My Duke Won't Leave Me

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“Very well little girl, shall we fight.”; Ruhi smiled

“It won’t be a ‘fight’”; She replied with a kind smile.

The man raised his eyebrows and looked at her as if she is an i***t, he did not take anymore time as he lunged towards her. Ruhi looked at his sword on his waist and smiled. Maria looked at Ruhi with wide eyes, she wanted to shout at her to get out of the way!! What the hell is she doing!!?

Ruhi yawned he is too slow; she saw his mouth moving in slow motion and so was he running. She got bored and wanted to end it, even though it has not been sixty seconds since he started running towards her but it is just too boring.

Men were seeing by the side lines wanting Ruhi to lose as fast as possible because there is no way she can win against him. He is considered very strong man in the group. The man kept running as he slow down his pace, everyone frowned. Suddenly blood burst from his head making the men standing close to him close their eyes as blood splattered violently.

Everyone stared in horror as the man’s headless fell first on his knees and then on the ground. Everyone gasped in horror as the ground dirt got mixed with the blood. They looked at Ruhi who was standing exactly where she has been standing but the difference was, she held the man’s sword in her right hand while the man’s head in her left. Everyone looked at the waist and sure the sword was missing.

Her smile was erased from her lip, she looked at everyone with eyes filled with boredom. The man’s head was dripping with blood, her eyes were closed and so was his mouth. Ruhi threw the head on the ground as it rolled towards the now dead body.

Ruhi yawned as she threw the bloodied sword as well. She looked everyone as they looked at her in horror. She smiled at them, oh how she has missed this look. She was given the same look when she just entered in the organization; it was only after she defeated one of the powerful beings, was she able to gain popularity and was not treated as some kind of monster after that. But if she is being true to herself, she misses the horror in people’s eyes; because of that fear she was never approached by anyone making her work in peace.

“On it seems like I defeated him pretty easily. So, that means I am part of the guild right”; She asked to no one particular but everyone irrespective of the gender nodded their heads. She smirked at them and nodded.

“Okay then I will be joining the guild tomorrow.”; She said as she turned around making everyone getting relaxed. She was about to walk away when she stopped and turned around.

“Oh!”; She said as if she remembered something making everyone tensed again.

“I want to tell you that I don’t like guild member behaving badly with other guild member and also I don’t like too much sound. So, please don’t do that when I am here; otherwise I don’t know what I would do if I get irritated.”; She said with a sweet smile but everyone could see the dark aura surrounding her making them shiver. They nodded continuously making her nod and leave the ground as Maria followed her.

Everyone sighed as they slumped down on the ground, some came to pick up the body. They shivered remembering what just happened. They never saw her move; she was so fast!! That their eyes could not catch her. That means she can kill anyone if she is fast enough; she did not give any chance to the man to defend himself.

They frowned, remembering what she asked before she went away, they cannot let a girl come and change the way how the guild has been functioning. They need to call ‘Them’ but they do not know if they will help. THEY do not know what happens in the guild half of the time because they are always on a mission that take at least six months. They should be here soon; but seeing they have two girls among them; they do not like girls being used so, everyone pretend to be ‘happy’ whenever they come back to the guild to take another mission.

It does not matter; it is sure when THEY come back home and they come to know that a girl has beheaded one of their members she will be dead meat. They just need to hide the contact and them that ignorant little girl will learn her lesson.

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Maria was walking behind Ruhi was walking through the town looking at the goods. Archduke has given her money to spend but she does not want to so, she is satisfying her urge by looking at them. Weird enough everything looked cute and she loves cute things especially when they are short; this is one of the reasons she took Seven as her student even though she is years younger than him but when he came to train, he was really short with chubby cheeks and innocent eyes; there is no way she could say no to that.

She glanced back a little knowing that Maria has been staring at her for a long time. She was practically drilling hole in her back. Ruhi smiled and turned around making Maria startled as she stopped herself from hitting Ruhi. She looked at Ruhi with wide eyes, while Ruhi gave her a soft smile yet a genuine one.

“Ask away what do you want to ask?”; Ruhi said in a calm tone making Maria open her mouth and shut her mouth as she blushed and looked down. Ruhi chuckled a little and turned back around before walking away still admiring the goods.

Maria looked up at the girl walking away; for some reason she looked so strong; so attractive and so charming. She shook her head before running to her so as not to lose her. Ruhi did not at that time she would gain one great friend.

She was moving forward with one aim in the mind, not knowing that she has started intervene in the world. She did not know what she would gain and lose here will be like no other. Wheel of time has started to change its course, and now no one could tell what would happen in the future.

Archduke Felix looked outside his window as he saw the sun setting. He looked down seeing Ruhi and Maria returning home. He kept looking at them until they were inside and no longer in his sight. He scoffed, what is he doing? Why for the first time is his mind not clear? Why for the first time he is not able to make a decision?