Blessed by Night

Bang!

Bang!

Boom!!

The brutal exchange of blows between three high level blessed sounded like roaring thunder reverberating against the walls.

"Jesus Mal.. are you on steroids?" Rose asked in shock as she rubbed her aching body.

"Steroids don't work on us remember?" Aisha added.

"Then you explain why he's suddenly such a freak!"

"Hey!" Mal interrupted. "I'm not a freak!"

"The hell you aren't!"

"You are pretty freaky, Malachi." Aisha confirmed.

Currently, the trio were inside one of the standard white training rooms inside the guild.

Mal spontaneously decided he had a massive amount of energy to burn so he requested to spar not only with his favorite trainer, but his best friend as well.

Because Aisha knew that he'd been in the hospital, she was going rather easy on him but even still, he was doing wonderfully.

Since she was blessed by a powerful god of war, Aisha understood all the nuances and details of combat down to the millimeter. 𝗯𝐞𝗱𝗻𝐨𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝗼𝗿𝐠

Her body had long been transformed into something that could be called a living weapon.

Despite that, her friend was actually managing to land decisive, fierce blows on her.

She'd gotten a brief chance to spar with him before and the power contained in his strikes was definitely higher now than back then.

Rose was the most shocked.

Since she spent so much time training Mal, she believed she knew his capabilities better than anyone.

Imagine her surprise when she realized that her former pupil was managing to keep up with her at 80% of her strength.

"You girls better get ready, I'm not done quite yet!"

Mal held out both of his palms and showed off his newest trick.

Two bright golden flowers sparked to life in his hands.

The girls were momentarily stunned by their beauty, giving Mal the perfect opportunity to launch his attack.

"Flowers for the lovely ladies!" Mal taunted before throwing the two miniature bombs at his opponents.

Aisha could instinctively sense danger and wasted no time jumping out of the way.

Unfortunately, Rose was a bit too slow and ended up being thrown back by the shockwave from the explosion.

BOOOOOM!!

"Kyaa!"

She was flung face first onto the ground after letting out a surprisingly girly scream that Mal would never expect from her.

Suddenly, Aisha appeared in front of Malachi in an unseen burst of speed and delivered a brutal punch to the stomach that immediately made him double over.

Just like that, the spar had ended.

Mal was getting flashbacks to when they were kids and she used to kick his ass all the time.

While she stopped being so rough once she became a blessed, he had never forgotten that she was always a better fighter than him.

"Mal..how did you do that?"

"*cough!* I.. have a really good teacher." He weakly replied.

"A teacher?" As far as Rose recalled, he wasn't working with anyone in the guild.

'Is he getting some special lessons from lady Luna?'

"Who the hell is teaching you to do something like that?!" Rose yelled.

"An old man." Malachi answered as he continued to clutch his midsection.

If Aisha had applied even a bit more force, he was sure he'd be spitting up blood by now.

"What old man??" Rose asked curiously.

And so he weakly told them about his relationship with Rowan, while of course leaving out the purpose behind their original meeting.

While Aisha already knew about how their relationship, she didn't know his teaching would be so effective.

An idea began to form in her head and she asked Mal for clarification. "Do you mind asking him if he'd like to train some of the girls here?"

It would be a lie if Mal said he wasn't surprised by her question.

But when he thought more about it, he realized this would be a good thing for all parties involved.

He had no idea when then the enemies the gods spoke of were going to turn up so it would be great if all the girls learned to protect themselves better.

Plus Rowan didn't get much social interaction so Mal thought it would be good for him to be around people.

"I don't mind but.. are you sure things will be okay?"

Aisha didn't need to ask what Mal was worried about.

When he first joined the guild, there were a few members that took issue with him being there.

Even though those voices were few, they were still there.

Mal was worried that the same women who disdained his presence would be even more aggravated by Rowan's.

"You don't need to worry about that. Anyone who has something to say can talk to me since it was my idea in the first place." She defended.

"Plus if we get permission from Lady Luna as well, then nobody can complain right?" Rose added excitedly.

As a well known battle junkie, she was always looking for any opportunity to further her power however possible.

Before anyone could say anything else, she was already pulling her phone out to dial Luna's number.

Malachi sighed before he took out his to call Rowan.

Something told him that when she heard he was involved she would agree.

-

Sei was having a fine day after leaving the hospital.

Her restaurant was as busy as always and she was receiving rave reviews from customers.

More than a few had asked to chat with her with questions about her recipes as well as what it was like to be with Malachi.

In those moments, she could not help but blush and think of how happy she'd been.

Life had become a dream that she never wanted to wake up from.

"Excuse me, boss?"

Sei stopped her task of doing inventory in the back and paid attention to one of her waitresses. "What is it Ruby?"

"One of the customers is asking for you." She responded politely.

Sei sighed and stood up indicating for her employee to lead the way.

As the pair walked through the crowded restaurant, they came to a stop in front of a nearly empty booth.

Sei felt her heart drop when she saw who was asking for her.

It'd been years and he'd definitely aged but there was no mistaking it.

Sitting timidly in her very own restaurant, was her ex husband.