"Unfortunately, the man I dressed up for did not notice the change in me." Emma sighed in sadness as she sat back straight, leaving Scott speechless and horny.
...
'Damn bitch, teasing me for so long only to remind me of the man I hate.' Scott thought in his mind as she realised Emma's intentions.
She was only teasing him for fun, her actions were ill intentioned. Since, Rae was not at all moved by her advances, she was trying it out on him.
Scott had become friends with the group in the first year of the academy itself, it was his third year at the moment. He had understood the basic characteristics of the people in his friend circle.
Emma for example, she was an attention whore. It did not matter to her where and when, she just wanted to be the one who's the centre of attraction.
She was a swordsman but her background was more impressive than her strength of a level three warrior.
Her father, being a merchant had connections with, Erica's family, the Duke family. That relationship was also a major factor for Emma's competitive spirit, because she was always compared against a monstrous prodigy Erica.
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'Poor fellow, he doesn't even bother to improve his strength and skills, but feels jealous of the attention someone else gets.' Emma looked down on Scott.
They were friends in names only, it was her job as a child from an influential merchant family to make a few connections here and there with noble families.
A job she enjoyed a lot. But there were certain people she did not like, she wanted a certain amount of gap with them. Although in the process, she did not want her relationship to cause the merchant deals to worsen.
Scott was one such guy to her, he was in her friend circle from the beginning. A part of the group which she hanged around with.
He was good in ranks of the academy but the drive and charisma that Rae had could not be beaten and suppressed by him.
Also, the fact that Scott did not bother to train and was always sensitive and jealous when she prioritised Rae over him, felt really pathetic to her.
She wanted to tease him like a pet dog before keeping him under her control and what better way than to use his lust.
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"That's not the fact and you too know it. We were close to arrest you last time, you just barely escaped from us due to the circumstances."
"As for the matter of you being innocent, that would be settled in the Royal court. But the aura on your body is in no way saying something likely close to you are innocent."
"And if you are really that innocent, then you being a former noble, know the procedure of the Royal court. Just accept being arrested and come with us." Erica said, she was up against a strong devil accused of many massacres.
"It seems that the battle is inevitable." The old man had a war hammer in his hands. The aura around it was eerie and murderous red.
He swung around the hammer with one hand, as if he was swinging a child's toy. Though the sound from air being split by those random swings said otherwise.
"Do you really want to take me on? You realise that your fame that has spread was meant for the newer generation, when compared with someone like me, it's not the same thing. A new swordsman like you wants to fight me and win against me. Haha"
"I do not want you to loose your life over this petty politics." The old man sighed.
He believed it was unfair for the young girl to bear such burden. She was confident and really proud of her skills, which was a good thing.
Her age and abilities were really something to be proud of. But this was different, her being a level three warrior wouldn't save her from dying.
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"Let it be then." The old man said, as he had finally decided to take them on alone, around two dozen warriors from the Royal forces, the devil hunters were up against him.
The devil hunters did not charge at him wildly. They were cautious and maintained the distance of a few meters between them.
The old man swung his war hammer, not at a person but on the wall of the valley. A loud doom sound reverberated , before a cracking sound began sounding in the bottom of the valley.
Crack
Crack
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(I'd appreciate if you could vote with power stones)