I felt left out.
Though it was my choice not to participate in the battles, my teammates seed to have beco flexible with each other.
Their moves weren’t coordinated, as that would take days if not months of effort.
But their attacking styles had clearly adapted to each other. I didn’t really feel a need to intervene.
Still, I had to take care of my own personal rankings.
Glancing at the scoreboard, I could see Noah at the top along with his group.
"They are quite fast."
Diana, who now stood near , said while looking into her own bracelet.
"Well not them... Just him."
Tilting her head, Diana looked up at .
"Are you talking about Noah?"
I stared at her grey eyes, which seed to reflect a world within.
Royalty really had it different.
"Yes, that friend of yours."
I answered while looking at Extro, who was trying to climb Big Guy’s back.
What was he trying to achieve?
"He isn’t my friend."
Diana said after a short pause, her voice barely audible.
Like it was sothing ant for to hear.
"Is that so?"
I began to move towards the dead bodies of the centipedes lying around us.
Diana didn’t reply, but I could sense her discomfort.
In the ga, Diana hadn’t t Kael till the final arc. That had led to her becoming closer to Noah due to their shared interests.
And one thing led to another, with both of them getting engaged for political reasons.
After all, a few years from now, Noah had beco quite the big shot in the world.
But when it was ti for their fight against Kael, Diana hadn’t hesitated to help Noah in the battle.
Well, that was what the gaming community discussed online. I had never reached that part of the ga, so I didn’t know the exact details of all the things that had happened during and after Kael’s death.
The only confirmation that I had was that the current Diana didn’t seem to have much hate towards ... Or more specifically, towards the original Kael.
I still had a decent chance to get closer to her.
I crouched down to inspect the body of the centipede.
I had an urge to absorb the mana essence from all these monsters, but I had restrained my desires.
Leaving aside the fact that I had to kill the monsters with my own hands, I didn’t think it was strategic to rank up at the mont.
I was still the strongest in the academy, and it would take Noah so ti before reaching my level.
If I made full use of my abilities, I would be able to easily evolve my core into the Gold rank, but I simply couldn’t.
Ranking up this fast would raise suspicions among the instructors.
Even though the headmaster knew about my high mana control, there was no reason to let him learn more of my secrets.
I had tasked Alfred with finding so solution to this problem.
I wanted sothing that could hide my original rank from the eyes of other people. That way I could easily rank up while gradually showing an increase in my public rank.
And that would help better in differentiating my two identities as the student Kael and the head of D.X.
If my rank was the sa as that of X, then it could lead to people connecting the dots between the two of us.
Though there was only a slim chance for people to suspect , I didn’t want to leave any loose ends.
So till the ti Alfred designed so solution for my current predicant, I had to remain at the sa rank.
Maybe after so ti I could beco a Gold core... I know it would still sound unbelievable, but if I rank up after a month or two, people would at least attribute it to my monstrous talent and not so other hidden ability.
"Why did you keep giving advice during the fight?"
Diana had again appeared beside .
As my other teammates were currently resting after being worn out from their continuous battles, we had so ti to spare.
"Hmm... Isn’t it normal to correct sothing that’s... incorrect?"
I continued to stare at the corpse below without raising my head.
"Hm."
Diana just nodded at my words.
For so reason, her voice felt upset. Did she want to justify my behaviour or try to do sothing childish like the normal teenagers in love do?
Well... I had no reason to.
Though I considered myself a normal guy, I was in no way going to make her feel special right after my return in three whole years.
People tend to lose interest in things that have already satisfied their curiosity. So I had to keep a part of her actively thinking about .
At least that was what those books on romance say.
You daydream about the person you like.
Honestly speaking, I had no reason to believe any of it, nor did I think all those love advices that I had read were any useful.
But I had to start from sothing.
Anything was always better than nothing.
But sowhere, the logical part of my mind was telling to shift my tactics. Even I didn’t believe such dry conversations would lead to any fruitful outco.
Damn that Alfred! I had to do all these things only because of his foolish condition.
Couldn’t he be a bit more open about the terms of his request?
But no!
Only a Veltran Royal could help in fulfilling my part of the deal with the madman.
"And it was Alicia’s wish to get to know Noah better."
Diana’s soft voice reached .
Looking at her, I could see her eyes downcast while she was using her foot to play with the sand below, her hands behind her back...
I take my words back!
Though I had a low opinion about the instructions given in those books, I was sure that the way things were proceeding... I was doing it right.
"You rely on mana more than your own body."
I kept my cool, as I had to now direct the conversation towards the aningful part.
Towards what I needed out of the girl before .
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