Wicked Reincarnation

Chapter 138: Mortal World 4

Lia grimaced at Yano's cheesy words, "You mean it was fate for me to slap the confidence out of you? Don't get too close to me."

Lia pushed Yano away. His handsome face showed slight surprise before he narrowed his eyes. On the other side, Skyla and Mil had a great time laughing.

"Seems like you've been rejected by the beauty hahaha," Mil held his stomach.

Yano became slightly irritated, "Go to work, all of you!"

Now Lia was amused but her smile was stuck as everyone left her and Yano alone.

"Still brave?"

"Leave me alone," Lia wanted to get away from him but he caught her hand, "I said don't-"

"I'll show you your room."

Lia obediently followed him but managed to get her hand out of his big one. She only heard Yano sigh and hoped the sigh would get stuck in his throat forever and suffocate him.

Yano led her out of the base.

"Our rooms are outside the base in those buildings."

Yano pointed at the glass buildings with each housing 5 floors. They were wide but not really tall.

"Are the exorcists out on a mission?" on the plain land, there was no one but them.

"Yeah, some are also on the training ground behind the base, I can show you later."

Lia watched Yano's back. Yano was really well-built. From his broad shoulders to his long legs, she thought it was a shame he had such an annoying personality.

"This where we live, the captains, each of us got a floor," Yano held the door open as Lia stopped through and froze.

"Each of you has a floor, then I'll surely stay with Skyla."

"Heh," Yano laughed and his twinkling eyes looked amused, "Mil and Skyla are most of the time together. They enjoy the little private time they've got, so you'd be bothering them."

"Then Lu or Holn," Lia desperately didn't want to stay with Yano but he popped her balloon filled with hope.

"Holn loves annoying Lu, so you only bother them too. Come, my floor's open for you."

Lia couldn't take it and remained at the door, "I don't want to."

"Oh?" Yano raised his eyebrow, "But there are no free rooms. Kim, do you dislike me so much? No need to worry, I'm out most of the time. Also, you'll stay on my floor, not in my room. C'mon."

Yano entered the lift and waited for Lia to follow suit. Not impressed Lia actually complied.

"What do you need whole floors for?"

"Various stuff. We're not just here to annoy people," Yano smirked as if he could read Lia's thoughts about him. Lia gave him the silent treatment again until he opened a random door.

"This'll be your room, you can stay here. Feel free to explore the floor, I don't mind. Got any questions, just ask me or head to the base to find anyone."

Lia nodded. Her room was large but it was only a bedroom. The kitchen and the bathroom were somewhere on the floor. Lia sat on the double bed before noticing Yano still stood at the door.

"Why are you still here?" just the sight of Yano made her irritated. She didn't know why. She should actually be thankful he was helping her, but her annoyance with him didn't leave her.

"Don't forget you're still freeloading here," Yano's amused smile grew wider. Lia opened her mouth but couldn't retort.

"I'll be out purging ghosts tonight. You want to join?"

This was Lia's opportunity to witness Yano's power but she was painfully aware that she was only a burden at the moment.

"No," Lia refused bitterly, "I don't have any power, I would only slow you down."

"You don't?" a faint surprise hushed over Yano's face, "So a useless freeloader."

Lia's eyebrow twitched and she didn't react to his provocation, "Leave will you now?"

"My bad," Yano pushed himself off the door, "If there's anything, you'll find me at the base till evening."

Lia just hummed in agreement and couldn't wait for him to finally go. She heard the door click and fell onto the bed.

Everything has happened so fast, Lia needed time to get used to it. Just yesterday she was in the Immortal World and now she found herself at the exorcists' base in the Mortal World. Lia was too exhausted and soon fell asleep.

When she woke up the bright moonlight shone from the window and hit her sleepy face. With nothing else to do, Lia decided to explore the floor.

Apart from the lift and the staircase, the whole floor only had rooms hidden behind doors. Lia's room was in the middle. She started to check the rooms from the left to the right. There were a few more bedrooms, two bathrooms, one large kitchen and a huge living room.

Then she found an office and Yano's bedroom, they were the only ones that were decorated and filled with personal belongings. Lia closed the door. Despite Yano saying she was free to explore everything, it was still none of her business to go through his stuff.

She headed to the bathroom and soaked in the warm water. These past few days, Lia didn't even have the chance to clean herself. Realising how dirty she must be and the smell she gave off, she embarrassed hid further in the water. To think Yano was close to her most of the time.

He must've endured a lot. Was that why he was teasing her the whole time? Lia ruled out the possibility, seeing how he acted towards the others, it was clear that this was his nature.

After the bath, Lia went to the kitchen. She was excited to see what kind of food the mortal people ate and if it was really as delicious as everyone raved about.

However, she was met with disappointment as indeed a full fridge opened in front of her but all the ingredients needed to be cooked.

What was the point if she cooked it herself? Rummaging a bit deeper, she found a ready meal that needed to be microwaved.

Eyeing the rectangle machine on the counter next to the fridge, Lia slowly learnt how to use it as all the buttons confused her. After a whole lot of struggle, she was finally able to savour the dish.

Maybe because it was the excitement of trying something new but Lia found it was very delicious.

She quickly filled her stomach and headed to her room but as if an invisible force slung around her body, Lia was magically pulled to Yano's room.

She couldn't help but satisfy the curiosity, that, no matter how much she pushed down, in the end, overwhelmed her. Lia first looked through his office, not touching anything as she didn't want Yano to know she's been snooping around.

The office was fairly normal, ebony walls and floor gave it an elegant vibe. Several drawers were in the back with a big window. The thing she found funny was that Yano seemed to be an enthusiast for flowers as at the walls and on the window bank as well as on his desk were pots of flowers and watering cans.

Seeing it was pretty usual, Lia left and went to her next target. Yano's bedroom. His room was a bit bigger than Lia's but the furniture was all the same.

Lia once again refrained from touching anything but found it endearing that Yano really seemed to care about flowers a lot.

Yet when she passed Yano's bed, on the drawer next to the bed, a golden glint caught her eyes. In a small glass case, there was a golden ring. It looked similar to the one in the academy but once Lia held it, she saw that there were two letters engraved.

L and Y.