"Wait!"
Just when Ian was rapidly ascending the stairs, he heard the sweet voice of Morgana, who was following closely behind.
"What? Girl, didn't I say I'm not interested in you?"
Even at this ti, Ian was in the mood to joke.
However, he never stopped just because she said so, but increased his speed instead.
In fact, he was about to use his Ethereal Form but refrained for now, as he felt soone was watching this place sohow.
It wasn't good to show your trump card that easily.
"Can you be serious for once?"
Morgana rolled her eyes speechlessly at Ian.
Then, seeing him running even faster, she sighed, used the haste spell on herself, and quickly caught up.
"Why did you suddenly decide to leave? Did you notice sothing?"
She asked what she originally wanted to know curiously.
Her instincts told her to follow him the mont Ian ran out of the chamber. That's why she was trailing after him now, without hesitation.
"Didn't I say I am not compatible with the Fire elent? Why can't you understand still?"
But Ian counter-questioned her and looked at her directly in the face as if looking at a fool.
"Tch! You are so annoying. Can't you just say, 'I don't want to say'? Who will believe such nonsense?"
She was a Siren Queen who was from the Ocean, and her water affinity was so high, yet she wasn't afraid of the fire elent.
And this guy, who could easily resolve her spell with a wave of his hand, was afraid because of incompatibility?
'Did he think of as a fool?'
Morgana thought, scrunching her little nose in annoyance, looking a little cute.
"Yeah, I don't want to say, happy now?"
But Ian cared?
Of course not, as he looked directly at her annoyed face and replied with a serious expression.
With how fast he was running, with heavy breathing and a serious face, he looked quite funny.
"Pfttt...."
Sure enough, instead of getting annoyed once again, Morgana laughed at his antics.
Her beautiful eyes narrowed into slits, making her particularly captivating.
"Tch... what are you laughing at? Girl, aren't you being too comfortable in front of your enemy?"
Ian was amused at her giggle and asked while climbing the dark stairs.
Fortunately, although there were multiple forks and chambers around, the main path was a straight vertical one.
Ian had no qualms navigating upwards.
"Enemy? Don't you think it was all a misunderstanding?"
Morgana was stunned by his question and asked.
In fact, after Ian helped her control the poison in her body, she had a good impression of him. Moreover, she was actually quite curious why Ian was so good to her.
"Hmm? If you say so."
Ian didn't care whether she thought of him as an enemy or friend. Instead, he suddenly turned his head towards her and said mysteriously,
"But I have to say, besides your eyes, I found another good thing about you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
Morgana didn't even know that she was being played around by Ian as she asked him curiously,
"Your smile. At least you look good when you smile. Keep smiling so that I won't feel bad looking at you."
Ian said with a smirk, then ignored her completely as they were already almost outside.
'What do you an I look good only when I smile?'
Morgana heard what Ian said and was stunned for a while, then couldn't help but pout in annoyance.
This guy was really too much. He always had a way with words, making her speechless.
'Hmph! If you see my real appearance, I'll see how you'll look down on .'
She then thought of her real look and couldn't help but smile unconsciously, looking at the tall figure of Ian.
She was actually looking forward to this guy's reaction when he saw her true form.
'Won't this face-loving guy be head over heels for then?'
She thought with glee, giggling a little, causing Ian to look at her weirdly.
'Crap, it is definitely the effect of Sinner's Bloom. I need to control myself.'
Morgana found her gaffe and quickly returned to normal, admonishing herself inside.
But sowhere in the corner of her thoughts, she was still musing about what it would be like if Ian saw her true form.
Poor girl, she didn't know she was exposed before Ian even t her.
Moreover, this guy didn't learn anything and began to flirt with another girl once Lyra and Aurora disappeared.
Ian would never learn, would he?
"Mana Shield!"
"Boom!"
Just when Morgana was musing over things, she heard Ian's chant, followed by a tall transparent shield in front.
Then suddenly a loud bang echoed throughout the entire chamber, followed by fiery lava erupting from the entire volcano.
