His words elicited laughter from Seraphine whole she commented, “As expected from the only person who didn’t scold me for getting in trouble.”
This caused Noah to laugh along as well.
“I should have said this sooner, but I am sorry. This all wouldn’t have happened if I have kept a closer eye on you,” he stated— his voice filled with remorse.
Seraphine shook her head and pointed out, “You can’t be blamed. This is my fate to have this life full of problems. On the bright side, at least I got to skip academy. Ah! All those studying would have sucked the life out of me.”
Noah merely shook his head at her antics.
“By the way, what is up with you and my brother? Why are you two in the North? Even if you don’t have to be a personal knight, shouldn’t you have chosen another, more comfortable position?”
Seraphine raised her eyebrow, expressing the curiosity she held w
“What about Lew then? Where did you take him?” Seraphine questioned, raising one of her eyebrows. If what she was guessing was right, it meant that Clayton was the one responsible for the disappearance of that clingy magic beast.“Lew? What’s that?” he inquired, looking visibly confused.At that, Seraphine explained, “The magic beast I had with me. You took him, right?”“What do you mean? Why will I take him away? Magic beasts aren’t known to stay with humans, and they often leave their sides. This is normal. You barely knew him for a day more so. And, Seraphine, magic beasts shouldn’t be treated as pets. They are dangerous, no matter how harmless they appear.”Seraphine wore a frown on her face while facing her brother and pointed out, “You are lying. Just be honest, alright? Kayden already gave away enough for me to be suspicious of you.”This made Clayton sigh and expr
By now, Seraphine was starting to get tipsy and feel dizzy, losing control over her coordination to a certain extent. This was due to the drugs mixed into the air. Strangely enough, it made her feel liberated and gave the strength to do whatever she wanted.Right now, after winning multiple rounds of card games— this being due to both her luck and skills— and few other games here and there, the girl felt quite smug. Sitting on the couch, she raised her legs over the table and wore a conceited look on her face while she looked at them.On her sides were two women trying to warm up to her. In midst of her hazy state, she did entertain women just to get a rile out of the men here, and maybe her continuous winning streak gathered a lot of women to her side, wanting to brush up her favor.Certainly her looks were a factor. She was a breath of fresh air amongst these greasy men having a foul breath.Laughing arrogantly, Seraphine stood up and condes
Guilt rose inside of her, knowing this condition of his was her fault. If she wasn’t this adamant on creating trouble, this wouldn’t have happened. If Kayden didn’t go to search for her, this wouldn’t be the result. He would be nicely be able to recover at his place.Knowing that this wasn’t the time to admonish herself, Seraphine removed Kayden’s grip off of her clothing before getting down from the bed and hurrying to find some help.°°°tingHer nails dug into her hand she watched Eugene check up on Kayden. Due to the courtesy of Eugene, Kayden wasn’t groaning or sweating due to pain anymore. He seemed to have calmed down as he silently laid on the bed.And anxiety gnawed at the pits of her stomach when she noticed that frown on Eugene’s face. For his expression to shift to this extent, it meant the case was serious. This caused Seraphine’s features to
“His condition is really bad.”Hearing that voice didn’t startle her that much. By now, she was used to people popping up suddenly around her, and the owner of that voice did that often. Turning back, she looked at Elliot. He appeared the same as he did four years before.“You don’t age, do you?” Seraphine questioned. Although the concept of immortality was strange, since magic was already present in this world, this was highly possible as well.“Bringing up my age triggers me,” he stated, “I was cursed to be at this state. I will spare you since you are already this distressed.”Seraphine scoffed at him and didn’t start a squabble while she questioned, “What are you doing?”“Just wanted to check up on him since he had been quiet for days. Didn’t expect to see him in this state, but I am not surprised. Everything he did for the past few years caught up to him.
