One idea emerged saying that Arzan was jealous of Ades' presence with all her uniqueness even though she had not learned anything. Her position felt threatened.
Arzan shook her head to get rid of that thought. "I think I also want to practice fighting. Can I count on you?" She looked at Ain seriously.
Ain's eyebrows furrowed then shrugged. "I don't fight like you."
Arzan pouted in annoyance. "Okay, then I'll ask Azza for help."
Ain looked at Arzan skeptically, "I didn't say I didn't want to train you."
In her mind, Arzan grumbled then rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Indirectly you refused to teach me."
"I will do it." Ain stopped for a moment. "After this, we practice."
"I said I would train with Azza." Let's say Arzan is stubborn but that's how she is.
The sound of a sigh made the two of them stop arguing finding look at the expressionless people. Among those expressions, the worst was the King's.
"Please come in." The vampire spoke without friendliness, instead looking bored. "I'll just introduce myself, my name is Zenit."
Elios' jaw tensed he wanted to reprimand the vampire for being impolite in introducing himself before the King.
"Does not matter."
Elios bowed respectfully, the King's orders were absolute.
Arzan smiled crookedly, occasionally sneering at Elios in her heart, commenting on how well-trained he was as the King's guard dog.
"Thank you, Zenit."
The vampire gasped, his eyes blinking still in process. He groaned until he finally answered. "You're welcome," he said hesitantly testing the phrase on his tongue to try the sensation.
"He's a bit strange."
Ades was willing to approach Arzan just to whisper. Arzan pouted but still nodded. Ades unexpectedly pulled Arzan's arm into the house, this was a little strong until Arzan was completely tempted to hit her on the head.
"After this, we practice."
"I said practice with Azza."
"I don't remember ever talking about that."
Azza spoke from behind, his words went straight to Arzan's heart, thinking she had been rejected by two people at once.
"It's oke, I will practice alone," she said irritably and then hissed at Ades' chuckled response.
As long as they saw the room, Ades didn't let go of Arzan's arm, acting as if she was her pet.
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"Cut this wood open end to end." Ain pointed to a small piece of wood that didn't stop moving quickly. He then turned to Ades. "You come with me, we will learn to do magic without having to say the spell."
The two of them walked away, leaving Arzan alone, not very far, but Arzan was still annoyed.
"Damn." Arzan looked at the small piece of wood, imagining it was Ain, she launched the first attack which ended up not hitting the target. Arzan was sure she had organized her movements according to the target. She cursed Ain for making the wood move in another direction as if it were alive. Wherever Arzan aimed her punch, the wood moved in less than a second.
"You have to concentrate Arzan, I'm training your reflexes to be focused."
"Reflexes are not from the brain, you are teaching something impossible." Arzan snorted especially when she saw Ain making a pattern on Ades' hand.
Arzan doesn't want to admit it but the two of them are cute together.
"Just do it, you can't rest if you can't split wood. Remember to split from top to bottom, not chop."
Arzan wanted to protest that the diameter of the wood was too small but thought it better to shut it off. Her abilities certainly could be better than she thought.
An hour later.
Arzan didn't know how many times she had driven her claws into the wood just to play with it. In any form, Arzan shows no signs of success.
"Damn, I'm out of strength." Sweat dripped down her face and back, the cold weather no longer felt like she even took off her scarf and mantle, leaving Arzan wearing a tank top.
"Again, you can't stop before you finish it."
"Ain, you're too hard on Zannie."
"Otherwise she doesn't develop." Ain's hands on his hips reminded Ades of cruel teachers punishing students.
Ades' learning just ended after Ain said he was quite satisfied and that had not happened in Arzan's training.
"But Zannie-"
"Noisy." Arzan roared, eager to claw something. She closed her eyes, feeling where to direct the attack, focusing her sense of smell on memorizing the target she would go to.
Srak.
Arzan opened her eyes, she saw that the wood was slightly split but not to the end. The wood was so small there were only a few scratches on it.
"Ain, please get us some food."
"Okay, wait a moment," said Ades. Before leaving she encouraged Arzan to sing, which in the human world is known as the singing of spruce-fir.
Arzan wiped the sweat flowing into her eyes until it felt sore.
"Continue Zannie."
"Fuck you."
Ain just chuckled as blue flames flew in his hands. Arzan's forehead furrowed, questioning why Ain's fire was still burning in cold weather like this.
The smell of food invaded Arzan's sense of smell disrupting her concentration, he couldn't be mistaken for being hungry at a time like this.
"Don't be careless, I will finish this food if you don't split the wood within fifteen minutes."
"You crazy."
Ades looked at Arzan full of sympathy and gave condolences for her misfortune. Arzan snorted again, trying to focus on her target.
Fifteen minutes passed, and extreme fatigue forced Arzan's body to fall. Training had never been that intense before and the wood still hadn't split as ordered. All getting more difficult because Arzan's attacks reduced its diameter.
"Woah, it's a shame you didn't get any food."
Arzan opened her eyes, looking at Ain annoyed. She didn't care what strength she used to get up and pounced on Ain. Their position was Arzan on top of Ain's body, for now, she was satisfied with slapping Ain's cheek who was grinning playfully.
"Then I will eat you."
"Okay, I'll give it."
Time seemed to stop, dimensions seemed to split, and the world was filled with beautiful blooming flowers that spread a fragrant smell.
Normal things happen to romance, but Arzan did not feel it, was that her heart stopped beating when Ain's soft lips touched her lips. The touch is as light as a feather, motionless and smooth.
It only happened for a few seconds and Arzan still couldn't move. She could still feel the ghost of Ain's lips which seemed like they would remain indefinitely.
"Sorry to interrupt."
Arzan turned her head, it disturbance was felt and she saw the person, Azza reversed so that only his back was visible. Arzan swore she was so embarrassed, she wouldn't be surprised if she looked like an idiot.
Ades went, and then being replaced by Azza didn't end well at all.
"Well, I won't apologize. Now let's get up."
Time stopped again, Arzan was forcibly pulled into the real world was picked up by Ain and they stood up. Arzan just realized that a bowl of meat was right in front of her eyes.
"Damn Ain, that was my first kiss."
Ain snorted in amusement. "It was my first time too."
"So what?"
Arzan ask, she was sure there was something wrong with the way Ain's brain worked. Arzan needed clarity regarding the sudden kiss.
"I just feel like kissing you, but this isn't a real kiss."
"You damn pervert."
"Hey, I just wanted to." Ain looked away and smiled faintly but the corners of his eyes looked at a thick tree covered in snow.
"Come out."
"Oh, that's what I wanted. Thank you for the invitation."
Arzan looked back and forth between Ain and the vampire they had met yesterday.
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