Five Little Sacrifices

Chapter 8

His fingers were almost trembling when he touched the snap that kept the scabbard on.

"Ooh, are you gonna fight against someone, baby?" he suddenly heard a cackle and almost jumped, quickly looking towards Bickslow.

The tall man had left his visor inside the Hall and was just wearing his pants and a simple sleeveless shirt. His black and blue hair was all messed up because he just got up from the bed.

"You know, Freed doesn't like it if someone takes his sword just like that", Bickslow said stepping beside Felix, dropping to sit on his heels.

"I just... Wanted to try it", Felix muttered his cheeks blushing. "Because using a sword makes you more stronger, right?"

"Hmm? Where did you get that?" Bickslow asked curiously.

"Mama's strong!" Felix yelled instantly.

"Oh, you're right! Sure, sword can make you stronger if you know how to use it. Do you know how to use it?" the seith mage grinned leaning his jaw against his hand.

"I don't know..." Felix murmured and he didn't like it that he had to say it. "But that's why I have to train! I have to get strong too!"

"I see, I see... Okay, that sounds fair", Bickslow said after thinking a moment and Felix was actually surprised. Bickslow wasn't going to take the sword away from him? "You know, I can use a sword a little bit too", the man with a face tattoo smirked.

"You can?" Felix asked, but he was not convinced. He had never seen Bickslow using a sword after all. And Bickslow sometimes lied about things!

"Sure I can", Bickslow snickered and he took the sword, standing up.

"Isn't it heavy?" Felix asked, amazed how Bickslow actually could move it quite effortlessly.

"Yeah, but that's okay since I'm soooo strong!" the red eyed mage cackled snapping the scabbard off and the sword was shining when the sunlight hit it.

"Dad and mama are stronger than you", Felix huffed not at all convinced by Bickslow's declaration.

"Hush, we don't talk things like that out loud, baby."

"But it's true."

"Man, there's no way to fool you is there, chipmunk?"

"Don't call me chipmunk."

"Okay, okay", Bickslow smirked. "Behold, I'm going to show you some of my very, very secret skills of using a sword! Like this!" he grinned swishing the sword around.

He had no idea what he was doing. He just did his best to make it look really showy and it seemed like no matter how much Felix was doubting him, he was still amazed. Bickslow cut down few pieces of wood from the nearby fence and something like that, when he dropped on his knees suddenly.

Felix got instantly worried when he heard him hissing in pain.

"W-what happened?" he asked quickly grabbing Bickslow's arm. "Bickslow! Did you get hurt?" he asked.

"It huuurts!" Bickslow howled sitting on the ground and he was holding his hand. Felix's face went pale as he saw blood in his hand and he got scared. "Damn, these things are sharp! No wonder you have to train so hard with a toy sword before you can use the real thing!"

"Bickslow!" Felix cried. "What can I do? What can I do?" he asked desperately, not wanting Bickslow to die here because he got injured.

"Go inside and go get a first aid kit from the infirmary."