Adopted Soldier Chapter 118

Chapter 118

Alex was about to make a tactical retreat, so he slowly backed away but to his surprise Niel blocked his escape route . He wasn't expecting this kind of betrayal from a rade .

"What are you doing Niel?!" Alex who was always calm and collected was a bit flustered by this unexpected move . Ever since he returned from the battlefield, Alex has been affected too much by his emotions, and the one who triggered this response the most was Rachel .

As long as the matter was about Rachel Alex felt a bit lost . He was sure that he was feeling this way because he was afraid of failing the mission . . . But there were times that he thought that there was something more going on . He couldn't understand it, but since it was affecting the efficiency of the mission Alex decided to not think too much about it .

"Running away is a bit rude . One must always treat a lady with proper respect . So Alex how about facing Rachel head on . Don't tell me you're afraid of Rachel? Have you bee a coward?" Niel had noticed Rachel was in a bad mood, the obvious cause would be something related to Alex . Ever since he met the two, he had always perceived them as a couple, but he found out later that they weren't like that . Though it was obvious that the two had some feelings for each other . Being in this kind of ambiguous relationship was quite fun to watch . So he also found great joy in teasing these little juniors of his .

"Who are you calling a coward? Me? No you misunderstood, I'm not running away this is simply a tactical retreat . " While Alex was explaining his actions to Niel, Rachel was slowly closing on them .

Alex who saw Rachel's smiling yet not smiling face felt threatened by her, alarm bells started to ring in his head . He wasn't sure why he was feeling something like this . All he knows is at this very moment his instincts were telling him to retreat . It didn't matter if this might make Rachel feel unfortable or not . Alex could smoothen that out later, but for now he needed to survive .

After a moment of reassuring himself, that what he was doing was not bad . He decided to decisively act on what he thought was the right thing to do at the moment .

Alex slipped out of Niel's blockade and sprinted towards the nearest exit . Seeing Alex ran from her, Rachel immediately gave chase . Watching the whole scene transpire before her very eyes, made Sayaka laugh so hard, She was amazed at how fast Alex escaped from Rachel .

Even though he always had a stoic look, when something involves Rachel, you could see that stoic look of his change bit by bit . It was truly hilarious to think that this was a merc everyone feared .

'If only the others who know him could see him now . One of the strongest mercs in Berdonia is actually running away from a girl who hasn't even seen the horrible sight of killing, of death, or the final hour of desperation . How truly funny . . . '

Sayaka felt a bit at peace whenever she saw Rachel after doing her part time job for the family . Yet now she found a sense of relief every time she saw Rachel and Alex's shenanigans . She also felt a bit better being beside Oliver, and teasing Kei every now and then . The people in the Mercenary Club had somehow became her safety net .

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Rachel who was chasing Alex noticed that she doesn't seem to be closing in on him, no matter how fast she ran . It was also obvious that Alex was slowing down every time she was getting to far away from him or whenever she gets a bit tired . Alex was simply letting her follow him in a precise distance he chose .

This was one of the things she loved and hated about Alex . It always seems like no matter how hard she tries to catch up, Alex was always going farther and farther ahead of her . The only reason she can even see his back is because in all circumstances Alex would always slow down for her so that she could catch up .

It was then that Rachel decided to stop chasing Alex, and as she expected Alex stopped running as well . If Alex truly wanted to escaper her, he would have been long gone by now . Yet as usual he was there slowing down for her .

"I'm not mad anymore, so can we just talk?" Sensing that Rachel wasn't hostile anymore, Alex approached her .

Now face to face with Alex, Rachel couldn't help but sigh as she smiled at him .

'The only reason he was running was because he felt I was angry at him . Now the reason he came back to face me was because I told him to . This guy as usual, always thinks about me first and foremost . ' Rachel now felt it was really silly that she was jealous because of how close Alex and Emily were awhile ago .

"Hey Alex you just met Emily today right? How e you're so close all of the sudden?" When Alex heard this question he wanted to answer truthfully, but then he remembered that Emily wanted to keep her being a maid a secret .

Still if Alex didn't answer properly, Rachel might e to hate Alex . If that were to happen it would be difficult to fulfill the original mission objective, which will result with him failing the mission . So Alex needed to think of something as quickly as possible . He needed to say a convincing lie to Rachel .

"Oh that, it turns out Emily was a childhood friend of mine . You see my dad was a very busy man so we needed to relocate a bunch of times . That's also the reason why I transferred in such a weird time . " Alex had told I lie with no problem at all . With his natural expressionless face and indifferent tone of voice, lying was easy for Alex . Also Alex mixed in some truths into his lie, making it even harder to notice that he was lying .

As expected Rachel couldn't tell Alex was lying, but she felt that something was off .

"You were childhood friends with Emily?"

"Yes" Alex answered without delay nor hesitation .

"Then how e you acted like you didn't know her, when she first messaged you?" Rachel intensified her questioning . Yet even with that Alex was still as stoic as ever, as he calmly .

"That's because when she introduced herself she simply stated that her name was Emily . There are a lot of other people called Emily . If she called herself Emily Hunt then I would've reacted . "

"Okay that makes sense . . . Wait a minute then why did she say awhile ago, that she was glad to meet you and me for the very first time?"

"That's because at that point she and I haven't realized that we were childhood friends . It was during the game when it dawn on us that we have met in the past and that we were childhood friends . "

"Is that why you were so close awhile ago?" Rachel was still unconvinced, but everything that Alex said did make some sense . The only thing she could do now was verify this with Emily .

"Yes that's the reason . " Rachel was about to ask some more things, but an announcement cut her off .

"To all the players that are part of the quarterfinals please return to the stage . I repeat to all-"

"Looks like we need to head back . " Alex nodded his head in response . When Rachel turned around and was about to head back, Alex quickly typed on his phone and sent a message to Emily .

He messaged her about the lie he made up to trick Rachel . Emily who was on stage speaking with her fans, received the message and while reading it, she smiled .

'It would seem like I need to act out a new character . How exciting, young master's childhood friend is it? . . . Well if you think about it, I am kinda like a childhood friend to him . Even though we only met a few times before on the battlefield, since he was the only other person near my age on that camp . So I guess I was really a childhood friend of sorts . '

Alex who had met numerous people during his mercenary days, couldn't remember most of them . The only people he remembered properly were the people in Carlo's squad . Everyone else was were like a fleeting cloud to him .