Above the sea, On Ellie's back.
Lia felt the refreshing wind breeze and smiled slightly.
'This wind breeze... brings back memories...' (Lia)
Lia stretched out her hand and messed up Rio's hair. (She was giving him a lap pillow!!)
"What are you doing...?" (Rio)
Seeing that Rio was confused by her sudden behavior, Lia simply smiled and didn't say much.
"Nothing... I just wanted to mess with you, hehe~" (Lia)
Rio wanted to say something in retaliation, but Lia put her finger on his lips and made him silent.
"Just stay still like this... for a moment..." (Lia)
Lia knew that if she let him speak, Rio would definitely start teasing her again, but not today. She wanted to remember this peaceful memory in her mind.
Lia smiled and glanced at everyone around her.
Liam was looking at the map with a serious look, Ellie was helping them travel.
Link and Riya were talking with each other with happy looks on their faces and Riko was busy taking care of the 'Baby' Zach.
Seeing so many talented people around her, Lia was always astonished by them.
'The past me could have never thought that one day even I will have so many friends...' (Lia)
'It's as if I have done several good deeds in my past life that I got blessed with the friendship of such amazing people...' (Lia)
Lia knew that if it was not for all these people to extend their friendship to her, she might have never been able to make friends in this life.
Then Lia glanced at the guy who made all of this possible for her.
His dark black pupils seem to be looking right into her eyes at this moment.
Not a single word was said by them both, yet they seemed to have communicated thousands of things just by looking into each other's eyes.
After a few seconds, Rio asked in his usual emotionless tone.
"After submitting the report, how about we go on a date? Just you and me... After all we haven't even explored the whole Oaklum city yet..." (Rio)
'I feel like she is depressed about something... I would need to ask her about it when the opportunity comes on the day of the date...' (Rio)
Lia smiled and nodded her head in agreement.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Yes, it's nice to enjoy this free time to the fullest... I feel like we will be very busy once the 'Meeting' starts..." (Lia)
'In fact, even if you take me to hell, I will go there happily with you...' (Lia)
"Yeah, these free and leisurely days rarely come..." (Rio)
...
Just when the two of them were enjoying talking to each other, Liam's surprised voice attracted everyone's attention.
"Oh! Look! There seem to be people drowning in the sea below!" (Liam)
Everyone hurriedly looked at the sea and found that there were indeed two people floating on the surface of the water.
But before anyone could say something, a sudden wave of water came and washed them further away.
Everyone took a closer look and when they all found out who these two people were, everyone had a complicated look on their face.
"Uh, aren't those two, Fade and Kira... why are they floating here in the middle of the sea?" (Riya)
At Riya's question, Link dodged his eyes and said:
"What are you talking about, I don't see anything... in fact, I am 90 percent blind in my eyes!" (Link)"Indeed, something went into my eye too, I feel like I must have mistaken it, I must have seen wrong, Fade and Kira? Who?" (Liam)
[Master, I don't see anything either...] (Ellie)
"Ahem, I was busy enjoying the lap pillow, I didn't see anything..." (Rio)
Even Rio shook his head and declared he never saw people floating on the sea.
"I was stroking Rio's head and didn't notice anything else either!" (Lia)
After saying that, everyone looked at Riko. Under everyone's condensing gaze, Riko had no choice but to comply.
"I-I didn't see anything either... infact I was wearing my helmet backwards just now so I have no idea what happened!" (Riko)
Everyone nodded at her with a look of approval.
Riya was confused by this sudden turn of events. She could clearly see Fade and Kira float on water with her eyes.
But since everyone was saying they didn't see it, she doubted herself if she was hallucinating.
'Uh, did I eat too many snacks, which caused me to hallucinate?' (Riya)
[Master, as there is nothing here, we shall leave...] (Ellie)
"Yes-" (Liam)
"Ohh! There are two people playing in the water! I want to go too!" (Zach)
Before Liam could agree to Ellie's request to leave, Zach who was in his 'Baby' mode right now noticed Fade and Kira floating on the surface of the sea and started to loudly declare their presence.
