"What do you mean by this?"

Aria asked while gazing at a lean guy, who gave her a faint, gentlemanly smile.

Her hand held a small mana crystal, or rather, clenched it tightly.

Clearly, her mood wasn’t good.

"Nothing much. It is just something I got from someone."

But the figure in front seemed as calm as usual as he spoke lightly, with that same smile on his lips.

"Only... I was a bit surprised after seeing what was inside the Mana Recorder. Especially the figures inside, you see."

Kairon Voss spoke as if he himself was shocked.

"To be honest, I never thought my juniors were so daring that they were kissing out in public."

Well, Soren and Elara were kissing in a corner, out of public view, but that was beside the point.

He just never thought that the men he hired to spy on Soren would bring him such a good thing so early.

"Is this your problem?"

"Hmm?"

But before he could think more, Aria’s cold voice abruptly cut him off.

"I asked if this is your problem? And besides, why are you showing me this in the first place? Do you have a habit of snooping into others’ personal lives?"

Aria was mad.

In fact, she was furious beyond anything.

How could she not be when she saw Soren kissing yet another girl?

She knew Soren was a scumbag and had an unclear relationship with Sylvia and even Aurelia.

Despite that, she couldn’t stop liking him. Not when she noticed his charm increasing more and more.

So much so that she was afraid... afraid that she would give herself to him willingly like a moth attracted to light.

That’s why she had been avoiding Soren, although subtly. She didn’t even try to be alone with him anymore.

All to give herself some time to decide what she should do.

Should she just submit to Soren because of his charm? Or should she logically leave?

Or rather, could she even do so?

From how she felt wet just by his touch recently, it didn’t seem possible. His aura called her name every time they met.

Did this make her cheap?

Maybe... but Aria wanted nothing more than to be in his embrace, letting him do whatever he wanted.

That’s why she got extremely jealous when he was with Sylvia or even Aurelia.

But now there was another competition out of nowhere? And he even...

’Bastard!’

"Hmm? Oh... don’t get me wrong, junior. I have no such hobby."

Kairon didn’t notice Aria’s emotional upheaval as he was busy with his little plot.

To be honest, he wanted to show this Mana Recorder to Sylvia more than anything. But that girl wouldn’t listen to him at all.

She didn’t even agree to meet him alone, as if Soren forbade her.

In the end, he was so mad that he directly searched for someone close to her to convey this affair, finding Aria.

As long as he told her close friend Soren’s true face, he was sure that Sylvia would break up with that guy.

Then... he would finally have a chance.

"Junior Aria, I heard you have a good relationship with Sylvia, right?"

Kairon felt Aria’s image of him getting lower and hurriedly explained.

"To be honest, I don’t care what people do in their private lives. It has nothing to do with me. However, when I realized who the person was, I just... couldn’t stop myself."

Kairon showed the right amount of frown on his face, showing clear disgust.

"Sylvia is my junior after all. She has a good relationship with me."

Well, it was nowhere good, but he wanted Aria to just listen.

"And I know she has an ongoing relationship with the guy in that recorder. But she is clearly being deceived after all. Knowing this, how can I allow her to jump into the fire?"

Kairon gave a righteous look.

"In fact, I wanted to show this to Sylvia, but she just won’t listen to me. In the end, I have no choice but to find her close friend. Maybe she will listen to you."

He didn’t say much as he knew that Aria understood everything.

And he was right. Aria understood everything, more so than he wanted.

"I understand. You want me to convey this news to Sylvia, right?"

She asked with the same cold voice as before, making Kairon a bit uncomfortable.

He finally noticed that the elf in front seemed a bit angry. But he just thought it was for her friend and nodded lightly.

"That’s what I want. Once again, I just want to make sure she isn’t..."

"All right, then. Please excuse me. Don’t worry, I will let Sylvia see everything."

Aria wasn’t in the mood to listen to his ramblings, so she just cut him off before abruptly turning around and leaving Kairon alone.

Her steps headed directly towards Soren’s tent, her mind in chaos.

’That scumbag, aren’t I, Sylvia, and Aurelia enough already? Did he still have to go and kiss that twin sister like that?’

Aria cursed, biting her red lips, almost drawing blood. She didn’t even know when Soren got close to her.

Aurelia and Soren didn’t tell them about that C-rank dungeon incident after all, so they wouldn’t be worried.

Aria so wanted to hack Soren into two right now.

He hadn’t yet cleared up the relationship with her and Sylvia, and he was out looking for other girls already.

Although she knew Soren was like that from the beginning, finding it out from other people was sour after all.

’He is just too much. No wonder he was paying less attention to me these days.’

Aria thought, feeling a sense of betrayal, as her steps increased more and more before she practically ran towards the tent.

All the while, faint moisture collected in her eyes, on the verge of spilling out.

Such a beautiful elf was on the verge of crying because of some scumbag playing around.

Soren was really a bit much.