Chapter 11
"What? Repeat that, girl" Evangeline said looking at her with a narrow look.
"I want you to train me" Leona said.
"Train you? What do you want me to train you for? Besides, why should I? "Evangeline said crossing her arms over her chest and raising an eyebrow as she looked at Leona.
"I'm not strong enough yet and about what you said yesterday, I've been thinking and I think the best way to get stronger is for you to train me"
"Hmph, I already have enough with the child, because you don't ask one of the teachers of the place" Evangeline said waving her hand in the air.
"Because after the fight we had" Leona said with a slightly annoyed look, remembering it. "I know you are someone who can help me to be stronger, and even that dude didn't want to fight with you, that shows that you must be someone with enough power to make him not want to fight against you"
"Oho, do you really think so?" Evangeline said with a crooked smile. "Well, anyway, if you want me to train you, remember that I am an evil wizard and when you want something from an evil mage, you have to offer something in return" Evangeline said, Leona was silent for a few seconds until she spoke again.
"I... I can't think of anything right now"
"Then you can leave, if you have nothing to offer me, I won't waste time training you"
"Tsk, there must be something she wants... She told me once that she didn't want money... If I don't think of something, she won't help me" Leona thought.
"Are you listening to me, girl? I'm telling you to leave"
"My blood"
"What?" Evangeline said.
"It's what I can give you in return"
"I have to tell you, that's what you should give me every time I train you, just like the child, so it doesn't work for me"
"And if I give you my blood whenever you want?" Leona said with a hand on her chest.
"Eh?" Evangeline said with a blank look just like Chachamaru who was standing next to her.
"Doesn't it work for you either?" Leona said, looking at her worriedly.
"Leona, you know what you are saying" Chachamaru said.
"Are you sure, girl?" Evangeline said, staring at her.
"Yes" Leona said, nodding.
"What a weird girl, ke, ke, ke" Chachazero said.
"Fine, I hope you don't regret this decision in the future, but first I'll test you" Evangeline said crossing her arms over her chest.
"A test?"
"You didn't think I was going to train you now, did you? I need to know if you are worthy to be my student, I don't want weak disciples, besides, I warn you that my training is not about learning four nonsense as in most places, don't come to me later whining because I will drink your blood dry to the last drop" Evangeline said smiling with a wicked look.
"She will squeeze you like an orange" Chachazero said.
"Ah... What am I going to have to do?" Leona said something uncomfortable.
"Then come tomorrow and you will know what the test is about" Evangeline said with a smile showing her fangs.
"I don't like how she's looking at me" Leona thought. "Okay, I'll come tomorrow" Leona said, saying goodbye.
/Grace of Destiny/
"I finished doing the push-ups, master" Negi said, going to where she was, a few hours ago that he was training at the resort.
"Then, you can take a rest"
"Yes!" With that said, Negi went where Asuna was who had been watching as he had been training.
"Mistress" Chachazero said over Chachamaru's head.
"Mm?"
"Do you think she will pass the test?" Chachazero said.
"That depends on her" Evangeline said with a shrug. "If the girl can't manage that, then it's her fault"
"Wouldn't it be a waste? If she is going to let you drink her blood as much as you want, this is not something that happens every day and that time you drank her blood, it seemed like you liked it a lot"
"Chachazero, stop saying unnecessary things" Evangeline said with a narrow look.
"What do you mean, Eva-chan?" Asuna said approaching with Negi. "Who has to do a test?"
"Leona asked the mistress yesterday to train her" Chachamaru said.
"Eh?! Why?" Asuna said surprised.
"Well, some things happened"
"What things?" Asuna asked, looking at Chachamaru.
"..."
"You can tell them, it isn't something that should not be known" Evangeline said waving her hand in the air while Chachamaru looked at her, having no objection to that, Chachamaru looked at Negi and Asuna and explained what happened recently.
"And you stared at her as he hit her?!" Asuna said with an angry expression, looking at Evangeline.
"I'm not anyone's nanny! It's enough that I didn't let that dude take her away! You should thank me for that!" Evangeline said with a stern look.
"What!"
"Master... What test did you give her?" Negi said trying to keep them from arguing. "Didn't she have to hit Chachamaru?"
"No, seeing her way of fighting, just give one hit on Chachamaru, it wouldn't be enough" Evangeline said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"So, what test did you give her?" Asuna said with a curious tone, raising an eyebrow.
"Let's say that she is in a very hot place" Evangeline said, fangs showing in a smile.
