Chapter 222 Title At End Of Chapter

"Where did you even get this outfit?"

"Cheloy bought it for me!"

It seemed that while Evan was hinting to Gavin about his identity as a hero, the young great spirit had caught up to the runaway earth spirit and had somehow gotten him to buy her a bunch of outfits.

Apparently, she had even returned to the inn to drag Amy along with her as the fire spirit was also dressed in something similar.

As for what Kayla tried to surprise Evan with, it was the fact that she could now make her body larger, but Evan who had temporarily noticed Amy becoming larger during the contract with Pride, had guessed Kayla might be the same too.

'It wouldn't make sense if a high-rank spirit had a larger physical appearance while a great spirit didn't. And Amy also revealed that even if they weren't someone with body transformation, spirits are capable of shrinking their bodies.

Kayla also did say she could make her body bigger when she was stronger. And I'm assuming this meant her becoming a master-level existence.'

The young hero coaxed the pouting spirit as he turned to Eliza and asked casually.

"Hey Liz, so there's this theatre troupe that's really famous. They are on tour and they're having a show in Kasteblum this weekend.

I got tickets yesterday.

Do you wanna go see their show this weekend?"

"Hmm? Sure."

Eliza replied before turning to Pride and asking her if she wanted to come along. However, Evan heaved a sigh and spoke up.

"I meant just the two of us, I only got two tickets, after all. Pride gets something else."

He tossed the card that he had been given by the Chief Grand magus the day before and explained all about the card, from what it enabled her to do, to how she was meant to use it.

The high demon had a satisfied smile on her face as she studied the card while Eliza muttered something about not being surprised to see Pride being a bookworm as always.

"Oy yea. The show's in the evening so how about we do something else to kill time before that?"

"Something else? Like what?"

The battle priestess tilted her head to the side as she asked with a tinge of curiosity in her voice, completely oblivious to the weird gaze Pride was giving her and Evan.

The young hero, however, saw this and ignored it before placing Kayla on the chair beside Pride and taking a seat on the bed beside Eliza as he replied.

'

"To be honest, I don't really know what we CAN do.

How about we do something YOU like? Go to places YOU want to go to.

Maybe go to the park? Go skiing? Do a bit of window shopping? Maybe go ACTUAL shopping? Or we can check out some of the winter events they have here?"

"You already have this planned out, don't you?"

Eliza narrowed her eyes as she asked Evan, however, the young hero noticed he had managed to grab her interest and chuckled lightly as he dealt the final blow.

"Also, since all of that is bound to leave us tired and hungry, we can have dinner right after. I already booked a reservation at this restaurant called 'The Lotus'.

Apparently, they're one of the best."

His final blow was very effective as Eliza abruptly stood up and grabbed him by the collar before asking with shining eyes.

"Do you mean the one with the one that's at the top of Culinary Heights?! The one that has apparently never gotten a bad rating ever since they opened years ago?!"

"Yep."

"That's the place I couldn't get into last time because I didn't have a reservation..."

Her expression of longing made the young hero burst out into a fit of giggles, earning him a glare from the not-so-pleased battle priestess.

"Stop Laughing."

Sadly, her pouting face as she said that only made her look all the more amusing to Evan as he could barely get his words out between bursts of laughter.

"Okay, I'll stop."

The young hero held his horses, taking care not to trigger her domestic violence tendencies and get whacked with her magic staff as he asked for final confirmation.

"So...are you in?"

"Huh? Of course. I'm defi-!"

The battle priestess replied with a bright smile on her face, only for her words to get stuck midway as a look of realisation flashed through her eyes.

'Did she finally notice?'

Those were Pride's thoughts as she tossed more sugar into hers and Amy's tea while watching Eliza begin to question Evan.

'',

"Hey, Evan."

"Yes, Liz."

"So, we're going skiing, shopping, and checking out some of the winter events they have here, right?"

"Yep."

"After that, we're going to watch a show?"

"Uh...huh"

"Then, we're having dinner at a restaurant in the end?"

"All correct."

Eliza took a deep breath as if to calm her rapidly beating heart before asking another series of questions.

"And we're doing all of these alone? Just the two of us?"

"Yes. I only made plans for just us two, after all."

Evan casually replied as he readjusted his shirt collar before bringing out the tickets and reservation notice from his inventory and waving them in front of Eliza.

Seeing this, the blonde teenager took a step back along with another deep breath while holding her hand over her chest as she asked.

"Am I reading into this too much? Or are you asking me out on a date?"

Hearing her question, Evan, who was placing the items he brought out back into his inventory turned towards her with a look on his face that said 'Why ask if you already know?'.

"Wasn't that already obvious from the start?"

The young hero's reply left the blonde battle priestess lost for words as she just stared at Evan with embarrassment while her cheeks slowly turned red.

Her blushing face seemed to strike a chord within Evan as the boy was momentarily stunned, before a smug grin crept onto his face as he stood up and took a step forward, making Eliza reflexively take a step back as her face turned redder.

He chuckled a bit and leaned forward, placing his lips close to the blushing girl's ear and whispering in a sultry voice.

"How cute."

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Chapter Title: Asking Eliza Out