"Thank you for sharing things and your experiences with , Altashia. I don't know how to repay you. You seem to have everything."
Eren flashed a light smile to Altashia when the pair was done talking. He returned the gesture before adding more.
"My pleasure, Eren. You don't have to repay with anything. Hehe! I only cleared so minor doubts you had because I wanted to help a fellow demon beast owner."
Eren smirked before activating his ti-elent spell along with his movent spell. Altashia saw him disappear from her sight only to appear two inches away from her.
Altashia's mana sense could keep up with Eren's movents, no sweat. So she didn't understand what he was doing as she stopped ghostly hands that had appeared beside either side of her face with hands of her own.
"I know one way I can repay you. I'll show you if you could allow ."
Altashia's cheeks turned red as Eren's voice was heard near her right ear after he seemingly morphed into existence. She was about to argue but Eren cut her short.
"I saw the way you looked at when you thought I wasn't paying attention. Why look at the goods from afar and torture yourself when you can just have them? I certainly won't allow myself to go through that form of torture if I could help it."
Altashia thought that ale's intoxicating effects were cut short by the incident that had unfolded. But now that Eren had gotten so near to her, she felt that intoxication once again. She soon realized that this intoxication wasn't caused by the ale but by sothing much more primal that she hadn't experienced yet.
"Eren… What happened between us was just an accident. I…"
Eren chuckled before cutting her speech short.
"If that was an accident, I'm fine with those accidents happening over and over again. I'll not shy away from getting you drunk to try that sa move again, you know."
Altashia had a blank face after Eren said what he said. Shen then burst into laughter.
"Hehehe! You are very shaless. How can one man have so many different shades to him?"
Eren closed the distance between him and Altashia so more by walking a step closer to her. Their bodies were almost touching each other.
"Why should I feel any sha in kissing a girl as talented and gorgeous as you? If I need to be shaless to have a chance with you, I'll strive to beco the biggest shaless Edinburgh has ever seen."
Altashia couldn't stop laughing when she heard Eren's witty response. Her recluse heart was also softened by the complint she received from him. It wasn't that she hadn't received complints. But she could tell that Eren ant every word he said.
"Eren, do you want to be with ?"
Eren nodded his head without a second's delay when Alashia asked him the question on a serious note. She narrowed her eyes and looked into Eren's before proceeding.
"You will only be with while we are together. And nobody else. Will you agree now?"
The butcher suppressed a sudden urge to cough as he maintained eye contact with Altashia. He had almost forgotten that not every female ranker would be like Nina, Renita or Jules who would just allow him to plough around.
"How about we get together first and then work on details?"
Eren flashed a forced smile. Altashia smirked at his reply before responding.
"Being with isn't as simple as you thought it'd be, is it? Frankly, I don't see a problem in you accepting this. I have a better background. I'm a superior ranker than you as of now."
This ti Eren's facial expressions turned sowhat serious. He put his hands down and responded after a short pause.
"Talent, background, and dedication to work hard aren't everything. Sotis you need the courage to stand up with your broken pieces and show it to the world that there's still a fight left in you."
The interaction that was supposed to be romantic suddenly took a strange turn. Altashia knew that she was the reason behind it. She didn't like to sugarcoat her words. So she ant it when she said she was a superior ranker than Eren.
"You think you have that courage and I don't?"
Eren shook his head in denial before replying.
"You didn't get it. Courage cos only when you are scared. You were never scared of anyone. So of course you wouldn't have it."
Altashia chuckled when she heard Eren's response. She didn't want to hurt the guy. So she placed her right hand over his chest and replied.
"Eren, what you said makes sense on a philosophical level. But it doesn't change the ground reality. And please don't get offended. It wasn't my intention."
Eren placed his right hand over her and pressed on it before responding.
"Give a month and three chances. Without any of our demon beasts getting involved. I'll challenge you to three duels. If I don't win even after the third try, I'll accept anything and everything you say.
But…
After I win, you will retract your statent that you are a superior ranker and co on a date with without any of those conditions. Deal?"
Altashia puffed her cheeks as she heard Eren's proposals as if she had been offended.
"You can't beat anyti soon. At least not within a month. I'm close to breaking through to my current rank while you are still.."
Eren just shrugged his shoulders in response before adding up.
"All the more reasons for you to accept the deal. Why worry when you can win the challenge easily?"
Altashis smiled mirthlessly as if she had given up on convincing Eren.
"Alright. One month. Three tries. Let's see how much you progress within this one month."
Eren understood what Altashia said and smiled. She had told him she would win all three tries after checking out his progress. If nothing else, Eren liked Altashia's subtle way of giving a burn to soone.
Eren dropped his shoulder and turned away as if he was being disappointed. Altashia saw that and felt a bit guilty about it. In feeling that she let her guard down. The next thing she knew, her lips were pressed upon sothing and her normal vision was blocked by soone very close to her.
Eren had planted a lip lock when Altashia least expected it. She didn't feel like responding to the guy's rude way of dealing with these delicate things. So she pinched his stomach with her hand while imbuing it with her mana. But even that didn't help. So she pushed him away with great force.
Eren was thrown outside the open window while making a whistling noise. He landed just beside Argo, who had just finished his first al. The blood of his al was all over the ground. Thankfully, Eren landed just outside the bloody and ssy area.
"Kiyeeeh!"
"Yeah. I'm alright."
Eren consoled his demon beast and stood up from his position. He dusted his clothes and looked at Altashia, who was smiling. That fall of his had taken out all the grievances she had with him.
The butcher returned her gaze with equal playfulness before mumbling sothing very softly. He didn't use mana-imbued voice or voice communication when he did so.
But Altashia was able to lip-read and understand what Eren had said just fine. She smiled when she decoded his ssage as she saw him walking towards Argo while dusting his butt off.
'Altashia darling, this is called courage.'
He had said.
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