532 DXXXII. Never Fear War

"Dag! What did you hear?" Claire asked, who blushed at the thought that he had eavesdropped on the private conversation between her and Freydis.

"Me? Nothing, what should I have listened to? I only heard the last sentence... I have good hearing, I didn't do it on purpose. Do you want to become a Shieldmaiden too?" he asked, leaving the heavy bucket filled with water next to the front door.

"Uhm... Yes. I'd like Freydis to teach me how to do it." 

"Well! I agree! It is always better to be able to defend ourselves with your own strength on this planet, where everyone tries to achieve their goals through arrogance and deceit! Now let's eat this hot bread, I'm starving!" Dag continued, who, from his words, made the two girls guess that he had not heard anything from the first part of their speech.