“Guh…” Nathan let out a long sigh.
Sera looked troubled. Nathan had been like this for the past few hours. “Are you alright? Shouldn’t you eat first? There’s no point in thinking about it right now. You have seven days.”
Nathan lied his head down on the table while grinding his forehead.
All of a sudden, a pair of eyes appeared behind Sera. They carried an intense bloodlust. Her expression darkened as a chilling voice echoed.
“What happened to him? You haven’t done anything bad, right?”
Those two questions sent chills down her spine as Sera couldn’t help but scream, “Kyaaa!”
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Sera hurriedly threw herself to the front before turning around, finding Selena with a cold gaze.
“Selena?! What? What are you doing?” Sera gulped down.
Selena walked closely to Sera, judging her. If she was the one causing Nathan trouble, there was no telling what she would do.
Sera shook her head furiously while saying, “It’s not me. It’s not me. Trust me. Actually, he is contemplating whether he should accept this mission or not.”
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“It’s a mission from the Blacksmith Guild. The principal has just given him this mission. If he succeeds, he might get a weapon from the Blacksmith Guild.”
Selena frowned. “When is the mission?”
“Seven days from now.”
“That’s…” Selena looked down, falling into deep thought. “I’m still too busy. I don’t think I can go.”
“Yeah. That’s one of the problems he’s contemplating.”
“Only one of the problems? What kind of other problems is he thinking about? Is the mission so hard that he can’t think of a way to solve it?”
“Not that…” Sera shook her head helplessly.
Suddenly, Nathan opened his mouth. “The mission is hard, but not impossible. In fact, the first thing I’m thinking about is that I don’t really want to do a big mission in the next couple of weeks.
“First of all, you’re quite busy, so it’s better to do a couple of normal missions and get a lot of cores for us.
“If we want to do a big mission, it will be after we summon our fourth familiar.”
Selena thought for a moment. “So, the problem is you’re thinking that getting this big mission without me will cause some inconveniences?”
“Not really. I know your strength and talent. Not participating in this mission shouldn’t be that much of a problem. Besides, it’s not like you’re going to kill Sera if she ends up joining me on the next mission without you, right?”
“Well…” Selena looked at Sera. The latter smiled wryly. “Come on, big sister. No need to look at me that way.”
Selena sighed. “I don’t know what I will do, but killing her is not one of them.”
Sera wiped the sweat on her forehead.
“So, what’s the problem?” Selena asked.
“The problem is who I will go with.”
“Who?” Selena raised her eyebrows. “It’s not just the two of you?”
“The level of the mission is too high for only both of us. It is expected that we will encounter at least ten mature class aliens. There’s a rumor about a mutant among those ten aliens. That’s why for this mission, it’s required to have a major powerhouse among the students. And the principal has given me the name.”
“Who?” Selena squinted her eyes.
“It’s me!” A bright voice echoed in their ears.
“!!!” All of them turned around, finding Flora and Noelle. And that voice from earlier was clearly not from Noelle.
“Flora?!” Selena widened her eyes in shock. “You’re going on this mission? No, you’re leading this mission?”
“Yes.” Flora nodded with a smile. “I have finished my work. My vice president has returned to deal with the rest of the problems, so I can go. Besides, it’s a big client, so I have to go.”
Selena looked at this sly smile and protested, “What are you doing? Since the mission is dangerous, shouldn’t Noelle be the one to go?”
She preferred Noelle to go because Noelle was rather stiff. There was no way Noelle would do anything questionable to Nathan.
On the other hand, Flora was sly. She wasn’t as deceptive as Nathan, but she had a higher chance than Noelle of outsmarting Nathan.
Flora raised a finger. “The answer is simple. This time, the mission requires my expertise, specifically my earth spirit. Noelle doesn’t have such an ability, so the principal asked me to go a few days ago.”
“That’s…” Selena gritted her teeth.
Flora waved her hand. “Anyway, I’m here to ask for your response. Are you going to accept this mission or not? I prefer to only bring you since I can’t afford to have a lot of mistakes in this mission, but I don’t mind if you have Serafina go with us.”
Nathan looked down, falling into deep thought. “Objectively speaking, I don’t really mind about the mission itself. The reward is quite big, and having this kind of experience will help me a lot, especially in the upcoming fight against Alavenya.
“It’s just…” Nathan scratched the back of his head.
“Do you perhaps have a personal vendetta against me?” Flora pointed to herself. “Do you hate me or something? It feels like you’re trying to build a wall against me. I can’t see any of that in other people.”
“I don’t really hate you or have any personal grudge.” Nathan looked away, thinking, ’Well, I have three most hated tropes whenever I read webnovels. They are the church, the throne, and a dense black hole motherfucker.
’I personally don’t like dense people unless they’re pretending to be one for one reason or another. The church is still questionable, but I can at least trust Sera for the time being.
’But the throne battle is annoying. In fact, becoming a noble alone is annoying, let alone having a connection to royalties. One wrong move, I might accidentally enter the throne battle and fight against other princes and princesses. Those bloody fights are something I want to avoid.’
Nathan sighed. “Well, can you give me one more day? I will give you the answer tomorrow.”
“Alright then.” Flora nodded. “I’ll be looking forward to your positive response.”
Nathan pinched the bridge of his nose, wondering what he should do.
After seeing Nathan’s reaction, Selena grabbed Sera’s shoulder and whispered with a solemn tone. “Come with me for a second. I need to tell you something.”