The moment Spencer stepped out of the gym, he was planning on going to the dining hall with different ideas in his mind on how he would convince Kumo to join the Serpents when he felt a gaze lock onto him. It was a familiar gaze but today it felt different, unlike all the other times it may have been set on him and deep inside Spencer had already panicked but he did not dare let it show for it may have felt familiar but it was still strange. He was on the verge of a mental breakdown when he remembered everyone had received their meditation technique and possibly if they had already started practising, some stats may have changed already. Possibly it was Elina who had locked onto him. He tried to pinpoint her location but he could not sense her and he ended up just giving a thumbs up sign aiming nowhere to show he had felt her summons and turned around giving up on the idea of lunch and heading towards their usual meeting point to find out why she was calling for him now instead of waiting for the usual meeting time which was 8pm every night.
"Thanks for coming Spencer," Elina said as soon as Spencer arrived on the rooftop. He did not see Kumo but he just assumed maybe he was still on his way giving him a few moments to hit on Elina, the deadly beauty. She was one of the few in the universe who had learnt to channel mana in bullets hence her use of guns. Her rifles were not normal.
Spencer just smiled and flashed her the usual mischievous grin paired with the flirtatious look he always spared for her.
"Anything for you beautiful, or Kumo."
He then bit his lower lip after saying this. The truth is he liked her. Not love but just pure lusting after her body but he never did pursue her roughly for she was one of his two friends and also he did not dare do anything that he knew could anger Kumo, who considered Elina a friend alongside him especially when boy was valuable and in two weeks' time would be sought after by all guilds and Spencer had toconvince him to sign for him before then. Besides, anyone could tell Elina had feelings for Kumo and there was no tell if Kumo liked her back.
"Anything for you my dear friend," he continued while patting his tummy, "Besides that is what friends are for. Even worth missing lunch for, I guess."
She just flashed a beautiful smile and brushed away the usual one braid that usually strayed towards her face. Spencer was not immune to this gesture and it always managed to blow the wind out of him. He blushed, cheeks turning red and her looking at him made it worse.
"When is Kumo arriving anyway?" That was him trying to change the topic.
Hearing that, Elina's face immediately lost its glow as she replied, "Well I tried to find him but I could not find him or even sense his presence anywhere. It's like he is not here and I've tried every skill in my manual even with my heightened sense today after getting a technique but still I can't find him." She then paused but then just changed her tone to jovial again or like she didn't care and said, " Actually he has already done the favour a bit. I wanted you two to be my prey from 2pm to 4pm every day from tomorrow for two weeks by hiding while I try to find you. Its all part of the technique I got. The only people who can help and are good are Kumo, Ryan and you, but you know very well Ryan would never help me considering I'm friends with you two jerks. "
Spencer then pretended to be in deep thought and then answered, " For me fine. But since Kumo is not here and you're saying you couldn't find him, where could he be. I have an offer for him. " Truth is the offer did not bother him but Kumo's absence sure did.
He turned to see Elina already packing her rifle and bows and she said, "You would have to ask him to know. Meet you boys at eight as usual. "She then blew a kiss towards Spencer and said, " They say you are a two minutes guy. However, if first you were to improve your stamina, maybe I'll give you a shot. Not guaranteed but an expensive maybe."
She then turned to leave leaving a red faced Spencer Ali blushing and feeling ashamed but already planning the day it would happen.
He then said to himself, "Oh, she's feisty." Then he also turned and left.