Author's Reincarnation in a Fantasy Setting - Chapter 359: Suggestion [2]

“Let me join forces with you.”

“No.”

“Why?!”

“I think we have already gone through this many times,” I said.

“Just let me join your team!” she said, urging the matter.

“I don’t HAVE a team. I work alone. How many times do I need to tell you that?”

“Then get a team. Sooner or later you will wear yourself out and won’t be able to work alone any longer. That’s where a team comes in, and I’m the best person to be the first member,” she said with confidence.

There was a point in what she was saying, I was beginning to see it now. However, working with a team was simply not my cup of coffee. I preferred to work alone, that’s how it has always been.

If I work alone there is no one I have to doubt and the only person I need to trust is myself which makes things a lot easier.

“I’ve already told you many times and I’ll say it again. I don’t want to work with you, and that is not going to change,” I stated.

“What? But we’ve already worked together once, haven’t we? Remember when you told me to deliver a letter to your sister and take care of her while you were out? I believe I handled that pretty well,” she said.

“That was just something I asked you to do, there was nothing about working together as a team,” I tried to clarify.

“Well, maybe. But it did prove that I’m able to do things you want done, right? I proved myself worthy of you. Also, I was the one who leaked the plan of those two bitches which ended up working in your favor. There’s a lot I’ve done to help you if you sit and think about it,” she described.

“You see, the thing is I just don’t care. If you are saying that I should let you join me since you helped me in the past my reply would be that you were a fool to do so,” I said. “If you want me to say it more clearly: I simply used you when it benefitted me and then threw you aside.”

“I know! Believe me, I know this is exactly what you did! And that’s why I’m telling you to use me again. Use me when it benefits you, and in return, I will take your help for granted in order to get close to Leon,” she said, a spark in her eyes.

“Why do you think I would like to go out of my way in order to help you in getting fucked by Leon when it does not concern me at all?”

“Well, because I won’t ask you to do anything other than what you are already doing. I already have a basic plan in mind.”

“Oh? You even made a plan based on the assumption that I will let you work with me?”

“Yeah. You see, the main girls who are currently close to Leon are Ellyn and your sister. I know you are overly protective about your sister and won’t let Leon date her so she is not of concern. The remaining one is Ellyn and you are already manipulating her to some extent.

“So what I want you to do is manipulate her more and make her fall in love with you. If you do that the path for me will be open with no obstacles in between, after that I will take care of the rest.”

“What an abomination of a plan,” I commented.

“Haha, maybe. But I think it will work, granted that you help me,” she said.

She was not entirely wrong. There were many holes in this plan however I could see it working. However, she failed to make me see what I would gain from this which made her negotiations fall apart.

What she was offering me was herself. Basically, she would work for me and do anything I want and in return, I should go along with this plan of hers.

It was a good deal. However, it all fell apart when I had no need for her.

“Well, I do hope that your plan works,” I said as I took my plate and stood up. “Without me, that is.”

I was done eating hence I left the cafeteria afterwards. She could have come following after me but for some reason, she didn’t. However, I had a feeling she would approach me again which was honestly kind of a pain dealing with.

***

The sun was setting casting a golden glow on the entire campus. I was taking a stroll through the grounds of the campus, going toward the dorm buildings.

I was done with today and there was nothing more I had to do. If possible I would have trained myself however I had already refined my magic as much as I could right now and training with the Requiem sword wasn’t of much use without Req.

The atmosphere was good therefore I kept my pace slow. Taking small steps I was looking at the bright horizon which at the moment was looking beautiful…and far.

On the horizon, the first and closest thing I saw were the boundaries of the Silver Garden Academy. Next were the buildings of Havenreach, they were all so big however from this angle all of it just looked like an inconsistent slim line. Then came the vast sky which right now was dyed in a gradient of golden and orange. In the end, the farthest was the sun, spraying all the colors that were filling up the sky.

I was looking at the horizon as I walked, and since I was looking at the horizon I walked slower and slower. Before I realized it, my feet felt heavy—as if the entire world was tied to them.

I was looking at the horizon when I felt that, and I eventually lowered my pace even more. I slowed down and felt the slightly warm light of the sun falling on my skin.

I was looking at the horizon, when I dropped my arms to my side and let out a deep and weighed sigh.

I was looking at the horizon, and I kept looking at it for a while.