A Highest Rank in Another World!

"Where do you want me to start from? Since when did I meet you?" Ciaphia asked with her face still red. She was quite embarrassed to be talking about this with Noah, but she was also happy.

"It could be, I don't think it's a very long story anyway."

"It seems like a long time has passed but we only stayed together a short time." 

"That's right."

"All right, I'll tell it from the beginning. As soon as I met you at school, the first thing I thought, was that you were very cute."

"You made that pretty clear." Noah smiled, and Ciaphia avoided Noah's gaze. Then she continued her story about how it all happened. 

How she had developed feelings for Noah.

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"Listen, your brother is how old?" Ciaphia asked as she walked into the room at the inn along with Lisandra. The two had just gotten home from school and had also just eaten.

Lisandra was a little unwell, so she threw herself on her bed.

Ciaphia on the other hand sat on Noah's bed and waited for Lisandra's response.

"Noah? He's 13, why?" Lisandra turned to look at Ciaphia. 

"It's nothing, it's just that I thought he was really cute." Ciaphia controlled herself so that her face wouldn't turn red to be embarrassed by saying these awkward words.

Yes, it was awkward.

She had just met Lisandra and her brother, that was an awkward thing to talk about.

But even though Ciaphia tried hard not to look embarrassed, her face turned a little red, so Lisandra smiled at her and seemed to understand what was going on.

"Don't tell me you're taking an interest in my brother?" Lisandra exclaimed pretending to be surprised. And Ciaphia opened her mouth in surprise and stuttered a little before answering Lisandra.

"I already said I have no interest in children, didn't I?" She turned her face and stuttered a little.

Lisandra thought that was cute, so she continued to tease her.

"But you're almost the same age as him..." She stood up and sat down on her bed. After that, she continued to watch Ciaphia as she smiled. Ciaphia embarrassment was so cute.

"But he still can't even be considered an adult."

"Right, right. So why did you ask me his age?" Lisandra stood up and went to the closet to grab a book.

"It's nothing. I thought he was really cute and wanted to know how old he was. As I figured, he's still very young."

"Yes, he is very cute, isn't he?" Lisandra smiled at Ciaphia as she opened the book to start reading, but before she could start reading, she was taken aback by a strange question.

"You have that kind of attraction to your brother?" Ciaphia asked as if it was no big deal. 

"Of course not, you idiot!" but Lisandra felt a little offended by that question. What kind of sister would be interested in her younger brother? That was an outrageous thing to think about.

And after that unnecessary question, the two continued to argue for a while until Noah suddenly opened the bedroom door.

At first, he seemed a little surprised that Ciaphia was there, but he also seemed happy that his sister had already gotten a friend.

And after entering and greeting Lisandra, he started to take off his clothes.

Yes, he started to take off his clothes in front of Lisandra and Ciaphia. Sure, taking off his clothes in front of Lisandra was no big deal, but going bare in front of Ciaphia was something different.

But still, he didn't care.

Lisandra had given him a scolding since he shouldn't take his clothes off in front of her friend like that.

And Ciaphia just acted normally and didn't let on that she was embarrassed.

She looked at Noah with her usual expression as if she didn't care.

She again said that she was not interested in a "child". But contrary to what she said, her heart was racing as she looked at Noah's body.

'How does a child have a body like that? It doesn't make the slightest sense.'

'Wait for a second, I'm being attracted to a child's body? Get a grip, get a grip.' Ciaphia closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After a few seconds, she opened her eyes and looked at Noah's body once again.

'Is he forced to fight from a young age or something? Lisandra told me he's very strong, but still...'

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"So you fell in love with my muscles? That's a bit surprising..." Noah smiled at Ciaphia making her extremely embarrassed. She looked away and then pouted.

"I didn't just fall in love with your muscles, wait till I finish telling you everything that happened."

"You just admitted that you fell in love with my muscles."

"Just shut up, you idiot." Ciaphia turned to Noah and gave him a small slap on the head. Noah laughed and then lay down on the ground and looked up at the sky.

"All right, you can tell the rest." He closed his eyes and continued to listen intently to everything Ciaphia had to say.

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And so a few days passed.

Every day was fun for Ciaphia, she would go to the inn, stay with Lisandra who had already become her best friend, and at the same time, she would also keep Noah company.

And for Ciaphia, who was not at a good time in her life, having the two of them by her side was one of the things that made her happy at least in the first few days of school.

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"Wait, so you were not well? You never told us about it."

"Well, some things happened before I moved to the capital." Ciaphia bowed her head and looked a little sad.

"What happened? If you don't want to say, you don't have to force yourself to talk."

"It's okay, I'll tell you everything."

"..."

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Before Ciaphia reach the capital, she lived in a village far away from the capital together with her mother and father.

It was a difficult life and also very poor.

From an early age, she had been forced to work, and so the years went by. When she was 12 years old she became interested in fencing and started training together with her father.

Unfortunately, when she turned 15, her father fell ill. Just a few months later, her father could no longer get out of bed and passed away without Ciaphia being able to do anything.

Her mother, who was also there all the time, could not bear the death of her husband and fell into a deep depression.

From then on, Ciaphia had to give up her training and did only small jobs around the village to at least get food for herself and her mother.

A few difficult months passed before all the suffering was over.

One sunny afternoon, Ciaphia went out to help a lady clean her house in exchange for a small portion of food.

It only took a few hours before her work was finished. And taking two loaves of bread and a small bowl of tomato soup, Ciaphia went home smiling.

Unfortunately, when she got home...

Dropping the bowl of soup and the bread on the floor, she ran to her mother who was lying on the kitchen floor with a large cut on her neck.

Desperate and hoping that her mother was still alive, Ciaphia, who was still only 15 years old, start to scream for help.

But the only help the villagers gave, was the help to bury her mother's body beside her father's grave.

And after the death of both of them, Ciaphia also went into a deep state of depression.

Her recovery was a little difficult, but since she had support from some people in the village, over time she was able to recover. After a few months and she had already turned 16 years old, she was again back in her training.

Living alone in the house that used to belong to her parents, she began to hunt together with the men of the village, leaving everyone in awe of her ability.

Her skills were not very good, but compared to the skills of the hunters in the village, she was considered a prodigy.

And because of this she also became a kind of teacher who helped teenagers and even adults to use a sword. 

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"So you became a teacher? Is that amazing." Noah kept a sad expression on his face.

After hearing this story from Ciaphia, he couldn't help but feel bad. Still, he didn't let it show because Ciaphia told it all with a smile on her face as if it was no big deal.

'She endured all this very well. And to this day she still pretends everything is fine. She's amazing.' Noah thought as he looked at Ciaphia's smiling face.

'But she shouldn't pretend that everything is okay. That will just eat her up from the inside out.' Even though he was happy that she had endured all this, he was afraid.

A person who keeps all their problems to themselves like that is not healthy and happy.