Trouble[Athena]

Albrecht had made a grave mistake of letting that girl in. He had not found a vacant room but he did find a spare bed, he just had to move the furniture around a bit for it to fit both. She then separated the room with a curtain god knows where she found it. But that was not the worst part. While walking around he noticed some other people commenting on how they saw a pink haired woman at the church. He had managed to defuse the situation but when he returned to his room he seemed clearly bothered.

"Athena?" It was the first thing he spoke upon entering, his tone was calm. He didn't want to alarm the woman but he had to talk to her. "Got a minute?"

Athena opened the curtain just enough so her head could pop out of the small opening while keeping the rest of her body hidden. "If this is about pineapple pizza again I will not apologize for my choices. Seriously though what do you want I will have to go out soon but I can spare some minutes."

Staying inside the church was not easy but it was definitely better than going back home, she wasn't ready for that yet. She did manage to add some flavor in the room, the dark purple curtain certainly gave the room a more regal aesthetic and the few things she had managed to smuggle inside made the simple room feel a bit more like her.

"As offensive as your tastes in food are, i'm not here to discuss them. You can eat whatever you want." Albrecht had shared room with other people in the past, when he was still being trained he shared it with other 10 people. Even then he was not prepared to deal with Athena, it was not as hectic but more awkward and difficult. Going out though? She didn't owe him any satisfaction of where she was going but there was some curiosity in his mind.

"I'll make it quick. I have overheard some people talking about how they spotted a certain pink haired woman around the Church, you should be more careful with that. You wanted to lay low, correct?" The knight spoke to the model, leaning his back against the door in an attempt to stay away from the curtain. Even diverting his gaze away from her.

Athena lowered her gaze "I have tried to be careful but it's not easy sneaking out you know. People seem to walk around all the time, even when they are not supposed to. I don't think there is an alternative other than me promising that I'll be more careful...unless" Athena closed the curtain and put on an oversized sweater before getting out of her "room"

"Have you see this movie where the prison inmates make a tunnel behind a poster of Rita Hayworth?" Athena said as she looked suggestively at the poster on Albrecht's wall

"...We are not doing that. It will make a mess for someone who is only sticking around for a couple days." He had joked about the pineapple pizza but that woman might actually have a couple screws loose. He sighed, for couple seconds he remained in silence until he spoke again, delivering his next line in a dry tone. "We could dress you as a nun. I'm sure that would fool people long enough for you to get out unnoticed." It was a joke, it might work for a while but if found out it could be even more disastrous. She could get dragged into church activities while dressed like that.

"I'm mostly warning you to be more careful. I would be in some trouble and then people might also start talking about it." Albrecht was not one to worry for what people said about him, but Athena might. "Its very awkward to share a room with you, honestly."

"A nun outfit?" Athena repeated, this was actually a good idea, she was an actress or at least trained to be one so she shouldn't have a problem playing her role for as long as she remained there. "I could pull it off, I just hope the other nuns wont get jealous of my looks." She replied in a joyful manner.

"You don't happen to have a nun dress lying around, do you?" Athena asked with a grin. "You know I bet one of nuns would be delighted to lend you some of their spare clothes. I have heard them gossip about you when they pass from your room."

Albrecht was surprised how quick she was to jump into that idea, and how she seemed pleased with it. He scratched the back of his head, he weighed if it was less risky than having her run around normally. As long it were just regular nun clothes she had no way of snooping around without getting called out. It might just work.

"... I could look around, again. I'm sure you could pull off. Would look as good as Maria." She had a similar height to Maria, there's probably something laying around that could fit the woman. What the model said next however picked his curiosity, he figured people at the church would not be the types to talk behind someone's back. "Gossip? Now color me surprised."

Athena raised her finger to stop Albrecht from continuing, "First of all, Al, I will look better than Maria I have better posture...as about those nuns," she gave him a mischievous grin. "Let's just say you are very popular among them, I'm surprised you are not taking advantage of it you could have them bringing you lunchboxes like schoolgirls on daily basis."

She sat back on her bed crossing her legs. "Then again this whole stoic and mysterious look might be the reason they are head over heels for you."

"You got a lot of confidence, Athena. Lets see if those acting lessons paid off... Though weren't you orthodox?" Albrecht let out a single laugh. He was not one to take care of appearance beyond the basics and he was completely ignorant about modeling but he could respect one who could boast and back up said boast when it came to their craft or occupation. He would continue to listen but what followed caused a puzzled expression to form on his face.

"Mysterious? Women like that...? That's weird." The Knight thought of himself as a pretty straight forward person. He fought demons and liked to drink, that was it. "You think i should try to charm them to make it easy or avoid being asked too many question?" He folded his arms with a thoughtful expression.

"No it would complicate things, you should seduce them once I leave or else they will get even more curious to find things about you or, and that's the most possible scenario, they will find out about me and get super depressed because they wont be able to compete with me." Athena replied while thinking what kind of name she should take as her nun alias.

"As the sect matter you shouldn't worry about it. There is little difference and I'm sure nobody will ask me to explain the finer details of the religious dogma. If they do I'll just claim I have taken a vow of silence, gets you out every time." She re-crossed her legs one more time, "I'm size 0 but I have ample chest so you should find a robe that's wide on the top, actually get as many as you can I want to have choices."

"Compete? But I have no interest in you either." He rubbed his chin for a while. It was a bit amusing on how she encouraged him to try to flirt with nuns, but he wouldn't do that. He only considered it because he thought it could help. "Right." He understood little of what she said, only that she required something for her large chest. He'd just look for clothes close to what Maria wears, similar heights but Maria had more muscle mass.

"Large chest, about 170cm of height. Anything else?"

"You are saying that but we both know that you have bottled up feelings for me and that's ok because this is where they belong." Athena replied straight away, whether she actually believed that was unclear but she made sure to sound offended. "Make sure that the robe is in good condition, if I get itchy it might ruin my skin and then it will compromise my career and we really don't want that.

She didn't say anything for a moment but after a small pause she said: "Thank you for your help, in exchange I can help you get better at seduction. People will do just anything you ask them if they believe you might return their affection. Useful skill for your crusade, no?"

"You can keep believing that delusion." The Knight replied while shrugging. With how fast she replied and with that tone it sounded like she actually believed in that, but she was the type of person who would massage her own ego at every chance she got. It was more likely it was one of her "sassy" comebacks.

Albrecht gave her a nod and directed himself to the door, he was about to open it when the other cadet spoke again, causing him to stop on his tracks and look back at her.

"I don't talk. I just fight and kill, not very useful to me." Maybe for executors or exorcists, but Albrecht was a Knight and he only fought demons. He was in silence for a couple moments, thinking. "...I'll take your offer though. I think i may find some use for it."

And with that Albrecht left, he'd be out for almost 50 minutes before the door opened again and he entered the room with some nun habits in hand. He just had to avoid the mother superiors, the nuns in training and younger nuns were more open to conversation and less likely to be suspicious.

"Here. I almost got in trouble looking around for these."

Athena took the clothes from Albrecht's hands with a smile on her face. "So you walked to a bunch of nuns and asked them to borrow their clothes? You are truly a 'mad lad' Al, she said while she placed the clothes on her bed. "I wonder what kind of rumors I'm going to hear from now on. It appears my presence alone invigorates this place."

Athena would then close the curtains separating herself from Albrecht. As fun it was to tease the knight she needed her own space. She decided to spent the next hour playing with her phone before heading out disguised as a nun.

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