"Wait!, don’t go! I’m not just talking nonsense, yes there is an important reason. Let explain it first...have a seat."
"Here I’m fine, in case you’re still talking nonsense."(Aurora)
I encouraged Aurora, who at that mont was ’lovingly’ hugging from behind while I was sitting on the couch.
I must say that position left very vulnerable to her sadistic hands, but she slyly refused.
"Tsk, who knew you’d be a girlfriend who likes to abuse her vulnerable boyfriend, agh!, stop pulling my ears already."
Damn, she had the positional advantage, it was best not to keep provoking her, so I ignored her and let her do what she wanted while I turned my attention to the rest, which were all the male mbers of the group. After all, this was a gathering of guys Aurora.
"Why do you guys have those looks, are you still hung over, didn’t I take them off earlier?"
I looked at them, well, if you can call it that because at that mont I had black bandages covering my sight, I wore them for many reasons.
One was due to personal training to improve my senses, I was planning to do it the last two months of the academy, but since this happened, I have no choice but to do it now.
But, even without seeing them I could clearly feel that most of them had a doubtful face towards and Aurora, it seems that my senses were already very sharp which is good.
"It’s not that, you know, even though it’s been a few months now, I still find it hard to believe that you and Aurora are dating," (Mike.)
"Yeah, we thought because of the twins and Leyla-onesan, you had... hum, how to put this politely... ...A minimum standard," (Ivan).
"ahh!, You’re the toad who always wants to eat a swan, who will also remain a bachelor for life," (Aurora).
"Hey!, I said politely, what’s the need to insult, I was referring to the characteristics of beast won." (Ivan).
"it’s obvious you didn’t an that...hmm, but it’s true that it’s a surprise, we thought you could only see her as a friend, and that’s why you kept inviting her to our gentlen’s etings", (Esteban).
Yes, since that night of the banquet I’m basically dating Aurora, being Chris, which honestly doesn’t make happy at all.
I was taken aback that ti, as I couldn’t process what she ant by ’helping her stay away from myself’, which left blank and uncomprehending.
Then she talked more about things I don’t rember, to finally bring out a contract, and I still not understanding anything signed it and agreed to a collaboration with her where I would pretend to be her boyfriend and protect her from (Seraphina).
When I ca to my senses and read the contract, as much as I read it I did not see any clause or anything advantageous for , it was a fraud, it was more like a slavery contract, disguised as a mutual aid contract.
The few advantages were nonsense like "party (B) , could make a reasonable request to party (A) Aurora, who as princess will comply (can refuse)", which is basically nothing and she can refuse, even if reasonable.
She used my contractual fraud technique, well, I can break it at any ti, but I didn’t, because I wanted to see where she wanted to go....
"Well, it was love at first sight since I saw a version of Auran that looked like she was wearing a wig, she is the prettiest..., in my heart. You don’t know how happy I was when she accepted my nervous confession, oh! how I’m embarrassed just rembering it, but I’m really happy now (ㆆ_ㆆ)."
"Hey, if you’re going to say sothing like that put a believable face and tone, rather say sothing believable," (Ban).
"Well guys, you know how Chris likes to joke around, don’t mind him, we’re a happy couple, aren’t we?"(Aurora).
"Yeah, besides you don’t know how much I love it when you hug from behind and stick your ribs, I an breasts on the back of my neck..... (ㆆ_ㆆ)."
"You idiot, be serious!" (Aurora).
"Ugh! Now you’re hanging ...aghh!, this is dostic abuse, I’ll sue you."
"But you know, when they act like that, they do look like a couple" (Willian).
’hmm, that was a very sensitive comnt, for soone who is dense as a rock, ugh, she really wants to kill ’.
"Well, love cos in different ways, doesn’t it? I think they make a good couple, like Alice and ," (Alexander).
"Co on dude, even I’m getting tired of telling you to give up, you know earlier I saw her very honeyly hugging with Ms. Silvercrest, there’s sothing weird there," (Mike).
"/_ \" (Alex)
"Hmm, but I’m not convinced they’re a couple. Let’s see, Chris, blink three tis if they make you... ah!, he blinked, they saw it I told them" (Ivan).
"Idiot!."(Aurora).
"Hold on, Aurora, blinking is a natural impulse and more so if soone is strangling you."
Yes, I am fully collaborating with her to make our relationship believable. To bad she was a more abusive girlfriend than I thought she was.
But putting that aside...
’she should definitely know .’
Yes finding this out was also a reason I played along, by this point I thought I was sure Aurora had deduced that Seraphina and I were the sa person since that night of the banquet.
