CHAPTER 813: CHAPTER 636: SO ALIKE IN EVERY WAY

"Creak..."

With a slight sound of the door closing, Reiger walked out from the office, gently shutting the door behind him.

"...Reiger."

As soon as he left the office, Reiger immediately heard a faint calling voice from a girl, prompting him to turn his gaze towards the direction the voice came from.

Then, Reiger saw on the other end of the corridor, a golden-haired, golden-eyed female swordsman standing there as if she was waiting for him.

A breeze happened to blow through the corridor, lifting the girl’s waist-length silky golden hair, adding a touch of mystery and beauty to her originally somewhat cool demeanor, much like a fairy from paradise coming to the surface, akin to Morgan and Altoria, causing Reiger to be momentarily spellbound.

However, Reiger quickly regained his composure, walking calmly towards the girl with a smile.

"What are you doing here?"

Reiger softly asked as he approached Ais, as if not wanting to break the mysterious beauty surrounding the girl, subconsciously lowering his voice.

"I..."

Ais opened her mouth, yet couldn’t utter even a complete sentence, as if unsure how to express her current feelings, appearing hesitant and troubled.

Seeing this, Reiger faintly smiled and said.

"Let’s talk as we walk, or else if Loki comes out, she’ll definitely interrupt, and we won’t be able to have a decent conversation."

With that, Reiger took the lead to walk forward, allowing the golden-haired, golden-eyed female swordsman to silently follow.

"Tap... Tap... Tap... Tap..."

For some reason, their footsteps seemed to fall into the same rhythm, echoing clearly in the somewhat quiet corridor, resonating in both Reiger’s and Ais’s ears.

The two didn’t rush to speak either, just walking slowly, allowing a subtle atmosphere to spread between them.

Though the atmosphere was subtle, even though they both remained silent, they didn’t feel uncomfortable; instead, they seemed to enjoy the silence, unconsciously relaxing their expressions.

Finally, at a certain moment, Reiger broke the silence.

"I heard you advanced to Lv.6?" Reiger glanced at Ais beside him, smiling as he said, "Congratulations, your wish came true."

"...Thank you." Ais said somewhat shyly, "It’s all thanks to you that I was able to defeat Udaeus."

"It has nothing to do with me." Reiger shook his head, saying, "I didn’t interfere in your battle from start to finish. Being able to defeat Udaeus was due to your own determination and strength."

"No, it wasn’t." Ais slightly lowered her eyes, softly saying, "If you hadn’t healed me with magic and strengthened me, I definitely wouldn’t have been able to do it."

"You’re underestimating yourself." Reiger looked at Ais, saying, "At that time, you were already at the peak of Lv.5. With the blessing of ’Wind’, you could completely match Lv.6, without being much inferior to the Lv.6-classified Udaeus."

"If you faced Udaeus in full state, you definitely wouldn’t have been beaten so badly like that time."

"The reason it turned out that way was because you rushed to the 37th floor to challenge Udaeus, not only hurrying along the way but also using ’Wind Spirit Swift Walk’. "

"In that state, you lacked both physical and spiritual power, and your body had borne a lot of burdens due to long-term use of ’Wind Spirit Swift Walk’ for the journey; far from demonstrating your full power, it was questionable whether you could even show half of it."

"I cast magic on you to recover and strengthen you, just bringing you back to your original level."

"In other words, even without my intervention, you would still have the ability to defeat Udaeus."

Saying this, Reiger shifted his tone.

"Did Revilia have a word with you after you came back?"

Upon hearing this, Ais turned her head away with a subtle expression.

"Seems like she did." Reiger laughed, saying with a teasing smile, "Indeed, to upgrade, you actually sneaked into the underground city without a word, even rushing to a terrible state to challenge the floor master of the 37th level, it was downright reckless."

"It’s lucky Revilia wasn’t there, or if she saw you all battered, you’d definitely be lectured for half the day afterwards."

Reiger’s words were met with Ais’s whisper.

"...A whole day."

"What?"

"...When I returned, Revilia lectured me for a whole day."

"......"

It seems the elder definitely cares deeply about Ais as her daughter, lecturing her for a whole day even without seeing her condition firsthand. If she had been there, Ais might have died not at the hands of the floor master, but from Revilia’s anger.

Reiger didn’t feel sorry, instead praising it warmly.

