"Where, where I am? Ah! It hurts!"

Anastasia suddenly woke up.

She looked at her sides and saw that she was lying in a big bed, she looked at her body and saw that it was covered in bandages.

"What… what happened?" Murmured Anastasia.

"My lady! You are finally up!" A voice came to her ears.

She looked at the direction of the voice and saw her bodyguard and best friend, Hans standing at the door with some tears in his eyes.

"Hans?"

"Yes! My lady, is me, Hans!" Said Hans.

"What is going on?" Asked Anastasia.

Hans walked towards Anastasia and related the events that happened on the way towards the mine, and how he got injured.

"I… I remember now…" Said Anastasia while touching her head.

She clenched her teeth in frustration after remembering the fight with Bernio.

Maybe this was the first time that she lose so badly against an opponent.

She, the youth lady of the Boltor family, the kings of the north, was defeated by an unknown person without even using soul power.

"How disgraceful!" Though Anastasia.

"How long?" Asked Anastasia.

"How long?"

"How long was I sleeping?" Asked Anastasia.

"It's been three months since then, my lady" Said Hans.

"Three whole months!?" Anastasia was stunned.

"That's right, you were sleeping for a three months, great work for a supposed guard, right?" Another voice came from the door.

Anastasia and Hans turned around and saw a gorgeous woman standing in the door while looking at them.

"Demeter" Said Hans.

"What do you mean by that?" Asked Anastasia with anger.

"What I mean is exactly what you think I mean, pack up your things, is pretty obvious that you can't fulfill your job as a guardian, I will send a letter to the Veritia's asking for another one" Said Demeter.

"You! Who says that I can fulfill my job!?" Said Anastasia.

"Miss! Don't move so much, the wounds would open once more!" Said Hans.

"I don't need anyone to tell me what I saw with my own eyes, protect someone? Ja! Don't make my laugh!" Said Demeter.

"You can't even protect yourself, how do you expect to protect others?"

Anastasia looked at Demeter and her eyes turned yellow.

Demeter looked at Anastasia with amusement.

She approached Anastasia and looked at her without doing anything.

"If you couldn't defeat at your peak… do you really want to die that badly?" Said Demeter with coldness.

Anastasia looked at Demeter with fury, however, with unwillingness, she bend her head and her eyes returned to normal.

"Damn!" Though Anastasia.

"I will give you twenty four hours, go pack your things and get out" Said Demeter.

She turned around and closed the door, leaving both in silence.

"Fucking bitch!" Said Anastasia.

Hans looked at the closed door once more before sighing.

"I will go and pack our things, young miss" Said Hans.

He took a look at Anastasia's bandages once more and left the room, leaving Anastasia alone.

She, slowly but surely, stood up and looked through the window.

"…"

She looked at the gloomy place called Wasteland Valley for some time.

She went out of her room and walked the halls in a slow pace, looking at every detail that she could perceive.

She didn't saw anybody on her way and went straight to the outside.

The weather, as usual, was very cold, however, she stood there looking at the surrenders.

She stood there for 10 minutes before going back to her room.

She then concluded

"Yep, this place isn't worth protecting" Though Anastasia.

She looked at the room and though

"My room back at home is at least three times better than this dump"

She walked towards her bed and sat.

"I will just tell that they fired me, yeah, is not my fault, they are in the wrong, not me, it just… yes… the opponent was too hard this time, nobody could have defeat it, if I couldn't, nobody could, yes… that's right… I am the north thunder… the most powerful… everyone can only look at my shadow" Murmured Anastasia.

"Trash"

A voice interrupted her thoughts, she looked around and didn't see anyone in the room.

"You are always like this, leaving went things are troublesome, blaming others for your mistakes… you are truly trash"

Again, the voice came to her head, she looked around once again, this time however, she saw an image in front of her, and the image was of a beautiful woman dressed in red, who was looking at her, with disappointment writing in her eyes.

"M…mom?" Asked Anastasia.

"Who are you calling mom? I don't remember having a trash like you as a daughter" Said the image.

