Yawn
"I feel so much better after sleeping for so long. How do you feel Rin? Did you have a pleasant sleep as well? Was the bed comfortable?...Why do you look like you got no rest?"
Reina entered her office looking refreshed. She had slept well and sleep marks were still visible on her arm.
Rin, on the other hand, had only gotten to sleep in intervals. He kept waking up, checking the system for updates, getting disappointed, and trying to fall asleep again. His bound hand didn’t help him get comfortable either.
"My sleep went fine. Can you let out of this strap now? I cannot get comfortable..."
Reina had a weird look on her face as she looked at the strap in front of her. Her eyes lingered on Rin’s bound arm longer than he was comfortable with. And she wasn’t reaching out to help him
"Reina, a little help please?"
Rin asked again and Reina finally snapped out of her daze and opened the strap on his arm.
It hadn’t been tight, but Rin swore he could feel the blood rushing back into his arm. He pulled it closer to himself and rubbed his reddening wrist with a blank face.
"Should we head out for breakfast? The others are waiting to see you as well."
Reina asked while turning away. There was a hint of red on her ears that indicated that she was embarrassed by what she did.
Rin did not call her out for this and followed her to the dining hall.
Shelly imdiately grabbed his arm and pulled him closer as soon as she saw him. Her eyes looked concerned as they looked over Rin’s face and she checked his arms and patted his back to make sure he was alright.
"You can let go now, Shelly. I am fine."
Rin assured her but Shelly didn’t look reassured until she was done checking him fully. She only let him go once she was sure he wasn’t hurt.
But her hand and gaze lingered on his red wrist a little longer than Rin was comfortable with.
"I-We all were worried about you. It is nice to see that you are feeling better now. Co, sit and have so food."
Teressa grabbed Rin’s other arm to pull him to his seat. She occupied his left side while Shelly occupied his right.
Suddenly, it felt like he was trapped between two dangerous creatures and Rin imdiately lost his appetite.
"You better finish everything on your plate. Or I will tie you down and make you eat."
Reina said this in a completely serious tone that didn’t suit the atmosphere
"You sound confident in your ability to tie soone up. Don’t tell ...is that your hobby? Rin, you better watch out for her."
Albus tried to lighten the situation by making a joke, but no one laughed. Even Reina did not confirm his words but kept eating. Her silence made Rin panic even more.
’Reina, tell that this was a joke. Reina, don’t stay silent...REINA!’
Unfortunately, Reina did not say anything and Rin forced himself to swallow his food. He did not want to be bound up by her again.
...
Despite Reina’s threat to bind Rin, nothing happened and he was allowed to return to his office.
Rin rushed to his office and let out a relieved sigh as soon as he sat on his chair.
"It feels nice to be alive and back. Now, I should get so work done."
Task three was about to be announced soon Rin tried to recall what the task had been about, but because it hadn’t been an interesting task in the original, he could not recall much detail.
All he recalled was that there was a tree and protection...
"I’d rather get the next task early so I can prepare.
[Rookie, did you call for the next task to start? How could the system disappoint its favourite junior? The third task will now be announced.]
"You have got to be kidding . I did not an it literally."
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[Rookie, the system is trying its best. It’s not easy to schedule these things. Please don’t bla the system too much.]
"W-What is that...no, I don’t want to see it. I don’t want to know-"
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