( The True Elites Guild Headquarters, The Upside )


    As soon as Rocky walked into the True Elites Guild headquarters, he was tackled by Amelia into a bear hug as she buried her face in Rocky''s chest.


    It was an unexpected event for Rocky, as with all the Climbers still being at Ground Zero for the after-war celebrations and the Guild Office officially shut, he did not expect anyone to be at the Guild Headquarters today.


    What was even more surprising to him was that instead of Neatwit and Karna, Amelia decided to hug him first, as although Rocky embraced her gently, he could not discern the reason behind this show of emotion.


    *Sob*


    *Sob*


    Eventually, Amelia began sobbing, as although she did not say a word, she began soiling Rocky''s fresh pair of clothes as she poured her heart out.


    Gently stroking her hair, Rocky waited for her to calm down, while Neatwit and Karna looked towards the ceiling of the guild, suddenly noticing its fine details.


    "Rocky…." Amelia said weakly, as she looked up towards him with teary eyes.


    "Yes, big sister…." Rocky said, with a gentle smile on his face as he tried his best to look upbeat, although he felt dead tired on the inside.


    "Thank you for leading the armies that saved Karna….." Amelia said, as Rocky could barely contain hisugh as he threw a nce towards Karna who began blushing red.


    "I don''t know why that fool jumped into a sea of undead alone, however, when I saw him fighting there all alone over the screen, I felt my heart breaking to pieces ... .I-I, thought we would lose him…" Amelia said, as she once again began sobbing and buried her face into Rocky''s chest.


    "It''s okay, big sister, I only did what vice guild master was already nning to do. He wouldn''t have let Guildmaster Karna die anyways" Rocky said, as Neatwit coughed, while Karna began noticing the intricate details on the floor joints below his feet, his ears blood red from this conversation.


    "Only…. Only after Neatwit and the others came to his aid, and I saw the guild rally around him did I breathe a sigh of relief.


    I-I wouldn''t know what I would do without him.


    I''m just so happy he''s safe….. as I promised to the Gemini Gods that if he returns to me alive after this war, the first thing I''m doing is thanking you and the second thing I''ll do is telling him how I really feel about him-" Amelia said, as she pushed away from Rocky a bit and wiped her tears.


    "Oh? When did you grow so tall? Haha, you look so big and handsome now-" Amelia said, as Rocky flexed both his biceps to Amelia, butter gestured to her to go talk with Karna, which was the second point on her agenda.


    Already red with shame, the same Guild Master who was fighting with three swords in the battlefield ying undead after undead now became utterly helpless, as he awaited the scolding of a lifetime.


    "Karna…. You always ask me why I work this shitty job in this guild right? Why do I work 18, sometimes 20 hours a day here like a maniac, instead of hiring more people to make my job easier?" Amelia asked, as she walked closer to Karna, and pulled on the tape that was bandaging his chest and bruised ribs.


    Karna winced, the tape being pulled made his ribs hurt, however, he still bowed lower and let himself be pulled so that he could be eye to eye with Amelia.


    "I work this shitty job, only because of you! Because I love you….." Amelia confessed as Karna''s face turned redder than a tomato.


    "Your memory is like that of a goldfish. Without me constantly taking care of you and micromanaging your life, you can''t do anything right, however, I still do it with joy, because I love you...


    I do love this guild, however, most people here, especially that asshole Neatwit who never shows up is insufferable.


    I''m not a climber, I''m not as strong as you guys, maybe I''m not even worthy of bing the girlfriend of Earth''s strongest warrior, but I don''t care about all of it anymore.


    Today, as I thought I might lose you, I realized that my life would be too empty without you-


    That I can''t live without you.


    So I''m confessing my love to you today…. Do whatever you want with it now" Amelia said, rather aggressively, as she let go of Karna''s tape and began sniveling like a helpless rabbit.


    Taking her into a solid hug, Karna embraced her. Whispering sweet words in her ears, as he happily epted her love.


    He too had solid feelings for Amelia, but because of the professional boundaries that their posts demanded, he never made his move.


    However, today as Amelia confessed first, he felt extremely happy and relieved by this revtion as he epted her love with joy.


    As the duo''s hug broke out into shameless kissing, Neatwit slinged his arm around Rocky and dragged him away to give the two space.


    "Oh Rocky? Have you seen the ce where the guild stores potions? My god, it''s such a cool room with lots of refreshment potions.


    Come let''s drink one or two, I''m sure some of us are tired…." Neatwit said, as Rocky chuckled and followed him, giving the couple space.


    Although this was not an event that Rocky had expected at all, somehow watching Karna and Amelia end up as a couple, he felt incredibly warm and fuzzy from within.


    On a personal level, he liked them both and genuinely hoped that they would have a great future ahead as a true power couple.


    "Fuck me…. Even Karna got a girl now, I''m the only one left in the bachelor gang now…." Neatwit murmured to himself as he seemed more pissed by the fact that Karna was not single anymore, rather than the fact that Amelia tantly called him an insufferable asshole during her confession.


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    /// A/N - Bonus chapter 1 of 5 for the day. Hope you enjoyed it. ///