Rant Valo felt like he was lost for a long time. He opened his eyes and saw nothing but darkness.
He looked around and still saw nothing but the dark void.
There he saw an image of a handsome man. So handsome in fact that he even had thoughts of asking him to be his boyfriend.
Rant Valo quickly shook that thought out of his head. He reminded himself that he was a straight man. He wouldn't become something like that.
He still has to marry Zaria, you know!?
The man spread his arms outward and suddenly a bright ball of light appeared in front of him. The ball was so bright that Rant Valo was blinded like a flashbang.
Rant Valo opened his eyes and found himself staring at a valley. It was a very deep valley. He instinctively squeezed that valley and a moan sounded out of nowhere.
"Ahn~ Master…"
Rant Valo suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked up. He saw Veia's usual playful face with a tinge of worry clouding it.
"V-veia!?"
Rant Valo moved backward in shock. He looked around and saw that he was still in the cave. He didn't see Floriana Sabina anywhere.
"Did I hit a wall?"
Rant Valo tried to move backward more but all he felt was a hard wall but when he looked around it didn't seem to make sense that there was a wall behind him.
He turned around in confusion and that's when he saw the angriest face that he ever saw Floriana Sabina did. There were even flames appearing around her.
"I'm sorry I am a wall okay!?"
Floriana Sabina shouted at him with a red and angry face. There were drops of tears leaking out from the side of her eyes.
Rant Valo blinked his eyes to confirm that he wasn't seeing things. He then realized that the flames floating around her were actually real. It wasn't just his imagination!
He closed his eyes and waited for the slap but it never came. He opened his eyes and saw Floriana Sabina tearing up.
"Disciple! I'm glad you are okay..! Sob Sob"
Floriana Sabina wrapped her arms around Rant Valo's neck and cried like a baby.
Rant Valo stared at Floriana Sabina who was crying in his arms in shock. He never thought that she would cry this way. He even expected to be smacked to death but that never came.
He raised his hands and hesitated for a bit before finally deciding to rub her back.
"It's okay, Master. I'm alive and well."
"Hic. I thought you died! Your heart stopped so… so I thought… Uwaaaaa"
Floriana Sabina remembered what happened when she felt Rant Valo's pulse earlier. There was no beating from his heart and he was as peaceful as a corpse. She didn't even have the energy to scold Veia.
"Master…"
Rant Valo was really taken aback by how Floriana Sabina was acting. He thought that he was just some random disciple that she found on the side of the road but it seemed like he was more special in her heart.
He realized that Floriana Sabina's youthful appearance does not lie. She was really just like a little girl. Spoiled, and now crying her guts out.
Rant Valo waited for a while before Floriana Sabina finally stopped crying. Floriana Sabina turned around as her face turned red in realization at what she did. She quickly wiped her tears away.
Floriana Sabina turned back at Rant Valo and there were obvious signs that she cried on her face. She stared at Rant Valo with a poker face as if nothing happened.
"Master, are you okay?"
Rant Valo couldn't help but ask when he saw her appearance.
"What do you mean, Disciple?"
Floriana Sabina put on a confused face as she asked.
"I mean, you cr-... right?"
Rant Valo was about to mention that she cried but Floriana Sabina quickly used her finger to hush his mouth.
"WHAT do you mean, Disciple?"
Floriana Sabina repeated what she said earlier but this time there was a threatening glare coming from her eyes. Rant Valo gulped hard when he saw that. He felt like he was being stared at by the grim reaper.
"I- I don't know anything!"
Rant Valo quickly straightened his back and stared straight. He didn't dare stare straight into Floriana Sabina's eyes.
"Good!"
Floriana Sabina's scary eyes were quickly replaced with a sweet smile. It was so sweet that Rant Valo felt like what he saw earlier was just some illusion.
"..."
Rant Valo was speechless. He felt an experience of a roller coaster of emotions from interacting with her just now.
"Master… Can I cry?"
A warm hand wrapped around Rant Valo from behind. Rant Valo felt the two huge melons pressing on his back. His little brother quickly saluted like a junior officer seeing the commander.
Her frail voice was so alluring to hear when it was whispered directly to his ear. This was the first time that Rant Valo heard this kind of voice from Veia.
"You can?"
Rant Valo answered back instinctively. His mind felt lost after experiencing the odd Floriana Sabina who didn't smack him and now Veia who was usually playful is acting in melancholy.
"Really, Master. You should say 'You can cry on my shoulder however you want.'. You don't sound masculine at all… but that's what I like about master anyway…"
Veia twirled her hair in her fingers as she spoke softly to Rant Valo's ears. Rant Valo felt his ears tingle when he heard Veia's voice. His little brother twitched several times in reaction.
SHE LIKES ME!?
Rant Valo's eyes opened wide in shock. He stared into nothing and random thoughts ran inside his head.
The thought of pushing her down right now even passed through his head but he remembered that Floriana Sabina was there with them.
He looked at Floriana Sabina and just saw her staring at him and Veia impassively. Chills ran down Rant Valo's back when he looked into her eyes.
"Just this once… I'll allow it!"
Floriana Sabina gritted her teeth in anger as she said so.
WHAT WILL SHE ALLOW!?