"…"
/Grace of Destiny/
"Of all the possible places she had to send me to a damn desert, lost from who knows where!" Leona shouted, walking across the desert sand with a hooded cloak that covered her face, the sun was beating down on her very badly. "Ah... I should not waste my energy screaming... I'll have to spend a week here without using the magic ... It's so hot..." Leona whispered looking at the sky. "Where did she get a desert anyway? It doesn't matter, I can't give up..." Leona said clenching her fist. "I'm going to have to find a place to spend the nights, let's see if I find an oasis" Leona thought, suddenly, a kind of giant lizard with claws and sharp teeth came out of the sand.
"Evangeline... You couldn't have left it like this, right?" Leona said with a blank look as the lizard approached her.
A week had passed at the resort, Leona was in an oasis she had found a few days before.
"It should be today" Leona said sitting under one of the palm trees. "If I remember correctly, she had said that the time here is different, spend a whole day in here, only an hour passes outside" Leona thought, a few minutes passed while she looked at the lake.
"Oh, you survived, I see" a voice said behind her, Leona turned around and saw Evangeline keeping floating in the air, crossed arms, with Chachazero at her side.
"It's been a week, which means I passed the test, right?" Leona said getting up.
"Hmph, yes, you passed... Anyway, I'll have to train you, so how was it? Did you have fun?" Evangeline said smiling.
"Apart from the scorching heat, giant lizards and scorpions, sand storms, quicksand and without being able to use magic? Yes, it was very fun, the dream of my life" Leona said with an ironic tone.
"Actually, there is a temperature of 50 degrees, ke, ke, ke" Chachazero said.
"By the way, since you passed the test and I will have to train you, you must call me master as bouya does" Evangeline said.
"It's okay..." Leona sighed. "... Just curious, if I had surrendered and I would have called you to come looking for me, would you have done it?" Leona said, staring at her.
"Yes, I would have helped you, although I wouldn't have given you another chance" Evangeline said shrugging nonchalantly. "But if you like to stay here, I can leave you in this place longer"
"Just get me out of here" Leona said in an annoyed voice.
"How do you ask for things?" Evangeline said with a smile, a vein of anger appeared in Leona's head.
"Please"
"Please, what?" Evangeline said, tilting her head slightly.
"Please, get me out of this damned place!"
"Well, whatever you want, although you could have said it in another way" Evangeline said smiling, she clicked her fingers, a magic circle appeared on the sand and they disappeared.
"We are back" Chachazero said, looking at the resort again, it was getting dark.
"Leona!" Asuna said, going with Negi towards them. "How are you? Are you okay? Chachamaru told us that he attacked you"
"I would have preferred that you had not known, but you don't need to worry, I'm fine" she said looking at them.
"Did you pass the test?" Asuna said.
"Yes"
"That means we will train together from now on" Negi said with a smile.
"We'll start tomorrow" Evangeline said, walking away. "We are finished for today"
"Yes, master!" Negi said.
"By the way, Leona, how did your test go?" Asuna asked, Leona began to explain how she spent her days in the desert.
/Grace of Destiny/
"I'm going to take a bath" Leona muttered as she went through one of the corridors of the resort, after talking to Negi and Asuna, they had dinner and a while later, they all went to their rooms. "Asuna told me it was here, I hope not to get lost in this place, it is quite big"
"Are you looking for something?" a voice said behind her, Leona turned around and saw a girl of the same height as Chachamaru, her hair was black that reached her waist, and her eyes were also black, she was dressed like a maid.
"She must be one of Evangeline's servants" Leona thought. "I want to take a bath"
"Well, this way please, I'll show you to it" the servant said in a calm voice, Leona nodded and followed her.
"It's here" the servant said indicating with her hand.
"Ah, thank you" Leona said looking at her, the maid bowed and said goodbye. "It is huge" Leona thought when she saw it, had several marble columns supporting the large ceiling, some arched windows, several palm trees called Kentia and a huge sunken bathtub, the sunken bathtub was in the middle of the room with steps going down into it, and the steam also clouded the room, Leona undressed and got into the warm water.
"After spent a week in that desert, I missed this" Leona said sitting, looking at the dark sky, the full moon shining through one of the windows, a while later, she went to the shower and let the water run down her body, she was lost in her thoughts until she heard someone get into the water and heard a voice.
"Well, isn't the girl?" The voice said, Leona turned around slowly and saw Evangeline in her adult form. "Did you also come to take a bath?
"Y-you!" Leona cried, blushing, covering her breasts with her arms and crossing her legs. "What- What are you doing here...?"
