Humanity Return

Ch. 134 – Desire, Current

Receiving such an unclear question of origin, Leinn raised one eyebrow.

“What do you mean?”

“Yes, what do you want to do now...? Here?”

“Oh”

A slightly surprised aura saw Leinn not directly answer his question and just looked up at the night sky, looking like he was contemplating something.

The light in his black eyes was seen starting to dim along with the changes in atmosphere he produced which also became sharper.

“Ya..”

The answer that came out like a sigh came from Leinn, who had already lowered his gaze and started to look at the scene of the academy.

“Some things I want to do can already be seen, but some others I don't even know where to start.”.

A purple spark suddenly emerged from the edge of Leinn's eye when uttering that, as if affected by her current unstable emotions. Wrinkling brows and increasingly sharp gazes, Leinn looked forward and began to speak like he had forgotten the existence of the girl beside him.

“... I guess I just need to get stronger, but it doesn't seem like it's enough. Maybe me..”

“Leinn...?”

Leinn immediately turned to the side without him noticing and found Aura who was staring at him with a clear feeling of worry, making him seem conscious. His right hand moving quickly began to examine his face and after a few seconds, a calm expression finally returned to his face.

“Hm...” after stroking his face several times to make sure, new Leinn back staring Aura, “...so you asked earlier yes..”.

This time Leinn simply stroked his chin a few times before replying.

“It looks like the first thing I want to do is to restore my strength as before. But for the near future, it looks like I will visit Mission” Center more often

“Oh..”

“Yes, I just remembered the feeling of completing the mission that the Hunter Guild gave me. Simple, not confusing.”.

Leinn suddenly stretched out and opened his palm to the sky, towards the crescent moon in the night sky in front of him.

“...and maybe the bonus, a smile from them”

“Oh..”

“What it helps?”

Aura began to lean her back and pin the fingers of her two hands on her lap. Actually this is one thing that has always been behind his head for the past month, just never appeared and bothered him because a lot of things happening around him always took his attention.

It had also started to calm down in the past few days and let those thoughts start to surface. Aura tried to refill his attention with the tasks of the class he took, without success.

The only thing that was troubling his mind the last day was done in the instant of this afternoon as well, so he was unable to sleep tonight by this reason and this is where he is now.

“What... would I like to do?”

That was the real reason Aura asked Leinn, because she herself did not know where to start either. His First Brother, Blaze only gave instructions to enter the Academy alone, then stopped communicating again after that. For the first time for Aura, her time was not filled by magic training or reading books.

The first thing he thought of was ‘What First Brother wanted’.. Without succeeding, seeing him receive absolutely no message other than one congratulatory remark.

So it was the second thing that appeared, which then crept and filled his mind.

‘What I, Aura Flameheart want’

To become stronger? That's for sure, but it's a journey and not a destination.

Raising money? Not a bad idea, but none of the things he wanted even if he got the money.

The fame? It was something that could be achieved if by a long-term effort, and was too vague.

“Ah..”

A feeling like a slow pull can be felt inside the chest of the Aura, like a soft twang. Curiosity began to arise from the twang, wanting to find out the reason for this feeling to appear.

Looks like Aura, for now...

“...i want to complete the mission, also”

“Once?”

The burden of such thoughts instantly lifted from Aura's head, after he finally had one thing he wanted to try. This is a good thing.

Leinn only showed a gentle smile for a moment before leaning back as well and closing his eyes, like falling asleep.

Peace was re-established between the two of them. The night breeze and the rustling of the leaves of the plants around them form a comfortable and light silent atmosphere, perfect for relaxing.

“...”

That should not have been formed, according to Aura.

He had just shared his wish with Leinn, who had the same wish as him. Isn't what should happen next is this young man invited him to form a Party, on a mission together?

Aura began to change her sitting position a few times and looked extremely agitated, but Leinn kept her eyes closed without the slightest care. It lasted for a few minutes, a few minutes which felt very long for Aura.

“Ehem..”.

Aura pretended to cough slowly to grab Leinn's attention without succeeding, making her suspect whether the young man had actually fallen asleep. He intends to give a clearer sign before realizing one important thing, which is Leinn has no obligation to invite himself to make a Party.

Leinn could complete Rank B missions easily, no one doubted that at all. This also meant that he did not need Aura's help in the slightest.

“Good..”.

Aura stood up from her seat and started walking slowly towards the entrance of this rooftop garden, feeling herself having to leave here before her feelings became unstable.

Leinn had no reaction at all and remained seated while closing his eyes.

Tap tap tap...

Aura could only hear the sound of her own footsteps that had already filled her mind. Several plans started to appear in his head for the next few days.

He could slowly complete the mission to gather his Merits, alone.

He would be able to raise his Rank if he had already completed some of the more difficult missions, alone.

He can also be alone...

“Leinn”

“Hm?”

Leinn immediately put his hand behind the long chair and turned his head behind him, looking at Aura who had stopped walking and was on her back.

Aura herself did not understand what she was doing, but her body still turned around and turned back to face Leinn.

With one quick short breath, Aura let out the reason she called out the young man's name.

“Create a Party with me”