Soon our family left with the Eraliths, and Arthur had more visitors. in the meanwhile I keep roaming around the premises while keeping track of what is happening inside the infirmary, courtesy of Zeke.
That is how I bumped into Curtis.
"Oh hey Fayden, what are you doing here?"
"Nothing much, just walking around aimlessly" I reply.
"I see..."
An awkward silence ensues.
Seems like he still hasn't forgiven me for the insult back then.
Sigh.
"Look about what I said on the announcement day, I'm sorry. I wasn't in the best of moods-"
"No no, this isn't about that."
"Huh?"
What is it about then?
"My sister has taken an interest in you, and I don't know if it is good or bad."
Wait that's it?
For a second I thought he realized who put up the barrier.
"What? That doesn't make sense. I'm not an interesting individual."
"We both know that's not true,"
I chuckle in response.
"Alright allow me to rephrase that, I'm not interesting enough for your sister to be curious about me,"
"I never said she was curious, more like she was concerned."
"Concerned? What abou- Oh the fight against Geist?" I ask.
He nods in affirmative.
"Never expected her of all people to be concerned about me."
Curtis continues looking at me with a wary expression.
"Look, I understand your sentiment. I have a sister myself and if someone did try to court her...well lets just say the guy will probably be crippled for the rest of his life. That is if Arthur doesn't get to him first...now that I think about it he'll probably be dead by the time both of us are done with him."
Curtis sweatdrops at my rambling.
"That's a bit excessive don't you think?"
"Nnnnope."
He comically falls to the floor.
We continue talking for a few more minutes before Curtis asks me something that made me stop in my tracks.
"So why did you chose to lose to Professor Geist?"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about."
"Please you're strong enough to defeat him in seconds. Arthur always said you were on par with him, if not stronger,"
(A/N : I know his mana core is an entire stage above Arthurs but remember Arthurs first lecture. Mana core stage isn't a very accurate way to measure someone's strength. P.S. Fayden doesn't know most of the moves I mentioned in the list, he only knows Void Step and Tartarean Vitality for now. This will change soon and he will be using some of the mana related moves in book 4 which I do plan to shorten a bit since I don't really plan on him meeting Windsom or going to Elenoir with Arthur.)
"Sigh, yeah I lost on purpose."
"But why?"
"Are you kidding me? I'd rather not face the consequences of defeating a professor so humiliatingly as Arthur did."
"What's so bad about it?" He asks, puzzled.
I give him a deadpan stare, "Curtis, do you know whos gonna replace Geist?"
He shakes his head, "No,"
"It's Arthur."
"What?!"
"Yeah, that's the price he paid for throttling Geist. And I'd rather not take such a responsibility, its such a drag." (Shikamaru intensifies)
"Reasonable...Anyways I'm nearing the end of my shift, see you later." He waves at me as he begins to walk away.
"Yeah, later."
I guess I should go visit Arthur once more before calling it in for tonight.
And so I begin moving towards the infirmary.
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As I near the infirmary I am assaulted by an onslaught of memories, ones which makes me smirk in amusement.
So she went through the straightforward path eh.
I see the door to the infirmary opening and a furiously blushing Tessia running away.
Damn, that girl needs to work on her emotions, getting so flustered by her own action?
Although I gotta say, the look on Arthurs face is absolutely hilarious.
I rush after her making as little noise as possible.
When I finally catch up to her I witness her making smooching faces and checking her reflection out.
I barely manage to keep in my laughter.
She falls down to her knees, "I probably came on too strong. He's going to think I'm improper and lewd..."
Well that sobered me up.
"No he's not," I make my presence known.
He's probably gonna be worried about the FBI coming after him.
She immediately perks up, "F-Fay? W-When did you get here?"
"A few seconds ago, but don't worry Zeke already notified me of what you did," I say with the most serious expression I could muster, and judging by her paling face it was pretty intense.
"You've become bold, did you seriously think I wouldn't know of it?"
She starts shaking in her boots, "I..."
"What? Do you think you'll not face consequences just because we've known you for a bit?"
She's on the verge of tears now.
Okay that's enough.
Unable to keep my straight face any more I burst out laughing so hard I fall down to the floor, "Y-Y-Your face...pfft HAHAHAHAHA!"
Her scared face soon turns to confusion and then anger.
"W-Wait Tess-"
I am interrupted as she starts stretching my cheek to the max.
"Ow ow ow that hurts sis, I was just messing with you!"
Eventually she relents and proceeds to pout and look away.
"Come on, don't be like that, you should've known I was teasing you back there. After all I did say I approve didn't I?"
"Doesn't mean it wasn't scary..."
"Aww is little sis afraid of me?" I say, mocking her.
She grabs my ear, "That's big sis to you, I'm a year older."
"Yes ma'am."
"Anyways jokes aside, that truly was a bold move. I don't know how he's gonna take it though."
She slumps down at that.
"Well if he does take it negatively I'll just beat some sense into him so don't worry, you both are gonna end up together and raise a battalion of half elf children."
"K-Kids?! But in order to have kids we would have to...." Her face turns even redder as steam came out of her ears.
"Relax, it was a joke. Jeez don't take everything I say so seriously."
That seems to calm her down a bit.
"Alright, I'm gonna go see what kind of reaction my dear brother is having right now, see ya." Saying that I walk away.
Man if only I had a way to take a picture of Arthurs face.