Chapter 40

A/N:

I was bored so I made a chapter hope you enjoy.

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[Third Person Pov]

"I thought you would ask me that, that's why I brought this" Alexia said as she proceeded to take out a large bag of coins and put them infront of Cid on the table.

"I heard you guys come from a low noble household, so I would like to hire you to teach me what you know" Alexia said rather smugly, pleased with herself for thinking of something so smart.

Cid just looked at her unimpressed. "I'm not broke"

"What" Alexia asked in a stunned expression.

"I said I'm not broke, I can make good money so what you are offering is virtually something worthless in my eyes"

"But... but.... you come from such a small noble family, I thought that you were in need of funds. And thanks to my help you would be forever grateful that I would be helping you out with your money problems, that you would happily teach me"

"Sighhh, you really need to stop assuming things about me. You, yourself know that I'm strong, strong enough that you want me to teach you. Why would you think I am in need of money. Since I'm strong what makes you think I can't just go out and hunt rare creatures and sell their parts for money."

"I never really thought about it, I just thought you were one of those swords obsessed hermits, the ones that didn't have a life and only live by the way of the sword. And human interactions was like your worst enemy."

"How the hell you want me to teach you and then start insulting me to my face"

Alexia flinched slightly as soon as Cid said that and while blushing says "Sorry... but it's true"

Alexia then started getting fidgety in her seat "So what do you want"

Cid just went back to eating "what? I don't really want anything, you can't possibly have anything that I would want"

"So what is it that you want, I'm a princess, I can give you practically anything that you desire. I'm even willing to make the sacrifice of just going on one date with you"

Cid just looked at her in disgust "Ew" as he just went back to eating.

Alexia then slammed her hands on the table and stood up "WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN EW?!"

Alexia's face then grew red when she noticed she grabbed the attention of everyone in the lunch room.

Her face grew even redder when she heard them start talking about them.

"Wow look, it looks like the princess and the Dark Prince are sitting alone together"

"Dark Prince? Why is that his nickname"

"Its due to his personality and looks, I mean look at him. He's so beautiful, ahhhh, I wish he would just take me and choke me against the wall."

"The hell is wrong with you, just continue what you were saying about his personality, I was really interested on why they would call him the dark prince"

"Huh? Oh right, he beats up anyone that bothers him, its only been a week since this semester started and I heard he already sent more than 20 people to the nurses office. Thats why people are too scared to even go and talk to him.

I mean I totally would go and talk to him. Maybe if I go and talk to him now he would grab me by the neck, slam me across the wall and tell me to stop bothering him *bites lip*"

"*sighhh* why am I even friends with you MacKenzie"...

Alexia sat back and with a red face asked "What do you mean ew, I'll have you know it would be an honor for you to even be in my presence. Just so you know, even though the week of this semester just started I have been already asked out by more than 10 people.

So me willing to sacrifice my time to go on a date with you should be something you should be extremely pleased about."

"The more you talk the more I just don't want to help you"

Alexia at this point starts panicking slightly seeing none of her plans working and so she resorts to her very last trick up her sleeve. Something she really doesn't want to do but since none of her previous actions weren't working, she has no choice...she pleaded.

She bowed her head just slightly "Please help me"

"What?" Cid asked not expecting Alexia to lower her pride for something like this.

"Please help me get stronger, I know you are strong, like really strong. I saw the way you delt with Zenon, I was there during the test. I saw just how easily you delt with him. You weren't even trying. After fighting him you said that he wasn't even trying but the way I saw it, you weren't even trying either."

"Sigh, why do you want to get stronger"

Alexia looked up and with a determined expression said "I want to win against my sister" Alexia's fist then tighten "I'm always being compared to her, no matter what I do. I hate it. So I'm going to grow stronger and defeat her infront of everyone and show them that I'm not just her sister I'm my own person as well"

Cid just closed his eyes and sighed. "Very well, but here's the thing I won't teach you anything specific. We would be sparring everyday in class and if you manage to pick something up from them good job towards you I guess.

But if you don't pick up anything, it's not my problem. You just suck and aren't meant to use a sword. Deal?"

Alexia hearing him pumped her fist "Yesssss"

"You seemed confident, that's good I guess"

"Please I'm great, of course I'm going to pick somethings up from our sparring sessions. Well what are you waiting, classes are about to start and I want to get started already"

Cid stood up and put away his tray and started following Alexia "I'm regretting this already"

Alexia walking ahead just scoffs "Oh please you're going to spend the rest of the afternoon with me, what more could you possibly want"

"To spend it by myself away from you"

"I'm fun to be around you don't know what you're talking about"

The two of them soon reached the training hall, and went and got changed onto their fighting uniform.

They both then stood at a respectable distance. "Enhanced your sword with magic so it doesn't break that quickly"

Alexia nodded and enhanced her sword. She then ran towards Cid and swung her sword towards him which he masterfully deflected, making a counter attack

Alexia seeing his counter attack tried to block it as well but got pushed back due to the force. She fixed her stance copying how he was standing and took off running towards Cid once again.

Cid didn't even attack using his sword, he used his leg and use a sweep under her feet knocking her down.

"Don't copy me, use a stance you are most comfortable with, using something you don't know while in the middle of a fight is suicide"

Alexia hearing him just smirked and offered her hand to help her up "I thought you said you weren't using words to teach me"

Cid just teased her back "Well I realize you were too dumb to understand actions and needed words to make you understand"

"Wha-" Alexia not expecting to get teased got stunned for bit before smirking once again and getting back into a fighting position she was most comfortable with.

While Cid did the same and they resumed their earlier sparring.

Whether it was on how to properly hold a sword, to how to use a proper footwork. Cid started teaching her all the basics she had previously messed up.

After a few minutes of sparring, more people started coming inside the room due to class starting but Cid and Alexia just ignored them.

With a smile on her face Alexia started absorbing everything Cid was throwing at her.

What Alexia didn't notice but Cid did however was the teacher Zenon watching them with narrowed eyes. Watching their every move carefully and what Zenon didn't notice however was a pair of purple glowing eyes watching him from the shadows.