Conniving little devil

This girl really thought she could intimate him with her tongue. Was this brat truly this daring to lick a sword? In public? Ailwin never thought he would come across this brat again. Just when he let his guard down, out pop this heathen.

"You wouldn't dare." Ailwin stares Mika down, he will not give up again. Losing once to this lass was enough he will not be made a fool of again.

Mika raises her eye brown at Ailwin's provocation. She actually had thought she could get away with taking the sword from him with her tongue. Seems like she will have to bring out the big guns.

Turning to the shop attendant, Mika held out her hands. The attendant had overheard their whole conversation, placed the sword in Mika's hands.

'Is this young miss really going to lick the sword, to gain ownership? Whose house did this miss belong to?' The shop attendant thought.

Holding the sword in both hands, Mika felt a link in her heart tie into place.

'Yes, this was meant to be hers.'

Tightening her hands, Mika bought the swords towards her mouth. As everybody anticipated a tongue to stick out the next second. Mika voice rang out loud and clear instead throughout the shop.

"Why!?.... Why are you trying to steal from me?.....I'm just a little girl...Do you need to use such appalling ways against me?"

Not only did Ailwin, Braeden, and Saavi go rigid, but the other patrons in the shop also stopped in their tracks in reply to Mika's shouting.

The shop's owner seeing something was wrong, head for that direction.

"What seems to be the problem?..." Turning to look at the still frozen attendant.

"Sir...*Sniffle* *sniffle* this man is trying to steal this sword from me...He wanted me to lick it to prove that its mine.."

"Now wait one damn minute... I never said for you to lick it. You chose to lick the sword." Ailwin couldn't let this girl get the upper hand.

Hearing the crazy argument between this young master and young miss. The patrons started gathering around. Things were getting out of hand. If the shop owner couldn't handle this, he was afraid his shop's big sale might be compromised.

"What happen?"

"This young master wanted the sword, but the young miss said the sword was hers."

"Who purchase the item?..." This was not the first time the shop owner has come across a situation like this. The best thing to do is to stay calm and rational.

"No one yet...As I was about to ring it up, they both said they would pay. Afterward, this young man said dare the young miss to lick the sword if she wants it?" This was not the attendants first time either, but it was the first time he heard someone say to lick a sword.

The shop's owner, who was nodding his head to everything that was being said suddenly did a double take at the attendant's words.

Fully understanding the problem now, they understood why the young miss would shout out loud as she did.

Receiving strange looks and glances, the words that came out of the attendant's mouth. It made Ailwin seem like he was a perv. Asking a young miss to lick a sword. He had to rectify the situation quickly.

"No, no, no. That's not what happens. You see I sort of know this miss. She stole my cake the other day by licking it; today once again she's trying to steal my sword..."

The shop's owner looked Mika's way.

"Do I look like the type of person who would do such a thing?..." Mika said to the crowd with tears in her eyes, letting her beauty face gain sympathy votes.

Saavi looked down in shame, she couldn't be part of this.

" *Tsk* Look, I ask for the sword first....so it's mine right?" Ailwin couldn't take Mika's acting any longer.

Both the shop owner and the attendant nodded their heads yeah.

"Young miss we have other swords available for you..." Shop's owner tried to ease a compromise Mika's way.

'He actually thinks this will end here...' Mika thought as she saw Ailwin reaching for the sword in her hands.

"FIFTH PRINCE MUST YOU BE SO CRUEL!...." Mika who just outed Ailwin's identity to the whole shop threw a tantrum on the floor.

Braeden who thought the show was over, with Ailwin's win, found himself settling right back down in his front row seat. 'Checkmate....this kid is good! Damn, I wish I had some honeyed popcorn.'

"That's the fifth prince..."

"She said, the fifth prince..."

"Oh my...I thought I recognized him from somewhere..."

"Than its really him!..."

"But didn't she say he wanted her to lick the sword.."

"Never knew the fifth prince, who's so outstanding would do such a thing...."

The whispers around the shop, grew when found out his identity. Ailwin knew he lost again against this little one. He may be able to talk his way to get the sword but he will leave the shop with a new title of a perv if he doesn't stop this girl antics.

Leaning down Ailwin helped the girl off the floor. Before they could separate Ailwin whisper in Mika's ear. "You win. Take the sword, but you have to stop the rumors."

"What's that...you'll let me have the sword and pay for it. Oh, thank you so much. I never thought the fifth prince is so generous." Hearing Mika's words the surrounding patrons looked at Ailwin in a new light.

Wanting to recover his image, Ailwin didn't contradict Mika's words. Taking the sword from Mika's hands, he placed it on the counter.

Leaning back down Ailwin whispered, "Thank you, but the next time I see you... I will not let you off!"

"Oh, what's that?.... You also want to pay for one item for all the patrons in the shop today...Everyone quickly thanks to the fifth prince for his benevolent...."

When the last of Mika's words left her mouth, Ailwin felt like coughing up a mouth full of blood.

'This conniving little devil..'