Hiss of Deception & Protection(Leif x OC)

Chapter 72

Second person's POV

"Pierce... Varon... slow down please..."
Noi breathed sharply as Varon complained about his slowness.

"Puh-lease. Me as a injured person can climb higher and faster than you. You really should do better than this with my sister's teaching."
Varon spat back with full venom as he grunted slightly with Pierce concerned over.

From the start of the journey, Varon had received headaches and skin rashes. But it's not too the point of fainting yet so he just moves on. This brought up Pierce's concern of his unwell body yet was moving up forcefully, and Noi's concern over his own body to catch up with Varon and Pierce's.

His throat was still in pain, yet he knew he had to move on. He could've stay back and rest, like what Sody has mentioned. He was too weak to do this, for now temporarily. But he knew, even it risked his health, it was one of the few ways for him to find Sunny.

He missed the girl from Daemos to Ear-th for real. From her brown hair, to her eyes when she teaches him, even her bad-ass personality was attractive to him. Despite her flaws with a Leif like personality, she was perfect in his eyes.

'Wonder if she was doing well now...'
Noi thought as his mind interrupted with the grunts by Varon and asks from Pierce.

"Varon!"
"Ugh... My brain..."
Varon was now on the ground, grunting in pain as his hand was scratching by his arm, with small parts of his skin scratched out and scattered on the ground like snow. Pierce held his hand, insisted him to hurt himself, which only resulted him scratching his other arm with his other hand.

"Should we tie him up?"
"No."
That one word came out from Pierce's throat as his eyes were determined yet built with concern as the scratches on Varon's arm begun to draw blood.

Varon soon caught his breath as he was curled up like a ball, with blood droplets stained on the grass. 
"We need to rest."
"But-"
"I insisted, please Varon."
Pierce begged the prince in pain, which Varon quickly go with the plan.

After setting up the fire place, Noi rested by the log while he glanced at Pierce who's examining Varon's scars. He quietly took off his glove, staring at the bite marks by his hand. He sighed slightly while rubbing the mark. 

"You sure miss Sunny huh?"
"Wha- Yea..."
Noi answered Varon as he wore his glove back.

"Don't you miss her too?"
Pierce asked Varon as he simply nodded.

"Despite she took the throne, insisted going Mother's ways, she was still my sister. I have dreams on turning this nation into a heavenly place, only hopes and dreams that can be completed. Guess that's never happening by this point... She taught me to think wisely, to fight."
Varon smiled bitterly as Pierce patted his head.

Varon both love and hated his sister. She was always in the spotlight, with her victory of wars, rather than him who was successful in books and academics. Wars were the things going on about every day in Medonax, not books. He hates his sister for getting all that attention but the mean time he appreciates for her gaining the Medonax High Council's attention, because of this, he was free to do whatever he wanted. Unlike Sunny who needed to attend this and that meeting, meeting with the people to care or solve their conflicts.  

His sister has everything, unlike him. He wanted an affirmation from the High Council, from the people, from his Mother. He had given ideas, spoken out in the court, yet no ideas that rolled out from his tongue were accepted. On the other hand, his sister, no matter how idiotic, as long it's from her, the High Council would accept no matter what. He hated this injustice, not on his sister but the High Council only.

"Have you not attempted to talk to the High Council?"
Noi asked as Varon raised his white flag, immediately claimed the High Council won't listen to him but his sister.

"She was the future ruler of Medonax after all-"
"What's with the quick spirit of giving up?"
Noi spoke out as Varon narrowed his eyes, pardon his words earlier.

"Excuse me?"
"I mean, you have came for so far. All you need to do was to speak up your voice to ask them. I have once lose courage, making me weak. But now, with Sunny's teaching, I have learned to be brave, be strong, to help and speak out for my existence!"
Noi said happily as Pierce agreed with Noi, turning back to Varon.

"Why don't you try it out?"
"But they won't listen-"
"Success or not, it was part of a life experience. Life is all about winning and losing. No one was winning always in life."
Noi smiled as Pierce complimented Noi for those words that he had heard from Rhys only.

"T-Thanks. It's from Sunny. She taught me."
Noi scratched his cheek shyly, finding this motivation thing was wholesome. He never thought that he would be motivating someone.

"Sunny was sure fit for a queen huh?"
"You too. Fit for a king."
Pierce complimented until he was interrupted by a ruffle by the bushes.

Pierce pulled out his sword while Noi pulled out his sickles.
"Who goes there?!"
Varon shouted as a pair of green eyes glowed in the dark. Varon was terrified while Noi and Pierce simply kept their weapons and sighed.

"Leif, if you wanna scare us, you gotta do a better job."
"...."
"Leif?"
Noi approached to the bush with his hand reached out.

"Noi wait-!"
HISS!!
A figure appeared from the shadows as it attempted to attack Noi. It's white hair flow down as it tackled the salmon coloured hair demon with the green eyes glowing through the mask.

"BWAH!"
"Noi!"
"Salmon head!"
Varon and Pierce shouted as Varon attempted to change into his snake form.

Well
Attempted
As Varon quickly fallen to the ground and grunted in pain, with Pierce disturbed looking at the prince in pain.

"Varon-!"
"Pierce, keep an eye on the prince. I'll handle this!"
Noi shouted as he grabbed the person's spear and kicked them away by the stomach. The person knocked hardly onto the trunk of the tree as long familiar white object swung behind the figure's back.

"That white tail... It's only two person I know who has that..."
Noi widened his eyes as he glanced at the figure.

"Sunny?"
The figure looked at him, definitely terrified as they attempted to make an escape.

"Sunny wait!"
Before Noi could make a run for it, Pierce called out Noi as Varon was now one curled up ball and grunting in pain. Cold sweat gliding down his forehead, as his eyebrows narrowed tightly.

Noi quickly turned to the figure, who he assumed as Sunny and shouted, "Sunny! Wait! It's Varon! Please help him!"
The figure turned its head to see Varon grunting in pain and barely even stand up. 
It wanted to turn away, yet its long nails grabbed tightly to the skin of the tree trunk.

"Stay strong, Varon!"
"I can't...breath..."
Without notice, Noi turned to find the figure charged towards them with a knife. 

"Look out!"
Noi pushed Varon and Pierce away as he turned to only see the silver blade shined under the moon.

SLASHH!!!!!