After a while, Alea had finally calmed down and decided to go back with Theo.
All she could do was lower her head, avoiding anyone from looking at her current expression.
She was just too embarrassed by all the things she did earlier. She thought, 'What is happening to me? Why was I crying like a child in front of Theo? He is two years younger than me and I showed such a thing. How could I face him anymore?'
Unknown to her, Theo simply walked back to his room to get some rest before finding another person jumping toward him. "Theo!"
Theo's eyebrows twitched as he avoided her with his Blink.
"Why did you dodge?"
Theo ignored her question and asked back, "What do you want, Nella?"
Nella made a big smile, feeling proud of their win. She even started calling Theo by his name already.
"Nothing. I was about to visit you to check your condition, but it seems you are already alright."
"Yes. Thank you for worrying me." Theo nodded calmly. "How are your teammates?"
"I guess we can't do anything for the next battle. Do you want to visit them? They are in that room." Nella scratched the back of her head while pointing at the left door that was still slightly open. Without any shame, she turned to Alea and said with a cheeky tone. "Oh, isn't this the cry baby?"
"…" All the embarrassment instantly changed to anger as Nella's voice was probably the last one she wanted to hear right now.
Theo ignored them and entered the room, finding three people lying on the bed while Zara and Luka were taking care of them.
Noticing his presence, Zara turned around and raised her eyebrows. "You can already walk…"
"Yeah." Theo nodded. "I thought about visiting you since Nella ambushed me outside."
Clark chuckled. "That must be hard for you. But to think you even defeated Nella… I have no words to say anymore."
"I was just lucky." Theo shrugged. "How are you feeling? I heard you're the worst among them."
"I'm gonna be fine after six months. It's a precious time, but it's not going to hinder my progress that much." Clark shrugged.
"If only you gave us that win, you wouldn't need to do something like this." Theo shook his head in disappointment, teasing them with a sly smile.
Zara rose and confronted him. "That's better than your current predicament. We are still guaranteed to get a silver medal this year, but you?"
"Silver Medal?" Theo made a shocked expression before sneering, "Oh, you mean that consolation prize?"
Zara's expression darkened as she gritted her teeth and said in the same tone as when she wanted to hit Nella in the tournament. "Have you ever considered washing your mouth? Both you and Nella have this same sh*tty smell coming out of your mouths."
"It's better than a mere dirt trying to be a diamond." Theo shrugged, indirectly mocking her silver medal again.
Theo maintained his smile while Zara gradually ran out of patience.
To avoid doing anything to him, Zara decided to leave the room. "I'm going to get some drinks."
"Buy me orange juice!" Luka raised his hand and pointed at Scarlet, "She wants melon juice."
"Okay." Zara walked to the door before hearing another one.
"Ah, I want apple juice," Theo added.
"Go to hell." Zara snorted and left immediately.
Zara's teammates laughed.
"Anyway, that's all. I need to return to my room and have some rest." Theo waved his hand and left the room, albeit finding another quarrel between Nella and Alea.
Theo just ignored both of them and slipped away, thinking, "At least Alea is already fine since she has enough energy to quarrel."
When he returned, Rai seemed to be bringing a lot of presents in his hand.
"It seems you have returned. Well, I have finished dealing with all those annoying peasants. These are all their "goodwill" along with the invitation letters," said Rai with an annoyed tone.
"Ahaha, thank you." Theo thanked him before returning to his bed.
"Anyway, my job is done here, so I will return to the hotel. Don't bother me until you're done with the competition. I'm too tired for this." Rai sighed and left the room as fast as he could before getting another job.
Theo only smiled and looked at the mountain of presents next to his bed. He couldn't help but remember his life seven months ago. "These are gifts from countries, organizations, and others… The past me would never get something like this in my entire life.
"I guess I am glad that I can change my life for the better. Still, the higher I climb, the bigger the problem… It's going to be rough, but it's better than having no power to even protect oneself." Theo shook his head.
After saying those words, Theo began to look through all the gifts, including the letters.
Despite saying they all wished for his recovery, Theo knew they wanted him to choose them after this competition.
All seven other countries in this competition were among them.
Other countries also didn't want to miss such a talent, especially since Thersland obviously had no power to nurture him well.
He even saw many famous groups, companies and even organizations that invited him. Unfortunately, they couldn't talk to him personally because it might raise suspicion that they would do something to a participant.
At the very least, Theo knew he had many options in the future since there was no way he would stay in Thersland, who didn't have enough resources to help him increase his levels in the near future.
Laying down on his bed and staring at the ceiling, Theo muttered, "I wonder where I should go after this… And there is another problem which is when… Anyway, I will probably need a year or two to settle everything before I can travel to another country, so I will just think of it along the way."
Unbeknownst to him, Alea was right behind the door with her head down. She had been watching him when he was in the middle of opening the gifts. Even though she couldn't hear him, she could understand a bit of what he was saying from his mouth gesture, yet, she couldn't say anything as their relationship was not a friend or a couple… They were just partners or teammates.