It imdiately destroyed the old pathways they were climbing just now.
Fortunately, Ian was fast and cast the protection spell in ti, covering both of them in the Mana Shield.
"Girl, do you know any flying-type spell?"
Seeing the entire pathway blocked by fiery lava, Ian looked at Morgana and hurriedly asked a question.
Then, his attention was drawn behind him, where he felt the rapidly rising temperature of the fire, followed by the presence of so entity.
'It is already out.'
Ian could feel that the spiritual fire was out of the Dawn Cauldron. So, he had to leave this place as soon as possible to not get stuck in the crossfire.
Unfortunately, he had just reached the First Ring Wizard level and hadn't even learned any flying-type spell.
All he knew was the feather fall spell, which was of no use for this situation.
Heck, the situation was so hectic, he didn't even have ti to check the reward from the Quest.
"Hmm? Of course, I know. Oh... you want to fly out from here."
Morgana also understood Ian's plan, so she imdiately took out her staff and began to chant a spell without waiting for him to say it.
Suddenly, with her chant, the surrounding mana began to rustle and draw towards her and got amplified by the staff, causing her spell to complete.
Then, with no surprise, she began to float with two transparent gale wings at her side that were slightly darker in color.
"Tempest's Embrace!"
It didn't take long for her to cast her spell, as it wasn't a complicated one in the first place.
After feeling that the spell was in effect, Morgana turned to the front where Ian was and asked,
"Then... should we leave?"
She was actually quite confused as she didn't hear Ian chanting his spell. After all, didn't they decide to leave this place by flying?
"Okay, good job. Let's leave fast. It isn't good to stop at this place for long."
However, to her surprise, she didn't see Ian at the front but on her side, as he suddenly ca close to her, directly grabbing her body by her waist.
"Hey.... w-what are you doing?"
Of course, Morgana was stunned by his behavior as she hurriedly tried to defend when suddenly another loud boom echoed from behind, followed by the shrill screams of Wizards that were below.
"Girl, fast, fast. What are you doing? Don't you know how to use your own spell?"
Ian, on the other hand, didn't care about Morgana's wide eyes. Instead, he urged her to fly out fast as he felt that it was getting dangerous.
"Then... why can't you use your own spell? Why are you hugging ?"
Morgana was so annoyed by his frivolous behavior that she gnashed her teeth in hatred.
This guy was already grabbing her waist so strongly that she had to fight back if she wanted to be free.
"I don't know any flying-type spell. Fast, fast, let's go."
Ian honestly explained hurriedly, gaining another eye roll from Morgana.
But seeing that the situation was getting out of hand, she still lifted her staff and used her spell, floating up fast out of the lava zone with Ian by her side.
Fortunately, Ian used his Mana Shield conveniently to shield both of them during the flight.
"Can you leave my waist? You don't have to grab , you know. I can easily allow you to fly with ."
Morgana said, feeling a strong arm grabbing her willow waist so firmly. This was the first ti she was this close to the opposite sex.
Moreover, she found out the onset of Sinner's Bloom was getting closer as Ian ca close to her.
There was already an imperceptible blush on her face unconsciously.
'All because of this damn poison!' she blad with hatred.
"No! What if you leave behind? I don't have any trust in you."
However, to her request, Ian firmly denied, as if he didn't trust her one bit.
He even increased the strength in his hands, grabbing her waist close to his body, causing her to yelp in surprise.
Ian played rogue.
'She is quite soft!'
And he didn't forget to complint her inwardly, too.
Although he wasn't the guy to push down a girl when she was helpless, he was the guy who knew how to take advantage appropriately.
"You... you are clearly bullying ..."
If it were before, Morgana would surely blast this guy with her spell for being rogue. But in such a short mont, her attitude had changed even without her knowledge.
"Okay, calm down. I am not lying. I didn't have ti to practice flying spells before. Besides, didn't I say I have no interest in you already? Why are you so defensive?"
Ian consoled her and then pointed at the top of the volcano where he first appeared, signaling at her.
"Let's land in that place. Be careful!"
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