"And I hope you can also protect the girl who help us. We owe her a lot Gavin," the princess reminded him. When he swallowed it was as if he was having such a hard time that he couldn't help but wince.
"I-I'll follow," he said with a forced smile because he couldn't figure out why he didn't like the girl.
—
"Hurry up." Zera frowned at the two young men pushing each other. These are students from the school that is just across from the the small food area.
"Wait a minute!" It said. One of them took out a papel and a ballpen before handing it to Zera who just looked at him in surprise..
"Sis
"Next time don't just stand there. You don't have to accept everything. Learn to fight!" That scream echoed throughout the place, causing those in the kitchen to come out, even Mina got stunned and stop from what shes doing."What's going on?!" Mrs. Cozaron shouted and brought another ladle when she got out. It seemed that she was ready to beat the handle on anyone who shouted and surprised them all.Aling Nena looked at them intently as if she was concerned and Mina took off her headset and noticed the men first who waslaying on the ground, unconscious.Gavin turned an glare look to Aling Corazon, the kind of look that will really rub your spirit and because he thought that the old woman stopped and seemed to stiffen in her position."Don
"What's the cure for that?" Gavin suddelly asked, make Zera got stunned.He remembered that the princess would be angry with him if she found out that he wasn't looking after Zera properly. Compared to the princess, Zera has no ability to take care of herself but the princess has been trained to protect herself."I have a handkerchief in my bag, ask Mina to get it and then wrap the ice in it," she said to at least remove the swelling."Ice? What kind of thing is that?" Gavin asked. Zera tangled in her hair due to stress."Just ask her a ice, hurry up the customer will come again later.""Wait for me here," he said and left. Gavin walked into the shop and there was another customer, a girl students. They looked at Gavin and couldn't help but
"W-why did you t-take that? That's the only one that my b-brother gave me before he d-disappeared...." She said at the same time as she sobbed as her tears fell.Gavin was also stunned after he bit into the lollipop.After the girl said that, she walked away from that place and enter to her workplace.Zera went inside holding her thigh. Mina stood up from where she was sitting when she saw her in that state and quickly left her place to approach her."What happened?" She asked and helped Zera sit in the empty seat."My feet got hit in the chair earlier when the boys were blocking me and then," she said. She didn't say the part that Gavin still beat her so hard, she know Mina will think something if
Gavin stop from what he's doing when he notice the princess enter the fastfood chain.He rush to put down the dirty handkerchief thst he use to clean the table and walk toward the princess. "Your mages- Sera you shouldn't have left Zera's home yet what if something bad happened to you?" Gavin said with concern. Sera look at him before a soft smile shown on her angelic face. "Don't worry I can take care of myself I just want to see Zera, where is she?" She asked looking around. Gavin hesitantly pointed out where Zera was so the girl walked towards it. Zera looked up when she noticed a person in front of her, an angelic face smiling at her now.. "Are you doing something?" She asked. Mina was surprised at how gentle her voice was. "It's not much, do you need anything?" She asked. Gavin frowned when he saw that Zera didn't respect the princess. She look like she didn't even give a damn even she know taht Sera was the princess of their own world.Zera can feel a glare from Gavin but sh
"Najii!" "Oops that's enough." The person who called seemed to immediately grab the cellphone from the boy who was stopped by Zera. "Please give the phone to Najii," Zera begged as her tears continued to fall. "Not any chance. What are you going to do now Zera? I change my mind. I don't want to continue our agreement anymore," it said after hanging up. Zera quickly removed the cellphone from her ear before her eyes widened. "No! What do you mean?!" She shouted as if hoping that person would hear her. "That's enough, the princess is waiting," Gavin said because he thought that Sera might have been thinking about them. Zera just sat down while supporting her head and was pulled out of it. "Are you still thinking like that? If you want to go, just go!" She screamed and pulled her hair violently. "You promised the princess. What do you think I'm going to say huh?!" He shouted. Zera paused for a moment before standing up. Tears are pouring out while her hair is a mess. "I'm tired.
"Let's get back to the topic. I don't know if I'm going crazy, but how did you get here? What happened?" She asked because she wanted to believe them since she saw Gavin's appearance change. The young man was stunned and his expression changed. "Someone wants to kill the princess and I took her here to protect her," he said with a rough voice. Zera didn't notice that so she just nodded. "So the princess and I are the same, huh?" She said but Gavin shook her head. "No, The princess's parents, the king and the queen love her... Everyone loves her," he said as Zera swallowed hard and smiled bitterly as if the truth slapped her. "Ahh I see, she's lucky," she said, feeling the pain in her chest. Zera looked at the sun again and it was about to set. While Gavin watched Zera's reaction. He was just telling the truth, in their world everyone was taking care of the princess but one person wanted to possess her so all this happened. "Let's get ba-" Gavin stopped when suddenly a
"S-Sera?" Zera stuttered before turning around. She doesn't even do anything she already feels guilty. "Can I talk to you?" It was a gentle question, Zera was not able to answer at that time but after a while, she nodded. Zera walked to the front of the gate where there were seats for the residents who wanted to hang out. "What are we going to talk about?" She asked sitting down. Sera just looked at her before sitting next to her. "Gavin mentioned your condition," she said softly. Zera sighed, knowing that the young man could not keep a secret from the princess. "I'm fine don't worry," she said but she didn't even smile, the girl's face was like a rock with no expression and Sera saw it so she looked down at Zera's hand and noticed the trembling then. A soft and warm palm held the hand that Zera felt so she looked at it and noticed that Sera's hand was already holding her hand so she looked up, She saw how the princess would look at her as if in her eyes she says everything will
"Hello..." "Zera, what is your decision? Do you want to kill the young lady in your house?" They asked followed by a loud laugh that seemed like they were happy with what they were saying. "What do you need?! Why do you want to involve that girl here!" Zera shouted. The person on the other line responded with a laugh. "Because I want no one to worry about you. I want you to feel that you are alone in this world without anyone's sympathy," they said. Zera was stunned, now she knew why they wanted Sera to be removed from her life. That person knew that it was Sera who was worried about her, a true friend who would be there for her even for a short time. She didn't mention Gavin because she knew the young man would never have the slightest concern for her. "That's enough, please, I'm begging you, kill me instead," she said weakly as she felt the pain. The thoughts are mixed with overthinking about what should happen. "Zera, Zera you give up so easily, I'm not done having fun yet so