I really bla Tristan who I think gave Aurora too many clues that made her put things together, maybe that’s what she was missing, I was underestimating her too much.
At first I wasn’t sure, and I was a little heartbroken because even she moved out of dorm the next day into her own dorm that she was entitled to as a student.
I couldn’t stop her because she basically never presented any problems and the surgery was perfect.
I thought I had blown it, but oddly enough Aurora didn’t interact differently with ; she was still friendly and even willingly ca over to hang out on the weekends.
The only thing different was that she gave so warnings that I couldn’t take advantage of her because she was dating Chris, which left not knowing what to think or how to act around her. I never took advantage to begin with..., well, maybe a little.
And after several etings with myself and the girls, we ca to the conclusion that she possibly knows this, and with her personality she wants to get back at for playing gas with her by dragging into her own ga.
It’s either that or she wants to get more secrets out of on her own knowing I have more, with Aurora’s personality it’s not uncommon for her to want to go for all or nothing and maybe both are the right answer.
The only good thing about all this is that it was never in doubt that she is interested in and she said so herself that day and curiously from ti to ti she obviously proves it.
When we ca to these conclusions, sothing inside ... for so reason I felt that I shouldn’t let her get away with it and I stood my ground and played into her ga, starting sothing like a competition between her and of who was playing the dumb better.
I didn’t let her find out more about , and I didn’t bring up the subject that she already knows my double identity, I’ll play dumb so well that I’ll even make her doubt that again.
we’ve been at it ever since, like fighting for dominance before we started our relationship, or that was the analogy Eira gave from her neutral point of view, which seed to be accurate.
’I’ll show her that I’m the dumber one... wait, that doesn’t sound right...’
..
.
"Ahem! First of all, William! From now on you’re the leader of this group!"
I said decisively, finally managing to get Aurora to stop strangling and made her sit on the couch like the rest.
As As Astrid ntioned, the ti at the academy was coming to an end, and now we were on a flying ship bound for the Kingdom of Vestalia, where one of the three rifts to the Middle World of this continent was located. And it was the only one we had under control.
The other two lead you into territories dominated by beasts or monsters that the kingdom could not handle, at least until the restriction was lifted further.
For now, only those who had reached the ten tamorphoses could enter.
It was a pity that the most peaceful phase of my life was cut short, but I was already ntally prepared. The important thing now was to be The Eminence in Shadow.
"But Chris, you’re-"(William).
"Stop it, William. Say no more. You are more than qualified. Didn’t you receive personalized training from the instructors? You are the one who will undoubtedly be the leader of our generation."
Before, in the alternate line, the leaders were three: the other two were Ivan and Cordelia. But both of them were now regular mbers of our group, and that changed everything.
No one outside our group is strong or influential enough to take their places.
"Huh? Did you know that? Still, Chris you’re much stronger and I don’t think that..." (William)
"That’s precisely why, William. As the stronger one, from now on I’ll be the leader in the shadows, but you’ll be the leader in the daylight."
"Huh?" (William)
"Yes, as you heard. Because I am the strongest among n, I will keep that position."
"Huh? Why only among the n, rather, isn’t this an important topic? Shouldn’t you have invited the girls too?" (Ban)
"An excellent question, Ban. But unnecessary... It’s obvious that if we include the girls, I don’t know if I could keep my position. I an, Elena would threaten my position too much, not to ntion it fits her better, if I do that I have the odds stacked against ."
Well, I had already politely asked Elena—who was my biggest competition—if she wanted the position , but she declined without even realizing what she was missing out on.
I didn’t invite them because I was afraid that knowing the benefits Elena or one of the girls who are also tough to beat will change their mind, especially if Eira and Selene collude against they might beat to a pulp....
"haahh~, I don’t know if this is a serious matter or not, no, it must be since we’re deciding our leader, we have to call the girls, like Ban said"(Aurora).
"We can’t her right now they have a girls eting, it will be bad for us guys to interrupt, besides I asked, and none of them wanted to be The Eminence in Shadow."
"Damn it! Chris, I’m a girl too! Besides, what does the silly ’The Eminence in Shadow’ matter, we’re deciding our faction leader!"
"Oh, Aurora, I see you understand what’s in store for us. Well, it was to be expected from a princess. Besides, the leader has already been decided: it will be William and him alone."
Yes, I don’t understand why she keeps emphasizing that about the leader, the only competition among the girl would be Cordelia, but at this mont, I don’t think she cares less about that, and I don’t want to be one.
And if Ivan who was the other competition hasn’t said anything is already decided, it’s a fact that it will be William, besides there’s still a long way to go for that. The important thing is the leader of the shadows.
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