My eyes felt heavy. It was hard to open them.
"Ugh… what the hell?" I muttered as I lifted my hand to pry my eyes open. The first thing I saw was a poster on the ceiling saying, "Never give up."
I wasn't in my room. I quickly shot up from the bed and that was when I realized that I was naked. No, not fully naked. My upper body was naked and I was only wearing my boxer briefs. How…?
"You're awake." I heard a voice say, then I quickly covered myself with the sheets as I looked at the source of the voice.
It was Lumina. He was leaning against the doorway, wearing a dark blue top and white sweatpants. His eyes were narrowed at me as though I did him wrong and he was angry. It was then that I realized I was in Lumina's dorm room.
The entire room was oozing his vibes. There were a lot of posters containing motivational quotes. There was also a wall dedicated to pictures of him and his mom. The room contained too many traces of sentiments that made me feel weird.
But what was I doing here? I tried to retrace my steps and what I could remember was walking out of the basement of Dot's information guild. After that, I saw Five and also… Lumina was there. That was the last thing I remembered. Everything else was blurred inside my head.
"Your clothes are on the chair. You can wear them and leave." Lumina spoke with a gruff tone.
I frowned. Why were my clothes on the chair? Why was I naked? What the hell happened?
"You were the one who took them off, saying they made you feel hot." As though Lumina could hear the questions spinning inside my head, he answered them.
I made a strangled sound from the back of my throat as I pushed my hair back. "I can't remember anything. What happened?"
I wasn't prepared for the glare Lumina threw my way after I asked that question. It was like he wasn't making any effort to hide the fact that he hated me. Also, why did he hate me?
"I want to believe that you took an aphrodisiac. Never in my wildest dreams would I have pinned you as someone you lived that kind of lifestyle." Lumina said, walking toward the bed where I was still sitting down on and covering my bare chest with the sheets.
"What do you mean by 'that kind of lifestyle'?" I couldn't help but ask.
"The perverted one."
I gasped in shock. "I'm not a pervert!" I quickly denied.
Lumina looked at me with blatant doubt. "You say that after you tried to seduce me. You're a huge pervert and I feel uncomfortable in your presence. Please take your clothes and leave."
This bastard- how dare he spew lies with such a blank expression?
"I'm not a pervert and I'm not obligated to do whatever you tell me to do." I glared at him, not moving an inch from my current position.
"So you're saying you're going to sit on my bed all day, whilst being naked? Yet, you claim not to be a pervert?" Lumina spoke slowly.
This guy… I never knew he had such a shameless personality.
"You- you're the obvious pervert here. Why would you even bring me to your room in the first place? Why didn't you leave me where you found me? Also, what were you doing at that bar? Do you have any idea what it's known for? Or did you go there with the clear aim of doing perverted activities?"
"I'm not like you, for one. I wouldn't leave a disoriented person in such a place where they could easily be preyed upon. And also, whatever I was doing there is none of your business." Lumina responded to my questions with an air of dignity, infuriating me even more.
"'Preyed upon?' I'm sure you don't mean that I'm weak or anything like that." I glared at him. How dare he imply such a thing? Whilst angry thoughts roamed my head, I didn't even notice that Lumina was no longer standing by the bed but was now hanging over me, almost on top of me on the bed.
I backed away on instinct but like he predicted that, he leaned even closer and pressed a hand down on the space of the bed next to me.
"If you could see yourself now, you wouldn't be saying such a thing." Lumina whispered.
"What are you talking about?" I almost stuttered as I spoke.
In response to my question, Lumina ripped the sheets I had been holding onto tightly in a swift second, leaving me in shock and exposing my bare chest.
"You pervert! What do you think you're doing—"
"Can you see how defenseless you are right now? You aren't even holding your Inquisitor Gun and before you would get a chance to summon your sword—" Lumina yanked my ankle and forced me into a lying position as he climbed on top of me and sandwiched me between himself and the bed. "—such a thing would have already happened."
"..."
"Yet, you expected me to leave you in such a dangerous place in this state." He continued speaking.
I began feeling very weird. Why was Lumina, who was known for his limitless kindness, being so rough with me? Why wasn't he smiling and sending me off with a treat like I knew he did with others? Why did he always treat me differently?
"Okay, you've made your point. I was caught unaware but that doesn't mean I'm defenseless or weak as you think me to be." To prove my point, I tried to change the situation by switching the positions me and Lumina were in.
But I couldn't even get him to move. He was immovable. What the hell? My hands were wrapped around his neck as I tried to maneuver myself over him but he didn't budge an inch. Instead, to prove his great strength, he used one hand to unwrap my hands which were around his neck and pin them above my head on the bed.
"To think such a great Inquisitor would find himself trapped in such a dangerous situation…" Lumina tsked me.
I grew hot in anger. "How dare you—"
"Aren't you grateful that I am the one instead of some other pervert?"
This pervert… he expected me to be grateful for being in such a perverted situation with him? How crazy was this guy?
"You have totally lost your mind. Let go of me this instant unless you want to face dire consequences." I threatened but he didn't appear to be fazed by my threat one bit.
"In such a situation, it is ridiculous to threaten the person who has you locked down. I don't know if you're aware, but what you are meant to do is beg to be freed instead of clinging to your enormous ego." Lumina said, and my jaw dropped.
"... You want me to beg you?"
