56. The Silent Witch (9)
56. The Silent Witch (9)
Like someone who can't stand up as they got relaxed, when the danger passed Lex who didn't have to bear the pain anymore got relaxed and passed out too as his injury got healed.
A few minutes has passed when Lex woke up,
"ah!" like being zapped Lex woke up spontaneously, the first thing he checked was his finger, he sighed in relief when he saw the re-attached finger. He lied down once again
*puff
"??" Lex startled, (it's like heaven!) the feeling on the back of his head soft and warm so comfortable. Lex enjoyed the heavenly feeling for a while before he back and checked his surrounding
"This is… Master's house" just with one glanced he recognized this place, there's a collection of books like a library, how many times he's been in this place there's no way he got it wrong,
"are you okay?" Mana text appeared and shocked Lex "!?" then from behind the text a beautiful and cute small face looking down at Lex. It was The Silent Witch
"ah!?" Lex instantly sit upright almost clashing The Silent Witch's head, he soon comprehended what is the identity of that heavenly feeling (lap-pillow!?)
Lex become disbelief with the sudden sequences of events, but there's one thing that came into his mind at soon as he saw his Master The Silent Witch face
"hehe, I Won!" Lex's Right hand made a peace sign, the next second a big text almost covered his face
"Are you stupid!?"
"what do you want to achieve doing something so reckless like that!?"
Lex got bewildered looking at the Silent Witch now, he felt like he's looking at a different person who isn't his master (this is the first time I saw her so actively express her expression like this…) looking at her reaction, Lex too made a serious face to answer her
"you can hear me aren't you, can you do something to this Silent World, I can't explain it like this" on the other hand Lex knew about something else too, "with your ability to control Mana there's no way you can't control this Silent World which is caused by your overflowing Mana"
After he started learning about Mana he was able to understand that this Silent World was caused by Mana, this kind of illogical phenomenon can only be caused by Mana, he knew that it's caused by The Silent Witch's overflowing of Mana, but before he'd never seen her ability so he thought that she can't control it, now that he understood her capability he can conclude it this space is intentionally made by The Silent Witch
Right after Lex said that The Silent Witch waved her hand and the Silent World disappear voice come back to this space "is this okay?" a soft but crystal clear voice can be heard
(so this is how her voices sound…) Lex then nodded to answer her
"then explain"
"wait a bit"
"now, wha-" [now, what?] what the Silent Witch wanted to say but she stopped mid-word because of Lex's action "what are you doing?" she calmly said to Lex who's lying down on her lap once again
Lex comfortably place his head on her lap "well…" he looked embarrassed "I can't waste the chance…"
"ouch!" Lex cried as his head was pushed away by the Silent Witch, she coldly glared at him "be serious" she said
"haha, sorry I just wanted to lighten the mood" Lex still lied down on the ground, he pushed his right hand above blocking the source of light from her eyes for a while before turned his attention to the Silent Witch "you wanted to know why I did something so reckless and stupid like that aren't you?" Lex asked seriously
Without waiting for her answer… "isn't this your fault" he said
"My fault?" the Silent Witch stunned by Lex's answer unlike before she became full of expression now
"yea, you forced me to be reckless at that time" Lex put his head on her lap once again (aa~~ this feeling so addicting~~)
She glared at Lex but no longer care about what he's doing "how can it be my fault?" she asked
"I admitted it's my fault with what you heard in the cafeteria and it's your right to be angry and didn't give me a chance to explain at all, I can endure your anger till you are willing to listen to me, yet what the heck with that match? if you want to vent your anger beating me I'm okay with that too, but telling me to stay away from you isn't it too much!" Lex vented all of his frustration it was a calm voice but full of intense emotion,
"I…" The Silent Witch tried to reply at first but she hesitated
"How can you easily said something like that"
"I thought we had a good relationship as a friend or is it only me who thought like that" Lex said while self-mocked himself
"no, me too…"
"No, you're not" he coldly cut her down, "so I'll tell you the truth, what I wanted from you is your
"…." The Silent Witch had a pained face, but she still keeps her emotion in check right before the limit
"I won the game, we had our agreement you'll grant my one wish"
"…." She bit her lips and didn't say anything, yet she still gave Lex a determined look
"I want…" she closed her eyes accepting her fate waiting for Lex's next words like a criminal waiting for the Judge's decision.
"...to know your name, and the right to call you by your name"
At this time the Silent Witch eyes flash opened instantly "w, what did you say?"
"as I said, I want to know your name and the right to call your name, well It's two not one but I hope you can grant this small wish of mine" Lex showed an embarrassed smile and scratched his cheek
"h, huh!?" she stunned, bewildered, shocked, short-circuited, she just didn't know what to say anymore
"what? I'm no robot you know, even if our relationship started like that, this past year I changed too, didn't you realize I stopped asking you to become my master after a while my plan changed in the middle of the line, those time ware my precious time too, it's comfortable to be with you, I've come to like you being with you Master, I like you Master"
The Silent Witch's eyes opened wider when she heard Lex's last word she become more shocked than before, her breathing becoming more and more irregular after serials change of emotion the word she squeezed out, in the end, is "you…Love me…?"
