Chapter 134 - Meeting by the crystal lake (part 2)

"Look at you now. I was gone for a while, then you were out of it for even longer – and suddenly to go ahead and start flirting... Don't you know how much older I am?"

Aspakeony smiled, chuckling at the boy's words, not really recognizing it as a compliment but rather wanting to tease him – and while doing so she still hasn't looked over to him.

"..."

That made Zoemi step towards her, looming over her with a gentle expression.

"...eh...?"

Suddenly getting the moon blocked by the black-haired boy's calm face made the gray-haired necromancer's eyes widen in surprise...

"..."

"EEEEHHH...?!"

...and then, even more, when the boy crouched down shortening the distance between their faces to only a few inches.

"Since I don't know how old were the remains that you took the residue of the life energy to create the original artificial soul, I can't be sure about that seniority of yours."

"...!"