A gasp was torn out of Euphoria's throat as she fell on top of Avien with a thud, she was lucky she fell on Avien instead of colliding with the hard floor, she chuckled and attempted to stand back on her feet.
"Your chest is the perfect material for a supporting foundation, thank you for breaking my fall"
Euphoria's movements were restrained as she couldn't stand up properly, a hand was wrapped around her waist with the owner of the hand giving her a playful smirk, that smirk made him undeniably beautiful but again there was no way she was going to act like he affected her or to admit it.
"Stop staring and be a sweetheart by removing your arm from my waist so i can stand on my own two feet"
"Why should i when this position is so much more fun"
Avien cocked his head to the side as a flushed Euphoria noticed some onlookers staring, gushing and giggling.
"Avien what are you doing, stop making us look weird like this, they're assuming t-that....., just let go of my waist for god's sake"
"I don't think I'm making us look weird Euphoria, I mean your ontop of me and they know I can make you stay on top of me in so many ways, my arm around your waist doesn't make it any weirder it makes it more erot-------"
Before Avien could finish his sentence with the word 'erotic' Euphoria placed her palm over his mouth stopping him from saying any further, gosh the way the words rolled out so bluntly, her cheeks were crimson by now, she felt heat spread throughout her body as Avien rubbed little spots around her waist, she croaked and turned to him as his fangs gleamed against the sun and his breathing became raspy, he leaned into her as he softly trailed his finger down her neck.
"Your highness, the men at the training grounds await you"
A voice interrupted giving Euphoria the sanity to pull away as Avien's arms loosened from her waist, she was about to make a run for it so Avien wouldn't have the space to tease her again but her motion halted when Avien held her by the wrist.
"Hello Princess, it's nice to finally meet you, by the way I heard you destroyed Vilas earlier and I'd like to specifically thank you for shattering his ego so we can finally breath in peace"
Euphoria turned to the warrior and waved at him poking Avien's chin.
"Seeeeee, do you see how congratulating he is, learn from him instead of being jealous of my win"
Euphoria crossed her arms pouting as Avien turned to Euphoria chuckling.
"Do you want to come with me to the training grounds?"
"Well, I don't have any other thing to do as of now so yeah"
He nodded as they walked away from the garden turning behind the castle. Euphoria was wowed at the huge floorspace and the number of people training there, back home they had training grounds for soldiers, warriors, guards, normal people who wanted to train etc, but this was incomperable. Centuated a little bit away from the floor space were huge warehouses.
"Those warehouses are where complex advance technological weapons are being worked on, and of course those we received from your kingdom, but where you are right now is called the ring, where we train"
Euphoria nodded admiring the vast scenery of warriors, men and women alike training themselves, they were people who were working on spells like the witch bloods, dijins and others engaging in physical training forms.
"What form of training do you like to undergo?"
Euphoria asked Avien while she smiled to a maid who placed a chair for her to seat on but she decided to stand instead as she watched Avien swiftly take off his clothes and change into a pair of black plants and a black shirt.
"Physical combat princess"
Euphoria's smile turned into a scowl as she noticed some female maids who oggled Avien while he was changing discreetly, Avien noticed her scowl and chuckled.
"They can stare but you're the only one allowed to touch"
Euphoria nudged Avien trying to stop her cheeks from blushing tomato mode avoiding the many eyes that gawked at her.
"Can I join you and train too?"
Avien turned to her and shook his head.
"What do you mean no, I used to train at home a lot and I miss it, I just want to train that's all"
Euphoria turned to Avien and huffed with a smirk playing at her lips.
"Well since you don't want to let me train, I guess I'll spend the rest of my time oggling and admiring the rest of the handsome men in the ring"
Avien's jaw clenched at that statement as he turned to Euphoria.
"You are going to train instead"
He turned to a maid and told her to get a pair of suitable clothes of combat for Euphoria who walked towards a secluded spot to change.
She came out beaming with smiles at how comfortable the clothes were, Avien squinted his eyes as he watched on as she received awed stares from men and women alike, well he couldn't blame them, the light grey pants and light grey shirt made her look hot and feisty, a deadly combo.
