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"That..." Feeling Edward's gaze on and staring at Amanda who was closely staring at , I was left speechless and silently glared in Amanda's direction. 'Do sothing.' I urged her with my eyes. Turning around, Amanda looked at her father. "Yes?" "Ehhh..." Alternating his gaze between Amanda and I, Edward looked to be at a loss for words. He eventually managed to speak. "A..are you trying to take revenge for what happened this morning?" Unexpectedly, and much to my confusion, Edward talked about sothing else entirely. I glanced at Amanda who gazed at from the corner of her eyes, and brushed her hair behind her ear. "You finally understand?" "Ugh." A difficult look appeared on Edward's face. Soon, his shoulders slumped.
"Alright, I'm sorry."
After that, he proceeded to walk all the way toward the elevator. The sudden turn of events left dumbfounded as I pointed in his direction. "What's up with him?" "...Nothing." Amanda gazed at her father's back. "Mh~" Stretching her body a bit she humd in joy. "Let's just say I took a little revenge for what he did this morning." "At my expense?" Without answering, Amanda flashed a small smile. Taking a small step forward, she followed her father toward the elevator. "I'll see you soon." She whispered as she got into the elevator. The elevator doors soon started to close, and the last thing I heard was Edward's faint whispering voice. "Hey, Amanda, that was a prank, right? There's nothing really going on between you two, right?" "Maybe?" "Ey, Amanda. This is not f—" Clank—! ***
"This should be all." With a satisfied smile on his face, Kevin clapped his hands together. In front of him were two large bags filled to the brim with goods. With a wave of his hands, the two bags magically disappeared. After that, Kevin tapped the air with his finger. A translucent blue screen ford in front of him. ===
[Quest.]
Information : Stop the Demon King from consuming this planet. Location : Cassaria.
Goal : Stop the demon corruption of the planet. Rank : ranked core. Total people : Three. Reward : [Demon King Ascension 1 year.] [Minor realm rank up.] [Synchronisation 15%]
Penalty : [Demon King Ascension - 1 year.]
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"...I hope I'm not too late." He had been delaying this quest for quite a while now, and he was finally going to embark on this new trip. "Phew." He let out a sigh of relief. "Fortunately, it doesn't look like the delay has caused the mission to beco harder." Kevin feared that his delay in the mission would've increased the mission's difficulty. Fortunately, it turned out to be a needless worry since the system prompt remained the sa. "I better get going." Turning his wrist to glance at his watch, Kevin headed out of the door. "Ah, right." When he was about to leave, his feet slowed. As he turned around, he glanced at a picture fra positioned on top of one of his desks. There were two people in the picture. Both bear a striking resemblance to Kevin. Moving to the picture fra, he slowly caressed it and his face softened. "Mom, Dad, I'll be leaving for a bit now..." The faint sound of his voice echoed through the room. "...It's going to be a dangerous mission. One that might force to leave this place for quite a long ti, but strangely enough, I don't think there will be much trouble. I've got two reliable people coming with ..." A faint smile spread across his face as he scratched the side of his nose. "They both are weird in their own way, but I trust them, so...I'll be coming back soon." Touching the fra, Kevin slowly closed his eyes. "I hope you don't miss too much while I'm gone."
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"Haaa…"
After parking my car and getting out, I gazed at the distant warehouse.
Closing the car door and heading there, I sighed.
'What a headache.'
The re thought of what had happened not too long ago caused my head to hurt.
Recalling Edward's last words, I involuntarily let out another sigh. "He definitely suspects that sothing happened..." This was going to be troubleso. Beep—! By pressing my hand against the wall, the tallic door that led to the warehouse automatically opened.
"Who are you guys again?"
I heard a familiar voice in the distance as I entered the warehouse. It was shortly after followed by more voices. "Oh god."
"Just how bad must your mory be if you can't even rember what soone told you ten minutes ago?"
"Hein, do sothing."
"? What am I supposed to do?"
"I don't know, maybe try knocking your shield against his head. That should knock so sense into him." "…But it'll get dirty."
As I was far, I couldn't quite understand what they were arguing about. But without a doubt, it was probably sothing annoying.
Walking toward the main lobby and opening the door, I spoke up. "What's going on?"
My words imdiately ended the argunt, and everyone turned their attention to . "Ren!"
"You're finally here!"
"Finally!"
To my surprise, the mont I arrived, the rest of the group rushed toward with bright looks on their faces. They looked like children who had just found their parents. 'What's going on?' Their reaction instantly raised alarm bells inside my head. When had any one of them ever greeted like this? There was definitely sothing fishy about the situation. "Ren I've been trying to contact you since last night. Why didn't you answer my calls?"
Smallsnake was the first to complain, looking rather haggard. Staring at him, my eyes flashed with pity. 'He must have gone through a lot.'
"Did you just pity ?" "Just your imagination." After taking out my phone and checking it, my brows raised slightly. This was because I had noticed that I had over 20 missing calls. "Ah, you're right. You really did call several tis."
"You think?"
Smallsnake rubbed his forehead.
"I know that you're busy with a lot of stuff, but what do you think will happen during an ergency if you don't answer?"
Scratching the side of my head, I apologized.
"…You're right."
