Actually, since the beginning of Ophelia's pursuit, Naeva had only lost her presence and appearance. It was only when Ophelia had moved away from her that Naeva reappeared. Naeva also blocks the long-range vision skill that leads to her. So as long as she is not approached directly, people will not notice her.
Unfortunately, when using this skill, Naeva's movements were limited. But that didn't bother her at all. Because she did intend to sit there and wait quietly. Wait and see whether Ophelia could find her before night or not.
Although Ophelia was able to find her thanks to luck, but success is still success.
Naeva took the last bite of her cotton candy and wiped her mouth with a handkerchief.
"Is there a reason for this important lady to be looking for me?"
Ophelia wore an expression that did not understand the behavior of the girl in front of her.
".... Can you spare a moment for me? I have something to talk to you about."
"Sure. You managed to find me after all," Naeva replied flatly.
"So if I fail, you won't talk to me then?" thought Ophelia.
Naeva wiped the back of her blazer clean of dust.
"Where are we going?"
Ophelia smiled, "You must not have a place to stay? Considering you've been here all day."
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The girl in the cloak and hood walked slowly towards a place, followed by the silver-haired girl who looked indifferent to everything. Naeva Winter did look flat, cold and as if she cared about nothing but herself. But in reality that was not entirely true. Naeva wasn't flat, she just forgot how to express herself. It's not that she's cold, she's just forgotten how normal humans feel. And it's not that she doesn't care about anything, she just forgot how to care about something when she's been alone in a cold place for thousands of years.
And most importantly, it's not that Naeva doesn't care about the lives of living beings and can kill them like it's nothing. During her time as a tutorial boss, Naeva only killed people who intended to kill her. She never attacks first. She even let people who chose to give up and run away. Although in the end they still died due to the extreme temperatures on Earth at that time.
There was once an incident, there was a Passenger who chose to be friends with Naeva because Naeva was not a tutorial boss who could not be talked to. It happened in the 2nd millennium. They had become close thanks to that person not giving up on approaching Naeva. However... As if against fate, after exactly 10 years they were together, that person died suddenly.
It turns out that there is such a thing as a time limit for Passengers in Earth's tutorial zone. Even if they manage to survive Naeva, cold and hunger, after exactly 10 years, their heart will stop working due to the effects of the time limit. That is the main reason why there are no living beings on Earth other than Naeva even when she only kills people who intend to kill her.
When that happens, Naeva goes on a rampage and destroys her territory time and time again. But the destroyed area will regenerate and recover as if it had never been destroyed. The same thing happened over and over again in her very long life.
Until it culminated, precisely at the age of the 8th millennium. Naeva was tired of dealing with her own feelings and chose to kill her feelings. From then on, the flat, cold and unfeeling Naeva was born.
But you know, that feeling is not really dead. It's just buried deep, deep and deep in her heart.
"We've arrived," Ophelia said, breaking Naeva's reverie.
"....."
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Naeva surveyed the place they had come to. It wasn't a special place at all. Just a normal inn that many people went to.
[Rosée du Matin]
That was the name of the inn they were about to enter.
"Rosée du matin... Morning dew... Before it was Russia, now it's France... What a strange place," Naeva thought.
Ophelia entered the inn with Naeva in tow. Once their steps had fully entered the inn, old woman greeted them.
"Oya, Oya... We have a sweet guest today. How can I help you?" the old woman asked kindly.
Ophelia reached into her robe pocket for something. She took out a gold-patterned navy pen that looked beautiful and elegant. There was a crest painted on the pen in gold ink. In one look, the old woman immediately knew the identity of the robed girl in front of her.
"Hohoho, we have an important guest. Please wait for a moment," said the old woman before going to get a key on the shelf near the reception desk.
"Room 13, that's your room ladies. Would you like your food delivered to your room or would you like to eat in the dining room?" asked the old lady as she handed over the key.
"Take it to the room. I don't want to make a scene," Ophelia replied rather curtly.
"Yes, lady. Please enjoy your time."
Without saying anything else, Ophelia continued to walk towards the stairs. Naeva who followed behind occasionally glanced at certain areas.
"Heh, I see. This place is Calliope Family's little business," she mused.
"It seems that apart from being a place for the descendants of the Calliope Family to stay, this place is also used as a location for secret meetings and information gathering, huh. No wonder there are so many magic runes installed in this building."
The two girls stopped in front of the room with the board number 13. Unlike the other rooms, this room was at the end of a fairly secluded hallway. In addition, Naeva's eyes also caught many magic runes surrounding the room. Be it protection magic, soundproofing, etc.
But the funny thing was, when the door opened and they entered the room, there was nothing special about it. Just an ordinary room in an ordinary inn. The furniture was also just ordinary furniture, nothing fancy or special. It was a simple room that only had an en-suite bathroom, two single beds, a closet and two sets of table and chairs.
The room faced directly onto the main road, a large window in front of two sets of desk chairs showed a beautiful view of the afternoon.
Ophelia sat on one of the beds and motioned for Naeva to sit on the other. The girl made no comment and sat quietly on the bed as Ophelia requested.
"This place is soundproof. No need to worry about our conversation being overheard," Ophelia began.
"I know," Naeva thought.
Ophelia Calliope, the girl with navy hair and golden dragon eyes had her hood up and her hair was flying out. As expected of a descendant of the Grand Families, the girl's beauty was extraordinary. Yet it neither surprised nor attracted Naeva. The girl's expression remained as flat as before.
"Although you already know who I am, let me introduce myself first [https://img.wattpad.com/5e8cea4fad530be6fbf43f2ac3e6d40821fa5e89/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f776174747061642d6d656469612d736572766963652f53746f7279496d6167652f6c4342717377796e617a443575773d3d2d313332343135383133392e3137393034353965333233653664663634323039343633333539352e6a7067?s=fit&w=1280&h=1280]
"Although you already know who I am, let me introduce myself first. My name is Ophelia Calliope, of the Calliope Family. I'm 17 years old this year. You must already know, but the age of adulthood in the Tower is 20, I entered the tutorial 3 years early for my own reasons. How about you?"
Naeva lazily answered Ophelia's question. She briefly regretted her momentary interest because it looked like she was about to get into something more troublesome than she expected.
To be honest, the reason Naeva tested Ophelia and followed her was purely due to a momentary interest in the Calliope Family girl who was different from her image.
".... Naeva Winter. 18 years old (physical)."
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"......"
"......"
"......"
".... That's it?" asked Ophelia incredulously.
Naeva nodded. Seeing that, Ophelia sighed rather heavily.
"You are... Can't you explain yourself more?"
"There's nothing to explain."
"There is! A lot! Especially since you're an Irregular, right!? Aren't irregulars supposed to have a lot of questions about the Tower!? I'm giving you a chance to ask, you know!" exclaimed Ophelia.
"I know more about the Tower than you do. The only thing I don't know is the latest news or trends," Naeva replied silently.
"No... The hidden things that exist between the Grand Families and the Big Guilds or other important things related to social life here are also less known to me. But it's impossible to ask that of a novice Conqueror, even if she's from the Grand Families."
"Then I have one question," Naeva replied in the end.
"What? Tell me!"
"Why did you bring me here?"
".... You don't like small talk at all, huh... I would have said that later, but you're throwing away the chance to ask me that question to know this now? Fine, I respect your decision," Ophelia said.
Ophelia looked at Naeva with a very serious expression.
"Naeva Winter, please party with me!"