Binding System

"Scarlett, can you tell me all the good memories we have spent in the past?" he decided to ask this question because he was curious about it.

With this, he would know how close their relationship was because he did not know how to behave if he had no idea how close they were.

"Alright. I will tell you all the memories we have been through until now." She began telling stories when they started living together.

At this moment, all the good memories they spent together suddenly appeared in her mind.

"Hehe." Scarlett and Ace were spending time together at the festival.

Their faces were full of smiles as they walked through the crowd hand in hand.

Another memory appeared.

"Beautiful!" Ace and Scarlett were riding a flower boat on a beautiful night.

Another memory emerged.

"Me? I only want to be with you forever." Ace stated.

Another memory popped up in his mind.

"Scarlett, how is it? Is it delicious?" Ace asked after cooking some food for her.

Scarlett told Ace all the good memories they had until now.

"Ah! There was also a time when you fought a 3-star magical beast for the sake of saving me." She began explaining it.

She helped the citizens fight against fifteen 2-star magical beasts last year. After they killed all the magical beasts, a 3-star magical beast suddenly appeared.

They were all only at Elite rank at that time, and they were also injured, so they knew they would be killed if they fought that magical beast.

For this reason, they decided to run. However, the magical beast kept chasing them, trying to kill them.

At that time, the magical beast suddenly appeared in front of her and attacked her using its claws.

Even though she was able to block the magical beast's attack, but she was still thrown into a big tree.

Blood splashed out of her mouth, and her head suddenly felt dizzy. For this reason, she could not run away from the magical beast.

No, she even did not have the strength to keep standing!

All the citizens did not try to save her when they saw her condition; instead, they kept running away, leaving her alone.

Sure, she was the Nightshire city's lord, but their lives were more important than hers. That was why they did not help her and kept running away.

"I was disappointed with them at that time. I helped them fight against the magical beasts, but when I was in a life and death situation, they did not help me and left me alone." Scarlett was still furious whenever she remembered it.

"Then what happened after that?" Ace asked curiously.

"Then you suddenly appeared and tried to protect me." She spoke and paused for a second before she continued, "You took a sword on the ground and fought the magical beast."

"I did that?" Ace was amazed by his predecessor's braveness.

"Yes." She nodded her head. "You were not even at Novice rank at that time, but you still dared to fight against a 3-star magical beast."

She said Ace tried to divert the magical beast's attention from her to him, so that she could run away.

And his efforts were not in vain. The magical beast instantly turned around and attacked him.

"You were so cool at that time." She stated.

When everyone was trying to save themselves, Ace was trying to save her. He did not even care about his safety and fought the magical beast bravely.

"Did I kill it?" he threw another question.

"Of course not." She giggled after hearing his question. "You were not even at Novice rank, so what makes you think you can kill a 3-star magical beast?"

"Then how did we manage to survive that life and death situation?" he asked curiously.

"When the magical beast was about to kill you, an awakener expert suddenly appeared and killed it." She gave an honest answer.

"An awakener expert? Who is that person?" he inquired.

"I don't know." She shook her head. "That person left right away after killing the magical beast. He even did not take the beast core with him."

"Wow! We were lucky at that day." He stated.

"Yes." She responded, "We would have been died if that awakener expert had not saved us."

"I see." He learned important information after hearing her words.

Now, he understood why his predecessor was important to her.

It was because his predecessor was willing to risk himself to save her!

"Even though you fell unconscious shortly after that, but you looked so cool. You were like…hmm? A knight…what was it called again?" she could not finish her words because she forgot the nickname for someone who came to the rescue of a woman in distress.

"A knight in shining armor?" He uttered,

"Yes. You were like a knight in shining armor. It was a pity that you did not kill the magical beast or else you would have become a perfect man in my eyes." Even though she said something like this, but he was still special in her heart.

"Oh! I thought I was a perfect man in your eyes." He pretended to be sad.

"You are indeed not a perfect man, but you are almost perfect." Scarlett responded, "You just need to be a powerful man. If you can do that, you will become a perfect man in my eyes."

"Then I will try my best to be the Ruler in the future." He revealed his real dream to her.

"The Ruler? You don't need to be the Ruler because only the chosen one can become the Ruler." She knew how difficult it was to be the Ruler.

"But wouldn't it be great if I could become the Ruler because with this, I can protect you from bad people and magical beasts." Of course, she was not the reason why he wanted to be the Ruler because he had promised his grandfather that he would become the Ruler like him.

"You are right. Well, whatever happens, I will always support you." She only wanted him to get stronger because, with this, he could protect himself.

Even though he could already guess how close their relationship was, but he wanted to make sure he knew how close it was.

For this reason, he ventured to ask a question that could make him die of curiosity. "Scarlett, do we have a special relationship? Like lovers or something like that?"