24 Rank 2 Magi (1/2)
”Help you clean?” Sophia was ready to face another tortuous set of experimentations, but what she will have to do is just clean a house.
”You were the one that says that this place looks like it was robbed. So those are the conditions, do you accept?” Zatiel was making fun of the apprentice, after all, he never hopped that she could help him with his runes.
”I will really not be involved in some dangerous experimentations?” Sophia still could not believe his job will be so simple.
”What are you talking about? I am a runemaster, how could you possibly help me in my experiments. As for trying my runes, if I say the word, there will be hundreds of apprentices willing to use them despite the risk.”
”Sorry, I was overthinking it” Sophia finally relaxed, and she smiled. `Finally, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.`
”But there is a catch, Due to mi constants experimentations this place is always getting dirty so you will have to live here.”
Sophia was surprised by the request, it wasn't that she had a problem living with someone, but she perfectly knows the state of his body and how the rest of the world sees her.
”Do you really want someone like me living with you?” As she asked the question she could not help but felt self-contempt.
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”If something so insignificant like physical appearance will affect me, then I would have gone crazy a long time ago” Zatiel words were truthful, after all, there are very few things more disgusting than a Mane.
”Even if you don't care, the rest of the apprentices will spread rumors about you” Sophia life is a truly lonely one, even if someone could see past his body, the looks that they get from the rest will do the trick and make them get away from her.
”When have you see a dragon caring about what a lizard says?, and if they really annoy me, I will just kill them. Anyway you are giving to many excuses, are you going to live here or not?.” Zatiel made an annoyed face as she looks at the woman, like if he was telling her to stop bothering with such insignificant things.
”Yes, I will!” Sophia was smiling from the bottom of his heart for the first time in a long time, as she found someone that makes her feel a little normal.
”Ok then, you can begin immediately, this place is a dump,” Zatiel gives the order and he started to familiarize himself with the diagram for `Transfiguration`.
Sophia didn't waste time and started to clean the place from top to bottom, all the time with a smile.
Zatiel saw the expression she was making and understood how she was feeling, the feeling of being normal was something he truly desired when he became a demon, but unlike her, for him, there was no one that could give him that. But this wasn't the only reason he asks her to stay here, as long they lived in the same house he could keep an eye on her and make sure that the information about the laboratory stays a secret.
As for the option of forcing her to give the information, that could easily backlash, and more importantly, he didn't want to do it, and as long he doesn't want something there is nothing that can force him.
The days passed as they both reached a rhythm, as Zatiel created runes, Sophia was cleaning and when she had time she prepared food with the corpses of magical creatures.
To Zatiel there was no difference between eaten raw meat and something prepared but he had to admit that the woman really knows how to cook.
Something out of the normal was the obsession of Sophia with not letting Zatiel see her body, although he told her that it was not important, she was really stubborn in this, choosing to wash only when Zatiel was sleeping or in deep concentration with his runes. Even when they were eating, she always adopted a posture that hides her face. Despite telling her to stop with this nonsense she didn't listen and continues, so Zatiel eventually gives up and lets her do whatever she wants.
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