The Newbie Is Too Strong's
86. Courage Lia
A total of 6 people sat in the living room. Lia looked trying to smile, but ended up falling awkwardly. Meanwhile, Judith, Nina, and Rowin looked at him curiously. The stiff funny expressions and gestures were shown by Nina and Judith.
“How's the tea, son? No sweetness right?”
“Alright, Aunt.” Lia replied trying to maintain her graceful smile.
Although that answer was actually at odds with her internal conscience as a person who had gotten used to enjoying elite-grade tea, Lia did not care about any of it now. Currently Lia is nervous because she is dealing directly with her boyfriend's family, Luca.
There was only one person in that place who could still casually sip a cup of tea while enjoying a snack. He's Luca with his innocent face.
Both Judith and Nina had previously known that for some reason innocent children like Luca had gotten boyfriends. They also had a glimpse from afar, but only limited to the right arm, Luca's girlfriend when Luca got down from a luxury car.
From the glamorous appearance of her arms adorned with lavish jewelry, both Judith and Nina had previously thought that the woman who had courted Luca was an aunt who tricked an innocent child like Luca with the luxury of his property.
Although Luca has made it clear that his girlfriend is not a aunt as in their shadow, they remain distrustful and think that Luca may have been lied to by the aunts with his age by exploiting a miracle called plastic surgery.
Therefore, they slowly and carefully tried to persuade the innocent Luca to slowly move away from such dangerous aunts.
Who would have thought that Luca's boyfriend was really a high school girl his age. And even more astonishingly, the girl Luca is dating is not an ordinary person, but a rising celebrity of the e-sport world. That then makes them wonder, why people as famous as Lia want to date a child who [plain?] like Luca.
But their shock did not stop there.
“Om, Aunt, also Sister Nina, let me take Luca with me.”
Instantly the three families stared at Lia's words.
Rowin is the head of the family as well as the wisest among those who first managed to regain consciousness and then respond, “Nak Lia, is not ka. ka. ka. yu ter. too… still too small for that?” Or don't. Rowin still seemed so nervous about the sudden development that she could not speak properly.
That's where Lia just realized that the election he said seemed to have caused a big misunderstanding. When he thought back to the redaction of the sentence he had just spoken, wasn't that some kind of proposal statement? Lia's face turned red like a ripe tomato.
At that time the housekeeper who looks to have been in his late 60s with his beard and gray hair, spoke up to represent his mistress who seemed out of words.
“Nona Lia intends to take Luca with her to watch her e-sport match in America because her parents can not attend because of work affairs. Maybe just say it so that there is no misunderstanding, the accommodation was prepared by the race committee for the family members of the participants, not Miss Lia. The event itself will be held for a week. There are hotels specially prepared for family members.”
A few moments after silence for a moment, the housekeeper then added, “Oh, there are also 4 people in total accommodation for family members of participants. So if you are worried, the three of you can also accompany Luca there.”
Lia's face still looked red. But in the end, he ventured to look at Luca who was carelessly eating a snack in front of him.
“Do Luca mind coming with me?”
Hearing the plain statement with that cute face, Luca's heart felt jolted by the electric current. He had even forgotten the snacks before him.
The young man then smiled then replied gently, “Of course I am willing, Lia.”
The atmosphere of lovey dovey happened for a moment between the two of them as if forgetting the four others who were also with them in the room.
“Hey, hey, hey, hey, isn't this weird?! You guys are just dating, but why should Luca come there as a family member?!” Nina instantly broke the lovey dovey atmosphere between the two of them with her shout.
“Isn't this just a good opportunity, Sister Nina. We can see great players from all over the world. This will be very useful as well as a reference Brother. There must be some players there who are great tamers that you can use.” Luca said positively.
“But, even though Lia is your boyfriend, I am for her just a stranger.” Nina said it half muttered as she glanced at Lia.
As soon as Nina's eyes met Lia, it turned out that the girl had been smiling at her.
“His brother Luca is also my brother. Of course there is no problem.”
“Hey, wait, Luca! Why did you decide at will..”.
“Of course you can, Luca Darling.”
“But there must still be an adult accompanying. Honey, can I go with them.”
“Of course, Honey. I'll guard the house as long as you go.”
Everything was just set. Nina who was initially confused as to what to do, finally gave up on Luca's will just like that.
After that, there was a momentary conversation between the boyfriend and his girlfriend's family. With her graceful character, Lia quickly takes on Judith's family's heart.
Until it came to a chat that unconsciously came out of Rowin's mouth.
“I hope that by being with Nak Lia, Dik Luca can finally find his happiness after losing both his parents.
The atmosphere was immediately gloomy. After speaking, Rowin realized that he had stepped on a mine that should not have been stepped on.
“Just relax, Om, Auntie, I will definitely take good care of your nephew.”
Lia's words immediately made the look on the faces of both Judith and Rowin look strange. Yet they seem to be trying their hardest to be as calm as possible to display the poker face expression.
If Lia is serious about Luca, then someday, Lia must know the truth that in fact Luca is not their nephew but a direct cousin of Judith and that Luca is someone born in a virtual world.
But feeling it was not yet the time, they decided to bury the matter for now.
***
The next day, the,
“Nina.”
“Oh, Raia. You have come apparently.”
Raia finally agrees to come after receiving a call from Nina to jointly leave for America in order to watch the prestigious international e-sport vrmmorpg match.
“It.... Anu... Am I really okay to come with your family group?”
“What family group. This is not a family activity.” Mumbling softly, Nina glanced at Luca.
“It's really okay like this, isn't it Luca? We are afraid our arrival will interfere with your two dates.” Ask Nina once again to make sure to Luca.
Luca's face flushed slightly, but the young man smiled and replied, “Of course. The more crowded the better.”
However, Luca's next words made the two of them shudder.
“All of us can make optimal use of the equipment there for training in order to level-up through the training schedule that I have set out with all my heart.”
“Glup.”
“Glup.”
Nina and Raia also simultaneously swallowed their saliva as soon as they saw Luca's smile full of the nuances of cunning engineering.