I Give Up on the BL Novel's Male Leads - Chapter 103
She was also anticipating a physical response from her body when she felt fear.
“Hmm.”
However, Illein didnât have trouble answering this question since it was something she had answered before, even if she didnât remember it.
“Edwinâs eyes are very serious.”
“âŚâŚ”
“And their color is beautiful. I find it fascinating how Edwinâs eyes change color depending on the emotion or time. Itâs quite magical.”
“âŚYou⌔
“And I can tell that Edwin is a good person just by looking into his eyes. Whenever Iâm scared or nervous, I calm down by looking at Edwinâs eyes. There arenât many people who understand me in this world, so Edwin is precious to me.”
She said this with a shy smile.
“So, how do my eyes look to you, Edwin?”
She asked, a bit embarrassed, noticing that he seemed to be blushing.
“I told you to be wary. Why are you saying such things?”
“Oh, come on, tell me about my eyes. Iâm looking forward to it.”
She said this, holding Edwinâs hand tighter, believing that this would help with her lightning magic.
She hoped that once she mastered lightning magic, she would overcome the unfair evaluations she received due to her water affinity.
“What?”
She urged him, as if unaware that she was pulling the tigerâs whiskers.
“Weâre not here to exchange compliments.”
“I know. But you said I need to feel the current in my body. Compliments would be electrifying.”
Illein said this and stared directly into Edwinâs eyes.
Strangely, Edwin couldnât refuse her words, and even though he frowned, he couldnât look away.
“Beautiful.”
“And?”
“Deep.”
“More. More! Is that all?”
“Hah, youâre asking for a lot.”
“Quickly.”
As she spoke, Edwin fell into deep thought once again.
“Is it really so difficult to squeeze out more?”
“But I just said it was pretty, didnât I?”
“Whereâs the proper compliment in that? Are you trying to make me feel the current by making me angry? If so, I think fire magic might come out instead of lightning.”
“âŚWhat?”
Edwin couldnât help but chuckle at her words. He found her way of speaking amusing, especially how unpredictable she was.
The constant, sun-like Illein and the colorful, rainbow-like Illenas; they were strikingly similar yet clearly different.
“Letâs be serious.”
He looked into her eyes again.
“Where glaciers melt, lakes are formed.”
“⌔
“Your eyes are like the water of a lake formed from melting glaciers. Theyâre also like the aurora.”
“OhâŚ!”
“And sometimes like a clear, bright sky.”
At that moment, Illein felt her heart skip a beat.
“Is that all? Wonât you say more?”
She tightened her grip on Edwinâs hand. He sighed and looked at her eyes once more.
Edwin strangely felt that he couldnât refuse her requests easily.
“Hah, theyâre also like catâs eyes.”
“Did my eye corners go up?”
“Like a fox, too.”
“A fox?”
“You look like a desert fox but with the fur of an Arctic fox.”
“Thatâs not a compliment, is it?”
Illein said incredulously, making Edwin laugh again.
Then, Edwin was startled by his own laughter and quickly wiped the smile off his face.
“Edwin⌠youâre like a bear.”
“âŚ?”
“I heard gray bears are really big. Kind of like you, right?”
“Enough small talk, letâs get back to it.”
“Okay.”
She tightened her grip on his hand, visualized the magic circle in her mind, and swung her wand through the air.
– Crackle!
A small lightning bolt emerged from the tip of her wand and vanished into the air.
“D-did I justâŚ?”
“Try it again.”
“Oh, yes!”
Illein, delighted by her small success, swung her wand again.
Despite being surrounded by geniuses, Illein herself was quite exceptional.
– Rumble, crash!
“Ah!”
That was an undeniable fact.
“W-what justâŚ!”
Illein was bewildered as she watched the massive lightning magic she had conjured tear through the ceiling and scorch the ground below.
“You have quite a talent for this.”
Edwin, although surprised, couldnât help but smile with satisfaction.
“I⌠I donât even know how I did that.”
“How about going outside to practice?”
“Sounds goodâŚ!”
Illein was thrilled, feeling like she was finally learning offensive magic properly for the first time in her life.
“Letâs go quickly!”
“Donât rush too much. You might get hurt.”
She pulled Edwinâs hand eagerly as they headed outside.
