"...or should I say Leon Silvius?'
Leon's world froze when she said those words from her mouth with only one thought in her mind.
'SHE KNOWS!'
Immediately after that, his mind was filled with a barrage of thoughts in a split second as the world around him went slower.
'How does she know! and me being Silvius at that!
It can't be random like calling me Leon last time, It was bare specific! Did she get her memory back?... No... even If they did then she wouldn't have figured out that it was me... which means...
she remembers part of my memories.
"Did I strike a nerve?" She observed his frozen face which was staring at her with a stoic expression.
'This is bad... it would also mean she would know about Loki and our conversation in her room and god knows what else was there in my head..
Fuck!'
"Silvius?"
"Isn't that the big millionaire of this cocoon? Why would I be one and lie about my name in that case? Are you sure you are not mistaking me for someone else?"
'playing dumb is the best option.'
She smiles, stretches her hands, then leans over to the side and whispers into Leon's ear.
"Do you know why they call me Lady Death? ~"
Leon's face turns pale as his eyes widen in dread and his skin dries up as he hears the devil's whistle in his ears as her soft fingertips trace the side of his cheek.
'Keep calm! You are LEO !, LEO REGALIS !, you don't know anything about her, You are going to Keep the story going! you CANNOT afford to mess this up.' He starts to lecture himself in his head.
He shook his head while calmly playing his persona and trying not to shit himself.
She smiled and replied, "Not to brag about myself but I most likely am one of the Best Snipers in this entire group of corporals and I have killed more spawns than any other corporal so far."
She traced her finger down to his chin slowly moved it down his throat and stopped at his Adam's apple.
"aren't you interested in how a girl like me could accomplish that?"
"What's your trait? It is because of that.. isn't it." Leon maintains an apathetic face and asks his question.
'I knew she was the one who saved her mates from the spawns during their corporal training, but knowing more about someone as strong as her will be useful.' He thought.
"Bold one, aren't you? My sweet red rabbit" She smiles and doubles down on her behavior as she moves her hand downwards and slips her palm into his shirt.
"My Hereditary trait is 'vibrational sense', meaning I can sense vibrations from the ground and air for a certain range and conclude a lot of information including…," she said with a smile and continued as she brought her hand up and poked Leon's chest.
'Shit' He realized it too late.
"Your heart has been beating fast, Just like every time a person Lies. and it went exceptionally fast when I mentioned 'Leon' back when we first met."
she smiled confidently as she explained like a detective who solved her mystery case.
"That's a lot of information to process" he spoke as his ears were wild red and became very self-conscious of her leaning towards him with her chest pressing against his arm.
"It indeed is, took a while to streamline my thoughts, can you do the same? it is going wild in there" she commented as she kept poking his chest.
'That is not the ONLY thing going wild!!' he willed his control and resolve to not embarrass himself and spoke to change the topic.
"Maybe that's what happens when a beautiful girl calls out a guy's name… I guess? Ever considered that" Leon replied nonchalantly as she scooted over a bit to break off the skin contact.
"Hmm that may probably be the case…" she said till she suddenly froze and clocked what he just said….
….
"..!!!" Serena's Ears go red as her cheeks flush and move back becoming self-conscious as she pulls back her hand.
'I can't believe I just said that!' Leon's face palmed internally as he was ashamed and shocked at what he just uttered while despite his best efforts, his ears had given it away.
"I - what I was going to say was-" he tried to correct his words but it was too late. he stopped himself and saw Serena's face.
The nuke was dropped and Serena's thoughts had gone into overdrive.
"S-So What are you trying to say?! I'm not B-beautiful?" she tried to respond in a cocky manner trying to manage the scenario from her side but both their efforts went in vain, She knew that he knew that she is embarrassed and is trying to cover up.
" you trying to deny your god-gifted features?" Leon played it cool since what was done was done and smiled making Serena blush even more.
'were his eyes always this pretty?' she started to get tunnel-visioned as the background turned into a blur and-
TA-DUM! TA-DUM!
she felt her own heart beating fast and a new kind of feeling in her body making butterflies dance in her chest.
"Who is trying to deny that? I didn't need someone from the lawless zone to tell me the obvious!" she replied with puffed-up cheeks and then turned to him hastily.
"Y-You changed the topic! spill it! who are you?!"
"It's not like I'd Like a girl to come to play detective on my first day, still any doubts about my identity after all those jabs?
If you want we can talk about this later, I'll share my contact details." Leon replied.
"Alright sure!" she quickly swipes and they exchange contact information using their holographic watches.
