Epoch - 5

Tania had a lot of mixed feelings about meeting Egan. On one hand, she wanted to meet him but on the other hand, she was scared that he would not be satisfied with her status and background, not to mention the fact that she didn’t want to involve him in her troubles, and that is one of the reasons she never took the initiative to suggest they meet.

But now that Egan took the initiative to mention meeting up first, it showed that he had decided to take the next step in their relationship and decided to be serious.

Tania instantly let out a toothy grin and replied in a loud cheery tone, "Yes! Of course I want to meet you."

“Egan, why are you so good? I always wanted to meet you, but I am scared of troubling you as you are always so busy." Tania buttered and kissed up to Egan in a very enthusiastic manner, not ashamed at all of being shameless.

"Egan, when are you coming to see me? I want to buy a new dress and buy some accessories and makeup to become prettier for you. Otherwise, who knows if you will think I’m too shabby and ugly for you?"

The boy on the opposite side smiled a little more and said warmly, "What are you afraid of? You succeeded in making ‘me' fall for you without even looking at your face, even if you look like a toad, I’ll still raise you. So don’t be afraid."

The corners of Tania’s mouth couldn’t help but twitch when she heard his words. No matter whether it was the Egan who found her annoying or the one who found her lovely, both of their tongues were as poisonous as cyanide.

Tania pursed her lips and squatted on the ground while holding the communication key, and whispered, "No, I don't need you to raise me. I’m not helpless enough for you to need raising me, I can still take care of myself. Anyways, when are you coming?" She couldn't help asking again.

Egan did not hesitate to answer this time, "Tomorrow."

What! Tomorrow!!?

Titania was really taken aback this time. She didn't expect him to come as soon as he mentioned meeting up. She was not prepared at all. Titania made a sad face and said, "But I still have to clean up the fallen leaves by tonight, and I don't know if I can rest before cleaning all the leaves..."

Egan in turn interrupted, "You don't have to do it anymore since I will come personally to take you away." The youth's dominant smooth voice was like the murmur of a clear spring, with a kind of majestic indifference and arrogance, seeming as though a king who is used to giving orders.

Leave with him?

Titania no longer has any relatives, only a few friends who can be regarded as nothing out of ordinary, and there was not much attachment with the Draíocht mage tower. However, suddenly leaving with a person she had never met before didn’t seem like such a good idea?.... Although she firmly believed that Egan was not a bad guy, but as a girl, she should still be vigilant.

She thought for a while, and then compromised, "I still have some things to do here in my wizard tower. Why not tomorrow we just make an appointment to meet up? And then when I’m done with my business in the tower, we will go visit the place where I grew up. How about it?”

The party from the other side of the call did not speak for a long time, and Titania skilfully spoke in her pleading spoilt tone, "Egan~ okay?"

Egan let out a faint "Um" after a long while.

At a glance, Egan seemed like an unkind person, but in fact, he only looked cold outside, he was a really warm person inside. No matter what her request was, he would never refuse her.

Tania’s depressed mood was all swept away with the wind, even if she was cold and hungry now, thinking about meeting her boyfriend tomorrow, she couldn’t help but be excited and energetic.

Egan taught her to use a simple spell to let the broom move by itself, and Tania sat on the steps of the mountain road to rest for a while and daydream about her supposed first date with her boyfriend tomorrow. Soon, the fallen leaves were swept back into the bamboo basket, and Tania wrapped everything up real fast for the evening. Tania couldn’t help humming a happy tune as she wondered about the possible future.

Listening to Tania humming so cheerily, even Egan’s mood improved a lot and he asked all of a sudden, "Do you want to learn a magic trick?"

“Really? What kind of magic trick?” Tania stood up in excitement, her voice laced with elation.

Egan chuckled when he heard her bubbly voice from the other side and told her to listen carefully as he taught her how to chant the new spell for elevating in mid-air and Tania practiced it several times before mastering it quickly.

She took the basket of fallen leaves and the broom, went to find the old watchman who was guarding the mountain gate of the magic tower, and after handing him the basket of leaves and the broom, walked back to her dormitory under the light drizzle of the rain.

She was just a minor disciple of the Draíocht Tower. In these past few years, only exclusive senior mage disciples can own a room of their own, and rich minor disciples who can find the right connections and had enough money could afford a single room. The rest, poor ghosts like her, can only sleep in a dormitory which looked like a rip-off version of a haunted house, and six people had to squeeze in one cramped room.

When Tania sneaked into the room, everyone was already asleep. Tania took off her drenched shirt, and lay down quietly on her bed, covered herself with the thin quilt and whispered good night to her little lover and soon fell asleep.

TO BE CONTINUED.........