Nicole was surprised that only Blue showed up for today's learning session.
She was informed by him that his girlfriend and that new girl had some important private discussion to do so they will be skipping the club hours for today. They both only showed up at the club earlier to actually agree to have that discussion on Luna's insistence.
She truly wanted to scold that girl for skipping on the very next day when she just chose her as her personal teacher. That being said she also felt a bit happy that they will get to spend the time together alone today.
This thought made her frown a bit as she pondered why her emotions were so out of control lately whenever he appeared in her mind. Could it be that…
She hurriedly shook her head as she dispelled such ludicrous notion. Her sudden behavior prompted him to ask her what happened to which she only replied that she was feeling stressed lately so her mind was a bit disorderly. She set it right just now.
She then gave him advice about how a firm mindset was vital for a player.
He nodded with an expression of deep thought about her advice before thanking her for her kindness. He then grabbed her hand and brought her to that secluded spot from earlier that day.
She wondered if he liked the vibe of this place. To be fair, she also liked how quiet and out of view this place was. It allowed both of them to have a bit more privacy during the learning session.
She again frowned a bit as she pondered why she wanted so much privacy out of nowhere. Wasn't she just resolving his doubts and answering his questions?
But she didn't get to continue that thought much further as he got her to sit on the same spot from before and he leaned slightly on her shoulder as he looked at her with his crimson eyes that were akin to shimmering rubies.
As she listened to his questions and doubts she also focused on his learning session so he could be an excellent player from her teachings.
She also subconsciously enjoyed this closeness he showed her in private time.
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After an hour in the learning session Blue now had his face near Nicole's neck while one of his arms rested casually on her lap with another one holding her slender shoulder gently.
He listened to her bantering about her day as he gave her appropriate reaction while joking around from here to there while occasionally rubbing her shoulder in “consolation”. She also leaned towards him as she rested most of the weight on his upper body.
Such intimacy if another student witnessed at the moment would stun them on the spot as if they were struck by lightning.
That's why, he got her to this place where it became both of their little retreat from the constraints of the academy. He obviously didn't get so touchy with her from the start. As the learning session progressed his initial leaning posture on her changed to resting his head after ten minutes and then his arm on her lap in a casual manner after half an hour before finally he was holding her shoulders when she started on the daily venting part.
He then at an hour mark got her body to subconsciously lean her weight on him while not letting her suspect anything about this current image where they seemed like a pair of lovers on their rendezvous. This whole process was done by him in a seamless manner since the conversation dragged on without any gap in it as he got her to be both active and passive at the conversation perfectly.
This type of manipulation was similar to what he did to Clara last night but the difference was that last night was just too dramatic, worthy of a melodrama.
At that time, when he grabbed her hand and rested his forehead on hers as he looked deeply at her, he remained silent for a few seconds to let her pounding heart settle a bit on the sudden closeness before he continued in a low tone,
“Do listen to me. When your mother witnessed both of us for the first time, I could only hide my embarrassment and think that she only wanted to ascertain the truth about us. Do you even know how I felt when I sensed her sneaking up on our private moments again the second time?”
He waited for her to reply to him as his “worked up” warm breath fell on her nose. Her face had a hint of blush but her eyes were sad at that moment as she deeply looked at his hollow gaze. Her regret and sadness seemed to be increasing by the moment as she felt his “sincerity” and “self-hatred” being conveyed to her from such closeness.
She took a deep breath but she still didn't look away from him. She seemed to want to not miss a single bit of minute change in his face at this ending juncture so she replied,
“You were confused.”
“No, I wasn't.”
He denied before continuing,
“I was worried. I wondered at that time if my promise to your mother to keep Karla happy to the best of my ability was unable to convince her. My worry further intensified as I guessed that maybe she wanted to see something from our intimacy, maybe she was just a mother worrying about her daughter’s love life. That must be it, right? So I humored her. I hid her presence and acted as if I didn't see her. I also didn't alert Karla as that would defeat the entire purpose why your mother wanted to see us making love. Then guess what happened next time?”
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He showed her a self-mocking expression as if he was the biggest fool in all of this.
“... It continued again.”
Clara finally looked downwards as she truly confirmed the faint suspicion she had of her mother. At this point, she truly wanted to slap herself for having such a huge misunderstanding to only be shown later that her initial guess was true all along. Actually she had already used her Prediction skill on him and on her mother regarding this matter. The answer she surmised from it was vague but it still hinted towards her initial guess.
She just kept a naive hope of it being false but unfortunately that ended up hurting someone she never wanted to hurt.
Of course, when she used that innate ability, Blue was alerted of her and thus discreetly modified it to his favor. He long since took that part into his plans so it wasn't any big surprise for him.
