Chapter 485: Assisting Aria (2/2)

They must have some way to track each other.

”How was it?” Max asked as he looked at her. Since, Twice was out...it must meant she was close to forfeiting

”It was tiring and why didn't you tell me about Twice earlier…” Lisa said as she pinched his side.

”Didn't you want someone to accompany you so that you can relieve yourself? I only did it for your sake….I thought you would be embarrassed if you knew someone was keeping an eye on you.” Max replied with a smile.

”Y-You!!” Lisa's face turned red. She wanted to bite him but ultimately held back seeing that there were others looking at the two whispering.

Aria was specially eyeing them. She felt that the two didn't seem just friends at times. She sometimes wanted to ask Lisa about it, but thinking that there were things that she didn't have the qualification to know about yet held her back.

She felt that assuming things without knowing about their connection was a bad idea.

”Hmph! I will deal with you later…” Lisa glared at Max before leaving to help Aria who had taken Venice down from Twice.

”Isn't this the girl from Ethera?” Mark asked as he looked at Venice.

”Yeah…” Aria nodded and explained how Venice had helped them.

She had heard about Mark backstabbing them. But looking at him, she didn't feel that he would do something like that.

Mark had gotten help from Mr. Cool who was from Ethera and hence he was more than happy to help Venice in return who seemed to be Mr. Cool's girlfriend from what he heard from Max and Lear.

…

Time passed and it was late at night...

”Aren't you guys a bit too lively?'' Aria sat beside Max looking at the food.

She couldn't believe that these people were using their limited carrying capacity to bring so much food and even seasonings. They weren't on a picnic, were they?

Max smiled but didn't reply. He had a lot of space in his spirit world to carry things.

”I am not disturbing by staying here..right?” Aria suddenly asked, she was technically on the other side in the competition.

Max looked at her and he could feel that she was expecting a positive reply.

”Yeah, no one minds you unless you raise your sword on us…” Max replied.

Aria was happy but felt that the last part was not needed.

”Hmmn?” Max suddenly looked at her with an intense gaze.

”What?” Aria asked in confusion.

Suddenly Max closed in and Aria was taken back as a faint blush appeared on her face. Her eyes darted away, she couldn't look him in the eye for some reason.

”W-What a-are you doing?” Aria stuttered nervously.

”You are close to a breakthrough…”

Those words poured down a bucket of cold water on her head and her heated-up face began to cool down.

”Yeah…” Aria replied in a dull voice as if she wasn't happy about it.

”Want me to help? If you can go all out in one more fight then you will surely break through…” Max suggested. He knew the difficulty of the competition and things didn't seem simple like it did on the surface.

He would feel relieved if she had greater strength. Obviously, he was being considerate as a friend and also to the fact that she was Mr. Cool's sister….He didn't have any other thoughts. He wouldn't even dare to add another one to his messed up life.

”But…” Aria had her hesitation and Max understood it as well.

”Don't worry, come with me. Even if you are exhausted. I will safely bring you back. You can spend the night here and recover. With so many of us, you shouldn't be worried about danger…” Max said as he got up.