CHAPTER 27: FIRST DEATH

After enjoying her fill, to my least expectation, Asuna looked at me, her expression a bit softer than before..

"Hey?" -She gently poked my elbow.

"It was a tasty cake."

"Yeah," I replied, but quickly added. "It was worth the trauma."

Parul, who had been recording live, was grinning like never before.

Asuna, who had noticed her action before, warned her, "In the future, you are not allowed to record without permission."

"That’s no fun?" Parul replied with a foolish face.

The rest of the evening descended into cheerful chaos — girls fighting amongst themselves, people introducing games like Truth or Dare, before Claire ultimately burst all the hanging balloons.

At one point, Asuna and I ended up packing the Claire’d high-end table karaoke system together, still bickering about the cake.

"You literally owe me a slice," I was still in a bad mood.

"Haha! And boy, you owe me some emotional damages there," she countered.

"But you ate my slice."-I countered.

"No, to be precise, you actually fed me that slice." -Asuna refused to admit her wrongdoing

Ugghhh~

"Let’s say, I was blackmailed.....yes blackmailed by peer pressure!"

-It seems her shamelessness had indeed started affecting me.

Asuna simply chuckled at my remarks, shaking her head to and fro, "Okay....fine, I’ll bake you one next time."

"You can bake?"-My eyes widened, was the sun setting in the wrong direction today?

"......Well, I can always learn to bake."

As she saw my dazzled expression, Asuna lightly laughed yet again.

"But, for you sadly that day won’t come."

Looking at my surprised face, she continued, "Our fake boyfriend-girlfriend couple-play ends after we leave this banquet hall, right?"

Seeing me become quiet and not replying, she joked,

"Or have you fallen for me? It’s okay, my beauty is too much, I already have countless admirers, adding one more to the list won’t be a problem."-she chided as if telling a trivial thing.

Falling for her?

Sorry, but my days still aren’t so bad that I will fall for some psycho-bitch.

If one day she knew that I was also using her as an experience bag for the system’s tasks, she would surely go crazy with anger.

After saying goodbye to Claire, we finally left the karaoke building.

No words were spoken between us.

There was no need to~

The transaction between us had long concluded, she got what she wanted and so did I.

As we approached the road’s intersection, Asuna was the first to break the silence.

"You are enrolled in that infamous St. Louise High School, right?"

"Tomorrow is Monday, your classes will officially begin."

Asuna calmly informed me, but her tone was more as if she was confirming.

"Yeah, so?"

I replied without getting bothered.

Hearing my response, Asuna continued,

"Be careful, as the best school in this city, it’s not a simple place."

"There are many unfriendly people there, better keep a low profile and stay out of trouble unless necessary, also you might be surprised tomorrow!"

By the end of her sentence, her words were filled with a mysterious vibe.

"I always stay low key."-I shot back a reproachful glare.

"It’s a goodbye I guess!"

I exclaimed to see if Asuna harboured any form of consideration or sadness of parting on her face, but she directly nodded her head.

Without even bothering to reply, she simply nodded and turned around, going her own way.

If there was any other girl, at least a slight fluctuation would be noticeable in her mood, but there was nothing on her face.

Sighs~

[Supernatural Date with Rainaziel (Fallen Angel) successfully concluded.]

[Calculating Rewards...]

(Estimated Waiting time- 20 minutes).

As always, the merry sound of the system instantly cheered my mood.

But the reward was still being calculated.

"It seems it will be available by the time I reach home."

With a big smile, I started walking towards my home, there was no need to uselessly book a cab and spend extravagantly.

Every penny mattered, just walk a little longer and even your muscles will be exercised.

But just as I walked some meters, I heard a loud voice from an alley.

As a natural procrastinator, I would have definitely left without paying any attention, but the name spoken in the noise instantly caught my attention

"Luther, how dare you tell Elandor about what I like?"

"It seems your courage is getting bigger and bigger."

"So what if I like Rainaziel? Boys are jerks, they should stay far away from good girls like us."

Beatrix was standing beside a wall, and around her body, the same unnatural green flame from the party was burning bright.

It seemed as if her entire body was covered with green flame.... no, how should I put it? It was more like her body itself had materialised into fire, the heat Beatrix was emitting was too profound to be ignored.

"Damn, this momentum is clearly more than what she showed at the party’s confrontation with Claire!"

"Was she holding back?"

"And what is she?....an elementist or some type of flame demon?"

Seeing her mighty appearance, I clicked my tongue.

Just beside her, lay a haggard boy, his clothes were mastered, face almost unrecognisable, of course, he was that Luther, her nominal party back at the party.

It was he who had previously warned me regarding Beatrix’s strange habits.

"Madam, please have mercy, I am willing to be your lifetime slave, don’t kill me!"

Mustering the force left in his throat, Luther growled in desperation.

The frustration and sadness in his tone showed that even he knew he was on the verge of death.

"Hmm, then you shouldn’t have talked with that filthy mixed blood- Elandor."

"Don’t make the same mistake in your next life."

"Dusk to dusk, ash to ashes, disappear into my eternal fire of doom." -Beatrix chanted some strange words before a small magic circle appeared on her right hand.

The very next second a big fireball was hurled towards Luther, and just like that he disappeared into oblivion.

There were not even bones left, such was the intensity of these green flames.

Gasps~

I am still too weak to face something like this, her power was clearly on another level.

While Beatrix was busy loudly shouting her fireball spell, I had long run to a considerable distance. This bitch is too scary to face right now, better run away fast lest she notice me.

"Huh?"-Beatrix lifted her head and looked towards the direction where Elandor had fled.

A creepy smile crept on her face as her lips parted to utter a single word, "Interesting!"