In a place filled with greenery and a bunch of trees, a young boy and a girl could be seen.
The young boy had black hair that was slightly long and a striking pair of red eyes, whilst the girl had red hair and a pair of bright green eyes that had a dreamy look on her face.
And the reason why it was dreamy was simple….
Since she was sitting on the lap of the boy that was hugging her from her behind while leaning on the tree.
"You know, I can't help but wonder how you know about all those things. Like, how can you know a place like this? It has just been a day since we entered the academy…."
The young girl said as she raised her face while looking at the sky that was filled with stars.
"I have good eyes."
The boy answered as he, too, looked at the place the girl was looking at.
"Good eyes won't be enough to explain all those things you knew about, you know?"
Though, the girl didn't feel satisfied with that response.
"I know."
Making an expression of knowing, the boy answered.
"Th-"
"I also know the questions in your mind, the things that are plaguing your mind…. I know them all…. However, it is still not the time…."
"Why not?"
The girl was now looking at the boy under his chin with her head leaning towards his chest.
"Because I can't talk to you about those things yet… It is not safe for you, neither am I strong enough…."
The boy answered as honesty could be seen on his face.
'I can't break the rules of this world…. The goddess has warned me beforehand.'
Remembering the letter he got at that time,
"….."
As for the answer to that, the girl just gave an annoyed gaze.
"Don't look at me like that. You know that won't work."
"Humph!"
Now, to explain how they ended up here, we need to look at the past for a second…..
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The reason why I went to the library while using my disguise was to meet Aliya, of course.
However, I also knew she needed to meet the girls for her business since these times can't be missed when forming connections.
Therefore, I was quietly waiting until she came, which was around the time I had expected. And because I was already expecting her to come around this time, I had already finished studying important things and was just wasting time while looking at the books.
So, when she came, I was actually ready to leave, though I wanted to tease her for a second.
However, I didn't keep it long since I could see Aliya getting restless.
'She had been waiting for so long. Let's not tease her any further.'
As I thought like that, we left the library.
"Where are we going to now?"
She asked since she knew I didn't like being seen by other people.
"Follow me; I will show you a good sight."
I signaled her as we started walking.
As for the place we were heading towards, it was an easter egg in the game, which was very hard to find while playing normally unless you were trying to achieve a %100 completion rate.
An empty field surrounded by a bunch of trees that didn't leave any open place to see inside and only could be accessed when you knew the pattern to climb.
A place that had a very good use for people like me…..
Of course, as a gamer that liked playing games until I completed them fully, I didn't miss that place, and now it had already come in handy since probably no one knew about this place….
This was basically how this happened before we were in this position…..
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"Just like you said, she is really crazy…."
"Yes…. You can already guess from the aura she was spreading at that time, right?"
"Yeah…. She was like a crazy stalker at that time, only looking at you."
"Well, she wanted to see my reaction to identify you."
"….. You siblings are both cracked in the head…."
"….."
"And I am even more cracked in the head to love a person like you."
/SMOOCH/
As Aliya said with a natural smile on her face, she mixed a little kiss in between her words.
"How did the meeting go?"
Callius asked while making the hug on her waist a little tighter.
'His warmth…. It has been so long.'
Aliya, who was losing herself in the feeling of his touch, remembered the meeting and started recounting it.
"Well, they are not bad…. All three of them are coming from a good background."
"Are they useful?"
"Well…. One of them comes from a count family, and the other one is from a marquess magician family."
"Magician, huh? What is her name?"
"Beatrice Singh."
"Singh Family…. They are from the empire, then?"
"Yeah…"
"I see…. I don't know much about them, so I will leave the judgment to you. You can do whatever you want."
"Okay…."
"Others?"
"The girl from the count family didn't make her move yet, but I could see she will come sooner or later to me."
"Why do you think so?"
"Well, the last one of the group actually already presented me with a deal, and she got restless after hearing her offer."
"Already?"
"Yeah. You know she was from the Ravenshiled family, right?"
"Hmm….. That one, huh?"
"Yes. She said her father was looking for a new marketer for their potions since the last one was ripping them off underneath the currents."
'So, they had already started losing their money to demons, huh? And now they are trying to use the name of Aliya's company to expand their net in the business sector…. What a crafty bunch.'
Callius thought, remembering the contents of the game.
"Don't make a deal with them."
"What?"
"As I said, don't accept the offer."
"Why not? Aren't they a very deep potioneering family?"
"Well, the Ravenshield family has a deep potion-making history, as you said, but that will come to an end soon."
"Why?"
"Because they are affiliated with demons."
"Demons...."
"Yes."
"I see…..If it is demons, then it makes sense…. I won't ask how you know."
"It would be better."
Just like that, Aliya and Callius kept talking until the night…..
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I have another exam tomorrow; wish me luck since this is the hardest one.
The next chapter will probably contain a bit of snu-snu, but I might not keep it too detailed; I don't know.
Hope you liked the chapters.
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