brow. "Humph! Just like a cockroach! Are all of you failures this tenacious that you don't fucking die when you should? How did you make it back?"
"Miss Lilth, you sound as if I should never have made it back. If this is the case, why the hell did you bring me in the first place?" Fate was mad. She was starting to get sick of all these people coming up to her one after the other just to give her trouble!
"You little failure bitch! You dare talk back to me!?" Lilth yelled and raised her hand, which held a whip, and lashed out with it. Fate quickly covered her head with her arms, but Lilth's strength was greater than her own. She was tossed backward with the single strike. Lilth sneered and put her whip back on her hip. "Humph! I will leave it at this for today. Be sure to be at the portal by noon tomorrow."
Fate landed hard on the floor. She looked at the now closed door, her eyes glowing red. A large amount of blood dripped down her arms from the huge wound that opened up when the whip hit her. The wound was so deep even her bones were showing. But at a speed visible to the naked eye, her wounds began quickly healing, which reduced the pain enough for it to be bearable. Right now, she had an unbearable determination to grow stronger! "Just you wait! All of you will soon cower in fear when you see me. But before I can fight Lilth and that damned sergeant, I need to get stronger!
[Hunger]: 100->30/100