Chapter 149 – Is Tione my next target?


    When Mikoto left, I heard someone approaching me. It was Tiona, Ais, and Tione. "What happened? Why did you suddenly run off? Who was that?" Tiona asked.


    "She''s a friend. I was supposed to train with her today, but she lost interest and decided to leave."


    "I see. Did we have something to do with it?"


    "No, of course not. So, what did you all want to talk about? I ran off and I didn''t hear anything."


    "It''s nothing, we just wanted to say hi," Ais replied with a smile. "I also wanted to talk to you about something. Tiona, Tione, could you give us a moment alone?"


    "Hmmm..." Tiona looked between Ais and me, then turned to leave. "Come on, Tione."


    "..." Tione smiled at me, and the two walked away.


    Once we were alone, Ais''s face turned red as she gathered the courage to speak.


    "Do you want to talk about our dinner?"


    Ais looked at me, surprised, and smiled. "Yes, that''s it. I wanted to ask if you''d like to go out for dinner tonight. I don''t have any ns for the evening, so… I was going to stop by your ce, but I ended up meeting you here."


    "A dinner tonight?" I''d nned to ask Hestia to update my falna today… but I can leave that for another day. "Sure, I''m free tonight."


    "That''s great."


    "Ais."


    "Yes?" Ais tilted her head.


    "You don''t need to be so embarrassed around me."


    "I''m not embarrassed… just a little nervous," Ais said, looking away. "I''ll go now; see you tonight. Oh, and don''t worry about the Goddess... she''s not mad at you."


    "Did you talk to Goddess Loki about me after I left?"


    "She came to talk to me. She told me some strange things, but don''t worry, she''s not mad. Actually, she said she wants to see you again. We could arrange another dinner if you''d like."


    "Another dinner at the Loki Familia house? Of course, I''d love to. It would be great to see the Goddess again."


    "That''s great. I''ll let her know."


    "Good luck in the dungeon. I thought you would ask me toe along with you all again."


    "Would you like toe? I''m sure Tiona and Tione wouldn''t mind."


    "Are you sure?"


    "Yes. Bete isn''t well enough to join us, so it''s just us girls. I just hope nothing likest time happens."


    "I''m sure it''ll be fine. Since I don''t have anything else to do, I might as welle along. Plus, I need to test my new sword." I took my new sword from my inventory.


    "The de is longer than your old weapon."


    "Yes, it''s better for killing orcs andrger monsters. If I''d had a weapon like this before, I''d have taken them down much faster."


    "Shall we go, then? Tiona and Tione are getting impatient."


    "Right."


    Together with the girls, I headed to the dungeon once again.


    To my surprise, I received a new mission as soon as I stepped onto the first floor of the dungeon.


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    <strong>*Tione''s POV*</strong>


    We entered the dungeon with Luan again. For some reason, I felt like something was off with him. He started looking at me in a way he never had before.


    Tiona and Ais didn''t seem to notice.


    It was a look of pure desire focused solely on me.


    ''What the heck? Is he interested in me? I thought he liked Ais.''


    I''d known him for some time but only recently started seeing him in a positive light. The way he worked hard to help us defeat all those monsters, his concern for me, Tiona, and Ais...


    He''s a good guy.


    ''But I can''t let myself get carried away. I respect him, and I find him very handsome and charming, especially now that his hair has grown longer. But Ais likes him.''


    I can''t give Luan false hope. I have to tell him directly that I''m not interested and that nothing will ever happen between us.


    But even after two whole hours, he didn''t make a move. We kept moving through the dungeon as usual. Luan was focused on killing monsters,pletely ignoring me.


    Was it just my imagination?


    After a few more minutes, we took a break.


    We were almost on the 10th floor, so it was the perfect time to rest.


    Luan took some water and food out of his inventory and ate with Ais and Tiona. I stayed a bit further back, watching the three of them. Luan was looking at them affectionately… but not in the same way he''d looked at me when we first entered the dungeon.


    ''I must be imagining things. Luan wouldn''t desire me like that.''


    But to my surprise, Luan left the other two and came over to me.


    "Not eating anything?"


    "I''m not hungry."


    "I see." He moved closer until our shoulders touched. "Tell me, Tione. Are you interested in anyone?"


    When I heard Luan''s question, my mind went nk.


    Was I interested in someone? Anyone... Am I interested in someone?


    For some reason, whenever I thought about someone, Luan was the only person who came to mind.


    I felt my body starting to heat up. Luan''s eyes were locked on mine.


    I began to feel a bit... ''What is this?''


    Luan stepped back and smiled.


    "Excuse me, may I take Tione with me for a moment? I need to talk to her about something."


    "Hm? With Tione?" Tiona tilted her head, confused.


    Ais was confused but didn''t say anything.


    "We''ll be back in a moment."


    Luan came over and took my hand. Neither of them even seemed to worry about me.


    I breathed fast as he pulled me away from Tiona and Ais.


    ''Help… I don''t think I can hold back this feeling.''


    My libido reached its peak all of a sudden.