Ascension: Strongest Fateless Mage

Chapter 17 Experiment?

After five minutes, Vernisia arrived wearing the casual A-line skirt with a girls' cotton jacket over a maroon t-shirt. Her long silver-blue hair ponytail made her look even more beautiful in this get-up.

"What's the matter, Zevien? Why did you call me?" Vernisia asked as she walked towards Zevien with a smile, "anyway, I have already assumed that we are going to the orphanage. So you have to take me there, even if it's for half an hour since you called me out."

Looking at the beautiful Vernisia, Zevien couldn't help but reveal a loving smile towards her. His eyes spoke thousands of emotions as Vernisia slightly blushed after seeing him look at her like that.

"The moon looks stunning," Zevien spoke as he looked at Vernisia.

Looking at the three faint moons in the sky while it was still daylight due to the two suns, Vernisia rolled her eyes, "yea, I can barely even see them, but they are still beautiful."

She internally felt happy at the compliment because she knew Zevien was talking about her.

Zevien turned around without saying anything and started walking, "I really wish for that beautiful moon to follow me."

Vernisia smiled and followed Zevien.

With five steps distance between them, they continued walking.

"The moon follows the sun without asking about the destination," spoke Vernisia while looking at Zevien's back.

"Destination is not important; the journey is," Zevien spoke without looking back. His face looked peaceful with a loving smile. Just staying in Vernisia's presence made him happy, which again reminded him that he really couldn't live without her.

'Zevien…who are you? Your eyes are so different when you look at me. It's as if you've known me already, and…,' Vernisia thought as her cheeks turned slightly pink. She would feel a slight tingle and strange feeling whenever Zevien looked at her, 'don't tell me I like him? But it's not even been a day since we met!'

She looked at Zevien's back with many thoughts whirling in her head, 'why am I even following him? Although I am curious about him but still….'

'What mystery are you carrying, Zevien?'

While in thought, she didn't realize that they had arrived at the lake view that was beside the academy after walking for fifteen minutes.

Zevien leaned on the fence as he looked at the lake, while Vernisia also did the same as she stood two meters away from Zevien and asked, "why did you bring me here?"

She looked at Zevien as her heart slightly beat faster. She knew that the moment Zevien looked at her with his eyes, her heart would skip a beat.

Zevien turned his head towards her and stretched his hand.

"What?" Vernisia asked doubtfully, "you want me to grab your hand?"

Zevien nodded with a smile, and his gentle eyes showed pure emotions of love that Vernisia was not yet familiar with.

While looking at his eyes, a blush slowly crept up on her face. She hurriedly turned her head away to look at the lake in the front before snorting cutely, "no way."

"Fine," Zevien stretched his hand back but continued looking at her, "don't look at me. I just want to look at this beautiful moon."

Vernisia felt evident disappointment when Zevien said 'fine' and felt terrible and a slight regret. She wanted to hold his hand but was too embarrassed to do it.

She turned her head towards him, and seeing his eyes full of love; she fell into a daze. She remembered her mother's eyes when she was small seeing Zevien's eyes. His eyes felt slightly similar to that, but there was still a difference between them.

She felt her heart squeezing slightly looking at him.

"I-if you have nothing else to say, then I am going," Vernisia hurriedly turned around, preparing to leave, "but I want to go to the orphanage tomorrow, okay? That's a promise."

After saying that, she didn't wait for Zevien's response and started walking back toward the academy.

Zevien didn't stop her and didn't say anything, just looked at her back as his heart also squeezed slightly, 'ahh… it's the same feeling and the same thing.'

Before the time rewind, both of them had great chemistry, and even without speaking intimate words, both of them knew that they loved each other.

But at that time, Vernisia had no intention to speak her heart out because she knew that her death was coming. She didn't want to get too intimate with Zevien and then let him suffer after she died. After she left this world, she hoped that Zevien would find a new life, a companion in his life.

But Zevien had no intention of doing that.

'Vernisia…wait for me,' Zevien spoke with burning eyes full of resolve as he started walking as well.

He arrived at the academy but didn't enter inside and continued walking.

'I can't forget the words of that being, and this is the first of those so-called opportunities, albeit a risky one.'

'But I can't miss it!' Zevien thought with determination as he contacted Touma-sir.

[I got my answer. I am coming there right away.]

After two seconds, Zevien received a message.

[Hahaha, good! Wait wherever you are. I am coming to pick you up right away since It will take time so let's try to finish this experiment before morning. Let's hope you can attend the class tomorrow perfectly fine.]