Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Guila's POV

"HYA!"

"Hmph." I stepped back and avoided Veronica's swing.

She raised her sword again and I easily blocked it, and again, and again.

"HYA! RAH GAH!"

Veronica kept swinging and I casually weaved in and out.

"HYUP!" I swatted her practice sword away and poked her in the stomach "That's enough for today."

"Damn…" she groaned "Even if you are a Holy Knight getting my ass kicked by someone my kid sister's age is humiliating."

"I have told you before if you take such heavy swings you will only show your pattern and leave yourself open for a counter."

For the last few weeks I have been training the Middle Princess in combat, she asked me to do this so that she could be able to fight back and help others. I told her I wasn't a very strong choice but she insisted and I wasn't one to question a princess.

"I just want to crush my enemies in one attack." Veronica said catching her breath.

"I suppose you could do that if you were fighting a rock or a farm pig." I said honestly.

"HEY!"

"If you ever want to hit a moving target you will need to return to the basics." I told her "For example, had this been an actual fight against say…Cavall, you would have been ripped to shreds before you even got off the start up for one attack."

"Well duh, that mutt is the probably the fastest thing on this planet." She said stumbling up.

"Apologize for my frankness Princess."

"It's fine." She smiled "RAH!"

She then preceded to head-butt me.

"What was that for." I sighed rubbing my forehead.

"A Holy Knight shouldn't let her guard down." Veronica smirked "And I told you, just call me Lady Veronica."

The Princess insisted I fight her again, I didn't use any magic, only tapped her back with a sword, and still she was able to get a hit in here or there with her bare fists. We passed the king on the way in, I bowed, and Veronica just kept walking.

"Princess Veronica." I said as we walked down the steps of a large staircase "I recommend you wear protective equipment starting tomorrow."

"Thanks but as they say no pain no gain." She shrugged "Sides you don't wear any armor yourself."

"That is because I have no fear of your attacks actually hitting me." I shrugged back.

"Why you-!"

"Is there a reason you brought us here?" I asked looking at the large bath.

"This is an underground bath." She said "Oh by the way…"

"KYAA!" she suddenly yanked all my clothes off and pushed me in the water.

"It's a bad idea to let your guard down." She smirked.

"What are you doing?" I gasped surfacing in the water.

The Princess was already in the water with me.

"You always rush home right after training; join me in washing up for once."

"I always go home because I have to take care of my brother."

"I had him brought to the castle." She said.

"Zeal?"

"I had the empty room prepped for the two of you." She said "You're my official instructor from here on, you won't refuse the Princess order will you?"

"But I…I don't understand I tried to kill you, I almost succeeded!" I said trying to change her mind.

I can't stay here…

"That's the past, I made it out fine." She shrugged "You're the only person who can help me get the strength to protect someone…I need your help."

She stood up and walked over to me, water dripping off her "You drank the demon blood to protect your brother, that may have been a mistake but…if it was me I would have done the exact same thing for Ellie."

"Sides." She put a hand on my chest "I've got the fact that there's someone smaller than me around here going too now. We can both put in work on that front too."

"Lady Veronica!"

She sat back in the water "Sides, you trying to kill me isn't why you don't want to stay…"

"What…?"

"You want to be there waiting." She said looking off at the ceiling "When Cavall comes back, you want to be there waiting for him."

She looked at me "You're blushing."

"It's just hot in here!"

"You know I've known the werewolf for a long time." She said "Never seen him look at anyone like he looked at you."

"You know Cavall from the past?" I asked "I…we've both talked about each other…we've…done things but I still know so little about him."

"When he first showed up with Meliodas all he did was growl at people, the only ones he took orders from where his Masters, the Seven Deadly Sins, even then he used to bite Ban's arm off a lot."

"Really…aside form that one time…" I shivered thinking back to that time "he always seemed peaceful."

"He always was closest with Meliodas, and Merlin. Merlin especially, she used to baby him, take care of him, make sure he was happy and acclimatized, I think…she liked have someone like him around."

"Someone like him?" I asked confused.

"Cavall spent his life alone, he knew how to speak and new the general parts of human culture, but at the core he was a Beastman who lived in the forest, he didn't know human culture. She treated him like he was her own, an innocent, confused kid. A lot of people used to joke that she was like his mother."

"I see…"

I looked at the reflection in the water.

He said how much he cared about me…I reciprocated yet…we know almost nothing about each other…I want him to come back to me, but I need to make sure I can be something he can rely on…I'll get stronger too, to help him as best I can, so we can get close and learn about each other.

AN

Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.

Sorry about the infrequent updates, figures I put Cavall with the group that was written out of the Manga for like 2 months.

Hopefully things can pick up soon.
Also if in future chapters Names of people or Places randomly change it's because I'm making things be in line with the Official translations, i.e. Now that it is finally hard and official I'll be changing Threader to Slader.

Till Next Time!