Dinner

"You want to marry me?" Hazel still couldn't believe what he heard. In all his life, this was the first time a girl confessed to him, even though the latter was kind of in a drunk state.

Mircalla smiled widely, "Haz has saved me. Haz probably doesn't understand the feelings of being trapped in a narrow space for a hundred years. I was lonely. Thanks to Haz, I am not lonely anymore."

Hazel nodded. "Then... I will work hard to become stronger so I can find materials to construct your body."

"Hehe, thanks, Haz. I am glad Haz is the one who found me," Mircalla said gratefully while patting his head, making him blush.

Hazel wanted to stay like this for a while, embracing this warm feeling of having a companion. However, Celina suddenly opened the door and peeked inside.

"Junior, what took you so long?" Celina asked, but then she widened her eyes when he saw Hazel and his bulging pants. Her jaws dropped, and she was lost for words. She only darted her eyes at him and his pants with a slightly reddened face. After that, she cleared her throat and closed the door again.

Hazel only stared in silence as she closed the door again, but after a second, she knocked on the door again and called him in a low voice.

"J-junior, are you ready?"

"Wait a minute, senior...."

Hazel suddenly wanted to bang his head against the wall. He didn't want to see her again after she saw him in that condition. Moreover, he couldn't go out even if he wanted to in this condition. His lower part was still standing straight like a pole. However, he had been staying in the room for a long time, and it was rude to make the master of the house wait.

Hazel suddenly had an idea. He activated his aura and decreased the size of his lower part, and he found out he could do it, but he felt like an idiot at the same time. Ironically, the first time he used his aura was for playing with his lower part.

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Hazel walked side by side with Celina. They were having a conversation as they were walking alongside the corridor.

Even though she behaved like her usual self, Hazel wondered if seeing his pants like that didn't bother her in the slightest. If it didn't, he felt a little disappointed. His pride was hurting a bit, but he didn't show his inner feelings. He still acted like his usual self in front of her, who was acting normally too.

However, the way she acted normal made him comfortable too. If she made a fuss about his bulging pants, he didn't know where to put his face. He probably would throw it away.

She was really a nice girl to hang around with. Hazel finally understood why she had many friends. It wasn't for her status and richness alone. She was really fun.

Hazel wanted to keep having a conversation with her, but they finally arrived in front of the dining room's door.

Celina smiled at him as she opened the door for him. Then, her hand gracefully gestured to him to enter. "Come on. We have prepared a lot of dishes for your recovery."

Hazel felt like a special person when she treated him like an honored guest, but he didn't want to lose to her at etiquette. She treated him nice, so he would do the same thing.

Hazel cleared his throat and said, "Lady first."

Celina chuckled and pulled his hand. Then, they entered the room together.

Inside the dining room, Lucas's body stiffened as they walked toward the chair. He clasped his hands over his mouth, hiding his wide smile. His eyes couldn't stop looking at their hands that were locking against each other.

"You are finally here," Lucas said in a low, yet excited tone.

Celina smirked at her grandpa and teased, "Are you really happy to finally have dinner together with your cute granddaughter? Fufu, if grandpa treats me nicely, I am willing to have dinner with Grandpa every night."

Lucas tilted his head and scratched it. Then, he stopped paying attention to her and smiled widely when looking at Hazel. "Congratulations for your aura awakening, Student Larson. As a headmaster, I can't express how grateful I am to have another hidden genius in my academy."

"Thank you, headmaster. The honor is mine. If you didn't save me at that time, I probably would be in a worse condition due to mana fatigue."

"Haha, I didn't know you could act formally too, Student Larson."

Hazel's eyes twitched when he heard that. Did he just make fun of him, even though he was being grateful? He rarely did it to anyone or any elderly because he rarely saw a reason to be polite.

"Ah, I am not making fun of you," Lucas said, as if reading his expression. "You are more comfortable with casual speech, right? You can do that when we are alone like this."

