"Ben, aren't you supposed to be quite busy right now? You had done all the work in the infirmary?" said Sky trying to distract Ben.
"Well, why would I be busy? I'm not the one that did the job right now." said Ben, in a rather casual.
"Ah... I see." said Sky, a bit relieved as he had successfully distracted Ben.
"Anyway, there is something I am concerned about that I need to ask Maria." said Ben.
"What is it?" Maria asked, rather curious.
"Lex came here when we were still trapped at the Flower God Mountain, right?" Ben asked, obviously, Maria did not tell him about what happened that day.
"What do you mean by that, Ben? Why I never heard about that?" said Sky.
"I believe Maria had told you about it, so you may stop your lousy acting. I had sensed the magic trace of Lex when we returned but none of you seem to be having any reaction towards it or probably pretend not sensing it, which is kind of weird, so I checked the security records of this place." said Ben, in a casual yet serious tone.
"Ah... We missed the security record." said Sky while smiling awkwardly at Maria.
And so, Maria has no choice but to tell Ben all the things he could tell, except anything that might involve Shiya, Ben's late father.
"Hmm... If it's Rei's order, it does make sense." said Ben, not very surprised by the whole incident.
"Heh? Why would you even think that as make sense?" Maria asked, rather confused, while Sky is starting to understand the situation.
"Well, you know how close she is with Chris right? So it makes sense. Just be frank, if he is not my adopted brother, I would have ended his life when my father passed away." said Ben, in a casual tone.
"You had found out about that?" Sky asked.
"I'm not blind, he is acting so obvious and awkwardly, even an idiot can figure out what happened just by guessing." said Ben, still in a casual tone.
"Seriously... Hmm? Hey! I just noticed something, Ben, why did you stop addressing Maria with his codename after we came to Kapis?" Sky asked.
"Well, it's just that I felt it might be more appropriate to call him with his real name in this place. Since his codename is too well known. Don't you think so?" said Ben.
"Ah... I see." said Sky who is obviously still rather confused, while Maria is super happy about the fact that Ben had stopped calling him by his codename.
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Seito and the others continue their training while Sky and Maria continue to observe them from a distance. Ben is kind of doing his own thing without even paying attention to the fights. Suddenly, Maria saw something glowing in Sky's pocket.
"Darling, what is that? That thing with blue light in your pocket." Maria asked. Hearing Maria's question.
Sky touched his pocket a while and suddenly remembered he has another important business to do. He took out the thing in his pocket, it is an elongated octagonal star-shaped gemstone.
"This is a gemstone given from the prophet of Fasisafa Clan, for some reason, it kind of reacting to Itsuki's magic." said Sky as he handed the gemstone to Maria.
"Ah... This gemstone glows in blue light like the swords Chris-chan gave Itsuki-kun, could this be some sort of fate? Like it's fated to belong to Itsuki-kun." said Maria.
"Well, what you said might sound nonsense but I actually think of that as well." said Sky. "Talk about the underground clan, I'm still mad that you hide it from me when you are in potential danger." said Maria, a bit pretending to be angry.
"Aww... I had been apologizing for the whole week, what should I do to make you forgive me?" Sky asked.
"Hmm... Let me think about it for a while..." said Maria.
As those two are having some random talks, the mock fight had got really heated up. All four of them are in battle form, including Bob, however, Junior and Bob are obviously holding back against Seito and Itsuki since the gap of their strengths are still kind of huge. Seito is in another spirit form that looks like a medieval warrior, while Itsuki is in a half-vampire, where his self-control had obviously got better. He is using one of the curved swords as he hasn't mastered the dual swords skill, however, one obvious thing is that, the sword he is using is glowing much brighter than before...
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Meanwhile, somewhere near the town, Ai and Yuki are staring at a sand field that is filled with holes.
"Is this the place we are looking for?" Yuki asked.
"I guess so, I don't think there will be another place that is filled with all these holes." said Ai.
"They said that monster likes to hide in these holes, how are we going to lure it out?" Yuki asked.
"Hmm... With food maybe?" said Ai. "Food? But what food did a monster like? Ah! Hold on! I have something good." said Yuki while taking out her lunch that was prepared by Jason.
"Mmm! No one could resist Mr. Jason's food, including the monster... Probably?" said Ai.
Then they slowly put down their lunches in between the holes and stepped back a bit, waiting for their target to emerge. However, there isn't any movement even after they waited for a whole three minutes.
"Uhm... Maybe Mr. Jason's cooking isn't that irresistible after all." said Yuki.
"Mmm... I remember Chris - sama skipped his meal for a few times." said Ai.
"Sama? Why do you even addressing him that way?" Yuki asked.
"Hmm... Don't you think he has that vibe of a high and mighty Lord?" said Ai, trying to hide her real relation with Chris, if you still remember.
"Ah... Indeed, he does give out that kind of vibe..." said Yuki.
Just as the girls thought that their method didn't work (which is quite obvious that it would not work.), all of the sudden, a ten meters long sandworm emerged from one of the holes and gobbled down the lunches...
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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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