Chapter 2345 - 1103: Undercurrents (I)_2
"Hehe..."
Unconsciously, Motan let out a silly laugh.
"Hehe..."
Beside him, the cute priest in a white short robe also giggled foolishly.
Two seconds later—
"Black!?"
Motan was surprised to see the young boy who somehow had wandered to his side and exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"
"Sister Elisa came and said she wanted to watch the finals of the tournament with me."
Black smiled at Motan, who, in a way, he was ’quite acquainted’ with, and said with a grin, "I just finished getting ready and was about to leave."
Motan was taken aback for a moment and then remembered that recently, like himself, the Sun Saint Son was here just for ’internship’ and hadn’t done anything significant. Leaving aside the seasickness he felt in the initial days, after recovering, he rarely attended any non-essential events. He mostly spent his time eating, drinking, and having fun with the Second Princess of the Griffin Empire, Elisa Logan, living quite leisurely.
On the other hand, since coming to Academy City, Motan had been to jail, been tracked, hidden his identity, been pushed to fight on stage, watched others fight, been beaten by top-ranked bigwigs, helped plan how to win fights, outwitted a crazy woman who might kill him at any moment, outwitted her lover who might have her kill him at any moment, and dated the sister of a bigwig who might kill the previous two women at any opportunity...
Compared to Black, who could follow the person he liked almost anytime and enjoy all sorts of perks, appearing like a child, actually being a child, but having a mindset more than a usual child, Motan felt he was heaven and earth apart.
If it weren’t for Black facing a rocky road in love due to the age difference, Motan would almost be jealous of this brat.
"So, why isn’t Lady Elisa with you?"
Pushing down his discontent, Motan curiously asked Black, "Are you guys setting off separately?"
The boy shook his head lightly and shrugged, "Sister Elisa is changing in her room. Since I want to go out in casual clothes, she said she wants to dress more plainly too and asked those protecting her to leave."
Motan thought about the group of burly men always trailing Black and Elisa and nodded with a sigh, "It’s good they left. Those guys do ruin the atmosphere."
"Yeah."
Black chuckled, childishly patting his chest, "Sister Elisa said it’s fine with me protecting her today."
"Oh?"
Motan raised an eyebrow, chuckling, "So you left her in the room to change and came out wandering? Aren’t you afraid someone might break in?"
Black stuck out his tongue, touched the tip of his nose, and laughed awkwardly, "There won’t be any danger in the inn, and after locking, the room automatically generates a divine restriction..."
Besides, I’ve temporarily set up a twelve-layer [Sunset God Technique Array], along with three commands that have alarm, counterattack, and illusion functions.
He swallowed the latter part, not suitable to tell the Black Vatican Priest, and smiled reassuringly but completely ignored...
"Why not stay in the room?"
Motan blinked, curious, "Such a good age advantage, wasted for nothing?"
Black: "..."
Motan mischievously smiled and continued, "I know someone whose age got reduced after eating weird fruits, and guess what? Not long after, he bathed with his childhood sweetheart, whom he secretly loved for ages but hadn’t confessed yet."
Black: "..."
"Sigh~"
Motan patted the shoulder of the dazed young Sun Saint Son and solemnly said, "You’ve got a long way to go."
"No, if possible, I still hope Sister Elisa sees me as an opposite gender to avoid, rather than a ’child’ it’s okay to see change clothes."
Unexpectedly, Black shook his head strongly, firmly saying, "And not just a ’child’ whom she doesn’t mind watching change."
Motan was taken aback at his words, and then squinted his eyes, lightly addressing the serious Sun Saint Son, "Seems like you’re getting serious, buddy."
"Who knows."
Black turned his head away, with an expression that didn’t fit his age, lamenting, "I’m getting confused about what I want."
"Want what?"
A not very familiar yet pleasant voice rose from a distance, and Motan turned to see Elisa Logan, in a Divinity School uniform that hid her enchanting curves yet couldn’t conceal her charm, walking over with a smile, then rubbed Black’s curly hair vigorously, teasing, "Little brother, are you teasing your sister? Dressing like this in this weather will be scorching!"
Black laughed awkwardly, just about to defend himself, when the door beside Motan suddenly opened from the inside.
"Ah, Lady Elisa and Little Blake are here too!"
Yu Chen, not dressed much lighter than Elisa, even wearing a cape outside, blinked her eyes and shuffled behind Motan, sweetly smiling at the two, "Hei Fan and I were just about to head to the arena."
"What a coincidence, so are we~"
Elisa chuckled lightly first, then her mesmerizing eyes ’accidentally’ scanned over the slightly awkward Motan and Black, hinting with an insinuation, "Seems like there’s more than one with ulterior motives."
Yu Chen: "Eh?"
Snap—
With a crisp snap of fingers, the temperature around the four instantly dropped to a refreshing level where wearing a bit more wouldn’t feel stuffy.
"Ahem~"
After skillfully creating a comfortable constant temperature zone, the Sun Saint Son pretended nothing had happened and lightly coughed, showing a very innocent and pure smile fitting his current age, "Shall we go then?"
...
At the same time
Academy City, Central District, Luli Pavilion top floor, Luxury Suite 807
"Lord Sin Knight..."
Sitting on the wide sofa in the room’s center, Ramorok gently swirled the ’Red Gentleman’ that the maid named Gloomy Skies handed him, chuckling as he asked, "Although I don’t want to rush you, and there’s still time before the match, but, being one of the tournament’s jury members, if what you want to discuss can’t be solved quickly, we should get to the point sooner rather than later."
Standing by the large floor-to-ceiling window, overlooking the whole Academy City, ’Lord Sin’ smiled slightly, turning to Ramorok with a grin, "Alright, as you wish, Ramorok Chief Priest...no, it should be Ramorok Holy Son, I’ll get to the point right away."
"Okay."
Since his identity had already been discerned by the profoundly unpredictable Sin Knight before him, Ramorok showed no sign of surprise, simply nodding and making a listening gesture.
Sin Knight casually walked over to sit in front of Ramorok, straightforwardly saying, "The reason for calling you alone today is simple. To put it bluntly, it’s still about the impending war that’s about to break out in the not-too-distant future. I want to discuss some details with you."
Ramorok blinked puzzledly, raising an eyebrow, "Oh? If that’s the case, why not call Lady Elisa? Didn’t we agree last time that in the coming time, we need to..."
"Hehe~"
Sin Knight chuckled, lightly shaking his head, "Forget everything we ’agreed on’ before. The groundwork that needs our three parties has been laid. And what I’m going to talk about now isn’t suitable for that Griffin Dynasty princess to listen to."
"Lord Sin Knight, you mean?"
"Hehe, since you already understand, why the innocent question again, Ramorok?"
Chapter 1103: The End