23 Picking on Viscount. (2/2)

”Oh!”- Raven quickly searched for the pill inside the pouch while wondering if Ozul was all right or not.

But Raven knew that her question would only anger Ozul further. So she asked nothing.

Raven gave the pill to Ozul as he quickly swallowed it and returned to his room. Raven put the pills inside her Spatial Ring and went back to training.

. . .

The next time Ozul opened his eyes was when he heard the door of his room open, and a little figure tiptoed towards his bed.

This time when Raven entered Ozul's room, he woke up and stared at her.

In the dark, Raven could not know that she was caught. So, when she arrived at the bed and saw those eyes staring at her, she freaked out!

*UEEEKK!*

”Shut up!”- Ozul got annoyed by the scream.

Raven shut up by putting both of her hands to close her mouth. Not only was she caught, but she also disturbed him. She messed up this time!

”Now explain.”- Ozul asked her to explain herself when he saw that she shut up.

”...I...I'm afraid?”- Raven could not find another excuse, so her tone sounded a bit confused.

”Are you asking me or telling me?”- Ozul knew that she was just making excuses.

Seeing no other way out, Raven decided to show a tough front and be direct.

*Cough* *Huuu*

Raven readied herself as she exhaled deeply and cleared her throat.

”Listen here, Ozul! I've been listening to your every order, and now you have to listen to my only request! You have to let me sleep with you!”- Raven's voice was stern as tho she won't take no for an answer.

Ozul listened to her demands, and when Raven finished her speech, he stared at her.

He kept staring at her, while Raven thought he is considering her offer.

In the end, Raven received a flat ”no” from Ozul as he went outside in the garden to sleep.

Raven wanted to follow him to the garden, but Ozul gave her the 'eye,' and she did not dare to anymore.

When Ozul slept though, again, a small shadow leaped out of the house and tiptoed towards him, and with a blanket covered both him and itself.

. . .

The next morning, Ozul again had to drop the sleeping Raven inside her room.

Ozul could not leave Raven alone at home from now on. So, he planned to go to a safer region in the woods, void of any Rank-5 Beast.

'It's better safe than sorry.'- Ozul thought. After the fight with the monkey yesterday, Ozul realized that he could defeat a Rank-5 Beast. Besides, he was stronger after eating its Core.

But fighting with a Rank-5 while protecting Raven will prove to be fatal.

After Raven ate breakfast, they both left the house.

They arrived in the region around half an hour later. The pills had helped Raven to become a Fighter overnight. So, Ozul had decided that she will be fighting a Rank-2 Beast without any help.

They soon found a Rank-2 Beast. Raven seemed to fight it on even ground, but over time, her stamina lost to the Rank-2 Beast.

Ozul intervened at that moment and killed the Beast. If Raven had any Original Spell, then she would have been the winner.

They spent the whole day like this. Raven would fight a Rank-2 Beast, and then rest while Ozul would just laze around at the sidelines.

They decided to return just when it was getting dark.

But they did not expect the sight that greeted them when they arrived back. Their whole house was a mess!

The gate was destroyed, the garden was ruined, the house was damaged!

Ozul saw the sight and sighed. But the next moment he narrowed his eyes and thought,

'Viscount diblewible... or something, you started a fight! I will do the massacre...'