Volume 7 Chapter 54: Where Is Keith Going With This?

During lunch, everyone headed to the cafeteria. However,

"Where are you going?" Keith turned to Krystal. She was about to walk past the room.

"I'm going to train."

"Huh? You're not going to eat anything?" That caused Keith to frown. Krystal nodded, "Yeah. The food is disgusting." She had tried the food before and found it tasteless. She would rather skip the meal entirely and focus on training.

"Then eat with us." Keith stated as he raised his lunchbox, "I made you your lunch as well. It's really delicious,"

"...I don't need it."

"Come on. It would be a waste to leave it."

"We can eat it!" "Yeah!" "You two shut it." Scarlet and Alfia closed those two gluttons's mouths.

"I-"

"My orders, remember?"

"Tch!" A grin formed on Keith's mouth as they approached the table. Tristan and the others were already there. Everyone noticed a new person joining the group.

"So Krystal joined your island?"

"Yep, Yep." Keith nodded. That only caused a grin on Tristan's mouth, "So you were the ones who stole her away from my island." Krystal was living on the same island as Tristan and Carolyn.

"Hehe." Keith only chuckled as he took out the lunchboxes. He handed it to everyone.

"..." Krystal had a blank look as she stared at the lunchbox. It was only a few moments before the girl took it.

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"Now, let's eat!"

Herrick and the others quickly started to feast. Krystal took nibbles as she was aloof. Two groups were going around at the table: the fast eater and the nibblers.

"By the way, how is the construction coming along?" Tristan heard about the construction of his new island.

"Ahh, we have made a base. We just need to wait for the materials to come in. Then, we can build the walkway." Keith turned to Krystal, "I'm going to be relying on you to do everything."

"Huh?"

"You're going to be my worker. It's all hands on deck." Keith grinned.

“…” The explosiveness on Krystal's face was something.

“…” The others scooted away, not trying to get near the two. What was going to happen next was going to be life and death.

"Alfia, you don't need to work the cart tomorrow."

"Huh?!" The elf princess blinked.

"I'm thinking about this; having rotations. You would take the first break, and Scarlet would take the second. Krystal will take your place during those days."

"Huh?" The befuddlness on Krystal's face just kept increasing.

"You're going to be a waiter," Keith explained.

"What? This was not part of the arrangement." Never did it say that she had to be a waiter.

"Cadmus said that I can do whatever I want. That means I can order you to do that as well." Cadmus gave him free rein.

“…”

"Her eyes are twitching uncontrollably." Carolyn gulped. She had never seen Krystal act like this before. But Keith had a proud expression as he continued to eat.

...

"Where is Keith going with all of this?" Alfia and the others were a little confused now. After class had ended, everyone had returned to the island. Well, Keith went to the library, and Krystal went somewhere else. She might have killed him if she saw him.

That was why everyone was now wondering what was going on. Keith was going hard on Krystal.

"Is he trying to do the same thing as Herrick?" Everyone turned to the lion. Last time, Keith made Herrick angry from time to time; that was to build his fortitude.

That way, he wouldn't go ballistic on the simplest insults.

Herrick thought about it, "Kinda. But I feel he's doing it to make her open up?" He recalled what he did. But this was a little different, "It's like he's trying to make her mad to get something from her."

"I'm curious about their relationship, to be honest," Scarlet commented. Keith and Krystal's relationship was quite ambiguous. She had never seen them talk like friends. And they were not close either.

"Jack, you're in their class. What do you think?" Sarah asked. Jack was the only one in the same class as the two.

"They're more like rivals. But it feels like a cat and a dog."

"Eh?"

"Krystal is that loner cat who doesn't care about anyone, while Keith is that giant dog who goes around and helps others out." That was the best way to describe it; that dog was also friendly to her.

"So it's tough to figure out what he's doing."

"You guys just need to put your faith into the kid." Cadmus chuckled as he saw how they discussed.

"But it's weird since he's doing all that to Krystal. I'm afraid she might destroy the island." Krystal was by no means someone that should be messed with. She would probably implode.

"Keith should be able to handle it when the time comes."

"But it will be weird to continue to have her here." Leona muttered, "It will always be like having a sword behind you."

"She might change." Gabriel added, "We just have to do whatever we can to do it."