He paused for a while, it was definitely a good aspect based on the things he needed for the future, but that ridiculous SP...
'I will go broke at this rate. And I don't think I will get another 1 million points any time soon either.'
He pondered that for a while and decided to go with it.
'Well, fuck it. No matter how much I save, it's not going to be enough to end anyway.'
[Congratulations, host. You have purchased an aspect 'Eye of desire'.]
'Hah... 440,000 SP remains now. I will keep them for now.'
And then he waits...
'Fucking hell, why isn't she here yet?'
Tired of sitting there, waiting for Rose, he got up from the bed and walked towards the bathroom.
'Till she comes, I shall freshen up.'
He headed inside the bathroom but at the same moment, somewhere else inside the palace,
"Are you alright now?"
Two people were having a different conversation.
Noelle, after her duel was still lying on her bed, and Rose stayed by her side.
Their relationship here was that of a young lady and a maid, but in truth, they had both been friends since childhood, before Rose experienced the tragedy of her family.
"Umm, I don't feel very uncomfortable," Noelle answered, easing the worry of Rose.
Both of them, for some reason or for the reason of Noah, did not speak much. They both were thinking about him, but for different reasons.
Then after a short pause, Noelle asked,
"Rose... have you ever seen my brother train before? You are always with him, did you never notice anything?"
Rose wished she could give her an answer, but she herself had no idea how Noah could do something like that.
Even before the duel, she wasn't able to sense anything in him at all.
'He was the same, as he had always been, so how? How can he defeat Noelle? And now he has become the next heir too, am I really going to...?'
"No." Her response was short, she was already lost in her own thoughts.
More than he ever had trained in secret before, she was more concerned for what was about to happen to her.
By now, Noelle also noticed the change in Rose's expression. She knew about the bet Noah had made with Rose, that he would free her if Noelle won against him, but Rose did not tell her everything about their bet, especially about her submitting herself to Noah if she lost, not intending to worry her.
"I am sorry. You had the chance to free yourself and because of me... you..."
She was apologetic about it. She really went to the duel with the sole intention of helping Rose, she never cared about the position of heir at all.
Rose, who understood her fully, cut her words in between and said, "Don't be. None of us knew about his hidden strength anyway. Besides, I was already his personal maid, it's not like anything will be different now than before. So you don't have to worry about me. I am strong, you know."
She lifted her hand, showing off her non-existent biceps with a sweet smile on her face.
Her action immediately brought out a chuckle from Noelle, "Hehehe, yeah, you are."
"You take rest now, okay? He has called me, if I am late now, then you know your brother already."
Rose got up from her seat and was about to walk away, when Noelle spoke again, "Rose." She called her name and softly said,
"Don't worry, I will talk to him later. I am sure he will understand."
Rose smiled gently when she heard that.
'Such a sweet girl, alas she was born with someone like her brother. I can't believe how different people can be, who were born at the same time from the same mother.'
"I will be waiting for you to rescue me, young miss."
She jokingly lifted the hem of her dress and bowed her head before leaving the room.
Noelle went silent after Rose left, the smile on her face disappeared swiftly, taken over by a red blush on her face.
She lifted her hand and touched her head, where she was patted by Noah had just now,
'I am sure, he will... maybe, right? Big brother?'
[The favourability of Noelle has increased by 10 points.]
[Current favourability: 0(Confusion)]
The changes in her favourability, obviously, weren't left unnoticed by Noah.
He walked out of the bathroom, only a white towel wrapped around his lower body, with a big dent in the area of his groin.
'Hmm? What's happening with that girl? Well, good for me, I guess.'
He did not think much of it and went to lie on the bed, waiting for Rose.
As he took his position, a familiar figure appeared behind the door and knocked twice on it.
Her smile had faded away; now, what she felt was fear.
She was a prey here who was willing to get butchered by the predator.
"Come in."
A voice called out to him from inside. She waited for a second there, before finally pushing the door open.
'If this is my fate then so be it. I have nothing to lose anymore.'
Rose took her steps inside the room, her hands tightly holding the hem of her dress.
Her heart was racing wildly as many thoughts of what might happen to her crossed her mind.
She lifted her head to look at the demon who was soon going to devour her.