"You deserved it." Reiger said, "You shouldn’t have been so reckless."

"Ugh..." Ais seemed to be a bit unconvinced, looking at Reiger, saying, "When you went to the 17th floor to fight Goliath, weren’t you just like me?"

Reiger was at a loss for words.

Thinking carefully, when he was at the limit of Lv.3 aiming to advance to Lv.4, didn’t he also act recklessly back then?

At that time, I also ran to the 17th floor alone, without telling anyone, and challenged the floor master Goliath by myself. When I came back, I was completely tattered, which gave Finn and the others quite a fright.

...Could it be, this girl was inspired by me to do such a reckless thing?

"...I’m not like you." Reiger could only defend himself: "I just ran to the 17th floor, it was no big deal, and when I challenged Goliath, I was in full form. Even if something unexpected happened, adventurers on that floor would lend me a hand."

"But you are different, you exhausted yourself to reach the 37th floor, which not many can reach. If anything went wrong, there would be no one to save you."

These words, though sounding reasonable, still made Ais feel like Reiger was just making excuses.

Thus, the blonde-haired, gold-eyed female swordsman said nothing but stared straight at Reiger, exuding an indescribable pressure.

"...Alright." Reiger couldn’t handle the silent gaze and surrendered quickly, scratching his face and resignedly saying, "Looks like I have no right to criticize you."

In terms of recklessness, Reiger indeed acts quite rashly, sometimes even more so than Ais.

Because of this, although Reiger had only been in the Loki Familia for a few months, in everyone’s eyes, he was already a problematic figure like Ais.

"We really are quite similar in many aspects."

Reiger could only smile at Ais, repeating the phrase he had said more than once before, which others also evaluated similarly.

This made a subtle smile appear on Ais’s face as well, hard to notice, but the girl indeed smiled rarely.

"Anyway, congratulations on reaching Lv. 6 successfully."

"...Hmm, thank you."

"You’re welcome."

The two continued walking forward, chatting in simple words like this. Although the content was sparse and simple, both enjoyed the process, enjoying the sensation of conveying thoughts and feelings with just a few simple words. Consequently, their expressions relaxed again and again, eventually both unconsciously smiling, with that smile never fading.

As they walked and talked like this, Reiger and Ais passed by many familia members, earning stunned expressions.

Before long, the affair of Reiger and Ais enjoying a walk and chat in the base was spreading throughout the entire familia.

Many people began appearing around the pair intentionally or unintentionally, observing the interaction, sensing the good vibes between them that no one could intrude, whispering in secret.

"...Could there be something between these two?"

"Mr. Reiger and Ms. Ais?"

"Certainly seems like a good match..."

"Their personalities are quite similar, they give off a similar vibe, and both are geniuses. Most importantly, they are both top-tier adventurers."

"But...why them?"

"The first couple in the familia is surprisingly a newcomer who recently joined and the sword princess who seemed least likely to engage in romance..."

"No way! I can’t accept this!"

"Me neither!"

"That’s Ms. Ais! To be taken by a newcomer..."

"Hey, what do you mean by that?"

"Are you saying Mr. Reiger isn’t good enough for Ms. Ais?"

"Mr. Reiger is outstanding, you know?"

Instantly, within the Loki Familia, some showed interest in this affair, some ate melons in secret, some discussed enthusiastically, while others envied Reiger and some defended him, showing various stances.

At this moment, Theona, Theone, and others passed by and learned of this matter.

"No way? Are those two really together?"

"Reiger and Ais? Should we say it’s surprising or not surprising?"

The Amazonian twin sisters immediately joined the topic, excitedly exchanging opinions with some female members.

But they completely failed to notice that a certain elf girl following them had been petrified for quite a while.

"Mr. Reiger...Ms. Ais..."

The elf girl, longing for the two swordsmen, seemed to have lost her soul, her eyes lacking highlight, standing dumbfounded in place, unresponsive for a long time.

When the affair escalated to the familia’s heads and main god, three out of four were exchanging glances, while one exploded.

"Damn Reiger! How dare you put a hat on me? See if I don’t kill you!"

The wilful heavenly god was throwing a huge tantrum in the office.

"Clang!"

And just as Loki prepared to rush out, an intense sound of swords and halberds suddenly rang out, echoing across the entire Hall of Twilight.