"Really?!"
"My brother said that?!"
Nisha exclaimed after hearing the story about how Alec and the others discovered Raven's relationship with Keara and Ruby.
(Chapter 17)
"Yeah, he really went and said it without hesitation!"
Blake replied to her.
"He was like..."
Blake then mumbled, then he stood up.
After that, he pointed somewhere randomly.
And with a frown on his face, imitating Raven as much as possible.
"She's mine."
Blake muttered!
"Kyaaa!"
Nisha squealed.
"He's just like a knight!"
Then she said.
"Yeah! He look so cool when he declared that Miss Keara belong to him!"
And Adelle responded to Nisha with the same energy as her.
On the other hand, looking at the 3 having fun gossiping about Raven...
"I'm still getting second hand embarrassment when I think of what happened that time."
Aoi mumbled in a low voice, her cheeks are a bit red.
And hearing Aoi's statement.
"Me too."
"Haha..."
Eve agreed to her while Alec just laughed awkwardly.
"Yeah, he's cringe."
Then Curtis declared!
"You're not the one to talk Curtis."
And Eve replied to him!
"But I'm m–"
"Kyaaa!"
Curtis was about to say something, but Nisha squealed again, cutting his words off.
Alec, Aoi, Eve, and Curtis looked at her out of curiosity.
"What did you guys told her just now?"
Then Alec asked Adelle.
Adelle looked at him, then she opened her mouth.
"About when Miss Ruby kissed Raven on the cheek."
And Adelle answered.
"You're both dead when Raven discovered about this."
Alec said with a worried expression on his face.
"Oh come on, Raven would probably not care about it that much."
And Adelle replied to him in a carefree manner.
"About what?"
But it was then, they heard Raven's voice!
"!"
Everyone was surprised as no one noticed him getting close!
Nisha, Adelle, and the others immediately snapped their head to where they heard the voice.
And then they saw Raven looking at them while holding a big serving of a milk custard with his both hands!
(Milk custard is an egg-based custard with caramel sauce. It contains evaporated milk, condensed milk, and mostly egg yolks)
"Why are you guys looking at me like that?"
Raven asked the others with a small frown.
"It looks like you guys saw a ghost to be honest."
Then he added.
And after that, Raven sat down to his seat before, beside Nisha.
Then he looked at Nisha.
"Sorry, ordering this took me longer than I expected."
Raven said to Nisha as he placed the milk custard on his hands in the middle of their table.
"It's okay, these sisters and brothers told me a lot of stories so I wasn't lonely nor bored at all!"
Then, Nisha exclaimed while pointing at Blake and the others.
And at her words, Raven smiled.
"Oh, that's good then, what stories did they told you?"
Then he asked!
"Grgh..."
And hearing Raven's question, Blake unconsciously let out a nervous groan!
Though, Raven ignored it as he's currently focused on Nisha.
"Oh god... We're in trouble."
Adelle whispered to Alec and the others.
"You guys are, I didn't told her anything."
"Me too."
Then Eve and Aoi responded.
"I barely told her anything so I'm safe... Probably."
And Alec mumbled.
"..."
"..."
Meanwhile, Curtis and Blake just remained silent.
Curtis have a calm expression on his face, but Blake seems to be a bit nervous though.
"Raven wouldn't destroy my social life or anything like that because of what I told Nisha, right?"
Then, Blake asked in a low voice!
"..."
"..."
And he received no answer at all!
"Oh, they told me stories about you!"
And it was then that they heard Nisha's reply to Raven's question earlier!
"About me huh."
Raven mumbled as a frown appeared on his face.
Then he looked at Blake and the others.
"What kind of stories about me?"
And Raven asked Nisha!
Nisha immediately opened her mouth.
"It's a secret, hehe."
Then She answered!
And at her answer, Blake, Alec, and Adelle got a bit more nervous.
"..."
On the other hand, Raven just looked at Nisha for quite a while.
She's smiling ear to ear and she looks happy.
"Fine, I wouldn't pry about it."
So in the end, he decided to just let the matter go.
""Fuuu...""
Which made Blake and Adelle feel so much relieved in stress!
'I bet Blake and Adelle told Nisha something that will probably annoy me.'
'I'll just ask them personally later about it.'
Raven thought.
"Anyway, let's all eat."
Then he stated as he points at the milk custard in the middle of the table.
"I bought it for everyone."
Raven said.
"And if you want more, you can order some more, my treat."
And he casually added!
"Yay!"
"Ohhh..."
"Thanks!"
"Erm, thanks."
Nisha and the others responded positively, then they all started eating.
And while that's happening...
'Hmm, now that everyone is eating, Nisha would probably not notice me only eating a small portion.'
'So it was the right decision to buy something sweet and share it to everyone.'
'I also bought this milk custard in the most clean looking stall so eating a small portion out of it isn't a problem to me.'
These are what going on in Raven's head!
And with that, Raven started eating too!
***
Still the same day, 4:20 PM.
Outside the [Xenia].
...
"See you on Monday, Raven!"
Adelle exclaimed while she's waving her hand goodbye.
"Yeah, see you."
Then Raven replied as he wave back to her and the others.
"Goodbye sisters, brothers, it was nice meeting you!"
And it was then, Nisha, who's getting carried by Raven, exclaimed with a big smile on her face.
"Bye Nisha, see you later!"
Then Adelle exclaimed back to her.
Alec, Blake, Curtis, Aoi, and Eve already said their goodbyes earlier to Raven and Nisha.
They also thanked Raven for treating them.
(They ordered 4 more big servings of milk custard after the 1st one, and each one of them surprisingly cost 10,000 Zeals!)
Anyway, with all of that.
They all went their separate ways.
Alec, Curtis, Aoi, and Blake went back to the Lunar.
While Eve, Raven, Nisha and Adelle went back to their homes.
...
And so, Sunday arrived.
The day before Raven and the others enter one of Lunar's private dungeons.
Raven didn't do much this day.
He already prepared all of the things he will bring inside the dungeon after all.
So after doing his daily morning training, he spent the rest of the day together with his family.
He also checked after Ruby, Keara, and Levina by calling them from time to time.
...
On the other hand, Alec and Curtis met each other in the academy.
And then they decided to train all day by sparring against each other several times!
Then later on, they called Blake and he joined them!
So they did a 3 way sparring!
...
Now going to the girls.
Eve is actually quite nervous because she doesn't really have a real life experience of going inside a dungeon unattended by adults.
And what else, she and the others would stay inside of the dungeon for a week!
So to calm herself, she read novels after preparing everything she thinks she will need.
...
Meanwhile, Adelle is trying to increase her proficiency in healing magic and buff magic in her private training room in their house.
She doesn't know what to prepare so she asked Raven for advice.
Adelle just thought that if it's Raven, he would probably know.
And when Raven sent her a reply, Adelle immediately asked her parents to help her prepare.
...
Then Aoi, she's on her own in one of the training rooms in Lunar.
She's practicing her shooting skill in silence while also increasing her concentration.
She texted her mother too when it was late at night, informing her that she would enter a dungeon.
And Aoi didn't wait for a reply as she's already exhausted so she started sleeping to refill her energy for tomorrow.
...
And with all of that...
Monday finally arrived.
And Raven, Alec, Curtis, Eve, Aoi, Blake, and Adelle met in front of [Eden].
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