Chapter 174: Ayrin’s letters (1/2)
Chapter 174: Ayrin’s letters
“Miss Charlotte, may we inquire when you and Ayrin came to know each other?”
“Miss Charlotte, you must know how Ayrin’s recuperating now? Will he return to team Holy Dawn in time for their match against Rapier Academy?”
“Miss Charlotte, may I inquire what you think of cradle-snatching?”
In the same afternoon basking in warm sunlight, Charlotte, Ivan, Wilde, and the others were sitting in an ordinary tea shop drinking tea and chatting when a group suddenly spilled inside, surrounding Charlotte and asking all sorts of questions.
“What cradle-snatching!”
Charlotte immediately lowered her head, shy and bashful. “I have no idea what you’re talking about!”
“Miss Charlotte, is that a tacit approval, or does it mean you don’t want to answer upfront?”
“Miss Charlotte, we heard that during the night of the Evil Dragon disciples’ turmoil, the reason why you happened to discover their scheme was that you were in the middle of a date with Ayrin inside the athlete village. Is that true?”
“Breith Magazine said you’re the reason why Ayrin and Rinsyi are like oil and water, is that true?”
Charlotte was so angry and embarrassed she had been on the verge of asking Ivan and the others to chase those blatantly rumor-mongering tabloids away, but her eyes suddenly widened when she heard their final question. “What was it, Ayrin and Rinsyi because of me?”
Ivan and Wilde and the others looked at each other. “Charlotte and Ayrin, what does it have to do with Rinsyi now?”
“What, you don’t know? It seems you haven’t seen today’s issue of Breith Magazine.” A group of tabloid reporters threw the newest issue of Breith Magazine in front of Charlotte and the others.
“What the hell is this Breith Magazine spouting now!”
After glancing quickly through the magazine, Charlotte almost threw away the facade of a lady to blow off her top.
“The rivalry between Holy Dawn’s wonder genius and Golden Stag’s death god: is the reason fanning the flames of war mere sentimental rivalry?”
This sentence was printed on the magazine’s cover, together with Charlotte’s portrait.
Following that, the content inside made a show of saying that the reason Rinsyi especially went to St. Lauren before the nationals was that he held Charlotte in high regards. But Ayrin hit it off with Charlotte by taking advantage of proximity. That was the reason why Rinsyi and Ayrin became mortal enemies, standing at daggers drawn since they hadn’t been drawn in the same group, both of them eager for a decisive duel.
“This Breith Magazine is amazing at idle gossip.” Clearly aware how Ayrin came to butt heads with Rinsyi, Wilde and the others couldn’t help but crack up. “That said, no wonder it’s the king of magazines when it comes to the nationals. Its reputation of so many years isn’t undeserved, it’s really good at latching onto hot topics. Right now, the ones most in the limelight are precisely Ayrin and the boss and the others.”
“Listening to you guys, Breith Magazine made up all of it?” The tabloids people looked expectant. “It doesn’t matter anyway. Can you provide some sensational enough information? It’s fine if you randomly make it up.”
“Is that so?” Wilde and the other looked at each other, suddenly energized. “Breith Magazine isn’t entirely talking nonsense. In fact, the truth of the matter is that Rinsyi likes Agate Lake Academy’s ‘Bucket Sister,’ but Bucket Sister became Ayrin’s fan, that’s why Rinsyi fell out with Ayrin.”
“Who’s Bucket Sister?” Tabloid eyes suddenly shone bright.
Wilde and the others laughed out loud. “The most heavyset girl in Agate Lake Academy, her height is the same as her waist measurement.”
“That sounds too fake,” the tabloid guys said with wry faces.
“Is Divine Shield Academy’s Charlotte here?”
Just then, an Eichemalar courier suddenly came into their view. This courier recognized Charlotte the moment he saw her and ran to her with a wide smile. “Charlotte, Ayrin sent you a letter.”
“What? Are you really at this stage already? Your relationship is already so romantic you have to send love letters via mail?” Seeing the courier give her the letter, Wilde and the others almost had eyeballs about to pop out.
“He actually wrote me a letter?”
Charlotte subconsciously snatched this letter, but seeing the meaningful eyes of those around her, she suddenly blushed bright red. “It’s not what you think!”
“If it’s not what we think, then what is it?” Ivan didn’t pull any punches, his soft voice contemptuous. “Why are you afraid of admitting it. If someone had fought for me like he did, I’d devote myself heart and soul with no hesitation. Plus, it’s not like you don’t like him either. Looking at you, it seems you haven’t even held hands, to say nothing of kissing. Really useless. I’m telling you, don’t let another girl snatch him away before it’s too late.”
“What do you know!” Angry and embarrassed at the same time, Charlotte couldn’t help but blurt, “I already kissed him back when we were under there, not only once at that!”
“Oh?”
Everyone suddenly fell quiet when those words left Charlotte’s mouth. Their mouths shaped into a “O.”
“I…” This time, Charlotte felt she couldn’t wash herself clean anymore even if she were to go back to the water tower.
…
“Sophia, letter for you.”
“From who?”
“It’s from Ayrin.”
“What?”
Almost every member of team Agate Lake had been training intensely, because their next match was already against a freakish team like team Golden Stag. But everyone in team Agate Lake immediately ran outside and surrounded Sophia as soon as they heard.
“Ayrin can write letters now, it looks like he’s recovering well.”