In the corner of her eye, she checked the time which holographically appeared from her watch, and saw it was 16:30.
"Well, what do I call you?" She asks him.
"Wouldn't Leo be sufficient? or do you want to call me something else?" He replied as he pushed his hair back.
"The name Leo is a lie and I am like... 70 percent sure that you know the name Leon..." she paused while Leon interrupted.
"So then what nickname would you like to give me?"
"Regal."
"Regal?, That sounds like a pet's name." Leon replied, clearly confused and annoyed.
"Hehe, That would do." she got up from her seat and looked at him.
"Come see me later when I drop you a text. Is that alright Regal?" she said with a smile.
"Oh for crying out loud, don't call me that." Leon pleaded for which she just waved off without looking back.
"Just call me Leo." He replied with a sigh.
"I'll see you later Regal" She sprinted leaving Leon and eating her dust.
'sheesh she's some piece of work' He thought to himself as he laid back on the chair.…..
"But..that was cute…" he chuckled a small grin and looked over at the sun setting on the side.
'I guess I should go back and deal with that ol geezer while I am at it.' he pulls up his phone and looks at the number.
He takes a look at the contact details and saves it then puts his hands in his pocket and walks back to the dorm as green energy slowly traces around him and seeps into the tattooed side of his body.
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[ Silvius Manor]
"Brian, do you have any information on why Father has summoned me back and is doing all this?" The man asked.
"Nothing yet to my notice, young master James."
"apart from the part that the family is in danger". Brain the butler replied with a soft bow.
They both were in James's room while Brian was preparing tea for his young master and James was setting up his luggage and changing his clothes.
"Father always has a purpose for his actions...
But this one is way too sudden and unlike him. I tried to confront him the night I arrived but he just sent me off."
"And you are hiding information from me, Brian." His ice-piercing blue eyes glowed as he stared at his butler.
"So If you have anything to say to yourself, now is the chance."
The old man took a deep sigh as he brought the ready-made tea before the young master and then opened his mouth.
"Sir had received a call from the president yesterday morning regarding something. I'm not privy to the details but it did make sir uncomfortable and he left immediately to the military academy," Brian told what he knew.
"And he has been acting like this ever since?" James took a sip of his hot tea.
"Yes young master" Brian nodded.
"The military academy... I wonder what it could be...
why would they ask Dad's help with that? why would the president get involved? I think I will pay a visit myself sometime soon…" James murmured but then stopped what he was saying as he heard footsteps coming towards his room.
Brian walks opens the door and bows.
Quill walks into the room and signals Brian to walk out.
Brian does as told, and Quill then slowly walks to James who stands up when his father enters to greet him but unexpectedly, Quill holds John softly and looks into his son's eyes.
"How have you been James?" He asked softly.
"…. I am doing well sir." James gave a confused reply.
'They are similar…' Quill thought but was interrupted by James who pulled away from his father's touch as it was sudden and his father was never the emotional type to him.
"I can guess what you are thinking boy, regarding the academy and sorts, so best you hear it from me." Cold aura emanated from Quill as he stared at his son with Golden eyes.
"you will not be doing any such thing and that is an order. " Quill stated
"but why? You owe me an explanation for this father.
you have been acting very weird ever since you went there, why is the whole Manor going into Lockdown? is that family going to start another chaotic problem again?" James asked sincerely only to be ignored as Quill walked slowly to the windows, closed them, and spoke.
"Do you remember our dentist visit when you were thirteen?" Quill asked randomly as he lolookedut out the window and saw the garden.
"Huh?" James looked confused, but replied
"Of course I do, I hated that old bastard plucking my normal molar and putting up an artificial one! Heck, he didn't even use Anesthesia for my treatment! I was so mad about it back then, How is it relevant now?" James asked scratching his head in confusion.
Then Quill sighs and speaks…
"What If I told you that you had a younger brother…"
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Quest 1 - [Military drills are baby steps - part 1]
BECOME A SEARGENT [10%]
Subtask 1 -NEW LOOK[Completed]
Subtask 2- Get yourself admitted into the military [completed on paper]
Subtask 3 [optional] Get a girl [Not started]
Subtask 4- Get awakened [Completed]
Subtask 5- Attain the corporal rank [initialed]
Subtask 6- Tie up loose ends [emergency]
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Penalty: Death offered by Hel
Reward: Unlocking a random rune.
Quest -2: collects 3 human souls [Not started]
Deadline:[ 90 days left]
Penalty: Permanent Death
Reward: ??
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