"No."
Calea flinched upon hearing the rejection, she could feel goosebumps all over her body, her fist clenched, her chest tightened, she was not really expecting Sword to say no, especially after she thought that her persuasion was perfect.
"...Are you sure?" Calea said.
"Why yes– I am sure." Sword replied, his eyes glowed under the shadow from his hood. "However, i have a better idea."
Although he initially rejected Calea's proposal, he seems to have thought about something that can be better for him, another way to fulfill Calea's request without releasing the collar on her neck. Sword walked forward, passing Calea by as he approached Scythe that was keeping an eye for his students.
"Scythe." Sword said, calling his buddy while raising his hand.
Scythe didn't reply back, he just turned his head around. Truthfully Sword wasn't really that fond with Scythe's coldness, but nevertheless he didn't cared about how Scythe should react, that kind of things is pointless to them.
"Give your scythe to that girl, you're fine with using a swor right? Get ready, we're gonna join those fuckers soon." Said Sword with a smile, he's rather excited and couldn't wait to see what Calea has under her belt.
"My real scythe?" Scythe replied, he seems a bit confused. "Will she be able to withstand it?"
"Do you really care about that?" Sword said again, he reminds Scythe that it was nothing to be worried about.
"...Right"
BOOM!
SWOOSH!
Scythe leaped towards the location of his camp, leaving a massive crack on the ground where he once stood, his power was no joke, with just a single jump, he almost arrived at the camp location.
"Now, to continue our conversation." Sword turned around to see Calea again, his eyes was still as sly as ever.
A small step was taken, Sword slowly approached Calea with his sword flaming with aura, his face was arrogant, showing absolute confidence in his skill and mind.
"...Tch, let me guess, you're gonna accept my proposal, but i have to fight that Golem with my combat skill and aura?" Calea said, she was furrowing her eyebrows with rage.
"Hm?" Sword got startled by Calea's guess, because just like him previously, this time she also guessed exactly what he was thinking. "You're smarter than i thought, or was i making it too obvious?"
"....." Calea decided to not talk, she prefered to stay quiet for the time being, her thought was processing all of this situation faster than what she could handle, and that is taking a lot of burden on her part.
CLANG!!
Suddenly, a black scythe fell from the sky, it was rotating rapidly as it approaches to the ground near Calea and Sword, and with a loud impact explosion, the scythe's blade pierces through the thick dirt and landed perfectly.
"Oh, your weapon has arrived." Sword said after looking at the scythe, its design and shape was familiar for him. "Jeez, your instructor is really mean you know, he just threw this wherever he wants, what if it hits you or me, right?"
"...Shut up." Calea replied.
She saw how fancy that dark scythe is, its blade shape was beautiful to say the least, many intricates design and decoration were surrounding the hilt, at the bottom of it lies another blade that shaped similarly like a karambit, it's small but still can be useful and deadly. This is what a real scythe is, Calea's wooden scythe that she always uses before looked pale in comparison to the scythe that she's seeing right now.
"That guy has always been obsessed with scythes, his tendencies to collect and find the most weird looking and beautiful scythe is a pain in the ass." Sword said, complaining about some personal life about him and Scythe, as if the two of them had been together for a long time.
Sword then plucked the scythe out of the ground and throws it right at Calea. After receiving the scythe, Calea could feel an overwhelming power that is hidden within the scythe, she felt like she was holding a ticking bomb, the aura that is exuding from the scythe alone was enough to make her dizzy, even though she didn't feel anything when looking at it earlier.
'W- what the hell.. is this sensation..' She said to herself. 'I feel like, this scythe is looking directly at my soul..'
'sentient weapon?.. no.. it's– The scythe's dark mana..'
"Wake up bitch, it's time for the dance to commence." Sword promptly said, he was already on his battle stance and is preparing to dash forward.
That word from him snapped Calea out of her subconsciousness, she blinked rapidly to focus her mind and vision, in that brief moment, Calea was about to be devoured by the scythe, if Sword hadn't interrupt her by calling her, Calea's mana would've been absorbed by the scythe and she would faint.
"Shit.." She said while walking towards Sword, before she dashed into the Golem and fight, Calea took a short glance at the students behind her, there, Carsel was putting up an irritated face, he was jealous of her, and the fact that Calea was able to fight alongside the instructors means she is now considered a somewhat special slave to them.
'That damn princess.. That damn fucking slut, good-for-nothing, lucky bitch.. You may be one step ahead of me this time, but i won't let you keep having your way with the instructors.' Carsel said to himself, his rage was almost uncontrollable, but thankfully he didn't went overboard and prioritized his feelings.
"Do you think that girl got the instructor's attentions?" Said Endi, he was like the others, seeing Calea standing with Sword as if they were on the same ground and status.
"Im not sure, but that sure looks fun.." Hughen replied.
"Fuck, i didn't expect that bitch to get this far..." Deon also complained.
"She might become the instructor's favorite slave if this goes on.." Seir gave his opinion with a frustrated look.
BOOM!
Out of nowhere, Scythe arrived on the scene, he came with a bang as his entrance was falling from the sky, similar to his weapon. Many dust debris and smoke flew towards everybody's face, some coughed, while others showed no reaction.
"Huh? where's your sword dumbass?" Sword said to Scythe, he didn't see him holding or carrying a sword.
"Ah, i couldn't find any, our warehouse have been destroyed you know.." Scythe responded, he seems casual about it all, showing no interest in further conversation.
"This fucker.. You could've snatch one of the sword from those guard guys.." Sword said, he pointed out to all of the guards that have been keeping the field clean without any monsters getting pass through the open field.
"Ahh, that weapon is theirs, i don't want to borrow.." Scythe replied again, this time he really didn't care about it anymore, his fighting spirit seems gone, and he just walked towards his students and stood there motionlessly.
"Haahh, you just don't want to fight." Sword said, he sighed deeply, knowing that there's nothing he could do to persuade Scythe to join the fight. "Show us your skill, slave."
SWOOSH!
"...Don't underestimate me." Calea replied to Sword, she saw him dashing and running to the Golem's leg.
SWOOSH!