(Thrish's POV):
A week has passed since Malech's friend Denzel, has recovered. I was actually worried when it was said that it took a long time for him to recover. He stayed inside the top floor and never went out for the week. The atmosphere here became more and more gloomy until the camp had decided to have a formal meeting with the topic of cheering him up. In the end, we could just leave it to Denzel's close friend Lilith. Wait a minute, they're lovers now actually...
I haven't really gotten a chance to talk at Lilith because she kept avoiding everyone after succeeding in cheering Denzel up. Right now, I see Lilith in the balcony all alone. I went up towards her without becoming cautious on my surroundings.
"Lilith! How are you?"
Lilith turned around and saw me, she smiled and returned the wave I sent to her. I then moved to the handrail and looked out to the beautiful view as she answered.
"I'm doing fine right now, what about you?" - Lilith
"I feel a little bored today so... Ehehe~"
"Ooh, I see... Then let's have a chat here for a while..." - Lilith
"By the way, where's Denzel?"
When I asked about Denzel's whereabouts, Lilith suddenly blushed and answered in a somewhat shaking voice.
"Ah- H-he's c-current-ly at S-Seymour's castle..." - Lilith
"Lilith?"
I pretended to be dumb here as to why Lilith started shaking. I didn't really know much but I might use this information and trying to make a move on Malech. He's such a nice guy- wait!
"Ah! It's nothing! Please don't tilt your head like you want to know more... It's a little embarrassing..." - Lilith
"Embarrassing? Hey Lilith, can you tell me what happened?"
"Fuah! Please don't..." - Lilith
Lilith looked back as if to check if there's anyone within the area. She then turned her head towards me and placed her hands on my shoulders.
"Thrish, please keep this a secret from everyone here." - Lilith
Ah, umm?
I couldn't respond with anything but a nod towards her serious but blushing face. She turned her sight to the beautiful view and started telling me a secret.
"I did everything I could to make him recover. I told him my belief, my faith, and what he wants to do. It took me a while of persuading just to get him outside. Honestly, I thought that everything was just going to return to what it used to be." - Lilith
"Ooooh, so what happened?"
I became completely interested to the story so I probed in further.
"We arrived to the area where Rika turned against everyone, he was talking to himself there for some reason but... I think it was just him talking to his past self trying to overcome his fears. I clung on to him to stop him from doing something unreasonable until we reached the venue. After that, he suddenly confessed..." - Lilith
"So you accepted?"
Lilith covered her face as if to cover her blushing which reaches to the ears. She then nods her face as to answer my question. I guess I should also tell Malech...
I then started to hear Lilith's leaking thoughts while she was busy feeling embarrassed...
So they ended up kissing each other in the flower bed for some time?
Lilith covered my mouth while looking at an entirely different direction. She became really embarrassed to the point where it might be bad if I probed further. But I feel like I have to know more...
When she finally removed her hands and gained a somewhat moist look in her eyes, I instantly lost to my temptation and probed in further.
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(Malech's POV):
A week has passed since Denzel had the time of his life with Lilith. I currently am thinking of a way to give myself a lover but I still couldn't think of what to do. Right now, I'm currently with Jilean as we talk about what to do in the crystal palace when Denzel is not around.
"It's somehow peaceful in the palace at times like these..." - Jilean
"You're right. Somehow, I feel like I've been feeling at home in this place more than living at my real home..."
"What do you do when you're home alone though?" - Jilean
Hmm, usually I game, then eat, then game, then shower, and repeat... But I shouldn't say that to her it's somehow embarrassing...
I hid the truth from her and just let out a more reasonable response.
"Let's see, I game a lot but I still do some training and some other hobbies aside from gaming."
"What kind of hobbies?" - Jilean
"That's a secret~"
"Fu~" - Jilean
Jilean turned away which made me look at her. Her lime, green hair that flutters up to her shoulders that's tied to a side-tail... Her short stature that's somewhat charming in a sense. What was her class again? Was it Nature Nymph? I think she's too cute to be called a nymph though.
My hand reached out to her head and caressed it. She started smiling without turning around which made me think of something...
Thrish would usually look at me if I do this... I wonder, if I truly like her as what William said...
