I Give Up on the BL Novel's Male Leads - Chapter 103
She was also anticipating a physical response from her body when she felt fear.
“Hmm.”
However, Illein didn’t have trouble answering this question since it was something she had answered before, even if she didn’t remember it.
“Edwin’s eyes are very serious.”
“……”
“And their color is beautiful. I find it fascinating how Edwin’s eyes change color depending on the emotion or time. It’s quite magical.”
“…You…”
“And I can tell that Edwin is a good person just by looking into his eyes. Whenever I’m scared or nervous, I calm down by looking at Edwin’s eyes. There aren’t many people who understand me in this world, so Edwin is precious to me.”
She said this with a shy smile.
“So, how do my eyes look to you, Edwin?”
She asked, a bit embarrassed, noticing that he seemed to be blushing.
“I told you to be wary. Why are you saying such things?”
“Oh, come on, tell me about my eyes. I’m looking forward to it.”
She said this, holding Edwin’s hand tighter, believing that this would help with her lightning magic.
She hoped that once she mastered lightning magic, she would overcome the unfair evaluations she received due to her water affinity.
“What?”
She urged him, as if unaware that she was pulling the tiger’s whiskers.
“We’re not here to exchange compliments.”
“I know. But you said I need to feel the current in my body. Compliments would be electrifying.”
Illein said this and stared directly into Edwin’s eyes.
Strangely, Edwin couldn’t refuse her words, and even though he frowned, he couldn’t look away.
“Beautiful.”
“And?”
“Deep.”
“More. More! Is that all?”
“Hah, you’re asking for a lot.”
“Quickly.”
As she spoke, Edwin fell into deep thought once again.
“Is it really so difficult to squeeze out more?”
“But I just said it was pretty, didn’t I?”
“Where’s the proper compliment in that? Are you trying to make me feel the current by making me angry? If so, I think fire magic might come out instead of lightning.”
“…What?”
Edwin couldn’t help but chuckle at her words. He found her way of speaking amusing, especially how unpredictable she was.
The constant, sun-like Illein and the colorful, rainbow-like Illenas; they were strikingly similar yet clearly different.
“Let’s be serious.”
He looked into her eyes again.
“Where glaciers melt, lakes are formed.”
“…”
“Your eyes are like the water of a lake formed from melting glaciers. They’re also like the aurora.”
“Oh…!”
“And sometimes like a clear, bright sky.”
At that moment, Illein felt her heart skip a beat.
“Is that all? Won’t you say more?”
She tightened her grip on Edwin’s hand. He sighed and looked at her eyes once more.
Edwin strangely felt that he couldn’t refuse her requests easily.
“Hah, they’re also like cat’s eyes.”
“Did my eye corners go up?”
“Like a fox, too.”
“A fox?”
“You look like a desert fox but with the fur of an Arctic fox.”
“That’s not a compliment, is it?”
Illein said incredulously, making Edwin laugh again.
Then, Edwin was startled by his own laughter and quickly wiped the smile off his face.
“Edwin… you’re like a bear.”
“…?”
“I heard gray bears are really big. Kind of like you, right?”
“Enough small talk, let’s get back to it.”
“Okay.”
She tightened her grip on his hand, visualized the magic circle in her mind, and swung her wand through the air.
– Crackle!
A small lightning bolt emerged from the tip of her wand and vanished into the air.
“D-did I just…?”
“Try it again.”
“Oh, yes!”
Illein, delighted by her small success, swung her wand again.
Despite being surrounded by geniuses, Illein herself was quite exceptional.
– Rumble, crash!
“Ah!”
That was an undeniable fact.
“W-what just…!”
Illein was bewildered as she watched the massive lightning magic she had conjured tear through the ceiling and scorch the ground below.
“You have quite a talent for this.”
Edwin, although surprised, couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.
“I… I don’t even know how I did that.”
“How about going outside to practice?”
“Sounds good…!”
Illein was thrilled, feeling like she was finally learning offensive magic properly for the first time in her life.
“Let’s go quickly!”
“Don’t rush too much. You might get hurt.”
She pulled Edwin’s hand eagerly as they headed outside.
