Chapter 64: Chat Part Three

Chapter 64: Chat Part Three



Hearing Beatrice's story, Alister raised an eyebrow. "You must be an old member if you were going on missions with Aiko."

Beatrice chuckled. "I may not look it, but I used to be a member of one of the guild's elite raid teams."

Alister was a bit shocked. "Really? How long have you been a member of the guild?"

Beatrice blushed slightly. "Seven years."

Alister's eyes widened in surprise. "But you don't look that old. Heck, I thought you were around my age."

Beatrice laughed softly. "Well, thank you. I get that a lot. It's usually the case for physical enhancement talents."

Axel leaned back in his chair, grinning. "See, Alister? Bea is full of surprises."

Blitz nodded in agreement. "Yeah, she's pretty amazing."

Alister smiled. "I guess so."

Axel and his sister turned to Lila, their eyes gleaming with mischief.

"Now, on to the main course," Axel said with a grin.

"Lila, you've been awfully quiet since Alister got here. You don't have a thing for him now, do you?" Blitz teased.

Lila turned red, her face flushing deeply. "It's not like that," she stammered. "H-he just saved my life, that's all."

Blitz leaned back, a sly smile on her face. "Oh, saved your life, did he? I didn't know Mr. Alister over here was such a charmer."

Alister, caught off guard, raised his hands in defense. "It wasn't anything like that," he said, trying to defuse the situation. "It was just a dungeon raid."

Lila shot Blitz a look, half-annoyed and half-embarrassed.

Axel chuckled, clearly enjoying the teasing. "Still, it's not every day someone gets their life saved. Must have been pretty dramatic."

Beatrice chimed in, "Come on, Lila, you haven't told us your story yet. We all want to hear it."

"In fact, why don't you tell us about how Alister saved you?"

"Yeah, yeah, tell us," Blitz urged as she leaned close to Lila.

Beatrice cut in, "Anyway, what happened next?"

Lila took a deep breath. "I wasn't so sure. All I know is that he killed all the goblins and headed deeper into the dungeon. Once there were no goblins in the area, I crawled over to Amelia."

"I called out to her, but she didn't respond. I tried healing her, but it didn't seem to work." Beatrice shifted her chair closer and patted Lila's head gently. "It's okay," she said softly.

Lila nodded. "I'm alright."

She wiped her tears.

"Alister came back a couple of minutes later and wanted the rest of us to leave. I was a bit reluctant to leave Amelia like that, so he knocked me out and carried me along with the

others."

Her expression began to look a bit more hopeful. "Although I'm sad I couldn't save Amelia, I'm grateful that Alister saved all of us."

Gazing at Alister, she said, "So thank you, Alister. I told this story because I wanted to let you know I'm truly grateful for what you did and I'm not petty enough to blame you for leaving

Amelia behind."

Axel nodded, impressed. "Damn, that was a real hero story alright."

Beatrice clasped her hands together and said, "Alright, since we've all eaten and shared our stories, why don't we call it a night and head to our rooms?"

Blitz nodded in agreement. "Sounds nice, been itching to get some rest after what Miss Aiko

put me and Axel through."

Axel got up first and said, "Alright, we'll be heading back now."

Before he left, Axel paused, turned around to face Alister, and said, "Come to think of it, we

haven't really introduced ourselves."

Blitz chimed in, "Yeah, you're right." She said with a smile.

"Oh, go ahead then." Alister said.

Axel and Blitz grinned at each other. Axel began, "I'm Axel Morgan, the daring, grenade- juggling maniac, proud prankster and a guy who loves to live in the moment, I like to keep things interesting around here."

Blitz followed with a mischievous grin, "And I'm Blitz Morgan, the fearless and mischievous partner-in-crime who catches those grenades and makes sure we don't blow ourselves up, I'd gladly follow my brother through everything, including miss Aiko's intense punishments." Alister chuckled. "Alister Hazenworth, a hard worker I guess," he introduced himself.