Chapter 11: One, Two, Three, Let’s Go!

Chapter 11: Chapter 11: One, Two, Three, Let's Go!

'Show your face. Show me your beautiful face.'

"..."

The woman's desires were loud, louder than Arachnea's. Is it because she's human? Did she see Rhys's face when they rescued him? But he even covered his face before the thing between his legs when they arrived.

Truly, an Explorer's eyes were fast.

Rhys then turned to look at the 5 gray hearts above the woman's head again. A sort of idea has already formed in Rhys's head of what happens when he turns all the target's hearts red...

...and perhaps he can use the woman beside her to confirm that?

"..." Rhys then took in a small breath, turning to see if there were people looking at them. But as soon as he realized that everyone was busy with the Hole, he looked the woman in the eyes... before subtly pushing the towel on his head back.

"Oh."

And without even a second later, a loud gulp whispered into Rhys's ears. One of the hearts flickered, but it did not turn red.

"Have... I already thanked you for getting me out, Ms...?" Rhys then fully brushed his hair back, revealing his face to the woman.

"O... Oh," the woman's eyes quickly brightened; her lips, slightly puckering as she looked at Rhys's silver eyes, "You... you don't really need to. And it's Lina, you don't really need to add 'Ms.', we're like only 2 years apart."

And with that, one of Lina's hearts turned red. Rhys had to scratch the neck of a monster to turn one of her hearts red, but he only needed to show his face to Lina?

"I do need to thank you," Rhys then let out a sigh as he shook his head, "A Lowborn like me would have died there."

"You're... a Lowborn?"

And then, all of a sudden, Lina's red heart flickered before fully turning back into gray.

"..." Rhys could really only squint his eyes as he saw this. Discover new chapters at novelhall.com..." Lina then started looking away, "I think I'm needed there or something. I'll see you around?"

"Rhys!" And as Katarina finally reached Rhys, she quickly pushed him down back to his seat, grabbing his wrist to check his pulse, "I... I rushed here immediately when they told me you were one of the people that fell in the Hole. Are you... you're not hurt, are you?"

"I'm... not."

And if there was one man that was not ogling or looking at Katarina, it was Rhys; his eyes just focused on the hearts floating above Katarina's head.

"What were you even doing outside?" The frustration in Katarina's voice was clear for everyone to hear, "Even if you're graduating, you still have to follow the curfew hours, Rhys. Rhys! Are you listening to—"

And before Katarina could finish her words, Rhys suddenly grabbed her hand, causing her to flinch and suck in a deep breath.

"What---Are you alright, Rhys? What's wrong? Does something hurt?"

But as soon as Rhys heard her words, he quickly stood up and looked away—refusing to look at the 5 hearts above Katarina's head as he let go of her hand.

3.

Three out of the five hearts were already red.

Rhys didn't even have to do much, and that tempted him for a brief moment. He almost lost himself as he thought of using the only person in his life that made the effort of helping him. He didn't even think twice, he just grabbed her.

These newfound abilities—it was changing him. If he doesn't learn how to control it, then it will control him.

"Dr. Lopez..." Rhys then let out a short but very deep breath as he looked at Katarina,

"...I need your help."

"What... is it?" Katarina did not seem to hesitate as she once again approached Rhys.

"I... finally had my Awakening."

"..."

"...Follow me back to the clinic."