The Night Rose

Chapter 8

"I'm done now with answering the papers," Arwin announced, and Tom looked at the time.

"You still have over twenty-five minutes left. Are you really sure that you are done? Are you sure you don't want to recheck the papers?" Tom asked while in his mind he was thinking. 'She's just an arrogant fool that doesn't know what the best for her is. How could she be done with the test this soon? I even gave her less time than the usual, and more questions to diligently answer. Still, she thinks she's done.

"Yes, I'm done, mister supervisor. I even checked my papers and looked at the questions that I had thoroughly answered twice." Arwin honestly replied and gave the papers to Tom, who just silently snickered and took them.

"If you say so. I will then check these papers through," Tom said, but he already had made his mind that he won't let Arwin pass and pretended to read the papers.

After a while and after flipping through the last paper, he announced. "You failed. I haven't seen this lousy score in a while, so get the fuck out of our guild building and stop wasting my goddamn time. Why do we have to get people like you who think they own the world and believe that they are some kind of super-geniuses while being oblivious to the rest of the world?" Tom spat out these words, almost spitting against Arwin, who was confused about what she was hearing.

"Mister, can you check through the papers again? I think I should at least get a better score, and if not, can you tell where I was wrong?" Arwin asked out, still baffled by Tom's attitude, and somewhat starting to get annoyed.

"You arrogant bastard! You couldn't understand at the first time when I said it kindly? Get the fuck out from the guild’s building! We don't need people like you here! You are just an arrogant person who doesn't know what is best for you and thinks you are super skilled and talented even when you aren't at all.” 

“Arrogance would imply that I’m exaggerating my skills, but I’m not! I know that I’m right, and you’re just too stupid to see past your petty judgements.” Arwin protested

Tom called out furiously, “Guards! Come and throw this fool out with her test papers!" and two brutes suddenly appeared and took Arwin, then paraded her through the guild building.

The people inside had already gotten used to a sight like this, and we're just mumbling around that Arwin was just another person who failed the test and couldn't take it.

After they got her out of the guild entrance, the guards threw Arwin out along with her test papers.

Arwin rolled down the stairs hitting her head quite badly against the stone to the point that it started to bleed, and she immediately saw stars around her numbing head.

"Don't come back here, or you won't be this lucky the next time!" One of the guards shouted out while watching Arwin try to stand up but failing and collapsing once again to the ground.

Arwin couldn't hear anything at all, and her sight was getting worse. However, before losing consciousness, she suddenly felt someone placing their hand on her, so she naturally tried to defend herself, delivering a kick straight to the man's crotch that had placed his hand on her shoulders.

The man shouted out in pain. He was also surprised that he suddenly got kicked to his precious place and said while holding his hands around his crotch, "Mother-fu-" The man pursed his lips as he stopped himself from cursing the heavens and the woman who caused his current pain. 

Through clenched teeth, he said through his pain, "Good lady! I don't mean any harm to you. I checked your test papers out, and I think my employer might have an offer for a talented person like you. Especially when you can deliver a kick in the condition you are now, I don't know how they could throw a talented person like you away so easily. So if you are interested, just grab my hand, and I will take you to a place where you can rest, and we can tend that nasty wound on your head." 

The man placed a hand in front of Arwin so she might see it and grab on it.

Arwin wondered for a while, and the man said. "Lady, we don't have the whole day here. I will still give you a few minutes to think about the offer before I will go my own way." He stated while still on a pained expression, as he clearly was still enduring Arwin's assault from earlier. 

Arwin didn't have any other choice than to try and trust this man's words as for now, she was alone here, and she lost her pistol to the guild. So, she grabbed the man's hand a little wonky as her head was still spinning around, and the man suddenly grabbed her as she almost collapsed while she tried to walk.

"Whoa! Whoa there slowly! We don't want you to collapse here, lean on me, and I will take you to the infirmary." The man said and supported Arwin, who wondered if she chose rightly to trust this man or not.

But she did not have any money for now. If this man is telling the truth, she would have a way to earn money, so she decided to just go with the man and chose to lean on him.

"If you touch any of my private places, I will personally castrate you and make you eat your private parts raw," Arwin said with a chilling smile on her face. 

"Whoa! The cat also does have a sharp tongue! Don't worry; I'm already a married man with a family. I'm not interested in you or your body. I just think you might be a good employee for my company." The man said, and Arwin sighed from relief. Finally, relaxed around the stranger.