Chapter 352
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Unexpectedly, Elysia directly ignored his hint and only adjuster herself to plant herself more firmly on Alec's lap, making sure that he couldn't pluck her off without a problem.
She had to make her feelings known to him today, or she wouldn't be going to sleep! Nor would she let him sleep!
She peered down at him with mischievous eyes, and Alec's resistance against her instantly broke down.
He felt helpless. Elysia, could you not play by the rules!? Who even discussed a relationship like this?!
"Elysia, there are still a lot of things that you don't know about me. I really don't think this is a good time for us to get together," Alec said relatively calmly.
Inwardly, however, was another story.
Elysia instantly frowned, not happy with his words.
He didn't even think about it and was trying to stop her with reasons like this?! She wouldn't accept it.
More than that, she had to set him straight. Even if this was the first time that she wanted to get into a relationship with someone else, that didn't mean that she didn't know what she wanted.
She'd read some books about people in love before. It might not account for everything, but she thought that she had the general idea.
Even if right now, she was still young, she had the confidence that she could walk down the various paths in life hand in hand with the person in front of her.
Elysia was playing for keeps.
Since Alec had stolen her heart, then he had to take responsibility!
No takebacks!
"No," Elysia simply said.
"No?" Alec echoed, confused. "What do you mean, 'no'?"
"No."
Alec stared at her stubborn face, feeling helpless. This was not developing according to his expectations.
"You're still young," Alec tried again, only to be cut off by Elysia.
"No."
"I haven't asked your father –"
"No."
"I –"
"No!"
Elysia pouted and shifted forward. Alec instantly shut his mouth, feeling a stirring down –
Too dangerous!
He reached forward to pick her off him so that they could have a proper conversation, but Elysia reached down and covered his mouth.
She frowned at him, unhappy.
When Alec fell silent, she started talking. "I'll answer all your objections one by one, alright?"
She stared him into submission, then continued with satisfaction when she didn't see any rejection from her words.
Alec's eyes were slightly pained, and had the barest hints of panic, but there was also an endless wealth of warmth and mixed affection. It was something that she could almost physically feel just looking into his crystalline blue eyes.
Accordingly, her eyes also softened when she stared at him.
She was starting to find his panic kind of cute. It was likely that he knew he liked her, but he didn't know how to go about it.
She didn't know what was it that was holding him back, but he definitely wasn't acting now.
They were alone in the room, and with the arrays that Alec used on their room, there was no way that anyone could eavesdrop on them.
As such, everything that Alec was showing now should be the real deal.
"First of all, you said, I don't know everything about you? That's true. However, I've spent time with you, and you've spent time with me. You like me too, right?" Elysia peered into Alec's eyes.
The conflict was still there, but he didn't make a move to refute her words.
He hesitated a little, but in the end, he nodded slightly.
Elysia smiled in satisfaction and continued. "As for this, it's not like you know everything about me either, right? Isn't it find for us to discover these things about each other later on? I might not be that knowledgeable in dating, but I know the basics! Anyway, how can people know each other completely and fully even after spending a lifetime together? Isn't it enough that we are willing to try?"
As she said this, Elysia bit her bottom lip, staring into Alec's eyes.
There was still conflict inside his eyes, so she continued talking while he took in her words.
"As for me being young, aren't we the same age now?" she asked with grievance. She widened her eyes sadly, a frown painting her face.
She looked so sad that Alec ached to comfort her. No doubt she thought that he was just taking any random excuse to brush her off, but that wasn't the case at all.
Alec felt his head ache.
How was he supposed to explain this to her?
Should he just tell her, or not?
Anyway, with Sekai going around shouting that he was a 'damn System' all the time, she should have found it strange, right?
He made up his mind at this moment, and yet again moved to pick up Elysia. He wasn't going to allow her to reject this time.
However, outside of his expectations, she saw what he was going to do and immediately clung onto his neck, stunning him.
"Elysia," Alec said in a helpless tone.
"No!" Elysia said fiercely.
"Elysia, let me go."
"Nope," she said, burying her face in the crook of Alec's neck. When she spoke, her voice breathed out and tickled Alec, causing his fingers to twitch.
Alec gave up.
Right now, all his defences related to Elysia had completely crumbled with this one move from her, and he could feel that he would never be able to fit these emotions back into the pesky wall of his anymore.
He'd likely always feel them whenever he saw Elysia.
Her words gave him false hope, and he knew that he would never be able to escape from the net that was called 'Elysia' in his lifetime.
He'd been denying it the entire time, but the time he'd spent with Elysia had quietly crept into his heart, and he'd felt himself weakening every time, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to do anything about it.
As much as he tried to deny it, with this one move by Elysia, everything came crumbling down.
He was in love with her.
Irrevocably in love, at that.
