The Demon King's Paladin

Chapter 56. Asha's Sword

Anna and I made it to the dining hall before dinner had been served. Warrick seemed to have worked his magic and Aqua was in a great mood, she even greeted us happily. Anna went to stand with the servants who were waiting to serve the food from the kitchen. I was seated next to Sarah who was on my left, who was on my right usually changed every day. Today though it was Cynthia. The meal was great as always. the main course was a black and purple fish the size of a lion. The rich taste of the fish was cut with an acidic sauce that caused me to want to eat more and more.

After the meal was finished, I was sitting and letting the food digest. While I sat, Sarah started to speak to me.

" How was your meditation, John?"

I turned to her and started to speak with great difficulty from my full stomach.

" There wasn't much progress... Though there is something I'll need to explain when we have some alone time tonight though."

Sarah looked puzzled, I thought she may have been worried about something. I quickly started to speak to make her relax.

" It's not necessarily a bad thing, in some ways you may even be happy about it."

Sarah looked at me for a moment and smiled. She began to speak in an upbeat voice to me.

" Well, I guess I'll have to take your word for it and wait till tonight. You have your forms to do, don't you.

Feeling thankful for how understanding Sarah was I placed my hand on the top of hers. She turned her hand around and grasped my hand. We smiled at each other.

" Well don't you both just seem so close."

And while enjoying our moment together, I heard Cynthia speak to us from my side. I turned to see Cynthia looking back at me with her light pink eyes, they were staring at me with a difficult emotion to discern in them. I spoke to her while separating my hand with Sarah's.

" Sorry, I keep forgetting that Gaia has issues with something like this in public."

Cynthia continued to look at me strangely. I turned to look at Sarah for an explanation, she was just staring at my hand like it took a prized possession of hers. She began to speak not long after she noticed I turned my head.

" Cyn, I understand you may feel some type of way, but frightening my fiancé from bonding with me is a bit much. Don't you think?"

Sarah spoke with a bit of annoyance in her voice and a bit of a glare in her purple eyes. This seemed to fluster Cynthia a bit. I decided to go to bat for her since I didn't find much harm in what she did, and I didn't want the sisters to have a fight because of it.

" Now, now Sarah I'm sure she didn't mean to make you mad. Since all of the maids and butlers are here, it is a good idea to not be too intimate. Granted they've already seen you hugging me but too much of it might causer rumors to spread and hurt our reputation."

Sarah pouted at me, no doubt a little upset that I didn't take her side. Cynthia again had a strange look on her face. She also was blushing, maybe she isn't as used to me as I thought? Feeling a bit awkward I decided to excuse myself. I used my homework as an excuse to leave the table. Sarah looked lonely as I stood up. Cynthia also looked like she had something to say. I assume she wants to talk to Sarah., so I left to let the sisters talk in peace. Anna saw that I was leaving and decided to come with me.

Before long we made it to a familiar balcony. The night breeze was nice on my skin. The light from the torches on the walls of the castle and the light from the moon made it possible to see everything I was doing. Anna sat at a nearby table. She began to watch me as I started going through my workout. When I was about a quarter of the way through, we were joined by a familiar face. Asha and her maid came and joined us, along with a rapier I didn't recognize. When she greeted us, she was all smiles and began to excitedly talk to us about her new sword.