"What a pain," I mumbled as I looked at Grace, who had already conjured a water spike, aiming it at Fatima.
"I dare you, say that again," Grace said, glaring at Fatima.
"What?" Fatima replied, her smile never fading. "Are you going to attack just because I said the truth?"
"Wait! Wait!" I interjected, arriving between them, knowing things would go out of hand if I let them be.
"Move," Grace said, now aiming the spike at .
"Calm down, Grace. We have work to do, rember?" I replied.
She looked at for a while, but eventually she sighed and launched the spike into the air.
"Let’s go," she said, turning back towards the next club.
"Aww, thank you for protecting , Eden," Fatima said, trying to grab my hand.
"I wasn’t protecting you, idiot," I replied, moving back from her.
"Why are you even with her, Emily?" I asked the gray-haired girl, who was quietly observing the drama from the side.
"Why can’t she be with ?" Fatima replied to my question, pouting a little.
I ignored her as I waited for Emily to reply.
"She is my only friend, so," Emily replied, her voice a little softer.
"Whatever, just don’t let her corrupt you," I said before following Grace.
"What do you an by that?" I again ignored Fatima’s question.
"....."
"....."
"Okay, why are you guys following us?" I asked, looking back, as both Emily and Fatima were still following behind us.
"What do you an? We are going in the sa direction," Fatima replied, shrugging her shoulders.
"Where are we even going?"
.......
.......
"Harmony Velvet Club," I mumbled, reading the na on the signboard hanging in front of a classroom.
Around the room, groups of girls were going in and out, laughing and smiling.
"What the heck is that?" I asked Grace, who was beside .
"All-ladies club," she replied without looking at .
"It’s pretty famous among both commoners and noble girls," Fatima comnted as she, along with Emily, stood right behind .
"Are you two here to join the club?" I asked, looking at them.
"Yeah, it’s an open club, so you don’t need to show any talent to join, and almost all the first-year girls join the club every year," Fatima replied, and I nodded at her words.
"Let’s go, then," I said as I moved towards the door.
"What?" I asked, looking back as all three of them just stood there and looked at strangely.
"You did listen to what I said, right?" Fatima asked.
"Yeah."
"Then why are you coming with us?" she said.
"I can’t go in?" I asked, moving away from the door to not block the way for others.
"No, you can, but don’t do anything weird," Grace said as she entered the room, followed by Fatima and Emily.
"What will I do?" I muttered, following them inside.
As soon as I ca inside the room, my eyes imdiately wandered around.
The place was filled with girls, with so sitting at the tables chatting over tea, while others were having their hairstyles done on the side.
But they all imdiately stopped as their eyes landed on —the only boy in the room.
’I should have just stayed outside,’ I grumbled in my thoughts as I looked at Grace.
She wasn’t even focusing on ; her mind was on her work as she moved around the place, evaluating the club while noting down its positives and negatives.
"You want... pfff... to look around, Eden?" Fatima asked , trying to hide her laughter as she observed my awkward situation.
"No, I’m good," I replied.
"Eden Morton, I would appreciate it if you could just go outside of the club room." A resonated throughout the club room, and I imdiately knew who she was.
That bitch is a pain in the ass, and I would rather not talk to her.
"I am going outside, Grace," I said, without looking in the direction of the voice.
"Wait five minutes; I will be done by then." She replied as she moved deeper inside the room.
Nodding I turned back and walked outside the club room, then closed my eyes, leaning against the wall.
’The heck am I even doing in this place?’ I sighed as that thought ca to my mind.
The only reason I’m here in this academy is that I can’t trust the fate and destiny crap.
I don’t want any loose ends in my life because of it.
’What is my purpose for coming to this world?’
I have kept repeating this thought since I arrived in this world.
Why am I even in this world?
What is the reason so cosmic entity or god brought here?
What is the thing they themselves can’t do?
Even after all the planning I’ve done in the last two years, I can’t shake off the feeling of dread.
Every ti I try to hold onto the things around , I feel like things will go out of hand eventually.
And with the affinity for ti and space I have, I don’t feel good about that either.
[All you’re doing is denying the possibilities, Eden.]
’How many fucking tis have I told you, Edda, stop reading my mind!’
[Deny all you want, but you will have to face it eventually.]
’I know that! I am not denying anything; all I am doing is thinking logically. All that shit looks good in theory, that’s all.’
[You have less than a year left before your body fully assimilates with your ti affinity.]
’Is that a fucking warning?’
[.....]
Yeah...
Go fucking silent again, like you always do.
Useless system...
"Eden!" I opened my eyes as I felt soone sitting on my head while happily calling my na.
"Ivy?" I mumbled as I extended my hand to pat her head.
I looked around and found Aeloria walking towards .
"Let’s go inside, Ivy," she said, looking at her spirit while ignoring .
"Two minutes," Ivy mumbled as she lay flat on my head.
"How have you been, dumb girl?" I said, smiling at her.
She observed for a while before she said, "I heard about your relationship with Grace from Angelina."
"And?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.
"Are you perhaps deliberately trying to get close to Grace just to make Angelina jealous?" she asked, squinting her eyes.
"Are you delusional or sothing?" I frowned at her words. "Why would I do that?"
"Wait! Did the Princess say this?" I asked as I thought about her words.
"No, I just thought about it," she replied, shaking her head.
"You’re thinking too much," I said, shrugging my shoulders.
"We have a date, rember?" she asked as she took Ivy from my head, though I had to bend a little for her to reach my head.
"No! Eden!" Ivy shouted as she tried to reach , but I just ignored her.
She shouldn’t have sat on my head.
"Yeah," I replied.
"Hmm," she humd as she moved inside the club room without giving an answer.
"Why ask when you’re not specific about when?" I mumbled as I waited for Grace.
Now that I think about it, I need to check on her as well.
She is a reincarnated person like , so if anything, I need to keep tabs on her situation. I don’t want to be caught off guard because I wasn’t alert enough.
During the next event, I should be able to get to know more about their personalities and see if things will still go as they did in the ga.
After waiting for a while, the door clicked open, and Grace ca out.
"Let’s go to the next one."
"Yeah."
.......
.......
"It’s been a long fucking day." I mumbled as I moved through the corridor of the domintory of the first-year building.
The sun hung low in the sky as I arrived at the room that was in the corner of the corridor.
With what happened last night, I would want to keep my distance from Sarah for a while, at least until I understood what she wanted with .
[You already know what she wants.]
’Shut up!’
The door clicked open as I moved inside the room.
The mont I stepped inside the room, I felt the mana around tremble, and an eerie atmosphere surrounded my entire being.
My senses scread of danger, and out of instinct, I summoned a sword from my inventory while conjuring a fla Lancer in my other hand.
’A fucking domain?’ I thought as I felt the mana within the place not working at my will, while slowly but surely my flas started to fade away.
’How couldn’t I sense him before?’
I thought as I looked at the person in front of , the re thought that soone could co this close to without noticing was enough to make shiver.
He slowly opened his eyes as they observed without any emotions.
"It’s been a while, Eden."
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