Chapter 175 Rhys And Inna 3 (1/2)

But then again, he couldn't blame him. Although she had some weird word usages and tendencies that he couldn't seem to understand, there's just something about her that was just… intriguing.

Normally, he would be wary of people he barely met that's why he'll either pull pranks on them to figure them out or he'll observe them closely.

A bad trait he still had ever since his childhood…

But somehow, he had that strange feeling that he could trust her.

And the last time he had that feeling, was when he saw Raghnall when they were kids.

Suddenly, he felt a strong magical disturbance by the distance. He hurriedly grabbed Inna's hand as he gave a quick excuse to the others about continuing their training elsewhere.

Orion and the rest didn't seem to notice the strangeness in their actions as they happily bid them goodbye.

Rhys managed to drag Inna to his favorite secret hiding spot which was actually a cliff at the heart of the mountain forest west of the Oak dorms. Then, panting hard, he let go of Inna and sat on the cliff's end as he tried to calm his erratic heartbeat.

Half of the reason why he's breathless was because he was scared.

The other was because he was trying his hardest in dragging Inna who was grabbing everything she can reach in order to stop him from taking her further into the woods.

Inna looked at him with visible confusion. There was a hint of fear and nervousness in her tone as she asked.

”What was that for? Why did you bring me here? Are you going to…”

Rhys sighed as he tried to spy on the Oak dorms from where they were. He couldn't see who it was but he can feel that it was most certainly Master Azai. Seeing that they were at a safe distance, he decided to relax and appease Inna while casting a healing spell on Inna's splintered hands since she basically grabbed every tree in existence just to stop him from dragging her further.

”No, I'm not planning to do anything to you. Sorry if it was abrupt but we had to escape. A very important… professor… was teleporting inside the dorms and I had a feeling it was someone… you wouldn't want to meet.”

Inna raised her eyebrows in shock.

She didn't expect him to help her hide when just moments ago, he literally blackmailed her by threatening to expose her if she wouldn't fight.

Seeing the disbelief in her expression, Rhys sighed as he gave her a flat look.

”I know what you're thinking and you really didn't think I would do that, did you? To think you would actually call my bluff and think that I was really blackmailing you... Seriously... If I wanted to expose you, I would've done it the moment I saw you in the Oak dorms.”

He rolled his eyes as he patted the space beside him to gesture for her to sit down.

Inna narrowed her eyes in suspicion but she sighed and eventually gave in when she saw Rhys patiently smiling at her while tapping the spot incessantly.

”I don't understand you at all. Earlier you were this asshole that had anger issues who blackmails people to make them do what he wants. And now, you're just…”

Rhys leaned back in a relaxed pose as he titled his head to face her.

”I'm what? Sweet? Charming? Endearing?”

Inna scrunched up her face as she spat.

”No. Annoying.”

Rhys raised both his eyebrows in shock. Then, a second later, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.

”Okay, I have to admit I had that one coming. But you see, I'm only an… 'asshole'… as you would put it, assuming from your tone that it's a derogatory word, if I'm in a bad mood. And it just so happens that after someone asks a favor from me without even giving me details about it, I arrive in the dorms and see my whole room smashed. Now, who wouldn't be a little angry from that, little idiot?”

Inna glared at him when she heard his nickname for her and she was about to spit out some insults when Rhys stopped her with a finger on her lips.