Chapter 2774 Decision
Leonel stepped out of the challenge with a smile on his face. But because he was still keeping up appearances, rather than a cocky smile, it looked like a relieved one. He swept Aina into his arms and gave her a huge bear hug, causing her to chuckle.
"You're much more adorable when you're pretending to be Aerin," Aina spoke into Leonel's soul. "If you were being yourself, you'd already be taking advantage of me."
Leonel scoffed. "Are you saying you like another man?"
He pretended to be offended, though he could tell Aina's true intentions with ease. With their souls fused, how could he not tell what she actually meant?
Aina giggled. "No, I prefer when you're aggressive-"
She cut off her thoughts, suddenly blushing down to her collarbone.
The outside world could have never guessed what they were talking about. To them, it seemed that the relationship between the two was so innocent that even a hug made Lyra react like this, and that made the two all the more endearing... and shocking!
Leonel tried his best not to burst into a fit of laughter, but his soul was convulsing. He might as well have been inwardly dying.
He knew that Aina was a masochist. A man that coddled her feelings too much wasn't what she wanted, though she also didn't want a man that ignored her feelings. It could be said that Leonel was and always would be the perfect man for her. She had only been teasing him.
However, him knowing was one thing, but her saying it out loud was something she had never done before.
That was the thing with communicating with your soul, your true thoughts spilled down usually before you could filter them. This time, she couldn't escape at all.
Leonel suddenly really wanted to take her to bed again, but unfortunately, they had things to do.
Unlike the Life Tablet, in order for Leonel to display the prowess of the Silver Tablet, he had to quite literally take out the Silver Tablet. Of course, that was exactly what he wanted them to see. If he hadn't taken it out, then he might have shot himself in the foot.
From the perspective of others, the only thing they had ever seen to display such abilities was the Life Tablet. If they assumed Aerin had a Life Tablet due to their ignorance, it would be a disaster, especially if Flaura uncovered the fact he was Leonel.
But bringing out the Silver Tablet left no room for confusion.
All of this was terrible.
If she just replaced Patriarch Khafra now, even laymen would start questioning what was going on. The Nomads were strong, but not to the point that they could just casually pull out so many high-level Life State Dream Force users on a whim.
By then, the entire point of remaining stealthy would be crushed. At that point, wouldn't all of her plans be ruined?
The only option seemed to be to stall for a few decades and hope it blew over. By then, she hoped that the war with the Owlans and Void Race descendants would still be ongoing. That way, she could fly under the radar again.
But now, there were suddenly too many variables involved.
Everything was ruined. Absolutely everything was ruined.
"Who is playing on my board?!" She shrieked.
Flaura took deep breaths, trying to calm herself down.
Since all of this had fallen through, there was only one thing to do.
She would ruin Leonel's life and expose him. The world would come to know that he was a Fawkes.
