The Darkness Metal Manipulation
Chapter 55's

"Ehem! I have a question. How did you meet them?" Zyden asked Erika subtly.

"Ep... Yes, it's not something that matters. If it's not wrong, when I want to go to Liya's place, I meet them..." Erika cried remembering what happened.

"I accidentally hit the person in front of me until I fell. I was angry then, so I didn't see the right way, and then I hit somebody." Continue telling.

'bukh'

"Awh... Well, who the hell's blocking my way." Erika who was sitting on the ground because she hit someone.

"Ugh, what?" A red-haired man was shocked on the ground after being hit.

He looked back to see who hit him. A purple-haired girl who was in pain on the ground caught his attention.

"Hey, are you okay?" Excited the man asked worriedly and hurried to his feet.

Erika who felt herself being questioned by someone, immediately looked at that person. "Well? ... I'm okay, who are you?" Erika answered him.

"I? I'm the one you just hit!" Said the man sticking out his hand.

It was then that Erika knew that the person in front of her was one of the summoned heroes.

He knew, because he saw the aura of the god summoning the hero to the person in front of him. Erika is a demigod.

"And that's how I know them." Erika closed her story.

"Hoooh! What an interesting story." Zyden replied. 'Damn, I feel so stupid. It's hard for me to find information about the hero and just get a picture of him.'

'But, this mesh-ng! Just walk a sash here and there, can directly meet with them. Truly, the lucky nets.' blaspheme Zyden in his heart.

"We forget about it." A red-haired man interrupted Zyden's words. "I want to know, are you Erika?" He then approached Zyden.

'cute, damn ba-bi.' said Zyden staring sinisterly at the person in front of him. "Master hero..." Zyden exclaimed in a cheerful welcoming tone.

"I really like heroes. I would love to be able to cooperate with the hero and save our world from the clutches of the demon lord."

"I wish the hero lord could help me defeat that evil demon." Continued speaking.

"I don't care what you say. I just want to know, what's your relationship with Erika?" The man raised his voice.

"Asren! Why are you yelling at Zyden?" Erika wiped in front of Zyden and looked at the person she called.

"I'm not yelling, I'm just asking him." Answer Asren, one of the hero members.

"But why does your voice sound like it's yelling at Zyden." Erika cried with angry face.

"Well, it's because I don't like it." Asren replied.

"Hmmm... What you don't like about her." Ask Erika.

"Everything." Answer Asren.

"Why don't you like Zyden! If you don't like it, then you don't like me?" Erika pressed her words.

"That's not true. I don't like it, doesn't mean I don't like you either." Asren.

"Then why don't you like it?" Erika asked once more.

"That's because he's close to you." Asren replied.

'Seeing you two makes me a little nauseous.' Zyden thought as he interrupted.

Then Zyden whispered something to Asren. "Let the hero, Erika and I don't have a special relationship. I'm just his traveling companion who was appointed by Erika's father."

"After Erika finds something she wants, I will immediately part with her. You could say I had to."

"If you can get Erika to go on an adventure with you, then you can be with her and I'll never interfere."

"Don't that sound great." It was her next that made Asren reflect.

'I don't know if this is enough to keep us apart, but according to eyes of knowledge. As long as two people have a strong desire to walk each other, then this cursed magic will disappear by itself.' Zyden thought about the magic that binds them both.

'the reason for this magic has not gone away because Erika still holds on to her father's orders. Then seeing Erika acting crazy this time, it made me very worried."

'if he rebelled after I refuted what he said earlier, everything would definitely fall apart.'

'and it could destroy my image in front of the heroes.' He then saw three other heroes besides Asren.

The three men were made up of two men and one woman.

Standing on the far right, there was a man with glasses, short blue hair and looked like an avid high school student in an adventurous outfit.

Next to the other was a large-bodied man, brunettes, dressed in armor-clad adventurers, and a foolish expression.

While in the middle of them, there was a woman with long gray hair, wearing adventurous and tall clothes that were not much different from Erika.

They stood looking at everything that was happening in silence and leisure.

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After Zyden whispered his words, Erika dragged Zyden's robe suddenly backwards.

"Ack..." Zyden said as his neck was strangled by the robe that Erika was pulling.

"What are you muttering to him?" Erika pulled him parallel to her head.

"Tck, what are you doing!" Zyden shouted while removing his robe from Erika, which left the other 4 people shocked.

"I should have said that, what are you doing whispering to Asren like that?" Erika answered him.

"That's my business, why should I tell you?" Zyden.

"Your business is my business too! It's not like I told you about it!" Erika pressed her words seriously.

"You... Do you have to be this shitty, you're making my patience go away." Zyden shouted his words.

"Why indeed? What would you do if your patience was gone?" Erika asked in a condescending tone.

Zyden who heard that clenched his hands and held back all the anger he could muster, and they both stared at each other threateningly.

Asren and the heroes who were paying attention to them could only look on in wonder and worry.

And not long after, Zyden disappeared from where he stood surprising Asren and the other heroes.

While Erika did not dwell or surprised to see Zyden who disappeared suddenly. He then lowered his head pondering over something.

*Chapter 55*