BXBX NOVEL Chapter 72 Is It Over?
He wondered what Fae meant when she had said he would talk. His suspicions about her being a psychic was far too overwhelming.
"It\'s best to recall what you know about last night." Fae warned, shaking her head. As much as she wanted Lumina to calm down totally, she also needed her friend to know a bit of the truth about where Nix was or what had happened that night.
"How did you–"
Shrugging, Fae had a grin on her face, "I just had a feeling you might know, and frankly you just gave yourself out."
Gia\'s brows furrowed in confusion as she watched the three of them, it did seem like her presence wasn\'t needed in the very least. As good as invisible at that point.
\'What are they talking about? How\'s Lank supposed to know after he took a beating from her?\'
"You\'re just spouting nonsense." Lank rolled his eyes.
"Am I?" Fae laughed, "I guess interceding for you shouldn\'t have been a priority. All she needs is the location of Nix, or any news that sounds important, that shouldn\'t be hard for you to remember."
"What is she going to do with such information? Run into his arms?" Lank taunted with a laugh.
"You seem to forget I am standing right in front of you!" Lumina pulled him by the collar.
Slapping her hand away, jumping back a few feet, Lank wanted no connection with her as long as she was in this state. The activation of his powers depended on the distance he could keep from her.
"By chance, have you suddenly fallen for Nix?" He questioned, pointing an accusing finger.
To his surprise, Lumina\'s eyes widened in shock and her body began to tremble in response to his question.
\'So it is that way, huh?!\' He shook his head.
"I don\'t know what\'s wrong with females these days, he had merely arrived a few weeks ago, yet he already has female admirers?" He complained with a pout.
"Hey!" Gia protested.
"Are you among those females?!" He narrowed his eyes.
"You\'re speaking nonsense." She rolled her eyes.
Reacting just in time, he did a backflip before Lumina could get a grip on him.
"You sure can act crazy, I don\'t want to fight with you." Lank responded, taking a defensive stance.
Even though he couldn\'t understand how Fae had done it, he did get a glimpse of the previous night and was beyond shocked at what he had secretly witnessed.
He had wanted to sleep, but then he had heard a word that made him turn in his previous sleeping position. Deciding to use that opportunity to watch him while pretending to be asleep.
It was something about a sculptor and curses, then later on about points he had exclaimed in a loud voice. It almost sounded like the time he had caught him talking to himself in the library.
His eyes were a bit hazy, he had tried to speak, but was distracted by some sort of whitish bright light. This made him question if truly Nix was speaking to something or someone before he blacked out.
"I have no clue about where he was headed. But he did act a bit strange the previous day, he spoke about a sculptor and curses and something about points." Lank decided to let out a snippet of the information he knew.
Dropping his hands, he straightened his posture, there was no way he could fight in a proper condition with his hand.
To his favor, Lumina\'s features softened, the lightning bolts coursing through her body stopped, then she let out a sigh, closing her eyes.
He sounded sincere enough to her to be able to return to her normal state. But she did have a hint of regret at her action and also disappointment at not getting the information she needed.
Gia poked her head up from behind a desk. This was her only form of shelter, she had known it was not wise to get on the bad side of this senior. She had realized the rumors surrounding her powers were definitely true and not doing justice to the monstrosity she had just witnessed.
\'Phew! Is it over?\' She hoped, staring and wondering why there was suddenly silence.
"If you really want to know what happened, I would suggest you wait for Nix to get back or find out his connection with some sort of sculptor that possesses curses." Lank continued. "I don\'t know why you would treat me as that vile snake, but I hope we could settle our differences."
He offered his hand out for a shake, hoping to part ways on an amicable note.
Pushing back some of her strands of her hair, she looked down at Lank\'s hand, guilt eating deep on her heart. She had tried to suppress this side of her, but when provoked by Ayanami, she lost it.
"I\'m sorry for what went on there." She mumbled, her head lowered, her bangs casting a shadow on her face, "you weren\'t my initial target, I had merely lost control and went overboard."
\'I knew it, she didn\'t mean what she had done.\'
"But... that was one hell of a twist on my arm. Who would have thought you had that kind of strength in you?" He joked, rubbing on his shoulder.
"Dimwit! You had it coming." Gia yelled out, blowing a raspberry. "You had your ass handed over to you." She burst out in laughter.
"Why you–" He narrowed his eyes on Gia, glaring at her.
"If you don\'t know where he is, then do you think he suddenly vanished because of me?" She asked with a sigh, feeling dejected.
She hadn\'t been of the best character after he was hospitalised, so it was a bit expected.
"He isn\'t like that to run because of a female." Lank\'s said with a smile. "He must have had a plan going on that needed to be settled."
Rubbing her shoulder, she nodded her head, trying to believe his words and hope he returns soon.
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In the dragon\'s territory Az,
"Two down, one to go." Nix spoke, looking coldly at the dragon beneath his feet.
[Your level has increased drastically, master!] Mune beamed, squealing in delight.
"It would seem so." Nix dismissed her happy go lucky vibes.
He had climbed up 5 levels because of this, but that wasn\'t enough for him, if he wanted to have an unfair advantage over Fegan, he needed to climb higher.
"Such a boring fight, this was." He sneered.