Keith walked towards the mansion while Miya hopped around beside him with her hands filled with snacks and skewered at.
As they walked towards the door, it opened. Inside, there were maids standing on both sides to welco the two of them and Miya panicked.
She stuffed all the food that was in her hands into Keith's pocket before she wiped all the oil and spices that was around her mouth. She still looked ssy but more than that, she was acting way to cutely.
Keith stared at her and glanced at his pocket that was filled with snacks and skewered at now.
'It's great that she's acting this freely but I should teach her so manners first.' he thought on the inside but outside, the smile on his face didn't seem to have any intention of going away.
A man wearing a tailcoat bowed as Keith got close and said, "Lady lia is expecting your presence in her chambers, sir."
"Oh, okay." Keith said and looked at Miya, "Co, let's go et Alia's mother."
"Sir, she's expecting to et you alone. You, her and lady Alia." the butler said and Keith thought for a second before nodding.
He patted Miya's back and looked at the maid who was closest to him, "Can you take my daughter to Clara while I go et Lady lia?"
The maid didn't say anything and simply nodded before she extended her hand towards Miya, who looked up at Keith and when he gave her a nod of approval, she grabbed the maid's hand.
Keith silently watched the two of them leave and then focused his attention on the butler, "Shall we go now?"
"Of course, sir. Please follow ."
Instead of taking Keith directly to lia's chambers, the butler gave him a tour of the mansion first. After almost two whole hours, he finally stopped in front of a door that Keith had passed by once already.
"Please head in sir. Lady lia is waiting for you."
Keith let out a soft sigh and nodded before walking in. It was noble custom to show the guests their hos before they got to anything serious and this only happened the first ti soone visited a noble household.
Once Keith walked in, he saw the mother and daughter pair sitting on the bed while they played cards. Just one glance and Keith could tell that it wasn't poker since the cards for poker were very different from the ones that the two won were currently playing with.
Keith rembered playing this ga with his brother and sister in his younger days. They were the mories of the Keith who was no more, but they still felt like he had experienced it all himself.
With a sigh, Keith knocked on the door that was behind him and the two of them turned to look at him.
"Yeah we know you're here. Co and join us." lia said cheerfully as she motioned him towards the bed.
Keith nodded and went ahead to join them.
"This ga brings back mories." he said as he looked at the UNO equivalent cards in front of him, "But how in the hell do you guys even have fun with just two players?"
"Two is the bare minimum to be able to play this ga, so why not?" Alia said and then added, "Wanna join?"
Keith shook his head, "Nah, I'm way too nervous to be playing right now. It'll be better to finish the discussions that I was called her for and then we can play."
Hearing this, Alia paused and felt her hands shake slightly. She turned to look at her mother and nodded.
lia nodded back and focused her gaze on Keith, "You see Keith, my lovely daughter here isn't supposed to look the way she currently does. My ability allows to change the appearance of two people at the sa ti.
Currently, one of them is Alia and the other one is a secret." she said and winked at him before placing her hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"She wants you to see her real appearance first since she decided to stay true to herself or whatever thing she said to . I don't really rember all that nonsense. Anyways ahem, she basically wants to embrace her real appearance and she wants you to be the first one to see her once that happens."
Keith nodded and looked at Alia whose face was pretty red at this point due to the way her mother worded the situation.
With a slight smirk, Keith turned back to lia and said, "It'll be my honor. Though, I don't really get why she'd want to do that when her current appearance easily turns everyone's heads towards her. Doesn't it also help with her awakened ability?"
Alia blinked a few tis and looked at Keith, realizing that she had completely forgotten about her awakened ability. She was way too focused on Keith to even give a damn about her own self.
Her ability worked great when soone felt attracted to her and if they didn't, then the effects would be greatly reduced.
She thought about it for a few seconds and shook her head, "It's fine. I'll still go through with my decision." she said and looked at her mother.
Keith felt like she was fucking up the synergy she had with her ability, but he didn't push her against her decisions. If that was what she wanted, then so be it.
"Okay then, I hope you're ready." lia said as she got off the bed and stood up.
Alia followed and stood in front of her mother while Keith silently watched the two of them.
The mother and daughter pair held hands and the changes began to appear almost instantly.
Alia's height stayed the sa, but most of her other features did change a lot. The length of her face got slightly smaller, her hair grew down until it touched the floor, her "flat as a board on two sides" body began to grow in the right places.
He silently watched as the changes took place and after almost five minutes, lia let go of Alia's hands and looked at her daughter dotingly, "See, you look like my younger self now. If only Havena didn't pour boiling hot water on you..."
Alia gave her mother a sad smile before looking at Keith. She unbuttoned her shirt slightly and pulled down the sleeve on her left side, revealing a dark red scar that started from her near her shoulder and went down by ten centiters.
"Ugly isn't it?" she asked, and imdiately regretted asking the question. For the first ti in her life, she felt afraid of hearing an answer.
'I wish I could turn back ti right now....' she thought and watched Keith stare at her scar. While she never saw anyone stare at her scar as much as he did, she had also never experienced people look at her scar like it was sothing normal.
They had always given her a look of disgust.
Before her mind could process Keith's reaction to her question, he spoke.
"Well, it's just a scar. What's the big deal? Your father has so many damn scars and he looks fucking cool you know?" he said and shrugged.
He then pointed at the scar before continuing, "Treat it as sothing unique. Like co on, imagine. There's hundreds of people who co from noble backgrounds but how many of these have a scar on their arm? Probably just a handful and that is what makes you different."
'So it's not ugly?' She asked in her head, but her mouth seed to have escaped the control of her mind, "I like you! No, I love you."
By the ti she registered what she had just said, it was too late. Her face imdiately turned bright red while lia covered her mouth to suppress her chuckles.
Keith on the other hand, was absolutely speechless. He had a system screen in front of him the entire ti and he had been reading the stuff that was going on in Alia's head but this was unexpected for him too.
"Huh?" he said unintentionally, still pretty speechless from her sudden confession, "No wait, did I hear that right?"
Keith felt like crying since he absolutely hated being put in a tight spot and Alia had done exactly that. Unfortunately for him, she had different thoughts in her head a she felt like she had dug a grave for herself.
And when she heard Keith's words, her bottled up feelings exploded. Explore new worlds at empire
"Yes you bastard!! I said I love you, okay? Just give a response so I can go cry in peace, you goddamn jerk!"
'Wow... she's being a tsundere right? Nah, tsundere's don't really express their feelings. Ugh fk, I can't fucking think!'
Keith took a deep breath and nodded with a serious expression on his face, "I see... Alright, I need so ti to think about this so I'll have to ask you to wait for a few days."
"Huh?" Alia gave him a confused look before pointing at herself, "You said that you didn't like people who are flat right? I an, I'm not flat anymore but I still can't beat Clara when it cos to... cos to... uh."
"I never said I didn't like them you know? I just said that I prefer a certain type. Personality cos first and I'm not praising you here. You're a bitch sotis just like I am, but I do like your company a lot and I do care about you. So yeah, I need ti to make a decision."
Alia stared at him as she thought, 'He never said I'm attractive... I knew it... I shouldn't expect much.'
"And well, you're attractive in your own way." Keith added, 'I'm so glad I can read minds.'
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