"So, did you guys get the location?" Michael asked Sreya and Adhira as he is standing with Lakshmi who is leaning on him.
The four of them are currently outside the Players Association building with Michael's and Sreya's phones out.
"Yeah. I got it." Sreya said as her phone showed a location.
"Great. We have to complete both these Gates with Lakshmi." Michael said as he looked at his friend.
"Are you sure you don't want a walker or something to balance yourself?" Adhira asked her sister worried.
"I'm fine. I have enough balance. Besides, a walker would just get destroyed when we do go inside a Gate." Lakshmi said to her sister.
"Fine fine. But one of us will always be beside you." Sreya said to her sternly.
"Okay. I choose Michael." Lakshmi said as she grabbed his right arm.
"Fine." Sreya said with a strained smile on her face.
Adhira's mouth twitched as she heard her sister as Michael looked at the sisters nervously.
'Oh, they are very angry at me.' Michael thought to himself as he looked at the two.
"W-Well, let's go and complete the Gates and help Lakshmi level up." Michael said to them as he collected himself.
"Right." Sreya and Adhira said to him as Lakshmi nodded to his words.
Time skip
"So, how many more exp do you need?" Sreya asked her sister as the two are seated on a bench in a park.
"I think we need to clear one more Gate for me to level up." Lakshmi said to her sister.
"Is that so? We can get the location from the association after we go there." Sreya said to her as she rubbed her sister's back.
Lakshmi nodded at her sister's words as she has a small smile on her face, feeling her sister caring for her is a big thing for Lakshmi.
"How are you Lakshmi?" Adhira asked as she came towards them with three cone ice creams in her hands, all of them with three scoops.
"I'm doing fine Adhira. Thanks for the ice cream." Lakshmi said to her with an eye roll before she took the ice cream.
Sreya also took her own cone and started to enjoy it while Adhira sat to Lakshmi's left and started to enjoy her ice cream as well. Lakshmi kept on licking her ice cream while Sreya and Adhira exchanged glances with each other before they nodded to each other.
"Lakshmi." Sreya called out to her sister.
"What is it?" Lakshmi asked her as she stopped.
"Why do you like Michael so much?" Sreya asked her seriously.
"Eh? What do you mean by that?" Lakshmi asked her surprised.
"Well, you seem to like him much more that the two of us." Sreya said to her.
"Well, he's a good friend of mine and my partner." Lakshmi said to her in response.
"I understand that. What I mean is, why didn't you ask one of us to protect you?" Sreya asked her seriously.
"Well, Michael is a very strong Player. And his Rings have greater range and his ability is good as well so he is a good guy to be with when clearing the Gates." Lakshmi said to her sisters.
"Okay. But you have treated him more favourably than the two of us. You said you had met him not too long ago and you already seem to like him more than the two of us. Your very own sisters." Sreya said to her seriously.
"What we want to know is what is the relationship between the two of you?" Adhira asked her sister seriously.
"R-Relationship! We're just friends and partners as fellow Players! There's nothing more to it than that." Lakshmi said to them as she blushed.
Sreya and Adhira looked at each other at seeing their sister's reaction. They made a silent decision before they looked back at their sister.
"Fine. If that is what you're saying then we don't have anything else to ask." Sreya said to Lakshmi with a shrug before starting to eat her ice cream.
"Me too." Adhira also said as she also started to eat her ice cream.
"Okay then." Lakshmi said with a small blush as she also started to eat her ice cream.
'I'm going to have a talk with Michael after we level her up.' Sreya and Adhira thought to themselves as they ate their ice cream.
The three stayed in relative silence until the sound of footsteps caused them to turn in the direction and they saw Michael walking towards them with an ice cream cone of his own as he made his way to them.
"Hey you guys." Michael said as he greeted them.
"Hey Michael." Lakshmi greeted him back with a smile.
Michael kept his smile but it faltered after a few seconds. The reason being that he is currently being looked at by Sreya and Adhira as there is a dark aura around them as they looked at him intensely which caused him to get worried and a shiver to travel his spine.
'Okay. What happened while I was away?' Michael thought to himself a bit scared.