"Sure" replied Zach in his usual cool outlook.
Diana started walking in front of Zach after she dismissed the maid who had previously been his guide essentially taking over her role. The transition of the position didn't take much time as Zach started following in Diana's footsteps as if the change had never happened in the first place and he had always been following after Diana after leaving his room.
Diana didn't care whether Zach was a stranger or not; she led him to her bedroom as if it didn't matter at all.
Zach looked around as soon as he reached the threshold of her bedroom; it was his first time in a girl's bedroom after all both in his previous world and in this new world. He was naturally curious.
Diana let him look around as she waited for him near the only door of the room. She softly closed it after Zach came in and turned around to face Zach who was busy scanning the room.
When Zach turned back around to face Diana after completing a survey of the room, he was shocked to find Diana kneeling in front of him.
Startled by the suddenness of it, Zack couldn't process the change.
Diana looked towards Zach like an innocent child and pleaded with him in her sweet voice that was shaking like a solitary leaf on a stormy night.
"I know that it is shameless of me to keep asking favors from you when all you have done is help me and I have not been able to do anything for you in return. But allow me to be shameless for the very last time because there is no one else whom I can ask to come to my assistance."
Zach could feel her sincerity from her words but that didn't mean he was willing to be a tool for just anyone. He wasn't going to help her just because she looked pitiful. But before making his judgment, Zach felt that it was only right that he hear her out completely so he urged her to talk.
"Please heal my brother's feet; I beg you. I know that it is close to impossible but you have already created a miracle by pulling me back from the depths of hell and I have a firm belief that even if there is a single person out there who can help my brother then it has to be you." Her eyes shined like a galaxy full of stars as the image of the savior that she had imagined in her dreams and that of Zach superimposed in real time.
"You know what…my big brother has already suffered a lot. After our father left us, he lost his legs because of the uprising of the families. He was supposed to be the heir to the mighty Luther family, the overlords of Elizabeth city who could walk sideways in the city without a care for the world. But instead he became the head of the mediocre Luther family that had fallen so low that its mere existence was due to the mercy of the new rulers. I still remember how it tore my heart seeing my brother try to comfort me even when he was in such a pitiful condition. I have tried to help my brother on my own but I couldn't find a solution to help him stand once again; except you that is. Please…help my brother if you can. I am willing to do anything in return…ABSOLUTELY anything."
Zack found this request a bit rude considering all that he had done for her. She was still not satisfied which made Zach feel as if he was being used. He would have refused her without even hearing her story had the way she requested it not moved Zach's heart.
Zach felt touched by the sincerity of the two siblings. Humans were inherently selfish and even family didn't mean much to most of them. Yet these two who only had a family name to hold on to, were still capable of looking out for each other and not just for their own self.
Zach remembered how Bruce had also pleaded with him to save his sister and compared it with how Diana was begging him now to help Bruce. Both of them seemed so similar in their approach. It was as if each of them was willing to do anything to help the other. Zach could be sure of their sincerity, love and care for each other just from that.
"How do you expect me to help Bruce? I am not a healer." Zach played along as he wanted to hear her say it out loud.
"You have done a lot for us which is why I can only put my trust in you. I have seen how gentle and caring you heart is which makes me want to believe that even if you don't have a way to heal him now, you will surely try to find one in the future so you can fulfill my request. Don't get me wrong…I am not trying to dump my burden on top of you. My brother is my responsibility and I am willing to do anything for my brother. If you really can't do it, I will just agree to my marriage to Raisman Sosis with my brother's health as the condition. I am sure that the Sosis family has the means to invite a healer capable of regenerating limbs."
A tear rolled down her cheek and her voice stammered near the end but the sincerity and the confidence in her eyes never wavered for the smallest instant.
Zach was impressed. She made Zach feel small even though she was the one begging on her knees instead of him. Her sheer determination and will to sacrifice herself for her brother was saintly at the very least and made Zach feel guilty for doubting her sincerity.
Zach wanted to reassure Diana by telling her about Bruce's advanced and functioning new feet but he remembered the promise he had made to Bruce previously.
Although the secret was supposed to be only temporary; Zack was nothing if not a man of his words. He did not tell Diana about the resolution of Bruce's disability and agreed to her plea without making a lot of fuss.
"Alright…alright I will help you. There is no need to think so much about sacrificing yourself. A girl like you is too young and beautiful to even be thinking about such unlucky things." joked Zach as he tried to make Diana laugh.
Diana bursts into tears of joy. The shine in her eyes came back and her shoulders stopped drooping as if a heavy burden had been removed from her shoulders. The biggest burden that had weighed down on her chest had just vanished with a few words from Zach. She knew that since Zach had promised her to heal his brother, it was only a matter of time before he did.
With renewed vigor she bowed her head as she kneeled even more properly as she continued pleading with Zach like an acolyte of a cult.
"Since you have agreed, I have one more thing to ask of you." Diana's head was so low that Zach couldn't see her face at all otherwise he would have noticed her overflowing excitement.
Zach felt that things were getting out of hand. The girl was taking him for granted considering the fact that this was already the third time she was asking him for a favor.
"How thick is her face? She keeps asking me for favors without blinking an eye. Maybe I should draw a line this time or I will end up becoming an errand boy for this household." Zach thought as he witnessed how shameless Diana could be.
"Please let me follow you. I want you to be my master." asked Diana with the same confident voice associated to her personality but for some reason her face was burning and she couldn't dare to lift her face up to face Zach.
Zack was stunned by this sudden turn of events. Just when he thought that the girl was going to ask him for another shameless favor, it turned out to be such a thing. Zach wondered why the girl was being so adamant about it.