The Smiling Death-Chapter 352: It’s Time Now

The group walked down the forest path toward the village. Dry leaves crunched softly beneath their feet as they moved through the familiar trail.

Ethan walked ahead while chatting with Oliver, their voices relaxed after the sparring match.

Behind them, Amon and Scarlett walked side by side.

’Such a nice day.’

Soon the forest began to thin.

The wooden fences and small houses of the village slowly came into view.

A few villagers were already moving around, finishing their midday tasks. Some were carrying firewood, while others were returning from the fields.

The group continued walking deeper into the village.

"Finally," Ethan said while stretching his arms. "I was starving." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"You are always starving, Ethan," Katherine replied with a faint smile.

They turned toward the large wooden building near the center of the village.

The canteen.

It was already afternoon, and it was lunchtime.

The door creaked slightly as they pushed it open.

Warm air mixed with the smell of roasted meat and cooked herbs drifted toward them.

Inside, a few villagers were already sitting at tables, eating and talking quietly.

Amon stepped forward toward the serving counter.

Behind it stood Granny May along with two other villagers helping her distribute food. She looked as kind as always.

Granny May noticed him immediately. Her wrinkled face brightened with a warm smile.

"Well, look who is here," she said cheerfully.

Amon picked up a wooden plate and a bowl. He placed roasted meat on the plate and poured a serving of leaf soup into the bowl.

Then he looked at her with a friendly grin. "Hello, Granny May. How are you?"

She chuckled softly. "Hello, child."

"I am good." Then she leaned slightly forward and asked with curiosity in her voice, "So tell me... how are things going with Scarlett?"

Amon’s grin widened instantly. "Everything is going well," he said proudly.

Granny May nodded with a satisfied expression.

"I knew you would do it," she said confidently. "Don’t let her go from you now, young man."

Amon laughed lightly. "Yes, I won’t," he replied while nodding.

’She really is supporting me.’ Amon thought. He was used to her asking about the progress of his relationship with Scarlett.

Now Amon couldn’t say that he was doing this for fun. He never had any wish to make her fall in love with him. But the things between them going on over the days, like how close they had become in those months, made Amon unable to understand what he felt about her.

Sometimes it looked like she might have some feelings for Amon, while sometimes she was just indifferent. There might be a chance that she thought of him as a very close friend, with nothing such as having romantic feelings.

So for now Amon let these things be decided by the future, not worrying about it for now.

Taking his plate and bowl, he turned and walked toward the tables.

The group had already chosen a long wooden table.

Amon sat down beside Scarlett.

Scarlett quietly continued eating, pretending not to notice the faint amused looks from the others.

’Is she becoming more and more beautiful as the days go by... or is it just me who thinks like that?’ Amon stopped staring at her and focused on his lunch.

Amon placed his plate down and began eating. Before taking his first bite, he glanced toward another table.

An old man sat there calmly, drinking soup. With a friendly tone, Amon greeted him.

"Good afternoon, Old Man Malphas."

The old man raised his eyes slightly and gave a slow nod in return.

Then Amon looked across the room.

At another table sat Roland and Kael, eating while talking with a few villagers.

Amon lifted his hand and waved. "Uncle Roland! Uncle Kael!"

Both men noticed him. Roland nodded back calmly.

Kael lifted his hand with a casual grin in response.

Meanwhile, Amon leaned back slightly in his chair and finally started eating his roasted meat with a satisfied expression.

Lunchtime in the village had begun.

Amon’s thoughts soon turned in another direction.

’Hah... according to Vetaal. It’s time now.’

Vetaal had been working and trying to find a shortcut. And he succeeded. He had a way that could let them bring those towers into existence before their designated time.

’But this might bring more problems and troubles to us... but we have to face them.’

Amon took a bite and sighed.

Soon he needed to let Vetaal talk with Roland and the others.

The problem was... Vetaal and Amon, both of them couldn’t do this alone.

They needed the help of all the strong individuals in the village.

Now he didn’t know how to explain this to the others. It would be hard to convince them that Vetaal was safe and a trusted person. Since Vetaal is walking, floating corpse looking man. Also he looked too suspicious.

’Well... in truth I don’t believe that guy.’

But Amon himself did not believe in Vetaal. He did think that Vetaal might be more dangerous and cunning.

"What are you thinking so deeply about with that serious face? You look weird."

A sweet voice came from beside him.

In truth, it was not sweet at all. It was cold, but for Amon it had become sweet to hear.

He came out of his thoughts and smiled worriedly.

"Just thinking about... you—"

Before Amon could continue his blabbering, she cut him off.

"Okay. I don’t want to hear it. Don’t say anything further."

"Uhm? Tch!" Amon clicked his tongue. She didn’t even let him finish his words. How could she do that!

"Haha! She didn’t even let you talk."

Ethan, who heard this, laughed.

"She was just shy. Didn’t want to let you guys hear it. I will tell her later when we are alone."

Something hit his feet under the table.

"Ouch!"

"Ohh! So you guys will have lovers’ talk. Sure, sure. You two can have it. We won’t bother you."

Others laughed at Ethan’s comment.

Amon just smirked widely. Only to get hit on his feet again. This time even harder.

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[A/N: Hello guys! It might seem like I am dragging this arc a lot. But I wanted to write some slice of life. Also wanted to focus on Scarlett and Amon’s romance. Well anyways,now I will be trying to fast up the story! End it fast if possible haha! Can’t say how many Chapters it might take but once this arc end. He will go back to Academy! Now even I’m missing Adelia and Seraphina. By the way you guys can comment about these things. Bye Enjoying your day or night.]