In a neat and less decorated room, a 13 year old boy could be seen meditating on top of a well arranged bed. The boy has a long green hair which he tied all together with an hair band, a sword shaped eyebrows and a face that was blessed by the gods.
'Am still a bit far from the 2nd stage of the Spirit Fusion Rank' Pearce thought as he stopped his meditation.
Knock! Knock!
'Huh? Are they here already?' Pearce thought as he quickly came down from his bed and walked out of his room.
After he arrived at the entrance door, he quickly opened the door while saying.
"I never imagined you gu–"
But before he could finish what he was saying, he abruptly stopped as he looked at the person right in front of him with a bewildered expression on his face. But he quickly came back to his senses as he asked indifferently…
"Why are you here?"
"There is something I would like to give you" said a person that has a veil on her face. The person that have arrived at Pearce's house is actually Diana the veiled girl.
"And what is that?" Pearce asked with a straight look on his face.
"I will naturally tell you when I come in. What am about to give isn't something the public should see watonly" replied Diana with gentleness at the depths of her bright red eyes.
After pondering for a few minutes, Pearce finally agreed as he gestured Diana to come in.
'So neat' Diana thought as he looked around the living room with satisfaction in her eyes.
"So what do you want to give me?" Pearce said with a straight look on his face. As soon as Diana heard that question, she quickly brought out an item from her storage pouch.
This item was an hair pin that was azure and white in color. The hairpin radiates a warm and approachable aura which can make someone to keep it for themselves.
"What is this?" Pearce asked with a curious expression on his face. But Diana simply avoided that question as she said..
"Take it"
"Why should I take when I don't even know what it is?" Pearce said with a questioning look on his face.
"Just take it and I will naturally tell you what it is" Diana calmly replied to Pearce question. After Pearce heard what Diana said, he began to feel skeptical as a ominous feeling began to give birth in him.
«My replica, do you know what this item is?» Suddenly, he quickly turned to his replica and asked as he last thread of hope. But this time, he was left disappointed by what his replica said.
«This is my first time seeing this kind of item so how can I abruptly know what the item is?» Pearce's replica said as he looked at Pearce with bright eyes as he thought…
‹Its payback time›
'Looks like I will just have to bite the bullet' Pearce thought as he quickly took the item from Diana's hand.
Immediately after he took the hairpin, Diana's eyes brightened as she quickly began to remove her veil.
"What are yo–" Pearce exclaimed before he was struck dumb by what he saw. Why he was struck dumb was because of Diana who has removed her veil.
Right now Diana looks like a celestial maiden that has looks that could make other females to blush with shame at their inferiority. With her bright red eyes, a slightly full and rosy lips and a skin so fair that a tiny dirt could be clearly visible if it was on top of that skin makes to be a real stunning beauty.
Although Diana saw that Pearce hasn't recovered from her beauty, she didn't seem to care as she explained gently with a voice as sweet as a orioles voice.
"The item I gave you is a heirloom from my family that is called a Celestial Hairpin. This hairpin represents that we are bound to each other"
"Bound?" Pearce asked as he came back to his senses with knitted brows.
"Yes, or to make it more self explanatory, engaged"Diana said as he looked at Pearce with gentle eyes.
Bam!!
When Pearce heard what Diana said, something suddenly set off in his head as he slightly swayed.
"Are you ok?" Diana suddenly asked with concerned look on her face as she approached Pearce to help him. But before she could reach him, Pearce stopped her as he said while stabilizing himself.
"It's ok, am fine now"
"What if I told you am not interested in being engaged?" Pearce asked with a solemn look on his face.
"Am sorry but that isn't possible. There is a tradition in our family that says if a girl like me had my first kiss taken or a man has seen my face, we are destined to be together" Diana said calmly.
"So let me guess, we are bound together since I have done the two" Pearce said with a calm look on his face even if he was a bit agitated inside.
"Yes" Diana replied as he looked at Pearce with anticipation in the depths of her eyes.
'Ah Sh*t' Pearce thought as he took a long deep breath. After some time passed, Pearce finally answered Diana.
"Give me time"
"Ok but let me remind you something. Even if you don't agree, I won't ever let you go since you are the first man that kissed me and saw my face" Diana said with a a solemn look in her face. When Pearce heard that along with seeing the expression on her face, he suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.
"Ok, I have heard you"Pearce finally said with difficulty.
"Good, I will be waiting for the good news" Diana said with a charming smile now on her face as she gently walked out if the house.
'What have I gotten myself into?' Pearce thought as he sighed dejectedly.
«I like this girl» His replica suddenly said with a mischievous grin in hus face.
«Did I ask for your opinion?» Pearce said as he rolled his eyes angrily at him. But Pearce didn't hear what his replica said next since he could heard another knock on his entrance door.
'That must be them' Pearce thought as he went towards the front door and opened it.
"Good Morning Captain Pearce!!"
What he received after opening his front door was a blast of greetings from his group members. The greeting was so loud that it actually spread all over the area the soldier ranked soldiers stayed.
"Who is that!?"
"Who is so bold to wake this daddy up from sleep!?"
"God! I feel like my eardrums are about to burst open"
"And who in the world is this Captain Pearce!?"
"You guys be gentle with the greetings, you will wake up the whole neighborhood if you continue like this"Pearce hurriedly said with a helpless look on his face.