397 The White Building (1/2)

Yale was alone while practicing to get used to his strength after the breakthrough.

The situation with Lina was far too weird, so he decided to escape saying that he needed to train.

Yale didn't have too much difficulty to get used as he had used a power far superior before, but he remained training because he didn't want to return and face Lina.

Yale knew that Lina didn't know that he was the one who incited Wyba to speak with her, so Lina wasn't blaming Yale, but that only made him feel guiltier. Of course, Yale never intended to obtain that result, so he wasn't truly guilty either.

”I bet that you have already got used, so come down to speak.”

Yale's mind froze when he heard Lina's words after she went to look for him.

”I am just addicted to training...”

Yale said that with a low voice while he descended to the ground of the Storage Space.

”I already heard that from your sisters, but we need to speak about what happened.”

Lina was serious about speaking, and Yale didn't plan to avoid the topic since Lina was determined to speak.

”About that...”

Yale didn't know what to say. Strictly speaking, he was used to being hugged like that by Aiwai, so it wasn't something too strange for him, but the main problem was that Lina wasn't part of his family like Aiwai and was just an acquaintance.

”I am sorry!”

Lina was the first to apologize as she felt that she was the only one at fault for what happened.

”I am the one who should be apologizing. Even though I was in my kid's form and you were the one who hugged me suddenly, I ended with my head in your chest.”

Yale would never say that he spoke to Wyba to increase Lina's internal conflict, but he still felt that he should apologize for that.

”If a man takes advantage of me to touch my body, I would definitely kill him, but I was the one who hugged you, so I can't truly blame you for that. However, letting a mere male acquaintance touch my chest isn't good at all. Thus, let's say that we are close friends. I feel that losing my calm and hugging a close friend by mistake is more tolerable than doing it to an acquaintance.”

Lina felt that changing their relationship retroactively was the best solution for the problem. Although it wasn't still decent acting like that, at least she felt that it was a forgivable mistake.

Yale truly didn't understand the logic behind Lina's words, as he didn't feel that a close friend of the opposite gender should do that, especially given how strict ancient families like Lina's family were with relationships between men and women.

”No problem. Then, we have been close friends from the start.”

Although he didn't understand the reasons, if Lina felt better thinking like that, Yale didn't mind following that setting.

”Very well.”

Lina seemed satisfied with Yale being so decisive in accepting that change in their relationship.

In fact, the only reason Lina suggested that was because Yale was the brother of Wyba and Aiwai, the son of the friend of Lina's father and the master of Lina's brother-in-law. Thus, despite having only met each other for a short time, they weren't complete strangers, and it was better to improve their relationship than worsening it due to that accident.

”Lina, I am planning to leave this dimension now. Do you want to come with me?”

After having solved that problem with the hug, Yale decided to return to the important matters.

”I promised to help you in finding your friends, so I will leave this place and help you.”

Lina didn't understand while Yale asked if she wanted since it was obvious that she would do it or there was no way she could fulfill her promise.

”We can do that a bit later. I think that I discovered the secret of that mountain range where we battled. Probably, that is something left there by my father, so I feel that I need to investigate it properly.”

Yale didn't know exactly what was left behind in that place by his father, but given his father's strength, it was possible that the contents would also be interesting for Lina.

”Really? I am interested, but I bet that whatever is hidden there, is for you and I shouldn't try to interfere.”

Something hidden by an Origin God was extremely enticing for Lina, but she didn't want to steal something belonging to Yale.