Homesick

| 28 | Our Last Mission

Ivory and Dapha were only given a week to spend in the kingdom before they were sent off to Morina. Three days have passed since the trial which only leaves them with four days left.

"It's feels like it's been so long since the trial, but it's only been three days." Ivory sighed, her attention caught in the sky. "And now we're going to be sent to Morina, an all girls boarding school."

"I don't know about you but I'm happy. I've been wanting to see the world, far, far away from here." Dapha exclaimed, eyes full of excitement. "Even though we'll be stuck in boarding school the trip there could be exciting. Plus we'll be able to take a break from the main cast."

"That's true, I should be looking for the positive." Ivory said, a small smile growing on her face. "Speaking of the main cast, Isn't Aurelia and Raine coming over soon?"

"They are, that should be interesting." Dapha hummed. "I wonder if it'll be considered rude if I stayed in my room the whole time."

Ivory quickly replied, sitting up and facing Dapha directly. "Of course it'd be rude! Your shyness isn't our biggest problem right now."

"Shy? I'm not shy. I just don't like them." Dapha protested.

"Forget about that! Have you already forgotten what you told them?"

"I told them to come over, because.." Dapha mumbled, trying to recall the events from couple days ago. "Wait Valetha!"

"Mhm, and we can't just dress Valeth up and pretend he's a girl, his voice and facial features will make it obvious he's a boy!"

"Well, maybe we can find someone who can pretend to be Valetha." Dapha suggested. "Who do we know that lives in town, and is a girl."

They both fell silent, considering if there were any girls they knew who fit the criteria of someone who resided in town and was also Dapha's friend. After a moment of contemplative silence, their eyes met, and their faces lit up with identical grins. "Heidi!" they exclaimed in perfect synchrony.

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"It's been so long." Keziah smiled as he excitedly ran down the mansion halls. "I didn't train for almost a week! Now I can let everything out again." He cheered happily, bursting into the changing room.

The knights that were already in the room watched Keziah with disgusted and annoyed expressions but Keziah took no mind as he quickly changed his clothes.

'I can only imagine how proud Dapha will be when I tell her how many knights I'll defeat today!' Keziah thought to himself unable to hide the smile that spread across his face. The knights began to walk out of the changing room and into the court yard but when Keziah followed, he was pushed back, causing him to stumble and fall onto the floor.

He winced as his butt hit the floor. "Who would?" He muttered to himself, looking up at the corporate, but his expression quickly turned into shock when he realized his master Zaire, who stared back down at him.

"Zaire, you're blocking my way." Keziah said meeting eyes with Zaire, who watched him with a stern gaze.

"Didn't I tell you to call me Mr. Zaire? You have to show me respect, I am training you free of cost." He said harshly.

Keziah stared at Zaire confused but got back up and continued to try and get past him. "Why are you standing in my way? How can I get stronger if you're in my way?"

"Keziah, you injured a knight during training far worse than he'd be injured in battle." Zaire revealed. "You don't expect me to let that go unpunished do you?"