*Just who...I mean, what are you? *

Eve enjoyed traveling with Eric for around half a day.

After all, the food he cooked was delicious, and his figure was incredibly handsome.

She was fully enjoying her new life.

The idea of flying under the level of trees wasn’t usual, but after he informed her that he was scared of heights, her face instinctively grimaced.

*He’s a phoenix and is scared of heights.

Is it normal?

Still, even after meeting him yesterday, he always flew close to the ground…

Moreover, what is a GPS and why does he manage orienting without seeing the night stars?! *

The worst was when a pack of Red Wolves attacked the three of them, the wolves were instantly pierced from side to side from underground roots.

That scene caused her to feel a shiver of fear.

Instantly readied her fight stance.

‘’What happened?!

Who’s attacking us? ‘’

She uselessly tried to sense the enemies that were surrounding them.

She couldn’t feel them…because they didn’t exist.

All seemed too strange.

Rubra, checking instantly with her mana, started laughing her ass off while pointing at her, grabbing her belly gasping for air.

‘’Why are you laughing!

They are ambushing us! ‘’

Eric couldn’t contain himself anymore.

He enjoyed the deadpan humor and the reactions of the people who heard the joke, but he couldn’t go too far with her.

‘’Pfft, cough, you don’t have to worry. ‘’

As he reassured her, he raised his hand and tens of roots, dangerous as pointy spears exited from the ground and surrounded Eric as if waiting for his next orders.

‘’But I didn’t feel any mana movement.

How did you use plant magic without mana? ‘’

Eve initially thought that being the oldest of the three of them would naturally be the strongest, and could actually be true.

Still, what she had just seen wasn’t mere power, a high level equivalent to the advancement of time for her.

It was something that she didn’t know.

Something that she couldn’t understand.

All this...was unexpected to her, and her mind was divided between intrigue and danger.

‘’Ahah, finally you understand… ‘’

As Rubra had raised her chest and nose toward the sky and was starting to brag, she was interrupted.

Eric had a smile as enigmatic as attractive, the right index finger on his lips, and his eyes seemed glowing in the night as a black, mischievous cat with golden, magnetic eyes.

‘’Shhh, that’s a secret.

Eve, wouldn’t it be more fun discovering by yourselves? ‘’

Both the women seemed paralyzed while hearing his voice.

Shortly after his sentence ended, Rubra sighed as the enamored girl she was, while Eve, felt again another shiver, but this time goosebumps on her arms and a slight blush on her face were also present.

From the outside, she seemed totally fallen for his appeal, but internally she didn’t understand anything of what had just happened.

This way, the situation became: *Just who...I mean, what are you? *

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First, she tried watching Rubra as if asking her for help, but all she received, was a fixed smile.

*Somehow, it seems like the only person with common sense here is me, uh? *

Her eyes then fixed on his as if searching for her answer there.

His mind was in a completely different place now.

*Ahahahah, how fun, this way is too easy.

How should I keep her hanging around me even more?

After all, she is my life insurance! *

He didn’t feel this way since his high school days.

*Someone with barely any experience with the other sex can’t possibly hope to have this much of a haughty attitude around me. *

Basically, he was manipulating the emotions she felt for him in order to keep her close to him, where he needed her.

*Do I feel guilty?

That’s the best part, not even a bit!

First, I felt as if something broke inside my chest every time I did something similar to this on Earth.

But now?

I’m as good as new.

I was sure I had grown up during this third life! *

Did Eric become that much more of a sociopath than he already was?

The best answer was yes and no.

Yes, he could do at least the same thing he did before without any hidden moral cost to pay.

On the other side: no, he was able to do all of this thanks to Rubra.

From his own point of view, he was doing all of this to save Rubra’s life.

After all, the one that physically killed Cain and was the target of the revenge of that monster as unknown as dangerous was Rubra.

The love he felt for her gave him the moral free pass to do whatever was necessary to save her life.

Eve was just a pawn in the plan he had elaborated.

Rubra already knew all of that through a message.

All happened the day before through his fire powers while he was in the bedroom and she was in the bathroom.

He did it this way because of the possibility of someone observing him through his blessing or hearing them through superhuman senses.

It was possible all of it was useless, but it was the best he could do about it.

Even though she knew his plan when Rubra saw Eric act that way in front of Eve, her mind split into many parts, but three were the principal.

*Gelousy section: ‘’How dare she see my d-darling and blush.

Doesn’t she understand how lucky she is to admire such a spectacle! ‘’

Superiority section: ‘’Look how she reacts to his acting.

She will never know his caring…wild side! ‘’

Happiness section: ‘’No matter how hard he acts, Eric is doing all of this for me.

I’m so lucky to have met him. ‘’

Wait, when I met him, didn’t he behave similarly to now? *

Those were the reasons why Rubra’s face was now in an infinite process of change.

Thousands of emotions alternated on it.

Finally, her smile won, and her thoughts calmed down.

*Nah, there’s no way, right?

He said he loves me…right?! *

When her mind was slowly falling again into a never-ending abyss, as if saving her from her self-inflicted demise, she heard Eric’s words.

‘’That’s probably Zolgas.

Let’s hope to find a free inn for tonight. ‘’