Chapter 151: Unexpected Reunion
The Incubus System Chapter 151. Unexpected Reunion
Ethan's PoV
"Ngrokkk --- Ngrokkk!" Larry's snoring voices sounded loudly in my ear since his head continued to lean to my shoulder even though I had pushed him to his original position repeatedly. I even had made him lean against the window on the other side or wake him up. But after he fell back asleep, his head always managed to return to my shoulder and wet it with his droplets of saliva.
'Great! My sweater's right side is wet with Olivia's tears and the left side with Larry's saliva, 'I thought irritably. I could even see Emma's chauffeur trying to hold his laughter secretly.
We had left Diamond College with Emma's car for half an hour and during that time I had to support Larry's head and hear his snoring since I sat between them.
"Do you need some tissue?" asked Emma with a pitying gaze.
"I don't need it," I replied. I knew she offered it so I could wrap it over my shoulder so Larry's saliva wouldn't wet it, but I didn't think it had any effect.
"Ngrok --- Ngrokkk! Ngrokkk!" Larry's snoring voices sounded like a hungry pig's grunts piercing my ear.
"Emma, do you mind if I make your car a little dirty?" I asked as I was at the end of my patience.
"I do not mind."
"Thank you." Without further ado, I pushed Larry's head again and pressed it against the window on the other side. His cheek pressed against it but he did not open his eyes and continued to sleep, even now his saliva started to trickle down to the window. Unlike before, I didn't remove my hand from the other side of his cheek to make sure that his head didn't return to my shoulder.
Emma giggled at my annoyed face and Larry's innocent face.
"It's not funny, you know," I sulked.
"I'm not laughing at you. I'm just confused how both of you can be friends that long," she said as she took some tissue and began to clean my sweater from the rest of Larry's saliva.
"Isn't that the same as you and Olivia?" I answered as I glanced at her. Emma's image was a gentle and elegant woman while Olivia's image was a tomboyish and fierce woman. Of course, it made them look like me and Larry.
Her hand stopped as she just realised it. Shortly a smile appeared on her lips.
"You're right. Maybe those differences that make us understand each other." Her hand moved to clean my sweater again. My eyes locked on her. I wanted to talk to her about a lot of things as if our meeting last night wasn't enough for me, but the chauffeur's eyes continued to watch us from the front mirror's reflection. So I cancelled my intention.
"Ethan ... Thank you ..." whispered Emma.
"For what?"
She glanced at the other side of my shoulder, pointing at Olivia's tears that had begun to dry.
"She never showed it to me. I hope she feels better now."
I sighed since I remembered I couldn't give Olivia much help since she didn't want me to interfere.
"I just hope she doesn't make a careless decision ..."
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Fifteen minutes had passed, our car had stopped at the parking lot at a hospital in Nighthallow City. The chauffeur had opened the door for us, while Larry was still sleeping with an innocent face.
"Hey, wake up!" I slapped his cheeks repeatedly to wake him up.
"I mean besides us." Then his brows furrowed.
"Wait a sec. Since when did you become his friend?"
"I never said that I was his friend. But since I've met him last week and he is Emma's acquaintance so--- here I'm," I replied lightly. I couldn't possibly say that I did this because Theo was my father's former disciple. Besides, I wanted to make sure he was alright.
"Hmm ... Weird. That sounds suspicious ..." said Larry. His hand rubbed his chin downwards as if he brushed his invisible beard. His expression and eyes mimicked a detective who was trying to solve a mysterious case in a movie.
"I was the one who asked Ethan to come with me," Emma said as she walked over to us.
"Ah!" Again he noticed something else and pointed his index finger on Emma.
"Didn't you turn down Ethan last week? Why are you suddenly being nice to him?" Noticing his harsh words, he turned to me.
"Eh --- Uh ... No hard feeling, buddy," he said awkwardly.
'Has he just realized this now?' I thought. I wanted to explain to him but Emma opened her voice.
"Something has happened ..." Then Emma took a glance at me and smiled shyly.
"I think I misjudged Ethan."
"What happened?" asked Larry in confusion. But before Emma or I answered, Theo's room door opened, followed by a woman's voice.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting."
I stiffened as I saw a cute girl who came out of Theo's room. Her red hair hung down her back. A crop top t-shirt with short jeans covering her body. Coupled with an unbuttoned white jacket. Her green eyes stared at me in the same shock. My heart was pounding. While she was also stiffened with the same expression.
I knew her, she was Tiffany Duskblight, my stepfather's daughter from his first marriage. After my mother decided to remarry, she moved into an apartment to live with Tiffany and her father. As we looked at each other in shock, her status appeared above her head and I quickly discovered that she wasn't an ordinary person.
'Observation.'
[Observation skill succeeded.]
[Name: Tiffany Duskblight]
[Age: 18]
[Level 15] [Race: Human]
[HP: 312/312] [MP: 125/125]
[Skills: Holy Chain lv 5, Mana Strike lv 5, Holy Orb lv 2]
[Emotion: Shocked]
[Love meter: 0/10]
[Condition: Normal.]
[Weakness: Chest, Neck, Head. ]
[Talent: Strong Body (Pain endurance and has a better defence rate than other races.)]
[Relationship: Single. ]
[Profession: College student, Demon Hunter.]