Chapter 117 - Gem Is Mine

"Wow, that's so cheesy! Reminds me of the people back in the day!" Fily remarked after hearing Lei's honest response to Gem's question.

"What are you saying?" Von said while looking suspiciously at Fily for saying something so random.

"Nothing."

"Do you love the ocean, Lei?" Gem said and leaned her upper body backward to make eye contact with Lei which Fily couldn't cover at the moment because of her ongoing argument with Von.

"I do, I love it so much," Lei said while getting mesmerized in Gem's eyes again but quickly blinked and looked away from her in efforts of not being weird.

"Okay, I really wish to see a real ocean soon with you guys." Gem said with a happy smile just before Venedette called them to enjoy some barbecue while sightseeing.

"Did you like it?" Halma asked Gem while soaking herself in the artificial beach-inspired infinity pool beside the island's cliff.

"I do! It's so beautiful, thanks a lot for taking care of me, Halma. You don't know how happy it makes me be accepted by the Queen of this Country despite being labeled as a monster by many," Gem said in all sincerity which made Halma ache a little bit in the heart for trying to hurt her using a poison.

"If perhaps, I tell you not everything you see could be real, would you believe me?"

"About what?" Gem asked innocently while eating her grilled hot dog with marshmallows in a stick.

"About me-"

"Those rumors about you being evil? Of course, I don't believe that! All you have been doing during your stay here was to take care of me and of course I appreciate that so much. Thank you for being so kind to me, Halma." Gem said continuously which made it harder for Halma to even confess her sins anymore.

'Whatever, I'll just give them the gift and be done with it. We won't see each other until the start of the tournament anyway and she won't use this information anymore so what's the point?'

"Are you ready to see the sunset?" Halma asked while carrying Gem with her on the very edge of the infinity pool made of glass.

"Very." Gem said while being wary of where she steps on because of Halma's long white beach dress. "This is kind of scary." She added and focused her eyes on the horizon filled with clouds instead.

"There should be a place like this on your island, mine had more than just a swimming pool and we had more technology than this old land which let us do more royal work across the country. I hope you could visit us soon, although it would be hard to get a pass just to land over there." Halma said and chuckled on her own little mischievous thought, uncertified people such as Gem and Petunia wouldn't have any chance of getting inside the capitol, moreover, Halma's island had more security that isn't as reachable as this one based on what just happened with the foreigners and the Crones.

"I hope so too." Gem replied and carried on with their sightseeing.

"Halma! Can I get my pet now? Please? Please?" Petunia suddenly said like a whining child to her parents to buy her a toy, announcing her presence from the ceiling of the cave with her Gummy cloud with no intentions of getting wet with them.

"Petunia! Come on down here! Let's swim!" Gem called to her after seeing her cloud fly amongst the real thick clouds in front of them.

"As much as I deny being a cat and being a potions lover, my body hates the water! I can't swim!" Petunia said while having fun riding her Gummy cloud across the clouds which Von spotted and soon played with her not long after.

"Fily!!" Gem cheered after seeing Fily step inside of the pool along with a shirtless Lei.

"Ooh, this is warm, I thought the water was cold," Fily said after touching the water with her toes while Lei just quietly swam across his distance with Gem and the others on the end of the pool.

"This is scary," Lei said after stepping on the clear glass and seeing a bunch of clouds below them.

"It is! I feel ticklish! Like I'm on a roller coaster!"

"A what?" Gem said after hearing another one of Fily's uncommon words.

"Nothing," Fily said and laughed her heart out before finally reaching the end of the pool where they all watched the horizon as the sun went down.

"Woah! This is amazing!" Fily was the one to react after seeing the orange lines of the sun bridging the clouds between them to the horizon.

"This level is such a perfect level for this kind of view," Fily added which all of them agreed on.

"Mom! Dad! Let's go to the sun!" Von offered while still flying around with Petunia under the orange spotlight.

"Should we?" Venedette said and stepped out of the pool which was then followed by Sir Grand immediately.

"See ya!" Venedette greeted and flew so fast towards Von that even the drops of water from the pool that dampened her body were suddenly detached from her and were left to fall again exactly above Gem, Fily, and Halma's place.

"Watch out!" Lei shouted and stood up to cover Gem beside him while Fily just closed her eyes and felt the refreshing drops of water fall on her like a one-second rain shower.

"Whoo!" Fily shouted while Halma just shrugged her shoulders.

"Since they're not coming back anytime soon, would you like to see my gift to your team now before them?" Halma offered while still standing like a statue because of her ruined hair and dampened upper body because of Venedette and Sir Grand.

"Oops,"

"T-Thanks." Gem said shyly to Lei for covering her from the raindrops.

"No problem-"

"Lei!! What did I tell you!?" Fily suddenly said and pulled Gem away from him.

"Gem is mine."

"Tch." Lei only replied which Gem found funny.