Chapter 110 - Elise (2)

"The girl that you are with at the café and the carnival, who is she?"

Not even the speed of light can't catch up to him when he immediately sat up and turned his head in her direction, a confused and shocked look plastered on his face as if he was asking her, "How did you know that it was me?" But he was trying so hard not to make it look like that to show that he got the wrong person, however, she didn't falter. The same expression plastered on her face. That ticked him off, the screeching sound his chair made when he immediately stood up as it was pushed backward grabbed everyone's attention and made them turn their heads in their direction.

They don't know what they should be shocked at, at Harrison's rarely seen shocked and confused expression or Elise just sitting on her seat calmly as if the situation didn't affect her yet Harrison doesn't give a damn about that.

Jerich and Luke also looked at their direction and noticed the expression on his face as well as Elise's. 'What did Elise say to him that made him have that sort of reaction?' Was the question that lingered inside their head as they stared at the two of them, they can't hear what they were saying as they were rather far away from them but they could see how troubled and conflicted Harrison looked and that was the first they saw him like that. They want to get closer and listen to their conversation but doing so would just anger Harrison because he doesn't like it when someone listens.

He wants to know if he heard it right or was he just hallucinating. With a creased forehead, he opened his mouth to speak.

"Pardon?" Elise smiled at him before she responded in a rather gentle tone of voice as if she really made it like that which annoyed him. "I said, who is the girl you were with at the café and during the carnival?" She repeated. Then he mentally cursed inside his head when he heard it once again, the fact that she knew about his identity the whole time made it looked like he was an idiot for not being that careful. He quickly regained his composure and cleared his throat before he spoke in a serious tone of voice which sent a chill down her spine, "Let's talk about this later," He said and sat down his seat as classes were about to start in a few minutes.

It bothered him for like 2 hours, he was completely distracted as he thought of how did she know about that? Does his magic or spells don't work on her? But how, why did it now work on her, a weak person who had no skills nor abilities when it comes to magic, but it worked for everyone who was stronger than her? Multiple questions attacked him as if spears repeatedly stabbing him, completely bothering him and giving him a headache. Well, he will know the answer later when he will talk to her.

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"What happened earlier during the morning? What did Elise say to you? Did she somehow threatened you?" Luke started to ask him questions as he arrived at his seat. They were currently having their break time right now and Harrison waited for Elise to finish fixing her things. Harrison glanced up and looked at Luke and Jerich standing in front of him, a curious expression plastered on their faces yet he didn't respond. If he told them about it, they will also know that the guy they met at the café and at the carnival was him and that would be troublesome since they will also know about Alexandra's identity.

"Please mind your own business," Was what Harrison responded before he stood up from his seat and walked towards Elise who was waiting for him, she already finished arranging her things and she gave him a smile which he just ignored. "I'll be back," Harrison told the two guys behind him, slightly facing them before he continued walking. "Let's go," He told Elise as he walked and she just followed him from behind quietly without saying anything. She looked like one of those shy girls who were about to have a conversation with her crush or something like that.

When they left the room, Luke and Jerich looked at each other. Curiosity was written all over their faces but they expressed in a rather different way, Luke's eyebrows were creased and there was a frown on his face. It looked like he wants to follow them and listen to what they are going to talk about but knowing Harrison, he has sharp senses and would set up a barrier, so that nobody could hear their conversation. While Jerich had a calm yet filled with curiosity expression plastered on his face, although, it may not look like it he badly wants to follow them too.

"What are they going to talk about? Is Elise going to confess to him?" Luke asked and looked at the door they exited at, replaying the scene inside his head once again. Jerich just shrugged his shoulders before he let out a sigh, "Who knows. It doesn't look like Harrison would tell it to us, so we should just pretend that never happened or else our head would ache if we think about it," Jerich said clearly showing that he give up and would rather just eat than think about it. "You have a point," Luke said before he turned around and walked back to his seat along with Jerich.

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It took them almost 10 minutes to arrive in the garden where they have decided to talk. The walk towards the garden was quiet and Elise admired her surroundings as they walked. The clean and fresh air and the gentle breeze was really comforting as it caressed her bare skin. The wind feels like it was comforting her and the sun's rays felt warm and gentle, there was no pressure in the atmosphere as they walked but Harrison was still bothered and troubled over her question. Just a simple question made him have this reaction.

The sweet and light smell of the flowers wafted to her nose as they arrived at the garden. They walked for a couple of minutes before Harrison stopped when they arrived at the middle of the garden, they were surrounded with multiple colorful flowers yet he didn't pay attention to that, it would be different if he was with Alexandra in her palace's garden but he wasn't. He turned around to face her. He set up a barrier which surrounded them in case if somebody decided to follow them and listen to their conversation, nobody could hear what they were saying even if they were shouting with each other. That's what he usually does when he visits Alexandra during the night so that her personal knight wouldn't know about it. With a serious expression plastered on his face, he asked her:

"Now, how did you know that it was me?" His voice sounded serious as if they were talking about something confidential which was revealed to a commoner like her.