Chapter 123



The moment the words left my mouth, I was engulfed in a wave of awkwardness.

I couldn't help but berate myself for being too blunt, thinking surely Ernest would feel just as embarrassed.

But instead of stepping back, he took nearly half a minute before responding with a simple, "Oh."

Oh?! That's it?

His calmness caught me off guard.

When I looked up at him, he finally straightened up, leisurely saying, "You've got poor eyesight. You said you couldn't find it, how am I supposed to help if I'm not close?"

His logic seemed sound, making me feel like I had overthought the situation, letting my mind wander where it shouldn't.

Ernest casually moved to sit down, picking up his tablet to work on something. I sneaked a few glances at him before grabbing a cup of coffee to sip and refocus on my tasks.

issues in the

or just called me to confirm, instead of having me stay up late for this. It felt a bit

was being paranoid. Still, I finished addressing the marked issues and

the type who never got tired, but

even the gods in the series

watched him silently,

looked asleep,

overhead light, making him look

Covel

any special effects-enhanced

protagonist.

days even though he'd ask me to do this and that, he was the one constantly moving around, physically and mentally taxing himself with the lighting

to have fallen asleep like

a breeze made the curtains

his short sleeves, I quietly got up, fetched

my movement was

his instincts were

as

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