" Ray-Nii, here here!" Elin said while happily waving her hands in Ray's direction.
Currently, Ray is attending the art festival in Elin's school, and next to Elin is the beautiful mature woman, Ellen.
" Oh, it's the daddy. So how is it? Do you finally submit to the beauty of this lady?" Elin looked at Ray with a teasing look.
In fact, Ray now really regrets saying those words yesterday. Even before Ellen's teasing, Big Sis had come yesterday about this matter too. She asked Ray whether he had a feeling for Ellen and what made Ellen better than her.
Of course, all of this brought headaches to Ray. After some time, he is eventually able to convince Big Sis that all of this was just a joke. And now, Ellen appeared and reminded him of that once again.
" *Sigh* Stop dreaming, old lady. There's no way I would be interested in such an old lady like-
However, Ray forgot one thing. No matter what, never talk to a lady about her age.
Before he could even finish his words, he suddenly felt pain in his feet.
" Oh, what are you-
" Humph, this lady won't talk to you anymore. Don't beg me later to forgive you and give you another chance to pursue me." Ellen said while turning back her body from Ray, leaving with Elin.
' The heck just that...' Ellen's leaving somehow gets Ray confused, especially when his danger sense could not detect the kick that came from Ellen.
' Is she a hidden powerhouse? *Sigh* Forget it. Let's hurry and follow them first.'
Ray decided to put this matter on the back of his head. Currently, it seems that Ellen had no bad intentions for Elin and the orphanage, and that was enough for Ray. He quickly caught up with the two, and they proceeded to enjoy the art festival in Elin's school.
The three of them explored the whole school this time. During these art festivals, there was so many booths in Elin's school. From games booths, Food booths to some clothes and cosplay booths, and one thing that Ray got to understand this time was.
' This woman.. She really looked pretty when she smiled.'
It might be unnoticed to the two of them. But after spending time together at the art festival, the relationship between Ellen and Ray gets so much closer.
The two were often mistaken to be a pair by the booth keeper, which somehow made them blushed.
There was also the instance where Ellen and Elin failed to obtain a price from the game booth, and ray decided to take over the game, winning the price and smile for the two of them.
Time quickly flies when you are happy. And it really fitted well to the three of them right now.
Without any of them noticing, 3 hours have passed, and Elin must leave to prepare for the Choir.
" Mom, Ray-Nii. Elin must go first. Oh, and Ray-Nii, don't flirt with Mom too much, or else Big Sis will be sad." Ellen said to them and swiftly left before the two could respond.
If it was in the morning, then the two would surely deny that statement from Elin. But after a few hours of getting along, they just brushed it off and started to converse with each other.
" Heh, that kid. It's pretty rare to see her this happy. For that, I must give my thanks to you, Ellen." Ray smiled at Ellen, which somehow made Ellen blushed.
Ray himself might not notice it, but if a woman must rate his appearance, he would definitely get at least 9/10.
A well tone body, babyface, and a kind and pure smile. All of that combined into a deadly combination that could make every woman's heart beat faster.
And Ellen is no exception.
Looking at Ray's smile, she got dazed for a bit but then quickly recovered.
' What the hell, Ellen. You must not be charmed by this man, definitely not.'
It might be because Ray had saved her before, but Ellen definitely had some good feelings for Ray. She used her hand to cover her blush and said with a calm tone.
" Please don't thank me, Ray. Elin is my daughter, and I am happy if she is happy."
The two continued their chat, and as time passed, Ellen could feel her heartbeat getting faster. If before there was Elin between them, and she could shift her focus to Elin, now she had directly faced the handsome youth that had saved her before.
However, just when they think everything is going to be peaceful today, something big happens.
A teacher rushed at their side, and with a panting sound, he said.
" You, are the two of you Elin's parents? It was an emergency. Elin was kidnapped!"
*Boom!*
Hearing this, A huge amount of pressure instantly surged from Ray. To him, the orphanage and the people inside it was his reverse scale, so he could not keep his calm anymore after knowing Elin got kidnapped.
He almost immediately rushed to find Elin, but Ellen's hand was there to stop me.
" What are you doing, Ellen? I must-"
" Keep yourself calm first Ray, there is no good thing if you don't keep your head calm. Let's stay first and hear what the teacher wanted to tell us. Maybe, we could get some information from him."
There is no doubt that ray knows about this, but he was too emotional just now. And somehow, after listening to Ellen, his common sense slowly returned to him.
" Okay then, I hope you could give me some explanation for this." Ray said with seriousness to the school teacher.