Higgs returned from Quest Buy to Sir Slicer's residence and got to work. She looked for Sir Slicer and found no trace of him beside the mess he left for her, she sorted the shopping and got to work cleaning. She sorted through assorted pieces of clothing and armour, she picked up shields and placed them on hooks on the walls. Finally, she managed to clean all the food scraps and the dishes, and she finally got a chance to police Sir Slicer's armour. She began applying coats of the wax giving the armour new layers of shine and she continued to a standard that she thought the Knight would be happy with.
She at least polished it three times before she slowed down and thought to herself. She encountered the nerd, Marco again but this time we weren't scrambling over cheaply marked items. She looked at her hand polished Sir Slicers chest piece and slowed to a halt. He said sorry? She began to consider with herself. It must be a trick, she proposed for herself but looked at the shine in the armour and looked at her reflection. But what would he gain from it?
Sir Slicer entered the abode as quiet as possible, sneaking in a box of chocolates, he snuck into his armoury to find Higgs sitting, polishing his armour.
'He seems nice,' she began, 'he seems kind, but I don't know what he thinks of me.'
Sir Slicer sat in silence as he began to eat the chocolates in the box.
'He's alright a guess,' she stood up placing the armour on the rack, 'but he can just be so infuriating.'
The Knight in the doorway began to think she was talking about him, he simply remaining silent eating the chocolates and enjoyed her little rant.
'I guess he can be charming,' she said as she grabbed another piece of armour, 'but he still is a nerd.'
Sir Slicer almost chocked on a piece of chocolate and stepped forward furiously.
'Girl! How dare you!' he said grabbing the armour off her.
'Milord! I-' she couldn't finish as he pushed her towards the door of the armoury and fell outside.
'Enough, I will not have you insulting me!' he grabbed his sword and threw it at her feet, 'clean my sword then return to Quest Buy and get me more confectionaries!'
'Yes milord!' she said as she scrambled for the sword and ran off to her room.
She opened the door and ran into the black and tripped over, she felt around the dirt floor and found a rag, she began polishing the sword furiously. Up and down, up and down, she left the room and entered the light to see how well it reflected the room. She ran back to Sir Slicer and returned his sword to his belts sheath and prepared to leave to Quest Buy. She gathered a coin purse and ran outside and tripped into the dirt, the coins scattered into the dirt and some kids on the street scrambled for the coins.
'No, get away!' she pursued a few that ran, 'your stealing from Sir Slicer you filthy brats-'
She fell again, and the kids got away, she slammed her fist into the dirt and gathered what coins remained, as she got the coins in the purse she looked up to see two armour clad boots in front of her.
'You have failed me, Squire!' he shouted, holding his hand to her.
She reached for it, but he pulled it back, he lowered his hand again in a demanding matter, she raised the coin purse and deposited in his hand.
'Sir Slicer please, I have-' the Knight turned his back to her and walked away.
Higgs sat on her knees staring after him, she brought her knees to her chest and cradled herself. She began to shake in rage, she reached for a rock in the dirt and threw at the Knight.
'I've had enough, I'm done being your slave!' she shouted as she ran away, into the forest, into the dark.
She faded from view leaving the Knight to walk on, approaching children in the street.
'Greetings young friends!' he bent the knee before them, 'I am looking for a squire, anyone interested?'