She only smiled. Vio just responded with a smile and a laugh. Ethan sighed, stood up, and focused his eyes straight ahead, watching Vio's face closely.
Leon seemed to have no idea about this. He didn't even know who Vio was or which guild she came from. But Ethan's closeness with Vio clearly showed there was something between them.
"I have to go back there, you know. Don't ever visit that lake again," said Ethan, pointing at Vio.
"What kind of crazy person would want to go there again? Luckily, I'm not crazy," Vio replied.
"So? Can we go on an adventure together?" Vio asked.
Ethan refused. Luckily, he said he was from Sword Liberation. A scavenger-type guild party like theirs wouldn't notice anything.
It would be troublesome for Ethan and Leon if they knew Leon's party was from the LionArk Guild, considering the two guilds were strongly hostile toward each other.
Adventuring with them wouldn't benefit Ethan and Leon.
"No. We'll go on our own," said Ethan.
