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Chapter 26-b: Ghislaine's New Job

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It's been a week since John returned home and... Ghislaine felt at ease with the fact things had gotten easier on her end.

Not only she could rely on more people to keep watch of their home, but she was also given what she had been looking forward to get in bed from her Mate. She was... happy. But also bored. Very bored. It wasn't the kind of boring normal training could fix and, when Ghislaine made that thought known to John, he offered her something that left her in a very peculiar state of mind.

And a different location for a while as she made the trip to reach the household owned by the Boreas Greyrat Family. In there, she was greeted lavishly by Philip and his wife, Hilda. Philip was someone that she remembered back when from about a year or so ago and the man was quite happy that his long-standing offer had been taken for consideration.

The offer? The Beastwoman had to train the couple's daughter.

Ghislaine was not a teacher, that's how she felt on this matter despite having already shown through their recent additions to the party that... she could handle some teaching.

The situation was different, that's how she then countered the many flaws in her first argument as she felt unable to say 'no' to this very situation. The request for apprenticeship for Eris Greyrat had come as a surprise. She had expected a spoiled brat and, while that was indeed the case to some extent, the sheer viciousness of the little redhead had caught her off-guard.

The infuriating child was a pest- and that is amusing as it came from someone that shamelessly admitted of having had a terrible behavior as a kid herself. Eris stood out to her in a different fashion as she had two issues rooted in her mind: 1) She was too angry and no one aided her find relief in that; 2) She was getting spoiled by her parents and even more by her grandfather- which, in turn, made the redhead prone to copy some of the ill-manners of the old Sauros Greyrat.

Ghislaine didn't mind this much as she knew it would take little to curb these issues. It wasn't nothing new considering she had been in that state of mind herself and, while she wasn't an outright expert of that, she could still give some reasonable advice on how to sharpen that mind into something better.

So, before commencing any form of training, Ghislaine asked for one thing.

"I would like to first talk with her, if possible."

The request was easily granted, and the two were left in a room near the inner courtyard of the manor. After her parents left, Eris' face displayed a scowl. There was a bit of a 'misunderstanding' as she started to make demands on Ghislaine on how she wanted to be trained and why, but Ghislaine merely stared at her and listened, holding back an amused snort at the absurd arrogance this child had.

And once that was over, the Beastwoman spoke a harsh truth.

"I don't see why I should train someone like you?"

That was the right words to irk and shock the girl into a harsh response.

"Because my parents hired you!"

"They didn't. They have offered me the job and I have yet to sign any paperwork to confirm my commitment," The silver-haired woman rebuked, easily bashing the girl's tone aside with that response. "So, what can you offer that others don't have?"

"I- I am strong!"

"Which means you wouldn't need training," Ghislaine kept on stabbing back, shredding the girl's argument to piece.

It may sound too much, but she knew she had to harshly curb this behavior at once if she had to really train this brat. Said brat being currently shaking in what appeared to anger but was also upset. Ghislaine was prepared when the child just hurled herself at her as she caught her by the neck mid-air.

The redhead's eyes were wide open and she struggled in an effort to break free from that hold, expecting to be choked by the beastwoman but... Ghislaine stood put and just held her tight enough that it wasn't too uncomfortable and not painful at all. After a while, the rabid struggle ceased and Eris resorted to glaring at her once again. This time, however, tears had swelled by the edge of her eyes, showing that, despite her best efforts, the redhead was not as strong as she wanted to believe herself to be.

"If I have to train you, I will do so if you will be honest to yourself and tell me the truth. I will not teach a liar or a complete fool that is unwilling to part with their flaws. I care not how you seek to live your life, ignoring your own problems and painting yourself in a light you don't represent. However, as an apprentice, you would get help to reach the peak you seek. But only if you wish to do it and by undertaking the chores to be great. I take in no quitters."

The tears were still there, but the lip-trembling moment was over as soon as Ghislaine finished talking.

"I... I want that."

"What do you want?"

"I want to be great!" Eris proclaimed. "I... I want to be better."

Ghislaine smiled a bit. "Then, with that in mind, I shall make you great. I shall make you better."

From that very day, an agreement was formed between these two- one that would define the growth and rise of a new swordwoman bearing the name Greyrat.

AN

I will be doing a few of those small chapters here and there as I had realized some of the chapters I had in mind to post were too detached in POVs from one another. Not only that, but there's a smut chapter along the line which can be quite 'disruptive' due to what it is about. Nothing too extreme but... it has been taking a while to come along.