‘Should I tell him I know he’s telling the truth, or should I not?’. This was the thought running through Ryan’s mind.
Well, even if he wanted to say something, he wouldn’t have been able to because the boy’s voice resounded again not too long after,
“Let me tell you another honest truth. It’s been more than a year since I got transferred into this academy from another academy, which means I haven’t been attending this academy for too long,
I didn’t start attending this academy as a kid. Now, ever since I got transferred to this academy, I’ve been a loner since then, I don’t have friends in school and all that,
And I can practically say it’s my fault, I chose to become a loner. But there’s a reason for that, and the reason is I don’t become friends with just anyone. I don’t become friends with people that can look down on another person easily,
I don’t follow the crowd, I do my things my own way as far as they are right. A lot has happened to you since you resumed school, and it was just yesterday you resumed,
Those things happened to you because of the incident and the news that spread around. But even with all these, I want to become your friend, I want to get to know you more,
As I said, I don’t follow the crowd. Sorry to say this, I know it shouldn’t be said, but I’d just have to say it. From the look of things, you’re going to be a loner for a long time, so I feel the both of us would pair greatly since I’m a kind of loner as well,
Don’t take my words wrongly, I just want to be your friend. And everything I’ve said now is genuine, the fact that I said I didn’t join hands in doing those things to you is also genuine, I don’t know if you believed me”.
From the look in the boy’s eyes, Ryan could tell he meant everything he just said now, they were genuine. And you know what? He was really happy.
Why? Because finally, someone out of all the other students was behaving maturely. He approached him with the genuine aim of becoming his friend.
As known, not all the students were joining hands to display their viciousness toward him. Some weren’t vicious enough to do those things to him, some knew they couldn’t, and some weren’t interested.
They were all mature in their own way with their actions. But this boy that approached him with a genuine aim of becoming his friend was too mature…his maturity was top-notch.
And Ryan didn’t take any of the things he said to him wrongly, he only considered them as mature statements…
“You really mean what you’re saying? You want to become my friend?”. Ryan inquired of the boy while glancing at him.
“Of course, I mean what I’m saying, I want to become your friend”. The boy responded.
“Even with the fact that I don’t possess an ability?”. Ryan’s voice resounded again.
The boy chuckled a little before saying, “Even with the fact that you don’t possess an ability, I don’t care about that, I still want to become your friend. Come on, I don’t look at those things when choosing friends,
Many of the friends in my former academy didn’t possess an affinity, and we were friends until I was transferred from the academy to this one. I don’t care if you possess an ability or not, what I care about is the human qualities you possess”.
Ryan couldn’t help but be mesmerized at the maturity of this boy…he was too matured. This was the kind of person he’d love to have as a friend.
“I hope you don’t consider yourself less special because you don’t possess an affinity”. The boy said to Ryan once again.
Ryan didn’t say anything, he was only glancing at the boy. Then the boy’s voice resounded again,
“Even if you don’t possess an ability, look at the brighter side, there’s something to be happy about. You’re the son of Warren, one of the richest men in this kingdom,
Though there are a lot of people richer than him, that doesn’t change the fact that he’s rich and you’re enjoying wealth. Some of us would never get to enjoy the privileges you’re enjoying until we grow old and die. So look at the brighter side”.
This utterance made Ryan glance at the boy in a kind of way, and it made him know he still needed to confirm some things later on…
What the boy said now was the main reason why his friends, Liam and Miles, hated him in secret though they didn’t before.
He was from a rich family and was enjoying privileges they might never get to enjoy in their lifetime. And due to this, they became enemies without him having a single idea.
..This boy had just mentioned the fact that he was enjoying some privileges some of them would never get to enjoy until they grow old and die.
And it made Ryan realize he needed to confirm some things later on, he needed to be extremely careful.
There was something he wanted to know about the boy, and he didn’t plan on keeping it to himself, so he inquired of the boy…
“Do you possess an ability?”.
“Yes, I do”. The boy answered.
“Which of the affinities do you possess?”. Ryan threw another question at him.
“The fire affinity”. The boy responded once again.
“Wow! That is awesome”.
“Yeah”.
“Have you started learning to make use of it in any way?”.
“Not at all, but there are some minor things I can do with it”.
“Can I see one of those things?”.
“Sure”.
And with that, the boy lifted his right palm a little. And it stayed like that until little flame started igniting on the palm until it had finished doing so.
So right now, there was a little flame on top of his palm. He wielded mana to do this, and it wasn’t easy. He would have been able to do a lot more with his power if he’d started training it.
Ryan was just glancing at the flame on top of his palm with a bit of amazement on his face. And it lasted like that for a few seconds until the boy put off the flame before saying to Ryan,
“So, that is one of the things I can do with my power, nothing much”.
“Nothing much, but it is still amazing. Would you ever get to train your power after your graduation from this school?”. Ryan inquired of the boy.
“Hmm, I don’t know honestly, I can’t say”. The boy responded.
They were conversing like they had already solidified their friendship, they were bonding without noticing it.
Ryan nodded his head to the boy’s response as silence ensued after that as they were still walking toward the cafeteria. Seeing the boy make use of his power made Ryan wish he possessed an affinity as well.
The feeling of wielding mana and making use of your power was so nice, and it was something Ryan wanted to experience…
But there was still hope though, he’d get to awaken an affinity as he was seducing milfs, conquering them, and benefitting from their mana cores by drawing out mana energy from their bodies into his.
This hope alone made Ryan so determined to accomplish all the quests given to him by the system. He’d seduce and fuck every milf he receives as quest from the system.
The silence lasted for some seconds before Ryan broke it by asking the boy another question,
“So, what is your name?”.
..Yes, he needed to know the boy’s name, very important.
“Dylan…Dylan Murray”. The boy responded.
Ryan nodded his head a little, then his voice resounded again,
“Nice name, I’m guessing you already know my name”.
“Yes, you are a popular figure, a lot of people know your name, Ryan Howell”.
The boy had already shown that he knew his name with that utterance. A little smile appeared on Ryan’s face after the boy made that statement, then the boy uttered again,
“Why the smile?”.
“Nothing serious”.
The boy nodded his head a little to Ryan’s statement as silence ensued for a few seconds after that before Ryan’s voice resounded again,
“So, how old are you?”.
Yes, another important thing he needed to know…
“I’m 17 years old”. Dylan responded.
“Seriously?”. Ryan uttered with a bit of widened eyes.
“Yeah, seriously”.
Ryan was thinking he’d be older than Dylan by a year or something, but it happened to be that they were age mates.
If Dylan was 17-year-old, then how come he hadn’t graduated from this academy by now? Well, everyone didn’t start their schooling at the same time, some started later than others.
So everyone wouldn’t graduate from school at the same time and at the same age…
