Chapter 371 Allow Me

"Your name is Max Martinez, you're a second-year student here in Phoenix academy and you met Luis through the game." Nicole summarised everything Max had told them.

"Yeah," Max said with a nod.

He had a wide smile on his face as he looked at Luis who was sitting on the couch on the other side.

"I still can't believe that I finally found you." The second-year student said.

"I see you admire him in some sense." Looking at Max before turning her gaze to Luis.

"If you knew of all the crazy things he could do in the game, you would be admiring him too," Max said.

'Ohh…you have an admirer.' Lena said with a goofy voice.

"Crazy things like what?" Nicole asked.

"Like, he can use up to four abilities while someone like me only gets to use one, he can switch weapons in the middle of the game, and…he also has wings in the game," Max said.

Nicole's eyes had widened on hearing that and Nova who was sitting in the kitchen had straightened on hearing that.

"Oh, I see," Nicole said before slowly making her way to Luis.

"Can I talk to you for a moment?" She muttered to the young Angel.

"I'll be back," Luis said as he got up and slowly made his way to the kitchen.

"Okay," Max said.

Nicole waited until he had entered the kitchen before she started walking toward the area.

Nova quickly shot a cold stare at him as soon as he entered the kitchen.

"What were you thinking?" Nicole asked as soon as she entered the kitchen.

"What?" Luis asked.

"What were you thinking doing all those things in the game?" Nicole asked. "You used your abilities and even your wings?"

"I didn't know they were in the game when I used those things, they weren't supposed to be there if it weren't for Michael's lost headsets," Luis said.

"They?" Nova said, joining the conversation.

"Yeah, he has a friend that always plays the game with him," Luis said.

"And how did you explain all these crazy things to them?" Nicole asked.

"The best way I could," Luis said.

"What way?" Nicole inquired.

"I told them that Michael made a configuration for my headset that allowed me to do those things," Luis said.

"That is a pretty good explanation," Nova said with a slight nod. "Michael is the one that created the game."

"Okay but what if he wants to use your headset to see if he would be able to do those things?" Nicole asked.

"All I have to do is say no," Luis said.

"What makes sure that he isn't using it right now?" Nova asked.

"No." Luis gasped as he quickly rushed out to the living room to find Max holding the other headset in his hands.

'That's a relief.' Lena said as Luis let out a sigh of relief.

"Hey," Max said, turning to him after he noticed someone enter the room.

"Hey." Luis said, feigning a smile.

"Do you mind having a quick team-up with me on an easy level?" Max asked, holding up the headset he was holding.

"Ummm….okay," Luis said, heading toward his headset on the other couch.

'I'm just glad he didn't ask to use my headset.' Luis thought as he sat down on the couch and picked up his headset.

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Tuchel quickly got up from that floor and rushed toward Jude who was standing a little distance away from him with a wooden sword in his hand.

Jude closed up on him and tried to slash down on him with his wooden sword but the young knight was fast enough to block it before delivering a quick kick down the elf's gut.

Tuchel staggered a few steps back before regaining his balance and charging in again toward the young knight.

Tauriel was sitting on the bench by the side and it looked like she was watching the two of them fight but on closer look, it didn't look like she was paying attention to anything that was happening in the room.

"Okay, that's enough," Tuchel said, tapping Jude's leg which was on his chest now with his wooden sword also pointing at him.

"You fought worse than you did in the last one," Jude said, removing his leg from his chest.

"Because I'm tired," Tuchel said slowly getting up from the floor.

"I asked you if you were tired before we began and you said no." Jude said.

"Well, I guess I misjudged my body," Tuchel said.

"At least there's someone who puts up a better fight than you," Jude said, turning his gaze to Tauriel. "You're up Tauriel."

"Tauriel." He called again after she had not responded to his first call.

"I think I've spared enough for today." The she-elf said slowly, bringing her gaze down.

"Oh, okay," Jude said.

He stared at her for a while before deciding to walk to her.

"I think I'm going to go have some water to quench my thirst," Tuchel said heading toward the door.

He wasn't exactly thirsty, he just didn't want to get caught in the middle of the awkwardness that was about to burst out.

There was a little moment of silence in the room as Jude sat beside her and stared at one of the target boards in the room before deciding to say something.

"Hey, are you okay?" He asked slowly, turning his gaze to her.

"Don't I look okay?" Tauriel asked with her face still facing downward.

"No, you don't, you look demoralized, I mean you always look and act vibrant but you seem to be the opposite of that," Jude said.

"I'm fine Jude."

Jude let out a deep sigh as he slowly turned his gaze to the target board he had it on before.

"Are you still thinking about what happened at Asaka? Are you still thinking about me? Is that why you're like this?" Jude asked but there was no response from her.

"You know, I've also noticed how your attitude around me has changed since we arrived here," Jude said. "You said it was okay Tauriel."

"I also said it was going to be hard for me to get over the feeling," Tauriel said quickly, raising her gaze. "I have experienced a lot of things in the few years of my life and some of those things were really tough for me to get over.

"I never thought I was ever going to feel this way about anyone until I met you, I tried to deny it at first but it was undeniable that's why I risked my life and freedom to make sure that nothing happened to you.

"And now I have this feeling that I can't be with you because you already have someone and you expect me to get over it overnight, getting over this feeling is going to be hard for me, so please allow me…" She paused as she inhaled deeply and quickly got up from the bench.

Jude didn't say a word as she walked toward the door and left.

The young knight stared at the door for a while before letting out a deep sigh.

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