22 I Most Likely Killed Them (1/2)

Promptly pulling a wooden stool towards the side of the bed next to Rin, Commander Bai tucks in his muscled arms and simply stares at Rin with his silver glowing eyes.

Resting on her back from the beginning, Rin leisurely lifts herself up.

Or tried to.

With an 'umph' sound she lands back into the bed with apparent defeat.

”You shouldn't try getting up,” The Commander chuckled after long moments of breathless silence. ”After what you went through you naturally need plenty of proper rest to regain your strength.”

”After what happened?” Rin arches a thin curious brow.

Commander Bai stares at Rin for a limited number of possible seconds before naturally opening his mouth to speak.

”You don't remember?” His bushy brows furrowed deeply.

With her head rested on the plump pillow, Rin gently shakes her head.

Everything from last night had become a blur in her mind. A few necessary things she remembered before she blacked out was the camp getting attacked by bandits.

As if remembering the sudden attack of the bandits, with the energy she had suddenly produced in her body Rin jolts up with wide eyes.

”What happened with the bandits?” Rin said with anxious eyes before her eyesight slowly became hazy.

Feeling a set of familiar hands on her small shoulders, her frail body falls back down softly onto the bed.

”Foolish girl, don't get up so quickly! It's not good for you health,” Commander Bai scolded. ”As for those bandits, they were thoroughly dealt with. No one was severely injured, just a few broken crates and such nothing major.”

Nodding her head with evident relief, Rin intakes a faint breath.

”Hah..? Did you think my men, and I couldn't handle it?” Commander Bai pouted with stern eyes.

Seeing the Commanders down appearance, Rin chuckles lightly.

”Nope! I naturally had full faith in the Commander and his honorable men,” Rin flashed her dimples. ”I just worried you'd overdo it. I sincerely pity those foolish bandits.”

Flashing his eyes rapidly towards her words, the Commander laughs joyously.

”En, indeed they were.” He laughed.

The previous tense atmosphere was promptly replaced with a tender feeling that surrounded the tent and the two figures inside it.