Naked?

" Shut the fuck up and get the hell out of here! You smell like a fucking pig! Get yourself clean and stop talking nonsense!" She yelled.

'' Can you stop hitting me for one second? I am your father for god's sake!"

" Yeah, the father that left me alone to look after the whole town to chase his dreams! I might have let you in the village out of mercy but don't take it as my forgiveness for what you put me through!"

Alastair didn't know how to respond to that, he simply put his head down and left. He knew very well that there is no way to change their broken relationship now but he is only trying to mend his past mistakes. It is one of the reason why he came back from the army all of a sudden.

Fighting for the kingdom had always been his dream and with being known as the strongest in the village he was able to achieve his dream after what happened with his wife. It gave him the ultimate push that led to him neglecting the only remaining thing that his wife left behind.

It isn't her fault that he still sees a his wife in his daughter, they are exactly the same the only difference was her being a mixed race.

" Little Tang, go with him and see that he doesn't mess with anyone." She softly ordered Tang to follow after her father. Tang nodded and left immediately.

" That was harsh. I know he still feels the same with the way he cares about you." Noah added as they were alone now.

"... I know but I can't just forgive him after what happen with..." She gulped down her last few words.

"I am not trying to pry for any secrets. If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine with me."

" That's reassuring coming from a stranger that I just met today. But we should focus on task at hand." She said taking out few things from her rugged bag. Noah's nose was immediately assaulted by strange fragrance, it was something so peculiar but at the same time it was calming his mind.

" My abilities works fastest when the subject's mind is at peace. These are homemade incense that are made by elders. I will light this up first, it will calm you down." She explain after seeing him curiously looking at it.

She pulled out a clay pot that was already smoking and after putting the circular incense ball inside, she put it beside Noah. It only took him one whiff to calm down.

" I feel much better now."

" Don't just sit there, start undressing. I have to make direct contact with you body for this thing to work."

" What?"

" Don't be shy, I have plenty of naked men." The way she worded it sounds dirty but when Noah looked at her face, he felt like she was teasing him.

He hesitate for a second," I have to get fully naked or just undress my wounded part?" He asked for details. Things were moving too fast for him! No one told him that's how her powers worked, even Alastair didn't mention it knowing how much he was protective of her daughter.

" Stop asking dumb questions!" She yelled.

" Fine." He was wearing new clothes that he summoned, a pair of long sleeve sweatshirt and along with a simple black jacket and underneath a tracker pants because at that time, he needed to climb a fucking mountain.

He pulled off his jacket but thought for a second before removing his sweatshirt. Mera enjoyed his reactions but as soon as she saw his naked body, it shocked her to the core. Noah faced away from her because he knew what kind of face she must be making.

" This is.." She didn't know how to describe it. Noah's whole body was littered with scars, his back had dozen of crisscross cut marks while the left side of his body had large burn marks. If one looked at Noah and how casual he carried himself, they would never anticipate what he was hiding underneath.

Even Alastair didn't know about it, because most of the injuries he sustained during the fight were on his legs and arms.

" It's hideous, I know but one had to get use to it after several years." he laughed it off trying to dampen the tense atmosphere.

Mera could see the pain in his eyes and decided not to ask him about it. She didn't say anything just looked at his wounds first. From the first look, she could see that the large gnashes on his legs were almost healed.

The one that was badly damaged to the point of fracturing had also corrected itself. Even the broken arm had some movement in them. It baffled her because she knew he was barely able to move two days ago, how could his body heal on it's own? 

There was only one explanation but it was so absurd that she didn't even want to entertain the idea of it. Twin holders, a stuff of legends that described a person having two different unique abilities! But no one had even heard much less seen them other than in fables!

" Why are you frowning? Don't tell me you have to cut it off?"

" If that's what you prefer."

" Fuck! I knew it! Something was wrong with my body!" Noah began panicking.

" Hahaha, everything is fine. It's doable but it could take a week."

" A week? I am fine with that as long as I get to keep both my arms and legs." He took a sigh of relief hearing it from a professional.

" Sit down with your legs straight and face away from me. Just stay close to the bed."

" I don't need to take my pants off?"

" If you want to, I can access what kind of sword you are packing below." She said while chuckling. Noah didn't know how to respond to her crude talk. He had never met someone so brash who openly joked about his private parts!

" It's alright, my long sword is something that likes of you can't even dream about!" He said awkwardly trying to match her tone. It was the best he could have come up with.

 Mera looked at him for couple of second after which she started laughing uncontrollably. "Wait, what?" 

" Nothing...hahaha....just the look on your face cracks me up..haha." She could immediately tell he was trying too hard.

" Okay, 'Longsword' turn around."

"...."

" Why are you looking at me like that?"

" Please don't call me that."

" Fine, Longsword."

" Fuck you!"

" hahaha."

She teased him until he did as she said. "Close your eyes, longsword."

"..." he cursed in his mind.

" If you keep bad mouthing me and don't focus, you might grow an extra limb or two."

" Wait, that can happen-" He wanted to turn around when he felt her hug him tightly from behind.

" Focus." He could feel her warmth on his back but what puzzled him, he could feel her pressing herself on his body on purpose!

" Wait, this softness..." Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly felt dizzy and his body started limping. He only had one question despite in the middle of losing his consciousness, he could swear that he saw her naked for a second!