Chapter 302 - Whats with a Face? (1/2)

”I'M NOT your ”type?”” Elis Ripperton asked her. ”What does that even mean, Soleil?”

Soleil sighed, then she crossed her arms over her chest. ”It simply means that I don't like you, Elis.”

”What is it that you don't find satisfactory about me?” he asked. And his arrogant tone told her that he was still confident that he could change her mind. ”Just tell me, Soleil. I will work on it.”

To be honest, the thing that she didn't like about Elis the most was his personality.

But it was something that he could change. Or at least, fake. She didn't want to give him even a tiny bit of hope. So in the end, she decided to choose the thing that he couldn't change about himself– even if it meant she'd appear rude or shallow.

”I don't like your face,” she said bluntly, trying to sound as mean as possible. She didn't like insulting other people because of their appearance. So even if she didn't really like Elis, she still felt guilty that she was picking on his physical form. ”It's not my type.”

Elis stared blankly at her for a few seconds, then he laughed outloud. He never laughed that loud unless he was mocking someone. And that was exactly what he was doing. ”Soleil, I don't really pay attention to my looks. But I'm aware that I have the kind of face that most women would worship. And you're saying that you don't like my face?”

Well, it was true that Elis was very good-looking.

It wasn't just his face. This arrogant bastard was also blessed with a good physique. Everything about him was beautiful.

But that didn't mean she'd fall for him just because he was immaculately handsome.

”I appreciate your beauty but your face is still not the face that I imagine waking up to,” she said firmly. ”Elis, I'm sorry but I don't really see myself getting married to you.”

”Who is it?” he asked, his aura now turning dangerous. ”Whose face is it that you want to see in your waking hours then?”

Kalel Moonchester's face instantly entered her mind.

She would admit that even in her past life, she had always been attracted to Nystrom's cold beauty. That still stands true even now. Kalel still had the same look before. Even though his eye color changed, her feelings didn't change.

But of course, it wasn't just his face that she liked about Kalel.

Elis Ripperton doesn't have to know that though.

”Do I have to have a man in my life for you to give up on me?” she asked bitterly. ”Whether I have a man or not in my life, my answer to you will always be 'no,' Elis.”

”I won't accept that,” he said firmly. ”I challenge you to a match, Soleil Rosenberg.”

”Excuse me?”

”If I win, you'll marry me,” the Blue Dragon, now being carried by a strong gust of wind around him, said in a cold voice. ”I won't hold back, Soleil Rosenberg.”

She took a step backward, trying to avoid the violent wind around him. ”Are you crazy, Elis Ripperton?!”

To be honest, she was not in the condition to fight.

Although she won against Ainsworth, that didn't mean she won easily. She didn't have major injuries from her fight with the little tiger because she used her full Mana. Yes, she also summoned the Black Flame again even though it already made her faint once.

She hadn't regained her strength yet so fighting Elis Ripperton, who was much stronger than Ainsworth, would definitely result to her losing.

But that didn't mean she would give up without a fight!

”Yes, I'm crazy,” Elis Ripperton said, his eyes now glowing dangerously. ”I can't help but lose myself when it comes to you, Soleil Rosenberg.”

”Damn you,” Soleil said, then she opened her hands to summon her flame. ”Lucina Morganna, give me the Black Flame.”

***

KALEL blinked in surprise when he felt his body go light.

He was pretty sure that the curse inside him was also purified. It was amazing how Alec Forrester was able to get rid of the curse that made him suffer for years. In the past, Auro tried to help him by summoning the Royal Mages of the kingdom.

But none of them were able to purify the curse.

He couldn't decide if the Royal Mages were weak, or the saint was simply more powerful.

Considering that Alec Forrester is the saint, it must be the latter. Soleil Rosenberg didn't lie when she said she knew someone who could help him purify his curse.

I'm indebted to her once again.

”It's done now, Lord Kalel,” Alec Forrester said while catching his breath. Ah, it seemed like purifying the curse wasn't as easy as he thought it was. It might have taken a huge toll on the saint's power. ”You can freely use your mind manipulation ability now.”

Kalel nodded. ”Thank you.”

The saint's face lit up as if he was waiting for him to say that. ”My lord, can I ask for a small reward?”

To be honest, he didn't expect that from the saint.

But he didn't feel any hostility from him. And if he was a friend of Soleil Rosenberg, then he could trust him.

”What is it?” he asked carefully. ”If it's within my power, I will grant it.”

”Can you please be my younger brother's godfather?”

”Huh?”

”Asher Forrester, my younger brother,” the saint said with an excited look on his face. ”He entered the supposed-to-be eternal sleep with me. He was a little lazy so to avoid the responsibilities that were supposed to be passed down to him when I was gone, he secretly entered the eternal sleep with me.”

That almost made him laugh.

But come to think of it, it wasn't a laughable matter. There were people who were desperate to live. But that Asher Forrester chose to die just to avoid the responsibilities of becoming the next saint.

”It sounds like I wouldn't like your brother,” he said bluntly. ”How lazy must he be for him to choose death over working in your place?”

The saint let out a deep sigh. ”That's what I'm worried about, Kalel.”

”And the solution you came up with was to make me his godfather?”