True eminence in shadows

chapter 2 : Not so nice to meet you

"You better watch that gutter of a mouth of yours or else you might lose your tongue",Alexia threatened me

"Yeah I sure to feel scared maybelline, I should get myself of Bodyguard to keep myself safe from you",I replied without any hesitation

That seemed to have gotten herself, she pulled her sword from her scabbard, propelled herself towards me using magic at a speed where a normal person might have thought she teleported, the blunt side of a sword moved for my head but it was caught between my fingers, she took a bag step and prepared her stands while I just stood there thinking ,'What should I have for dinner' there was a moment of tension in the Arena then she broke her stance and put the sword back into its scabbard

"I hate your guts",Alexia growl ed ,'looks like she does clearly understand only a defeat could a weight her if she went for the fight but she still didn't spared the words'

"You might not be as big of an idiot as you seem your Highness"

"Why you–"

"Looks like you too are getting along really well my precious daughter and Kiyotaka, why don't you go to some other place and talk and come to a common understandings, no, Alexia I won't hear any of it you Kiyotaka here is an excellent spellsword, he is the best suited for being a bodyguard and ally in times of need, you should appreciate him being there to help you and keep you safety",the kings said in a Jolly voices and diffused the verbal bomb that Alexia was going to drop on me

"Thank you, Your Majesty I will try my best to live up to your expectation",I said while bowing

"You might as well just be just a push over who just sucks up to those in power" she really did almost made me angry with that

"Oh C'mon Kiyotaka no need to be so normal, open up a little"

"Alright we can continue to talk and further introduce ourselves in Alexia's room as my room is a bit messy to make ourselves comfortable because of the recent shutting, I will also tell the servants to clean this Arena up on our say"

"Very well then it's decided, you will be hired as Alexia's Bodyguard now I must also ho, I have to talk to the Minister retarding various topic such as finance of our new project, the budget set for this year and whether we should dispose the old office files that is taking too much space or not, see you later your Kiyotaka and my dear",said the king Midgar and left

Then we three promptly left the Arena

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"Yet, I still don't understand how did you defeated Iris even if you started training from a very young age the gap between you two is like heaven and hell", asked Alexia who was currently sitting on her bed in her room, despite being the second princess's room it is quite modest in size with grey coloured walls, a simple oak wood study table, a shelf with multiple books about the history and geography of Midgar kingdom and a sofa on which I am currently seated

"You have been raised in a sheltered environmental, I don't think you know anything about the troubles of the world out side, it forces you to become strong and only the strongest can survived", I said while looking bored it was the truth but not what happened to me, while hoping that she wouldn't ask anymore questions about my past

"Then tell met, what happened to you in the fast?", 'Did she really went ahead utterly and destroyed my hopes'

"My past is something I would not like to talk am out", I said while trying to look as uneasy possible

"As your employer I do have the right to know about your past" Alexia used her authority to force me to talk

"Well I guess I don't have any choice then, I grow up at a distant countryside, it was a very less developed area with all sorts of criminal activities being common there, I was myself also a thief in my childhood and it was a dirty and rotten place, I trained myself all day and night to get out of that miserable life, I did multiple jobs if they were available to help sustain myself it's a typical cliche sad back story", 'It was the truth but there is more to it, what I told her was not even a quarter of the whole story'