'Ugh… Why did I even bother stopping here?' (Liam)
Now that Liam knew that the people who drowning were indeed Fade and Kira, Liam regretted his decision to stop here to help them survive.
Now that Zach has declared their existence, everyone's previous attempt to ignore them has obviously failed.
"Ugh, I don't want to do this but…. Ellie grab them in your claw, we will have to take them back with us…" (Liam)
[As you wish, Master…] (Ellie)
Although Liam didn't want to help them both, but as they were all in the same team right now it would not be a wise choice to leave your comrades behind and ignore them in moments of danger.
'Ugh, principal Raji will give us failing marks if we ignore our teammates and leave them here to drown…' (Liam)
"Tch, if not for this stupid mission, I would have preferred to leave them here!" (Liam)
With great reluctance, they took Fade and Kira back to the shore.
…
Once everyone reached the seashore, Ellie landed on the ground and turned back to her humanoid form.
Before Liam could thank her for the hard work, she suddenly pretended to stagger and fell into Liam's arms with great pretense.
"Ugh, Master I feel extremely tired… you must carry me home on your back!" (Ellie)
Ellie immediately used her newfound trick 'Large curve weapon attack' on Liam again. Feeling the softness surrounding his arm, Liam couldn't think straight anymore.
"O-oh okay! I will carry you back!" (Liam) (Mental damage +99)
Seeing the two of them flirt in broad daylight, everyone rolled their eyes at the two of them.
While those two flirted in public, Riya went ahead and used 'state detection' on Fade and Kira.
"Hmm, they are okay it seems, just seems to have fainted due to too much water accumulated in their lungs…" (Riya)
[Intermediate Heal: Extraction Type!]
With an 'extraction type' heal, Riya stimulated the water to evaporate using her healing mana.
Her control over her own healing magic was so insanely strong that if an ordinary B-rank healer had seen her magic, they would have fainted from shock.
[Intermediate Heal: Reform Type!]
With a 'Reform Type' heal, Riya used her healing magic to reform the broken ribs and seal the punctured lungs.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHer healing was efficient and fast.
[Intermediate Heal: General heal: Full body type!]
And at the end of the healing session, Riya used the 'general' heal to heal the overall damage done to the body by the water pressure.
Riya's healing method was terrifyingly precise and effective. Even an A-rank healer would feel chills after seeing her insane mastery of healing magic.
An Ordinary B-rank healer would find themselves out of mana from casting so many highly precise healing spells continuously, but Riya is unique, her talent as a healer is no joke.
"Yosh! Work done! Back to eating my favorite candies!" (Riya)
After performing her duty as a healer, Riya returned back to Link's side.
She didn't want to stay too far away from Link at all.
Although Riya might not have noticed it, but she only felt safe when she had Link around her, she seemed to have already developed a habit of depending on Link a lot.
But obviously, Link was not bothered by it at all, instead, he was more than happy to see that Riya trusted him and was depending on him for some things. (After all, he can't live in peace if he can't see Riya for a long time…)
…
After a few seconds, Fade and Kira woke up from the temporary coma, and the first thing Fade said after waking up destroyed the happy and relaxed mood instantly.
"F*CK! Who the F*ck dared to use sea pressure against me!! I will repay this humiliation back a million fold, otherwise I won't be considered a human being!!!" (Fade)
Even Kira had to shake her head in helplessness at Fade's weird behaviors sometimes.
As Fade had completely interrupted the previous happy mood, everyone looked at him with disgust, especially Liam.
'Why do I have to suffer because of this trash!? I was just enjoying the warmth- cough! I mean I was having a happy conversation and this trash had to intervene… ugh!' (Liam)
After some ups and downs, it seems the 'Mission' this time has met a 'Hasty End'.
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Author's Notes.
Yo! It's your beloved author here! Ugh! Why do I have to suffer writing about this guy Fade, I want justice too!! I feel like I lose brain cells every time I write about this guy…
Do you also agree that Fade interrupts the happy atmosphere whenever he appears?
1.Yes (Burn him at the stake!!)
2.Yeah (Throw him back into the sea!!)
3.Others (Tell me in the comments.)
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