Arielle's gaze turned soft as she said, “Don't worry. They're gone.”
“Gone?” Henry turned to look around, and all he saw was the stall owner cleaning up the mess.
“W-What happened?” he asked quizzically.
Just when Jared was about to say that it was Arielle who chased them away, she spoke first. “Jared's good. He'd already defeated all of them when I got here.”
Henry immediately turned to look at Jared with admiration. “Oh my gosh, Jared. They had machetes! No wonder you're one of the Jupiters. I'll tell your grandfather about this tomorrow. You're totally born for the military!”
Jared turned away with mixed feelings.
I won't ever say that I'm good at fighting and that I'm made for the military ever again. Maybe I'm just not talented. Maybe I should listen to Harvey and Granpa and focus on my studies instead.
Not knowing what Jared was thinking about, Henry kept complimenting him.
Arielle interrupted Henry, who was talking nonstop, “It's late. Let's go back to campus before the school finds out we had a fight outside.”
Henry nodded eagerly. “Yes, especially Donovan. If he finds out about this, it's for sure you'll be in huge trouble. He has always been targeting you.
Arielle gave him a faint smile. Then, they helped Henry up and went back to campus.
The campus was quiet, but Jared felt at ease.
At the same time, he felt ridiculous. He had promised Harvey that he would protect Arielle at all costs, but the truth was, Henry and himself were the ones that ended up getting protected by Arielle.
Soon, they arrived at the dorms.
Arielle waved goodbye at both of them. “I'm going to sleep now. Remember to bring Henry to the hospital tomorrow. You don't want him to have any internal bleeding or anything,” she said.
However, she knew that was not likely to happen because she had secretly read their pulses earlier. They were fine.
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