980 Tea 1 (1/2)
Several minutes later, Dyon found himself sitting across from the golden-haired Evangeline. They lounged by a quiet spring as she arranged some tea.
Seeing that Dyon only watched her silently, she couldn't help but speak first. ”Are you not angry?”
”Why would I be angry?”
”I made things very difficult for you, shouldn't you be angry?”
”Not exactly. Your words may have seemed to make things difficult, but the reality is that I didn't have to do any more or less than I would have had to already.”
”But if you lost…” Evangeline's delicate hands trembled slightly as she handled the tea leaves.
The truth was the Evangeline wouldn't know what to do with herself if she was the reason for anyone's death. To say that she was a kind-hearted individual was a definite understatement. She quite literally couldn't handle watching others suffer. It felt like it was her own pain.
As for why she was purposefully make it seem like she was against Dyon, that was obvious.
The first was to protect Dyon from the anger of Soul Rending Peak. Although Dyon was in the right to begin with, the powerful didn't care about such bland things as right and wrong, they only cared about what they could get away with.
The second reason was to show that she was favoring Dyon, but rather, venting her feelings instead. After that, no one would bother to punish Dyon again because she had technically already done the punishing.
Of course, Dyon guessed this. He was quite good at reading the character of others, especially with his still growing Perception. Although he wasn't entirely certain of the levels of progression attached to Perception, he was sure that his wasn't exactly low. It would take an expert beyond his imagining to pull the wool over Dyon's eyes.
”I'm sure you had a certain degree of certainty that I wouldn't lose.” Dyon smiled, appreciating the innocence of this mature beauty. ”If anything, I'm the one who's sorry for sullying your reputation.”
Evangeline blushed slightly. It had nothing to do with her feelings for Dyon, but rather, she wasn't used to the idea of any man living together with her. But, unfortunately, even if they both wanted to renege on their deal, it wasn't possible due to their contract. As long as Dyon was living in Soul Rending Peak, this would be his home.
Composing herself, Evangeline just sighed. ”My reputation will be slandered whether you existed or not. There isn't a small number of individuals who believe that I am the mistress of the Master of the sect.”