章節 61: Friend And Eddie's New Problem(Unedited)

"I sure hope that Celes doesn't make things more complicated than they already are."

Nex sighed as he waited in front of the entrance of Eddie's school. He knew what Celes will talk about with Jane and he knew he couldn't stop her from doing this even if he would tell those things to Jane himself. All he could do now is to hope that Jane didn't get too confused or freaked out from this.

"But I do have to say," Nex lifted his eyebrow upon seeing what supposed to be an elementary school and instead look like a top-class university from movies, "Eddie sure have some talent to be able to get a full scholarship to this fancy place without having any prestigious background or connections."

This "fancy place" was one of the best academic institutes in the world that always managed to get easily ranked in the top-5 starting from their elementary school all the way to the university! Each year, people from all over the world send their young ones to study here with only 500 manage to just enter the elementary school that is considered to have the lowest entering requirement among the sections of the institutes! To be able to get accepted and even get a full scholarship that only five people are able to get every year using only his personal abilities, Eddie is nothing short of amazing!

"And I get that there are important people here that want to show an image," Nex smiled wryly as he looked around him and saw several people waiting to pick up their kids as well, "But this is a little overboard."

Almost every one of the people here was either accompanied by Hunters or being ones themselves. In addition, they stood next to an impressive vehicle like a top-class flying car or even a plane.

"I sure wonder how Jane gets along here when she comes here by herself with a normal car…" Nex muttered as he swept his gaze over the groups of people around until he suddenly saw something that made a little surprised.

"Oh? There is actually someone at that level here?"

Nex saw that there is still time until the school is over and will Eddie arrive, so he smiled mischievously and went toward a man that stood in the corner without people around him.

He seemed to be in his late twenties and although he wore expansive clothes and had a high-quality car next to him, neither seemed much compared to the other people around here.

He had a handsome face but his expression was ice cold as if whoever gets close to him will instantly get frostbites and he didn't seem to care much about things around him.

"Hi! My name is Nex!" Nex ignored all of this and went directly in front of the man with a wide smile and hand-stretched to a handshake out, "Wants to be friends with me?"

The man stared at Nex with an expression of, "What the fuck?", he would have expected that this silver-haired man to know about his identity and wanted to suck up to him, but he never expected to actually ask him to be his friend! But his face quickly turned back to normal and he answered coldly, "No!"

"Why!?" Nex seemed to be heartbroken, "Did I do something wrong? Tell me what I did wrong and I will fix it! I promise!"

"Go away!" veins began to pop on the man's forehead, where the hell did this weirdo came from!?

"Go away?" Nex seemed to seriously ponder those words before his face turned into a bright smile full of understanding, "I get it! You're one of those that are called tsundere! Don't worry I understand now so you can act as you are used to, I will still treat you as a friend!"

"Are you retarded?" the man seemed like he was about to go crazy, "What you don't understand in go away!?"

"There, there, don't be like that!" Nex laughed in response, "Let's talk about other things to know more about each other instead! For example, my hobbies are playing VRMMO games and singing anime songs in the shower, what are your hobbies? You seem to me like the type that listens to classic music and make deserts."

"Fuck! Off!" the man gritted his teeth in anger, if it wasn't for the fact that they were in a public place, he would have blasted this bastard to the other side of the planet!

"So angry!" Nex smiled without bothering the other party's response, "Do you know what I found out to be a good way of relaxing lately? Going on walks. You only need to be careful because some kid that needs help could jump at you out of nowhere. Which reminds me, what grade your kid is in? Maybe they are in the same grade as mine! Well, he is not really mine he is the younger brother of the owner of my apartment which is as of just a few hours ago also my lover…"

The man tried to ignore this likely to be the child of a very blood-related couple and move away from him, but the bastard kept following while talking nonsense without showing any signs of stopping. So all he could do was to ignore him as much as possible and don't let him-

"Shut up already!"

"Huh? Why?" Nex blinked, "I still have a lot to tell you! Like the time I-"

"I'm going to fucking beat-"

"Oh! Look! School is finished!" Nex slipped from the pouncing man and ran away to the school gate with his words echoing behind, "Until the next time my friend!"

"Fuck you!" the man didn't want to give up yet, but to his great shock, the silver-haired bastard disappeared the moment he entered the sea of school kids and their parents and even when he used his senses he couldn't find any signs of him!

"What the hell…"

On the other hand, Nex who was in a good mood since he found his first adult male real-life friend(someone to harass) in a very long time, hummed joyfully as he searched for Eddie among the kids that came out of the gate.

"Hmmm?" Nex became curious when he didn't saw any signs of the kid and so he extended his senses in order to find him, and when he finally found him he got quite a surprise, "Ohhh?"

♦♦♦

Behind a few trees next to the school gate.

"Please let go!" Eddie blushed bashfully and tried to pull his hand away, "I told you already that I have something to do next Saturday so I can't come to your house! So can you please let go?"

"No!" an incredibly beautiful girl around his age shook her head strongly and hugged his hand even tighter with a stubborn expression, "I know that you are lying and that you have nothing to do next Saturday! You have no good excuse to decline me so just accept already! Or else I won't ever let you go!"

"Elizabeth-"

"Ahem!"

"Liz," Eddie smiled bitterly, "I really want to come to your house, but I really can't! I promise I make it up for you!"

"You promise?" hearing his words the girl expression softened and become a bit red as her hug loosed slightly, "You make it up for me?"

