'Oh, no! I accidentally said my inner thoughts out loud.'
She covered her mouth and looked at him.
'I need to make an excuse.'
She forced her brain to make an excuse immediately.
"I mean, I suddenly wanted to know about your parents since I did not see them when I saw you in your town." She was relieved when she found a good excuse.
"My parents? Well, it's becau-" before he had finished his words, memory fragments flashed past like projections on slideshow in his head.
From the memory fragments, he found out that his predecessor had never met his mother and he had no memory of her either.
He only lived with his late father since he was little.
Whenever he asked his late father about his mother, his father only said his mother had passed away and told him to stop asking questions immediately.
It was as if something bad had happened to them, or they had a big fight when he was still a baby.
"I don't know who my mother is, but my father passed away last year." He said his father had a serious illness since he was little. "What about your parents? Are they in your organization too?"
"I don't know who my parents are." She said her parents left her in front of Misty Palace when she was a baby.
Her master took her in and took care of her since then.
No one saw her parents when they put her in front of her organization, so she always regarded Misty Palace as her home and her master as her family.
"I see." he suddenly felt bad for her because her parents abandoned her when she was still a baby.
[Host, both of you have the same experience. Maybe, you two are destined to be together. And perhaps, this was the reason why you got transmigrated into this world, Host]
The corner of his lips twitched.
'Stop talking nonsense!'
He believed it was not the reason why he got transmigrated into this world.
Evelyn and Ren kept talking.
At 10:00 pm, the duo fell asleep.
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The sun rose and countless raindrops fell on leaves.
When many magical beasts took shelter under big trees, two young people were sleeping soundly in a tent.
The young man was sleeping on his back while the young lady was on top of him, facing him.
If someone saw them, they would think of them as a couple or a married couple.
However, that was not the truth.
The duo were not lovers.
They were not a married couple either.
They were only people who met in the forest.
They even only knew each other for two days.
They slept in the same tent because a lot of things happened to them.
And the reason why they were sleeping in a romantic position was that they moved around when they were in a dream world.
In other words, they had no intention of sleeping in that position.
She ended up in his arms because it was just a coincidence, nothing more than that.
"Mmm…" Evelyn slowly opened her eyes.
'It has been a long time since the last time I slept so comfortably like this.'
She felt refreshed after waking up.
'Hmmm?'
The expression of deep shock blossomed on her face when she knew she was in his arms.
She knew that they slept in the same tent, but she did not expect her to be in his arms.
'This is…'
Due to how shocked she was, she remained in the same position and only looked at his sleeping face.
'How did I end up in his arms?'
She tried to recall everything, but she did not remember anything because they moved around when they were sleeping.
'Was he the reason I could sleep comfortably? But…'
As she was in a state of shock, Ren woke up.
'Mmm?'
Like Evelyn, he was also shocked.
'What is this? Why is she in my arms? Did I do something to her in my sleep?'
Countless questions popped up in his mind.
'She is also surprised. What should I do now?'
He would not panic if they had known each other for a long time.
However, they only knew each other for two days.
He even stated that he would never take advantage of the situation, so he was really panicked.
Of course, he did not show it on his face and only stared at her because he was someone who really cared about his image.
"Good morning, Evelyn." He said as he smiled.
His smile was so gentle and natural, as if he was nervous at all.
'Don't panic and act normally. Don't panic and act normally.'
He did not want to ruin his image, so he tried his best to act normally.
"Good morning, Ren." Evelyn said as she smiled.
At this moment, she felt relieved.
She also felt the same because she had never been in this situation before.
'Thank god.'
Everything would be complicated and awkward if he remained silent, so she was glad when he acted normally.
After he removed his hands from her slender waist, she slid from his body and sat up.
"Ren, I'm hungry. Let's eat breakfast now." actually, she was not starving.
She said this because she did not want the situation to be complicated.
By going to a new place and eating together, she believed the atmosphere would return to normal like before.
"Sure." He agreed instantly because it was better to act like nothing had happened to them.
After getting out of the tent, they finally knew that it was raining heavily outside.
Luckily, they still had meat for breakfast.
Otherwise, they had to wait for the rain to stop first.
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Time went by quickly and without realizing it, it had been six days since Evelyn had drunk Donxi Antidote.
In the last five days, Ren had killed many 1-star and 2-star magical beasts.
Even though he only got a few beast cores, he was not annoyed because his system almost reached level 4.
Actually, he killed them to protect Evelyn.
They tried to attack her, so he killed them without thinking twice.
"You will be able to use magic again tomorrow morning." Ren said as he consumed grilled fish.
Ren and Evelyn were currently having breakfast by the lakeside.
Unlike usual, they ate grilled fish and fruit this time because they were not in the mood to eat a magical beast.
"We will also reach Nightshire City tomorrow." Evelyn was thrilled because she could protect herself tomorrow. "Ren, are you planning to live in Nightshire City from tomorrow onwards?"
"I will try my luck there, but I will move to another city if my luck is bad." He gave an honest answer.
"I hope the goddess of luck is with you." She uttered.
"Thank you." He responded.
As the duo was consuming their food happily, a 3-star Lion walked toward them.