The fidgeting kids

All the way to the ground, I could feel the boy fidgeting and panicking. He was like a lamb who was dragged to the slaughter house. The facade he was wearing since morning was also breaking off. That was the real him, the one who was weary, scared and hated me.

"Get you position.'' The man looked at me as if I had spoken in some foreign language. He was looking around towards the knights who were practicing at the distance.

His face was filled with shock and his mouth touched the ground when a girl flipped in the air and put a sword on the neck of her opponent.

He was like a child who had seen the world of adults for the first time. He could not help but look at everything with his bright eyes as if he would miss a great chance to see the miracle if he would blink his eyes. It made me wonder, how did he even survive in this world alone for so long.

"How much time would you take? Do you have any idea that you could be killed till now if this would have been the battle ground? Now hurry and take your position." I scolded only for him to look at me embarrassedly and then at the ground.

"I. i do not know how to take position.'' Now it was my time to get shocked. Even if he did not have any training in the battlefield or did not know how to wield a sword, he should have at least fought before!

"When Was the last time you had a fight? What weapon have you used in the past? Daggers?" his face turned deeper shade of crimson and i frowned.

"The sun is not that high. How can you be so red? Do not tell me that you are this sensitive to heat or are you sick?" Instead of imprinting or standing straight, his face turned a deeper shade of red as if blood could start dripping out of it at any moment.

"I have never used any weapon, my lady, nor have I ever had a fight. I am a peace loving person." he replied in a soft voice and I readied a brow.

"Then how are you still alive." he coughed hard when my question fell on his ears and he looked anywhere but at me.

"You are weak then i have thought.'' I sighed as I looked at the man who was being chased by the men with not only physical but magical powers yet he had no idea about it.

"My lady, Lord Liam is here." came the voice of Maria who came running from the inner palace. Her face was red, just like Luke Evans.

"Why is your face red, Maria?" she looked down and bowed further hearing my question.

"I apologize, my lady. It will never happen again?" came the quick reply as if she had the power to control her temperature and shade of her face.

"Maria, I think you are wise enough to understand my question." she flinched and then nodded her head many times.

'I apologize, my lady. I ran faster to convey the message so my breath quickened and my face turned redder. I will try to be calm and controlled next time.``

"But you are not running." I pointed out as I looked at the boy who was still giving competition to the blood.

"Pardon." I just waved my hands at the strange man and concentrated back on the girl.

"Ask Liam to come and join me for a spar." she took a breath of relief listening to my reply and nodded.

"Yes, my lady." Although the girl promised that she would not run next time, she ran as if demons were chasing once she got my reply.

"My lady, shall I go and take care of other things then?" asked the boy in a pleading voice and I frowned.

"You are not my maid or servant. So stop behaving like one. You are my aide. And your only duty is to follow me around and do what I say." he nodded as I pointed out the obvious and stood there silently.

Soon we heard the sound of footsteps coming closer towards us and a man dressed up as a higher noble. He was looking like he was there to attend a grand feast. He was so annoying that even looking at his face was enough to irritate me. But then the thought of fencing with him calmed me.

That way I could beat him without receiving nagging from Caleb.

"My lady, it has been ages since i last saw you. I am glad that the border left due to some personal reasons that I get the chance to serve you again.`` He kneeled one foot and again asked for my hand which I passed reluctantly.

He kissed the back of my hand with that face that made me feel nauseated within seconds.

"Liam, I am glad that you are here." his face shone like stars when the words left my mouth.

"It is my good luck that I got the chance to meet you again, my lady. I have applied for every post in the palace. But every time they told me that they did not have a vacancy. I am even ready to be your maid who serve clean the ground you walk in, my lady." my insides squirmed with the thought of him kissing the path where i would be walking and that nauseated feeling only increased.

"Liam, then I have a perfect job for you right now. I want to have some sword practice. And i need a partner.'' The smile that was blooming on his face turned stiff and his while face turned white, as if I had ordered his death sentence.

"It.. it will be my honor, my lady. But I did not have appropriate clothes for that." he replied reluctantly when I nodded and Maria brought the uniform of the knight.