Chapter 160 *Whistles* (2/2)

He seemed to take it as her just teasing him, but little did he know that she was being very serious here.

The mercenaries grew even rowdier at Tatiana's 'bold and roguish' actions, laughing and jeering.

The situation made them forget about the tension and worry that had been filling the air after Bunbun and Fenrir left and disappeared as well.

Even the Spectres looked more relaxed when they looked at the mercenaries horsing around after they'd taken care of lodging for the night.

Dietrich seemed to notice this belatedly and looked at Tatiana with faint admiration. She really did know how to control the mood and morale of her group.

Dietrich was mainly a solo worker, which was why he admired those that knew how to control a group.

Thinking up to this point, he didn't refuse the teasing from Tatiana, which just made the mercenaries grow rowdier into the night.

Tatiana noticed that Dietrich seemed to have misunderstood her intentions but didn't correct him at this point of time. It was easier for her if he didn't realize she was hitting on him all this time until the right time.

She would slowly warm him up, then go for the kill.

Tatiana's eyes glittered, and the smile on her face grew.

”Anyway, we found another part that we don't know much about. It seems to go further down into the earth. Let's go on a date, okay?”

Cue another round of wolf whistles from the rowdy mercenaries as well as follow up laughter.

Dietrich regained his calm at this, breaking out of his thoughts. He didn't let the 'd' word affect his state of mind. She couldn't possibly be serious about it, after all. ”Where?”

”It's over that way.”

The two who headed over to the place where the mercenaries had found previously while they spread out to search, leaving the general area where most of the people were having a good time.

While some of the Spectres looked at them briefly when they left, no one followed them.

Of course, the main reason for this was because they thought they were heading somewhere more 'private' for a little fun, so to speak, and didn't want to intrude.

Let it be said that Tatiana lightly flirting with Dietrich achieved many birds with one stone.

There definitely would be people who would try and follow them if they knew that the two were planning on going down with only two people. While it was probably safe, seeing as there were no living beings here other than the Vampiric Willows, they wouldn't take that bet.

The main reason for this was because even though Tatiana and Dietrich had achieved an understanding between them in the battle sense and worked well together, the mercenaries didn't quite trust Dietrich with their boss' heart just yet despite them joking around at her words.

Since the two were the strongest out of everyone here, it would be easier if they took a quick glance at whatever lay below instead of bringing everyone.

There was a ravine in the ground that was quite similar to the one that they'd originally come in from Alec's new familiar, the King Vampiric Willow.

Dietrich jumped down lightly and landed. It wasn't as deep as the original. In fact, it was at most barely half a storey height.

It was just barely one and a half times the height of an average human male.

Dietrich held out a hand to catch Tatiana as she jumped down, only to receive a smirk from her.

Tatiana took a step and landed just as lightly as Dietrich, causing the man's face to heat up a little as he took back his hand at his social faux pas.

He was used to treating the fairer sex in a more preferable manner, as part of normal noble etiquette.

He'd forgotten to stop himself since Tatiana obviously didn't like to be treated like a fragile glass doll.

Tatiana patted his shoulder lightly, giving his cheek a kiss again in thanks. ”Thanks, but I don't need it.”

She then sauntered down towards the few globes of light, ignoring Dietrich's stunned look behind, a hand on the spot where her kiss had landed, as light as the flap of a butterfly's wings.