Chapter 25: Bad timing (1/2)

”Why? Simply–because I love you.”

He did not add anything, neither embellishes his words nor did he sugar-coat them.

”So what if you think you are worthless and without any redeeming qualities? So what if you hate yourself? So what if you find yourself weak and disgusting?”

He spoke in a strong voice, while a deep golden aura slowly but surely began to emanate from him.

'Impossible!'

Edea reeled in shock, the moment she saw that aura. It was without a doubt.

'Mana? What more with an attribute?'

Even Mars only awakened prematurely with an attributeless mana. It was the norm. Humans were simply unable to have an attribute before making a contract.

But, the moments Sol usually sky blue eyes changed to slitted golden ones. She immediately understood,

'He awakened his dragon blood.'

Sol, who was also about to continue his tirade immediately stopped as he felt the new source of energy circulate in his body.

He looked at his hands on which scales were slowly growing on and clenched his fists in wonder.

It was then,

'Shit.'

He was clearly on a roll, but because of what just happened, he knew the moment was lost.

'I never thought that I would be sad because I managed to awaken.'

He laughed bitterly before letting out a sigh, but then suddenly had an idea.

”Teacher, it seems that I managed to awaken quite early.”

Edea woke up from her surprise and nodded with a smile,

”Congratulations!”

She immediately began to clap in earnest. Truthfully speaking, awakening earlier than normal didn't bring any particular advantage, but from what she studied with Mars, it was more the proof that his mana quantity and capacity were so high that it simply overflowed.

While she was clapping, inwardly, she was letting out a sigh of relief.

'This kid really managed to corner me.'

She could still feel some heat on her cheek. His last declaration was straightforward that it was like taking a fireball in the face without any form of protection.

'Next time I will have to be care–'

”Teacher. What I did was truly unprecedented aside from my father right?”

Sol interrupted her inner thoughts, but his question was rather normal so she simply nodded, still, she couldn't help but have a growing feeling of worry.

This feeling was confirmed when a sly smile formed on the corner of his mouth.

”As my teacher, shouldn't you offer me a congratulatory gift?”

”A gift?”

Indeed, a gift was in order, but why did she feel like she was walking in a trap?

”Of course. You always told me that an appropriate reward should be given when necessary. So, I want a gift.”

Edea who was still standing up and Sol who was still seated with golden mana, locked eyes with each other.

The stand-off lasted for a few seconds before Edea looked away with a pout and Sol flashed a victory smile.

”What do you want as a reward?”

She let out a defeated sigh as she asked while closing her eyes. But, it was then,

*Kiss*

She suddenly felt a moist feeling on her lips while an arm captured her waist.

She opened her eyes wide, only to see Sol who should have previously been seated already up and kissing her. She instinctively raised her right arm in protests, but Sol easily captured it.

'My first kiss!'