Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!



Chapter 202- Sooner Is Not Always Better (Part 1)

With that, another week passed in a flash. No major events happened. Well, except for one small change. Rin now had two new roommates.

Evelyn and Elise moved in with him, filling the rather empty place. At first, it was obviously extremely weird as suddenly starting to live with two of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen will create complications in even the simplest of tasks like cooking.

The reason for that is as simple yet even worse. On one hand, we have Evelyn who is naturally seductive and playful most of the time so she would be unconsciously troubling Rin even when she isn't intending that. Her every move was simply an eye candy to every man and Rin was no different except that he wouldn't follow those thoughts at all.

On the other hand, which was frankly a bigger problem was Elise. To be fair, Rin was thrilled to actually spend more time with Elise and share the same house even if there was a third party in it.

From what Rin had seen, Elise was rather even more aggressive than Evelyn herself and the weirder part is, she wasn't even trying either. It could've been simply Rin being very conscious of his lover, but, Rin could swear Elise became more touchy and more... soft?

'She had always been soft toward me. But, it now feels as if she's... my wife?' He thought as he rubbed his chin, walking Elise's back as she cooked dinner while he simply stretched and did some light exercises, trying to recondition his body and recharge his plummeted stamina.

'Her behavior is similar to how my mother treated my father. Is it perhaps just a coincidence?' He thought.

Although Elise is internally not a very expressive person, she still appears rather more lively in Rin's eyes who was accustomed to her range of emotions felt the change.

"Rin, dinner is ready." She suddenly said as she put plates on the table.

However, the latter didn't reply as he kept staring directly at her, in a daze.

"Rin?" She called for him again.

"Oh, huh? Ah, y-yeah, ehem, I will be there in a moment."

"Are you ok? Do you have a fever?" She asked again as she tried to approach him.

"No, I'm fine, I'm fine."

'This! This caring attitude! It makes me happy but also it's very new so I don't know to deal with it.' Rin thought.

A few days passed like that in great serenity. Rin loved the company around him. It was simply like a breath of fresh air.

That is until the week came to an end when Rin received a very odd letter from a guard that delivered it to the steps of his door.

The guard didn't mention anything and simply left quickly as if he was running away.

"Hmm, what's wrong with him?" Rin thought as he looked at the letter in his hand and then walked back inside and closed the door.

The letter looked very high-quality with a red seal on it that made it feel intimidating.

"Who was it, Rin?" Elise asked as she noticed his confused expression.

"A guard, he delivered a letter that I don't know who sent it." He responded as he sat down and opened the letter.

Inside, he only found one piece of paper with nothing else inside so he simply opened the letter and read it.

A few moments passed in silence as Elise waited intently for him to speak while watching his reaction carefully.

"Huh?!" Suddenly, Rin blurted out in shock.

"What?" Elise blinked a few times as she asked.

"Read it yourself..." Rin gave her the letter and touched his face as he felt lost.

A few seconds later, Elise had the same reaction, albeit slightly less noisy.

"Why would the-"

At that moment, the door to Rin's room was knocked. So, Rin opened it, only to find Emilia waiting there with a strong frown on her face.

"Did you receive the letter?"

"Yeah... Just a moment ago."

"This is not good. I was surprised by the decision today."

Walking inside, Emilia picked up the latter and read the most notable sentence in it.

"The Academy's administration officially invites you for a meeting." It said in beautiful handwriting.

"Why is it bad? Even though it's slightly surprising, I'm still glad that they did allow me to meet them. I have many things I want to ask them about."

"No, this isn't a simple meeting. Those old bastards aren't like that. They are either going to try and frame you so that the academy's reputation doesn't get tarnished or even worse."

Rin had heard many bad things about the higher-ups of the academy. They were called ignorant, lazy, and even outright cruel. However, he really didn't care about that as long as they aren't trying to directly affect him or anyone around him.

"I doubt they would go that far. Besides, even if they try to kill me. I will simply escape. I'm the greatest at that, after all."

"This is still very dangerous!" Emilia retorted.

"Well, whatever happens, I can't run away, can I?" Rin asked.

"..."

"Relax, master. Nothing bad will happen. Besides, there is still a week before the meeting. We can think of all possible outcomes during this time."

"But..."

"Do you want to eat lunch with us?" Rin cut her off as he invited her to the table.

Emilia, however, flashed a look toward Elise. But, the latter simply shook her head as if saying 'You can't really change his mind when he puts it into something'.

After that, in a very peaceful atmosphere, they ate food. Although Emilia was tense and worried, Rin was able to make her relax a little after a while.

Then, by evening, Emilia left and Rin simply excused himself to go and rest. Walking inside his room, he laid down on the bed with a sigh.

[Why did you lie to them, host?]

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