151 Departure (2/2)

”Ruthless as ever, His Great Majesty,” the reporter smiled.

”I represent the people,” the charismatic Emperor Leshius VII laughed. ”Of course I must not act so distant from them.”

The interview then ended there as commercials started being played. After watching the replay of this recorded interview, I have to say, Emperor Leshius VII does have a way to garner the support of the people. Although he might sound a bit extreme, his speech captured an aspect of casual everyday conversation done by commoners, and this combined with his experience living as a commoner just makes the Emperor so much more relatable to the average Vilhemian. In addition to that, his argument does reflect the view of the people, at least it does reflect mine.

The sound of Luna walking into the living room prompted me to turn my head over in her direction. Her hair was combed and she appeared even more awake than her already energetic self from before as she smiled vividly. Even though she had not applied any makeup, her face and skin complexion was simply so perfect that it appeared as if she had already done so. In addition, it would appear that even when she does apply makeup for her day-to-day life, it is often only an extremely thin layer. This realization then led me to wonder what would she look like if someone really took an attempt to highlight her beauty with these supplements. I know for sure that she'll look even prettier, but I'm not sure by how much though since it will be pretty difficult to surpass her natural looks.

”Are you not going to stay for breakfast?” I asked. ”There's coffee being made in the coffee machine right now...”

Luna shook her head and declined the alluring aroma of the coffee beans. ”It's fine,” she smiled. ”I can pick something up from the convenience store when I head home.”

She started walking in the direction of the front door with her bag strap over her shoulder and I followed her.

”Do you need me to go with you?” I asked.

”I don't think bringing home a guy this early would have beneficial effects on my parents' heart,” Luna chuckled as she slipped on her black boots.

”I guess...” I sighed and rubbed the back of my head. ”Stay safe and call me if you need anything.”

”I will,” Luna smiled as she stood by the door while facing me.

Instead of leaving, she simply stared into my eyes with her sparkling amber ones. It was a gaze that I did not understand the meaning of. However, I still met it as I felt as if it must be something important.

”Alevian,” she whispered in a soft voice. ”Thanks for having me over.”

”It's nothing,” I looked away and blushed from embarrassment.

”Well,” she chuckled and smiled gently. ”Good luck on your final exams. Hopefully, we can get together over winter break.”

”Yeah,” I smiled and nodded in response. ”We will.”

She then smiled as she gazed into my eyes for a bit longer. Then, after about a whole minutes, she lowered her head as she turned the door handle.

”See you,” she mouthed and slowly closed the door shut.