𝔇𝔦𝔪𝔢𝔫𝔰𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔞𝔩 𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥

7

Seven stretched his feet and hands to be ready for his training. He took a big breath and remarked confidently "I'm ready" Shakes the wand to make a bow. Dimitri looked at the child while tying up his hair and grabbed a regular bow to demonstrate him

"You see that can over there?" he said as seven nodded and added "as an archery you need to focus on what your aiming or else you will miss a shot by split fingers under the arrow blah blah blah.."

Seven was attempting to concentrate on what Dimitri was saying, which was making him dizzy, so he snapped out because a loud sound was heard, and Dimitri successfully shot a can with the arrow

"Now you try," he remarked, staring at the unfocused child. Seven gazed at the bow and stretched the stings, calling an arrow with his other eye closed, but when he let go, it  went to ground

"Stretch it harder," Dimitri advised as seven attempted again and succeeded but did not strike the can. "Focus on the can and what the arrow is pointing at," he said as the child paused and tried again but failed

"Again," Dimitri remarked after an hour of repeating the phrase and demonstrating it to the child, who did not succeed. Seven looked fatigued "You can't even hit a single one" Dimitri said

"im doing my best here!" Seven barked at Dimitri as he stretch the string"how's the training?" Claire's voice unexpectedly speaks out, causing seven to lose focus and miss once more

"What do you think?" Dimitri said, folding his arms, "as predicted from seven himself failing" Claire looked at seven"pathetic," she added "how about you do it?"he grumpy said challenging Claire,

Dimitri brought Claire his bow and showed the boy what was done in less than a minute. Claire finished it up and stared at the boy, who admittedly defended himself

"why don't you use the bow instead of me?" seven said frowning"we can't just be your weapon when it comes to fighting that's why you need a weapon to protect yourself"Dimitri said as he leans to the wall "im more into blades magic"Claire said

"Speaking of blades, I heard we're headed to a temple this afternoon, better finish up training," she added, summoning a book. Claire wanted to assist seven in finishing it up because the bow has magic and isn't like any other bow that simply shoots

" There is a spell that may trigger explosions if you pronounce the word correctly 'Xelaphorvosis' while shotting"she added Seven was perplexed by the term, and Claire groaned in disappointment since he couldn't properly pronounce a magical word "xela-por-vosis"Claire said making easy for him

"xelaphorvosis" Seven repeated it since he really got it right the first time, but he wanted to be sure he didn't forget "Stretch it harder, stand up straighter, and most importantly, remain focused on the objective like I instructed" Dimitri reminded him of what they were trained for. Seven nodded and followed instructions once more. He called an arrow while stretching the sting and gently concentrated the word

"Xelaphorvosis" He murmured that the arrow was forming a green black hole and when he finally released it. A loud sound was heard, causing a shock wave that caused the temple to crumble somehow and creating a hole thankfully it didn't make a hole further outside it simply shattered two walls. Seven was shocked

"That was so coo-"before he could complete the word, his vision went dark and he passed out, thankfully Claire caught him before he struck the ground, Dimitri grabbed the book from Claire's left hand

"It contains energy from those who are using it when you do the spell and it is safe if he just uses it once a day," Dimitri explained as he closed the book and gave Claire the book

"I couldn't read any of the words, Xavier claims much of it is this realm language," she adds as she grabs the book.

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"Is he okay?" Xavier said, concerned, as Dimitri placed the child on a bed "He'll be alright," Dimitri replied, as Claire went up to seven and placed a crystal in his mouth. Dimitri stared at her, confused

"Is that even necessary?" he asked Claire. "These crystals can also be used on humans, so we don't have to wait long," she added. "Whatever, I'm headed out," Dimitri muttered as the two watched him leave

"That's a relief," he murmured, touching his head and moaned of head ache. He wanted to create arrangements for them to escape out of this area, which Claire immediately notice "have you been stressing yourself out?" She stated that Xavier's failure to answer was interpreted as a yes

"You've been stressed out because of me is it my fault that I'm here?" she responded harshly "No, it isn't!"He worried and tried not to offend her

"sort of..since you're here, I need to create strategies for us to survive and get out of here soon as possible," he replied, didn't want to look at Claire, who was staring at him

"I'm really glad to be reunited with you again, but this isn't the right place for us to meet" he explained. "When I had a connection with you arriving from this world, I quickly came to see you" There's one called magic that can detect other species, and Xavier was worried about it after learning about it.

"Claire, this realm is far more deadly than it seems, I want to protect you against it even if it comes at the cost of my life" he added, as Claire began to calm down

Xavier knows a lot about what's going on in this dimension, but he doesn't want to tell her everything since it would traumatize her

"And, of course, every queen need a royal guard, right?" He added an embarrassed laugh while volunteering to be Claire's guardian as he bowed down to her

"I'm no longer a Queen, Xavier; I don't really need a knight to protect me any longer; I'm better capable of protecting myself," she refused, forcing Xavier to stand,Xavier wrapped his arms around Claire's neck, smelling her hair and putting a tiny blush on her cheeks as he tightened it"I still need to, I don't want another person to losing on me," he said regretfully.

He wanted to let out his pain from years ago after leaving Sky City, wanting to cry on Claire's shoulders but he couldn't, he lost his friends and relatives in this world, thinking about it makes him feel so weak, Claire stroked his silky hair finally accepting his offer

"I promise I'll get us out of here," he murmured, moving away to meet her gaze. "We," she corrected, softly touching his cheeks, he chuckled, and pressed his forehead to hers, smiling "we"he repeated closing his eyes smiling

"I just woke up and I saw this," a voice said, breaking their moment. They looked at the speaker Seven, who woke up holding a crystal in his lips

"Please don't act lovely dovey in front of me next time, I despise it especially when I just woke up," he said, adding that Claire was attempting to get away from Xavier because she was embarrassed by a child witnessing them at their moment

Xavier grabbed Claire even tighter and looked at the child, "jealous much? " He smirked and stuck out his tongue, teasing the child.

"I would hit you with this crystal," he replied, glaring at them. Xavier thought it was cute, especially coming from a child, and decided to put the child to the test, letting go of Claire to make her more comfortable.

Seven instantly stood up and was ready to throw the crystal at them when someone grabbed his hand and stopped him. Seven looked up and saw Dimitri glaring at him

Dimitri raised seven with one hand, making him float, and cast a murderous stare on Xavier, he was annoyed on Xavier childish act Shivers was playing up on Xavier, making him back up,

"Put me down!" "Seven braked at Dimitri as he turned his attention to the child he let go of seven hand causing him bounce in the ground. Seven scratched his back as the crystal was dumped on his head,Xaiver fake coughs

Bonus (1385 words)

"I'll shove deeznuts in ur mouth,"