Meeting the Old Man Again

Achilles and Mina strolled through the street, heading toward the port while chatting two each other with casual expressions. The two seemed just like two regular friends hanging out with each other in the eyes of outsiders.

While they were ambling, Mina alternated her gaze between the left and right side of the road as she commented in a barely audible tone:

"Woah...this is working out better than I expected."

Achilles lifted a corner of his lips and spoke smugly:

"Told you it would."

As they passed through a certain Auroran restaurant where there was a large glass window displaying the view of the interior, he took a glimpse of his faint reflection through the glass and couldn't help but grimace.

'Ugh...blonde hair and blue eyes. I look like a douchebag.'

He was mildly amused and disgusted at how much of an ass he looked like right now. He turned his head in Mina's direction and nudged her slightly, pointing at his face while asking: