MCFATTKM

174

That night.

Lelia sat hugging her knees in bed and blinked nervously.

She was only reading dozens of announcements for the alchemy lottery game.

She didn't know why the service was about to get terminated. The remaining days were changed to [9] because it was past 12 p.m.

"..."

'Do I have to live without this system now?'

'What about the remaining ingredients? What about the debt I borrowed?'

She also wondered if she should make medicine in advance and take it all out.

There was also another one.

Alchemy no longer served as a conversation partner.

There was no answer that came back even if she called several times.

When asked why the hell was it doing this, the last answer came like this.

[=͟͟͞͞(•̀ω•́ ‧̣̥̇) Hey... I need to get rid of it, so please don't call me anymore. :')]

*(meaning don't talk to me)*

"..."

Honestly, she was disappointed and dejected.

Since she ran away from the Imperial Fortress when she was young, she had no choice but to rely deeply on alchemy.

Lelia bit her lips and held back her tears.

She didn't want to show any signs of crying to someone who would come soon.

She blinked her eyes, which were filled with tears, several times and recalled today's events.

She proposed on impulse, but she meant it.

She also expected Oscar to happily accept it. But Oscar was...

"..."

His expression immediately hardened at Lelia's proposal. Soon, Oscar's eyes contained feelings of joy and excitement.

But it lasted a while. He muttered in a trembling voice as if in conflict.

"...You'll regret it. I'm..."

"What are you talking about?"

"I don't deserve you."

She was frustrated. It was the first time she was proposing in her life, but she couldn't believe she got such an answer...

But Oscar's expression was desperate.

Those eyes filled with guilt were even desolate.

Seriously, he seemed to believe that Lelia would regret it.

"Come to my room tonight."

"..."

"Let's talk again then."

Lelia said that and turned around. Her heart was pounding.

She felt strange about the answer, whether it was a rejection or not.

She was waiting for Oscar without falling asleep until so late at night.

Fortunately, Becky didn't come to the room today.

At that time, she heard a knock.

At the sound of a small knock, Lelia jumped up and headed for the door.

But when she opened the door, she didn't find Oscar.

"Griffith? What's going on?"

Griffith was smiling in front of the door, his hands behind his back. It was a polite smile.