Summer Event

"Why would I tell you that?" She asked defensively.

"Sigh." Enzo let out a sigh in defeat.

Of course she wasn't going to tell him, that would be incredibly stupid. He believed she might do it because she revealed the information about her getting one of the quest flowers, but it seems she isn't the open book that Enzo believed her to be.

"You're right, we're total strangers so it wouldn't be smart to tell me. I'm sorry I asked, I was just curious."

"I wouldn't say we're strangers. How about acquaintances?" She asked with a smile.

'Hook, line and sinker.' Enzo thought in his head.

"Sure, I like that." He said out loud and with a smile of his own.

From the second he first saw her, Enzo knew Bella was a cold and reclusive person. It was clearly visible from the expression of indifference on her face. However, he was still able to successfully sneak through a crack in her cold personality in less than an hour.

Enzo was not only intelligent in the normal sense, but also emotionally intelligent.

Most people with higher than average IQs can have issues with social queues, but Enzo's circumstances growing up taught him the skills he needed to have the best of both worlds. He needed to understand the emotions of the people around him to make sure he didn't accidentally piss the wrong person off while in foster care.

Ding!

Ding!

Suddenly, Enzo and Bella's phones made a sound.

'Huh?'

Enzo was confused because he didn't even have the sound for his phone turned on.

He sat up and fished the phone out of his pocket before unlocking and opening it.

At the top of his screen was a notification from the LRO app.

Bella's phone had the exact same notification.

They both tapped the notification which brought them to an article.

[Legends Reborn Online Summer Event!]

[Extant will be hosting its first annual Summer Event within Legends Reborn Online in just 12 hours. This year's summer event will be packed full of fun. There will be festivals throughout all kingdoms in Terra, a special event dungeon, and much more!]

[Summer Festival:]

[The summer festival will be a continent wide event that takes place in every city, but the main festivities will be at the capital city in your kingdom. There will be special vendors with special quests located all around the city. Quest rewards include things like: An invite to the Summer Gala, special weapons, unique and hidden classes, and much more.]

[Summer Event Dungeon:]

[The summer event dungeon will be the first non solo dungeon introduced into LRO as it will be an 8 person dungeon. This event dungeon will be a continent wide competition with amazing prizes for the first ten parties to get the first successful completions in their kingdom. The dungeon will be summer themed, so bring your beach towels!]

"I must be some type of protagonist the way these opportunities keep falling into my lap…" Enzo mumbled.

He was starting to feel like one of the main characters from those books he read growing up because every problem he encountered seemed to have a solution that was presented to him soon after.

Just a few weeks ago Enzo was stressing about how he would get into the good graces of a nobleman or noblewoman to complete the requirements of his quest. Now, the chance to do so was presented in front of his face in the form of quest rewards from the Summer Gala.

"What was that?" Bella asked.

"Ah, nothing." Enzo responded in embarrassment.

"Do you have a team already for the event dungeon?"

"No, I have been playing solo until now." Bella answered.

"Really? It's amazing that you've gotten into the top 10 all by yourself."

A small smile formed on Bella's face at the complement.

"Yeah."

"Do you want to join my team? I'm sure my friends would be fine with you, and we would have a few open slots anyway if we have to bring 8 people to this dungeon."

"Hmmmm." She thought about it for a few seconds before answering.

"Sure, I'll play it with you guys."

"Alright, give me your phone number and I'll add you to our group chat." Enzo tried not to sound too excited so that she wouldn't get the wrong idea, but it did not work.

"Are you just doing this so you can get my number?" She asked skeptically.

"..."

'The audacity of some women.'

"Sigh. No, and don't you think it's a little bit self centered to assume that was my intention when we don't know each other that well yet? While I do think you are very beautiful, if I wanted to ask you out then I would have done so directly."

Bella's cheeks and ears turned a deep shade of red.

"Oh… Sorry, usually guys just want to talk to me to get my number."

Enzo looked at her for a few seconds before saying, "I won't lie to you. I originally wanted to ask you out as well, but I figured I would just be one of many before me."

"I'd rather become friends with you first and then if I develop romantic feelings for you I would ask you out." Enzo responded honestly.

"I like that…"

"I would much rather date someone who I was friends with for a while first as I would have gotten to know what kind of person they are." Bella said.

Enzo nodded in agreement.

Bella then gave him her number and he added her into the group chat after introducing her.

He then messaged Hephaestus and Jane and asked if they wanted to join them for the dungeon. They both immediately replied with a yes, so Enzo added them to the group chat as well.

Now in the group chat was Ivan, Enzo, Vincent, Juliet, Hephaestus, and Bella.

Because the group still didn't know if Hephaestus was just a serial killer in disguise, they decided to just start permanently going by their in-game names even when they were alone.

Enzo realized they would start to have friendships with a lot of people like Hephaestus who may never learn about their real lives, so it was just better to address each other by their in-game names even outside of the game and in private.

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Once again, read chapter 67 and 69 author's notes for context on this one.

Okay, I think this is the final decision on the next books within this series.

Slime with Elementalist class (Book 2), Robot with Rogue class (Book 3), Dragonling with Warrior class (Book 4), Catwoman with Puppet Master class (Book 5), Dark Fae with Thief class (Book 6), and book 7 with the most popular MC from the series as the MC.

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