"Your fingers are really pretty."
Out of all things Pablo could praise the girl, he chose her fingers.
And the result of that was…
"Really!" The girl’s eyes lit up.
"It worked?" Cupid was shocked.
Pablo smiled. "Yes. Your fingers are very pretty. They are unique and they look so cute."
"Do you really think so?" The girl came closer to Pablo.
She showed her hand to Pablo as well.
And Pablo gladly took it.
’Do it, system. Use both.’
[ Ding! ]
[ Empathic Echo In Use! ]
Pablo’s heart speed increased and his palms turned sweaty.
’Is this a crush?’
[ Mimesis Malefica In Use! ]
[ Hold Target’s hand for ten seconds! ]
[ Copying Ego… ]
[ Showing you the memories… ]
Pablo held the girl’s hands and he held it softly.
He looked carefully at her fingers and praised her continuously.
The girl let Pablo do whatever he wanted and she liked the attention.
Pablo also focused on her memories and he started to understand why the girl was feeling like that towards him.
’I had a feeling it would be like this.’
Pablo continued his act for more seconds. He had to do that for ten full seconds. He was running out of praises for fingers as well.
But then…
’What the?’
Pablo’s hairs stood up.
And it wasn’t because of the girl’s memories or anything it was because of something else entirely.
He felt a thick, intense killing intent towards him and he jerked his head at the source.
’Of course.’
As soon as he saw the source, he understood. It was Sera.
She was glaring daggers at him and the girl. She had his fists clenched as well. She was killing with her eyes.
’I knew she was obsessive.’
Pablo sighed and focused back on the number 4 girl.
"What happened? Why did you stop talking?" The girl asked.
’You are going to die soon.’
"Oh. Nothing. I was just thinking of the perfect words to describe your beautiful fingers. That’s all."
"So did you find the words?"
[ Ego Successfully copied! ]
[ Small Amount Of Life Force taken from the Target! ]
"Nope."
Pablo let go of the girl’s hands and without sparing her another glance, he came back to his position, beside Flashy.
"What was all that about? How did you win her heart?" Cupid asked. She couldn’t believe Pablo became a girl’s crush just by praising her fingers.
’If you praise someone for something which they hated for all their life. That’s what happens.’
"Huh?"
’Look at that girl’s hands.’ Pablo said and Cupid did it.
She looked at the girl’s hands and she saw nothing unusual.
"I don’t get it. You tell me clearly."
’When I dropped the pouch of coins near the girl, she picked it up with her left hand. I didn’t notice it at that time but when I watched her closely, I saw how she was trying to hide her right hand. She was making sure no one could see it. And that’s what I used.
She was insecure about her right hand and when I saw it, I understood why she was insecure about it.
The fingers of her right hand are way shorter than the fingers on her left hand. And I was sure, she was mocked by everyone for that.
So instead of mocking her, I said the opposite. I praised her fingers. And that’s how I won her over.’
"And she developed feelings of love for you just because of that?"
’You don’t know how it feels to hate yourself. I saw her memories. She was laughed at by everyone around her.
She confessed her love to a boy and that boy made fun of her fingers as well. A point came in her life when she began hating herself more and more.
And people who are deprived of affection, look for love everywhere. Even a simple gesture of kindness is love to them. That’s why, when I praised the very thing that the girl hates, I became her Prince.’
Cupid clutched her chest. "Poor girl."
’Yeah.’
"If you know her pain then why did you leave her like this? You didn’t even say bye to her. You just went. Now she will again think that there is no love for her. Why are you so heartless?"
’I could have done that, yes. But there was no point in that. Sera is going to kill her anyway.’
"What?"
’Yes. She is jealous of that girl. She even showed me killing intent just because I talked with that girl. So you can think what she would do to that girl. She will tell Andrezj to kill her. And there’s nothing I can do about that. Not that I care.’
"Why can’t you do som-"
"Everyone! All the preparations are completed. Now we can finally start this knockout match." Diablo shouted.
’This topic is over, Angel. Let’s just focus on this.’
Pablo stopped talking and paid attention to the scene in front of him.
He noticed some changes on the ground and it all happened when he was busy copying Egoes.
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The circle on the middle of the ground was first drawn with a black line but now, it had magma around it.
The black line was replaced with magma.
And other than that, there was also a screen placed in the sky. It was like a television and it was black at the moment. Nothing was being shown on the screen.
"We have made burning hot solid magma as the border of the circle and also the screen is for all the guests present here. They can bet on the candidates in every match. A fun thing it will be." Diablo said and clapped.
All the guests clapped as well but the candidates were just tense. They could die today and for the military it was a fun time.
"Alright. Now, all the candidates. You can sit." Diablo said.
"Where? One man asked.
"Right where you are standing. You all still don’t deserve seats here." Graham spoke this time and no one questioned.
All of them sat on the ground and just waited for the thing to start.
"Now I will take numbers and the person with that number has to come forward and take out a slip." Diablo said and everyone focused on his next words.
And the next words came soon.
"One"