"Where are you going? Are you an idiot?"
"What!? What's wrong with you again?"
"It's that you're going to your stinky basement."
"Don't you dare call it that! It's not stinky. And what else would you expect from it? It's an abandoned place."
"Are you really that stupid? I underestimated your stupidity. Do you understand that that creature possibly knows where our house is? And might just be waiting for us there. Maybe she didn't want to do anything, but when you hurt her self-esteem… Now she's just going to tear you apart since she's also an elf. So she won't leave it at that."
"Yeah, whatever. There's a chance she doesn't know where it is…"
But Kopii suddenly realized that besides his house and where they trained, she couldn't have seen them anywhere else except these two places. So she definitely knows where his so-called house is. He abruptly turned around and headed to the blue pharmacy.
"See, you made the right decision. You're not so hopeless after all."
"Just shut up already."
"… Who are you talking to?"
"What… Aiz! What are you doing here!"
Ignoring her question (although she, of course, understood that he didn't want to answer and didn't insist), she just stared at his face. The corner of her lips twitched slightly, and she said:
"Well, I had some free time… so we can train."
"Ah, of course, of course, well, there's one problem."
Spreading his arms out to the sides, he smiled. He had a very good idea on how to solve the problem with that elf.
"Problem?"
"Yeah, yeah, one of your family members, I think she's going to kill me."
She frowned, and the smile faded from his face, returning to its usual expression.
"She… Who is she?"
"Well, she… She…"
"Lefiya."
"Yes, exactly, Lefiya! She's an elf, and it seems she's also a mage."
"Lefiya?"
Doubt appeared in her eyes.
"Yes, yes, she's definitely… we argued a bit, and it seems I hurt her pride a little. But only a little… Probably. But know, Aiz, she taught me the first… He said that such a pathetic animal can't communicate with you. Well, and I pissed her off. But know, I thought I was going to die when she angrily started using magic, and to calm her down, I threw tomatoes in her face three times and hit her every time. Well, then I ran away. That's the story."
"…Tomatoes?"
"Yes, yes, tomatoes right in the face… but it actually looked funny. But that's just by the way. So, will you help me? Just say that I deeply apologize for my actions."
"… Well, I'll talk to her… but let's leave that for later, first we need to train."
"She might be waiting in my basement, so go in first… And I wanted to ask you."
"… Yes."
"How's her…"
"Lefiya."
"Yes, Lefiya, exactly, haha… What level is she?"
"Third level."
"Okay, let's go in. Maybe she's prepared a trap."
"She's not like that."
"Yeah, maybe. But it seems she needs to control her emotions a little better."
"…"
"Okay, let's not delay any longer. Today we have a new goal!"
Looking at her serious face, he stopped fooling around and got down to business.
"New goal!"
"Yes, Aiz! As you've greatly advanced in your skills, it's time to move to a new level, and that's…"
Pausing to intrigue her (which he did quite successfully).
"That is?"
"That is…"
"That is… Desserts!"
"… Desserts."
"Yes, that's right… I don't see any joy on my student's face. Well, that's okay."
Patting her on the shoulder, smiling with all thirty-two teeth. But that smile immediately faded when he saw her frowning face.
"Maybe she guessed," he thought. A small shiver ran down his body from her gaze. Then he realized what he had done to her: he turned such a cute girl into someone who started enjoying beating him up. But it was his fault from the very beginning, when he felt that he was better than her in something, he started using it in every way, but she also showed where she was better than him.
This scene continued for a few more minutes, no one even moved, everyone was thinking.
"Ahem ahem, well okay, let's start, or we might not make it. After all, I still wanted to go to the dungeon."
She frowned even more at his words.
"It's already quite late."
"Yeah, it's okay, don't worry."
He just waved his hand as if it was nothing. He guessed what she was getting at, but didn't want to get into a pointless argument. She was already unhappy that he was going down to the dungeon alone, and when I said I wanted to go down at night, it didn't make her happy.
"I shouldn't have said that," he thought, starting to regret saying it, because he would make her worry. But the feeling of regret quickly turned into joy that there was one more person who would miss him if he died. But seeing her face, his smile faded away.
"Okay, I was just kidding. Ha-ha-ha, look at your face. Ha-ha, ahem-ahem."
He became uncomfortable with his words, she definitely didn't believe it.
"…"
"Okay, let's not waste any more time. Let's start!"
Nodding at him, they both headed to their usual place — the kitchen.
Time later.
"Delicious… For the first time. You're as talented as ever."
"Do you love me?"
"Yes, thank you."
"Who would doubt, haha."
"Okay then."
Time later.
We were both sitting on the bed, and besides Kane's apologies, there was complete silence. One thought was spinning in Kopii's head: when will she leave? He guessed the reason for this behavior. He regretted more and more that he didn't keep his mouth shut. He could only hope for one thing, that she wouldn't spend the night, because that's a very small probability, right? He hoped, but with each passing minute his hope crumbled. And he couldn't hold back anymore, he asked:
"Maybe it's time for you to go home, Aiz? I wanted to go to bed early to get some sleep and go to the dungeon with renewed vigor."
"…"
"Don't worry, I was really kidding then… You know, I sleep naked."
"Say it! Of course, if you don't want to join me, because there's only one bed. Just say so. No! No! Say that I can warm your body at night with our passion. That's not it either."
So of course, if you don't want to watch…
"You're right, it's too late, I have to go."
Before he could finish, she interrupted him and immediately headed for the exit.
"Bye, Aiz."
"Yeah, bye."
"Ugh…"
"Why are you lying down? Go to the dungeon."
"I don't want to."
"So you're just full of empty words."
"Go to hell. I got lazy. Aiz completely destroyed my motivation."
"Are you a lazy beast? Come on, lift your ass and run into the dungeon like a pig. Come on, you beast, go."
"…"
"Oh, fuck. The actions of pathetic trash like you. You know it."
"…"
Kopii continued to ignore Kane, which made him very angry, but he couldn't do anything about it. Before, he could just talk non-stop, which irritated Kopii, but now he was used to it, he could even fall asleep to Kane's voice, no matter how he yelled, no matter how he insulted, nothing worked anymore, and he understood it perfectly.
That's why, for the first time in a day, Kopii plunged into complete silence. So foreign, but at the same time familiar. Under such silence, he fell into a doze.
The next day in the evening, after he returned home from the dungeon, a surprise awaited him.
"What are you doing here?"
"Is there something wrong with you?"
"Everything is wrong. Get lost from my house!"
"You call this a house? This is just a dirty basement!"
"Are you going to arrange a threesome for them?"
"I won't allow you to be alone with Aiz anymore! You dirty animal."
"Get lost!"
"No!"
Aiz just stood aside and watched the scene unfold, she didn't want to offend anyone, so she didn't interfere. But the argument didn't last long, and he had no choice but to смириться, because if he couldn't force her with words, then he couldn't force her with strength.
"Okay, screw you, you can stay here as long as you want."
She smirked at his words, showing with her whole appearance that that's how it should be. His fists itched from such a smug face.