Chapter 43: The art of spilling beans.

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For now, we were sharing the fried chicken among five people seated at the table.

The composition of the table looked like this:

I was seating on one chair and beside me was seated Ellsa (Lily's little sister). She insisted on sitting beside me for some reason.

But it's getting awkward for me, because of the death glare she directing towards me.

Opposite to us was Aetna and Lily seated on their chair and Annie was seated beside me on her chair.

Due to the little girl's glare next to me, it's getting harder for me to actually enjoy my fried chicken.

Couldn't being able to ignore the glare anymore, I opened my mouth.

*Ahem* I cleared my throat "You know---- What was your name again? Oh yeah, Ellsa!.", I Purposely reconfirmed her name even though I already know her name. It kind of feels off to call a stranger with their name out of blue.

I continued "Girls only stare at guys they like.".

"Or they stare at a human whom they really hate and I hate you!!!" She said without the slightest bit of hesitation.

Hate? Isn't hate a little too strong of an emotion for a person you really just met?

Maybe she is just too overprotective about her big sister.

Well, I can understand where she is coming from, I would be overprotective of my sister too….

I wonder how Emilia is doing right now….. I wonder how everyone is doing right now….I want to meet them...

I want to go back to my family…..

It's funny how my heart is aching a little bit thinking about it. is it really funny?

"You must really love your big sister," I said with a genuine smile, to which I got a pretty healthy reply.

"Y-yeah, of course, I love my sister!" Stuttered Ellsa.

Maybe she didn't expect that I would say something like that.

"Is she your sister?" asked Lily hesitantly. she was asking about Annie and Aetna.

To which Aetna replied, "No, I am not her sister".

"Me neither!" added Annie.

Now that I think about it, I haven't really properly introduced Aetna and Annie to them.

"This is Annie and the girl sitting next to you Aetna." I introduced them to Lily and Ellsa.

I continued "They aren't my sister, They aren't my friends either. If I had to describe my relationship with them, I would probably use the word 'family'".

Aetna and Annie haven't really had a chance to interact with people much, so this might be their chance to interact and bond with someone.

"Is that silver hair natural?" asked Lily in admiration of Aetna's hair.

"Can I touch it?" asked Lily seeking permission to touch Aetna's hair.

"Of course!!!"

Upon getting permission, Lily stroked her fingers through the silky soft long straight hair of Aetna.

"I am jealous." Said Lily which sounded more like a compliment.

"Thank you!!!" Aetna was in the seventh sky upon being complimented.

Well, they are hitting it off, Good for them.

I looked towards Annie and Ellsa and they are hitting off pretty well too. Later I was told to exchange seats with Annie.

Aren't they getting along.... like..... too well?

Their conversation took various turns and it got to a point where I have already lost track of what they are talking about.

It's been half an hour, that I have been sitting between these chattering girls and yet their conversation seems to have no end.

It's been 45 minutes now and their conversation is going pretty strong.

They would randomly ask me "Right, grey?" and I would agree to whatever they are talking about, without knowing what they are actually talking about.

Well, I have nothing to do and they are looking like they are having fun, so it doesn't matter.

"Oh, Grey is that you?" a voice called out to me from behind and yes, it was a familiar voice.

But, I don't want to see this bitch, so ill act like I didn't hear her.

The source of voice got even closer to me. closer to my ears she whispered "How cold of you to ignore me."

I turned around to face the source of voice "Oh Rin! What are you doing here!" I said in a false excited tone.

She is Rin, the same receptionist that sold me information about hobgoblin.

She didn't move her face after whispering in my ears. So, when I turned around to face her our face was pretty close to each other.

Her being this close to my face didn't really faze me.

(Author: these two are types of people who have no sense of personal space or distance. They would feel no shame or embarrassment on getting too close to people's faces)

I moved her face away from my hand because I was getting attacked by a death glare from four girls on the table.

"So you survived!" she exclaimed, her excitement looked like she was doing it on a purpose.

"Survived?" repeated Annie tilting her head.

"You don't know?" asked Rin.

"Know what?" asked Annie showing obvious curiosity.

this bitch, purposely made her curious.

"That Grey was the one that fought the Unknown S rank monster and took care of it," blatantly said Rin. I didn't react to it much.

Rin paid close attention to my face, I held myself back in showing any kind of reaction.

I didn't want to give away any type of weakness she could exploit in the future.

if she wants to play mind games then I might as well play along with her.

Even though I didn't show any reactions, but there was various kind of reaction over the face of the girls seated on the table.

The facial expression on Lily and Ellsa clearly said "what kind of bullshit is this girl talking about".

It was a perfectly normal reaction since no one would believe a C rank hunter would defeat an S rank monster.

Whereas the facial expression over Aetna and Annie's faces told a different story.

They knew that I could pull off something like this.

They flashed their furious eyes that clearly said "I would kill you.".

It was also a natural reaction from their perspective.

it was perfectly natural for them to get angry at me since I did something extremely risky without telling them.