“It’s the result of the malpractice,” Elliot voiced out.“Malpractice?” Seraphine waited for the man to elaborate on the topic further.“Yes, your disappearance led him to understand that physical strength and swordsmanship wouldn’t be enough if you were to find him. That’s why, he turned to sorcery. However, in order to grow skilled in a short period of time, the regular way wasn’t an option for Kayden no matter how high affinity he had with magic.He had to turned to unorthodox methods which had been forbidden for ages. The reason no one practiced them anymore was because how life-threatening they are. It’s not even assured that even I would come out of it time. Nonetheless, testing his luck, he tried them out. Desperation drove him to, leaving him with no other options.”Seraphine’s eyes widened at that. Because she considered Kayden to be a villain with cheats, she believed it wou
While Eugene set up a date to have the talk with her brothers, Seraphine was busy researching on Xylait. Since Kayden barged in on her own privacy, she thought it would be only fair of her to do the same.That’s why, she stepped into Kayden’s office and began to go through all the documents present there. She was not even the slightest amount of apologetic for doing so. His office was filled with information on this matter, and Seraphine got learn of more of details, leading her to understand how frightening can the puppets even be.Not only these puppets have abilities, they are able to monitor people, acting as spies, and send back that information to their master. Because of how these puppets mingled well with the human, all of this would go unsuspecting.However, if one had a strong willpower, they would be able to resist the control, and only a high level mage would be able to be master. Moreover, these mages need to have strong mentality or els
Seraphine held the trunk of tree and tried to regain her breathing. That name Aeryes— she heard it before. It was that time when she saw that magical beast during auction. Seraphine couldn’t comprehend what connection it would have with her possibly.Just what was the gap she wasn’t able to sort out? Maybe she was really close to the answer. The truth was at the tip of her tongue, but she wasn’t able to exactly figure it out. Only a questions of her needed to be answered before she added everything up, making a sense out of the conclusion she reached.Her knees gave out, and exhausted from running around, she breathed heavily, leaning against the tree trunk. Staring at the surroundings, she could see that she was at the unfamiliar, deserted part of the town. Back then, she didn’t pay much attention to where her feet led her in midst of panic.Even her sword was left behind. Looking around, she wasn’t exactly able to recognize
When Clayton returned to his mansion at the dead of the night, he was met with the sight of his sister sitting on the couch, eating pastries. On her hand was a book which she attentively went through, and packaging were strewn across the ground.Knowing that Seraphine wasn’t going to be cleaning those up, he let out a sigh and made his way over to her. Hearing his footsteps distracted Seraphine, and she raised her head to face her brother. A smile was there on her face.“You return too late. Did you eat?” she questioned.He gave no response to that and asked, “How did you get in?”“Ah, that Noah helped me,” Seraphine voiced out, “I found him on the road. I bet you haven’t eaten yet. Do you want to try these pastries? These are truly good.”He grimaced at the sight of sweetened snacks and shook his head prior to voicing out, “I believe I would be fine without them.”This
Both Jiyeon and Taeyang was on the cleaning duty for the class. As Jiyeon was arranging the table, she noticed that Taeyang was staring at her with a mildly amused smile on his face.That aggravated her, and she expressed, “What? What are you looking at?”Without saying anything, he made his way over to her. Then, extending his hand, he touched her face and stroked it before voicing out, “You don’t have to do anything to make me jealous.”Her eyes widened at his words, and she stepped back, feeling totally exposed under that gaze of his.She then stuttered, “W-What do you mean?”Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence: “What sort of nonsense are you uttering now? Me making you jealous? Why would I do something so absurd?”She scoffed.He chuckled and stated, “Is that so? I know you well, Seraphine. You can’t hide from me.”“What? How can y
“Hold on, hold on, he actually said that to you!?” Aera exclaimed in disbelief. “Whoa! He is seriously a player.”Sitting on her bed, Jiyeon took a sip from her strawberry milk and stared down. The events of the other day still heated up her cheeks. Taeyang simply looked too dashing.“How did he know I was there though?” Jiyeon questioned. “Could it be a coincidence?”“About that,” Aera voiced out, “I might have spilled out your location to him.”Jiyeon raised an eyebrow.“Well, he called me, asking where you are as your phone was shut off, and I told him you’re on a date. Then, he questioned me about the location, and he is too scary. I wasn’t able to hide it.”Jiyeon could see where Aera was coming from. After the confrontation she had with Taeyang the other day, he really had a fierce side to him. Maybe because she w
Just as she was about to hug Yejoon, Jiyeon felt herself being dragged back by a large force, and this caused her eyes to widen. She turned her head to look at the one behind it and was shocked to see Taeyang standing there.What was he doing here?His eyes fiercely stared at her, causing her to be shaken up, and it appeared that he was only slightly away from bursting off at her. This was the first time she had faced this side of hers, making her wonder on how she had possibly offended him.“Who are you? It’s too impolite to pull someone this way,” Yejoon voiced out.Jiyeon smiled at him and expressed, “It’s fine. I know him. You can leave now.”Yejoon seemed a little hesitant. Nonetheless, he nodded before leaving. Before she could wave her hand at him, her face was gripped by Taeyang, and he forced her to meet his eyes.“Who is he?” Taeyang questioned, and his tone held immense intensity&mda
