Back to the present, after that brief discussion with Chris, Terrence started looking around, seems to be looking for someone. His unusual action had successfully drawn Chris's attention.
"Do you need anything else?" Chris asked, despite he already has the answer.
"Is that assassin girl here right now?" Terrence asked, yes, he is talking about Ai.
"If you are talking about Ai, she is on a date right now. And I have to remind you once again, she is not Wille and I can guarantee it." said Chris in a direct and slightly mean tone.
"I see. I shall take my leave then, I will inform you when everything is settled in Null Dimension." said Terrence before standing up and giving Chris, Maria, and Ben a polite bow...
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Meanwhile, in the town. Yuki and Ai are strolling in a crowded town market, in the girl's hands is a super long list of food ingredients, they are actually running an errand for Jason instead of dating. Seito and Itsuki are walking behind of them, pulling a huge cart with different food materials, both of them still look quite close to each other as if the event in the Enomoto's dungeon never happened before.
"Ah... Seriously, I really feel bad for Junior, in order to save me, he almost lost his right leg." said Seito, rather self-blaming.
"Mmm... It was a really thrilling experience." said Itsuki as he nodded.
"But still, I wondered how Sky got injured so badly, I am kind of worried about him." said Seito.
"Well, Dr. Ben told me that he overexerted himself by forcibly breaking through the magic block around the mountain area to reduce the impact of the fall along with Chris." said Itsuki.
"Ah... I see... Geez... This cart is really heavy, do we even need these much of food ingredients?" said Seito, who just suddenly switched the topic.
"Seito Kenji! Stop complaining! We need to do all the cooking and chores while you guys wait for meals." Yuki exclaimed, slightly annoyed by Seito's attitude.
"Ah... Sorry, pretend I didn't say that." said Seito, who apologized as soon as he realized that he had pissed off Yuki.
"Hmph!"
"Aww...I'm sorry, let's go buy you some new jewelry after this, okay?" said Seito, begging for forgiveness.
Itsuki smiled awkwardly before switching his attention to Ai who is quietly picking for some fresh fruits from a fruit stall, he noticed how her eyes sparkled when she looks at all the juicy fruits...
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Secret base. Infirmary.
Ben is fixing Chris's left hand while having some small talks with him.
"You seriously not curious of what happened to Lex and Null Dimension? It sounds quite serious for me." said Ben as he is removing the charred part of Chris's left hand.
"Well, of course I am curious, but since Terrence chose to hide the detail, I shall respect his choice. Furthermore, I trusted Rei. I believe she knows what she is doing." said Chris.
"I see, then I shall respect your decision as well." said Ben as he proceed with the repairing...
In an open area of the lounge of Secret base, Maria is teaching Ruby some simple kiddie dance out of boredom.
"One, two, three... One, two, three... Yes, you are doing great... Lift your hand up a bit higher... That's right! Very good!"
And obviously, Ruby is a good learner.
"Alright! Now combine all the previous moves... After this we can present this dance to Chris-chan." said Maria, a bit excited.
Then, Maria proceed to turn on the music and did the childish dance with Ruby and repeated the whole dance for three times. The loud music had successfully drawn everyone's attention, including Chris.
"Uh... Maria, what are you doing right now?" Chris asked, slightly triggered by the awkward and childish dance from Maria and Ruby.
"Oh dear! Chris-chan! What are you doing at here? I thought you were supposed to be in the infirmary right now with Ben-chan." Maria exclaimed, a bit surprised to see Chris.
Without saying anything, Chris wiggles his newly replaced fingers while pointing at Ben who is at his side, showing Maria that they had done with the treatment.
"Ah... I see, that's fast... Haha..." Maria laughed awkwardly.
"Geez... This was supposed to be a surprise for you, Chris-chan." said Maria as he pouted, kind of upset.
"Well, to be honest, I'm not very interested in this elementary school dance. Moreover, why are you even teaching her this dance while she is still having problems understanding words." said Chris as he stared at all the props Maria prepared for that childish dance.
Then, Chris randomly picked up a feather fan and played with it.
"Aww... We can't be teaching her all the serious stuff every day, she needs some fun and hobbies too!" Maria exclaimed.
"Hmm? What do you mean by teaching her serious stuff? I never heard anything about that." said Chris, a bit surprised, and stopped his hand movements.
"Well... I kind of overheard it from Ben-chan yesterday... Uh-huh... Am I not supposed to mention that?" Maria asked carefully as he realized that subtle atmosphere changes.
Ben facepalmed before sighed a bit. He realized how sensitive Chris is towards Ruby's recovery progress.
"Ah... Tsk... Well, you can't really let her maintain this state, right? I mean, if you intended to find any clues from her, we need to bring back her sane and intelligence first. Don't you think so?" said Ben, trying his best to explain his purpose of doing so...
"Hah... I see... Tsk... Seriously, even if you want to teach her some hobbies, this is not how things work, if you want her to learn to dance, do it more properly." said Chris as he started doing some basic stretching.
"O! M! G! Is Chris-chan going to dance?" Maria exclaimed in excitement...
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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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