The Sword Master Only Wants to Protect

"Master, do you miss this apprentice?"

Lips painted bright red ticked up in a sharp smile. Her eyes were a pool of dark red, like a swirl of the finest wine. One jaded hand in his throat, nails slightly digging in the skin there, the other was on his cheek carefully caressing.

The clashing of both gestures were confusing, but Rion's mind only provided one instinctual response; to run away as far as possible.

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Rion Ren, one of the strongest sword masters in the world, had to make a difficult decision to hand over his apprentice, Ruby, to the Demon Master when Ruby's real identity as a…