It was the weekend since the Academy had started. Nothing particularly significant had happened over the past few days.
Well, there was one amazing thing that had happened. During sparring sessions, Amon defeated his opponents much more easily than before.
Though he didn’t get a chance to fight any of the stronger students.
Everything was going smoothly and peacefully.
Currently, Amon was inside the infirmary.
Of course, he wasn’t injured or anything.
He was simply there to talk with Professor Adelia.
Despite it being Sunday, she was still in the infirmary for the day. Who knew? Maybe soone might get injured or hurt.
Right now, they were sitting on a couch in one corner of the infirmary near a window.
Today, she was wearing a sky-blue shirt, a black skirt, and her usual white lab coat. Her prominent breasts looked a tempting as ever.
Her green hair was tied in a simple bun.
And above her head, one side a hairpin attached to her hair.
She looked especially beautiful today.
With a relaxed expression, Adelia asked, "So, you are going to have so new practical lessons soon?"
Amon nodded.
"Yes. But the professors haven’t told us about them yet. They said they will inform us when the ti cos."
Adelia narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Okay... don’t tell you ca here so you could try getting that information from ?"
Amon laughed awkwardly.
"Haha! How can I do that, Professor? I am here only to et you. No way I could ever do sothing like that."
"You!"
Adelia imdiately extended her right hand and pinched Amon’s cheek hard.
"Owwch!!"
Amon winced in pain.
"Sorry! But I swear I also wanted to et you. That’s not a lie."
Adelia released his cheek and sat back comfortably.
"Okay. I will believe you this ti."
Amon grinned. "Thank you, Professor~"
Adelia shook her head helplessly.
"Anyways, how are you doing after coming back here?"
Amon thought for a mont.
"Hmm... everything is going well. I am not having any problems. But... there is one thing that is making especially happy."
Adelia’s expression beca slightly concerned.
"What is it?"
Amon smiled mischievously.
"Well... do you rember the ti when we went on a date?"
Adelia imdiately froze.
Then her face turned slightly red.
"Oh? Yes, of course I rember it clearly. When we had gone on a da—"
She stopped herself.
Then quickly corrected herself.
"Hey! That was not a date!! We were just spending so ti together!"
Amon laughed. "Haha! Well, if that’s what you think."
Adelia glared at him. "So what about it?"
Amon pointed toward her hair.
"You see... hehe, nothing. Just seeing that you are still using that leaf hairpin made happy."
Adelia unconsciously touched her hair.
The crystal-like leaf hairpin remained attached to her bright green hair.
A faint blush appeared on her cheeks.
She gently moved a strand of hair behind her ear.
Then she spoke softly.
"It was beautiful. How could I not use it? After you were gone... this was the only thing I had left that you gave ... so I couldn’t lose it."
Amon smiled warmly.
"It makes really happy to hear that."
Adelia smiled slightly.
"Hm... and I still can’t believe you got a girlfriend."
Amon chuckled. "Haha, things happen."
"I would like to et her soday."
"Sure. Why no—" Amon suddenly stopped talking.
A mory flashed through his mind. Scarlett’s jealous stare after seeing the photo of him and Adelia.
The mory alone sent a chill down his spine.
He laughed nervously. "Maybe that’s not a good idea."
Adelia blinked. "Why is it not?"
Amon scratched his cheek awkwardly.
"You see... Scarlett is kind of a jealous woman..."
Adelia looked confused.
"Okay... but what does that have to do with ? I an, I am just your professor... and I am older than you. How could she get jealous of ?"
Amon’s smile beca even more awkward.
"Huh... right. I didn’t tell you much about her in detail. Actually, Scarlett is around your age. Maybe a year older than you. Well, she used to say she was twenty-six years old... but now she’s twenty-seven..."
Adelia’s eyes widened.
"She’s really older than you... even older than by one year."
"Damn. You know, she lied to about her age at first."
Amon shook his head dramatically.
