Conquering The Game's World

After hearing this, the corner of Alicia's lips rose into a faint smile, but a moment later she asked with a subtle expression. "Luis, what are we going to do if she does reveal some flaws? I don't think she will confess easily."

Her worries weren't unprecedented, because if they harmed or forced Sera. They risked alerting the Aiverson Royal family and the Dennis family. As Luis said before, it wasn't the time to tear faces with them.

Luis knit his brows for a moment, then answered her.

"In that case, I'm going to prepare a stage for her. Then, luring her in. I'm going to let her perform under my illusion."

Alicia's eyes widened in surprise, and she asked with a confused expression. "Can't we just do that in the first place?" She thought that, if he was going to use illusion on Sera, anyway. Then what's the point of putting so much effort into making her reveal flaws?

However, to her disappointment, Luis shook his head in denial. "Nope, we can't do that. I must make the illusion as perfect as possible. Because if she finds out later that we put her under an illusion. It will create a lot of commotion and trouble, as we can't just silence her afterwards. So, it needs to be thorough."

"As for why wait until she reveals any flaws? If it ends up being just a coincidence and the Dennis family finds out about the illusion. It will create unnecessary tension between us and them. Now isn't the time for our families to be in the limelight."

Luis just gave her a vague answer. Not explaining all the details and the contents of his plans. Otherwise, she would be overwhelmed by the details. So, it's better to take it slow.

From his explanation, Alicia was clear that Luis had already thought it through. So, she didn't question him further and agreed. "I see. I didn't think of that. Let's do as you said." As she said this, her gaze towards him was full of admiration and she suggested with a smile. "Now, that's settled. Should we exercise together?"

"You sure? Weren't you in a bad mood?"

"I still am. So you better coax me later."

*Sigh*

"Hey! What's that sigh for?!"

"As you wish, my wife, since you are in a bad mood. How about we go have ice cream later?"

"Hmm, that's a good idea. It's been a few days since I ate one." Alicia nodded with a smile.

"Huh? Can't you just create ice and eat it anytime?" Luis asked in confusion. His eyes were full of genuine curiosity.

"… That's a good idea. How about I freeze your arms and eat them?"

Her smile as she looked at his arms made Luis gulp in nervousness. "You know what! I think going to the vendor is a lot better."

"You sure?" Alicia asked, raising one of her brows.

"Of course, they also need to do business. As customers, we should give them our support." Luis said with righteous indignation.

***

After teasing each other along with a bit of flirting, they both were in a better mood. So, they started focusing on their exercise.

Luis was back under 5 times gravitational pressure as he started lifting weights and as for Alicia, she started practising her sword art under 3 times pressure.

For the time being, Luis' focus was more on increasing his physical strength rather than learning new spells. The reason was that he was preparing himself for the Martial Arts technique; he plans to acquire.

While gritting his teeth, Luis lifted the weights and thought, 'Sera Dennis, although I don't know why your personality is different. Why you are close to Alex this early? Why did you say such things to Alicia? Do or how you know the truth? You are an uncertain factor that makes me uneasy. So, whatever secrets you have. I'm going to uncover them all.'

"Luis!"

Alicia calling out to him broke his stream of thought.

"What is it?"

"I want to go practice my sword art inside your Pocket Space. Is it alright?"

"Sure, no problem. Just keep your distance from my lab."

"I will."

With that, Luis opened the big vortex and let Alicia go inside it. After she disappeared from his sight, he couldn't help but joke.

"Hehe, now I can proudly say that I keep my wife inside my pocket."

"…"

A moment later, he felt embarrassed by his own words. 'Fortunately, no one heard that.' Relieved in his heart, he maintained his composure and focused on his training.

***

Time passed by and after completing their morning training. The two of them freshened themselves up and prepared to go out.

"Now that I think about it. We forgot to have breakfast."

"Huh? Didn't you eat? I ate before you returned from your morning run."

"… I'll eat something first, then we can go buy ice cream."

"No problem," Alicia said while putting Ivy on her right shoulder.

After Luis had breakfast, he took Alicia to an ice cream shop.

"Huh? Luis, isn't this the ice cream shop where you met Emily?"

At her words, he nodded with a wry smile, then explained.

"This place is good. They have many varieties of ice cream. Although there are some weird flavours. You can just ignore them."

When she heard this, Alicia remembered the video of Emily scolding the ice cream seller and nodded in understanding.

"Welcome!"

Just as the two of them entered the shop, the shopkeeper's warm greeting sounded. However, the ice cream seller's expression froze when his eyes fell on Luis, and a terrible memory resurfaced in his mind.

Luis, on the other hand, didn't notice the changes in the ice cream seller's expression as he caught sight of a familiar figure standing near a counter reading the menu.

'Oh well, I didn't expect to meet him here. Now this is going to be interesting.'

A wide smirk appeared on his face as he observed the golden-haired boy in front of him. That boy was none other than, Thomas Aiverson.