
“You two have a very good relationship, yes. I just found out that you guys are so close that you allow each other to use each other's possessions ..” Sophia was rethinking about Noctis and Elena who had high trust until exchanging treasures like this.
“Of course! The two of us had already made a contract before he was even born. Indeed, sometimes there are some problems that make us both quarrel, but we can both make peace after that,” Noctis explained further.
“... I think, from a couple in terms of contracts, you two can be said to be a couple between lovers if you want to have a more serious relationship,” continued Sophia.
“No, no, no, where might I marry him! She's just a little 10-year-old girl! If I do, I'll be a criminal here!” noctis shouted in denial.
“I don't think it's like that.” Theresa joined and continued, “Typically, nobles have indeed arranged their engagement since childhood for political and other purposes, etc, it is not unusual for a princess in a noble family to be engaged at less than 10 years of age and married at 15-18 years of age. It doesn't matter if you start a relationship with Elena from this point on.”
“Hush! What are we talking about, anyway! You're just a 10-year-old kid, it's not good to say something as grown-up as that. At your current age, you should be spending your time having fun, like watching anime or playing with your peers.” Noctis stared intently at Theresa, giving her a stern warning.
“Even if you say it like that, who do you think are my peers besides Elena?” Theresa shrugged her shoulders, questioning her argument to Noctis.
Sophia rolled her eyes and looked the other way. Actually she was a little offended by what Theresa had just said, but she kept her mouth shut and did not give any compromise directly. If he would compromise, he would do so by breaking down or sulking for the next few days at Theresa.
Keep in mind, Sophia is not a human but a spirit like Noctis. Although she currently has the same 10-year-old child-like appearance as Theresa, she is in fact much older than that. This offended her with Theresa's words about her not falling into the peer category.
"In addition, Noctis-sensei. I know spirits and contractors can share their thoughts and if at a very expert stage, they can share their five senses with each other. In other words …." Theresa's cheeks became flushed before continuing, "... I'm sure Sensei has occasionally borrowed Elena's visions when in—!"
*bom!*
Before Theresa could finish her sentence, Noctis immediately hit her head and said, "Don't mess around, I'm not a lolicon, you know!" It was accompanied by a sinister, intimidating look of the eyes, and some dark aura emanating from its body.
"Sorry, Sensei." Theresa bowed while holding her head with a large lump.
When the three of them were walking around, they found a very large crowd of people without keeping a distance in the PPKM period. The three of them still could not see what was behind the crowd, which made the three of them feel curious about what was happening.
"Come! Gather around! The far one is approaching, the close one is docked!" said one in the crowd.
"What crowd is that? The Magnifix company is not catching on about the new stores that are selling well opened lately. In other words, it must be something very, very new. But strange, how could they gather such a crowd, huh?" Theresa held her chin thinking that.
"Why don't you just go there? After all, the break is still very long and you don't have to rush, do you?" sophia said with an uncomfortable tone of speech.
"Yes~ too. It will also be useful to the company if I gather more information." Theresa immediately shot to the back of the crowd after that.
"What's pissing you off?" ask Noctis.
•••••
In the middle of the crowd, there was a person wearing a tuxedo and a wolf mask that covered the top of his head. He wanted to hide his identity. Roughly, what will he plan on the abundance of Noctis and what is his motive?
"I'm sure you still don't know who I am, do you? If you don't know yet, my name is Wilk. Here, I will share a free coupon with a gift that is certainly satisfying, you know!" said the man in the middle of the crowd.
In addition to the Man —Wilk—, there is also a table with a wooden box that is in the middle of the crowd, right in front of Wilk. Apparently, it will be used to conduct a raffle against the coupons to be given.
"Free coupons with gifts that don't disappoint? Is this not a scam? It's very suspicious if there's a trading company that wants to give a gift without reward" Theresa said, giving Wilk a suspicious look.
'Ugh, that girl…! Just because he was at the very back location, it didn't mean that I couldn't feel the suspicious look he was pointing at me. Just look, this is my secret technique to avoid this suspect situation!' thought Wilk.
"I'm here doing a raffle with free coupons not just to get empty handed! However, I am here to promote the recently emerging trading company, Company Night Arc!" Wilk opened his arms, giving them a friendly welcome.
"It is not only a large company until it has branches in other countries, but the goods sold by this company are original items made by them. In other words, Night Arc is a producer as well as a producer. From here, you know that this company is led by an extraordinary person, right? So, you guys don't have to hesitate with this." Wilk changed the position of his hand by pointing towards Theresa.
"Oh, so yeah. This company is very popular in other countries and has competed with my company several times. Unfortunately, we suffered a crushing defeat against them." Theresa nodded in understanding.
"Suspicious! Just this time I approached about such a great person who could think of all their products alone. If it wasn't stealing from another world, I'm sure he'd be doing some dirty business like stealing our rights." Noctis stroked his chin thinking this.
"Suspicious! I think I've heard of someone wearing an anime character costume as their trademark without regard to copyright." Sophia stroked her chin while giving Noctis a sharp eye glance.
"What do you mean? It wasn't me who did that" Noctis said in a trembling voice.
"Don't expect you to be able to hide it. I can read Theresa's memories of the secret deal between you guys." Sophia turned her eyes flat, insinuating the person she noticed.
"Theresa!" Noctis turned his eyes on the girl.
"Sorry, Noctis-sensei. I accidentally thought of that when we were going to a clothing boutique!" Theresa's eyes quivered with some flowing tears.