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Chapter 74: Northern Continent
Chapter 74: Northern Continent
Chapter 74: Northern Continent
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The sun shone brightly in the clear blue sky, casting a warm and comforting glow over the horizon below.
A Mythical Beast flew through the sky, its vibrant wings shimmering in the sunlight as it danced gracefully among the fluffy white clouds.
The sight was mesmerizing, and occasionally a few people in the group noticed the flaming beast in the sky. However, none of them knew what was happening on the back of the Phoenix.
It was late in the afternoon when Eren opened his eyes, finding Xiu Ying still in his arms.
The woman often woke up earlier than him, despite sleeping later. But this time, she was still peacefully sleeping.
"How long are you going to act like you are sleeping?" Eren asked as his finger gently brushed against her skin, tucking her hair behind her ear.
"How did you find out?" Xiu Ying opened her eyes, looking even more mesmerizing. She had a beautiful smile on her face, every time he looked back to last night.
She had woken up a long time ago, but she did not want to leave Eren's embrace.
"I did not know. I just tossed that question just to be sure." Eren burst into laughter. He really did not expect her to actually be pretending.
Xiu Ying pouted. "So you fooled me."
"How can I fool my beautiful lady?" Eren shrugged. "Anyway, are you hungry?"
Eren wanted to sit up and have something to eat. However, Xiu Ying was still resting her head on his arm. He did not want to push her away.
Xiu Ying understood what Eren was implying. He just did not want to be rude.
She sat up, freeing his arm.
For quite some time, Eren did not even feel his arm. Fortunately, the feeling returned after some time.
He also sat up and brought some delicacies out of his inventory.
He also brought a small cake that he had taken from the previous city and placed it on the side for Celeste.
Celeste jumped into the cake like it was a swimming pool, all excited. This was Eren's form of apology for making Celeste look into the empty distant horizon while hearing strange noises.
Eren and Xiu Ying started eating. He could see her occasionally stealing glances at him.
He also could not take his eyes off her at times. He still could not believe that such a beautiful woman belonged to him now.
Back on earth, he was very popular because he was intelligent. But he had never been in a relationship.
Even if he wanted, he was certain that it would have been impossible to find a woman like Xiu Ying back on earth. She was truly in a league of her own.
"Is something on my face?" Xiu Ying asked, noticing Eren's gaze.
"You are so beautiful."
Xiu Ying lowered her head, embarrassed at the compliment.
She had heard this compliment many times, but it was always from people that did not even see the real her. And everyone who saw the real her was mesmerized and charmed, so their compliments did not matter to her.
Eren was the first person who had seen the real her and stayed unaffected. This was why his compliment mattered the most to her.
He thought that she was in love with him because the charm had backfired on her. But only she knew that it was only partially true.
She had truly felt something for him when he resisted her charm and walked away. Moreover, instead of trying to have revenge on her for her attempt to kill him, he was still so nice to her.
The effect of the charm backfiring would have been over in a few days. But the reason she was still in love with him was mainly because she did not hate this feeling.
If anything, she loved this feeling. She loved the fact that there was a man who knew the real her.
His gaze did not disgust her. No, if anything, it made her feel better. She felt appreciated.
She loved his gaze. She loved his touch. She loved his embrace. She even loved the moments where he was shy because of her advances. All these things kept making her fall for him again and again.
For her, this was the only person that was made for her in this world.
"Thank you," she muttered under her breath.
"Did you say something?" Eren asked, not hearing her barely audible words.
"Nothing. I just said that we will soon be entering the Southern Continent."
"That is true. It would be hard to travel through the Southern Continent on a Phoenix."
In the Eastern Continent, it did not matter even if he traveled on a Mythical Beast. At most, it could give away his identity when someone saw it.
It was different in the Southern Continent.
In that continent, there were many Heroes who had an ability to fly. There were also a lot of Heroes with other abilities that could catch him.
Flying on the Phoenix was like flying with a big banner above his head that said he was from the Eastern Continent.
It was fine if other people did not care about it, but he knew it wasn't the case for the Southern Continent. It was the enemy of the Eastern Continent.
"You might have to leave the Phoenix behind," Xiu Ying reminded him.
Eren nodded. He already knew that he could not take the Phoenix with him. That's why he brought Xiu Ying together for his safety.
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After a few days, the Phoenix finally reached the threshold of the Northern Continent.
It flew above the great river that separated the two continents before landing on the Northern Continent.
From here on, it was a journey that Eren had to take alone.
"I will see you later, little one." Eren kept the Phoenix in his inventory.
At first, he did not even know that he could keep his Pheonix there. However, when testing, he came to realize that he could keep beasts there. He just couldn't keep humans there.
"Shall we get going?" Eren asked Xiu Ying, looking at the new horizon before him.