My thoughts started leaning towards about what to do with Thrish. We're currently in the dining hall of the palace waiting for the food. I was sitting next to both Thrish and Jilean and invited a predicament of both Denzel and William laughing at me whenever we eat. It was torture...
The two of us ended up staying here after lunch because I wanted to have some small talk. Thrish left with Gayle so I'm currently stuck here with Jilean.
"Malech, did you know? What made Denzel cheer up?" - Jilean
"Actually, I don't want to let the others know about it but... Me and William saw the two of them hugging while lying down in a patch of snow. After the party, Denzel had a haggard face when he woke up so I instinctively asked him about his fun..."
"What do you mean?" - Jilean
"I am completely sure that he and Lilith had done it!"
Jilean tilts her head in curiousity. Ah! The innocent mustn��t know!
"My bad but it's something that's a secret. But it's great that he has finally recovered nonetheless."
"Yep! We can no longer worry about our landlord feeling bad about Rika." - Jilean
Jilean's tone becomes smaller and smaller as she finishes her sentence. She looks down as if to have remembered some bad memories and the like. I caressed her head once more and stood up from the table this time.
"I think what Rika did was completely wrong... Tricking Denzel was a really bad idea but if you have something to tell her, I think you should tell her after we can finally return to the real world again..."
"Thanks, Malech..." - Jilean
"I'll be going now, I'll be checking on the others..."
I left the room and moved to the spiral staircase.
"Ok, how did Denzel implement this again?"
I looked at a small pad in the center of the staircase. It has two footprint marks and is seemingly an object that will launch a person upwards. I stepped on both marks and noticed a bunch of particles and a bar filling up. I let the bar completely fill up and nothing happened.
"Huh? Do I have to ju-!"
I jumped up before completing my sentence which caused me to instantly stop. I had jumped all the way up to the sky floor and overshot my destination. It was separated with colors so I didn't know which ones are which... I bit my tongue!
I swear! Denzel always comes up with the craziest ideas of moving around!
I dropped down one floor lower to return to me room but I instead ended up face to face with Thrish.
"Ah!"
"Wah!" - Thrish
We ended up stumbling onto each other and losing our balance. I landed on top of her and the first thing I saw was her blushing cute face. Wahh so cute!
My thoughts started leaking out and forget that Thrish was a mystic. Her blush started going even deeper and have me thought that this could probably be an opportunity... I stood up first and helped her up to stand in front of me. She kept blushing as if she was completely surprised and embarrassed of what happened.
"I'm sorry for not paying attention."
"No! It's fine! It's fine... In fact..." - Thrish
In fact?
"Ah no nothing!" - Thrish
Thrish's face becomes reddened up and has seemed to continue blushing.
"Come with me for a bit."
"Wai! Fueh?!" - Thrish
I took Thrish's arm that was holding up her cheeks and pulled her in for a bit. We moved out location towards the very front of my room before letting her hand go. We moved a little bit further because I saw Lilith and Denzel who was hanging himself for some unknown reason right at the balcony. Seriously, how long can he handle hanging his arms like that?
"Thrish, I don't know many things but with how you reacted just now I may have just a simple feeling."
Thrish's eyes opened widely and her mouth started twitching. I have thought to myself that I might have just the greatest opportunity to confirm it myself.
"Thrish has become an indispensable friend to me I'd like to protect. When we first met, it was like lightning struck me. I didn't know much until I managed to talk with you more and more."
Ah, I get it now... William, Denzel... I want to join you in the ascended group...
Thrish starts to cover her face but I stopped that by grabbing both of her hands.
"I'm in love with you Thrish..."
"I... I'm..." - Thrish
"Malech!" - Jilean
By hell of the timing Jilean arrived!
As Jilean arrived to the floor, I let go of Thrish's hands immediately which was a bad mistake... She then clung on to my arms while in a good mood. Thrish, what do? We may not want to hurt her feelings here...
Thrish was just unable to answer properly and just stayed shocked.
"Ouch, ouch!" - ???
A familiar slackening voice suddenly resounded as Denzel and William suddenly appeared in front of us while laughing...
"Y-you two!"
I simply sighed myself to resignation... I wonder, if life here is gonna be chaotic...