Chapter 271 First Stop - Tavern 2
Aron's unexpected offer to share a room threw everyone, including Professor Night, into a state of surprise. The notion of the prince willingly sharing a room, especially with me, felt suspicious and generated a fair share of skepticism.
"Prince!?" Professor Night's face mirrored my own disbelief, her eyebrows raised in astonishment.
"Yeah, I don't mind letting Vexa stay in my room as she is, in fact, my cousin," Aron declared, placing a peculiar emphasis on the word "cousin." Vexa's expression shifted for the first time, a flicker of something different crossing her face.
Before Professor Night could provide any further clarification, a new player entered the scene. Adam, the blond knight, joined the gathering, directing his gaze at me briefly before turning his attention to Professor Night.
"What's happening here, Professor?" Adam inquired, adding another layer of complexity to the unfolding situation.
"Oh, looks like everyone is here," Professor Night remarked, rubbing her temples in a gesture of mild frustration. Isolde, having changed into her nightwear, approached with a plain white lacy gown that didn't leave much to the imagination.
'They juggle....they do!!!!!!!' Blaze nearly leaped out of the room, prompting me to kick him aside. Somehow, he managed to recover immediately and darted toward Isolde, circling her and purring until she picked him up.
"Don't mind him," I said to Isolde, redirecting the focus back to the ongoing discussion.
"Anyways, so we had about seven rooms booked," Professor Night explained to Adam, "But it looks like three of them are not in good condition. There's some construction and interior work happening, and we can't go inside to inspect. They gave a refund, but it seems we'll have to share rooms... all of you will have to share rooms, I mean." She corrected her statement, highlighting the unexpected twist in the accommodation arrangements.
The discussion about room-sharing continued, with Professor Night indirectly clarifying that she wouldn't be sharing her room. Adam, still perplexed, pointed toward me, questioning who would be my roommate.
"Ren Hilton," I emphasized, mouthing my name slowly for dramatic effect, hoping it would stick in Adam's memory. A tense moment hung in the air before I witnessed him clenching his jaw. However, before he could respond, Isolde arrived on the scene.
"What's happening here?" she inquired, prompting Erik to sneak a quick glance at her, his face flushed. I playfully nudged Erik, but Vexa, standing behind the professor and engrossed in reading a chit, noticed the interaction....and back off a bit back.
Curiosity piqued, I wondered about the contents of the chit Vexa was engrossed in.
Professor Night then explained the situation, suggesting that Erik or Vexa might share a room with me. However, Aron promptly interjected, clarifying that he could share a room with me but didn't necessarily want to.
"So, you're saying you wanted Vexa to stay with this guy?Ren Hilton...." Adam asked, his tone carrying a hint of suspicion as he referred to me by name. The notion seemed to catch him off guard, and I observed him connecting the dots.... unnecessary ones at that.
It's not like I'd do anything immoral-
'Swear on ya mother.' Blaze added and I am not going to do it.
"... for a whole night." The way Adam articulated the sentence made it clear that he had picked up on the potential implications, and a subtle tension lingered in the air.
"Y-yeah," Professor Night gulped a bit as she realized what she was doing wrong here.
"Haa, professor, how about we talk before just sending an innocent girl into someone's room to spend the night?" He said, and yeah, he sounds reasonable.
"Yeah.....wait, why am I getting corrected - I wanted Ren and Erik to share but anyways since you all are here, tell me who's gonna spend the night with who." She clasped her hands as if she was tired of this.
"....phrasing, professor," Isolde felt weird about the way the professor said her statement as she added, "For me, I'd like to spend the night with Adam."
As blatant as always, she doesn't shy away, but the heck is Blaze doing on her shoulder.
Tap*
"Eek?!?" She yelps as I stepped forward and outstretched my hand to grab Blaze's mane, I made sure to get it in quick movement.
'You jealous fucker!! Not my fault you couldn't bring that beastgirl-' I threw inside the room.
"Sorry about my pet," I apologized to the professor as at the corner of my eye, I saw Adam bawling up a fist.
"Adam, what do you say since you are the captain," Night asked.
"How about we do rock paper scissors?" .... I take my words back on Adam being mature for some reason.
"So you can jump between Vexa or the council president by any chance to spend the night with?" And Aron took my chance to speak and call out on Adam's bullshit.
"I just said to be fair," Adam immediately retorted.
"When there's no need to be fair, why not let both the girls in a single room and remove them out of the conversation?" Aron looked Adam in the eyes.
This was fun.....Aron is talking sense and that too in front of Adam, for some reason, it made me happy.
"That's....fine by me," he agreed while giving a look towards Vexa, who was still holding onto the chit but gave a moment to look up towards Adam and nodded.
Adam gave her a very charming smile to which she replied with a small nod and went back to her reading- now I am interested in that chit way more than I should be.
'Sneakin session?' Blaze asked, but I denied it mentally.
"I agree too," Isolde responded, but her eyes were on me, a bit red at that.
"So that leaves us with Erik, Ren, Adam, and Prince - you boys can decide who sleeps with who after dinner," Professor Night said as she squeezed her way past the towering figures of Aron and Adam one by one, leaving the spot for us to stare at each other.
"Erik will be staying with me, I guess, since we both are from the same year," I said as I put my hand over Erik's shoulder.
Professor Night called from a bit distance down the hallway, "Discussion after dinner, now come down. We gotta plan for Mage's Gambit!"
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