A sense of silence filled the space between the two of us as we sat there, my head still resting on Mira's bosom as she lightly tapped it with gentle touches. This continued for five minutes until I slowly raised my head, her eyes fixed on me as if she had come to a certain conclusion.
"Why did you have to make the plan so complex?" Mira suddenly asked, peering into me for the truth, and an embarrassed smile came to my face, along with it my 'embarrassing' feelings went to her. "I just wanted to bring out your idea about lessening the infighting between the different species," I replied, stretching my cheeks a bit.
As I finished speaking, I could see a knowing smile on Mira's face as she shook her head. "You..." That was all she could say before shutting her mouth again. I could see her expression changing between several emotions, clearly going through several emotional turmoils, something I had hoped would happen.
Of course, I had other reasons for conducting the war in the city. For example, I got some things, but it also had a small splash of desire to bring out Mira's vision, something she had been trying to implement ever since she became the dean but still failed to accomplish. This tactic, along with what I had in store for her, would be the last straw that would break her defenses and make her fall in love with me.
'She will begin her search soon,' I thought as I looked at the determination coming over Mira's face. She truly didn't know what I had gone through during my travels, and to understand me better, she would start searching into my past, trying to find out everything I went through. By now, a seed had been planted that perhaps the reason I left the family for the journey might be more complex.
As she starts searching through my past, all she would find would be the path that I laid out for her, a story that would completely break the defense of her heart, one hidden deeply under protection. Even then, I would have to go through the long procedure of making Mira accept these feelings and act on them. But even for that, my plans were already in motion.
"Sigh... what do I do with you," Mira finally spoke as she looked at me with complex eyes, to which I just smiled at her. "Why don't we leave these complex topics and just talk about the future plans we have?" I said, trying to change the topic to avoid the awkward atmosphere that had risen between us. Mira nodded her head at it, but her eyes spoke of the determination that things were far from over between the two of us.
"Among the traitors that we caught, some died out, but we were able to preserve the others thanks to a certain teacher's bloodline powers," Mira spoke, to which I listened intently. "Within a day, we will have all the information that we need, and a thorough investigation will soon begin within the academy," she continued as she rubbed her head with a frown on her face. Seeing this, I gave her a bitter smile as I patted my aunt's back. "Looks like every country will start steering problems, especially the noble families from which the traitors arose," I said, making Mira frown even harder as she shook her head.
"It will be a long journey from there..." she said as she took a sip of her tea to calm her mind. I followed suit and took a sip of my own tea.
"How's it going with that investigation I told you about?" I asked.
"You were right, there is something fishy going on with that family. Looks like we need to look into this more," Mira responded as she took out a file and handed it to me. I leaned onto the couch and started to read through the documents she gave me. My brows furrowed as I kept reading, and finally, after a minute, I was done. Placing the document down, I spoke.
"There are a lot of inconsistencies with their story."
"Indeed. It doesn't look like a problem at first, but the more you look at it, the more tangled webs of lies are starting to form," Mira replied, her eyes traveling toward me.
"How's the situation with you dealing with that girl?" Mira suddenly asked, making me smile a bit.
"Things are going well, but she's still a tough nut to crack," I said with a calm gaze, making Mira look at me suspiciously.
"I wonder what you're doing with her?" she asked.
"That's a trade secret," I said with a smile, while the emotion of 'anger' flew towards Mira - anger directed towards Shira, who I was dealing with.
"The Hillclowd family, when are you planning on taking them down?" Mira suddenly asked, her eyes sparkling with killing intent. Well, how couldn't she when the report spoke of some of the plans that this family had undertaken that would result in harming my family greatly? It was lucky Mira hadn't jumped the gun and erased the family from existence.
"Soon, I will be dealing with them soon," I said. It was the truth - I am close to achieving my goal with Shira. Just another week or two, along with what I am giving her, and she will have complete trust and love for me - something which will destroy her when the truth comes to light.
Normally, I am not a person to be this cold and destructive towards another person, especially to be so cruel. Just some insults thrown at my face aren't enough for me to be so vicious. It's the things that I got to know that made me take such cruel methods, she and her family had plans for mine that I won't let go unpunished.
"Good, call me then," Mira said as she backed off, seeing my killing intent.
"Now, how about we talk about our theory?" I asked, as 'excitement' and 'happiness' at what we are creating flowed towards Mira. I could see a smile taking her face as she brought out some papers, a nerdy light sparkling in her eyes as she started to speak.
"While you were away, I thought about the application level, and these ideas came to my mind," Mira spoke as she passed the papers toward me. Seeing this, I started to look through them. A few minutes later, I spoke.
"This is good, we can use the ambient push from the retracing mana to increase the output."
"Oh! Then we can also use Olearis power pull," Mira suddenly said, enlightened. Thus, the two of us were absorbed in our talks, forgetting about everything as we fell into a comfortable pace, not minding the time as only the two of us were left in the world.
....
Night descended as I kept walking through the streets of Babylon Academy. Both Mira and I kept talking throughout the evening, not noticing all the time that was passing. It was natural, as we both knew that from this day, Mira would be extremely busy with all the things that would be thrown at her, making it difficult for the two of us to meet and talk.
Hence, we spent the rest of the time in each other's company. But as always, good things had to end, so I left and now walked towards Grace's mansion. Within minutes, I was in front of it as the servant let me in, I informed them to heat the bath while specifying them to inform my mother and siblings that I would meet them after the bath.
With light steps, I entered inside the bath, relaxing in the hot tub, relaxing my body and mind. After all, it was non-stop movement for me, dealing with one girl after another. It was taxing on my mind. The roles I had to play weren't small.
Closing my eyes, I slowly started to relax my mind as I fell into complete bliss. I lay there for half an hour before standing up and leaving the bath. Drying my body, I felt fresh as I headed toward the main room where my family was waiting for me.
