Chapter 102: Chapter 102- Knowing More About The Beauty From Another Dimension

The grey clouds kept accumulating and covering the entire sky casting a gloomy veil of darkness on the world.

The wind grew stronger that night and the temperature dropped heavily as if it was winter again. The weather was really bad on every single level. In fact, it became so bad, that the students that usually would guard the entrance to the gymnasium were called inside to protect themselves from the cold.

The lightning strikes grew more menacing and even stronger. Luckily, students were able to stay protected from all of that for the most part.

Meanwhile, Talon left the building again and headed back to the same spot he was before. After talking with Hyun-Jae and informing the students that the plan was continuing as it was, he rushed back to where he was to keep an eye on the research center and the forest.

He knew that the girl wasn't going to stay still and let them do whatever they wanted.

"It's going to be one hell of a night," Talon murmured as he sat down and put an umbrella on top of his head. Because his body was now far stronger than before, he didn't feel that cold at the moment.

This strong wind was akin to a pleasant spring breeze. But, that didn't mean that he was enjoying his stay there since the situation was really bad.

"Is she going to make a move, I wonder." He murmured as he watched the forest silently.

"Who knows? Though because she's also in a bad situation like you are, she doesn't have many choices." Acrypha said as she sat down next to Talon.

"Yeah, I guess that's one good thing about this entire situation. If the expansion hits, then it's going to hit everyone."

With that, time slowly moved as Talon watched the forest. Seconds turned into minutes and then minutes turned into hours. Meanwhile, the forest was the same as always, nothing was out of the ordinary as much as he could see.

*Drop* *Drop*

As he was like that, he heard a tapping sound on top of him. Looking up, he could see droplets of water had dropped on the umbrella slowly. The droplets kept increasing in frequency and strength till the entire surface of the umbrella was completely wet.

The sound of rain filled his ears as the world around him turned a little blurry. For one reason or another, Talon found this to be calming rather than stressful. He was always a fan of rain. Something about the sound and atmosphere it creates feels special to him.

Even in his bad days, if it rains, then he feels that all of that sadness would wash away just like how rain washes away the impurities in this world.

"It's raining..." He murmured as he looked slowly to his side. There, Acrypha was sitting close to him with her eyes closed. He didn't know what she was doing since she said she didn't require sleep at all.

"What are you doing?" He decided to ask.

"Stabilizing my body." She replied calmly.

"Stabilizing your body?"

"Yes. I have suffered some problems with it before coming here so I'm slowly restoring my strength."

"Wait, you're injured?" Talon blinked in surprise.

"In a way, yes, I am. I can't use a good 60% of my strength. But, I'm slowly regaining it." She replied.

"Hmm, then... Do you have a lover? Or did you use to have a lover? Maybe a husband?" He asked after thinking for a second.

His question made Acrypha's cold expression vanish in an instant as she looked at him. A small smirk started slowly forming on her gorgeous face.

"And why is that important now?" She asked, teasingly. "Are you perhaps trying to give it a chance?"

Talon smiled back as he lifted his hands. "You got me. I was intending to confess my endless love to you right here and now. A rainy weather, we are alone, it's the perfect place for a romantic confession, no?" He replied with a joking tone.

"Hahaha, indeed, you chose the right place."

The two laughed for a while before Acrypha finally exhaled. "Jokes aside, though. The answer is no, I never had a lover and was never interested in romance in the first place."

"Oh, is that so?"

"Mainly because I was too busy with other things and also, I never thought I would ever find a good partner." She explained.

"I feel you." Talon sighed. "Finding someone who can understand you is a hassle. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack."

"So you never had a lover before?" Acrypha asked curiously.

"I did actually. But, it was years ago and it didn't work out well so we separated and went our own paths."

"Why is that?"

"Hmm, I guess it was simply that our goals didn't align and we knew that keeping this up would only do us more harm than good, so we just broke up. Though, I never regretted any of that."

Even though it was a short period of time, Talon only had pleasant memories from that time. There weren't any lingering feelings, but if he met her again, he wouldn't mind befriending her.

'I wonder if she's still alive today, though.' He thought to himself.

"Mr. Charming is really amazing, isn't he? You're truly a ladies' man."

"Spare me, please. I'm really bad when it comes to such stuff. You're the first woman I properly talked with in years. Then, there is Hyun-Jae too. So, in total, I only know two." He sighed in exhaustion.

'I'm so bad at this and I probably won't get any better soon.'

Meanwhile, Acrypha looked at him with a silent smile. Knowing that he wasn't aware of what kind of effect he had made it even more amusing.

'Well, it's good that way.' She thought to herself. For some reason, she felt rather at ease knowing that he wasn't interested in romance either.

As they were like that, Talon's ears suddenly picked on a small noise coming from the distance.

(A//N: Thanks to everyone who supports the book with power stones and golden tickets, you guys are the best:) )