Chapter 100: It's messed up…

Chapter 100: It's messed up...

Serena had no idea what was wrong with her childhood friend today.

She was just talking to her friends after the second lecture which was extremely long and tedious. For some reason, she was not able to meet or even see Arata until that point. She primarily thought that he was absent just on the first day after vacation.Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.

However, out of the blue, Arata appeared in front of her and asked Serena to accompany him outside since Arata wanted to have a word in isolation.

Serena didn't like being teased by her friends and also the possible rumor which might flare after this incident, but sensing the seriousness in her friend's tone, Serena didn't deny him and walked out of the academic block from the back exit.

Serena was a bit surprised and confused as soon she sensed the suppressed soul energy leaking out from Arata, which was around thrice more than what he had when they met last time.

She wanted to ask what kind of training he did in so little time to gain that much energy that even though Arata was trying, he wasn't able to conceal his energy entirely.

The reason Serena was left with not being able to ask anything and felt her mind growing numb at the moment was the sudden confession her friend came up with.

"The thing is... I love you, Serena. Not now, but I was in love with you for a long time."

While gazing at his downcast look, Serena found herself at a loss for words, regarding how she should be responding to this sudden proposal.

Truth be told, Serena was not entirely oblivious to Arata harboring more than a friend's affection toward her. She has sensed how he sometimes overreacts when it comes to her safety and tries to spend longer time with her.

There were so many hints in the past, that Serena was not able to ignore them yet she was scared to face such facts as well, since in her mind, Arata was just like a good friend to her.

If anything, Serena only felt slight familial affection toward him, like a little brother she had to look after but thinking of Arata as a potential love partner was...she never actually considered him such.

Seeing the dilemma the blond girl fell into, the raven-haired boy smiled wryly as he lifted his face and eased her tension with his following words.

"You don't have to answer since from the start, I was expecting nothing from you, Serena. I might be clueless at times, but not foolish to ignore how you take our relationship as."

Serena was taken aback by such mature words flowing out of Arata and the precise conclusion he landed upon even without her telling. However, the slight guilt was an inevitable rise in her heart when she saw the unhidden sorrowful expression clouding Arata's face.

Serena bit her lips and held herself together since saying anything which was not true here would only lead to false hope and misunderstanding.

Sensing Anabelle's presence disappearing, Seth sighed and tried to calm down his racing heart as he took the chair from the other side.

It was not because Mayu killed him in the last life that Seth was angry about, but rather due to the secrecy, she kept from him.

Despite knowing the fact that it was Ethan who tried to look into Seth's database and that he was the one who manipulated Professor Cedric to push Seth into the death door, the girl kept silent about it.

She knew that Ethan was after Seth's life and protected Seth on various occasions but when she failed to prevent the Temple attack from Cedric, Anabelle decided to confront Ethan and get rid of him once and for all.

But it was too late and Ethan already has played his dice.

Not only Ethan took a hold of Haruka which prevented Anabelle to make any rash decision, but the blond bastard pushed Arata into his awakening as well.

Yes, Arata has awakened his second attribute which even surpasses the First Tier of Skill grade and has the potential to reach up to the Demi-god level.

And how did Ethan push Arata to his awakening?

Simple, Ethan just sent a group of assassins who tied Arata to helplessly let him see the demise of each of his family members. His brother and parents all died in front of Arata's eyes which broke the seal inside Arata and forcibly the soul merge between Arata and Keita deepened.

Yeah... Keita was transmigrated into the fucking protagonist and Anabelle knew it yet stayed silent.

And now, the boy who alongside Saito hated Seth the most in a past life had the strength to surpass every living legend on earth and crush Seth shortly whenever he wants.

And who was behind all this shit?

'You outsmarted me, Saito... '

Staring at the lifeless body of his ex-friend and short-lived professor, Seth smiled coldly before the smile shifted to loud laughter which profoundly resonated inside the room.

Yeah, it's messed up.

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A/N: - Some misunderstanding on Seth's part which would soon be resolved. Please don't hate Anabelle yet...and drop a comment~