I was in my room, floating in midair with my legs cross, meditating when I heard footsteps of someone outside my room. There was a knock on the door.
I quickly switch to physical mode from meditating mode.
"You can enter."
"Thank you." It was Lucia. What brings her here, about the thing I said back at the dining hall?
"Sorry for disturbing you, Allan... I wanted to talk about something." She said as she take her seat on the couch. She was wearing a somewhat troubled expression.
"What is it?" I sat on the bed in the front, face-to-face.
She remain quiet. It seems like something was troubling her. After brief moment of silent she finally spoke up.
"...Ahm, about the dinner tomorrow, are you going to invite anyone? Like any friends..." She said so, but was it really something to bother about... Hmm, she I definitely after something...
"No. I don't have any friends. I'm a traveler who didn't stay at any particular place for so long. I know many people, but I can't consider them as a 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙 and here, at kingdom, not a chance."
"... I-I see, well what about your family. You can invite them and bring them here. Since you know flight magic, it would be convenient. We rally don't mind if they live here, at palace."
"Nope, I don't have any family."
"... Huh?"
"They all are dead. Though I have a sister, but she is also not in this world." I said with a straight face, without any hesitation. There is no point of hiding something like this, is there? And I also don't want to gain any sympathy by saying that 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘕𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, with that emotional face.
I really don't like that kind of stuff. Isn't it like you're taking advantage of the dead, by using there name for sympathy. Though I never liked my family, parents and other relatives, my sister is exception, I can at least pay a bit of the respect to the ones who are dead.
"Ah! I am really sorry. I don't want to mean it! Please forgive." Flustered, she got up from the couch and with an apologetic tone, she bowed her head.
𝘏𝘦𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶! 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘺...
And is there any need for her to apologize? It's not like she knew about it, so it's not her fault.
"Ah, no no, it's alright. It's not your fault in the first place." I extended my hands in front as if saying, 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.
"...I'm really sorry..." She apologize again in a low tone with her head lowered as she sat down slowly.
"So, is that all you wanted to ask me? About inviting anyone I want to?" I cut the chase. These small talks will gave us nothing so it would be better if she say whatever she wanna to.
"... Well, I have something else I wanted to ask to you..." She said while looking around.
𝘏𝘮𝘱𝘩, 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨...
"I, I wanted to ask you, when you're leaving?!" She hesitated in start but then said it loud and clear.
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵, 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮?!
She asked me straight that when I am going to leave this palace. If they really don't want me to live in this place why do they offered it in the first place!
"Is there any problem for me staying here?"
"Ah, crap! I messed up, I sincerely apologize for my rude behaviour Allan." Noticing my anxiety, Lucia quickly apologized.
𝘔𝘢𝘯! 𝘋𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦?!
"I just wanted to ask for how long you are going to stay here?"
𝘏𝘦𝘺! 𝘐𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨?!
"You just repeated yourself in a different manner."
"Eek!"
"Well whatever it is. I was planning to leave tomorrow but since you are holding a banquet, I'll be leaving day after tomorrow."
𝘏𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘯.
"Huh?! You're leaving that soon? But why?" She showed her disappointment.
Ahh, now I came to understand what she actually mean that time. She wants me to stay here. Seems like I was interpreting things in a wrong way, and was cursing them for nothing. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. I apologized to them in my heart.
"Well, it's not like that I'm gonna stay here for my entire life."
"I-I see...But you can stay here if you want for your entire life..." She said last part with a low voice that only she can hear, but I still heard it cause, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡. Though I pretend that I didn't heard it.
Well if they want me to stay here, I don't have any problem with that as long as I can do whatever I want. And, I doesn't mean by something 𝙬𝙚𝙞𝙧𝙙 by 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 alright?! I am a gentleman man and I have my pride, so I am not going to do any thing lewd. Hell! Even somebody forced me, I'll straight forward reject it. But that's a completely different thing...
Well, I can stay here if they want but I can't stay here for my entire life. Obviously, this planet wouldn't exist that long!
"...But why are you leaving so early?"
"What? You want me to stay here, 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪?" I highlighted last part, though said the whole thing to tease her.
"Y-Yeah, I want you to stay here- Wait! That's not what I meant to say. I-I just think that, that we didn't do much to repay your kindness. Uff, just what are you saying, you idiot!"
𝘓𝘖𝘓! 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩. 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯!"
"I didn't do much, really. And you guys have shown enough kindness to me, so I don't want to trouble you people anymore." I said. She was wearing a sad face.
"...I hoped you can stay a bit longer."
"There is no reason for me to do that."
𝘔𝘢𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺.
I can't help but think does the king or her brother send her here so that they can make me stay here. Well if they do, I think will go to any lengths to make me there's.
Hmm, should I stay here or should I leave, I think. Well things here are pretty amusing and since I cannot middle in the mortal affairs directly, I can use them. And there is also this so called Demon 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙 which I'm interested in to know more about.
Also, if he really is corrupted, then defeating him will definitely help me to move closer to my aim. Even if it's the slightest I am fine with that as long as I am moving closer to my goal.
Obviously I'm not gonna defeat him myself, cause I can't kill him as it may cause trouble to me afterwards, I can help Lucia and the other to defeat him.
But for now, I will enjoy playing with them...
"... Well that's all I wanted to ask. Sorry for troubling you."
"No, it's completely fine."
"...Then, I'll leave now. Thank you very much." With that she get up and left the room...
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Midnight. I was resting on my bed when I heard a sound.
𝘾𝙍𝘼𝘾𝘾𝙆𝙆𝙆𝙆
Door of my room slowly opened.
𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘈 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵? 𝘐𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮.
I got up and sat on my bed as I saw a person approaching me.
"Huh, you? What are you doing here?!"
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