WINDBREAKER (Sakura Haruka x Kotoha Tachibana)

Blood🩸 [III]

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"My lady!!!? Pardon me My lady but is this really the time to day dream about something!? This is no time for that and you can just reserve that for another time!!" Her teacher yelled at her

"I-I'm sorry..." She replied calmly as if it doesn't matter to her and would think it was all normal that people who dislike her would more likely mistreat her just like what her father does back in her childhood days and was thinking that the old lady purposely mistreated her was only nothing

"Oh God!...Anyway!!! Let's continue this for tomorrow morning..." Just like that she immediately left

After her teacher left, The maids panicked about how to Treat her swollen hands, they immediately brought some ice and bandages, and they even cursed her teacher for hurting her

"It's okay.. I'm fine, it's not even that painful anyway" she kept smiling as if it was all nothing

"No of course it isn't! My! How could she hurt you like that!? Is that even the right thing to do? You're actually doing perfectly fine you know!!"

"She's right! You're doing fine, it's like you've mastered it in one try but how could she still hurt you like that!!? Is that even the right way to treat a crown princess who would soon to be an empress in this country!?"

"Of course, I was once a noble lady with a rich prestigious family so of course I always had a lesson like this back then, because my mom would always want me to be a perfect noble lady, but being an empress is I don't know, probably since this is only a political marriage and the fact that I was only adopted... My life would probably be full of misery even more" she sigh

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While Kotoha was out in the balcony and was also staring at the moon which was a little bit strange since it was quite red unlike last night.
Umemiya rushed into her room and grabbed her hands.

"So it's actually true... That your Teacher hurt you. I'll talk to that Teacher tomorrow and I'll give her a lecture for sure!" He angrily said those words

"No.. It's okay.. You don't have to do that. It's probably part of the process of how to learn it properly" Kotoha was smiling at him to calm him down

"No!!... I can't just watch and do nothing! , that old woman! how dare she do this to you!.. Is this the reason why you're wearing gloves to cover it? "

"It has Bandages so it'll be fine this is just a scratch don't worry too much"

"Don't worry!? Huh!.. And you call that a scratch? No, it's actually in a bad state right now... Will you please stop enduring it anymore? I'll hire you another Teacher, don't even think of stopping me from doing it"

"What!? No! You'll only trouble yourself-

"AHHHHHHH I COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH"
Umemiya covered his ears and doesn't wanna hear another reasons from Kotoha

"Okay, okay, fine, fine.... It's all up to you then" Kotoha doesn't look happy as if she was only forced to agree with him

"Okay!! Then starting Tomorrow you don't have to worry about getting hurt, okay? Goodnight!! " Umemiya happily rushed out from her room

"I really couldn't disagree with him.. " she sighs

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And by tomorrow morning her Teacher actually changed, this time it was a young man, dressed in traditional Asian clothing, covered in a suit blazer, he also had a black eye patch on his right eye, his hair was blonde brown and his eyes that would match his hair.

"He's probably the first person I've ever seen dressed like that, is he really a teacher? At such a young age?" Her thoughts echoed in her mind

"Greetings to you My lady, My name is Sou Hayato you can call me Sou"

"So nice to meet you Mr. Sou.. I'm Kotoha "
They shake hands after introducing themselves

"You're probably wondering why am I dressed like this? Hm? " he keeps smiling as if this person don't know how to get angry

"Ummm no?... Maybe?" She was hesitant to admit

"Well... As you can see I am an Asian, Yes.. Anyway!! Shall we begin our first lesson?"

"O-okay... "

Kotoha was doing great under Sou's teaching... All the things that the old lady instructed her went easy, as if she just wanna find a reason to hit her that only made her lose her focus

"What's wrong my lady? Is something bothering you? Or maybe you're just exhausted maybe we can take a break" Sou cheerfully approached her

"It's not like that, it's just.. "

Kotoha end up telling him what happened yesterday with her first Instructor

"I see... So that explains what happened to your hands, they must be in a bad state that it was bandaged. Why was she using a metal ruler in the first place? I heard they would only bring a wooden ruler but a metal?" *sigh* "don't worry, you'll never have to experience something like that again, I'll be a great and Kind Instructor... I promise" he gently smiled at her

"It's okay... Maybe she was just like that. I'm actually fine with it since it wasn't really the first time I was hit like that" she talks like she had a painful past

"But to use her own profession to simply torture someone? Nahh I don't think that's right" his mood shifted although he was smiling but the atmosphere is intimidating

"Ha-ha-ha... O-okay.. " she got a bit scared

"Were you actually this confident and willing to be the crown princess that you would actually endure such a bad teaching? Oh..uhh..Pardon me for questioning you that my lady I'll make sure to remember my place" he instantly takes back his words

"It's okay, actually... It wasn't really my decisions in the first place, I am nothing but just a puppet controlled by someone. Just who am I to make my own decisions? As what you've heard I'm just adopted, it's probably one of the reasons why people hated me right now" she was calmly said those words while taking a sip from the cup though deep inside it was really painful as if her heart was already shattered from the past

"Then... You seemed like you really didn't wanna marry the crown prince, why not escape this estate? And start a new life? I'm sure you've thought about that countless times, right?" He went serious about his words but Kotoha went speechless, she just stared at her tea cup

"If you need help... I'm here to help you anytime" he took a sip on his tea cup while staring at her, it only seemed like he only had another intention of helping her
But Kotoha was only staring at her tea cup as if she really was debating whether she would continue her escape plan or not

"I was just joking My lady please don't take it seriously-" his word were cut off

"Will you really help me?" This time Sou could feel her confidence

(Bingo!!) "Hmmm... I thought you need enough time to think about it, I was actually gonna take back my words but, Fine... Tomorrow morning we can start discussing our Escape plans.. " he whispered the last words then smiled at her just like a cunning child plotting about something

After what happened Kotoha was thinking whether she made the right decision, as she was staring at the moon as usual but this time it even went quite red much red than last night, but as usual she really wouldn't care about it.
She was wondering what would be her life after escaping the estate? Will she go back to being a commoner? Or went to another country and there she will start a new life. But he suddenly thought of her brother, for sure he will be heartbroken if he suddenly hears her sudden escape.