Arrival
When she heard the voice, she realised that it was a man.
He looked to be around the same age as her.
2vs2.
The battlefield has balanced.
"Can you still stand?"
Nayari said with a soft tone.
"A-Ah. Yes."
She steadily got up from her feet.
She suddenly realized that her weapon had already been taken away from her.
Looking around, she saw her sword lying behind the soldiers.
She didn't want to do this, but she had no choice.
"Erm...Can you...help me get my sword back? It's behind those two soldiers."
She only did this because he looked strong.
She didn't know why, but he had the aura of an experienced warrior.
And somehow she felt that he was dependable.
"...Sorry, no can do. We'll be getting out of here."
"Eh?"
Nayari threw his spear toward the soldiers, distracting them for a moment before wrapping his a rmaround her waist, his other hand reached into his bag and took out a bottle.
He threw it onto the ground, and suddenly a layer of smoke appeared.
At that moment, he ran as fast as possible, carrying the pink-hair girl along the way.
And he carried her with the princess carry technique.
He actually didn't know how to carry a girl, so he just went with what he knew.
Being a pharmacist and at the same time, a doctor, he had to carry many patients with this type of carry because it was the safest way to carry a person.
When the smoke dissipated, the pair was no longer seen.
The soldiers turned around to look at the spear Nayari threw at them.
A distraction it might be, the spear had created a giant crater on the ground.
They didn't want to think what would happen if that hit either of them.
After a while...
They had managed to escape from the soldiers by hiding behind one of the trees nearby.
After confirming the soldiers had gone, Nayari placed the girl onto the ground.
"Are you hurt?"
Being a (former, now retired) doctor, he is obliged to care for his patient.
"W-What?! No, I'm fine!"
"Are you sure?"
He closed the distance between him and her.
"I said I'm fine! Why do you care so much anyway?!"
She crawled backward away from him.
"Why? ...I'm not even sure myself...Also, you better cover yourself up, your dress is all torn-up."
Hearing that, she looked at herself before turning red, using her arms to quickly cover herself up.
"D-Did you see anything?"
"Yes."
Her face blushed even more as she yelled at him.
"Y-You!"
She then turned around, avoiding his gaze.
"...Haiz..."
Nayari let out a sigh.
"Use this."
He took out a set of the same clothes he was wearing and put it toward her.
"Eh?"
The demon girl was surprised at his action.
"Put it on. At least it's better than your teared dress you are wearing."
She took the clothes before saying,
"T-Thank you. Also, don't you dare look when I'm changing!"
"Yes, yes."
As she put it on, she felt rather disturbed by the fact that it fitted snuggly on her, with no room to spare.
"Are you done yet?"
"Don't urge me! I'm not familiar with this type of clothes!"
After she's done, she told Nayari to turn around.
"H-How do I look?" She asked.
"It surprised me how much that fit you. Now you look extremely like a boy in that clothes."
That statement hit her in the wrong spots.
"H-How dare you say that?! And you! You, despite being a boy, you looked like a girl with that hairstyle and body figure!"
He did not reply and just let it off with a smirk.
"W-What are you smiling for? You are creeping me out."
"Nothing."
After that, the air around them went silent before the girl spoke up.
"...Why did you save me? I'm a demon, you know? Aren't you afraid of them?"
"...I've met many type of people. Some are good, some are bad. You, I don't feel any malice coming from you."
"What's your point?"
"My body just moved on its own, that's all."
"Then what's with the long answer then?!"
----
"We need to do something about those horns of yours."
"Eh?"
"People would immidiately know you're a demon if they noticed your horns."
"Then what should I do then?"
"Hmm...We could chop them off..."
"Ehh?! You're going to chop my horns off?!"
"I'm kidding, I'm kidding."
Nayari glanced at his hand, or more specifically, the bracelet.
He took it off, and after a few second of hesitant, he gave it to her.
"Eh?"
"Try this on. It has the ability to hide your horns, I think..."
His voice slowly trailed off.
"Really?!"
She snatched the bracelet from his hand before putting it on.
After putting it on, she used her hands to try and find the horns, but they were nowhere to be found.
"They disappeared!"
The girl seemed to be somewhat happy because she would no longer be chased by human, but also slightly sad because everyone told her that her horns are the most beautiful in this world.
Nayari's reaction was different.
He was utterly shocked.
One of his life long mysteries has been answered, but at the same time, begs more questions.
"Ah, crap! I'm going to be late for school because of you!"
"Huh? What? School?"
"Yes! Now I've to go!"
"Wait!"
He ran off.
"I didn't have the chance to thanks him for what he has done for me..." She murmured to herself.
She looked around the surrounding before thinking to herself,
"What should I do now?"
...
...
...
"Let's follow him." She came to that conclusion.
----
After a while, Nayari finally reached the school gate.
A guard was standing in front of it, and reacted when he saw Nayari.
"Ah! Nayari! We've been expecting you!"
"Am I late?"
The white-hair boy said, taking a moment to rest.
"No! In fact, you came early!"
"O-Oh."
"And your friend behind there, must be Lilith, right?"
"Eh? Friend? Lilith?"
He turned around to see the pink-hair girl hiding behind the trees.
Realising she had been noticed, she quickly hid herself.
Having no other choice, he waved his hand at her, knowing that she wouldn't be detected as a demon.
She slowly came out of her hiding spot.
"You mean he-"
"Yes! I'm also the new student here! Glad to meet you!"
She interrupted him.
"The principle wanted to meet both of you. Please come this way."
Nayari was still trying to process what just happened as both he and the girl followed the guard to the principle room.