Capital City Astra, Silver Mansion.
Rio and Lia walked together and headed towards the car waiting in the distance.
They both walked slowly while holding hands and watching the scenery.
"It might take months for us to et again in person... make sure you keep your smartphone on at all tis..."
"We might not be able to et in person, but we can still talk everyday..."
Hearing Lia’s words, Rio smirked and said in a teasing tone,
"Imagine being on a secret mission and my phone starts ringing loudly... I will be in great trouble, hehe..."
Lia jabbed Rio in the side at that joke and puffed out her cheeks.
"Idiot, is that a laughing matter... well, even if they find you, you can still deal with them anyway, so it doesn’t matter..."
"Just keep your phone prepared at all tis! Hmph!"
Rio nodded his head at Lia’s words and asked,
"You have so much faith in ? I rember soone was worried day and night when I fainted after the explosion."
Lia didn’t even look at Rio and pursed her face before saying,
"Obviously I am not worried about you; you are already so strong! You can even defeat my father now. Is there even anything that can defeat you anymore?"
Just as Lia asked that question, Kai appeared out of thin air and sat on Lia shoulder before saying,
[Don’t inflate his ego so much, kiddo; a single SS-ranker is enough to flatten him easily...]
[It’s better to be cautious at all tis...]
The mont Kai appeared, Rio’s happy mood was completely ruined.
"Ugh, why is this lazy cat allowed to go with you and not ... it’s kind of unfair..."
Lia smiled at Rio’s words as she felt happy that Rio was also worried about getting separated from her for such a long ti.
Rio’s emotions are very difficult to notice; only when he says such words can she find that Rio also feels jealous for her.
Unlike Rio, Lia is a very emotional person, and she often takes her emotions into consideration before making any decisions.
It’s not that she can’t make heartless actions; it’s just that she always tries to be true to her own self.
Rio is extrely good at not showing his emotions and thoughts on his face, but Lia is much easier to read.
She’s happy that Rio beca famous all over the nation and has also been invited to work directly under the command of the headquarters of the Awakener’s Association in the empire.
But Rio’s fa has also bought a lot of fans.
Lia does not care about those wannabe edgy kids and guys who like Rio’s dark and silent personality; the main problem is that Rio has also started to get a lot of fangirls!
Aside from kids, young girls bought those Rio’s Dark Star plush toys!
Lia knows it all, as she had already tracked the company and has done her research on the matter.
Unfortunately, the company paid Rio a lot of money and got him involved, and thus Lia was not able to suppress the company and stop them from selling the plush toy to girls!
Lia didn’t want anyone else to have her man! She’s extrely possessive over Rio and feels jealous over every small thing!
She herself feels ashad sotis about how degraded her mind has beco and how much head over heels she has fallen for Rio.
To keep up with Rio’s increasing strength, she has no other choice but to do extra training and hard work, as she doesn’t want to be left behind.
But she’s afraid of leaving Rio alone, as she’s worried that so other girl might try to seduce him when she’s gone!
Only when Rio showed that he was also sad about her leaving did she feel a bit comforted and relieved.
’Am I becoming too controlling and too obsessive?’
Lia could not find an answer for these questions at all.
"Oh, before I forget, let give you this..."
Just when Lia was busy in her own world of chaotic emotions, Rio’s usual emotionless voice brought her back to reality as he brought out an ordinary-looking locket from his space ring.
The design or the material of the locket was nothing special at all, but the mont Lia laid her eyes on it, she felt a weird sense of familiarity from it.
The locket was a sword that looked similar to Rio’s sword, and its chain was golden in color, similar to her hair color.
[Oh!? oh my god!!... what the!?]
Although Lia could not understand the specialness of the locket, Kai, who was sitting on Lia’s shoulder, shivered uncontrollably and unconsciously retreated in the face of that locket.
Rio didn’t hesitate; he moved forward and put the locket on Lia’s fair neck before giving her a kiss on the forehead.
"It’s a simple good luck charm; it will carry my hope of protecting you... as long as you have this, you will not feel lonely at all..."
"It will be as if I am with you myself... "
The mont Rio put that locket on Lia’s neck and it touched her skin, she felt extrely calm, and an overwhelming sense of safety seed to have embraced her entire body.
She felt safe and happy; she knew this familiar aura—it was Rio’s aura.
Lia could not put her finger on what the actual effect of this locket was, but she knew that it was a very precious item, and Rio had put great effort into giving it to her.
"Thank you, I will always keep it with ..."
Lia felt a bit shy after receiving such a gift; the mood between the two of them was almost the sa as if they were exchanging ’wedding rings’ with each other.
"You can consider it the birthday gift given in advance... you will be gone for a while and I might not be able to give you anything at your birthday, which will co soon..."
"So, I decided to make sothing good for you in advance!"
Rio seed quite proud of the locket, almost as if he had put his best efforts into personally creating it himself with his own hands.
Lia smiled at Rio’s smirking face and felt delighted in her heart; now she wouldn’t have to worry about anything, and she could go and train peacefully.
The two of them talked for a while and entirely ignored Kai, who was looking at the lock with a horrified look in his eyes.
[H-how much of it did he!? Insanity... pure madness!!]
Kai shivered like a frightened kitten and disappeared into Lia’s sea of consciousness as if he wanted to hide away from that locket.
Lia was also very curious about why Kai was so afraid, but Rio didn’t tell her anything, so she didn’t ask either.
She trusted Rio with all her heart and knew that whatever Rio had put in the locket must be for keeping her safe and happy.
Sotis, it’s better to not question the gift, and it’s better to take it no matter what it is so that your feelings with the other person can get even stronger.
"Look at you two lovebirds! This old man feels happy seeing that I might be able to see my grandson soon in the future! AHAHAHA!"
Jas, who was standing near the car, laughed happily seeing Rio and Lia arrive holding hands.
The two of them looked like a newlywed couple who refused to separate from each other and were always in a lovey-dovey mood the entire day.
"Ah, it’s good to be young! If your mom was here, I am quite sure she would have fainted from the overdose of happiness..."
"She was quite a shy woman after all; her face would beco red like a tomato just from a kiss..."
Jas shook his head and stopped rembering about the past, as he didn’t want to make the atmosphere sad and awkward.
He shook hands with Rio.
"Okay, kiddo, I will bring back your wife safe and secure; don’t worry."
Rio also nodded his head as if he was amused by that way of talking.
"Take care, father-in-law; I will grill you alive if my wife was hurt..."
Jas and Rio smiled at each other while Lia glared at them with a shy face as she hurriedly got in the car to escape.
Jas also got in the car, and Rio waved his hand to say goodbye as the car finally drove off.
Rio stood on the spot for a while until the car disappeared on the horizon, then he notified the butler that he was also leaving.
’It’s ti... I should also get to work now.’
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