"Mo…mom is not what you think, this isn't my fault! Yes, it's that man's fault!, he couldn't just stay in his room and had to go to-"

"SILENCE!"

The image deformed a little and become bigger and bigger.

"How come I have such incredible sons and I had to give birth to you?" Said the image.

"N…no… this isn't real… this isn't real…" Though Anastasia while embracing her legs.

"Can you please…die?" Said the image.

Its beautiful blue eyes transformed in deformed black holes that looked straight into Anastasia who piss herself from the fear.

"I…I…I" Anastasia wanted to talk, but she was in such fear that the words didn't come out.

The image looked at Anastasia for a really long time before disappearing.

Everything returned to normal but Anastasia stayed in her fetal position for a long time.

"Miss… is everything ready?" A voice from outside.

Anastasia, who didn't know how much time had passed, lifted her head.

Hans entered the room… however… when he enter…

"AHHHHH!" Anastasia shouted from fear and went to the corner of her room.

"Miss!?" Hans wanted to approach.

However, he he took one step towards Anastasia…

"STAY AWAY, STAY AWAY, I DON'T WANT TO DIE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE"

Anastasia, the mighty warrior which was second to none, was currently crying like a little girl.

Hans looked at Anastasia in surprise, he didn't know what to do, he had never seem Anastasia like this.

"What happened miss?" Said Hans slowly.

However, to his surprised, Anastasia didn't answer him, she looked at him in fear, like he was some kind of monster.

"Miss…"

Hans felt a sting on his heart.

"I have to get hel-"

"That won't be necessary, the only one who can help her, is herself"

A voice came from behind Hans, when he turned around, he saw Demeter, who was looking at Anastasia.

"Miss Demeter"

"She is mind state is a chaos right now, is seems that the shock of her being defeated so easily was more of a shock than I expected" Said Demeter.

"Miss… will miss be okay!?" Asked Hans.

"…" Demeter didn't answer.

Hans looked at Demeter and kneeled down on the ground.

"Please… please, save my young miss, I will do anything, I will give you everything I have, even my life, so, please…" Said Hans with some tears on his eyes.

Demeter looked at Hans with some surprised, she looked back at Anastasia and made a small sigh.

"She doesn't deserve this loyalty" Thought Demeter.

She put her hand on Hans's head and smiled.

"You are a good kid with a great heart… I will help her this time" Said Demeter.

"Miss Demeter!"

"Go outside and dot let anyone enter, I will cure her" Said Demeter.

Hans didn't hesitate and stood up, he bowed to Demeter once again and then go outside while closing the door.

Now, only Demeter and Anastasia were in the room.

"Anastasia" Said Demeter.

Anastasia looked at Demeter and shivered in fear once again.

"DON'T COME CLOSE, DON'T COME CLOSE!" Said Anastasia.

Demeter didn't paid attention and walked towards Anastasia.

Anastasia, prey of fear, lunched some lightning bolts towards Demeter.

However, Demeter didn't show fear and received the lightning bolts!

*BZZT*

The lightning bolts impacted Demeter, however, she didn't received any damage.

Not at all!

"I am sorry, but thunder won't do me anything, even the thunder of Zeus can't hurt me, this is the blessing of my grandmother, Gea, who was also immune to the thunder" Said Demeter.

Anastasia shot more and more bolts but Demeter didn't even flinch.

She grabbed Anastasia by the wrist and throw her to the bed.

She looked at her eyes

"Her condition is worse than I originally though" Though Demeter.

She grabbed the eyes of Anastasia and saw that they were filled with fear.

"Even with my ability, her mind wont calm down… this is hard" Said Demeter.

"DON'T KILL ME, DON'T KILL ME, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME! I AM A GOOD GIRL, I AM A GOOD GIRL" Shouted Anastasia in despair.

"Calm down!" Said Demeter.

However, Anastasia keep moving for one side and the other and shouting lightning bolts her and there.

"YOU ARE SO TROUBLESOME!" Said Demeter.

She grabbed Anastasia's head and…

"WHAT AR- HMMMMMMM!?"

Demeter closed Anastasia's mouth with a kiss.