My Name is Ivander

She doesn't know how it happened, but now that Riana was in her room, a flash of memory about the kiss made her feel hot. "What was I thinking?"

Shouldn't she be angry, it was her first kiss! But why is she embarrassed to remember what happened recently?

In another room, Ivander was busy cursing himself non-stop. He should be able to hold it in, what if Riana gets angry?

"Arghh! She's definitely angry!"

You bastard Ivander!

****

Sunlight came in from the cracks in the window, the birds chirping sounded like a morning welcome song. Riana blinked slowly, today she woke up late, it's natural that last night she couldn't sleep thinking about her kiss.

"Hah! Why do I have to remember this early." She grumbled.

Riana shook her head quickly, she couldn't remember. She got out of bed and took the scarf that was draped not far from her. Now she stood in front of the dressing mirror. The reflection of her wearing a pink dress looks beautiful with red hair that is slightly messy and red lips that are slightly swollen.

"Aahh, I must be crazy!" As she hurriedly moved away from the mirror, the memory of the kiss came back to her. Riana took off her shawl, she didn't want to wear that pink dress anymore.

A long green dress covered Riana's entire body, she also wore a brown vest and black robe. Riana's current appearance is very strange, isn't the weather hot, why is she wearing so many layers of clothes?

Very funny!

Riana stepped slowly, she blinked out of the room. Today she didn't need to go to the garden, all her work was done thanks to Ivander who helped her. There was nothing she had to do and it made her despair, because memories of last night's events kept appearing in her mind.

"Where are you going this morning?" Ivander's voice came from behind.

Riana turned around and found a tall man looking at her questioningly. "I don't want to go." Riana said.

Ivander raised an eyebrow, examining Riana from head to toe, a long dress made of thick material, a brown vest and a black robe covering Riana's small body.

"Are you sick?" Ivander was about to touch Riana's forehead, but Riana quickly moved her body away first.

"I'm fine."

Seeing Riana's strange behavior today made Ivander wonder. "Then let's have breakfast, I've cooked it." Ivander said as he stepped towards the place to eat.

Riana followed him from behind, how could Ivander act as if nothing had happened between them, isn't that annoying!

The aroma of tomato toast and sliced ​​meat tickled her nose, the harvest money given by her uncle was quite a lot, so Riana could buy lots of food ingredients. Two plates of baked food made from eggs with sliced ​​vegetables and pieces of meat became the object of her gaze, even though there was a lot of food on the table, the food seemed to have its own charm. Apart from that, on the table there were sliced ​​apricots, tomato toast, fried eggs with sliced ​​potatoes, several slices of meat grilled with olive oil and two glasses of apricot drink. Isn't it a luxurious breakfast today?

"You cooked all of this?" Riana asked in amazement.

Ivander nodded.

"Can you cook it?" Riana remembers very well that Ivander once said that he couldn't cook.

"I've helped you a lot, so I can do a little." Ivander explained. Actually, Ivander is not unable to cook, he occasionally cooks something to eat when he is at home.

"Aren't you sleeping?" This time Riana's question changed to no longer about cooking. She didn't believe someone could prepare all this alone, even though it wasn't a luxurious meal, preparing this all took time.

"I sleep." Ivander said lying. He couldn't possibly ignore last night's events so he had difficulty sleeping. Instead of thinking about it all the time, he busied himself with cooking.

"Really?" Riana asked to confirm.

Ivander just nodded, after all he had tried to sleep but to no avail. "How about you?" Ivander turned to ask.

"Y-yeah, I slept well." Riana answered a little nervously. The image of last night's kiss flashed into Riana's head again, she wanted to erase it!

"Um, how is your body condition?" Riana tried to divert her thoughts by asking about Ivander's condition. It wasn't a random question but Riana really wanted to know.

"I feel very healthy now." Ivander answered.

"Can your bandages be removed yet?"

"Yes, I also plan to take it off."

"What are you going to do next? You can't possibly stay in my house forever, right?"

"Ha ha ha." Ivander laughed for a moment, as if he was about to be thrown out. "I'll be back at my place, probably the day after tomorrow." He continued.

