After settling Rhea down and unsheathing Black Fang, Graham focused on the monsters surrounding them both.
While he was flirting with his teacher, they didn't dare approch him, because of the invisible pressure he was emitting.
Though, their growing numbers jumping out continuously from the dimensional gate, finally broke their restraint and made them launch themselves at Graham with ferocious expressions.
But, Graham's own expression turned even more ferocious than them, the moment he turned his back towards Rhea.
If he had been even a second late, he might've lost his beloved teacher forever.
Even the mere thought of losing her, really scared Graham, who had liked her for so many years.
"You Fuckers... dared to hurt my woman...? "💢
"I'll send you to hell, to repent for your sins..."
'Who is your woman ?' Rhea thought blushing, but didn't say it out loud, since he seemed really angry for her sake.
After giving his hate filled speech, Graham crouched a bit and placed his left foot forward. Then holding his sword with both hands on his right side, he muttered with a barely audible voice.
"Forgotten God's Battle Arts"
"First Form : Blade Dance"
There was flash at the place where he was standing, and then Graham vanished.
The next thing Rhea saw, was a blurry silhouette of Graham weaving through the horde of monsters, moving as if...
As if he was dancing to a rhythm,
that only he knows the melody of,
and beheading the monsters.
Even though it should have been a gory scene, Rhea just stared, mesmerized by that battle dance.
She used to be an assasin afterall. Seeing blood isn't anything new to her. So it didn't really bother her all that much.
She was just totally absorbed in that beautiful dance.
Even after Graham had already killed all those monsters and came back to where he was standing before, her mind kept playing those incredible scenes on a loop.
Seeing her like that, Graham asked playfully "Did you enjoy the show, dear teacher ?"
"I absolutely loved it 😍", replied Rhea with a bright smile still in her trance.
After saying that, she came out of her trance and was about to get all flustered just like the first time because of what she said.
But then, suddenly her eyes narrowed to slits, her whole expression shifting to the strict demeanor of a teacher.
"Did you just say Teacher ?" Rhea asked.
"I said dear teacher. But oh well..." Graham replied with a smile.
Ignoring his flirting, "Why are you calling me a teacher ?" asked Rhea, with confusion colouring her face.
"Because I was your student, duh..."
"I don't recall ever teaching someone this .... good looking before." She wanted to say 'handsome', but stopped at the last second because of her earlier embarassment.
"What is your name?"
"My name is Graham."
"Graham Ravenblade, dear teacher."
Hearing that, Rhea carefully observed his raven black hair, along with those piercing golden eyes, finally finding some similarities between this handsome yong man before her and that cute little boy that was always at the top of his class.
Realising who he was, Rhea's eyes slowly wided, her jaw nearly hitting the floor, due to the shock his absurd transformation suddenly gave her.
After taking sometime recovering from her shock, she finally replied.
"You have grown up so much... in a really good way...", she whispered the last to herself.
But Graham with his enhanced senses, perfectly heard it.
"Thanks for the complement, I guess..."
"Right, why are you here in school now?", Rhea asked with a doubtful expression.
"I'm pretty sure you don't live around here, since I haven't seen you anywhere near this place after you've graduated."
"I came just for you, dear teacher."
"What?" Rhea exclaimed. His reply didn't make any sense to her.
"Why?", she could only ask.
"Because...",
With an affectionate expression,
That could melt a Woman's Heart...
Graham confessed.
"I love you, Dear Teacher."
"or should I say,"
"I love you, Rhea Everlight."
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Title : I love you, Dear Teacher.
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Info:
Graham's battle arts had an another name in his past life.
But, the reborn Graham decided to change it to the "Forgotten God's Battle Arts", in memory of his past life.