21 Noelle Joins The Team (1/2)
”If you want me to fight you then forget it,” Noelle replied with arrogance in her tone. ”I'm not going to lower myself to the level of some little bug who thinks he's all that.” However while this was what she said on the outside, on the inside she was basically mentally slapping herself for talking down to someone who had much more mana than even she possessed.
”Oh really? The word on the street is that you can't control your magic,” Max replied instantaneously, releasing Mimosa's hand. ”Your a royal who cant control her own magical power...a failure, a Nobody who was born into a family of royals.”
Noelle felt like she was receiving blows, each word like a slap to her face and a wound to her own fragile ego. She already knew that she was inadequate, unfit to be a royal, she was reminded by it every single day by her older brothers and sister. She didnt need to be reminded by a mere commoner though and was just about to tell him off when she realized that he hadnt finished his little speech yet.
”Your someone who possess's more power then your entire family but you just don't know how to use it.” Max continued, glaring at the other three members of the noble Silva House. ”The reason you don't know how to control it is due to the fact that you lack confidence in your own abilities, you doubt yourself. Tell me if I'm wrong!!”
Noelle was about to do just that, but closed her mouth as he was slightly speaking some truth, that she no confidence in her magic. This was due to how much her siblings put her down and verbally insulted her, treating her like someone who was beneath them.
”That's what I thought,” Max said as he continued glaring at the other three. ”The main reason for this is due to the fact that your siblings refuse to help or teach you anything, choosing to instead put you down and then kick you while your beneath them. However there is a way to make them acknowledge you.” Max turned his attention to Noelle, his gold-purple eyes drilling into her bright pink ones.
Noelle, entranced by the eyes, asked the question that she was dying to ask. ”Just who are you? Ive never seen you before, especially not a commoner such as you.” She bljnked her eyes and looked down.
”My name is Max Dwayne and I'm a commoner, but one who not only possesses magic equal to that of a royal, but I also am the only mage in this entire kingdom to wield two types of magic.” Max didnt hesitate to explain himself to her, trusting her completely and wanting her to trust him. ”I can train you to become someone your brothers will look up to, someone they can be proud of, all you gotta do is to come with us.” Max smiled and held out his hand.
”Us? so just you and my cousin?” Noelle was actually inspired by his words, if only it was a little bit. His words had hit all the things that she had dreamed about but she failed to see how he could achieve such results for a failure like herself.
”No, when he means us,” Mereleona said as she hugged Max from behind, putting her arms around his neck. ”He means me too, and who betfer to teach you about controlling your power better then me. I'll give you personal training and work side by side with you to teach your loser siblings a lesson cousin.”
Noelle wasnt entirely sure what to say. On one hand, there was no better teacher than her own older cousin, but on the other it seemed as if her cousin had a thing for this dashing young boy. She wasnt sure why but it sort of bothered her when she clung to him like that even though it really shouldn't since she literally just officially met the guy about five minutes ago. Noelle glanced back at her brothers, but they didnt even pay her a second glance as they talked amongst themselves. At the sight of this, she grit her teeth and steeled her resolve. ”Fine, I'll join you, you stupid little bug.”
She stood up and took his hand, giving it a quick shake before letting go. ”How soon can we get started on the training? Today, tomorrow?” Noelle was raring to go, but on the inside she was screaming in embarassement at having touched Max's hand.