Maybe part of him was tired of running from his feelings – of denying them until he could no longer stand it.
When Elysia talked about it, it all seemed to simple and clear cut, while his own brain gave him every single way it could go wrong.
Would he survive losing her in the future if she ever got tired of him?
Would he be able to sleep at night if he knew that she was with someone else?
Alec hesitated for a bit, before deciding to just go for it. What else did he have to lose?
If, in the future, they were no longer together, it wasn't like Alec couldn't survive without her! He'd just pray for her future happiness and bury himself in his work.
He didn't believe that he would be crippled by the lack of love. He could just shove all his heartbreak under the wall again when it came to it, right?
Didn't one of those books that 'imparted wisdom' say that they would rather have love and lost than not loved at all?
Thinking up to this point, Alec opened his mouth and explained everything about himself to Elysia, leaving it to her to decide what she wanted.
If she still wanted him, then he didn't mind giving it a try.
If she didn't want him, then at least he knew that it would never have worked out from the beginning.
He didn't believe he was so deep in already that he couldn't continue ignoring his feelings.
He explained everything from him discovering he was a Cher, to him actually being a Sin instead of an Every. He even briefly explained a little about this not being his first life, and that he had been a System previously.
He talked so much that his throat went dry.
By the time he finished, he felt… lighter somehow.
Elysia pulled back a little and stared at him with wide eyes.
"So… does this mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend now?"
Alec stared at her blankly before a smile started creeping up on his lips. She didn't mind at all?
Slowly, laughter started to spill out of his mouth, and his eyes were incomparably warm.
The warmth warmed Elysia down to the very bones, leaving her feeling boundless affection.
Quietly, she leaned in towards Alec's face…
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Unexpectedly, Elysia directly ignored his hint and only adjuster herself to plant herself more firmly on Alec's lap, making sure that he couldn't pluck her off without a problem.
She had to make her feelings known to him today, or she wouldn't be going to sleep! Nor would she let him sleep!
She peered down at him with mischievous eyes, and Alec's resistance against her instantly broke down.
He felt helpless. Elysia, could you not play by the rules!? Who even discussed a relationship like this?!
"Elysia, there are still a lot of things that you don't know about me. I really don't think this is a good time for us to get together," Alec said relatively calmly.
Inwardly, however, was another story.
Elysia instantly frowned, not happy with his words.
He didn't even think about it and was trying to stop her with reasons like this?! She wouldn't accept it.
More than that, she had to set him straight. Even if this was the first time that she wanted to get into a relationship with someone else, that didn't mean that she didn't know what she wanted.
She'd read some books about people in love before. It might not account for everything, but she thought that she had the general idea.
Even if right now, she was still young, she had the confidence that she could walk down the various paths in life hand in hand with the person in front of her.
Elysia was playing for keeps.
Since Alec had stolen her heart, then he had to take responsibility!
No takebacks!
"No," Elysia simply said.
"No?" Alec echoed, confused. "What do you mean, 'no'?"
"No."
Alec stared at her stubborn face, feeling helpless. This was not developing according to his expectations.
"You're still young," Alec tried again, only to be cut off by Elysia.
"No."
"I haven't asked your father –"
"No."
"I –"
"No!"
Elysia pouted and shifted forward. Alec instantly shut his mouth, feeling a stirring down –
Too dangerous!
He reached forward to pick her off him so that they could have a proper conversation, but Elysia reached down and covered his mouth.
She frowned at him, unhappy.
When Alec fell silent, she started talking. "I'll answer all your objections one by one, alright?"
She stared him into submission, then continued with satisfaction when she didn't see any rejection from her words.
Alec's eyes were slightly pained, and had the barest hints of panic, but there was also an endless wealth of warmth and mixed affection. It was something that she could almost physically feel just looking into his crystalline blue eyes.
Accordingly, her eyes also softened when she stared at him.
She was starting to find his panic kind of cute. It was likely that he knew he liked her, but he didn't know how to go about it.
She didn't know what was it that was holding him back, but he definitely wasn't acting now.
They were alone in the room, and with the arrays that Alec used on their room, there was no way that anyone could eavesdrop on them.
As such, everything that Alec was showing now should be the real deal.
"First of all, you said, I don't know everything about you? That's true. However, I've spent time with you, and you've spent time with me. You like me too, right?" Elysia peered into Alec's eyes.
The conflict was still there, but he didn't make a move to refute her words.
He hesitated a little, but in the end, he nodded slightly.
Elysia smiled in satisfaction and continued. "As for this, it's not like you know everything about me either, right? Isn't it find for us to discover these things about each other later on? I might not be that knowledgeable in dating, but I know the basics! Anyway, how can people know each other completely and fully even after spending a lifetime together? Isn't it enough that we are willing to try?"
