Chapter 278: Calista

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"Why must you be so obstinate? I said I wasn't mad," Azmond reassured the white-haired girl with a soft-spoken voice.

His free hand went toward his storage ring as he took out a cloth and wiped away the blood dripping down her face.

"Mhmm?"

The catkin girl turned her gaze up, only to see that same gentle gleam in his eyes.

"B-But I can really pay you back-"

She attempted to tell him once again that she could reimburse him, but it didn't get far before...

"No but's. I can fix such a small thing as easily as this."

Following such a statement, Azmond slightly moved his hand before a light blue energy flowed out of his palms.

*Swish*

The blue energy enveloped him in a thin filament of bubbles before it suddenly popped!

Pop!

He appeared outside of the bubble with a small smile on his face and clean clothes.

...

"You see? I told you I could fix it as easily as that," Azmond uttered before he made his way back to the girl.

"We-Well, that is good" The girl murmured with a slight hint of relief in her voice.

There truly would be no way that she would be able to afford the cost of... well, anything.

She lost everything after her Big-Sis and Father left her alone.

Calista had nothing and no one

And just as she was about to enter another depressed state, a soft yet firm hand made contact with her head.

*Pat*

"Say, girl, what is your name?" Azmond asked.

And if she could do it, then Calista believed she could do it as well!

"You are most definitely an odd one, but not because of your pretty hair and eyes. No, you're odd because you are odd. That is all," Azmond said with an appealing voice.

"Wha? That doesn't make any sense" Calista questioned with a confused expression.

What Azmond was telling her was practically incomprehensible! How could she be odd simply because??

However, she wouldn't deny that she liked it when he called her hair and eyes pretty...

"You really think my hair is pretty?" Calista asked under her breath.

"Of course, I think it's beautiful," Azmond replied with a nonchalant voice.

He didn't quite understand why she would ask such a silly thing, for anyone with half a brain cell could tell that she was an exotic beauty in the making.

It was as if he thought she was asking an extremely obvious question.

After all, upon healing her up, he had Boundless take her into the bath and give her a good cleaning. And it was due to such a set of actions that she came out as an entirely different person.

If before, her hair and face were grimy and covered in dirt and blood, then she now had a flawless and pristine appearance.

Calista's once-dirty appearance had transformed into something beyond adorable! As she had long white hair that reached her waist and misty gray and white eyes, which would definitely be a sight for sore eyes if not for the constant glumness in them.

Her present appearance could be summed up in one word:

Cute!

"So, mister Azmond," Calista began.

"Drop the mister. Just Azmond is fine," Azmond interjected with a correction.

"Uhmm Ok-Okay Mi-... Azmond," she stuttered with a flushed look on her face.

Her hands started to become more active as she attempted to prevent herself from getting scolded, but, luckily for her, Azmond was there to change the subject.

"Anyway, what were you going to ask?"

"I-I was going to ask you when you would be dropping me back off again..."

Her words came out in a strained tone as her two big round eyes traveled up Azmond's towering figure, waiting for his answer.

It wasn't like Calista wanted to leave, but she didn't want to feel like a leech. Plus, she had been nothing but a bother to him, so it would probably be for the best if she were to leave her where he found her.