The Decision

One of the boys who was there said loudly:

"AHHH NOW WE UNDERSTAND HAHAHA! DURAAN, YOU'RE STILL THE SAME AS WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE, HUH? YOU WANT TO BE CLEVER, HUH? HAHAHAHA!"

Another one asked:

"What do you mean by that?"

"HAHAHA, SO BASICALLY OUR DURAAN, WHEN HE WAS LITTLE HE HAD A CRUSH ON RANIKSON, AND YOU CAN SEE HE STILL HAS IT HAHAHAHA AND HE'S FINDING A WAY TO GET HER, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU MY FRIEND HAHAHA YOUR METHODS ARE REALLY FOOLISH HAHAHA!"

Hearing this, Duraan blushed with embarrassment.

"Hey shut up! So what's wrong with that? It's not like I'm doing anything bad."

Then he turned toward Hiroshi.

"Hey Shrimp, so do you accept?"

"No."

"Hey be a man, show some masculinity, so I can take your girlfriend."

"She's not my girlfriend."

"Hiroshi let's get out of here, everyone here is crazy" said Rania quickly, grabbing Hiroshi's arm.

"HEY EVERYONE LOOK, HOW RANIKSON IS TRYING TO ESCAPE WITH HER BOYFRIEND HAHAHAHA!" Duraan shouted, trying to embarrass Rania.

Rania, now angry, shouted:

"HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!! AND LOOK AT YOURSELF! YOUR PERSONALITY MAKES ME HATE YOU FROM THE BEGINNING! YOU STINK SO MUCH THAT NO ONE CAN STAY NEAR YOU! YOU'RE FULL OF ARROGANCE! AS IF YOU WERE STRONGER THAN EVERYONE!! WHAT DO YOU THINK, THAT YOU'LL GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT!!?"

Hukuro, seeing the situation getting worse, stepped in between them.

"Come on guys, calm down, and Duraan you stop making fun of Rania."

Duraan still felt offended as if they had hurt his ego, and said:

"FINE, LET'S SETTLE THIS THE RIGHT WAY, RANIKSON! AS YOU WELL KNOW EVERY YEAR IN OUR VILLAGE THERE'S THE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT, AND THE TOURNAMENT IS COMING NEXT MONTH, SO I CHALLENGE YOUR SERVANT TO A MATCH. IF HE WINS, I WILL KNEEL BEFORE YOU IN FRONT OF THE ENTIRE VILLAGE AND APOLOGIZE AND NEVER SHOW MY FACE TO YOU AGAIN, BUT IF I WIN YOU HAVE TO MARRY ME."

Rania hearing this became furious:

"WHAT KIND OF CHALLENGE ARE YOU PROPOSING! CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HIROSHI ISN'T FROM HERE! HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING! YOU KNOW VERY WELL THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND HIM! AND A MONTH! ARE YOU KIDDING, I REFUSE AND I'LL NEVER MARRY YOU! NEVER!"

A almost malicious smile appeared on Duraan's face.

"Ranikson, maybe you've forgotten the village rules since you went to the city. Let me remind you that if someone challenges you, you can't refuse, otherwise it means you're a coward, and your parents have been keeping a coward at home."

"I have no problem with that, call me a coward if you want" said Hiroshi.

Hukuro said hesitating:

"Dear, you can't do that, if you do that, Duraan will automatically be the winner, so he'll get the prize."

Hiroshi hearing this, looked toward Duraan who was looking at him with his arrogant eyes and then toward Rania who had an angry expression.

"Personally, I don't care about victory or defeat, I'm indifferent to them, but I accept your challenge only for my mistress and nothing else."

Rania tried to stop him:

"Hiroshi, do you realize what you're saying!!"

But Duraan stopped her:

"STAY SILENT RANIKSON, HERE TWO MEN ARE TALKING, I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO SHRIMP! WE'LL MEET HERE IN THIS FIELD EXACTLY ONE MONTH FROM NOW, I RECOMMEND YOU DON'T RUN AWAY BEFORE HAHAHA."

Saying this, Duraan and his gang left.

Rania also left angrily without saying anything, Hukuro went after her to stop her and only Hiroshi remained, who returned calmly to his tent.

Later in the evening, Hiroshi was resting lying on his bed, when at some point Rania entered shouting, obviously without asking permission.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOURSELF HUH?" Rania shouted.

"What do you want?" said Hiroshi calmly.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'WHAT DO I WANT'? WHY DID YOU ACT COOL IN FRONT OF THEM THIS MORNING, OH WAIT WHAT DID YOU SAY..."

She changed her tone, imitating him sarcastically:

"Personally, I don't care about victory or defeat, I'm indifferent to them, but I accept your challenge only for my mistress and nothing else"

She returned to her irritated tone:

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT HUH? YOU DON'T KNOW HOW EMBARRASSED I WAS? WHAT ARE YOU, A HERO WHO WILL SAVE HIS PRINCESS FROM THE VILLAINS?"

"Sit down, and here, drink this cold water that will calm your head."

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING SITTING HERE SO CALMLY THAT IDIOT DURAAN HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VILLAGE ABOUT THE CHALLENGE, EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, MANY PEOPLE CAME TO ASK ME IF IT WAS TRUE OR NOT!"

"And what should I do?"

Rania put her hand on her forehead and sat on the bed.

"What have you done Hiroshi, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!"

"I had no other choice, did I? I don't think so, and tell me why you told everyone that I'm your servant, actually you should have said that I have to give him the money?"

Rania calmed down a bit and said with a fake smile:

"Heheh, it's like you know, in our village only village people are allowed and no one else, and if I said you were my colleague or something like that they would have thrown you out."

"Then why did you bring me with you?"

"Ahhhh because this way I had someone on whom I can vent all my anger, without him doing anything, and you're the right person for this."

"The reason? Are you angry with the village?"

"Not really, it's just that I don't like some rules like this challenge one."

As soon as she said this she remembered something important.

"AH, THE CHALLENGE! HEY HIROSHI! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!"

"I already answered you, if you want me not to fight, I'll go right now, I'll tell him I surrender, and he marries you, okay."

"WHO TOLD YOU I WANT TO MARRY HIM, NOT EVEN IN MY DREAMS."

"Then let's escape from the village and go back to your aunt in the city."

"I can't do that now."

"Why?"

"People would make life a nightmare for my parents here if I do that."

"Well then there's nothing we can do, so relax."

"But why don't you realize that he's much stronger, it's impossible for you to win, let's do this: you surrender, then I go to my father and tell him to stop this nonsense."

"I can't allow that to happen."

"Why?"

"A servant must protect his mistress at all costs, now go because I need to sleep, we'll see tomorrow morning."

"But Hiroshi!"

"We'll see tomorrow morning, bye."

Rania left the tent irritated.