He made a 'duh' expression, shocking me even more.
"You're crazy. You're absolutely crazy! Do you know the consequences of doing such a thing to someone like me? I could have you arrested for sexual harassment!" I increased the volume of my voice.
"I don't believe I'm sexually harassing you. It is the opposite, in fact. You were the one who forced me to take you to my room. Then you took off your clothes and attempted to seduce me. Now that I am educating you of the consequences of your actions, you are accusing me of sexual harassment? It seems you are unaware of your predicament."
After saying those words, Lumina's grip on my wrists tightened. I was about to use my leg to land a sneak attack on him, but he caught my thigh and held it in place. Why… this guy. He had completely trapped me! Me! An S-Class Inquisitor and Hunter!
"Let go!" I demanded.
"Not until you ask me nicely and apologize for barging into my personal space and inconveniencing me." Lumina stood his ground.
"Apologize? Ha! In your dreams! I've done nothing prompting an apology. You are the one who's meant to apologize to me. How dare you strip me of my clothes and trap me in your room? Let me get my hands on my gun, your head is the first place I'm going to aim for. After that, I'll have you locked up for sexual harassment." I spoke haughtily.
Lumina stared at me. His green eyes glowing with some mysterious intent. I wanted to know what was roaming that empty head of his. In deep thought, I didn't notice that the hand that was holding my thigh in place began to creep upwards.
Once his cold, callused hand reached the rim of my boxer briefs, I jolted into the action. "Hey! What the fuck do you think you're doing?" I twisted and bounced, trying to get him to let go.
"You seem very firm on the sexual harassment thing, so the least I can do is make sure the report isn't false." Lumina spoke shamelessly.
My jaw dropped. "You pervert…"
I was at a loss for words. Was this the true nature of Lumina Voss? I've always had a feeling that behind that kind, charming smile of his, he had a dark side, but I never expected that I would ever be the one to whom he manifests his dark side in front of.
"Let go of me, or else—"
"Or else what? You've laid all the threats you have. It's best if you swallow your pride, apologize, and maybe I'll let you off." Lumina said but the only thing I heard was 'maybe'.
This entire situation was ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. But if I didn't do anything right now, it would change from ridiculous to something severe.
Think, Autumn. Think! Think! Think!
'Aha! System person! If you can hear my thoughts right now, please answer me. You said during a one-year period, you wouldn't let any harm come to me. If this person goes ahead with whatever devious plan he has in his head, it would bring severe harm to me and my mental state.'
'System person! Can you hear my thoughts?!'
My only hope right now was that the System person would intervene and save me.
"Lumina, we're both men. I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve right now, but I'll advise you to back away and think a little." I spoke calmly after [Mental Control] activated itself, seeming that I had been out of my wits before.
Lumina veered back a little as he looked at me with curiosity written all over his expression.
"I can't remember anything that happened during the time I was inebriated but I take responsibility for my actions. Now, if you would kindly 'untrap' me, it'll be well appreciated. I have things to do." I continued speaking calmly.
I was not in the clear yet. I still had to apprehend Caden's murderer or else that system person would evoke consequences on me again. I didn't have time to be trapped by Lumina in whatever sadistic game he wanted me to participate in.
"You're speaking more sensibly all of a sudden…" Lumina's eyes drew into narrow slits. "And what was that you just said about taking responsibility?"
As I opened my mouth to speak, I heard a continuous stream of knocks. It was coming from Lumina's main door.
"Lum! Are you in here?!" The person said as he continued to knock.
I instantly recognized the voice to belong to Kim Dooshik, the annoying guy who was supposedly the leader of my group. Lumina seemed to be caught off guard by the sudden interruption of the guy. But what I didn't expect was that he would let me go and climb off me.
"Put on your clothes and leave quickly." Lumina spoke to me rudely.
Though I was grateful for the timely interruption, I did not appreciate Lumina's attitude towards me. Regardless, I climbed off the bed, covering myself with the sheets while Lumina turned his back to me and walked over to open the door.
I quickly put on my clothes and held my gun with murderous intent.
"Hey, what took you so long…" Kim Dooshik trailed off as he noticed me inside Lumina's room, wearing my jacket. The lax expression that was on his face quickly contorted into both a cold and confused one.
I didn't really care for the thoughts roaming his head as my focus was fully on Lumina who was smiling cheerfully as though the last few minutes didn't just happen.
I pointed my gun at him in a fit of rage. "You better watch out. The day I'll carry out my retribution will be unexpected." I told him.
Lumina was still smiling. "Alright, take care of yourself till then." He waved me off cheerily.
I tucked my Inquisitor Gun into the holster and squeezed my fists tightly. I glared at him silently before I walked out of the room, bumping against Kim Dooshik.
The distance from Lumina's room and mine weren't very far so it was only a short walk of anger and shame. When I got to my room, the first thing I did was let out my rage by kicking an innocent chair repeatedly.
"Fuck!"
[The system thinks that you swear too much.]
A frown marred my features.
"You system person. You've been keeping quiet this entire time. Why are you disturbing me now?"
[The system doesn't want you to transfer your aggression on them.]
Sigh… I pushed my hair back and plopped down on my bed. When did my life get so complicated?
[The system is worried about you.]
[The system has offered to show to you your actions during the time you were inebriated.]
"What? You can do that?"
[The system says of course.]
"Then show me! What are you waiting for?"