"Haaah~...."
"Are you done?"
"Haha, no"
"..."
Serina had been laughing for the past 10 minutes with short breaks just to take a deep breath only to end up laughing more making her gasp for breath.
For some reason the sight of his hooded face made her laugh.
(Should I just remove it?)
".....So, how was it?" asked Serina regaining a bit of control but with her back turn to him.
"Its horrible as you can see"
"Yeah, I did saw that"
"...I might not get this one even after you have helped me"
"...It's alright, at least you managed to corner it this time"
"Mm, that's true"
Turning around Serina move to his side.
"How about this? If you fail two more times, I will assist you in your 3rd one"
"Are you sure? I'm only asking for you to teach me how to capture it"
"Don't worry about it, I'm enjoying this anyway so its fine"
"...Okay"
"Great, then its a promise" she held out her hand to him.
"....Oh.....o....okay?", he extend his hand out slowly to hers, slow and reluctant.
Seeing this Serina just grabs his hand, shook it and let go.
"Alright, let's see you chase that again!"
"Please don't laugh"
"No promises!" she beamed.
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"....Eh?"
"Huh?"
"Eh?"
"What?"
"Hah~ Just as expected" said Alaine watching the arena, next to her is Clara, and Alexia who Shin invited to come watch the match.
Shin himself in on the platform where he faced off against Kyle. Said Kyle is now on the other side of the ring with a small crater on the wall and the unconscious Kyle on the ground.
"....."
OvO
"...I won!"
"....."
The audience clapped for him.
(Well, that was anticlimatic) thought Alaine shaking her head.
"Ah..Was that it?" asked Alexia looking around just to be sure, her eyes looking at Kyle and Shin repeatedly.
"Yep" said Alaine.
"I actually thought he would held back a bit since someone decided to challenge him...But I guess I was wrong" said Clara getting up from her seat and heading to meet Shin.
"But, isn't quite a lot of people here?"
"Yeah, well too bad" replied Alaine as she follows Clara.
"Oh....", feeling a bit disappointed but understanding, Alexia follows the two girls out of the arena.
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"By the way, what's Kyle like normally outside of fighting?" the guy asked her after a few practice set of movements, a training regime that Serina made for him.
"He's very diligent when it comes to training, when he finish a fight with someone he would heads off to write it down, learn from it and begin practicing by dinner or the next day"
Serina replied while practicing her shot with her bow and arrows.
"Is he alright with you coming to help me recently?"
"He didn't say anything about it, why?"
"Because you two are close?"
"Hm, yeah, we sure are" Serina replied, a small smile on her face as she remembered the things that they had experienced together.
"Oh, right, I forgot to ask about your name"
".....Oh, you're right"
A rock clattered onto the ground as the two realized something major.
"...."
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After introducing themselves, chasing Speedy they called it, fighting other monsters along the way for materials, and chatting about some things like cafeteria food, weapons and tactic in dealing with Speedy the two found themselves outside already.
"Well, that was fun" said Serina carrying the sack containing all sorts of materials.
"Yeah, me too"
"Hehe, you know your name is really surprising when I heard it"
"Really? Why?"
"It remind me of a friend from a long time ago"
"Oh. Well, I'm glad my name remind you of this person"
"Heehee, appreciate it~"
As they continue walking, Kyle walk pass them in the distance eyes ablaze and angry heading into the dungeon with only a sword in hand.
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The short hand of the clock tick by every second.
The the long hand move once it reaches sixty seconds.
"..."
(He's late)
Rualan sat at her desk in silence not doing research or work, she couldn't find herself doing it for some reason these past few days making in both frustrating and tiring to think about.
Getting stuck on something is normal in the field of research, that is only for when you find a problem, but her problem is unknown, for some reason unknown to her, she couldn't find herself working on her research but looking at the clock and the door.
"..."
'...' the door remained silent.
"..."
Staring at the door menacingly she expects it to give up or something.
(!)
She stood up ready to greet the one who is about to enter.
"Hehe, let's have some fun~" said Shin entering inside and looking behind him as Alaine followed, the latter noticed Rualan first and gasped.
"Hm? Wha--?"
The three stare at each other in silence.
One against two, normally being outnumbered would be difficult for the one-person team, but for some reason, that person's gaze is enough to usher the two out of the room without making any sound or gesture.
Closing the door Shin and Alaine slowly walk away, not talking about the eyes that Rualan just gave to them.