To be honest, I had never experienced stuff like this in the past as I always tended to check my phone. Yesterday was the only exception, and for so much to happen on the exact day that I did not check my phone, I could only bla my bad luck.
Really. "I'll make sure to pay close attention to your call next ti."
After putting the phone away, I looked around the room. I wanted to see exactly what was causing Smallsnake to be so distressed.
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"Mhh, what is the ergency? Everything looks fin—"
My eyes locked in a certain direction halfway through my sentence, and I suddenly stopped speaking.
"Lightning Dragon?
It was there that I spotted a familiar face. With his long hair falling down his shoulder and signature yellow eyes, Lightning Dragon leaned against one of the tables. Similarly spotting , he greeted.
"Yo." "…Yeah, I just arri—"
"Hold on."
I was cut off by Smallsnake, who alternated his gaze with Lightning Dragon and . It was then that he looked straight into my eyes.
"He actually rembers you?"
"Hm? Yeah."
What kind of question was that?
Of course he rembered . It'd be weird if he didn't recognize .
"Ah!"
But it was at that mont that I suddenly recalled sothing.
Raising my hand to cover my forehead, I gazed at the others and finally understood what was happening.
A wry smile spread across my face as I turned my attention back to Smallsnake. "He has mory problems." "No shit." Smallsnake answered as he glared in my direction. Shifting my head a little I silently muttered. "...kind of rude."
"As if you were never rude..." Smallsnake grumbled with his arms closed.
"I don't think you understand how much trouble he caused the mont he walked in."
"...I don't."
I wasn't exactly there to see it. However, Smallsnake's words sounded rather ominous as I suddenly felt an ominous promotion. Glaring in lightning Dragon's direction, Smallsnake raised his voice. "The first thing he did as soon as he ca into the warehouse was attack us!" "Attack you?" I dumbfoundedly stared at Lightning Dragon. 'Seriously?' "Yes! Not just , but everyone else in here!" 'Oh god.
While staring in Lightning Dragon's direction, I couldn't help but feel a massive migraine coming my way. Taking a deep breath, I looked at Smallsnake.
"Everyone seems to be fine at the mont. It was probably a short fight, right?"
"Do you see Leopold and Angelica anywhere?"
Smallsnake suddenly asked.
Glancing around the room, I shook my head.
"Now that I think about it, I don't see either of them."
"Obviously not! The two of them are injured upstairs. What's with the monster you brought?"
Smallsnake stared at Lightning Dragon with lingering fear in his eyes.
The sa could be said for the remaining others in the room. He was clearly reminiscing the vents that happened not too long ago. "Hm? What about Han Yufei?" Then I noticed one person was missing. It was Han Yufei. " "Him?"
Famously known as the babysitter of the group[, Smallsnake was quick to answer. "He's gone to the place you told him to go. He should be back by noon." "Ah, I see." 'He's a lot faster than I expected.' After I gave him the Gravar-style location, he imdiately rushed there without wasting a mont. As expected of him. He was efficient. Scratching the back of my head, my eyes beca serious.
"How badly injured are Angelica and Leopold?"
"Fortunately, not by much."
Smallsnake sighed in relief.
"We were sohow able to calm him down after one of us shouted your na. From there we were able to figure one thing." "Oh?" My curiosity was piqued.
"What did you figure out?" "Oy."
"No need to deny the truth."
After staring at Smallsnake for a few seconds, I shook my head.
"...All right, fine."
It was indeed my fault. When I decided to have him co directly to , I probably should have thought more carefully.
'Maybe I should've written in the letter 'Don't beat people up'. Not sure...' "Let handle the situation from now on."
In any case, I was glad the situation didn't escalate any further. Given Lightning Dragon's strength, he could've most likely beat everyone present apart from maybe Angelica who strangely seed to have lost. 'I'll have to check up on that.'
After patting Smallsnake on the shoulder, I walked toward Lightning Dragon.
"Lightning Drago—."
"It's Liam."
Lightning Dragon suddenly interrupted . I was taken aback for a mont. "Scuse ?"
"I'm Liam, not Lightning Dragon."
"Ah, right."
Indeed. Lightning Dragon was just a made-up nickna for the arena.
Now that he was no longer there, there was no need for to call him by his nickna.
Stopping in front of him, I pointed toward myself.
"You rember , right?"
"I do."
Liam's answer was fast and quick. Surprising and the others in the room.
"That's great."
I nodded my head in satisfaction. I was glad he rembered . Now things would be much easier.
Unfortunately, my joy was a bit premature, as his next words almost knocked over.
"I do rember who you are, but I don't know why I'm here."
"...Seriously?" "Yeah." My lips smacked together. I had already lost count of how many tis I wanted to facepalm my face by now.
Turning around, I waved my hand at Liam and urged him to follow.
"Follow for now. I'll tell you the details soon. I think I know of a way to solve your mory problems." "...Ehh, okay."
Nodding his head, Liam complied and followed into my office.
Just as I was about to leave the lobby, I turned to look at Smallsnake.
"Ah right, before I forget, a couple of people will co soon. Notify when they co."
"Who is c—"
I had already left before Smallsnake could finish his words.
I was in a bit of a hurry. Solving Liam's mory problems was the current priority.
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