"Ehh…" seeing the charming face she made, Eddie's heartbeat increased and he nodded with a blank expression, "Yes…"

"If that is the case…" Liz lowered her head and murmured, "Then it's still not enough!"

"Huh?"

*Bam!*

Before Eddie managed to recover from the headbutt he just received, both of his hands were caught and his back was pinned against one of the trees and once he was completely awake he found Liz's face right in front of his.

"I don't buy it anymore! You always do lame things if any at all when you make it up for me! You have to agree or else we are going to stay here until you say yes!"

"Liz please!" Eddie was quite at distress, although he liked the girl and wanted to say yes to her, he was too scared from his sister's reaction once she found out that he is going to a girl's house. He could try to use force and get away from her but even if he could do it without fearing to hurt her he knew he would have hell to pay once they meet again tomorrow.

[*Whistle*! Quite a situation you found yourself in Eddie!]

"Ah!" Eddie called in surprise at the familiar voice.

"Hmph! Trying to distract me? It won't work!"

[She can't hear me, Eddie, I am talking to you telepathically. If you want to answer me speak with your mind toward where you feel the source of my voice.]

[Big Bro what are you doing here?] Eddie quickly got the hang of it and answered back.

[I came to pick you up since your sister is shopping with Celes and Elise,] Nex explained, [But that doesn't matter now! If you want to go out of it properly, then follow after what I tell you okay?]

[...Okay!] although Eddie had a bit of a bad feeling this was the only chance he could take right now!

[Good! Now I want you to do exactly as I tell you!]

"Liz!" after a few moments of silence, Eddie suddenly called out loud and stared directly into the girl's eyes, catching her in surprise.

"I am sorry that I always give you excuses and I decided I would be honest with you!"

"...I'm listening," after staring at his eyes for a few moments, Liz replied with an expectant gaze.

[Big Bro are you sure that this-]

[Your feelings about this are true right?]

[Yes, but-]

[Then let it out!]

Eddie took a deep breath and then let it out, then he stared back at Liz and opened his mouth.

"The reason I avoided meeting you out of school is that I'm ashamed of something."

"What do you ashamed from that you always had to do it?" Liz asked with a soft gaze, she never got even a hint for an answer to this question, so one could guess her excitement.

"I am ashamed of my status, I come from a normal family without any background and I don't train in cultivation. You, on the other hand, are the most beautiful and talented girl at school. I feel that I don't worthy of you and that you can find better than me."

'But it's mostly because I'm afraid of my too-doting of a sister,' he completed the rest in his heart.

"Eddie…" Liz's eyes widened and soon turned teary and full of hearts before she began to rain his face with kisses, "I don't care about that at all! If someone bothers you about that tell me and I will beat them up for you! Now that I know the reason I'm definitely not going to let you go! You definitely going to come to my home to play with me, and also come with me to movies and also to parks and also to…"

"Wait, Liz, wait!" Eddie was completely defenseless against this barrage and could only give in to his fate until his probably-new girlfriend had enough.

[Big Bro! I thought you said she will let me go quietly if I do as you said!]

[Yeah, about that… I lied! Haha! Enjoy your youth you brat!]

[You jerk!]

♦♦♦

"So we promised! I will wait for you at my house next Saturday!" Liz said goodbye to Eddie with a face glowing from happiness.

"Okay…" Eddie exhaustly waved back at the girl, the last 15 minutes were longer than he thought possible.

"You sure caught one full of energy," Nex whistled as he appeared out of nowhere next to Eddie, "It will be very exhausting in the future, but once you realize the benefits that come with this you will know it was worth it."

"You bastard!" like a fierce beast, Eddie's eyes turned red and he jumped at Nex with furious eyes, "I didn't want to reach that stage with her until I find a solution about Big Sis! Now we are doomed!"

"Wait," Nex became confused while dodging Eddie charges upon hearing something that didn't seem right, ""We" are doomed?"

"Of course it's we!" Eddie declared without showing any shred of doubt, "I am going to tell Big Sis it was your idea!"

"Ah," Nex called in understanding before smiling wryly, "We will go past the bridge when we arrive it right?"

"I would like to see how you deal with the troll that guards that bridge while coming out in a single piece!" Eddie snorted in disdain.

"Well, let's look on the bright side," Nex laughed awkwardly, "At least you are going to hang out with the cute girl you like at her house. Aside from having some excess energy, she seems like a good girl, right?"

*buzz! Message arrived!*

At that moment, Eddie's communication device buzzed and after touching it a message appeared in a hologram.

[My Eddie! I can't wait for next Saturday! *Tons of kiss emojis and hearts.*]

*buzz! Message arrived!*

Before the two were even able to react to the message, the communication device began to vibrate non-stop with constantly new "Message Arrived* notifications. Eddie warily opened one of them and immediately regretted upon seeing it's content.

[Say, Darling~ what do you think we should do serve at our wedding? I say both meat and vegan food.]

"Haha…" Eddie laughed hollowly at the message and turned his now-dead gaze to Nex, "Please help me."

"I'm so sorry," Nex lowered himself and put his hands on Eddie's shoulder with a somber expression, "But you should already be aware that there is no way to run once a crazy one caught you."

"Then what I can do?" Eddie seemed like he was about to lose his soul.

"Only one thing," Nex answered with eyes full of experience and wisdom, "Fight against this cursed fate head-on and hope you won't get killed in the process."

"Wahh! I just wanted a normal youth!"