Chapter 11: Chain

The chain in the hands of Conner was extremely long, it most likely could wrap around his entire body many times over, even if he grew a few inches. It looked to be a platiunum chain, but in reality…

"A Sliver chain? Conner to be honest…I don't think you should use that unless you plan on remaining mostly human and becoming a hunter." Nir didn't think a vampire wielding a chain opposed to a sword or spear would be smart more so since it was sliver, a werewolf's weakness

'Hunters?' Conner asked in his mind…Conner could already guess what they hunted.

"Do hunters hunt any person with powers?" Conner asked. He decided to ask about hunters now rather that meeting one later.

Nir shook hear head

"No, some good hunters have power themselves. I even heard some hunters started to use science to create artifical people. Hunters could be best decribed as a sort of protector of the people. They mostly just defend people, but those are what you call good hunters." Nir had run into good hunters before, they were cool as cold beens under a fan.

"So I can assume bad hunters…"

"Yep, they target anything they see. Even if it relates to fellow hunters… they won't heisitate." Nir wanted to tell him now, he could always back out of being a werewolf…his mindset had time to change.

"Hmmmm….?" Conner thought for a moment while looking at the celing.

Nir's face and her clothing began to get sweaty..

'Is he going to back out…? Did I screw up?' Nir asked herself in her mind

"Nir." Conner broke the slience in the air with her name, while his hand picked up the chain.

Nir was broken from her fearful thoughts.

"Hi-He-Yes!" Nir was startled, Conner started to come closer to her.

Nir didn't move on her own, her body shook without her consent.

'Forgive this maid…it seems you lost a great one because of me. Haith, Louise, Aera, and Aeila… please forgive this stu-"

"Fight me." Conner said while wrapping a chain around his closest hand and wrist, he could use both.

Nir stopped thinking…she rubbed her ears with the palm of her hand.

"I'm sorry, it seems my fear got the best of me…my senses have gone nu-"

"Fight me." Conner said again.

"…" Nir was certain she heard him say…

"Fight me." He repeated when he saw her confused.

"Eh!! Wait wait why? I haven't done anything to you but fall and strangle you with my chest…you didn't like it." Nir felt her pride as a women shatter to the floor

"Hmmm? I did like it, why wouldn't I?" Conner was honest when he wanted to be.

Her pride suddenly rebuilt itself from the floor, but this time it expanded and grew larger.

"Hahaha! That's good…I got really scared there…Wooo!" Nir wiped the false sweat off her head. She had no idea why she felt relieved after hearing his words…but she didn't mind her current feeling. Her mind once again returned to the words…

"Fight me…if you have survived this long, you must have some experience, right." Conner made a good point but…

"I do, but its not alot. I'm a maid in the castle of the werewolf king. Despite being older than the quadruplets…I'm slightly weaker." Each word the maid spoke, made her head go down lower…she felt a finger jab poke her forehead, she looked up out of instinct

She could see the white teeth of Conner

"It's okay to be weaker now…but staying that way forever is a no go, right?" He wouldn't lie and say she was wrong or that isn't true, when it was. He simply agreed with her and told her she shouldn't stay that way if she didn't like it. If she couldn't grow in strength, she should try speed, if she couldn't do either, just use her brain…even someone weaker can beat someone stronger with a good mind.

"…" She didn't reply

"Right?"

"Mhmmm…you are right. Ow! Ow! Why are you pinching my head." Nir held her head with a pained expression after Conner let her go.

"Hmmmm?…so are we going fight." Conner asked. He wanted to see how he could hold up against a werewolf while being mostly human.

Nir nodded

"Of course!!! Lets go to the grassfield." Nir took his unchained hand, however for unknown reasons…a slight smile hung on her face.

She was the only person out of the two who didn't notice it.