"Hey, Arias… Look, I said I'm sorry. Please don't be angry."
Few minutes after using the Origin Link—or it's better to say that after Regis suddenly cut off the Origin Link, he's now in trying to appease Arias who is currently ignoring him by being silent and was still hiding her expression from under her long hair.
He doesn't really know if Arias is angry or not, but he immediately assumed it was the case because of what he did. But there's no helping it because he didn't want her to see what will happen on that scene.
'Ughh… How can I show her that moment? That snotty crying ugly face of mine crying in Manaria's arms… How embarrassing for me.' he grimaces in thought, only for him to wonder if it was more embarrassing than his younger self being watched by his girlfriend fully naked as he takes a bath.
"Hey~ Ella~ I'm already apologizing here so can you please face me."
Thankfully after a few minutes of painful persuasion, Arias finally faced Regis, exposing the look on her face.
"Really, silly girl… You should have said so if you're feeling like that."
In front of Regis is a snotty crying face of Arias. Her face is flushed and so is her eyes and nose but surprisingly, even her crying face was still beautiful that it almost made him groan—'To think that life can be this unfair!' but he is still glad because this girl is his one and only lover.
"Uwwuuuu~…*hick* Of course, I'm not angry or anything… *sniff* I'm just sad for you. To think that you had a past like that… Uwhuuuuu~ Regis~ I'm sorry Regis~! I didn't know…. Uwuuu…"
As if the rain finally pours down, Arias cried her eyes out as she leaped to Regis's embrace. Thankfully, they are on a long sofa so when Arias suddenly leaped at him, they just fell down on the sofa.
Laying his back on the soft surface of the sofa, with Arias on top of him while crying at his chest, Regis proceed on caressing the girl's head and said nothing.
'I guess it's too much for her to see everything…'
They stayed like that for almost an hour before Arias finally stopped crying. The room was filled with silence and faint rhythmic sound of breathing can be heard.
"Hey, Arias... Are you still awake?" Regis gently asked, thinking Arias might have fallen asleep on him because of her long silence.
"...."
"Don't forget, Reena is still waiting for you in her room." He tries to remind her but there is still no reply.
'Really, this girl... To think she fall asleep like this... Reena will definitely be mad at me for this.'
Regis can only sigh inwardly as he manipulates his mana to carefully lift Arias' body away from him. He nimbly stands up and willed the mana to gently lay Arias down on his arms to carry her like a princess she is. After that, he proceeds to enter Reena's room to let Arias sleep on the bed comfortably. He might get in trouble if he dared to bring Arias in his room to sleep with him instead of Reena's.
"Ehhh~ Big sister beat Reena on sleeping first. How can we continue our exchange of information..." pouted the young girl when Regis lay down the sleeping form of Arias on top of the bed.
"I'm sorry about this, Reena. It's been a long day for her. We had a practice mock battle in the afternoon and there's also the thing we talk about just now." Regis patted his younger sister's head as he tells her the reason why Arias unknowingly fall asleep.
What Regis told Reena is correct but the real reason why Arias felt really drained was that she had a hard time sleeping because of her excitement last night. How can she even sleep when her long-awaited wish finally came true! She finally became a couple with Regis!
"Well, you can always ask Arias to come here anytime you want after class as long as she's not busy."
"I know... But she told Reena to wait... Mou... I won't let big sister sleep tomorrow as a punishment~" said the little girl, bringing a gentle smile on Regis' face.
"Yeah yeah... That's a good plan. Anyways, get a lot of sleep now since you'll be staying up all night tomorrow."
"Okay!" Reena gleefully answers as the thought of sleeping for months consecutively seems to be ineffective since her lids felt a bit heavy after her excitement subsided.
Regis watched Reena as she snuggles to Arias and covers the two girls with a blanket.
"Good night big brother..." a muffled voice of the young girl said.
"Good night you two..."
Regis silently left the room and gently closed the door. With no prying eyes that will look at him, he decided to not hold himself back and proceed to practice his magic.
A real expert will never miss magic training no matter how proficient he is.
He stands at the center of the training room and whispered…
"—Absolute Silence"
Absolute Silence just as the name implies, it is a magic that absorbs all the noise inside the area of its effect so he can avoid waking up the two sleeping girls no matter how violent he gets his training.
Regis then seated at the stone-cold floor and closed his eyes. Black mists seeped out from his body, condensing around him, and then few black sparks flew everywhere.
After the black sparks died out, six different colored orbs floated around Regis— red, blue, green, brown, yellow and violet orbs representing the six elements of magic.
While Regis inside the black mists at the center, the six orbs lined itself and flew very quickly, making a rainbow-like ring around him.
Few moments after that, the rainbow-like ring dissipated along with the black mists. Relaxing his breathing, Regis finally opened his eyes. Small beads of sweat are now visible on his face.
"...Tch! Maintaining my magic cloak for a few minutes is still the limit of this body. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about this."
Seemingly dejected a bit, Regis propped himself up and started to move at very fast speed.
Anti-Magic Assassination Arts—
Iron Fist of the Tyrant
Infinity Edge
Four Fangs of King
*swoosh!* *bang!* *bang!* *stab!*
Faint blur and resounding sonic booms drown the training room, accompanied by momentary cracks in space that quickly repairs itself. The high-speed assault persisted for half an hour before it finally stopped. Being proficient with his mana control, Regis can supply his body with the almost unending amount of energy it needed to repeatedly execute very exhausting attacks.
Although drenched in sweat, Regis remain calm and not in anyway catching his breath. He was standing straight with his eyes closed and arms hanging down on his side relaxed.
"I think this is enough for tonight. Any more will be unproductive since this body will start to tap into my reserves to maintain its peak condition.'
He willed to dispelled the Absolute Silence magic. Without anything more to do, he decided to head inside his bedroom and retire for the night. After changing into comfortable clothes, Regis coolly laid down on his unusually fragrant bed. It is a flowery smell that easily calms his nerves.
"Ah... I did let Arias sleep in this bed earlier."
While thinking about Arias, Regis drifted into a comfortable sleep.