Shopping Is Tiring

After about an hour, the awarding ceremony and position bestowing was over. It was mentally tiring to think of a speech on the spot. A lot of people were there, so I took advantage of that and told them about my sister. A lot of them looked at me sympathetically while others looked at me with jealousy. The latter has been looking at me like that since the beginning. I was now back in my classroom and wondering why those people were jealous of me. Seeing this, Mona explained to me why.

"You have been getting all of our attention lately, so of course those boys will be jealous. I assure you that it will be much worse when they find out that we're dating and that sometime in the future, you'll date the others as well."

Haah, I should have known. I knew Barbara and Noelle were quite popular, but I didn't know Amy and Mona were popular with the boys as well. If that's the case, then I'm extremely lucky. I couldn't help but grin a little.

"Uh… Aether? That grin of yours is scaring me."

"Oh, sorry."

I gave Mona a pat on the head and we continued on listening at the lesson our teacher was discussing. It was not really all that interesting so I was starting to doze off, but I can't do that now. I am part of the Knights of Favonius after all. As well as being in the spotlight as of the moment.

After classes, I walked with Amy, Barbara, Noelle, and Mona to the diner we ate at last time. The reward that was given to me was 1M Mora. I didn't really expect them to give this to a student, but they said it was fine since they had a lot. I gratefully accepted the reward after hearing that.

With this much money, I can finally buy a phone and a storage ring. I just wonder how much those combined will be. We entered the diner and ordered some food. We ate peacefully this time since Venti isn't here. Speaking of Venti, our meeting is only five days away. I hope we can save Dvalin this time. I could trap him in my Domain so he won't be able to escape.

"Want to go shopping with me? I'm going to buy a phone and storage ring."

"Yes!" they all said in unison.

That was when I noticed a grave mistake. Girls like shopping… I hope my Mora will be enough…

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We were now buying a new bed sheet. I already threw out the one that Mona and I used last night, but we used my bedsheet as a replacement. We bought five bed sheets. Mona said she could use her Hydro Vision to wash it without the use of a washing machine. Well, I can dry it using Anemo as well. That means we don't need to buy a washing machine.

That's good, because if you could see inside our storage rings, it's all full of clothing and other stuff. These girls sure buy a lot, and something's telling me that this isn't even over yet. I already bought a phone and a storage ring, which cost me around 125k Mora. So I still have a lot left, but still, they are buying a lot more than I am.

"Haah…"

I sighed as we continued on walking. I then noticed an accessories store at the corner of my eye. I should buy them something that I myself chose. I walked to the said store, dragging along Mona who was holding my hand. I picked up a silver necklace with a 2 cm sized blue stone. I put it on Mona and checked if it looked good on her. Once I confirmed it looked good on her, I waved to the other girls to come here.

I chose colors that correspond with their Visions. Barbara and Mona have a blue crystal. Noelle had a golden colored crystal. And Amy had a purple colored crystal. After paying for the necklaces, I warped the girls back to their dorm. I sat down on the couch with all the weight I have. I'm tired for the day. Who knew that shopping was more exhausting than fighting.

Mona took a seat beside me and rested her head on my shoulder. She already had her hair loose. No matter how many times I see her, she's still beautiful. We stayed like this for quite a while. No talking, just sitting beside each other and feeling each other's warmth.

When I was finally going to stand up and cook dinner, I noticed that Mona had fallen asleep. I carried her to our bed and tucked her in. Yes, our bed. I'm going to sleep on Mona's bed from now on. Paimon will be the one who'll use my bed.

I went to the kitchen and started cooking. My cooking skills got a lot more refined ever since I started to cook on a stove and for more people. I was having fun cooking these days really. For these past months, all I had was Paimon.

Just when I was about to finish, I felt someone place their head on my shoulder. I looked to my side and saw a still half-asleep Mona. Seems she smelled my cooking. I smiled and gave her a pat on the head.

"Uhehe~"

After laughing weirdly, she went to the table and took a seat. Was she seriously just waiting for me to give her a pat?

After I finished cooking, we ate like we normally do and went to bed. As soon as Mona rested her head on the pillow, she fell asleep. She's that sleepy huh?

I couldn't sleep yet so I kissed Mona in the forehead and told Paimon to call me on Mona's phone in case that anything happens. Where was I going? To my Domain.

After warping to my Domain, I took a seat on the throne and played with shapeshifting abilities of the Domain. I can make chains, large stone spears, a cage and so on. I continued on playing with the Domain until I noticed the time. It was already 1 AM. Well shit, I only have two hours to sleep… Might as well not sleep.