Scary Woman

When Marco woke up he began looking for the group of guards that were going to go hunting but only found Lora and Brad. He walked up to Lora "Morning Lora, did the group already leave?"

She gave him a smile "Good morning to you as well sir, and for your later question they did. The captain woke us up about 2 hours earlier and said that you had agreed to kill some monsters."

He nodded and scratched his head "Yeah he said that he'll get some weak monsters so that I can get accustomed to killing and get stronger as well."

Lora nodded "That great Sir but make sure to be alert. They might be weak but even weak monsters can be deadly if you look down at them, especially for you. We will do our best to help you but it doesn't hurt to remind you."

Marco nodded and thanked her, that's when he noticed that the kids were still asleep. He looked at her excitedly and held her hands "Could you perhaps teach me some sword skills".

The guard looked at his hands around hers and began to blush, but as soon as she heard his request her expression changed. She now looked extremely serious and nodded.

Lora let go of his hands and cut two bamboo sticks that were a bit longer than what the kids used and handed it to him. After that, she took a stance and nodded "Your majesty attack me."

Marco was shocked "Shit what's wrong with her, she just entered some sort of warrior mode, or did the charm effect get erased."

He looked at her for a bit longer and then shrugged "Oh hell why not, let's just see what my current level is."

Marco charged at her with full speed and swung overhead, she easily dodged and hit his stomach with the stick. He groaned with pain, as he felt that the air was knocked out from him. After he felt better he stood up and began looking at Lora scared. He closed his eyes for a minute and then opened them again "Come on you got this" he told himself.

This time he slowly got closer when he was in range Lora swung overhead, he quickly brought his stick to block what happened next surprised him. She stopped her swing midway and changed trajectory hitting his stomach in the same place she had before.

Once again he was down, this time in all senses of the word he was laying flat on the grass gasping for breath. He looked at her once more as she just stood there still without emotion waiting for him to get up.

After a few seconds, he was ready for round 3. Marco slowly got closer to her and again she did the same overhead swing. He quickly raised his stick to block but was also prepared to move it in case she tried doing the same thing again.

To his surprise this time she completed the swing, when both sticks made contact his stick was immediately sent back hitting his own head by the force of hers. That sudden strength and the hit he had gotten from his own "weapon" shocked him.

Sadly Lora wasn't done after her swing she immediately did a sweep kick and made him fall to the ground. After getting put back on the ground he knew that he couldn't get up again yet the devil still looked at him waiting.

He sighed and looked at the sky "How can something so pretty become so deadly." he thought to himself.

When he turned around to look back at her he almost cried from joy, there behind her were 9 little angels. He looked at them illuminated by the light of the sun, the only things they were missing were their crowns and their wings.

He smiled and thought "My ticket out hehe."

Marco looked back at the guard and stood up "Lora thank you for the lesson I've had enough, now that the kids are here and they want to resume their lesson."

She seemed to be struck with life again, she quickly changed her emotionless face with worry and began to run towards him "Are you okay your majesty, I'm so sorry, I don't know what came over me."

He shook his head "Don't worry about it, if anything I thank you. That spar made me realize something."

She looked at him curiously "Sir may I ask as to what you realized", she asked worriedly. Lora was thinking that she had scared him away from trying to defeat the monsters that the hunting team was going to bring. If he did that then her companions would be angry with her, especially Alex who wants the prince to revive the Wolf Fang kingdom and take the place of the King.

Alex's father was the right-hand man of the previous king, when the castle was attacked his father stayed with the king to fight the enemy off while they fled. He was taught to be loyal to the royal family from a young age. That was why he would be angry with anything or anyone that got in the way of the prince.

Marco laughed and looked at her "Its a secret" he replied while he left fast walking.

He sat down on the grass looking at Lora training them worried that she would go all warrior mode on them but after seeing everything normal he sighed with relief "So she only gets like that when it's me."

"That's because she has feelings towards you"

Marco turned around surprised and found Brad looking at him while he smiled. He patted the ground next to him signaling Brad to sit. They both looked at her "Don't be angry with her, that's just what she learned from her father."

Brad sighed and began telling him Lora's story. Her father was in a war and when he came back he had learned that his mother was killed by a bandit that had stolen from their store. It was a time with heavy taxes so the mother tried to stop the thief but was killed in the end.

Her father was angry at himself for not being there and not teaching her to defend herself. Luckily Lora was in one of her friend's house at the time so she wasn't hurt. After the incident, her father trained her and kept telling her that weakness leads to death.

When Marco heard this it clicked "So that's why she hated me, since I was weak she was afraid that I would get her and her companions killed." he thought.

Brad sighed "She was probably unconsciously trying to make you become stronger or showing how much danger you are in your Majesty. I beg you once more don't be angry with her."

Marco shook his head "I already told her I'm not, what she did made me realize something."

Brad seemed relieved "Oh may I know what that is."

He shook his head "No I still have to verify if it's true by going to the town later."

The guard looked a bit disappointed in the end but nodded and walked to his guarding spot again.

Marco was left alone to look at the sky and air and then at Lora teaching the children.

Ding 🤖 "Hey buddy, I've been waiting for a few hours for you to tell me what you just realized."

(("Oh so you're still here where the hell were you when I was getting my butt handed to me."))

Ding 🤖 "Don't be angry I thought that you would need to concentrate and evaluate your skills so tell me what did you realize"

Marco shook his head "We can talk about it later, the hunting group is back."

As he said that Marco walked towards the group of 3 that carried some animals that were tied. He could see 2 snakes, 4 horned rabbits, and a goblin.

Ding 🤖 "Damn it guess I should have asked earlier, well anyways looks like it's time for some leveling hehe."