Chapter 52: Another opportunity?

"What do you want, Alan?" turning to look at Alan who stepped through the crowd of guests like a madman.

He asked. "Like what do I want? You might be the son of the most important family, but that doesn't make you play with all the girls as you please," as he finished passing betwe the crowd he declared, being red with rage.

But such a look only made Theos laugh derisively inside, while on the surface his eyes grew colder and colder.

"Are you implying that I am like those noble Playboys or that they go here and there to have fun?", with a frown, he said in a voice so deep and icy that the guests recoiled by mere instinct.

Each of them understood the meaning of this dispute, at stake was Theos' public image for the next few years, as such a bad first impression, his family's reputation, though gigantic and insurmountable, and though he had a great reputation as a hero, something like being a playboy would be a great damage to his reputation.

Therefore, everyone remained silt. They could help Theos as the one with the highest status, but Alan is a Marquis which is no small thing, and as if that wasn't ough, he is a great talt recognized by all.

"Yes, if I mean that," Alan replied, turning slightly to find Luna standing next to Theos, just looking at such a sce made him ev angrier.

No one had noticed her before; despite being so beautiful, she is like the very shadow of Theos, and in a literal way, her affinity for shadows made her very hard to notice at first glance.

But Alan, being the brother that he is, noticed her immediately, causing him to burst on the spot.

These actions made Luna frown with annoyance. 'I've never bothered him; I don't care about his romantic relationships, we're just siblings, but he barely sees me with a boy a, and he goes crazy...' she couldn't help but curse inwardly.

Out of sheer annoyance, Luna was about to interrupt the conversation, but suddly a melodious voice made everyone prest turn their heads in her direction.

"Stop!" the shout brought both Theos and Alan to a halt, both for tirely differt reasons.

Alan didn't know how to react to Nora's response, which was so well structured that it left no room for discussion.

It was as if he had be giv a spoonful of his own medicine.

And as if that wasn't ough, Luna didn't seem to speak at any time, making it more uncomfortable for him, because it only meant that he was with Theos of his own free will.

What Marquis would be a slave to a Duke? He couldn't, it would be impossible, ev for the Fall, to do such a thing is impossible.

"Oh... I see...", feeling that he had made a fool of himself, Alan slowly walked away before they started to mock him.

Instead, Nora smiled sweetly, turning to look Theos straight in his eyes. "See, you can trust your sister!" puffing out her chest with pride, she declared cheekily, causing Theos to roll his eyes.

"Yes... I can trust you," he said with complete nonchalance, causing Nora to shake her head tderly with a smile.

"I don't know what happed to you, I'm not ev going to ask why you're now with another girl or why you treat me coldly, but I just hope that... If I did something to you, you forgive me," she declared, bowing her head to give a curtsy in front of all the guests, who burst into gossip.

"...," Theos fell completely silt, his confusion and shock evidt before everyone. Never in his most impossible dreams would he have imagined that his sister would apologize and bow to him in front of everyone, and as if that wasn't ough, all this for something she didn't know.

Theos' indiffert, icy stare softed significantly. 'I think I misjudged her, ev though because of her I died in the novel, but that was in the future and THE NOVEL, now we're in the real world... What can I change.'

'He's a thinking mortal like anyone else and although I still hold a grudge... I should give him a chance,' he concluded, a faint smile creeping onto his face.

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