Chapter 16 (2/2)

Her eyes darted everywhere as she garbled her words, unsure of what to do.

“…” dont put

“…” ur dick in a fan

A silence descended between them. Kynemeia kept on opening and closing her mouth, trying to find words of consolation, but it proved to be hard. Eian tried his damndest to restrain the corners of his mouth from rising. ‘Should I stop now?’

He put on a sad face and cocked his head.

“I’m pitiful, right?”

Hearing his joking tone, her face started crumpling again.

“N-Nooo! You aren’t? I’m more pitiful, though? My parents died from revenge killing, okay?!”

“Is that so?”

Having said that so strongly like she didn’t want to lose, she let out a ‘hah’ and lapsed into silence. Then she pouted with an expression full of regret.

“…Uh…”

Her appearance rapidly grew sad like a rabbit with droopy ears.

“You’re right. Our Mia is more pitiful. I should treat her well.”

Eian stroked her head, chuckling internally.

“Don’t do that.”

“Why? I’m just stroking you, that’s all.”

“I’m leaving.”

She stood up, but Eian made a grab for her hand and flicked his other hand. ‘Gyaaa!’

In the blink of an eye, they arrived at her room. With a stagger, she collapsed to the floor, but he tugged her up and helped her stand upright on the carpet.

“…Will you please warn me first?”

“I will next time.”

“You said that the last time too.”

“Ah, you got me.”

“…”

“Are you angry?”

She didn’t say a word and just pivoted away. ‘I’m the only one getting wearied.’

“Ah, right. I suddenly remember something.”

“Hm?”

“Why didn’t you teleport using magic that time?”

“When?”

“When we were looking for the frog signboard.”

“Ahh…”

“You could’ve relocated by magic after finding it. Just like this.”

She demonstrated with a flick of her fingers, prompting a lovely smile from him.

“I can’t do that if it’s someplace I’m unfamiliar with.”

She stared at him with eyes wide open, as if she couldn’t determine whether he was telling the truth or not. Seeing that, Eian added in a cutesy voice.

“It’s still before my Second Awakening, remember?”

She grimaced.

People who possessed powerful mana, like the mages, would undergo a process called the Second Awakening during the course of their secondary growth period. It’s a phenomenon where their mana would burgeon to a point where it’d be too much for them to handle. It meant that all the mana before the Second Awakening are underdeveloped.

But, to become a Rikasha even before the Second Awakening, this monstrous…

“I’m gonna wash up.”

She gave a wave of her hand before making a beeline for the bathroom. Well, she managed to reach her destination safely anyway, so it didn’t matter to her anymore. After entering the bathroom, she took off her clothes and tossed them away then placed her foot on the edge of the large bath.

“I was abandoned at seven.”

To be honest, those words were echoing in her ear still. She once read the part in the original novel where Eian briefly touched on his past.

‘He also talked about it nonchalantly there.’ As if it wasn’t a big deal.

There’s no way it isn’t…

Kynemeia submerged up to her chin into the warm water.

‘Seven years old…’

That should be around the time her mother passed away. Remembering the period when she spent a fairly long time bawling like crazy, she shut her eyes. Even she couldn’t dare imagine how the seven-year-old Eian must’ve felt.

‘…’

As a sudden volley of emotions inundated her restless mind, she submerged further up to the top of her head.