“Ah?! You are… ”
Alica hadn't expected that a mere divine beast would be so terrifying!
In just a few exchanges, she was easily defeated.
As the girl's strength was exhausted, and she was knocked back by the divine beast's power as the building she collided with collapsed, she braced herself to fall to the ground or into the fire.
“So warm～”
However, the expected situation did not occur. Alica discovered that she had stopped mid-air while falling to the ground.
And she seemed to have fallen into a warm embrace.
Involuntarily, the girl opened her eyes, filled with confusion.
Then a handsome face came into view, it was one of the two she had stopped earlier, the somewhat familiar, dashing young man.
His appearance was not soiled by the smoke and dust in the air, he remained the same as she had seen him before.
And she was now held in his arms.
After catching her, the young man slightly frowned and looked in a certain direction, not towards the divine beast that was still rampaging, but further away, towards the center of the island.
‘Although not as good as the Sect Leader sister, it’s barely reached the level of gathering hearts, hmm? ’
With a beauty in his arms, Luo Chen’s attention should have been on the girl. But as he held Alica in his arms after saving her, he suddenly sensed a special situation of being watched.
It was not the kind of gaze felt when one is directly looking at someone.
It came from the depths of his being, as if something, something that seemed to want to see through his essence and origins, and other important aspects of his being, was observing him.
“This feeling… is it the power of Revelation or Clairvoyance? But to see through me, it requires a price! ”
The short distance was certainly not an obstacle to Luo Chen’s sight and perception, and he directly saw to the center of Sardinia Island.
It must be from the attention of a certain witch.
“You are… uh!? Unmannerly man!”
As Luo Chen was lost in thought, just as he wanted to ask or thank her, Alica suddenly noticed that the “Heart Gathering” she cherished and cared for had some strange changes, and it came from the other party’s actions, she didn’t know if it was intentional or unintentional.
She always cherished it carefully and with great care.
She never let anyone touch it, let alone be controlled and changed like now.
And even though she had changed into long pants because of the fight, the other party's other hand was now around her absolute domain.
Suddenly, she didn’t know whether it was shame or an inexplicable emotion.
Reacting, Alica raised her hand without a word, and directly slapped the young man’s face.
“Slap!”
Where had she ever been treated like this?
However, looking at Luo Chen’s handsome face, and his heroic rescue, Alica’s palm strength unconsciously weakened.
Humph, for saving her, and probably not intentionally, she would forgive him for now!
Thinking this, Alica’s shame diminished a lot, her fair hand lightly patted him, while inexplicably, there was a subtle feeling deep inside her heart.
Even she herself didn’t know why, but being held in Luo Chen’s arms, she did not feel the anger she had expected.
Instead, the handsome face so close to her, coupled with their current situation of floating in the air, and the terrifying beast, added a touch of romance to the atmosphere.
On Luo Chen’s side, he recovered from sensing being watched.
He then temporarily ignored it and turned his attention to the blonde girl, wondering what she was hitting him for.
That’s right, he wasn’t sure if he was dazed or something, but Alica’s last slap landed on Luo Chen’s shoulder.
And it was a light, seemingly playful slap, like that between lovers.
“How… uh! Sorry, I didn’t mean to, I was busy saving you, so I didn’t pay attention.”
Luo Chen withdrew his gaze and thoughts, and when he turned his head, he saw the embarrassed girl in his arms.
She was looking at him angrily, her fair cheeks flushed red, and one hand was pushing against the back of his hand, which was still holding something.
And the other hand, after slapping him, was pushing against his face.
But after discovering it was useless, Alica could only put her small hand on Luo Chen’s shoulder to steady herself.
It’s not that she didn’t want to push Luo Chen away, but because of the battle just now, she had consumed too much, so she was now completely exhausted.
Her magical power had been depleted quite a bit in the fight against the divine beast, and facing the terrifying beast had also made her feel weak.
“You, you unmannerly man… don’t let go yet!”
Although it was a girl’s embarrassed words, it sounded like she was acting cute with Luo Chen. The original arrogance was gone. Although her brow still had a hint of coldness, the girl was now somewhat weak, and her gaze towards Luo Chen was a little evasive.
“Okay.”
If it were anyone else, they might have taken the opportunity, or continued to apologize and so on.
But after hearing the girl’s words, Luo Chen pretended nothing happened, nodded, and while his heart was reluctant to let go, he did not continue.
He really didn’t mean to, he just didn’t expect it to be so coincidental.
He really didn’t pay attention, he just caught the girl in a moment of crisis, perhaps he broke the destiny of Kusunoki Kotarou, so he enjoyed the “male protagonist” treatment?
“Humph～”
However, looking at the blonde girl who was proud like a peacock, a mischievous thought came to Luo Chen’s mind.
Then he nodded with a smile, and directly released the girl with both hands.
“Ahh——”