Description
(Previous Title: Sera's Sacr 22 - Reward)
Extra Scene for: 11. Sera's Sacrifice - Stopped
Sera's POV:
Sera's day had been filled with with one surreal experience after the other. First, she had almost been mugged by some thugs of the lower stratum who were promising violence if not worse towards her. Then another thug, this time a woman, appeared and took care of the thugs by literally punching the living lights off from them. Now the same girl was sitting across from her enjoying a piece of cake and a milkshake in one of the upper stratum finest desert parlors. The girl, Clara, looked like an everyday girl enjoying the dessert with a happy smile which showed nothing of the bloodied appearance that she had one hour prior after fighting the muggers.
After the fight Clara, had asked for some compensation, but she did not want money what she wished was to come to the upper stratum and eat a specific type of cake that she had seen advertised everywhere. Normally a lower stratum resident needed a special permit to pass the border into the higher stratum, but due to Sera's parents, this was not a problem for her. The dessert parlor was definitely on the more expensive side, but it was something that Sera could afford and besides Clara had saved her life so this didn't even begin to reapy her debt towards the blond girl.
Another thing that surprised her was that when Clara saw that she was drenched in blood she just took off her shirt and took out another one from the backpack that she was carrying. Clara just flashed her breasts in the middle of the alleyway without a care in the world, just showing slight disappointment at having to throw "a perfectly good shirt" as she described it.
"Sigh… this is to die for, you don't know how good you have it here where you can eat food like this all the time. I have been wanting to come since I heard about it, but could not find anyone with the permit to cross the gate" Clara said with an air of resignation looking a the deserts in front of her.
"So Sera how are you feeling now? You need to be more careful when you walk down the lower stratum, especially for someone that looks like you"
"What do you mean by that?" Sera said in a defensive tone, she had taken all the appropriate measures to prevent any problems, but apparently her measures have not been enough.
"Well it's difficult to put into exact words, but one of the things is that you walk with confidence as if knowing that everything is going to be alright, you don't look over your shoulder or down at the floor In addition that school uniform must be fairly expensive to. I know how much of a nag Paul can be but in this situation, I need to give it to him for being a worry wart"
"That had never happened before and I am careful when I walk normally, it's just that I got distracted by thinking about something and well you know what happened, but once again you have my gratitude, Clara"
"For the tenth time, no worries plus just eating this here makes it a hundred times worth it and you are not so bad yourself. I thought you were more of the secluded princess type, but you were probably about to do something yourself to those guys if I left you a couple more minutes" Clara said while waving her hand as if trying to indicate that what just happened was nothing more than a mild disturbance.
"I don't think so, I was frozen in place not able to think or act. Anyways, how do you even learn to fight like that? Both guys were bigger than you and one of them even had a knife"
With this Sera noticed how Clara gave a sad smile
"Well I grew up in the streets of the lower stratum so you pick up a few things here and there nothing more than that"
Sera wanted to ask more, but she did not want to pry what seemed to be a sensitive topic for Clara to talk about.
"Anyways I think it's getting late even for you so I will start heading back to my district and you should probably run home. Don't be a stranger in the future and chat a bit more instead of focusing so intently on all the spices sounds good?. Also bring some of these ake for the other people in the kitchen when you get a chance I bet they will try to analyze the ingredients to copy it in a cheaper manner"
She blushed at the comment but she knew that she could concentrate a bit too hard on occasions, but nodded either way.
"I will see you next week in the kitchens then".
With this Sera headed back home while Clara started walking back toward the lower stratum.
Sera's Past Sequence:
Prev: Sera Sacr Extra 21 - Clara
Next: Sera's Sacr Extra 26 - Friends
______________
(Fix some of the dialogue to make it have a better flow. I am doing this stories as a writing exercise so any comments are gladly welcomed)