’YES!’ Bryce shouted inwardly while managing to keep a poker face on the outside.
"She is currently in the observatory car. I would advise you to take her to the dining car." The old man advised, informing Michael about Claire’s favorite als.
"Okay, I got it." At so point, Michael had to stop Bryce’s rambling since he got into too much detail.
"Just don’t expect much." He said before going towards Claire.
’The lengths we have to go to keep the old people happy.’ Michael thought, a smile forming on his lips. In his two lives, this was the first ti he felt like he had a grandfather. Since his grandparents had died long before he had been born, he wanted to experience what it felt like to have them.
Just like Bryce said, Claire was in the observatory car. However, rather than gazing at the window, her full attention was on Alice sitting across from her.
Since the two had beco acquainted just recently, it wasn’t strange to see them talking. Alice must have wanted to see how capable the White Angel was with her own eyes.
Michael would have rather asked Claire out when she was alone. But a certain pair of eyes that was bored at his back prevented him from turning.
’Bryce intends to spy? It seems that Claire’s words about how bored he is were really true.’ He chuckled. walking forward.
"Hm?" Alice’s focus shifted when she saw Michael nearing.
"Expert Michael." She greeted him. During her assessnt of the prowess of the troops, he had appeared most extraordinary.
’He has a soul weapon and is able to go toe-to-toe with Elites while just being in the Early Expert realm. The Lord will be happy to learn that we have such capable recruits.’
Of course, by her short conversation with Claire, she also learned that the Heavenly Pact had co to Neptune’s help because of the influence Michael had on Bryce.
In Alice’s eyes, Michael had both power and influence, which didn’t benefit soone with his background.
"Has sothing happened?" She asked, wondering why he had approached them.
In turn, Michael smiled warmly before glancing at Claire.
"Honestly, I was wondering if you would like to join for lunch? Since we were far apart for so ti, I would like to learn about the Heavenly Pact in detail."
Alice’s interest imdiately piqued. An Expert was asking out a Master? Usually such a sight wouldn’t be rare considering Claire’s beauty. However, the strange thing was that Claire didn’t refute the idea on the spot.
’Does she really plan to...?’ Alice glanced at Claire, who was looking at Michael in debate.
"It would be my pleasure." She said a second later, bewildering the Grandmaster.
’Now this developnt I wasn’t expecting.’ Alice mused before excusing herself, leaving the two alone.
With Claire’s popularity and background, it wouldn’t be strange to receive many proposals from n that wanted to court her. However, Michael was a realm lower than her with seemingly no background.
’Why did the White Angel agree?’ Alice could only wonder, feeling like there was sothing more to the simple Expert.
Back at the duo, they went towards the dining car before Michael ordered their al.
’He ordered my favorite dish.’ Claire sighed, having her theory confird.
"Let guess, Bryce made you invite out?" Her deduction was simple; only her old man knew her favorite al.
"Guilty as charged." He flashed her a warm smile. Fortunately, Claire didn’t leave even after knowing that this ordeal had been orchestrated by her grandfather.
"Since we are going to spend a few hours together, can I ask you to tell about your grandfather?" Michael asked. With him lacking any grandparents, he wondered how it really felt.
"I’ll tell you!" Claire imdiately went off on a tangent. "Everybody says how wisdom cos with age. This is the biggest lie anyone has ever said. At a certain point, the older you get, the more you revert to how you were as a child!"
She began to recall the tis Bryce would act irrationally, put himself in danger, or embarrass her in public spaces.
"You really love him." Michael pointed out how passionately she spoke about him.
She shrugged. "He is the only family I have left. If he is to die, I am not sure how I will take it. This is why when the news that Triton would be invaded ca, I imdiately arrived to make sure he was alright."
With this, Michael’s theory about how Bryce was originally ant to die was proven correct.
The al arrived shortly after; they continued to talk mostly about the old man and his deanor.
At the sa ti, Ava and Victoria had finished exploring the train and were wondering what to do now.
Just when they were about to go cultivate, Ava caught a glimpse of Bryce, who was hiding close to the dining car, suppressing his giggling.
’What is he...?’ Instantly chills ran down Ava’s spine. Feeling like she was missing sothing crucial, she imdiately approached the old man. Victoria noticed the change in her cute junior deanor and followed.
"What are you giggling about?" Ava nudged the old man, breaking him out of his daze.
Wordless, he pointed to a specific table with two people.
"Wha—" Ava fell speechless. Michael was alone with Claire; wasn’t this basically a date?!
’He has gone on a date with soone else?!’
Instantly her cheeks turned pink before staring coldly at Bryce. Rembering how he had wished for the two of them to be together, she quickly figured out he was the reason for this disaster.
"Y—You cunning fox!" Ava muttered through gritted teeth.
With a sly smile, Bryce stuck out his tongue at her before shifting his attention back to the date.
"Don’t they look like a couple already?" He said in an attempt to irritate her further.
Ava’s face beca even redder. Yet despite her frustration, she wasn’t going to interrupt Michael; she wouldn’t do sothing like that.
Just when she was about to leave, Victoria hid next to Bryce, her eyes peeking at the two.
"Victoria?!" Ava exclaid in surprise. In her eyes, Victoria wouldn’t bother with sothing like peeking.
"I am just curious what will happen." Victoria said with a serious tone.
"Make space for ." Gulping her frustration down her throat, Ava moved next to them, observing Michael with great interest.
Quite a ridiculous sight from the side.
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