"ermm, it's like… nah, yea I Love you, Master" Lex declared
*drip *drip
A few drops of water fell on Lex's face, he immediately recognized what that is as he still lying down on her lap
"w, wait! Don't cry, why are you crying!? If you don't want to say your name, it's ok! Don't say it ok! I won't ask you anything just don't make me leave you!"
"Uguu~" she crying even harder "why…, why are you doing this to me…? I, I have given up wishing for it a long time ago! Why are you giving me this hope! I don't want any more hope! The bigger the hope the bigger the despair!"
"w, what are you talking about?" Lex was confused but his priority now is to calm her down, to stop her crying, Lex sat up and hugged the Silent Witch while stroking her head to pacify her, this is the technique Lex's learned after he reincarnated on this life, he had used this is his trump card with a crying girl
"do you love me?" she asked after a while
"I love you"
"uu~~, I'm the witch"
"I know"
"I'm a calamity the one they call Monster"
"I know"
"uu~, I have this strange silent world around me"
"I know, and I love you" by this point the only thing Lex can think is to comfort her, he's not lying about liking her but it's not to the point where he loved her to death yet, he wouldn't expect that his action now would bring him a bigger headache in the future
"you won't leave me?"
"I won't, I've been by your side for a year didn't I?"
"uun" she nodded then…. "uwaaa~~" she cried even louder while softly hitting Lex's chest "why, why don't you come sooner!? Why are you coming now! why you make me wait this long! Uwaaaa~~" she had a mental breakdown crying throwing her emotion like a child, a thousand of unreasonable why were thrown toward Lex which Lex can only accept. Without realizing Lex has bypassed all the high walls enclosing her heart.
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"I'd shown you my embarrassing state…" she calmed down, she back to her personality before, she said that with her intonation less voice, in other words, she back to normal except for she still clinging on Lex's chest
(no! it's already surpassed an embarrassing state! You cried for more than one hour already!) what Lex wanted to say that, but he understood it's not the right move,
"it's ok, I love everything about you" yea, Lex still haven't back to his usual state, so he's still the Lex who's trying to coax the crying Silent Witch
*bomph
The Silent Witch pushed her head into Lex's chest even harder she's trying her best to hide her face from Lex, even her ears become as red as a tomato
(who are you!? since when she became an easy girl!?) Lex was shocked when he saw it (ugh!, but her act is so cute! I can't deny that! her ears became this red too aa~~ this is bad now I wanted to tease her so bad! Damn it!)
"…via"
"nn?" Lex missed her voice because of his inner struggle
"my name is Livia..., Livia Lacrimosa" The Silent Witch said
"Ooo…, what a cute name, Livia… I love it"
*shook *shook
Livia wriggled in Lex's chest when she heard that
(it seems she's become more embarrassed…, seriously who are you!?)
*****
It takes a while before Livia calmed down and showed Lex her face again, but she still stayed on Lex's chest, she snuggled into Lex's body it's like releasing him is the last thing she'll do,
"Lex, how do you know that I can hear inside the Silent World?"
"aaa~ that, it's not a good story to tell, do you remember when I tried to peek inside your skirt"
*poof
Livia became embarrassed again "un…" she answered weakly
"well it just I'm trying to test that you can hear me clearly or not, every time I did that, I said it out loud that I will peek to try your reaction, everything was to test my hypothesis except for the first one that is"
"so that's how it is, I've let my guard down," Livia said "…you can see it…if you want"
"well, thanks to that I was able to use that as my trump card for today's match with Livia, hmm... what? what did you say?"
"if Lex wants it..., you can see…" Livia hid her face in Lex's chest again she said softly "you can touch it too…"
"what…!? wait I can!?"
*shook *shook
Livia wriggled again
(aa~ how adorable~…! Oh no! I almost had a nosebleed!)
(aaa~~ what a tempting offer!! But I can't! I knew I'm a lascivious person but I'm still 12 years old now, let's wait a bit)
"it's ok…" (ugghh! It spent a big chunk of willpower just to reject that offer!)
"umm… how long are you gonna-" [hugged me] what Lex's wanted to say but Livia cut his words first "Lex, why do you want to know my name?"
after some consideration, he answered Livia "We knew each other for a year now, but no matter who is it no one knew what's your name are, I never called you Silent Witch caused I felt you didn't like it, so I called you Master, that's why I wanted to know your name, and to me name is a precious thing" he said with a sad look"
(Name was the first present I got from my parents in my past life, and the only present I brought with me till now, it's my precious treasure…)
"mm, it's already more than 50 years ago since the last time I told others my name" she agreed
"Hmm, that's a long time indeed…!? Eh! 50 years ago? How old are you?" Lex stared at Livia dumbfounded
"I don't know, I didn't count it after I passed 50 years old and… it's rude to ask a girl's age!"
Lex blinked twice staring at the beautiful and cute girl in his arm, no matter how do you looked at she's a late teenage girl, a girl right in her high school years.
"haha" Lex let out a dry laugh (Mana the Omnipotent…)