In the Garden
The peaceful atmosphere was suddenly interrupted.
Aaron walked into the garden.
Aaron: "I have an important announcement." ๐
Everyone turned toward him.
Noel: "What happened?" ๐
Adam: "Is something wrong?" ๐
Ashley: "We found out two important things." ๐
Aaron nodded.
Aaron: "The first one is about the blue light."
"Why I was transported to Noel's time period." ๐
Ashley continued.
Ashley: "The second..."
"There is someone else involved in this."
"Someone other than Charmy." ๐
Everyone: "WHAT?!" ๐ฑ
Noel looked at Ashley.
Noel: "Ashley?" ๐
Ashley: "Hmm." ๐
Noel: "What do you mean by that...?" ๐ค
Aaron sighed.
Aaron: "Let me explain simply."
"Charmy was the one who activated the summoning chamber."
"She created it to bring Ashley here." ๐
Ashley nodded.
Ashley: "But after I was summoned..."
"She forgot to turn off the stone."
"Because it was left active for a whole day..."
"It started overloading." ๐
Aaron continued.
Aaron: "And at that moment..."
"I was standing on that stone."
"That's why I got summoned too." ๐
Noel looked between them.
Noel (thinking): Since when did these two become so close...? ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
Aaron continued.
Aaron: "And about the blue light..."
He looked at Noel.
"It wasn't random."
"It was an indicator for a key." ๐
Adam: "A key?" ๐
Aaron nodded.
Aaron: "Noel is the key to the Oseose Kingdom."
Everyone became silent.
Noel: "..."
Key...? What does that even mean? ๐ถ
She looked around at everyone.
But everyone avoided her eyes.
Ashley: "..."
She ignored the question. ๐
Noel noticed.
(They're hiding something...)
Aaron continued.
Aaron: "We will split into two groups."
"Me and Noel will search for the person behind this." ๐
Ashley nodded.
Ashley: "Elda, Adam, and I will search for Charmy." ๐
Noel blinked.
Noel: "Huh?"
"Only the two of us?" ๐ถ
Aaron looked at her.
Aaron: "Why?"
"Do you not want to come with me?" ๐
Noel: "No! That's not what I mean!" ๐
Aaron turned away.
Aaron: "Pack your luggage."
"We leave tonight." ๐
Noel: "Huh... okay." ๐ซค
Noel watched Aaron walk away.
(There is something strange about this "key" thing.)
(Both Aaron and the others are hiding something from me.) ๐ถ
Meanwhile, Elda looked at Aaron and Noel.
The way they argued...
The way Aaron reacted to Noel...
The way Noel followed him without hesitation...
Elda's eyes sparkled.
Elda (thinking): Wait...
Is he actually interested in her? ๐คฉ
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