Kaiser of the New World (Ch 200+)

The grind begins (258)

Before Kai could even realise what was going on, he and the rest of the group had been returned to the exact same location they had been before challenging the second trial.

The snow was still falling, their footsteps were still fresh, it was like no time had passed at all.

Inhaling deeply, Kai let out a sigh and shook his head.

"Well, that could have gone worse."

Cecilia choked slightly, then chuckled and lightly slapped his shoulder.

"I can't believe you gave that answer for what's my mother's name. I was honestly going to kill you, but I was sure that the Spirit was going to get to you first."

Kai started laughing as he took a cautionary step backwards, just in case Cecilia decided to hit him again.

It was a strange feeling. Kai hadn't experienced this type of thing with Noelle or Sofia, but he had also spent less time with them.

And yet, Kai-

"You two keep acting like my parents."

Froze. His face paled as he slowly turned towards the origin of the voice. Petunia was standing there, her arms crossed as she stared blankly at both Kai and Cecilia.

Kai swallowed.

"Uh... What do you mean by that?"

Petunia sighed and rolled her eyes.

"I mean, that you're acting the exact same as my parents. The way you talk, the way you act, all the same."

Kai felt his face slowly start to heat up. He wanted to glance over at Cecilia and see what her expression was like, but that probably would have made him blush even more.

But were they really acting like that though? Kai didn't think so, he didn't think that there was anything out of the ordinary going on.

After remaining silent for a few moments, Kai thought of the perfect way to get out of the awkward situation.

Change the subject.

"Moving on, pass me all of the potions you have stored."

Quickly nodding in the approval of the subject change, Cecilia took out all of the potions she had stored at the same time Kai took out their brand new satchel. Then, he stored them all inside the item so that they would be able to benefit from the properties of the satchel.

Sighing to himself, Kai dismissed the item and looked upwards, at the rest of the mountain they had to climb.

There was a long way to go until the next trial, which would happen at roughly half way up the mountain, so Kai had some time to do other things he wished to accomplish.

But for now, he was going to wallow in self pity.

"You know, even though we have these handy little earrings, I get the feeling that they probably won't be able to protect us from the cold the higher up we get."

Turning around, he saw Cecilia giving him a weak smile.

"Maybe we'll get lucky and get another few items? Possibly... maybe."

However, the next moment, that weak smile turned even weaker when she noticed the way Kai was staring at her, and the way there was a strange grin growing on his face.

"Yes, items, and what better way would there be to get items then multitasking that job with getting you to level ten."

Cecilia's smile disappeared as her shoulders sagged in defeat.