Pink silky, wavy hair that reached down to her waist and eyes of the same colour. Her white skin and that beautiful curve she had made people turn their heads even when they were sitting quite far away from her.
I saw her gazing at me, smiling a little before focusing back on the reception as she got back to her work. I, pondering a little about my next schedule, decided that I still have some time which I can utilise here.
Thinking that, I moved closer to the reception area where she was taking orders. I observed her for a few moments and, turning to me, she smiled brightly before moving closer to me and asking, "May I have your order?"
Looking at her for a few moments, I turned around, watching the glares of everyone before sighing and turning at her with an awkward smile as I spoke,"Can I have some of your time later, afterwards?"
She just chuckled a little shyly before putting her hands on her lips as she spoke,"I am sorry, I did not catch what you just said." I saw some of the guards turning towards me and moving closer to me slowly and I chuckled and stepped back before I spoke,"haha, nothing. I just thought…" I then stopped and spoke loud enough to only let Lilith hear,"Lilith Berg can use a special magic that allows her to gain energy from not only humans but monsters and animals, perhaps all creatures…"
Her smile vanishes for a moment, but before she makes a shocking expression, I said,"Can I have some hot coffee along with a plate of white sauce pasta? Thanks!"
Seeing my sudden tone change, she too changed her expression back to the one which she had a few moments before and spoke,"sure. That would be 120 Arcadia Coins," and I smiled before taking out a few monster cores and said,"will these be accepted?"
She looked at the cores, shook her head with a slightly awkward expression as she spoke,"while it is not accepted here… I guess I can treat you with my own money. Will that be fine… Mr.."
I spoke with a slightly cheerful smile,"Aidan. Aidan Williamson," and then nodded before moving to an empty seat… which I couldn't find because the whole place was jampacked.
"Get into the staff room," I heard a voice from behind and turned to find Lilith speaking with a slightly serious voice before she moved inside. I saw everyone was busy with their own work. Though the fact that was really interesting was that… none of them could notice me, it's as if I didn't even exist.
"Fascinating," I spoke before moving to the staff room which was just beside the counter. I opened the door to the staff room and saw it was all empty. Not thinking much about it, I just sat on the nearest chair and waited for Lilith to arrive.
After a few minutes, I saw the gate opening and there was her, the real Lilith Berg, moving in front of me and analysing me with a serious expression. The previous cheerful expression was nowhere to be seen now, and looking at her now would make it hard for anyone to believe that it was the same girl who was working outside.
"So… who are you?" She asked, and I chuckled before speaking,"your saviour, to release you from your miserable life. Well, I have my secrets and you have yours… for now, I am here with a small deal. Care to listen to it?"
She looked at me for a few seconds and sat on the chair right in front of me and said,"I won't jump in anything that is going to harm me."
I nodded before speaking,"I just needed your help in a bunch of things. In return, I can help you gain a skill that will help you attain mana not only from emotions of other people but also from monsters and animals too. If you comply with me and help me out perfectly, maybe I can give you something even better."
She looked at me before speaking,"I have a few questions. First, how did you find me? Only a handful of people should know about me and half of them are already dead. So, how did you do it?"
"I have an ability related to knowledge. I know a lot," I spoke without even batting an eye and she nodded at it without much hesitation as she proceeded to the next question.
"What do you want me to do, mister all knowing, and please do mention why it has to be me exactly and not anyone else?"
"Because your ability to make illusions can be enhanced even still. To be frank, I don't need the current you, but the future you who has much evolved her abilities. I am after that, so while I am going to help you become strong, I am going to use you in the future. As for why it needs to be you, it's actually simple. You are a loner with little to no backing. You are all by yourself… All in all, you are easy to use, easy to manipulate, easy to see through, etc. There are many other reasons, but for now, it should suffice, doesn't it?"
She glared at me before sighing and speaking,"other than becoming strong. What else do I get out of it? Also, what are the dangers I will be facing?"
"Not many dangers until you get strong enough. After that, I can't really say exactly what kind of danger we will be facing. You can find out later on yourself and decide what to do. As for what else you gain is, probably an organisation that will back you up in case something goes wrong along with helping you out in case of great difficulty."
"Okay. One last question before I tell you my decision, how strong is the organisation backing me?" She asked, and I paused a little before thinking about it.
'I can call Mark Leeway and his whole family. Probably a bit later, I can call Elle and her family too. Then there is the Principal, Eliza, Cristine and William. If I do it properly, using Lucy I can use Lucas as well… I should be able to use Bryxton City as well. Then there is Lucifer, Amon, the two Guardians. Oh! The spirits, Hygeia and Asterae, along with my slave, Aelia Scarlet, The First Vampire,' I guess, I am strong enough to shake the major powers to its core right now so…
"I don't know about the strongest, but we are strong enough to take on at least half of the world, if we go all out right now," I answered with a smile on my face.
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