Chapter 210 Bragging?

The autumn snowfall descended upon Elffire City as the darkness of the night arrived earlier than usual.

But even though the cold weather plagued the outside world, inside a mansion on top of a hill on the outskirts of the Pedrarruna Forest, the coldness could not affect the three beings inside the manor.

The first being in the manor was just a cute black and white kitten who was napping in her favorite place in the house.

The second being was a silver-haired boy who dressing some clothes after he took a quick shower.

And third being was a purple-haired girl who was busy cooking in the kitchen of the mansion.

Mayia, Theo, and Ayia didn't even notice that it was getting colder outside.

But that was obvious since Sylph took care of the inside temperature at all times.

Theo didn't even have to adjust the temperature inside the house.

A while later, Theo arrived in the kitchen wearing blue jeans and a black sweater with a cover of the Uzumaki Clan.

He wasn't wearing shoes because he didn't like wearing them inside his house.

And with Sylph's constant cleaning, the floor of the house did not have any dirt on them.

And with the floor heating system that Theo installed in the house, it was very comfortable to step on the ground.

"How's it going?" Theo asked with a smile as he arrived in the kitchen.

"Good! I think we can finish in time for dinner." Ayia replied as she lifted her head from the vegetables she was cutting.

She was greeted by the sight of Theo wearing casual clothes and with his hair still wet from the shower.

And this sight almost made her have a heart attack.

It seemed so casual, but it made Theo look even more handsome.

"Let me help you then." Theo said as he opened the fridge to get some ingredients.

He did not notice that Ayia's eyes showed a hungry look as she looked at him.

'He is so damn yummy! I just want... to bite him!!' Ayia could not believe she was having these thoughts.

She shook her head to throw away these thoughts and resumed her work on cutting the vegetables.

"How was your day?" She asked as she tried to focus on something else rather than the thought of biting Theo.

"Oh, it was great. I received the reports from my companies, and we had a great month." Theo replied as he remembered the morning.

"Really? How is it so?" Ayia asked curiously.

She always was curious about Theo's investments, but she didn't want to seem like a busybody so she refrained from asking.

"For example, my Publishing Company sold so many copies this month that we could not meet the demand of orders." Theo said with a gentle voice as he closed the fridge after taking all the ingredients he needed.

"That's something I believe! Your mangas are so good!" Ayia exclaimed excitedly.

She was a diehard fan of his mangas.

Especially the [Naruto] manga.

"I know!" Theo laughed.

"Did you receive the third volume of the mangas?" He asked.

Theo sent his friends an edition of the manga before it was released to the public so they would not have to go buy it in the bookstores.

"I did and I loved it! I can't believe that Sasuke threw himself in front of Naruto to save him! And what was that thing on Naruto at the end of the manga?" Ayia started talking excitedly about the manga.

Theo just laughed when he saw that.

It was in this third volume that happens famous arc where the fight between Haki against Naruto and Sasuke happens.

In short, the resume of the volume was this:

'In an effort to get stronger, Naruto trains harder than Sasuke and Sakura. Though he catches up to both in terms of talent, exerting the extra effort leaves him fatigued. To allow him a chance to regain his energy, the rest of Team 7 goes on to escort Tazuna without him. Soon afterward, however, they are attacked again by Zabuza and a masked Haku. Using his new training, Sasuke does battle with Haku and proves to be an equal match, forcing Haku to trap him in a prison of ice. Naruto quickly arrives to help and joins Sasuke in the fight, though both are soon overpowered. As Haku makes to finish Naruto off, Sasuke uses himself as a shield to block the attack and appears to be killed. Naruto, in his anger, taps into the dormant powers of the demon fox sealed within him.'

That was why Ayia was so intrigued when she read the end of the volume.

She would never imagine that a Nine-tailed Demon Fox was sealed inside Naruto.

That was something that would only be revealed much later, so Theo just laughed and shook his head when he heard her question.

He didn't want to spoil the story for her.

"Forget it." Ayia snorted unhappily when she saw that he would not answer her questions.

"Moving on. After I inspected these reports, I spent the rest of the day drawing. Actually, I had just finished the last drawing when you arrived." Theo commented as he placed a pot on the stove.

"Oh, I remember you saying that you were drawing the prep work for the start of the animation studio, right?" Ayia pondered as she placed the diced vegetables inside a pot.

"Yeah, because we have a short time of production. I had to draw all the preliminary work to speed up the production." He replied as he took a spoon to mix up the broth that was being cooked.

"Short time? When are you going to release your first anime then?" Ayia asked curiously.

"Next April." Theo gave a simple answer.

But Ayia froze when she heard that.

Although she was not a knowledgeable person in animation matters, she still followed the anime being released.

So, she knew that it took almost a year for an anime to be produced.

But she heard now that Theo would produce an anime in only 4 months!

That was crazy!

If she didn't know him as she knew him, she would think he was bragging and showing off without any insurance.

But she knew that Theo was not a person who liked to show off, he just did things without expecting any praises.

Even when someone complimented and praised him, he would just smile and shook his head.

She could feel that he did not take compliments to his heart, that was why it was so hard to compliment him.

She felt that he would not believe in any compliments thrown at him.

But what she didn't know was that Theo was like that because he knew that everything he had was given to him by the system.

So, he did not have any reason to be proud of these compliments.

"How?" Ayia managed to say after her initial shock.

"Hmm, you mean how is it fast?" Theo asked without even lifting his head from the pot he was mixing up.

He did not have to look at her to know why she was shocked.

He had to admit it was indeed a crazy thing to produce an anime in only four months.

"Yeah!" Ayia exclaimed with curious eyes.

"I already told you how!" Theo laughed.

Ayia just looked at him puzzled.

"All the drawings I made will shorten months in the production." Theo explained when he felt that she was not understanding.

At that moment, Ayia was blown away once more.

"So, you're telling me that you alone did months of work that it took tens of people and months to complete?" Ayia asked not believing what she was saying.

"Hmm, pretty much." Theo replied in a flat tone.

He did not sound much proud of what he did.

It seemed as though he did something normal like completing a workout exercise.

Ayia could feel that he did not care much about what he did and that he did not want to brag about it.

At that moment, her golden-sun-like eyes shone as she looked at him.

If that was an anime, her golden eyes would be shaped like hearts.

That was the power of bragging but at the same time to bragging.

Theo had no idea of the effect he had on Ayia as he concentrated on the food in front of him.

He missed a good chance of seeing a lovestruck girl looking at him with a lovely face.