Laia wondered what Reveria saw that made cry for Avon.
"I will concort another healing pill for you."
Saying so Reveria left the room.
Laia wanted to know what happened and too placed her palm on Avon's forehead. Avon was surprised to see that Laia had learned how to read memories too.
She took longer than Reveria and after almost a minute she withdrew her hand. Her expression changed too.
"Why did you not tell us? You almost died on Steela, you were blinded and tortured on Xianzin, why did you not tell us!"
Laia said in a breaking voice. She was crying as she spoke.
"I....just didn't want you all worry more.."
He said in a soft tone.
Laia remembered her conversation with Reveria when she was training inside Reveria's artificact.
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"Laia , it is rare for a planet to choose only two people...did you sense anything common between you and Avon? This could help me discern exactly why you two were chosen."
Laia replied,
"I don't know master.....all I know is that Avon is very simple minded and is straightforward in his approach. He understands some things must be achieved through sheer hardwork and some things require more than just hardwork. Maybe it is this realisation that was the basis for our selection?"
"Anything more?"
"I don't know master....but if I think about it, why shouldn't Avon be chosen? Afterall he is perfect."
"Hm? Perfect in what?"
"Perfect in all aspects. He has an open mind ready to absorb anything. But to stop his open mindedness from having his absorb negative and wrong things he has strong principles.
Because of this his ideals are righteous. He understands how important ethicality is but also how they almost have no practical impact in reality.
He chooses to be noble and is ready to do the necessary hardwork for his goal.
So with this mindset, he can always grow stronger without going on the wrong path. So obviously he is the perfect candidate."
Reveria was surprised to hear such a detailed explanation about Avon by Laia,
"You understood all this about him just by the conversations you both had during training?"
"Yes master, afterall I am somewhat similar too."
"Then why are you not perfect?"
"Because.....I compromised."
"Hm?"
"I once asked him about how he decided what he wanted to do in life, how he knew that it was what he wanted to do....and he told me just one thing...
"It's not knowing what you want, it's about knowing what you don't want."
If you think about what he said, you will realise how his principles work, he knows what he doesn't want. For example, he doesn't want to touch drugs and alcohol, he doesn't want to hurt people, he doesn't want to work in a office following a routine..
So he will avoid anything leading to that no matter how tempting. In the remaining paths he can do whatever he wants.
You see master, in our society, people who are into fashion designing get paid the most, but it is a very tedious job. Many don't like it but they just do it for the money.
Same with me, I killed my dream of being an engineer for this. But he didn't, he knew what he didn't want, so he simply didn't compromise. He decided to learn about music. This is the difference.
He will never bend his principles but I already did."
Reveria couldn't understand how Laia understood Avon so well....but more than that, the look in Laia's eyes while speaking about him...
"You know Laia, when you speak about him you have this dreamy look in your eyes, and it keeps getting stronger. Have fallen in love with him?"
Laia turned pink upon hearing that,
"Th-that is not true....I just had a few thoughts here and there...that's all...he is 8 years younger afterall ....it's too big of an age gap."
"In the world you are about to enter, you will meet people centuries old, some even millenia, so forget about the norms of your society. If you love him then say it clearly, you never know what happens tomorrow. "
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Laia looked at Avon as she remembered this conversation and she spoke to herself,
'I can't deny it anymore...I do love him. I want to be with him.'
When she looked into his memories she saw the memories related to Aveline and Zia too. She saw the memories of him learning he was now a dual cultivator.
Stil, the thought of losing Avon made her heart tighten even more. She didn't want him to be away from her. She truly loved him and this realisation dawned on her after she had processed all his memories.
She held his face between her hands,
"Avon...don't endanger your life like that again, think about how the ones who love you will feel"
Avon just sighed,
"Yeah, I will be careful henceforth....my parents indeed will fall into despair if were die ..."
"Yes...but they are not the only ones who love you...me..too."
Saying so she brought her face closer to his.
'Is she also going to kiss me on my forehead? What did she mean by that just now?'
He was confused.
She brought lips right before his, letting them touch each other gently. Then she pressed further on letting the contact get a little stronger.
Avon's eyes widened in surprise. He didn't know what to do! His mind blanked out. Laia was...kissing him?
They stayed like that for a while. They could feel the warmth of each other's lips.
Avon couldn't believe what was happening. He had never expected something like from Laia because he had always considered her to be much ,much better than him. Simply out of his league!
He didn't know what to do!
Still, he felt relief flooding his heart and mind. He didn't know why but he felt as though this was correct. After all the one who understood him the best and was very similar to him was, the one that he too considered an ideal lover was showing him affection.
He just loosened his tense body and let the warmth radiating from Laia's lips reach his heart.
After a while Laia pulled back. She was red like a tomato now that she realised what she had done.
Avon too,was slowly turning red. Not yet grasping it all.
Laia still mustured up the courage and looked Avon in the eye.
"I..love you"