Jiyeon totally erased from her mind about asking Taeyang about why he stayed with her that night. This was surely done out of friendship, and there was no need to make the matters awkward by probing into this topic. This is how Jiyeon managed to convince herself.But when Taeyang came for the tutoring session on the next day, Jiyeon felt pained upon seeing him, and it was hard for her to keep on behaving normally as if nothing had happened. Taeyang surely had noticed something due to how silent she had been. That’s why, she appreciated him not asking anything about it.As Jiyeon was going through the book in her hand, Taeyang’s phone rang, and a picture popped up on the screen. It was the image of the woman she had seen with him yesterday; she was called Jihye.“Excuse me for a second.”With that said, he stood up and received the call. Jiyeon observed his expressions. His eyes widened for a second— probably shocked by what h
Jiyeon’s breathing for that instant stopped, and her heart clenched painfully. A nauseating feeling arose in her stomach. That’s why, holding her mouth, she stood up and rushed towards the washroom. At the same time, her eyes were flooded with tears.Seeing Jiyeon’s reaction caused a frown to form upon Taeyang’s features, and he did call after her. But she paid no mind to his words. He wanted to go after her, but that’s when his attention fell on her phone. It seemed that she saw something on the device.Picking the device up, his eyes fell on the screen, and that’s when he understood why she had shown such an intense reaction. This was due to a certain name she had seen— Kayden.He shut her phone and let out a sigh.°°°After washing her face, Jiyeon came out of the washroom and then said, “I am sorry. I suddenly felt sick.”Taeyang stood up and made his way over to Jiyeon. H
Taeyang shot her a quizzical look, not clearly expecting her to mention this right now, before that changed to amusement, and he voiced out, “Why are you so curious about that?”Jiyeon believed that she had decent acting skills when she smiled and said, “Am I not your friend? This simply is an enough reason for me to know about it. Now, quick, quick, tell me who is it that managed to steal that heart of yours.”“Because you are my friend?” The boy stated.There was a certain amount of amusement present in his tone, and this caused her to feel nervous. Certainly, he didn’t notice her intentions, right? Although she did feel very much exposed under his gaze, she tried to convince herself that the boy wasn’t capable of reading minds.Jiyeon nodded.“Can I not ask as your friend about the girl you like?”“Of course, you can ask,” Taeyang said, “And as for who the perso
“Of course not. What are you talking about? You can feel comfortable at here. You have done a lot for Jiyeon, and we are thankful to you for that,” her mother voiced out.Hearing how gently her mother was speaking made Jiyeon scoff and say, “I didn’t know that you are able to talk in this manner, Mother; I thought you were only capable of shouting.”This caused her mother to glare at Jiyeon and state, “Shut up! Make yourself useful for once, and set up the table.”Although Jiyeon rolled her eyes at her mother, she did as the woman ordered as she made her way over to the kitchen. Tilting her head from the kitchen, she could see that small conversation went on between her mother and Taeyang. This caused her to wonder what the content was.Nevertheless, Jiyeon was quick to her feet and arranged the table without causing much accidents. Once done with that, she took her seat and called for
Jiyeon had to admit that Taeyang was great at explaining her. It was as if he understood her and knew how to keep her concentration on the subject. No matter how much she wanted to distract him or ask him unnecessary questions, he didn’t let that happen.And as for the last part of the session, he gave her few problems to solve, saying, “After you are able to solve them all and get half of them correct, you can go home.”Jiyeon was dumbfounded by the expectations he held on her. Even on the subject she found the easiest, getting half correct was hard for her.“Can’t we lower the bar a little? Today is the first day after all. Let’s settle for forty percent.”He shook his head and voiced out, “If you get more than fifty percent, I will reward you.”That did sound appealing to her, and knowing that there was no place for argument, she attempted the questions I hopes of attaining that reward. At th
It didn’t take Taeyang long to finish making the breakfast, and even though Jiyeon had a large intake of sugar now, that didn’t take away from her appetite when she smelled the pancakes. This caused her to feel sudden hunger.Taeyang placed the glass of orange juice in front of her before serving her pancakes and covering those up with syrup. Yurie’s mouth watered as she held her fork and voiced out, “Thank you.”After that, given how delicious the pancakes were, it didn’t take her long to finish eating them, and once done with that, she stared at Taeyang with impressed eyes.“Whoa! This is seriously good,” Jiyeon voiced out, “You really have a way to lower my self-esteem.”“Don’t worry about that. Collectively, you are way better than me.”This made Jiyeon scrunch up her nose and vocalize, “We both know that is not the case. I am far from being half as good as you.