They began to walk through the snow, while tiny flakes fell upon their heads. At every moment, Strax and Samira held hands to avoid stumbling and getting hurt, despite the woman's body being very resilient...
"Being protected... is it really that good?" She questioned herself as she watched the man in front of her holding her hand firmly while leading the way. "This feeling... is so comforting..."
Her thoughts were already starting to drift away. Honestly, she really didn't know what to do with her feelings anymore.
"It's been a few hours but... they've completely changed my heart... How?" Strax's back seemed gigantic compared to the boy she had met days before the journey. She already knew he was different. Well, how would a weak person treat a strong cultivator like Samira with such disrespect? Just that behavior alone had really piqued her interest in the man, but...
"Loving... respectful... when he wants to be... and... kind," she thought, feeling the warm hand of the man leading her forward while being her shield in case something happened.
"I should be doing this, but... it feels so good to be protected that I don't want to leave his side." Her mind was really a mess, and it led her to a state of reminiscence, of her old life when she still lived in her cozy home, before running away and leading an adventurous life.
"Samira! Come here! It's training time!" The stern voice of the older man sounded, and a young Samira, ten years old, appeared holding a wooden sword. She trembled in fear at the man's voice.
"Let's go! Hurry up, raise that sword!" His voice grated on her ears and she was forced to do something she didn't want. Fight.
Raising her sword, she waited for him to attack, but her fighting stance was flawed and at the old man's first strike, Samira lost her sword and her balance, falling to the ground and twisting her ankle, her hand holding the sword broken.
"AAAA," she screamed in pain, an agonizing scream, but the old man just looked at her and commented, "Pathetic and weak." He said with a hateful scowl.
"Father...
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