Chapter 82 - 82

///// The Next Day /////

///// Amelia POV /////

The light of the sun reflected onto my face and aroused me from my slumber.

I awoke feeling refreshed for once in a long time, constant alert nighttimes in case of possible assassinations keep me up.

I was inwardly ashamed that I let down my guard this much, but at the same time, I was also relieved.

'Maybe I should do this once in a while.'

My thoughts went blank when I felt a breath on my neck, I turned over to the side to face the big spoon.

His breath breezed past me making me spurt a blush as I realized the position I was in.

'I am the little spoon'.. I thought whilst blushing profusely, a trait I did not know that I had.

I attempted to shift away but a sudden chill touched my back. There was nothing behind me then I remembered that I wrapped the tent in an ice globe.

The further I shifted away from his embrace, the colder I felt. Then I realized

'He is warming me up.'

At this thought, My heart did beat a bit faster out of rhythm.

I was drawn to his sleeping face, I stared at his calm face.

'Peaceful' I thought.

Unknowingly I reached out and placed my hand on his cheek and caressed it, feeling the unmanly softness of his skin.

I felt my heart pound faster as I did so, confusing me.

'What is this I feel?'

'Since the day you saved me, I could not get you off my mind.'

'I even went as far as to gain your acknowledgment, and when you did give it. I felt… happy.'

'...'

'But, I know that I do not love you.'

'However, I am certain.'

'I have a crush on you.'

At this moment, Vincent opened his eyes and stared at me, he glanced at my hand on his cheek and then back to me.

'...', My brain shut down, and yet I did not stop caressing his cheek.

When I realized this, I pronto retracted my hand.

I could feel a strong amount of embarrassment I have never felt before.

When did I, A heir candidate, reduce to a blushing schoolgirl?

///// 3rd Person POV /////

An awkward atmosphere drifted around Amelia and Vincent, As Vincent caught Amelia red-handed fondling his cheeks with a loving smile.

Her slowly removing her palm from his cheek did not help matters.

Amelia turned in the other direction out of embarrassment and Vincent could only smile at what he considered the acute side of his stoic classmate. But he resolved to not bring it up as a topic.

Instead, he thought of teasing her further

"It's the next day, The rain should have cleared up" Amelia began.

"Mmh" Vincent saiɗ, snuggling her stronger.

"W-we should continue the q-quest." She breathed out, feeling Vincent's hot breath on her exposed neck

"Mmh"

"Sigh", Amelia forcibly untangled out of his embrace and then faced him, "Be serious, We should finish the quest before we exceed the deadline." She said sternly, although a blush was still visible.

"...."

"Fine," Vincent replied, begrudgingly getting to his feet.

'I already had my fun either way

Amelia also stood up and straightened her clothes, they went on to equip their armor again and were ready to move out.

Vincent walked to the frozen wall beyond the tent opening and placed his hand which was covered in an orange glow on it.

Promptly, The ice wall melted into the water from the point of contact and spread till it formed a big opening.

"Let's go," He ordered.

"Mmh." She replied, 'It feels… cold, Maybe I should have laid in his embrace a little bit more.'

///// Hours Later /////

"And that makes it… 15" Vincent saiɗ storing the dead body of an A-Rank beast into the storage ring.

'It was a little bit hard to kill it without revealing too much of my power, But that's all it was.'

"Great, With this our task is done. Now we can decide to either continue or report back to the guild.' Amelia said, whilst eating a piece of roasted fish before a dried-out fire, set in front of a tent.

"Do you want to continue?" Vincent asked, whilst cleansing the blood off his blade.

Amelia shook her head and said, "I am only here for the quest completion, The rewards do not catch my eye too much."

"What about you?" She asked, after taking the final bite out of the fish.

"It's the same for me, My focus is on the merit points and to pass time. I don't need to be too greedy."

"But as we head back, we can kill the beasts we see on the way. Agreed?"

"Yeah"

So they began to pack up, as they did a glint of light caught Amelia's eye.

'A Dark Beast?... No, Dark Beasts don't shine. What could it be?"'

She decided to follow the glint and walked towards it leaving the area.

Vincent didn't notice this, he was focused on a particular topic with the system.

[There's something in this area.] The system popped up suddenly.

'Really? What is it?'

[I don't know, but I can sense ether being excluded from an area close to you. It must be the reason for an influx of Beasts in the area.]

[I advise you to leave this place.]

'Is it that serious!…. Ok'

"Amelia, let's mo…." He said while turning around to see no one

"Amelia?"

'[One With Nature]'

Vincent called upon the skill and enveloped the area around him, He immediately found her after doing so and began to dash towards her at blinding speeds.

He soon found her, walking dazedly into the forest. He sighs in relief at that but it was too soon to do so.

After a step she took, A white array encircled her as the floor began to shine.

Vincents immediately knew that something was wrong, and whatever that thing was is not good.

[That's inscribed teleportation!. It teleports a set target to another location.]

'Dammit, I have to save her. [Thudra Possession: 3rd Strike.]'

Skipping the first and second levels of the technique and into the third.

Three thunderbolts of heavenly lightning fell upon him as his feet hit the floor.

The next step he took, made him cross the wide distance between him and Amelia at speeds he had never reached before.

But as he approached her, he noticed the light getting brighter.

'I can't make it!' He thought

Without a second moment of thought, Vincent outstretched his hand towards her and was able to slightly graze her shoulder with his finger.

Because of this, He was also teleported leaving the quiet mangrove behind.

Boom

With a sonic boom.

///// Aemplefort, Ama's Dorm Room /////

Ama stood before a pillar of white light as she seemed to talk to it.

"How is Vincent's gate a Nine-tailed fox at such a young age."

"[Cadmean's Blessing]"

"Ancestor Cadmean!, … That makes more sense."

"But why would Ancestor Cadmean bless Vincent?" She murmured to herself

"[Because he's the last male of the Ten-Tail of illusions Bloodline]"

"I didn't ask you Akashic"

[...]

"Sigh" Ama fell onto her bed tired at the situation she found herself in.

"How can I make my bloodline stronger?" She asked akashic.

"[A flower of the tree Elvin Iscisyelda, if brewed by the [Alchemist] skill using the PCH recipe made by Awes Edimoya, it will form a concoction or pill that is capable of improving any bloodline greatly.]"

"[More requirements include: Take the pill in an ether generous location.]"

"Really!?, Where is the closest Iscisyelda tree?" She asked with interest.

"[The closest Iscisyelda tree can be found on the hills of Broscour forest, Exactly at the highest hill.]"

'The highest hill of Broscour, That place is filled with powerful Dark Beasts, the weakest being A-Rank at least. It would be extremely dangerous to scale it.'

'But…'

'If I can get the flower, It will all be worth it.'

"Find the flower, Get the recipe, Find the Alchemist and brew the flower. That's the plan. I hope it's as easy as it sounds" She murmured

"System, close the Akashic."

[Ok]

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