“Are you sure you’re okay? Do I need to call a doctor or something?” He continues to ask her over and over again and the Queen kept resisting treatment,
“I’m fine Xerxes, you know how she can be at times, make sure you don’t spare her during her session, she needs the workout.” She laughs out loud, “I can handle myself.”
“You still haven’t told me about the dream you had, have you found out what it means yet?” His brows crease for a moment before relaxing again.
“I’m working something out and to be honest it’s not a laughing matter. Please, train my daughter’s she needs to be able to fight, things aren’t going to be easy anymore, especially for her.” She takes his hands into hers and begs him with big eyes.
He bends to give her a quick kiss,
“She’s my daughter too, I would make sure she’s the best warrior in the kingdom. Whether she likes it or not.” He slowly let’s go off her, “rest well Octavia.” He leaves her through the door.
Arcadia is swinging her bladed fan in the air as she bends to rhythms, perfecting the stances her Master taught her, she was breathing gently as she was just warming up,
“I wander what type of punishment I’ll get this time around, mother is always getting me into trouble with master Xerxes.” She murmurs to herself before blocking a blade that aimed for her head. It was a standstill and she was glaring at blue orbs before she pushed the attacker back, “is this my punishment?” Her expression is bored as she stared at him.
His deep chuckle rings in her ears, “think of it as a challenge and not a punishment.” He readies his blade with a stance and charges for her, she blocks it with an upward swipe and twils to his side to land an attack but he dodges it quickly, “not bad.” He commends her.
“I’m your student after all,” she’s as proud as her mother, “but master, why are you freaking out because of a simple sprain? You do know that mother was lying?” She pleads her case as she really didn’t want to fight her Master, she knew she would lose and lose bad.
“Yes, I knew, but you still made her run after you, you’re no a kid anymore Arcadia.” He swings his death bringer once more and she narrowly evades it this time her around, her blue eyes embodied fear in them, “you know how much the queen means to me.” He plays his trump card which makes her roll her eyes.
“Why don’t you marry her then?” She gives a smug reply before throwing the fan at him only for him to block it, but that was only a distraction, she grabs his hands that were firmly holding the handle of his sword, she flips him to his back with the help of her legs, applying a significant amount or force in a kick to be able to move him off his feet and use his hands to propel him to land on his back.
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