106 Master, You’re Too Heartless! (1/2)
”Now this is the type of fella I want in my team. Almost makes me want to switch my allegiances,” Ayden clapped at Urag's entrance, showing his approval with firm nods. At his left and right, Estrella, his lover, and Tristan, his most loyal friend, both pursed their lips in disgust.
”Kilian, ma man! Missed me? Give me five!” Eager to make amends, Urag rushed toward Kilian, and raised his hand for a high five. A cold breeze welcomed him. And feeling the myriad of gazes surrounding him, Urag broke into a cold sweat.
”Come on man, there are like 50,000 people here. You can't do this to me.” Urag tugged on Kilian's sleeve with his left hand, as the right hanged in the air. Reluctantly, Kilian met Urag's hi-five, but still avoided the imp lord's gaze.
Seeing that the situation wasn't entirely desperate, Urag brought out his killing mace. Snapping his fingers, the imp lord produced pink-colored sparks from which three captivating figures emerged. But while the first two still needed time to adjust, once she laid eyes on Kilian, the green-eyed brunette directly leaped toward him.
”Master!” Lena trapped Kilian between her arms. And sobbed with warm tears. Instantly, Urag felt proud and elated.
”There ain't any problem you can't solve by summoning three barbies. Why am I so damn clever?” Urag jerked his shoulders and moonwalked out of Kilian's reach. But as his self-satisfaction peaked, a chilling aura locked him from all sides, and Urag felt as if a soul-piercing glare stood at his back.
Alarmed, the imp lord swept all faces, old and new, yet didn't find the source of those eyes.
”Why do I feel like I just fatally offended someone I should have not?” Urag scratched his head in confusion, unaware that he owed this little disturbance to Eleonora's stare. While she'd learned of Kilian's girls from the ”disloyal” Inyoka, Eleonora silently hoped to spend as much alone time with him as possible. How could she expect that a second after they stepped into the Fortress, the damnable imp lord would summon three barbies to distract her husband?
The audacity!
What a pity that she had to remain gracious. Or his head would now stand on a pike. Meanwhile, Tamara and Anke stared at Kilian's eyes and face. But though similarly startled, different thoughts troubled them.
”That time in the Banquet Hall, I already felt something was wrong. But the more I look, the more oppressed my heart feels. Why? Those eyes...those eyes…” Although he belonged to the Technomancy Department, as freshmen, Kilian and Anke did share a few classes in Arcane Theory. However, Kilian avoided her gaze, and she didn't seek his. Therefore, following that brief eye contact before the examination and Dra Root Testing, they had no exchange.
At first, Anke had simply tossed Kilian on the list of Kilians she had to kill to sate her fehl madness and relieve her heart's sufferings. But the more she looked at this new Kilian's eyes, the more her beloved's figure overlapped with him.
But how could this be?