"…Black eyes…"
I said harsher than I expected.
Bang.
But, unable to restrain myself any longer, I hit him. In the chest so hard that I could definitely hear a crack, and he flew into the wall, breaking through it. Passing through the debris, I headed towards him.
Khah. Khah. Khah.
Seeing him trying to get up, I immediately pressed him to the ground. But he didn't give up so easily, kept trying and trying to get up, which forced me to use even more force.
"Ah… you…"
Sitting on his back, I could feel every part of his back tense. But there was nothing strange about this, so I didn't focus my attention on it.
I had a lot of questions I wanted to ask:
Why does he have black eyes?
How does he raise his stats so quickly?
Is he a pervert?
And most importantly, why is he always lying to me?
One by one, questions pop up in my head. But I decided to calm down, not to be guided by emotions. Gathering all my thoughts together, I exhaled and spoke.
"Too… you've changed too much since we last met, Kopii… too much."
Saying this, I felt his body tense even more. You might think, how could he tense even more, but apparently, he could. His body gave me the answer itself, so I didn't wait for him to speak and continued.
"… And especially the rumors… Is it true?"
I asked the question that has been bothering me for the last few days.
"Of course not! It's all a lie!"
"Yes."
"Yes!"
"Are you saying that all these rumors are false?"
"Of course they're false!"
…
…
I wanted to believe his words, to believe that it was just rumors and nothing more. But, remembering every deception, every time he tried to hide the truth or avoid an uncomfortable topic for him, I couldn't believe him. He lies to me too much.
I leaned towards his ear and whispered:
"Rumors don't just spring up, Kopii, we both know that."
Not giving him a chance to answer, I immediately continued:
"You're lying to me. You've always lied to me… Kopii."
"No…"
But, not letting him finish, I knocked him out with one blow. I continued to sit on his back, feeling that his muscles were also tense.
"Is his mind overwhelmed?" I thought, not understanding how this could have happened. A person who has received a Falna can no longer call himself human. And with each level, he is further and further away from his former self, but closer and closer to becoming a god.
So he had to overwork himself way too much to forget his thoughts, but even in that state he wanted to go to training? Remembering his words before the start of the battle.
Or did he lie to me again? At that thought, my already depressed mood fell below the plinth.
Has he ever told me the truth? For the first time, I asked myself this question. After all, their relationship began with deception. Now he's lying to my face to the very end. All our relationship was built on deception.
I thought, continuing to draw patterns on his back. Thinking about what to do with such a liar and pervert.
Taking him in my arms, I carried him to his house and put him in bed. Pulling up a chair, I sat near the bed in complete thought of what to do with him.
Maybe his… No, that definitely won't work.
Maybe I'm still wrong? After all, I didn't even let him say a word.
Maybe he wasn't lying to me from the very beginning?
I needed to restrain myself and give him at least a word to justify himself.
Maybe everything is completely different.
The more I thought about it, the more I blamed myself. I could have just talked, but I was under the control of my emotions again. Again.
No matter how many times I tell myself, "I need to restrain myself," I always step on the same rake.
But his black eyes were the last straw, and then I lost all control over myself. His eyes were the same as his.
From the third person.
Ais was tormented by barely restrained anger, which she was trying to suppress with all her might, and raging emotions that were just waiting for an opportunity to be released. But over time, her hatred and anger only intensified, she just needed to stop thinking about it.
But this only sounds easy in words. She couldn't just throw it out of her head. Every thought was only about those black eyes. Unable to endure it any longer, she left Kopii's house and headed to the dungeon - she needed to pour everything out.
And the dungeon was the only place where she could completely distract herself from her thoughts.
Time later.
Ais spent several hours cutting monsters to pieces and returned to Kopii - he was also unconscious.
Ais stared at the unconscious Kopii, only one question came to her head.
"Did I hit him too hard?" Ais thought, watching Kopii sleep peacefully, how his chest rises and falls. She came closer and reached out to his face, running her hand through his black curls and going lower until she stopped at his eyes.
And, without thinking for long, she opened his eyes. And saw his normal eyes - there was no hint of the darkness she remembered in that eye. Opening his other eye, it was the same as the right one.
"His eyes were normal," a thought flashed through Ais's head. Her hand went lower to his chest, she felt a fairly rapid heartbeat. She drew patterns on his chest, realizing that his muscles were relaxed.
Realizing what she was doing, she pulled her hand away as if burned, and a barely visible blush appeared on her pale cheeks. She moved the chair towards her and sat away from Kopii, glancing at his body and sleeping face.
She was deciding: to do or not to do. To do something that she might regret in the future and possibly spoil her relationship with Kopii. But, of course, if he finds out. After all, no one is interfering with her now - she just needs to turn Kopii on his stomach and undress him, and look at his stats.
Of course, she didn't understand the language well, but she could understand the basics.
"Well, this is not right," Ais thought. She decided not to do it, she perfectly understood that she could find out his secret of rapid growth quickly, because it was likely due to skill.
Yes. No. Ais thought, not knowing what to do.
But not much time passed before she made a choice. She will only take a peek with one eye - no one will know about it. Starting to slowly approach the unconscious body.
And, starting to take off his upper clothes, her hands trembled, but she continued to do it. Slowly turning Kopii onto his stomach, she stared at his back - and luck was on her side, because the Falna was not hidden.
So, fate itself was on her side. She began to examine Kopii's Falna, reading every word. Of course, she didn't understand most of it, but even so, she guessed what it meant.
Strength: C 678
***: A 801
***: C 612
***: B 72 Newton
*** ***: I 0
"***"
[ ]
"N***"
[Koirani]: "* * *** **** ****"
She was not interested in his stats, she immediately lowered her gaze below in search of where his skills should be located approximately, and she immediately came across what she knew.
Her eyes narrowed, trying to read the name of his skill. Of course, it took her several minutes to translate one word, but she was able to do it with confidence.
"Copying."
Ais whispered.