"Rest assure Dr. Ben, Master is currently at Null Dimension, so it's not going to happen." said Jason, in a totally serious manner.
Ben stared at this straight man, he can't help but wondered if this man actually takes his jokes for real.
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Null Dimension. Chris's mansion. Chris's room. Chris and Rei are on the bed, wrapped themselves in a blanket. Rei leaned on Chris's bare chest while Chris caressing her long silky black hair.
*as the title said, this intimacy doesn't mean that they are doing any adultery acts... Haha.
"I sensed sorrow and negative thoughts from you this whole day. What's wrong? Care to share it with me?" Rei asked after a long thought.
Chris's caressing movement stopped as he heard that question from Rei, that negative feeling he had upon issues about Shiya rose again. He stared at the lady in his arm with a rather complex feeling, he is not sure if he should tell her about his real feelings right now and show her his weak side once again.
"It's alright, I just want to share that burden with you." said Rei with a really soft and soothing voice.
Chris's hesitation increased along with his sorrow as he recalled about Shiya's death.
"You know, you can always tell me about your feelings, it's better than just keep it in your heart, right?" said Rei as she gently touched Chris's face which broke the final mental defense of him.
"Even after all these years, they still refuse to leave Shiya in peace. Despite the fact that he had passed away for so many years, they used his magic to do such a disturbing thing... And I couldn't do anything about it. I remembered I told him that I will protect him for the rest of his life back then... But..." said Chris as he tried hard to hold in his tears.
Looking at this man, Rei's heart once again soften, she thought he would tell her about another person that will make her sad, she never thought it would be Shiya, she knows that Chris is very close with Shiya when he was still alive, even closer than how he is with Sky right now. She gently hugged him and make a hard decision in her heart.
"I believe Mr. Shiya will understand about it and I'm sure he will be thankful for what you have done for him." said Rei while comforting Chris like how you would comfort a little kid.
Chris does not give her any response, he just remained silent.
"That girl... Ruby, will be back here tomorrow morning, when you are going back to Kapis Dimension, please bring her along, as I can't follow you there since with the Trinity's temporary leaves, I'm now in charge of the Kingdom. She can at least give you some soothe if you are having some problems." said Rei.
Chris stared at her, he knows that there is a huge misunderstanding in it but he can't explain it to her right now, so he nodded without saying anything...
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Kapis Dimension. Three days had passed. Marco is now in the infirmary having proper treatments for her injuries, her body is covered with bandaging /dressing, still unconscious. Yuki is helping Ben to change her bandaging. Maria and Ben are discussing about her condition outside of the treatment room.
"I had been thinking how did she actually survived that holy fire. Seriously, I never expect to be this reason." said Ben while looking at Marco's full body examination results.
"What is it?" Maria asked, rather curious.
"Have a look at this. Her lower abdomen has a spot with an enormous amount of magic, I'm guessing that's the reason." said Ben.
"But why is there a spot like that in her body?" Maria asked, a bit confused.
Ben coughed a bit, and became a bit awkward.
"Well... That was a prank I inserted into her body that day. It's a magic core that will cause the bearer to have no resistance towards cute creatures and objects." said Ben rather awkwardly.
"Ah... Ah! So it means you are the one that saved her!" said Maria, rather excited.
"To be more accurate, she was saved by a prank." said Ben while taking off his glasses and start cleaning it to hide his awkwardness.
"Ah... In other words, she was lucky because of her 'misfortune'." said Maria which makes Ben even more awkward.
"However, her injuries are not caused by any ordinary fire but holy fire, and with such a wide area, it's not quite possible for her to fully recover. Even if she would eventually regain her consciousness, she would not be able to live a normal life anymore." said Ben.
"That's a tragedy. But I believe with that magic core, she will be able to overcome it." said Maria.
"... *cough*... Anyway, you had checked on Sky just now, right? Is he behaving well? Or did he trying to sneak out from the window again?" Ben asked, refused to continue Marco's topics.
"Well... I'm not very sure about it, he chased me out as soon as I entered his room." said Maria, rather upset.
"Oh? Why? Is he doing anything?" Ben asked.
"I don't know, but he is watching something on his tablet, there is a box of tissue paper on his bed, and he said that I should knock the door before entering the room." said Maria.
"Ah... I guess he is most likely to be quite alright." said Ben, a bit speechless.
Suddenly, Sky's room door slammed open on his own.
"Maria! Stop describing things in such a weird way that will cause some weird misunderstanding, I'm just watching some romance dramas!" Sky shouted from his bed with the tablet still in his hand showing a handsome soldier and a nurse, he is trying to clear some weird misunderstanding Ben had on him just now.
"Ah... Slammed open a door with your magic just to explain this. Hmm... I see. But it's good to see you to be so energetic, I guess you are almost fully recovered." said Ben. Obviously, the misunderstanding gets deeper.
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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