Amid Elysia's urging, Levi followed behind her with his doubts, heading outside.
Perhaps thinking he was walking too slowly, Elysia directly grabbed his hand and pulled him along at a faster pace.
"Hehehehe~"
Looking at Elysia ahead of him, humming a tune and clearly in a very good mood, Levi could not help rubbing his chin.
'Little Elysia... I feel like she's up to no good.'
Levi was not love-brained, the type who would start imagining things just because a girl acted a little affectionate toward him. On the contrary, the more affectionate someone acted, the more suspicious he became.
Just like now.
Elysia had held his hand and even helped dry his hair.
This whole series of actions made Levi feel that she had bad intentions toward him.
There was probably something big waiting for him later.
She was giving him a taste of sweetness in advance so he could face the storm that came afterward.
'Should I just run away?'
He had already tasted the sweetness. The storm could wait until next time.
Looking at Elysia's bouncing back, Levi pondered.
"Hi~ Ato, you went to see Blanca again~"
"Ah, yeah."
Hearing the name from Elysia, Levi pulled himself out of his thoughts and focused his gaze on the man ahead.
Along the way, Elysia had enthusiastically greeted almost everyone.
Unfortunately, Levi did not know a single one of them.
After being here for so long, the only person he had any impression of was this guy named Ato.
And this impression came from...
"Griseo."
"Hm? Who's Griseo? A girl? What's your relationship with her?"
Hearing the mutter from behind, Elysia, who had been smiling as she chatted with Ato, suddenly became sharp-eyed.
When she turned around to ask, she had already returned to her smiling appearance.
It was impossible to see the change just now.
Only Ato, standing opposite Elysia, noticed it.
He had never expected that Elysia, who had worn a smile all day long in the past, would actually reveal that kind of look.
Who was this man?
But these clothes... I think I've seen them somewhere before.
Remembering where he had seen them, Ato looked at Levi with a trace of pity.
Levi noticed his expression and was full of question marks.
What was going on?
Did he pity me because I was about to get beaten up?
Impossible, right!
From Ato's facial expression, Levi analyzed that he had not yet had Griseo.
Then Levi met Elysia's eyes and said seriously, "Didn't I tell you? I'm a Griseo solo fan."
"Don't I remember you being an Asta solo fan?"
How long had it been since he changed?
Elysia wrinkled her nose and showed a look of disgust.
"Heh, men."
"Elysia, don't hit the innocent," Ato spoke up from the side. He looked at Levi with a kind smile. "Good luck."
Hearing this, Levi suddenly got an idea.
"Good luck with whom?"
"Uh..."
Ato had been about to leave, but he had not expected Levi to suddenly ask that. When he saw Elysia also turn her gaze toward him, he froze in place.
His brain was still working quickly, though. Of the two people, he saw Elysia basically every day.
As for the other person, he had met him for the first time at the Flame-Chasers today, and he was not even sure whether he would see him again.
Comparing the two, Ato immediately knew how he should answer.
"I wish you and Ely..."
Before he could finish, Elysia, her cheeks flushed red, interrupted him.
"What are you thinking? He and I are just ordinary friends."
Ato froze again.
'Ordinary friends, and you reacted that strongly?'
'Ordinary friends, and you stared at me like that?'
'Just get married normally, then have five children in all innocence?'
'Don't be ridiculous, Elysia. As an honorable warrior, I shouldn't become part of your love games!'
"Indeed."
Hearing Elysia's words, Levi also nodded, indicating that he and her were just ordinary friends.
So...
"You should still wish me and Griseo well."
Stare~
Faced with Elysia's fixed gaze, Ato's mouth twitched, and he smiled bitterly inwardly.
'I should have checked the almanac before leaving home today.'
'And now I've run into this mess.'
Ato originally wanted to be firm.
"Ahem, as a Flame-Chaser warrior, I still have a mission to carry out..."
"I heard you're pursuing someone."
Levi interrupted him, reaching a hand inside his clothes at his chest. When he pulled it out, there were already several books in his hand that looked extremely high-end.
Ato's gaze was immediately drawn to them.
"108 Chapters on How a Man Should Pursue a Woman? Master Lin's Production: Read and Understand Women's Psychology?! Win Her Heart by First Winning Her Stomach: 1,000 Recipes?!!!"
"Written by Master Raiden?!!!"
'Holy crap! It was Master Raiden!'
"Who's Master Raiden?"
"You don't know him, so why are you acting so shocked?"
Elysia, who had been squeezed aside by the two men, was speechless.
Looking at the several secret manuals in Levi's hands, Ato could not help rubbing his hands together.
"Little brother, how much are you selling these for?"
Levi stroked his chin mysteriously.
"One blessing. Free."
"Free?!"
Ato had already decided that if it cost more than five, he would not buy them.
But free.
Then he absolutely had to take them.
After putting away the manuals, Ato looked at Levi. At some point, a phone had appeared in his hand.
Judging by the model, it was Elysia's phone.
"Huh?"
Elysia also noticed it.
She reached into her pocket and discovered that her phone was indeed gone, giving him an annoyed, puffed-up expression.
"Honestly, you should at least tell me before taking it."
"Next time."
Levi tapped the recording button and gave Ato an OK sign.
Ato took a deep breath.
"I wish..."
After saying only one word, Ato got stuck and looked at Levi.
Come to think of it, he still did not know his name.
"Levi."
He took a deep breath, looked toward the camera, and said solemnly, "Flame-Chasers warrior Ato, wishing Levi and Griseo a hundred years of happiness and an early child."
"Very good!"
Levi was so excited that he almost jumped up.
He had originally only wanted a simple blessing, but he had not expected Ato to be so generous, introducing himself as a warrior and wishing them a hundred years of happiness and an early child all at once.
'I hope he won't regret what he said today later.'
Seeing how excited Levi was, Ato wondered if that girl named Griseo was especially pretty.
She could actually make him this excited.
Then he looked at Elysia standing beside him and gave her an apologetic look.
Elysia 'smiled.'
"He and I are just ordinary friends."
The pure and innocent kind.
Ato indicated that he understood.
Just get married normally, then have five children in all innocence.
"I'm off."
Ato waved his hand, hugged the manuals, and quickly left.
Holding back his urge to read them, he did not open the manuals until he had returned home.
He looked at the contents inside, then at the large names written on the covers.
Leaning back against the sofa, he silently lit himself a cigarette.
"..."
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