"Alone? But I am here, grandpa," Celina said.

Lucas laughed. "But you understand my points, right?"

Hazel only nodded. It was true that he was more comfortable with non formal speech, so he didn't reject the suggestion.

"Now let's stop with the chattering. The dishes are all prepared on the table. Let's eat," Lucas said.

Thus they enjoyed dinner together. Hazel, especially, enjoyed the dishes. He tried a little bit of everything on the table. All of the dishes were top quality, and those dishes replenished his stamina, relieved his fatigue, and boosted his mood.

Hazel was happy that he ate in gusto. He forgot he was just a guest in this room and didn't mind the table manners. However, Celina and Lucas didn't look at him in disgust. In fact, they urged him to eat more. Both grandfather and granddaughter pushed plates of dishes at him.

They welcomed him, and he felt lucky to be acquainted with them. Hazel was grateful to be granted the grandpa system.

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After the dinner was over, Hazel asked permission to leave. It was already night, and he felt awkward to stay for a long time in a luxurious home. However, they stubbornly urged him to stay for another night, and he couldn't refuse it.

Hazel came back to the guest room and locked the door. He made sure no one could enter the room when he was doing stuff.

Hazel rubbed Father's Love Ring and called Mircalla, but the latter didn't show her nose. In the middle of dinner, Mircalla said she was sleepy, so she entered the ring. He guessed she was really tired. After all, it was her first time experiencing the evil cycle.

Hazel let her rest and summoned [Grandpa System]. He was curious about something, so he checked his system. First, he completed the daily login quest and received the daily reward. Aside from the daily login, he had completed another daily quest called [Quality Time With a Grandpa].

[Congratulations! You have received 40 system exp, 40 normal exp, and 40 special points!]

[Congratulations! You have received 100 special points, 100 normal exp, and 100 system exp!]

Hazel had 250 special points, equivalent to $250, but he still needed 150 points to buy 2 potions, so he would save the points first.

"I can get 140 points from daily quests. If only I could earn more," Hazel muttered , but then he realized he could do more quests.

In the system, the quests were categorized into daily quests, customized quests, and challenge quests. Challenge quests always appeared suddenly, and he had one at the moment from Paradicus, but he couldn't complete it because he was still weak. However, he never checked the customized quest function before, so he clicked it.

"Wah, there are a few quests!" Hazel exclaimed in surprise. As he checked it one by one, he realized these quests were daily refreshed too, but these quests were customized for his growth. If this was a game, this feature would be similar to the main quest. When a player completed it, they would grow.

"I am such a fool for not checking my system thoroughly. I think I can complete these quests within a day. No, I will complete these quests for the sake of getting stronger!"

For Hazel, killing monsters was not a necessary thing to do in order to level up. By completing quests, he could gain exp too, so he would focus on doing quests.

"I shall do this tomorrow. It's already late at night."

Hazel went back to the main interference and clicked the [Family Tree] feature. He was curious about something. First, he clicked Lucas's family and clicked on Celina's information

[Name: Celina Victoria Dumont

Affection: 72

Like: courageous people, adventures, straightforward, and honesty

Dislike: betrayal, cowardly, and evil people.]

"Thought so." As expected, Celina had high affection for him. He wasn't sure why, but it was a good thing. Hazel felt good because this was the first time a girl had high interest in him.

"Still, Senior is surprisingly pure," he said as he looked at her like and dislike.

After satisfying his curiosity, Hazel closed Lucas's family tree list and clicked on Paradicus's family tree list.

Paradicus's affection in him wasn't high yet, so Hazel still couldn't learn his abilities and his family members' abilities, but he still could see the information of his family members. As expected, Mircalla was in his family tree, even though she was just an adopted granddaughter.

"Mircalla, are you awake?" Hazel asked, but there was no response from the ring.

After finding out she was still sleeping, Hazel gulped and clicked on her information. He wanted to know how high was her affection toward him.