He clapped his hands gaining the attention of everyone.
"Go on everyone take a break, the princess and I have some training to do"
Euphoria followed Avien as they walked to the center of the ring with the onlookers staring intently at them.
"So do we start now or-----"
"Yes I'm going to train you, and we are going to use weapons"
Avien spread his wrist as sharp black talons took over his nails making Euphoria's eyes widened though she had already seen them before, damn those were fast weapons.
"I would like a pair of twin daggers, are those available?"
Euphoria asked getting into pre-battle stance, Avien nodded signaling a guard to bring a leather sheet with straps that held different types of twin dagger pairs.
"Take a look for yourself and choose the one you want"
Euphoria turned towards the leather sheet the guard was holding as she ran her fingers along the daggers, they were of different shapes, designs and sizes but she knew what she was looking for.
Everyone that was present training looked on eagerly, the crowned prince going head on in combat with his wife which was apparently a human was definitely going to be entertaining, Orax took her seat in the shaded stand beside the ring where chairs were placed, after practicing spells for hours she definitely needed some form of entertainment.
Euphoria picked a dagger with a deep green hilt, beautiful carvings and a steel blade she turned back towards Avien flicking the daggers between her fingers.
"Can you tell me why you choose those particular set of daggers among the rest, is it because they're pretty or -----"
Euphoria twirled the now unsheathed daggers between her fingers with a huge smile on her face.
"Not that, it won't be wise to choose a weapon based on just how pretty it is, it has to serve the purpose that I want it to"
Avien nodded affirmatively, based on how keen she was on combat it was a surprise to know that she had training knowledge.
"And what purpose do you want your daggers to serve princess?"
Avien replied swinging his talons at her as the crowd gasped not expecting him to to attack immediately, but Euphoria dodged his talons by bending slightly as she attempted to plant a kick on his chest.
"A quick defence and a straight forward attack, I choose them because they are light, portable but swift, agile, sharp and most of all so that I can use them easily"
Avien used his hands to hold her leg in place to his chest as she attempted to wiggle her ankle out of his hold, Euphoria decided it was no use because his grip was firm so she decided to use a counter attack by using her other free leg to situate a drop kick to his head, just as her feet landed on his ear he softly gripped her throat while her leg hung on his shoulder.
She dropped her leg as he retreated his hand as smiles could be seen on the faces of the onlookers, apparently they didn't expect her to have that much skill though she was no where on par with Avien, she was skilled.
"Nice attack princess but by attempting your drop kick , you left yourself vulnerable to attack, remember to attack and remove yourself from a position that an enemy is likely to attack you from"
Euphoria nodded and turned to Avien placing her feet firmly on the ground. This time around she attacked first turning quickly behind Avien using her shoulder to land a harsh blow to his side, she knew the blow was nothing to him but she kept pushing forward, swinging the dagger at him while he kept blocking unwilling to attack harshly, she tried to look for a point to land a hit or a blow and she finally found it as Avien was about to lunge his talons towards her stomach but she quickly jumped aside....... swiftly avoiding his talons as she used the opportunity to deliver another blow to his back, Avien staggered a bit happy at the progress she made, atleast she had finally landed a major hit.
"Good, you evaded my attacks and still found an opening for yours"
Euphoria knew Avien wasn't even putting in effort in attacking her, he made it clear that his aim wasn't to draw blood but to train her to be able to attack and defend which she was grateful for because if he even used half his usual force she wouldn't last a session.
"You're not a pretty bad teacher yourself"
Avien did a dramatic mock bow as Euphoria chuckled.
"Are you just into combat or is there any other thing you want to try?"
Avien asked retracting his talons back. Euphoria nodded eagerly like a child in a toy shop pointing towards the archers unit. Avien stepped closer to Euphoria bending his head till his lips slightly brushed against her ear.
"Would you like your sexy hubby to train you in that too"
And that was all it took for Euphoria's breathing to turn raspy with his words echoing in the ears of everyone present.
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