The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 46. Sparring

We all arrived at the field where Crest and Paul usually were. This time however there was another figure, it was Sharon. She was sparring with Paul. As we got closer to them Sharon landed the finishing blow. Crest called an end to the match, we greeted everyone, then began to stretch and warm up. While I was stretching, a question popped into my head, and I decided to ask it.

" Hey, guys are you all going to be ok? I mean I have Paladin's Recovery, so I'll be ok with a bit of rest what about you guys?"

They all looked at me with a strange look. Sarah looked at all of the girls except for Anna with a smile, then she started to speak to me.

" John, we all won't be having homework, we can also have our maids cast healing spells for our stamina."

" Wait. Why hasn't Anna done that for me?"

Crest looked at me and began to speak.

" We could have, but you said that you like to earn everything. We assumed you wanted to feel the natural progress of your training. As well as believing in your recovery ability."

" I'll admit, yes, I do prefer it. But my upper arms were killing me for the first 3 weeks! I could've used some relief!"

Anna looked a bit guilt ridden. She started to speak to me.

" I'm sorry Master! I was going to ask but, you said you didn't want to take short cuts."

I felt bad that she felt guilty, so I began to back pedal at tremendous speed.

"Wait Anna! It's not your fault, it's mine for just bearing with it! Please don't apologize!"

" But a maid is supposed to know what her Master is thinking at all times!"

" You just started working as my maid! No one would blame you for that! I was being too conservative with my thoughts and actions."

Anna grabbed onto my shirt with her hands, and she was trembling. Thinking fast I went for the only thing I could think of, so I began to pet her head. With my hand brushing her deep dark green hair, she began to calm down. I then began to praise her.

" Anna, you have been the best maid I could've asked for. You don't need to think lesser of yourself. You're amazing in your own right."

Anna raised her head and looked at me. Her face was red as a tomato, her eyes were a deep dark murky green like staring into a jungle at night. She was about to say something but then Sarah, Cynthia and Asha surrounded us. Sarah began to speak.

" Anna, that's not fair. We will talk about this later. For now, we need to prepare for our martial classes."

Sarah's voice was very chilly to hear. After speaking to Anna, she turned to me and began to speak in that same voice.

" John, While I do not mind you having close relationships with other people, I feel the need to remind you that I am the one who will be first for everything. Do you understand, My Love!"

Stunned by her voice, all I could do was say yes.

" Yes, Sarah. I understand."

Sarah shifted her mood and answered me in her usual way.

" Good! As long you understand, MY LOVE!"

She put specific emphasis on that last part. It seems I'm not the only one who found that weird. Asha and Cynthia also looked at Sarah with a strange look. Looking to change the subject, I started to speak to Crest.

" So, Crest. What's on the menu for today?"

Crest looked surprised to hear me, he snapped out of it pretty quickly and began to speak.