Chapter 19: Hold hand

Mia was stunned by the effect of the teleport magic board.

She thought that the teleport magic circle should be a fixed type.

She was holding the teleport magic board and looking at it.

But she couldn't see it clearly, because Elias covered it with a layer of plastic.

Then, she put it aside and looked at Elias.

She was curious about Elias.

He looked young, but he could make this high-technology product.

It was rare to meet this type of person.

Handsome, young, and smart.

Elias was looking at the photo and video.

The video was very similar to the video that got few millions view in the previous life.

He was happy with the outcome.

He had enough film material to make a good promotional video.

Then, he put a cigarette into his mouth and lit it up.

"Ahhh" Elias exhaled the smoke.

It was a normal cigarette.

Its taste was not comparable with the Mystic Ember Cigarette.

But, still, it was a cigarette.

Elias was enjoying.

Mia saw that and said.

"Elias, don't smoke. You are still young. Smoking is not good for the body"

Because of Elias's age, Mia was calling Elias's name instead of 'boss'.

In previous minutes, Mia was imagining a handsome, young, and smart good boy.

In the next minute, she saw Elias was smoking.

She didn't like boys who smoke.

Elias looked at Mia and frowned

"You sound like my teacher," Elias said.

Elias didn't care.

He continued to exhale the smoke.

Mia paused for a moment.

"I am a teacher."

"I am a teaching assistant of the magic plant faculty at Arcanum University," Mia said.

Actually, she was studying her PhD at Arcanum University.

The University that Elias was going to.

Part of her role as a PhD student was to be a teaching assistant for degree students.

Modeling was just her part-time job.

Usually, she didn't accept any modeling job far from the university.

But now was summer break for University also.

She was ok to take any modeling job. 

"Oh? " Elias turned his head and looked at her.

Even though they were at the same University, he didn't meet Mia in his previous life.

"Probably because we were at different faculty," Elias thought.

"Then, do you know Professor William, the one who taught magic circle design?" Elias said.

"Ya, I have seen him a few times in meetings only." Mia said

Mia was not close to Professor William. 

She was at a different faculty, the faculty of the magic plant.

"Why? You know him." Mia asked

Elias remained silent. 

Elias finished his cigarette.

Then, he stood up and said.

"Let's go, we go for lunch. Then, we call it a day."

They headed to a shopping mall for their lunch.

...

In the shopping mall.

There were not many people in the shopping mall, because it was a weekday.

Most people were working at this time.

Elias and Mia were having lunch in a restaurant.

Mia was looking at the photo that Elias had taken.

"Hmm, quite good." Mia thought

Mia raised her eyes and took a quick glance at Elias

"It is good," Mia said.

At first, she thought the photo would be ordinary.

She was surprised that it was good.

Because Elias looked young. 

In fact, he was young.

He was just 17 years old.

Elias nodded his head.

Elias thought

"Of course it was good."

In previous life, Elias had approved more than 10 thousand promotional photos for his company.

He knew what made a photo great.

"I will send you the final photo once it is done," Elias said.

This was a standard procedure. 

To check whether the model agrees with the photo.

Then, only he could post the photo.

"Ok," Mia said.

*Ringringring

Suddenly, there was a bell ringing in the whole shopping mall.

Mia raised her head and glanced around.

She was confused.

"Is this the fire alarm?" Mia mumbled.

The next second, they heard an announcement from the speaker.

"Ladies and gentlemen"

"Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please."

"Your attention please."

"The fire alarm has been activated."

"Please leave the building now."

"Please leave the building now."

"Fire accident. We gotta go now." Elias said.

Elias stood up and walked to the entrance of the restaurant.

He saw that many people were going to the direction of a staircase.

He turned his head and glanced at Mia.

 Mia was following him.

She looked a bit panicked.

"This way."

Elias led their way to the staircase.

Elias was walking in front.

Mia was following from behind.

Soon, they reached the staircase.

Thank god that there were not many people in the shopping mall today.

The staircase was not jammed.

They could walk down the staircase fast.

Elias was walking down the staircase with a steady step.

Mia was feeling a bit panicked.

She was staggering down the staircase.

With a misstep, she staggered onto Elias.

All the while, Elias was glancing around and observing the environment.

He noticed that Mia was staggering onto him.

He stopped and caught her with his hand.

Then, he helped Mia to stabilize herself.

Then, he said.

"Is ok. I got you."

Then, he held her hand and walked down the staircase.

After they walked down the staircase, Elias released her hand as if nothing happened.

5 minutes later, they exited the shopping mall.