Aster Veren
Episode 239's

- Carel

"Am I overreacting?" I muttered that I felt bad for Aster for not letting him go alone. But if I let it go, I somehow feel like he's going to disappear from my side again.

At that moment, he disappeared because I wasn't with him. Then a terrible tragedy struck him and made him have to survive in hiding. After seeing her cry yesterday, I wanted to protect her even more, I didn't want to let her out of my sight.

"Anu, pe—excuse me ...," the foreign voice of a woman disturbs me. And I saw that he was standing before me with his shy red face.

Is he going to do the same thing that most women do to me all this time? Whahuh? Of course it reveals his heart, right?

"Bo—can I ask for your mobile number?" He asked while holding his phone in front of me.

"No way." I answered briefly while rising from my sitting position.

"Eh—it? Do you have a boyfriend?"

"really. So get out of my sight now." I replied not caring about it, I didn't even know what expression he was making as he continued to focus on Aster coming out of the toilet. Then I saw a bug fly stop its way to my place.

Seems like I'm not the only one with a popular aura huh? My mind sighed deeply before going to pick up Aster.

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- Esther

"... May I ask for your mobile number? I really want to know you, besides you're my type." Said a man who stopped me. Then I saw his friend standing not far from him, as if he was waiting for the man in front of me.

If you remember, I left my phone to Carel before going to the toilet, right? My mind recalls the incident, I who had entered the toilet came back out and chased Carel to leave my phone.

"Ma—forgive me, I can't give it." Refuse me to feel a little bad for her, especially when I see her gloomy expression.

"Is that so ... Then can you tell me your social media account?"

"That's, I don't have anything like it."

"really? In this age?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"What if you don't have one?" Carel's voice surprised me and the man in front of me, I saw that he had glared at the man in front of me and made the man shudder.

"A—ah are you her lover? Ma—forgive me!" His words were stirred up and immediately left from before me.

"Hah~ you're really freaking me out." His murmur suddenly buried his head on my shoulder.

"Eh scared? Why?"

"So I saw you pitying her, the way you held your phone you would have given her your number, right?"

"Ti—no way."

"Really?" Ask again while looking at me seriously, somehow the pressure feels difficult for me.

"Yes." Yeah." Nod after a long breath.

"Then let's go, we'll have to wait in line again."

"Let's go." My timpal held Carel's hand before he did.

"Who did I see, by the way? You knew her?" I continued to recall the woman who spoke to Carel before the stranger blocked my path.

"Women?"

"Yet, you spoke to him ...,"

"Huh? That's right ...."

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Time has passed quickly, without me realizing that the day has changed to night. Maybe because I was too excited, I didn't pay too much attention to the time.

Then I saw a digital clock on my phone that was showing at 07:00 p.m.

"By the way Carel, don't you live in the dorm anymore? Don't you have to go to the academy?" I asked when I remembered the very thing I wanted to ask him.

"Academy? I've graduated faster than the others."

"really? Why is it so fast?" I really don't believe what I hear.

"How are you? Are you going to go back to the academy and continue your lag?"

"No, before the commotion. I continued my education at home. And again, I've also learned a lot from Dean and Sarah." I said as I shook my head slowly, recalling my relationship with Dean and Sarah.

"Do you like living there?" Carel asked suddenly as he tightened his hand grip as his red bead looked at me seriously.

"Yes the atmosphere is very calm, but it is difficult to find public transportation at certain hours. I wonder why the village chief there does not let vehicles outside the entrance area as they please? He can take care of it with Mr. Albert. If that can be resolved, maybe the economy there will also improve." I let out my thoughts.

"really. Then by the way Albert, have you met him? It may be a little late to ask, but I want to know your answer. Did you agree to your match with Sean?" The question again surprised me a little.

I really never thought that Carel would ask that question when I told him how I felt.

"You're just asking now?" The words I asked again surprised him.

"I couldn't possibly have told you my heart if I had accepted that match, right?" I continued after a long sigh when I saw Carel's moody expression that bothered me so much.

"But the letter of agreement was already approved by my father—"

"I don't care. I just want to live my life my way, there's no reason I should accept that matchmaking. And again, I don't like Sean more than a friend. Father and uncle were also against it, so I thought that mister Ian would be fine if you did something to solve the problem I created." Cut me off feeling bad for giving up everything to dad.

"Haha you're right. Let the old man take care of her ...," his laughter relieved me when his expression had improved.

"Alright, now show me the surprise you mean."

"Eh?"

"Eh what? You said there's still a surprise for me, is that a lie?"

"Ti—no. How could I lie."

"So?"

"Let's go somewhere nice." His words immediately grabbed my hand and led me towards the large and beautiful looking bianglala. I was even curious about the view up there.

I saw that the officer there had opened the door of the cabin we were about to ride, and then I carefully entered first and sat down on one side, then Carel caught up and sat down before me before the door closed.

After spinning slowly to raise other passengers, finally the ring actually rotated slowly, making me feel happy when watching the scenery from a height. Even though the cabin I was riding in was still quite low from the cabins above. But the view is really good.

"You like her?" Carel's question caught my attention.

"Yes, this is really beautiful. More beautiful than I imagined. Now I know why so many people ride the reanglala at night." I could not control my feelings of pleasure and went back to paying attention to the scenery out there from behind the glass cabin.

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