"She told she was only twenty-four. Later she admitted her real age after finding out that I like mature and older won."
"Cough!"
Adelia nearly choked.
Her face imdiately turned red.
"You really don’t hesitate to talk about these things."
Amon simply laughed.
anwhile, Adelia lowered her gaze slightly.
For so reason, her heartbeat beca a little faster. After a brief silence, she gathered her courage. Then, with a slightly nervous voice, she asked,
"So... is that why you asked out? And maybe... were interested in ?"
Her cheeks beca noticeably pink.
It would be a lie to say she had felt nothing during that day.
Her heart had skipped several beats while spending ti with him.
Walking through the city together. Holding hands like a couple. Then suddenly he had vanished through a portal.
The mory still hurt.
Even though she had only known him for a few months, she had grown surprisingly close to him.
She knew Amon’s personality.
He often said outrageous things just to tease people. Yet strangely enough... She never hated it.
In fact, she enjoyed it. His innocent face. His cheerful smile. His mischievous personality.
But now he suddenly had a lover.
Amon remained silent for several monts.
Then he looked away. A faint blush appeared on his own cheeks.
He rubbed the back of his neck.
Then he answered honestly. "To be completely honest... it would be a lie if I said I wasn’t interested in you."
The mont those words left his mouth, Adelia’s heart skipped a beat.
Her yellow eyes observed him quietly.
His flushed cheeks. The way he avoided eye contact. The embarrassnt on his face.
’He is so cute!!’ The thought appeared in her mind automatically.
Then she shook her head and chuckled softly.
"Good to hear."
A mont later she smiled gently.
"So... it’s afternoon. Want to have lunch with ?"
She decided to changed the topic. Her expression looked pleased.
Amon imdiately looked back at her. A bright smile appeared on his face. "Yes!! I am ready for it anyti."
Seeing his mood improve so quickly always amused her.
’He is the sa as always... even after going through so much.’
She rembered everything Amon had told her. How he end up on the island. Then those battles.
Then how he fought against demons.
Even the torture he had endured after being captured by those demons. Amon didn’t go in detailed...but he still told her in short what they did to him. All because Adelia insist on it.
Those things only made him more sad and feel slight guilt.
’If only I had been there with him... he wouldn’t have had to go through all that pain.’ She thought with sadness.
And honestly, she still couldn’t understand how he remained the sa person.
If it had happened to soone else, those experiences would have left deep scars.
Yet Amon still smiled.
He still joked. Still acted exactly like himself. But then again... Amon had always been different from normal people.
Even Amon knew that himself.
There was a part of him that was slightly twisted.
Not in a bad way.
But in a way that allowed him to keep moving forward no matter what happened. And perhaps that was one of the reasons why he could still smile like this today.
And more than anything, he was happy to have t those people and even t Scarlett.
So he didn’t regret going to that island.
Adelia ordered so food from the cafeteria for lunch.
Then Amon suddenly said,
"By the way... I might need to go to the capital city. Want to accompany that day? I need to take sothing from a shop that I had given for repair."
His voice pulled her back from her thoughts. Watching his happy expression.
Her heart ease a little.
She looked at him interested.
"Oh... sure. If I am free, I will. When do you need to go?" There was no reason for her to refuse it.
In a way...he might be her most favorite student. And spending ti with him and roaming another city together seems interesting and exciting to her.
Amon shrugged. "I don’t know yet. I will be inford by the shopkeeper when it’s ready for pickup."
Adelia nodded. "Okay. I will. By the way, you know my brother was asking about you. He wanted to et you. After all, it’s a miracle that you ca back. He thought you were dead." She told him about her big brother who was little close with Amon when he t him on island.
Amon’s eyes widened slightly after hearing her.
Then he nodded with a smile. "Alright. I would love to et him again. Actually I am excited to et him."
Watching his expression only made Adelia feel more light.
’I hope he stays like this and never changes,’ she thought wishfully.
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