{Third person POV}
{Sapphire's POV}
'These kid... i knew it that he was good, i wasn't wrong!' She smirked before she stand up and put her sickles back into their sheath under her cloak.
'He is definatly hunter's academy level right now.. and he's a kid! Imagine how good he would be when he would grow up.' She thought to herself as she offer her hand to John.
"You good John?" She asked him.
John look at her face and then to her hand before he look back at her face again. "...." he let out a sigh and grab her offered hand and let her pull him up.
"So kid.." she look at John as he walk over to his sword and pick it up. "You mind explaining to me why you wrecked this place? I got the gist of it but i don't want to misunderstand something."
John stayed silent as he turn his shield back into his shield and sheath his sword. 'He really managed to suprised me with that shield.. hurt like a bitch.' She put a hand over her stomach and rub it, Aura may had protected her from the injuries, but pain are still a different thing... there are times she had experience what its like to break a bone without even breaking them.. its not a pleasant experience for her.
"I was looking for my two friends.. they had been kidnapped by the Red Cactus gang." John said to her while her dust off the sands/dust off him from the time he was on the floor. "They were last seen in the alley."
'Okay.. so they had been kidnapped just like i had guessed from how he was interrogating the bartender.' She then turn her head to look at the bartender unconscious form. 'Poor guy is still knocked out.'
"And did you follow their trails?" She asked John before she then walk to one of the table that is thankfully still intact and sit on top of it.
"Yeah.. i did..." John then look at her as he stayed silence once again.
'Well shit.. i guess he doesn't like me now.. well i could understand it considering i did attacked him and beat his ass... that is a normal and appropriate reaction to our situation i would say.' She think to herself. 'God knows i would be pissed of i got attack and got my ass beaten.'
"and what did you find?" She asked him and give him a smile that she hoped would... sooth his nerves or some shit like that, she doesn't know.
"The open desert." John answered her matter of factly.
'Well shit.. looks like my award winning smile isn't winning anything here.. fuck.' She then let out a sigh. 'Why did i think it was a good idea to fight him? Oh yeah.. its because my stupid past self thought testing him in direct combat would be a smart move.. well it actually is a smart move which in the end was i was right cause this kid is really good.'
She then look at John and take a deep breath. 'Well here goes nothing.'
"Well John.. i don't know say this but i'm sorry that i attacked you." She then look away towards the window. "I apologize about that."
John give her a look before he let out a sigh and walk to sit on a chair. "Okay... but care to explain abour why did you attacked me? Are you a part of the Red Cactus gang?"
"Me? A part of those bloody basterdz?" Damn.. the thought of her being a part of gang that stick cactus up somebody's ass doesn't sit right with her cause which dickhead want to be a part as something as disgusting and cruel as the red Cactus?
"Well... are you one of them?" He repeated his question and she almost chuckle if not for the fact that John is actually asking her seriously.
"No, i ain't one of them." She answered with a smirk of my face. "My standard is way to high for the Red Cactus."
"...so the only reason you're not one of them is standards?" He give her a weird look as if all of his respect for her had come crumbling down.
"Wait! Wait wait! Hold on a second! I was just joking! Just joking!" She raised her hands in surrender. "I was just joking again."
"Okay... but that still doesn't explain why you wanted to fight me." John asked her and she stays silent as she thinks about it even more.
'Well i don't have any other reason that too test him.. no reasons like i want to stop him or even want to hurt him.. it all comes to the single fact that i wanted to test him.. i guess me going to be a teacher made me want to test a potential student.
"Well i just wanted to test you.. really.. thats it." She answered John honestly.
"Just test me huh....' John then take a deep breath before he let it all out. "Okay... okay..."
[AN: Well sorry for the you know.. late as fuck update.. i got some problems but its all shorted out.. i guess... by the way mordred got a mental breakdown in the newest chapter on patreon.. she gone and become a bit.. yandere... yeh...]
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