95. Returning home

Andy then turned to look at Elenor who was clenching her fist and glaring at him as he and Leah stared at one another.

'Haah how am I going to explain this to Elenor' thought Andy

"Elenor you see she did all the things in the past because of her skills, as you have already noticed I have some unusual skills, she is same as me but not all her skills are good. I have already placed a slave mark on her so she cannot go against us anymore so there is nothing to worry about"

Elenor then bit her lips said with a miserable expression

"Are you saying she is going to get away after doing all that? On top of that you are going to keep her as your slave?"

Andy felt a piercing pain in his heart when he saw her expression, but didn't know what else he could do

"Elenor please don't look at me like that. Tell me do you want her to suffer for everything she did?"

Elenor didn't say anything and nodded.

"Then why don't you try hurting her a bit and see what happens? Leah give her your dagger"

"Yes master" said Leah then took out her dagger and gave it to Elenor. Andy then came near the bed and blindfolded Leah. He then gestured Elenor to go head

Elenor then picked up the dagger quietly with shaking hands and looked at Leah with hostile expression. She then brought the dagger close to Leah's small finger of her right hand and cut it off.

Elenor was surprised when she saw Leah didn't even flinch after her finger was cut off. Andy then gestured Elenor to hand over the dagger, then he brought it close to her other hand and made a small cut.

"Aaahhh!!~" screamed Leah in pain, but somehow her scream sounded a bit ecstatic.

Elenor was confused what was happening, how did a shallow cut from Andy hurt her more?

"This is just one of her skills Elenor, you cannot make her suffer, in fact no person can except for me. If you want her to suffer then she will have to stay with me as my slave and I promise you I will punish her many folds for all the things she did to you."

When Leah heard Andy's words her entire body shivered and she gasped, Elenor was content seeing her reaction, she thought Leah was scared of Andy. She then thought for a minute and said

"Alright fine, but I want you to make sure she suffer a fate worse than death!" said Elenor

"Yes I promise"

Andy then healed Leah's wounds and used the [Clean] to clean the stained bedsheets. After that there was an awkward silence in the room, only the sounds of Leah's heavy breathing could be heard who was still blindfolded, was she expecting something?

"Elenor we should get some rest, I will bring out a mattress from my storage ring and lay it down on the floor, the two of you can sleep on the bed" said Andy. He definitely couldn't 'punish' Leah in front of Elenor that would only make things worse and Elenor wasn't in a good mood, so he thought he will just give sleep alone on mattress.

"You want me to sleep on the same bed as her?" asked Elenor while glaring at Leah.

"Sigh, if you want Leah can also sleep on the floor"

"... It's fine I will just sleep here in the bed with her. I still don't trust her and will not leave her out of my sight"

"Very well then" said Andy and prepared a mattress for him.

...

In the morning when they left the inn there was a ruckus in the city that someone attacked the royal mansion and their queen was missing and there were many guards patrolling the area. So Andy just used the invisible barrier and all 3 of them slipped away to the outskirts of the city, there they finally managed to find a carriage and left towards the border.

It took them 7 days to reach the border due to vigilant guards and they had to change carriages a lot of times. During this time Elenor's hostility towards Leah decreased slightly and she was no longer on edge all the time.

After they crossed the border and returned to their camp everyone was finally relieved seeing their commander return. Andy only revealed himself and Elenor and kept Leah inside the invisible barrier.

"Headmistress we have been waiting for you for over a week, where have you been? The good thing was Quire kingdom did not attack again and our spies says that their queen is missing" said the 2nd in command in this camp.

"It is fine, we can go back to the capital now, there won't be any further attacks from Quire kingdom. Let's warp up everything here and we will leave tomorrow morning." said Elenor

"Yes headmistress"

...

The next morning everyone was ready to leave and Andy took Elenor and Leah with him in one carriage, since it wasn't a mana powered carriage it took them 4 days to reach their capital.

"Finally we are back, let me first go and meet with my family and introduce Leah to them, then I will come find you in your quarters" said Andy

By this time Elenor was no longer that vigilant towards Leah as during the past week or so she was very docile in front of Andy, so she agreed.

"No need, just spend a few days with your family, and also the next year at both academies will be starting soon so we will be able to see each other pretty often" said Elenor bashfully

"Haven't we already skipped lot of our practice? Tonight I am going to make up for all the lost time" said Andy with a teasing expression, seeing which Elenor immediately blushed and nodded.

"Alright I will be waiting for you then."

Then Andy and Elenor went separate ways and Andy soon reached his home together with Leah. When he reached in front of his mansion he saw that the patient queue has increased even more, even though he did not even open his clinic in many days.

"Little brother you are finally back!" said Emily and hugged her brother as soon as he entered inside.

"Andy where did you go? Why did it take so long for a fishing trip?!" Lily was relieved to finally see her son again, but since Freya told them he went on a fishing trip together with headmistress, they weren't that worried about him.

"Hehe yes I am finally back, sorry if I made you worry"

Emily and Lily then looked towards Leah in surprise

"Andy who is she? She is so beautiful!" asked Emily

"Yes let me introduce her, she is Leah. Master and I found her during our fishing trip and she agreed to work as a maid in our home"

"Really?! Hehe even the royal family doesn't have such pretty maids, everyone will be so jealous!"

"Emily stop spouting nonsense. Leah let me show you around our mansion and you can pick a room of your choice" said Lily and took Leah with her. Before coming here, Andy already ordered her to listen to all the orders of his mother and sister.

"Master please come sit at the dining table, I will quickly prepare a meal for you. You must be hungry after your travel" said Layla.

"Yes please I am starving"