“Look at you now. Are you thinking that maybe this pervert in front you wasn't that perverted all along? Hahaha…”
“Blue, stop it now.”
“No, no. Why should I stop? There is after all a truth in your word. I have had the same realization as you the next time and the time after that was truly confirmed and yet the next time again it then became a fact for me. But see what I have done? I let her keep getting away with this. I… I have encouraged her. I kept letting her satisfy that… that desire of hers. I was the one who actually manipulated her, no? I am unworthy of being a Paladin! Someone with a righteous heart? What a joke! I am a filth!! All I have done is keep harming this family and I was still continuing—”
“STOP! Don't gaslight yourself like this. You are NOT such a person. I believe in you, Blue. I always will!”
She grabbed her face with both of her delicate hands as she looked at him with all the heartfelt sincerity she could muster for him. He however removed her hands brutishly as he continued,
“NO! YOU are the one gaslighting ME!! Why say the opposite when I am already a heinous man in your mind? Let me ask you this, are sure that both of you sisters know all about her, huh!? When she seemingly zones towards the two of us in the middle of the deed I TRULY think that she might just be an awakened who was hiding in plain sight while having a peculiar skill, like the three of us, which could tell her if her daughter is having sex with me!!”
“YOU!! How could say such—”
He covered her lips with his hand, that came off as a bit forceful intentionally, and then he raised his index finger on his lip as he made a gesture while continuing now in an angry tone,
“DON'T YOU INTERRUPT ME!! This nonsense has happened too many times to be called a COINCIDENCE! How long do I have to keep being on edge to satisfy her fetish, HUH!? What do you all take ME for!? Some kind of PROSTITUTE SHOWING HIMSELF for your mother’s viewing pleasure!! Is this what I amount to all of you!? A PERVERT WHO FEELS SATISFIED WHILE BEING SEEN BY THAT VOYEUR OF A MOTHER OF YOURS!! ISN'T THIS HOW YOU THINK OF ME!? ALRIGHT, from now on that's who I am. I will go FUCK KARLA NOW TO GIVE HER A GOOD SHOW SINCE SHE WILL SENSE US FUCKING FROM A WORLD AWAY!! THEN both your mom and I will be SATISFIED, RIGHT!?”
He shouted at her from time to time as he vented his “frustrations” before he left her there in a fit of anger as he headed towards the door downstairs intending to “fuck Karla” like he just mentioned.
Clara hurriedly grabbed his hand as she prevented him from going downstairs to cause a ruckus late at night. She really regretted hurting him so much that he became red from anger. She never thought that one day she would get to see such a side of him where he had been keeping all of his grievances bottled up just to explode on her.
With her higher level strength firmly keeping him from going forward he showed more “anger” as veins popped up over his forehead and jawline as he said to her in a low tone that was brewing thunder within,
“Don't touch me. You will also become filthy like me.”
“NO! NO, I WON'T!!”
She also screamed at him as her eyes were already red and with that shout she had tears falling from her eyes unceasingly.
Blue finally blinked a few times in “bewilderment” as he watched her tears. He took a deep breath as he lowered his head to “calm down”. After a few moments his face had returned to normal but the faint scowl was still visible. He showed her a somewhat restrained self from his previous lunacy as he moved his hand to wipe away the tears before apologizing,
“... I made you cry for being such a jerk, huh. Though I don't deserve it, do try to forgive me.”
She didn't move her gaze away from him when he wanted to storm off from the rooftop earlier so she now got to see his “sincere” apology and “remorse” for making her cry.
She didn't reply to him but just stepped forward calmly before hugging him tightly. She truly wanted to give him all of her warmth right now so that his broken heart could finally mend somewhat. She realized way earlier that no matter what she tried to say to him at this moment it would only lead to making him more infuriated at himself and over everyone at the same time.
So she decided to use action as her language to truly communicate with him.
“...”
“...”
Both of them stayed quiet like that but he made sure to show being irritated by her sudden show of care so he asked her “politely” with a tone that wasn't polite,
“Stop this. I am a pervert, after all. Who knows how I will harm you from now on? So it is best if you maintain a proper distance from me.”
To his advice she replied by hugging him more tightly as her tears which had stopped earlier kept flowing again as if a broken dam. She sniffled as she rubbed her head on his chest as her hug continued.
He showed a “tensed up” body language as her hug became kind of intimate but of course he had to keep up the act before going for the finisher,
“What's the point in hugging me now? This doesn't change anything. Few moments later I will go back to being a pervert who has to give your mom a good show of her daughter. So cease this right now.”
As he talked to her with some logic she also stopped sniffling as she became quiet to ponder about the solution for his dilemma. Her hug however continued despite his “reluctance”.
As he saw her deeply pondering about his “problem” he sensed the perfect timing so he went for the finisher.