"This is my resort, do you remember? I wanted to take a bath" Evangeline said approaching. "I thought you were already sleeping like the rest"
"I wanted to take a bath alone, besides, do you know what it is to take a bath in the desert?" Leona said, taking steps back as Evangeline stalked towards her.
"Why are you walking away?" Evangeline said, staring at her. "... Hmm... Oh! I see, are you embarrassed? "Evangeline said smiling.
"Who is embarrassed?" Leona said blushing furiously.
"You are like an open book to me" Evangeline said looking at Leona, who had a nervous look and tried to avoid eye contact with her.
"We are both women, one of us immortal" Evangeline said smiling. "It's not like if you are the first one I see" Evangeline said with her hands on her waist.
"Speak for yourself! I'm embarrassed to be naked in front of other people!"
"My, my, I didn't think you were embarrassed about these things" Evangeline said smiling mockingly, then, she noticed something that seemed to be a scar on Leona's chest, but as Leona was covering herself with her arms, it couldn't be seen at all.
"Wh-what?" Leona said when she realized that Evangeline was staring at her, suddenly, Evangeline appeared in front of her in a matter of seconds.
"Eh!" Leona shouted surprisingly, Evangeline pushed her hands away, leaving her chest bare, which made Leona blush even more.
"What are you doing?!"
"I was right, it's a scar" Evangeline said without caring about the situation, seeing the scar that ran from almost her right shoulder to almost the waist on the left side, forming a diagonal. "How did you get the scar?" Evangeline said with a curious tone.
"I don't want say it... And now let go of me!" Leona said trying to move away, but in one of her attempts, she slipped backwards. "Ah!" Leona shouted falling into the water with Evangeline, when she opened her eyes she saw that Evangeline was on top of her in an awkward position.
"Damn" Leona thought, blushing because of the position that they were. "Could you move away?" Leona said looking at her.
"If we are like this, it is because you don't know how to be quiet"
"I already know it! Now could you please move away? "
"No"
"Eh?!" Leona said in an annoyed tone, she was trying to think of a worse situation than she was in now, but the fact that the vampire was on top of her, it was impossible because she was too embarrassed to think anything. "I don't know if you've noticed, but I feel uncomfortable being this way"
"And why should I care that you are uncomfortable?" Evangeline said. "It's funny to see you this way"
"I'll report you to the vampire court! There must be one! "Leona said, Evangeline let out a chuckle laugh."What do you find funny?" Leona said.
"That's how you talk to someone that saved you? Speaking of which, I think it's time for you to pay me for that time"
"Pardon? What do you mean?"
"You know, about the time I saved you from that dude"
"That already happened days ago"
"And? I never said when you would have to pay me, well, then" Evangeline said bringing her face closer to Leona's neck.
"Ah...Couldn't it be later?" Leona said with a nervous expression.
"No" Evangeline said, fangs showing in a smile.
"Oh my…" Leona thought, all blushed and nervous.
/Grace of Destiny/
It was a few weeks since Leona had passed the test, she went with Negi to train at Evangeline's resort every day, some days they were alone and other times some of the class went to spend the day, although Evangeline told them that they would get old sooner if they passed the time at the resort, it didn't seem to matter to the class.
"So, do you already signed up for a club?" Haruna asked as she walked down one of the streets of Mahora.
"Yes" Leona replied at her side. "In the end I signed up for the Kendo club and the Cooking club" Leona said looking at the sky, suddenly Haruna stopped.
"What is it?" Leona said, also stopping a few steps ahead of Haruna.
"The Cooking club? Seriously? I wouldn't have imagined it"
"What's wrong?" Leona said, looking at her.
"Nothing, why the Cooking club and Kendo club? I thought you would sign up for the martial arts club"
"Well, I'm always training with Evangeline, besides, I don't want to just depend on it in fights, so I signed up for Kendo club, and I signed up for the Cooking club because I only know how to cook some things"
"Yeah, sure" Haruna said, smiling with a grimace. "Let's go buy before it's done later" Haruna said, passing by Leona's side, smiling.
"What did she mean by that?" Leona thought. "Hey! Wait!"
"Is she?" a voice said from the top of a building, looking down, next to the person, there were four other people, wearing a hooded cloak that covered their faces.
"It seems"
"Seriously, why do we have to do it? That there were not more people besides us?"
"Stop complaining, it is the order that has been given to us"
"So, do we attack now?"
"No, we'll do it later"
"You always do the same thing, why do you like to complicate things?
"It's what makes it more fun"
End of chapter 11. Thanks for reading, I would like know your opinion about the story so far in the reviews, it encourages me to keep writing. Also, thanks to Miz-KTakase for helping me with grammar and thanks for the reviews I received! :)
