Seeing that Lia was going to continue her endless talk, Rio just ignored her and fell asleep.
'There is still a long way to figure out the truth'
Lia continued her self-talk for a while until she noticed that Rio has fallen asleep:
"You-you! How can you fall asleep! When I am still talking!"
"Hey! You wake up!"
Just like this the journey on the train continue and after a few hours, they were already at the port. This is a famous port and it's very huge. Yeah, in order to describe this place, you can use a single word that is, huge.
Several big and small ships are docked here. Ms. Anna talked with the captain of the ship we will be boarding, then he guided us to his ship. This ship has a name for itself, Stormwalker. You might wonder why its name is stormwalker.
Even I was surprised when the captain introduced its name. According to the captain this ship has overcome hundreds of thunderstorms and monster attacks, thus getting the name Stormwalker. The captain bragged that he has been working with stormwalker since his childhood. Maybe it was bragging or maybe it was real but the captain was really happy talking about his adventures on Stormwalker.
"You can take a walk around the port until the ship leaves the port tomorrow morning. If someone got left behind you will not be able to join us again and have to go back to the academy. So be sure to come back to the ship before morning. You can leave now." (Anna)
Most of the students directly ran towards the shopping area only a few stayed on the ship. Rio also left to stroll around. It's rare to have a chance to waste time like this. But since there are no training facilities here nothing can be done about that.
'Let's see, should I buy some clothes, I haven't used the money Lia transferred yet.'
When Rio was walking toward the shops, he saw a few students argue about something with the shopkeeper. Then he suddenly remembered a face slapping event should take place here at the port.
As you know Fade is from a poor background, when he enters the shop and tries to buy a few expensive clothes for himself the shopkeeper shows his disgust at him saying you can't afford this, you can't afford that blah blah blah.
Then magically Kira appears and buys the whole shop and gifts it to Fade for free. The shopkeeper gets face slapped. Then he starts arguing with Fade saying you are taking advantage of a lady from a rich family. Then the shopkeeper starts violence and calls his friends to beat Fade. Yet Fade and Kira beat them instead.
'Hmm, should I go to another place? I will get irritated seeing these cliché developments.'
Just when Rio was thinking of going to another shop his hand was caught by a small hand:
"Where are you going! Come with me I want to visit that bar!" (Lia)
"Oh…okay" (Rio)
Since Rio didn't have anything else to do he decided to go with the flow when Lia asked him to come with her.
Both of them then entered a small bar and Lia did not wait for anything but directly started to drink. A slight blush appeared on her face. Due to her being a beauty several hooligans got attracted to her but Rio just make them faint by releasing a bit of his aura on them.
'Hmm, such small fries can't do a thing in front of me. Only the protagonists have to pretend to face slap.'
A sigh of disappointment escaped his mouth.
"Hey! what are you waiting for a drink this!" (Lia)
"Yeah okay." (Rio)
'Sigh~, this woman is a real headache...Well, ordinary drinks like this can't really affect me much, since I have already become a C rank.'
After a few hours Lia was already too drunk she started to chatter non-stop again:
"You know! Since I was a child, no one ever saved me, even my father was very strict with me. You were the first one who dare to do so."
"If not for the fact you ran away, I would have beaten you black and blue for interrupting my fight with that monster!"
"My father said that only if you are in danger can you become strong. So next time don't get in my way!"
"Otherwise, I will beat you to a.....a….pulp..."
And just like this, she fell asleep.
'I didn't know she had such a hard childhood; well her past was never written in the novel. The only role she had in the novel was to spout curses on Kira. Maybe it was due to some incident related to her childhood. Anyway it doesn't really matter to me much either way.' (Rio)
Well if there is some change, then it is a good chance. Maybe she won't die as she did in the novel. The rest is dependent on fate.
'In my case, there's no fate or destiny, I have my path myself. Unlike her, I am an extra.'
Rio got up and carried Lia back to the ship, he didn't know her room no so he just took her to his own room. He laid her on his bed and slept with her.
'Although, I am a loner, I am not a pure-hearted person, it doesn't really matter if someone's there to accompany my sleep, I will tease her a bit in the morning.' (Of course, he isn't gonna do anything to her, she is still a kid.)
I wonder what expression she will make when she will wake in the morning. Obviously, I won't do anything to her but a little bit of teasing can still be done. A very devilish smile appeared on Rio's face.
'hehe…'
In the morning the boat left the port and all the students returned back. Fortunately, or unfortunately, no one was left behind thus heading towards the Rault Islands.
It will take 15 days to reach the Rault islands. It's going to be a long and peaceful trip, except for a few people.
In the evening the next day:-
"hmm….where is this?..." (Lia)
Lia looked around and she found the room unfamiliar. Then she checked her clothes and seeing they were still neat and clean she heaved a sigh of relief but then a voice made her lose her mind:
"oh you are awake take this coffee" (Rio)
"..." (Lia)
Lia continued to stare at the coffee and Rio for a while, her mind was already blank, several calculations and thoughts were running wild in her mind her eyes started to lose color and become lifeless as if the sky was falling on her. Just as she was about to burst into tears a voice calmed her:
"Oh, come on, what are thinking about. I didn't know your room number so I took you here, in my room. Why are you behaving like a child whose candy has been snatched by a bad uncle?" (Rio)
"I-I am not a kid! Yo-you wh-what did you do to me!?" (Lia)
"Well what did I do? I wonder what has been done when a young beautiful girl was on my bed. Completely defenseless." (Rio spoke with great emotions on his face)
"Yo-you! How can you do that to me!" (Lia)
Seeing the grin on Rio's face Lia had a sudden urge to punch his face. But due to the effects of drinking too much, her body was not reacting to her will.
"Take this coffee, you will get some energy. Last night you spent so much energy clinging to me after all." (Rio)
Seeing Lia irritated Rio widened his grin even more.
"wh-wha…its impossible! Why would I cling to someone like you?" (Lia)
"well if you don't remember then what can be done? Even though you were so aggressive last night." (Rio made a face as if he is being wronged.)
"Impossible! That's Impossible!" (Lia)
Seeing that Lia was at her limit Rio decided to stop now:
"Okay Okay don't cry. I didn't really do anything to you. You are still as pure as milk. Don't worry." (Rio)
"Are you speaking the truth!" (Lia)
"Yeah I was just fooling around with you" (Rio)
When Lia figured out that Rio was really making a fool of herself, she got really embarrassed. In the end, she left Rio's room angrily:
"Humph! You idiot! You meanie! I am going! I will definitely get back to you one day!" (Lia)
After Lia left, a satisfied smile appeared on Rio's face, he sat near the window and continued to enjoy the scenery. It was already evening actually. Then suddenly the ship started to vibrate a little and screaming sounds started to come from outside.
Rio sighed at this commotion and said:
'What happened now? Good grief, can an extra, not even enjoy his coffee in peace? Let me rest for a while~'