As she said this, Elysia bit her bottom lip, staring into Alec's eyes.
There was still conflict inside his eyes, so she continued talking while he took in her words.
"As for me being young, aren't we the same age now?" she asked with grievance. She widened her eyes sadly, a frown painting her face.
She looked so sad that Alec ached to comfort her. No doubt she thought that he was just taking any random excuse to brush her off, but that wasn't the case at all.
Alec felt his head ache.
How was he supposed to explain this to her?
Should he just tell her, or not?
Anyway, with Sekai going around shouting that he was a 'damn System' all the time, she should have found it strange, right?
He made up his mind at this moment, and yet again moved to pick up Elysia. He wasn't going to allow her to reject this time.
However, outside of his expectations, she saw what he was going to do and immediately clung onto his neck, stunning him.
"Elysia," Alec said in a helpless tone.
"No!" Elysia said fiercely.
"Elysia, let me go."
"Nope," she said, burying her face in the crook of Alec's neck. When she spoke, her voice breathed out and tickled Alec, causing his fingers to twitch.
Alec gave up.
Right now, all his defences related to Elysia had completely crumbled with this one move from her, and he could feel that he would never be able to fit these emotions back into the pesky wall of his anymore.
He'd likely always feel them whenever he saw Elysia.
Her words gave him false hope, and he knew that he would never be able to escape from the net that was called 'Elysia' in his lifetime.
He'd been denying it the entire time, but the time he'd spent with Elysia had quietly crept into his heart, and he'd felt himself weakening every time, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to do anything about it.
As much as he tried to deny it, with this one move by Elysia, everything came crumbling down.
He was in love with her.
Irrevocably in love, at that.
Maybe part of him was tired of running from his feelings – of denying them until he could no longer stand it.
When Elysia talked about it, it all seemed to simple and clear cut, while his own brain gave him every single way it could go wrong.
Would he survive losing her in the future if she ever got tired of him?
Would he be able to sleep at night if he knew that she was with someone else?
Alec hesitated for a bit, before deciding to just go for it. What else did he have to lose?
If, in the future, they were no longer together, it wasn't like Alec couldn't survive without her! He'd just pray for her future happiness and bury himself in his work.
He didn't believe that he would be crippled by the lack of love. He could just shove all his heartbreak under the wall again when it came to it, right?
Didn't one of those books that 'imparted wisdom' say that they would rather have love and lost than not loved at all?
Thinking up to this point, Alec opened his mouth and explained everything about himself to Elysia, leaving it to her to decide what she wanted.
If she still wanted him, then he didn't mind giving it a try.
If she didn't want him, then at least he knew that it would never have worked out from the beginning.
He didn't believe he was so deep in already that he couldn't continue ignoring his feelings.
He explained everything from him discovering he was a Cher, to him actually being a Sin instead of an Every. He even briefly explained a little about this not being his first life, and that he had been a System previously.
He talked so much that his throat went dry.
By the time he finished, he felt… lighter somehow.
Elysia pulled back a little and stared at him with wide eyes.
"So… does this mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend now?"
Alec stared at her blankly before a smile started creeping up on his lips. She didn't mind at all?
Slowly, laughter started to spill out of his mouth, and his eyes were incomparably warm.
The warmth warmed Elysia down to the very bones, leaving her feeling boundless affection.
Quietly, she leaned in towards Alec's face…
Unexpectedly, Elysia directly ignored his hint and only adjuster herself to plant herself more firmly on Alec's lap, making sure that he couldn't pluck her off without a problem.She had to make her feelings known to him today, or she wouldn't be going to sleep! Nor would she let him sleep!She peered down at him with mischievous eyes, and Alec's resistance against her instantly broke down.He felt helpless. Elysia, could you not play by the rules!? Who even discussed a relationship like this?!"Elysia, there are still a lot of things that you don't know about me. I really don't think this is a good time for us to get together," Alec said relatively calmly.Inwardly, however, was another story.Elysia instantly frowned, not happy with his words.He didn't even think about it and was trying to stop her with reasons like this?! She wouldn't accept it.More than that, she had to set him straight. Even if this was the first time that she wanted to get into a relationship with someone else, that didn't mean that she didn't know what she wanted.She'd read some books about people in love before. It might not account for everything, but she thought that she had the general idea.Even if right now, she was still young, she had the confidence that she could walk down the various paths in life hand in hand with the person in front of her.Elysia was playing for keeps.Since Alec had stolen her heart, then he had to take responsibility!No takebacks!"No," Elysia simply said."No?" Alec echoed, confused. "What do you mean, 'no'?""No."Alec stared at her stubborn face, feeling helpless. This was not developing according to his expectations."You're still young," Alec tried again, only to be cut off by Elysia."No.""I haven't asked your father ""No.""I ""No!"Elysia pouted and shifted forward. Alec instantly