"Oh." There was a tone that sounded a little disappointed. Doesn't know what Riana really feels, maybe she feels like she has friends.

"I'll help you remove the bandage." Riana said that she wanted to check Ivander's condition and ensure that his condition had completely recovered. After all, she only took care of him at the beginning.

"Thanks, but I can do it myself."

"I have to confirm whether your wound has really healed or not, so don't refuse me!" Riana looked at Ivander firmly.

Ivander could only surrender, "well."

****

This was where the two of them were after breakfast, Ivander's room. There are only two rooms in Riana's house, one is her bedroom and the other was her nanny's room before she decided to live alone, now that room is Ivander's room. Riana sat right next to Ivander, on the edge of the bed, her hands busy carefully removing the bandage.

"Who are you actually?" Riana asked.

"Why do you have injuries like this?" She asked again.

"Am I not allowed to know about you?" Her curiosity towards Ivander has not disappeared since the first day they met.

"Are you a prince? No way, surely I would hear news if a prince went missing." Riana was still babbling as she slowly opened the bandage and checked whether the wound on Ivander's body had dried.

"My name is Ivander." Finally Ivander told her his name.

"I'm a knight, more precisely the leader of the western knight squad." He continued.

Riana stopped, she had finished removing the bandages on Ivander's body. "Your name is Ivander? Ah, should I call you Sir Ivander?" Riana asked.

Ivander shook his head, "No need."

"But you are a knight, not an ordinary knight but the leader of a western knight. Aren't you highly respected?" Those green eyes looked at Ivander perfectly round, a look full of amazement.

"Then, you should be more flattered. You are Lady Savior of the Western Knights." Ivander said.

"Don't make fun of me!" Riana lightly hit Ivander's sturdy body in front of her.

"Then why are you so far away in the easternmost city of the kingdom?" Riana asked curiously.

"You know about that long war?"

Riana nodded, she couldn't possibly forget that war, it was a very, very long war for her. At that time she was only fourteen years old but she had to be separated from her father for three years. Each house had to send a man to war and it was her father who came down at that time.

"Even though the war is over, treachery still exists and roams around, they will not give up easily." Ivander explained.

"So you attacked them alone?"

"It's not completely wrong, at that time I and some of my members were traveling around and I ended up like this." Ivander started telling stories and recalled bad memories.

It was not easy to travel from west to east, with not much supplies they had to save and catch up on time to arrive in the eastern region of the kingdom, Zyra City.

The Royal Knights Headquarters received information regarding illegal arms trafficking to the enemy, this must be prevented immediately. Instead of moving the eastern troops, the Knight Commander ordered the western troops to carry out surveillance there. This decision aims to prevent betrayal in the troops, especially those who have lived in the area for a long time.

Ivander only brought four of his members to carry out this task. Unfortunately, when they arrived at the city border, heavy rain accompanied by lightning hit, they then took shelter in a small inn not far away. They rested while waiting for the rain to stop, that's when he felt his body temperature hot, a fever attacked him.

Because they wanted to quickly get to the city to rest, the next morning they immediately left the inn and continued their journey. It turned out that it was at this inn that the traitors stopped, they learned of the whereabouts of Ivander and his troops. On the way they were surrounded by fifteen people while there were only five of them, this did not deter them, a sword fight broke out and they won. They then continued their journey to the city to ensure that the news was true or just a fabrication created by traitors to threaten the kingdom.

The city of Zyra could already be seen from a distance, instead of wanting to go there immediately they decided to rest for a moment. Ivander's squad members were busy hunting and looking for fruit for their lunch, their supplies had run out, while Ivander could only sit and wait because his body condition was no longer possible, his fever was getting higher.

Even though his eyes were closed, Ivander wasn't really sleeping, his ears were busy hearing the whispers of the wind. Until he realized that there were several people watching him. Four large men attacked him mercilessly, with Ivander's remaining strength finishing him off. His body was not in line with his spirit, he had already killed three of the four people, his body was no longer able to fight. In his sick condition Ivander had no other choice but to run away, with his remaining strength Ivander ran away as fast as possible, he removed the sword, armor and something heavy on his body. He also left his horse in the opposite direction, so that he would be difficult to find until Riana finally found him.

****