Intimidation

Nathan challenged her more and more every time she tried to put up a fight. She doesn't understand why men always try so hard to prove that they are the greatest. She doesn't know why men always need recognition?

"I don't want to waste my time serving you." Disha said. She hoped her words could make Nathan stop bullying het like this. However, it seems that Nathan cannot just accept Disha's response which seems to be belittling him.

"Damn you-" Nathan was getting annoyed and he tried to attack Disha by grabbing her collar and gripping her tightly.

"Ugh-" Disha felt suffocated, she tried to fight by pulling Nathan's hand to quickly let her go. However, the more she tried to stop Nathan's rude actions, the stronger this arrogant man's grip became.

Nathan looked into her eyes, eager to beat and fight Disha like two manly men fighting each other to show who was the strongest. However, he felt strange when he looked into Disha's very beautiful and soft eyes. Eyes that showed absolutely no aggression and toughness like a knight.

"You look so weak, I'm suspicious, are you really Sapphire, Gordon's favorite student from Silsila? Or are you just an impersonator who-"

"You're wrong! I'm Sapphire the knight of Silsila. Do I have to look like you to be considered a knight? Do I have to have big muscles and challenge my comrades to fights just to gain recognition that I'm the strongest? I won't If you do that, I won't dirty my hands to injure my comrades in arms. If you really want to prove yourself, feel free to hit me and pretend you're the winner!"

Hearing her words, Nathan felt very embarrassed. He couldn't just accept it, but he realized that what Disha said was true. He has made mistakes and that makes him look like an arrogant man who is too hungry for other people's approval.

"Tch, damn you!" He cursed in annoyance as he released his grip on his hand. He hated having to admit that he lost even before the fight had started.

Without saying anything, Nathan left, holding back his irritation because he felt he had been humiliated. He probably could have won the fight if it continued, but somehow that would only make him look like a pathetic loser.

Seeing Nathan leave feeling annoyed like that made Disha feel guilty. She started to think whether what she said was too outrageous for Nathan to leave with a face like that.

"N-Nathan!" Sge shouted calling Nathan with a little hesitation because she really didn't want to make Nathan provoked again and wanted to beat her again.

Nathan stopped walking, but she was reluctant to look back. As Disha thought, Nathan could be provoked again and want to challenge her again. However, Nathan seemed to be trying hard to control his ego.

"Do you still have any advice you can say? Hmm? If so, please finish it while I can still hear it and you can still use that mouth of yours to speak!" Nathan bullied her again. Disha felt so scared that without realizing it, she kept swallowing hard over and over again.

"T-that, what do you want to eat for dinner tonight?" Disha feels ridiculous. She didn't know why she was asking for such useless small talk that would actually make her an easy target again.

For a few moments, no answer came out of Nathan's mouth. This made Disha panic, she didn't know why she always let herself deal with selfish and stubborn people, Prince Leonidas and Nathan.

"Up to you!" Nathan said as he walked away.

Disha was frozen in place, she had just heard a very unexpected sentence from Nathan's mouth. She thought that Nathan might scold her or say that she didn't need to pretend to care and care for him. However, it turned out that Nathan's reaction was completely unexpected.

"What's wrong with him? What a strange man."

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Disha and Nathan were much later than expected. Levi's expression looked very cold as if he was going to kill the two of them who had made him wait for 40 minutes.

He didn't know what these two people were doing so they could waste so much time. Meanwhile, Keith didn't want to comment and chose not to get involved in problems that had nothing to do with him.

Disha looked very scared because Levi kept looking at her with his sharp and cold eyes. She knew this was her fault because she had done her first assignment so badly that it made her and Nathan late for morning practice.

In contrast to Disha who is pale, Nathan actually looks relaxed. He was not afraid or felt guilty at all because for him this was not his fault. Even though he woke up late, he had to wait for Disha to put water into the jar and what was embarrassing, even though he had waited quite a long time, in the end he was the one who drew it and filled the jar until it was full. It was clear that he didn't want to be responsible for the mistakes that Disha made.

"Listen, Levi. I'm not responsible for all of this at all. He's the one who made me late. He couldn't draw water and it took him a very long time to shower."

"No one blames you, dude!" Keith chirped. He didn't expect Nathan to be scared too just by seeing how Levi remained silent with a cold expression on his face without saying a word.

"I'm just telling you just in case!" He said. Meanwhile, Disha, who realized that all this was her fault, was even more frightened because Levi had not yet spoken. She would rather be scolded than be stared at like this for a long time. It made her feel very burdened.

Because she couldn't hold back the feelings of anxiety and discomfort. Disha chose to act. Whatever it is, she hopes that Levi can immediately stop imitating her like this.

"L-Levi, I'm really sorry! I promise that starting tomorrow I will come to morning training on time. That's why I beg you, forgive me!"

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