The Sword Master Only Wants to Protect

front yard of his bamboo house when he

ste

way here, as she smiled at him. Rion was about to warn her to slow down and be careful when h

about no running aroun

om his arms. She flushed even harder. "

mbled around like that and fell into his arms. Even more so when he taught her a sword move

im over a hundred times in

ver to get her checked. In case Ruby

es. She was also very good at other things like house works and reports. Rion himself was more of a free soul, which meant he was relat

ng when she couldn'

might need to ask Ludriev to teach her later. See

e you here and not pract

, eyes gleaming with pride and looking as if

e lightly and patted her hair

n his arm. Her face went aghast, and she instantl

sn't too bad. It's okay, it's okay. Ruby, s

like that!" Ruby daringly took his

pt her distance cautiously. But Rion thought she might be too agitated to care about propriet

nd the table. Ludriev was so quiet the whole time Rion almost forgot her pres

g out of the window with a glare. "It's just a sm

ietly helped him to clean and bandage the wound. Rion let her be if it could make

o you have anything you would like t

ed to cook dinner for me. You can also play and went down to the mountai

with Lu- with

rring so, I'll treat our Go

want to go, then hurry and chan

that to Master!" R

what? I can speak all I want. What is a li

Ludriev. She put on the fakest smile she could muster and said sweetly, Master Ludriev seem

s. But she was a fighter. Her instinct in a fight was sharper than any knives. She could sense someone's

e made the promise himself, why is it

u two, stop it. What are you even fighting about? Ruby, I will go down the mountain tod

dded. Somehow looking a

y did she look so smug, as if she won a battle? She quarrel

ere. I'll b

peared int

or not, since she had very little expression on her face. But Rion had been with lived with

eople had Harvest Festival right now, therefore

re, but right now, the permanent crease between her brows eased a little.

't it?" Rion as

at him and hum

e fireworks later. Do

wned. "What's the point

. "And pretty. Just say it, Lu,

ffed. "It h

you just decide you would not like it? Just trust me and

didn't know this. But, when he smiled like that, Ludriev felt her heart doing this funny thing like

She might need to see Lin after

bustle of the town. The first booming sound from the firework had Ludriev clenching her teeth in sur

houlder comfortingly. "Rela

ight sky and the surroundings briefly before being replaced with another. And an

s only the two of them, in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere. The light from fireworks somehow made his face feel more pl

y, isn

ouldn't fight the blush on her face. She l

t! If you have time on

from how a firework should hear. Ludriev must've noticed it too because she instantly stood

Her eyes squinted in the dark. The fireworks suddenly

t's

ure chaos. People ran headless and screaming in terror. Houses

ly spotted a small group of the apprentices of Liebu Mountain.

ify Master?!" One of the

nswered. "He's the fastest among us. Master would be here

side him. It made Ludriev, who previously stood there, flew a few feet

hipped his head in tim

ck, which made it difficult to discern in the dark of the night. But, the eyes were blood red with vertical black

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