The Mech Lord

"I am actually a bit busy after the Academy, I have the duty to clean the library." Leo forced a smile on his face as he politely declined her citing the job as a reason.

It was the first time he felt that there was something good with getting the punishment.

"I see.." Rebecca gave him a little depressing smile, but she was quick to jump back.

"Should we walk to the next class together then?"

It seemed she wasn't the type to give up.

"We have a different class than him, Becky." Serina interrupted the two with a smile.

"Oh.." Rebecca turned a bit red in embarrassment.

And, in the end she helplessly left with Serina.

…

"What in hell are you doing?" Serina asked with a sigh as she looked at Rebecca.

"What do you mean?" Rebecca blinked her eyes in confusion as she nodded to the fellow student who greeted her.

"You are making it too obvious." Serina shook her head with a helpless smile on her face.

She knew Rebecca well. The girl actually wasn't an idiot; her I.Q. was pretty high. But somehow when it came to E.Q., especially love affairs, she became an idiot.

But, it was understandable a bit. She was a Princess, and had never been in a relationship before.

It was true that she had a lot of pursuers, but just how many of them actually dared to come out and confess it to her.

And, even if someone did, you already knew what her answer would be.

"Really? Am I that obvious? But, I only asked him if he was free?'' Rebecca appeared to be really confused about it.

"Do you ask other guys the same thing?" Serina stared at her.

"No."

Rebecca shook her head. She obviously didn't.

"So, don't you think it's odd that you only asked Leo for it?"

Rebecca's brows scrunched a bit as she fell into a deep thought.

"But, we know each other. And, you said that we could be considered friends." Rebecca looked at Serina, "Is it really odd for friends to ask each other out?"

"I mean, don't do that every other day…" She further added.

Serina's lips twitched a bit.

Well, it was her fault it seemed, she shouldn't have said that they were friends.

"Ok, fine. I was lying when I said that the two of you appeared to be friends." Serina gave her an apologetic smile. Those two were indeed supposed to be friends from the logic, but their behavior didn't suggest them to be one honestly.

They actually had all the checkpoints for friendship, though.

They were classmates, played together as children, their family had good relations with each other, two had similar hobbies, and they even always paired up in the combat classes because of the similar weapons choices.

To be honest, this had already passed the checkpoints for friendship reaching the next level. It was a mystery what was going on the two people's heads to be behaving in the way they did.

"Y-You! You lied to me!" Rebecca looked at Serina in disbelief. She was actually convinced on the idea that the she and Leo could be considered friends after hearing her logic. Hell, she even thought that she was the weird one for thinking they were not.

But, now she said that it was lie!

Rebecca really felt that she had been backstabbed.

"I mean, you guys should technically be friends. But, how could anyone think of you as friends when you two never behaved like one." Serina helplessly looked at her. She actually understood the situation a bit, but she didn't want to burst the Princess's bubble.

The girl was a bit low on E.Q. so she didn't understand a few things. But, Aiden was smart. And, with this girl making things so obvious, there was no way that he didn't understand her intentions.

Yet, he was still keeping his distance.

She could tell that Aiden was well aware of his position. And, he had no intention of doing anything about it. She didn't know if it was low self esteem, or just him wishing to keep his family outside of any troublesome situation.

After all, if the Emperor turned out to be unhappy with it, it would sour the relationship between Silvers and the Royalty.

"Then does that mean, he probably is already aware that I...?" Rebecca froze for an instance as realization struck her.

"Well, calm down, he has forgotten his memory. There is a chance that he doesn't doesn't remember it anymore. But…" Serina paused.

"But, what?" Rebecca asked as she gulped, and looked at Serina with a nervous expression on her face. The silence was really killing her, and she wanted it to end as fast as possible.

"Didn't you look at his face? I think he wants to maintain a distance from you.." Serina dropped the bomb on her.

"Why?"

"What did I do?"

Rebecca's eyes turned wide in horror. She couldn't help but be worried if she had done anything wrong.

"Just think about it, he doesn't remember anything. It definitely must be uncomfortable. And, from what Amelia had told us, it seems his case is pretty serious."

"Do you really think he is fine interacting with a Princess in such a situation?"

Serina looked at her with raised brows.

"What should I do then?" Rebecca asked in confusion as her brows furrowed in tension. She didn't know what to do and how to approach Aiden in such a situation.

"How about you giving him some time? If you allow him to settle down a bit, I think he wouldn't be so uncomfortable with you." Serina suggested honestly, and she was really hoping for something good here. After all, the Aiden before definitely ignored Rebecca's feelings, but maybe it would be different this time around.

Well, the truth was from that.

…

Southern Domain, Blood Nest Planet.

This place was the capital of Evil, and housed some of the worst criminal and Terrorist organizations to ever exist in the Universe. And, it had once served as the Capital of the most evil man in the history, the Demon King.

Even though that man was no more, the place still continued to exist and even the Interstellar Races Alliance hadn't managed to gain control over it.

Currently, a man sat on a wheel chair around the balcony of a high end looking Hotels. He was looking a at a projection screen on his Smart link. It displayed Aiden, or you could say the current Leo in it.

There was a complex look in the man's eyes. There was some pain, some love, some care, and some shock. It seemed he didn't know how to make out of the situation. Whether he should be happy or sad about it?

"Silver.."

"Is this just coincidence or a game of fate?"