Escalating Across The Cosmos

[Chapter 114]

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(Log 115)

"Why?!!" Came the cries of Matsuda and Motohama as they stared at Issei who held a sheepish smug smile on his face as he stood before his friends, Aether looked at him with mild surprise though he had been expecting it since yesterday.

No what did surprise him is the reaction of others, especially Lumine who looked like her jaws wanted to drop as she look in disbelief at what is essentially a news that had shook her to her core, the same can be said to other students... watching.

"Issei! How could you?!" Motohama asks with a betrayed look on his face, same with Matsuda... they both looked at Issei with disbelief, horror of what they'd just learned right now as Issei smiles smugly.

"Hehe... I know, it's surprising... but guys meet my girlfriend, Yuma." Issei introduce the girl that Aether witnessed confessing to Issei yesterday, his friends had envious looks while also crying out.

"How... he. Oh, god! Is this the end of the world?" Aether sweat at the comments of the other students when they learned what they had just witnessed... still he can't blame of them. "There i-is no way!"

"It seems true to me." Hu Tao remarked, eyes looking in amusement as she stare at the scene outside. "Why is everyone reaching like that?" Keqing asked being not full aware of Issei pervert tendency.

"That's because it's a big deal, especially when it involves those trio." Lumine replied as she rubbed her eyes trying to think she was hallucinating, unfortunately she wasnt and it was real.

All had mixed reaction but the most of it were utter shock and surprise of what they had seen... the girls especially since they know how much of a reputation Issei has for being avoided by most girls.

Being a pervert, one who doesn't hide or have any shame of showing it does tend to cause others to avoid him hence their surprise upon seeing Issei with a girl, it's a shocking sight no doubt for everyone.

Who wouldn't be? Aether had been, well yesterday when he was planning to go home... so he was the least surprise now as he had adapted now to the obvious fact that Issei, Kuoh well known pervert.

Now has a girlfriend... shocking and felt all too sudden for everyone, even for him yesterday he could hardly believed that what he witness was true until he saw it... never expecting that to happen.

But it did happen and now one of Kuoh's well known pervert had a girlfriend and his friends were no doubt jealous at this fact as Issei shows of his girlfriend... but it felt weird... he can't recognize the girl.

[Accessing threat... designation: Fallen...] A strange noise echoed within Aether's mind as he flinched. "What... was that?" He can't help but ask but doesn't seem to understand what he had just heard. [Threat level: null...] The voice continues.

"You okay Onii-san?" Lumine asks as she noticed the bewildered and troubled expression Aether held. "N-No... I'm fine, I think I just misheard something Aether reassured. "Hmm... your acting all weird again, is it because Issei has a girlfriend."

She emphasize the last part still shocked that the pervert has a girlfriend, but the truth can't be denied. "No, of course not, I actually saw that girl confessing to Issei yesterday, when I was going home."

"What? Why didnt you tell me?" Lumine asked as she leaned closely. "I must have forgot, since I was surprise at that time." Aether replied sheepishly. "That explains why you aren't so surprise." Hu Tao remarked with a teasing expression.

"Tell me~? Did they kiss or do something naughty when you were peeping at them?" Aether and Lumine blushed at her words. "Hu Tao! What are you saying?!" Keqing ask as she smacked her girlfriend's head for saying such a thing.