The Author's POV

Chapter 637

"It's been a while since I've last seen you smile."

Amanda approached me after I came out of the room. Her face was unusually serious.

I turned to look at her while cocking my head.

"You think so?"

I never really noticed myself if I had to be honest...but it wasn't as though I was surprised by this development. There wasn't much to smile about.

Also, having had another attack just a couple of minutes ago, I couldn't really bring myself to smile.

"Here."

Amanda placed her hands on the edges of my lips and pulled them upwards.

"Much better."

She returned a smile herself.

Her smile was stunning. Enough to make anyone fall into a daze with just a glance. Well, anyone but me. I was pretty much used to her smiles by now. Well, for the most part. I wasn't exactly totally immune.

"Wwwamhat are you doing?"

It was hard to speak when she had her hands on my lips, pulling them up.

"Helping you smile."

"...What dwoes that have anything to do with the situation?"

"It doesn't."

Amanda let go of my lips.

"It's just that you look a lot better if you smiled a little more often."

Cocking my head even further, I eventually nodded my head.

"Well, sure, I'll try to smile more."

This wasn't too hard of a request. Not like smiling was that hard.

I smiled.

"Happy?"

"For what?"

"I'm smiling, aren't I?"

Amanda's brows furrowed.

"...No?"

"Hm?"

Amanda's reaction took me back.

"What are you talking about?"

Was she playing a prank on me? I could clearly feel myself smiling.

"Are you playing around with me?"

Amanda asked, inching closer to me.

I shook my head.

"That was what I was about to ask you."

Amanda's face hardened.

Her reaction took me aback.

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"Here."

a pocket mirror and

from her

"...No way."

it was my

black hair, deep blue eyes...at first glance, there didn't seem to be anything wrong

At first glance, though.

inspection, I realized

I

My expression...

It was stiff.

myself smiling, I did not have

'Just what in the...'

the pocket mirror and handed

"Thanks."

"Ren, what's going on?"

the pocket mirror back and looked at me

my hand

Just a little side-effect of practicing

...That was a lie.

this came as a result of the previous attack

better if I just play this off as something like a side-effect of an art

"If you say so..."

and concern. Obviously, she didn't buy my excuse, but as expected of her,

"You hungry?"

my stomach and attempted

"A bit."

about we go

"I wouldn't mind that."

"Great."

back a bit and

"Come, let's go eat."

"Mhm."

***

the grassland, the blades of grass that previously

behind shallow footprints. They moved in such a covert manner that they left

do we have

and one of them was Melissa. Her breathing had become labored as she worked hard to keep up with Jin and

to

Jin and Emma finally slowed down and gave

mercy. I'm about to

grass and

one to complain was Emma, who

blame us for going too fast. You were the one that

I didn't know you guys were

such a rapid pace that it was impossible for her to keep up with them. Despite the fact that she wasn't exactly a weak person herself—with her current rank being at —she was still a lot weaker than the two of

for them finally

I should've never agreed to

stomach and slumped

Emma seemed to be the best option, but that proved to be

at both Emma and Jin, Melissa stared

won't be able to move for at

Not tired

"Me too."

they exchanged glances for a moment. Melissa

I out of

lightly pinched her stomach and then lowered her head and allowed her hair to fall to the

the way, are you sure we're going in the right

"Positive."

he looked

the orcs, this is the direction of where the

Jin's speech halted.

changed. He quickly turned around and his figure vanished from the

"Hide, quick!"

"Wha-"

"No time for that."

Jin from behind. They saw a large boulder off in the

ground, Melissa felt a slight fluctuation in the air. His

she was about to say something, she noticed something in the far distance. Her mouth instantly shut and her expression mimicked that of Jin and

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