shut his mouth, feeling a stirring down Too dangerous!He reached forward to pick her off him so that they could have a proper conversation, but Elysia reached down and covered his mouth.She frowned at him, unhappy.When Alec fell silent, she started talking. "I'll answer all your objections one by one, alright?"She stared him into submission, then continued with satisfaction when she didn't see any rejection from her words.Alec's eyes were slightly pained, and had the barest hints of panic, but there was also an endless wealth of warmth and mixed affection. It was something that she could almost physically feel just looking into his crystalline blue eyes.Accordingly, her eyes also softened when she stared at him.She was starting to find his panic kind of cute. It was likely that he knew he liked her, but he didn't know how to go about it.She didn't know what was it that was holding him back, but he definitely wasn't acting now.They were alone in the room, and with the arrays that Alec used on their room, there was no way that anyone could eavesdrop on them.As such, everything that Alec was showing now should be the real deal."First of all, you said, I don't know everything about you? That's true. However, I've spent time with you, and you've spent time with me. You like me too, right?" Elysia peered into Alec's eyes.The conflict was still there, but he didn't make a move to refute her words.He hesitated a little, but in the end, he nodded slightly.Elysia smiled in satisfaction and continued. "As for this, it's not like you know everything about me either, right? Isn't it find for us to discover these things about each other later on? I might not be that knowledgeable in dating, but I know the basics! Anyway, how can people know each other completely and fully even after spending a lifetime together? Isn't it enough that we are willing to try?"As she said this, Elysia bit her bottom lip, staring into Alec's eyes.There was still conflict inside his eyes, so she continued talking while he took in her words."As for me being young, aren't we the same age now?" she asked with grievance. She widened her eyes sadly, a frown painting her face.She looked so sad that Alec ached to comfort her. No doubt she thought that he was just taking any random excuse to brush her off, but that wasn't the case at all.Alec felt his head ache.How was he supposed to explain this to her?Should he just tell her, or not?Anyway, with Sekai going around shouting that he was a 'damn System' all the time, she should have found it strange, right?He made up his mind at this moment, and yet again moved to pick up Elysia. He wasn't going to allow her to reject this time.However, outside of his expectations, she saw what he was going to do and immediately clung onto his neck, stunning him."Elysia," Alec said in a helpless tone."No!" Elysia said fiercely."Elysia, let me go.""Nope," she said, burying her face in the crook of Alec's neck. When she spoke, her voice breathed out and tickled Alec, causing his fingers to twitch.Alec gave up.Right now, all his defences related to Elysia had completely crumbled with this one move from her, and he could feel that he would never be able to fit these emotions back into the pesky wall of his anymore.He'd likely always feel them whenever he saw Elysia.Her words gave him false hope, and he knew that he would never be able to escape from the net that was called 'Elysia' in his lifetime.He'd been denying it the entire time, but the time he'd spent with Elysia had quietly crept into his heart, and he'd felt himself weakening every time, but for some reason, he just couldn't bring himself to do anything about it.As much as he tried to deny it, with this one move by Elysia, everything came crumbling down.He was in love with her.Irrevocably in love, at that.Maybe part of him was tired of running from his feelings of denying them until he could no longer stand it.When Elysia talked about it, it all seemed to simple and clear cut, while his own brain gave him every single way it could go wrong.Would he survive losing her in the future if she ever got tired of him?Would he be able to sleep at night if he knew that she was with someone else?Alec hesitated for a bit, before deciding to just go for it. What else did he have to lose?If, in the future, they were no longer together, it wasn't like Alec couldn't survive without her! He'd just pray for her future happiness and bury himself in his work.He didn't believe that he would be crippled by the lack of love. He could just shove all his heartbreak under the wall again when it came to it, right?Didn't one of those books that 'imparted wisdom' say that they would rather have love and lost than not loved at all?Thinking up to this point, Alec opened his mouth and explained everything about himself to Elysia, leaving it to her to decide what she wanted.If she still wanted him, then he didn't mind giving it a try.If she didn't want him, then at least he knew that it would never have worked out from the beginning.He didn't believe he was so deep in already that he couldn't continue ignoring his feelings.He explained everything from him discovering he was a Cher, to him actually being a Sin instead of an Every. He even briefly explained a little about this not being his first life, and that he had been a System previously.He talked so much that his throat went dry.By the time he finished, he felt lighter somehow.Elysia pulled back a little and stared at him with wide eyes."So does this mean we're boyfriend and girlfriend now?"Alec stared at her blankly before a smile started creeping up on his lips. She didn't mind at all?Slowly, laughter started to spill out of his mouth, and his eyes were incomparably warm.The warmth warmed Elysia down to the very bones, leaving her feeling boundless affection.Quietly, she leaned in towards Alec's face
