Felicia felt slightly displeased at the moment.
As she stared at Rey, whose entire demeanor was nothing like what she remembered—if she could even remember much, to begin with.
He was an overall average individual, with no particularly striking quality. The only burst of fame—or rather, infamy—that he had was when he revealed his lousy Skill and Class, which garnered the mockery of everyone in class.
In retrospect, Felicia could see that he had somehow lied, but back then everyone wrote him off.
'Yet he managed to become the most powerful of them, and he's even changed his physical appearance…' She eyed him unconsciously.
Not only was Rey much taller than before, but he actually looked a lot more handsome than she remembered.
Perhaps it was due to his eyepatch, or the dark strands of hair that cascaded down his face, creating a mask of mystery. Perhaps his nice build, coupled with all the aforementioned factors, played a role in it.
She could no longer call him average in that sense any longer.
'Looks like Cayden was right. Everything about him is so different now.'
While she approached him to witness the change with her very eyes, also expecting the possibility that she would be caught by him, Felicia hadn't realized it would be this much.
Narrowing her eyes, she decided to set those thoughts aside and answer Rey's question.
"Just wanted to see you. I heard you stepped up in the social ladder and you're all buddy buddy with the Royal Council. I guess I wanted to see for myself."
"And? Now that you've seen me, is that all?"
The way Rey rolled his eyes and stared at her, as if completely bored, made Felicia even more infuriated.
'If we were back on Earth, he wouldn't even dare look at my face!'
Of course, she recognized that wasn't the case. She also knew that Rey was most definitely stronger than she was—so it was unwise to cause unnecessary conflict.
Starting a fight she couldn't win would be foolish of her.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})'But… there is more than one way to ensnare a man.' With a wide grin on her face, she began to walk salaciously and drew closer to Rey.
"Well… you tell me…" In no time at all, she was just an inch away from his stiff body.
"Why don't we go upstairs for a dance?"
Rey's cold gaze still reflected non/compliance. The way he stared at her, almost like she was nothing, drove her to the edge of rage.
But Felicia didn't give into it.
After all, it was about time for her to use her Skill.
'It's a gamble, but if I succeed, I'll be able to have the strongest piece of the Alliance under my control.'
Right now, more than half of the Nobles present in the Capital were under her power. In a day or two, she would have the rest under her thumb.
However, even they wouldn't be enough to take over the United Human Alliance.
'Yes, they have resources and influence… but they lack that raw power.'
That was why she needed the rest of the Otherworlders—or at least, Rey—on her side.
'With his power, I can put everyone else in check. And since everyone is somewhat relying on him to stop the Dragons, no one will mess with me since I'll be the one calling the shots.'
As Felicia thought this, misty breaths escaped her lips and nostrils.
She drew them closer to Rey as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
All she needed was a kiss, and then…
'You'll be mine—!'
~BOOOOOOM!~
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Noise erupted from the hall, causing the girl to yelp in surprise.
"Ah!" She lost her grip on Rey's shoulder, and would have collapsed on his chest.
However, he sidestepped at the last minute, causing her to tumble on the ground—her lovely gown eating some dirt.
"O-ow…" As she recoiled from the pain, and the shock caused from such a loud explosion, she looked up to see Rey staring coldly at her.
'Prick! He couldn't even catch me!' Gritting her teeth, she gave him a deep glare.
Her composure was completely lost, and she was one breath away from cursing at him.
However—
"Guess we'll continue this some other time. A rather interesting matter has come up."
—Rey shifted his attention from her almost immediately and turned to the direction of the explosion.
There were people trooping out of the ball, and perhaps if it wasn't evident before, it was now clear that the Gala had been put on a hard stop thanks to whatever incident just occurred.
'What the hell just happened?' Felicia thought to herself.
Nothing about her plan involved something like this—and certainly not at a period like this.
It also didn't seem to be planned by the Royal Council; all things considered.
'C-could it be… Dragons?!'
Several guards began to proceed into the hall from all sides, just as the civilians exited.
Felicia wondered what guards could do if some monstrosity showed up.
'What the hell? Why now?'
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Felicia found her body trembling slightly. What was happening before her eyes was a chaotic sight, one that would normally cause anxiety.
However, once she stole one look at Rey—expecting some sort of reaction or explanation from him—she was met with the most surprising thing.
'He's calm?!'
Her bulging eyes fully analyzed Rey, watching as he kept one hand in his pocket and the other on his glass cup.
"Hmm…" A near silent voice echoed from his slightly parted lips.
His eye narrowed slightly, and some sort of glow seemed entrapped within it.
'Why is he just standing there? Won't he—?'
~VWUSH~
Before Felicia could complete her thought process, she found the entire scenery around her change—faster than even the blink of an eye.
She was no longer in the garden, but was instead seated on the pristine floor of the currently chaotic Gala Hall.
How she transitioned so fast to this location could only be explained by the one standing in front of her; but his attention was on the incident that kickstarted the chaos.
'W-what's that?' Felicia's eyes captured the scene as she trembled slightly.
'Who… is that?!'
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