Bab 92: Communicating With Stars

"Blanca... Why is my head on your thighs?" I asked, annoyance tangible in my voice.

"What? Do you not like it?" She asked, her soft smile entering my vision and making my knuckles itch to punch her in the face as hard as possible.

"No..." I replied without hesitation.

"So you would rather lay cold and alone on the hard ground?" She raised a brow in amusement, but I could see hints of anger behind her expression of kindness.

"Pretty much," I replied straightforwardly, making her frown, yet before I could follow up my words with an insult or a joke, I heard a sharp ring enter my mind before a crimson screen appeared.

[You have received the blessing of stars]

"Hu-" My surprised gasp was immediately cut off as my head bounced on the floor after its support disappeared into thin air.

"If you don't want it so much, then never ask me to do it again." Blanca harrumphed while standing almost 15 meters away; her face scrunched up into a frown.