Chapter 56：To whom her smile (1/2)

He was caught by Elder Nitan since he was the only person who was standing at the moment.

Yman scratched the back of his head and thought of how unlucky he was.

”Come here, Mr. Coolman.” The Elder beckoned on him while gesturing with his hand for Yman to come closer to him.

He glanced around and noticed Bob and Keremi saying, ”Goodluck, Yman bro,” said Bob in a low volume, seemingly whispering him from the distant, and Keremi in his usual closed-eyes state signaled, ”Goodluck, My Prince,” while using his hand to cover the side of his mouth and gestured a whisper.

It was the biggest mystery for him how Keremi was able to see his surroundings in such a state. May be placed at 6th in the top Five Greatest Unsolved Mystery on earth in the current era.

Regardless, |I'm so dead.| He thought to himself as he deliberately changed his destination towards the podium on which the elder was standing. Bob and Keremi forced a dry laugh while cheering him inwardly.

Bees-like murmurs struck once again. Honestly, he already knew of how infamous he was, in the eyes of the others; therefore, he accepted their murmurs from one ear and let it through to the other side.

5 steps closer before Yman arrived at the podium when suddenly, ”Elder, Sir!” a call from someone that came from the trainees was heard by everyone around and caused to minimize the rising murmurs immediately. All the trainees simultaneously glanced at the source of the voice, Yman did too.

He glanced at his left side located in the 3rd row from where he was currently standing. She was the 7th trainee lined in that row. And she was raising her hand in the air to grab the Elder's attention.

|Almina?| Yman muttered her name in his mind when he saw her. Also wondering why she called the elder.

”Hmm... who might it be...?” The elder muttered as he adjusted his eyeglasses. After adjusting the eyeglasses comfortable to him, ”Oh, the young miss from the Amulet family. Do you want to ask something?” Elder Nitan said in a mellowed voice.

Almina immediately stood up which caused the inconsistent noises coming from around to die for good and all eyes were caught by her, ”Elder Sir. Uhm... h-he was late, b-because he p-passed out a while ago.” She said shyly and darted her eyes to Yman who was now a few steps away from the podium.

Almina was stunned for a moment when their eyes met. At that moment, a few hundred fireflies were dancing in her eyes.

A smile subconsciously happened on her face.

Yman gawked and abruptly glanced behind him. He could not believe such a smile was directed to him.

It's not like he was thinking of courting her. He just wanted to be sure if that smile was for him or not.

Right when Yman glanced behind him, his face contorted into a cold gaze.

|Dang, how could it be... Why did he recover so fast?!| He mused for a moment, couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing from behind him.

Kiko was walking towards the podium as nothing bad happened to him.

Yman was wondering how this person recovered so fast.

Just like before, Yman was currently situated in the middle of Almina and this guy.

Yman thought that he was right, after all, that smile was not for him. Good thing he glanced behind him. He would probably bury himself in embarrassment if he went ahead and smiled at her too.

That smile of Almina was for that guy. Looks like the rumor was true. Because Almina smiled the sweetest smile whenever she saw this guy. And he remembered her having a solemn face in front of the bonfire that night after they fought the Mustang Spider.