Back at the courtyard, I call for Leon in my study room.
'Knock knock'.
"Come in." I said.
"My princess. You called for me?" Leon asked.
"Yes. Please have a seat." I told him.
Leon looked confused. He shut the door and sat on the chair which was in front of me.
I opened the first aid kit which I had requested from Tricia. Leon immediately realized why I had called him after looking at it.
"Princess, I can put the medicine on my wounds myself. You don't need to do this. I mean it. I'm fine." Leon said looking embarrassed.
"You can't reach the ones on your back right?" I said.
"Well, of course.... but.." Leon was searching for an excuse.
"No buts. It is my fault that you are wounded. You got wounded trying to protect me. That is more than I could every ask for, Leon. The least I can do is put some medicine." I said with a sad voice.
"But, Princess Alicia.." He was still trying to resist.
"Please stop resisting, Leon. And why are you calling me 'Princess Alicia'? It was your idea after all that we could call each other by name while in private." I was getting irritated. I pouted my lips in frustration.
Leon started chuckling. I saw his breathtaking smile again. "Aww. Look at my little Alicia having a tantrum over me. So cute to resist!" He said.
Leon had started teasing me. I started getting even more irritated.
"Just take off your clothes and let me apply medicine on your wounds. And please stop teasing me. I don't like it." I said in a commanding voice.
Leon was taken aback by my words but his smile was still plastered onto his face.
"Okay, Alicia. I will do as I am told by my lady." Leon sighed in defeat.
Leon started taking off his shirt. I couldn't help but look in awe at his perfect n*ked upper body. It was perfectly toned by his buffed chest and 6-pack abs. His biceps and triceps were very well defined.
I blushed by just looking at this sight. It was surely not my first time seeing the n*ked upper body of anybody of my opposite gender. I had seen Richard countless times and sometimes even grandpa after he had finished his work out. But this was the first time I saw the n*ked upper body of somebody not within my family and also a young man. I kept looking at it in fascination.
"Are you done ogling at this fascinating body?" Leon said jokingly.
"Ah no, I mean yes. Let's just get to applying the medicine." I said frantically.
I took some cotton from the medicine kit and put some medicine on it. I looked at his body. There were just a few cuts. 'He isn't badly injured. That's a relief.' I thought.
I started to apply the medicine on his wounds but when I looked closer I saw scars. I few too many of them in fact. I didn't ask Leon anything. I didn't hope to possibly offend him. I thought it must just be normal for a knight to have a few scars here and there from some cuts and wounds.
When I was about to look at his body for any possible wounds and scars, I was shocked. The scars at the front of his body couldn't be compared to the ones on his back. They looked like scars from whipping. I touched the long and hideous scars trying to get a better look.
'How did he get this? Who hurt him?' I thought. My heart clenched in pain.
Then suddenly Leon turned around. He caught my hand within his.
"Doesn't it look ugly? Doesn't it scare you?" Leon said. Leon started looking at my eyes. He stared directly into them. He was looking for something in them.