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" So what you are saying is you don't see me as a woman but as a child!?" another potato was thrown over the loft. She pocked her head over the loft to look down at the knight with a slight glare. " So are you saying that you would lie to a child that someone would came save them? Or just me in general? And I told you that you didn't have to brush my hair and do it up!" She snapped before taking out the hay that tied it together and undid her braid. Her long hair now had a slight wave to it do to being in the braid. " I told you I could of whipped my face myself but you kept messing around with my face!

" Do not come up here at all or I will stuff your mouth with these bad potatoes and put you in the stew pot!" She warned the knight before going to the corner of her loft and started to read a old book that was up there. Zena ended up staying up there for the rest of the day and if Kreiss dared tried talking to her or she heard him get close to the ladder she threw a potato. In the end Zena ended up sleeping up in the loft and she cooled off about the whole matter.

About another week had gone by since the day Kreiss found out about Zenas age. The next day after that Zena came down from the loft and apologized for snapping at him and through potatoes at him. The following days she let Kreiss put his ointment on himself and did not help him much as he was recovering and gaining his strength. Of course she was always worried whenever he did something that she thought might hurt him or strain him. Zena also had looked at the maps she showed Kreiss of the forest and started to think of a way he could get out safely but she was also scared for him to leave.

One because if he left he would know how to get back in and he might bring more knights. Zena couldn't hide being a witch forever, it was hard enough already and she had already almost slipped a couple times. The second reason was she would be alone again. She had been on her own for so long that it was nice to have someone to talk to that was not a donkey. She didn't what to be alone again but she knew no matter what she would be. It wouldn't be fair if she kept Kreiss here away from the family he cared so much for.

Zena was outside early morning with a axe by where all the fire wood was heaving and huffing. She wanted to get some firewood chopped before Kreiss was up and did it. She wanted to show that even though she was small and frail she was still able to do some hard labor as she had lived here on her own but with the help of magic... She needed to look normal!

Zena had managed to cut some firewood but not much in the thirty minutes she was out there.She was about to swing her axe to most likely miss the wood when she heard her name. " H-Hey you should be in bed!" She panted out before swinging the axe to only miss the fire wood and the axe went straight into the ground. " Stupid wood..." She muttered as she let out a groan as she tried to pull it out of the ground. With little strength she had she lifted the axe over her shoulder and was ready to swing it again to only have Kreiss running over to steady her swing.

" I been... On my own... for a while... I been doing this all... by myself." She said out of breath, clearly the wind was knocked right out of her but she was still going. She wanted to prove she was able to do this on her own. " I-I thought I could give you a rest... I-I got it for today!" She slowly lifted the axe over her shoulder for what she thought was the final blow for the firewood but the blade just slipped off the firewood, not even leaving a mark. Zena looked at the firewood in slight rage as she panted out, trying to catch her breath.

Zena was about to grab the axe and try again with shaky hands but she felt a shot of pain through her back which made her flinch. She then hung her head and shoulders in defeat as her body would not be able to continue on without really hurting herself. When Kreiss made the comment of someone using the axe irresponsibly Philip let out a honk after his name was said, almost as if he was laughing along with Kreiss. The witch shot a glare at Philip before giving the same glare at Kreiss. " I w-was not!" She huffed.

Zena rolled her shoulders back that let out a couple of popping sounds that made her make a painful tsk sound. " Fine... You can chop some of the firewood but only do what you can handle." She said with a sigh, slowly catching her breath from the little workout she just had. " Only because you need the work out." When Kreiss said she should get inside to get a meal she nodded in agreement. Food might be the thing to help her get back on her feet. Slowly the small woman started to make her way back to the cabin but not without almost falling over her own two feet.

The now stiff Zena was almost around the corner to the door when she felt her Kreiss take her arm making her stop in her tracks and look up at the man. She was about to say that she was okay but for whatever reason when she looked up at Kreiss it felt different. She had this slight warmth go through her, maybe it was from the warmth from him? Hers eyes locked onto his for a while before she looked at the ground and nodded. " Alright..." Maybe she had this slight warm feeling because he would brush her hair? She did enjoy it after all so maybe that was it? It must of been.

" The garden?" She looked back at the gardenand rubbed her head as she though of it. " I guess I could teach you about the garden, only if you are alright getting a little dirt on you." She giggled before she started walking again with Kreiss's hand still on her arm for support. Taking it slow she entered he little cabin and she took a seat at the table, almost falling onto the table while doing so. Her arms felt so stiff but at the same time like a noodle, god how she wished she could use magic.

Her heart fluttered a little when he said he didn't mind getting dirty if ti was to help her. Why she didn't know and the only thing she could think of why she was acting was strange was because trying to chop wood really knocked her out. Zena rested her head on the table and let out a long sigh as she tried to collect herself together before she head Kreiss foot steps get closer, making her look up to see him walking towards her with a bowl of water. She then sat up straight and took the bowl from him. " Thank you." She said softly before taking a long sip of the water. " Aren't I the one who is meant to be worried about your health?" Zena asked with a light laugh.

The worn out witch watched the knight leave the cabin before she started to drink her water again. Soon the sound of wood being split into to could be heard outside and not long after some humming. Zena took her time drinking the water and once the bowl was empty she sunk into her chair letting out a sigh. Closing her eyes she let herself relax for some time before she felt like she was ready to get back to some work. Getting up slowly Zena grabbed her bowl and refilled it up with water before going outside with it. Going around the corner she saw how much wood Kreiss had done which was much more then what she got done in the time she was out here at it. " I guess you do I better job then I do." She said before holding out the bowl of water for him to drink.

" Just returning the favour." Zena said with a little smile as she gave a slight shrug. Once he was done drinking his water she took the bowl from him and set it aside before she looked at the wood he had chopped. She picked up a piece of wood that he had chopped and put it on the pile of wood that had already been cut. " I can start stacking them up its no problem." She said as she started to pick up another piece of chopped wood before the cheeky little knight started to act all cheeky with her again. " I don't know what you are talking about... I can use it properly along with Philip." She said as she turned away and stacked another piece of firewood.

" Moat?" Have a moat and fence to protect them from the creatures that lurked out there. " I really don't think that that will stop those creatures from coming in. As long as we are not screaming our lungs out they should come..." There was a couple of times when she first moved to these woods with her mother that they were attacked here but her mother was able to protect them and they had not come back since maybe do to how powerful her light magic was. She had picked up a third piece of wood and was about to put it with the other pieces but when he said he wanted to see her safe her hand slipped, causing her to get a splinter. She let out a tsk and tried picking out the splinter from the palm of her hand.

Zena simple just grumbled to herself as Kreiss kept teasing her about using a axe and how Philip could use one as well. " Philip will show you his lumberjack skills by cutting you in two if you don't shut it..." The little witch grumbled after giving Kreiss a nasty glare as the old donkey gave out another honk.

" Managed to live here for about seven or so years and have only been attacked here at the cabin twice and that was when we first came here." Zena explained as she tried to think of how to convince him that they were safe here without saying it was because of magic. " We would of been dead a long time ago if this place wasn't safe Kriess, don't worry about it. If it comes down to it I will protect you from what lurks in these woods just as I did when I found you." She said, giving Kriess a smile.

" Snake? No, no its just a splinter from the firewood." She said as she turned her palm to show that it was a simple splinter that was imbedded under her skin. She tried picking it out a couple of more times before she tried using her teeth and suck it out but it didn't work. " Guess it is staying there for now." Zena shrugged before she looked over at the garden and started walking over to it. " I will start digging up the potatoes and I will teach you about being a farmer." She giggled.