Chapter 202: … Is Me, Seraphina! - II

But Ravenna did not withdraw her hand, instead, she looked at Ansel with a somewhat... dissatisfied gaze?

Controlling her emotions was something Ravenna only did when necessary. Ansel had seen her express all sorts of emotions before, or rather... Ravenna had become accustomed to it, and most of the time, she only expressed her emotions in front of Ansel.

After all, they were each other's best friends.

"Ansel." The young Hydral's close friend, staring at his cheek, said in a stiff tone, "I don't think you misunderstood what I just said."

"...Hmm?"

He tilted his head in confusion, but Ravenna immediately straightened it again.

"If I say that I really didn't understand if you had any other meaning, would you believe me?"

Ansel, who was forced to make eye contact with Miss Ravenna, said in a very innocent tone.

"..."

Ravenna looked at Ansel for a long time, seemingly trying to determine if he was lying. After a while, she repeated her previous words.

"I said, the abyss and heaven, to me, there is no difference."

"And then?" Ansel blinked, still looking at Ravenna in confusion.

"...And then?"

Ravenna's delicate and beautiful eyebrows showed clear anger, "What else is there? The one walking on the path of the abyss here, if it's not you, then who else could it be?"

"It is indeed me, so you—hmm?"

Ansel paused, his abruptly cut-off words and the questioning tone of his voice clearly showed his surprise, indicating that he really hadn't associated anything with Ravenna's words.

"...Venna."

The young Hydral, with a very strange look in his eyes, looked at Ravenna, "Are you saying that you want to be my pact head?"

"First of all, I don't deny your claim, Venna. Whether it's your talent or your usefulness to me, there's no issue."

"I don't want to hear 'first of all,'" Ravenna's brow furrowed, "because it means you might reject me next."

"Um... You're much calmer than I imagined."

"Because this is the most important decision of your life."

Upon receiving this implicit rejection, Ravenna's emotions remained unchanged, "I understand your caution. Moreover, the facts I've stated won't change."

There is no one more suitable to be Ansel of Hydral's pact head than Ravenna Ziegler. This fact will never change, and Ravenna's confidence in this matter remains unwavering.

Although she didn't have any extreme reactions to Ansel's rejection, Ravenna still asked with slight displeasure, "I can't quite understand your reason for refusing me now. Overall, it should only be due to my lack of strength, but I think if it were you, you should value potential more than strength."

"Well..." Ansel looked at Ravenna and suddenly chuckled, "Let's wait until you're more mature."

"..."

The woman instinctively looked down, and her expression immediately turned icy, "Ansel, you'd better be joking."

Apparently, the immature Hydral had touched upon a rather taboo topic.

Yet, even after being warned, Ansel still laughed carelessly:

"No, I'm not joking."

He reached out and touched Ravenna, speaking with a meaningful tone:

"Wait until you're mature enough, Ravenna. When you're truly mature, we can discuss the matter of pact heads again."

"However, you're not wrong."

Before Ravenna could become genuinely angry, Ansel quickly withdrew his hand from her head. His voice was gentle and confident, filled with faith in Ravenna.

"I also believe that there shouldn't be anyone more suitable to be my pact head than you in this world."

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