[ "Qwy has just used her Soul-Latch (SSS) skill to form a bond between you and Riddle. Just like how a permanent bond exists between the two of you, a bond can be established between the individuals with whom you share a connection." ]

[ "While not as effective as the permanent link between you and Qwy, this individual link can help one perceive the different, high-intensity emotions that the other party wants you to know." ]

[ "You can also peer into their stronger emotions by focusing on this bond." ]

[ "Furthermore, the skill can be used in different manners as Qwy receives enlightenment on its use." ]

"Oh… so she can do something like that as well?" Aria held the little eyeball that looked up at her with a prideful expression and kissed it in a quick motion. "You should have told me about this. We could have used it with the others as well."

The little eyeball shook her body to say she did not know how to do it until just now.

"Qwy! Qwy~!"

In her voice that Reddy heard but understood nothing of, Qwy explained to Aria how she just had a feeling as to what to do and just tried it through their bond.

"Hmmm. So, it really is something like an enlightenment. Even though you can do these things, you don't really know how to do it until you do."

"Qwy!"

The eyeball nodded, saying Aria was spot on. The power of an (SSS) rank skill was beyond simple logic. Aria already knew how amazing Qwy's special skills were, and she had wanted to learn more about them all.

But, as amazing as her skills were, they were just as vague.

Aria knew little about Qwy's skills, but learning them through moments like this wasn't that bad.

"It feels strange. I feel like I know more about you than just a moment ago now." Reddy was going to need a little longer to get used to this feeling.

It was a natural thing to Aria now, feeling everything that Qwy was feeling and experiencing almost everything that she did. But to others, a string tying you with someone else wouldn't really feel all that pleasant.

"You'll get used to this soon, hehe. You know what, though? I can now feel what you don't say out loud."

Aria knew how to use the bonds, so she focused on the string, binding them and sending a certain happy emotion to Reddy, one that was especially pleasurable.

"Ak…?" Reddy's face instantly turned red as she glared at Aria.

She could tell this was her doing, that the strange surge of happiness that she just felt was done by Aria.

"You…" Aria was smirking at her, so Reddy knew she wasn't going to stop after seeing her reaction. She knew this girl very well.

"I'll be taking my leave now."

She stood up in such a hurry that she almost made the chair fall down behind her.

"Be careful, pretty Lady." But Aria teased her till the end, sending another wave of happy emotion through the bond.

"Ughh."

"Hehe."

She knew she was going to have fun with this new advantage she had over this nice lady of hers.

"Haaaa. Haaa…" It wasn't easy for Reddy to get away from her either.

The happiness she felt wasn't pleasure. It was the kind of happiness you feel when you eat something very good, the kind of bliss that comes from simple things.

It wasn't like she couldn't control herself. The emotion wasn't unbearable.

It was momentary, it was non-lethal, and yet there was something so pleasant about that moment that Reddy just wanted Aria to keep doing what she had done to her just now.

And that… was a problem.

Reddy still didn't want to give more power over her to Aria. She needed more time; she needed to be certain of a few things before she could give her heart to her.

"Haaaaa…"

Reddy sighed deeply as she walked towards the city wall.

"Hmm?" But just while she was lost in her thoughts of pleasure and joy, she spotted a certain scrawny individual with blond hair. "Young master Cass."

Cassiel Khalasi, someone Aira was keeping a little too close nowadays.

"Captain Riddle…" He knew how her relationship with Aria was pretty deep and how the two of them were not simply friends, but he was still not getting closer and closer to her each day.

She may not know, but as the guard captain, Reddy knew just how proficient a hunter this small boy was. She knew very well just how he was hiding his true power by being a mage instead of the hunter that he was.

He was born a mage with the skills of a killing machine. She was well aware of the powers that he possessed as well as why his household was chasing after him.

An (S) rank skill holder was not easy to find. In this city, aside from him, there were only six more (S) rank skill holders. One of them was the association branch manager, while the others were high-level individuals within the city.

"You seem to be doing well, young master." She looked at him with eyes that she had not shown before Aria.

This person… She did not like how he was deceiving her.

"You seem to be doing well as well… Captain Riddle." Cass knew she knew all about her as well, and also how she was so close to Aria.

The only reason Riddle did not tell her anything about him was because of her duty as the guard captain, which bound her to the safety of the city.

If his status, skills, and powers were revealed, she would be the one facing consequences since the Khalasi were not the only ones hungry for his powers.

A child from a noble household that was precious to the house was also precious to those

who wanted to profit from the nobles, or those who wanted to strike a deal with them.

She knew if she somehow handed him to either the Khalasi or the people who would want him for their own gains, she would be inviting chaos upon the city. And, with the power that he was hiding from the world, she knew he could very well cause the kind of trouble that would make all of the city guards busy.

'The crazy chihuahua of the Khalasi.'

He escaped after killing thirty people without hesitation. If this scrawny mage wanted to, he would kill thirty of her guards without hesitation as well.

"I have work to do, so I wish you a good day." She bowed to him lightly, not hiding the obvious animosity she had towards him.

And the usually timid mage bowed back to her, his eyes as cold as you would see on a trained assassin, "Have a good day as well, Captain."

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