102 The Earth Altar (1/2)
The twins both glanced at each other with a tinge of helplessness and disgust. Seriously considering whether to step forward now or just pretend that they are not present. Maybe they could just ask their friends to lie for them? Looking at the rest of the group, they wanted to cry. All of their expressions pretty much wrote out ”you are on your own.” They could not help but think they needed to find new friends later, obviously they were blind choosing this group of heartless people. Even the new kid, Greyson, just looked away while shrugging at them. Sighing together, they both told Cerul to pull down his wind shield.
”What do you want Afina? We have some business to take care of right now and time is tight.” Fervis stepped forward and spoke up towards the group.
”Do I need to have something specific to say when I want to speak with my fiancé?”
”Well, we are going to leave if there is nothing.”
”Wait! I want to go with you guys.”
”We don't need company, thanks. We are not really doing anything dangerous, it's just a harmless trip. If anything, an even bigger group would be inconvenient.” Without even giving her a chance to say more, Ferno interrupted with his reasons why she could not come with them. Afina snorted angrily as fire was released from her snout clearly showing her anger.
”If I let you leave right now, then you need to come over to the tribe later and accompany me after this mission is done. You have not said hello to my family in ages and even the talk of marriage has been indefinitely delayed. It has been almost 30 years since our family suggested the marriage!”
”And we keep telling you to just get married to someone else if you are in that much of a rush! We will obviously live extremely long lives, why the rush to get married and settle down?” Ferno exploded in anger.
”You should not just back out of things so easily. I don't understand what is so terrible about myself that you both do not want to even give me a chance!” The flames around Afina's body continued to grow in heat and volume which reflected her own fury.
”Forget it, we obviously cannot come to an agreement. You are just stopping us for no reason!” Fervis waved his hand and Cerul followed by putting up his wind shield again before flying off. Afina huffed angrily and did not leave but instead followed behind the group.
”Hey, you know she's following us, right?”
”Leave her be. She's always like this.”
”Anytime we run into her, she ends up following us for most of the mission. She's too prideful to actually approach us and get rejected, but also too obsessed with the twins to just turn and leave. They avoid her like the plague, so anytime she runs into them she wants to follow them around.” Hayze surprisingly spoke up this time. Greyson looked over at her and then glanced at their back. Shaking his head, he wondered why she could not just let them go. Maybe there was more to the story than what the group thinks? He did not think this was just an obsession due to the twins' strong fire element talent and dragon bloodline.
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After that last interruption, the entire trip was smooth sailing. Every stop in a small tribe was followed by the Amians. They would even sit next to them in the tavern while they ate food, however, no one would talk to each other and they would act like strangers. After he saw Afina's human form, Greyson started to understand why the twins were not super attracted to her. He had heard from Elder Sweetbow that a magic beast's human form is normally a translation of their attractiveness towards other magic beasts. If they are attractive, then their human form is attractive as well. Afina had charisma and she was extremely handsome. However, the issue was that she was a female! No matter how Greyson looked at her, though, she exuded the charm of a still beautiful but more handsome young man. She was tall, broad-shouldered, and had lean muscle which showed her strength. The female magic beasts were the ones swooning after she walked into the tavern instead of the men. She looked like she could pick up girls better than either of the twins... Ah... Thinking of this, Greyson sneaked a peek over at the twins. Was this why they were so adamant towards rejecting her? It somehow hurt their manly pride to have a wife who is more handsome than they are?