Pride Online

Chapter 400: The Real War Part II

“Another battle is about to begin?”

A sweet voice rang up, sounding worried. Those rust-colored eyes pulled away from the screen in front of her to look at the newspapers piling beside her on the bed.

Those newspapers from different publishers all had similar headlines that said, “Nemesis loses,” “Vicent defeats for the first time,” “Is the four gods’ wall too tall?” or “Right in the face, Vincent totally beat.”

Seeing that, Nuchjaree pressed her lips together as she pushed her hair back softly.

The dashing girl was in a white dress and a pair of knee-length pants that made her look remarkably prettier. Until now, she was still held in the fancy guest room at Athenia Tower like the same.

It was the third day that she did not do anything much other than stay in this room quietly. It was true that she had all the facilities and food in here, but her communication channels were completely cut off. There was only this television that she could watch.

So, she was not allowed to go anywhere, but she could still ask for information from these people, and they would give her Pride’s newspaper to read. They also provided three meals of her choice a day. It could be said that the Cataral took special care of her and that she was not sure if she really was here as a prisoner of war or not.

But well, ...

What the heck did they keep her here for...?

They totally did not want to get any information about her army from her. So, it could be that they needed her as a hostage in a negotiation. But was it necessary to take care of a hostage this well?

KNOCK KNOCK!

Suddenly, there was a knocking sound coming from the door again, a sign that made Nuchjaree roll her eyes out of boredom. She glanced at the clock and saw that it was 10 o’clock now.

The time of day when she was tired of it the most...

The reason why?

Well, it was the time that the guy would come to see her every day!

“You woke up early.”

A gentle voice rang emotionlessly. those red eyes like some beautiful rubies glanced at Nuchjaree. He was not smiling nor frowning as he brought his tall figure to her right away.

“Well, excuse me, I am a woman, and it doesn’t seem right for a woman to sleep in until the sunlight shines on her butt.” She said sarcastically, turning her face away. And seeing that, Sven let out a throaty laugh.

“Yeah, well, then who was still sleeping, even though the sun had been shining on her butt yesterday?”

“I ...I was exhausted!”

Nuchjaree answered briefly. Her face was obviously blushing. She was thinking about shoving something into this guy’s mouth for once. The longer she knew this guy, the more she found that he was annoying. From the outside, this guy looked like a quiet and mature man like Shin, but no. This guy was a big, bad-mouthed.!

“You didn’t eat your food.”

Sven noticed after he saw how much food was left on the coffee table.

“I’m not hungry.” She replied briefly, before getting her attention back on the TV.

“You should still eat some anyway. I hope you know that even though you starve yourself to death, you will respawn in this room anyway.”

“I do!” She stressed her voice. “You don’t have to remind me that every day. I know that there’s no way to escape from you with this respawn spot saving bracelet, this teleport necklace that you can summon me to you every time from everywhere, and this stupid dress with a tracker on my body, too.”

She repeated the curses that she was having with a frustrated expression as she was pointing to each one and stressing her voice at Sven’s face angrily.

“Damn it. Just getting kidnapped already sucks enough, but I have to be dressed up with cursed costumes by a pervert, too. What a dumb luck.”

Sven slipped out a laugh at her words right away.

“Hey, I will repeat this again, I’m not the one who changed your clothes. Miguel did. Also, technically you were the one who did it yourself, Nuchjaree, since Miguel only used her mind control skill on you and had you put the clothes on by yourself. Your old clothes are still in your slots. It’s not like they disappeared. See? No one even touched you, so what’s the problem?”

“But how can I be sure that you weren’t there when I changed the clothes?”

Nuchjaree snapped, making the man shake his head amusedly.

“When people change their clothes in the game, they just have to say the word “put on," and the clothes will appear on them automatically. So, it’s not like I’d see anything even if I was there with you. And another reminder, your chopping block body doesn’t really turn me on.”

“Jerk!!”

She yelled at the top of her lungs. The things that she could throw at the big-mouthed one were only a few pillows near here that Sven could dodge them all so smoothly.

“Why are you mad? You don’t like the clothes I gave you?” Sven asked.

“No. Who would like these? Pervert.”

“I think they’re pretty and suit you very well.”

The girl paused for a moment, not expecting she would get complimented like that. However, she hurriedly grabbed another pillow and threw it at him to cover her cheeks which were blushing red. “Alright, alright, I’m sorry. Okay?” Sven said wearily. Even though he could dodge those attacks, he scratched his cheek after looking around the room and saw that the pillows and blanket were scattered all over. “You need them to sleep tonight.”

“Oh, sorry about that, the game will get to the war break period at 7 p.m. tonight. And that will be when the prisoner’s rules are omitted. So, I’ll finally be able to log off away from you.”

Sven laughed amusedly, while he was picking those pillows up and placing them on the bed again.

“You’re happy to not see me that much?” He asked.

“Even happier than when I got accepted to my university.”

She threw a burning sarcasm at him. She purposedly curled up a satisfied smile without knowing that her bright smile was the reason why Sven felt amused even more.

“So, staying with me is probably like a living hell to you, right?” He asked again.

“Oh! You’ve found out about that? Wow, you really are the black bullet of Cataral. Such a smart boy.”

Sven shook his head with amusement. He did not say anything back until he placed the last pillow back on the bed.

His ruby-red eyes glanced at the TV Nuchjaree was watching. After he saw that it was showing the battle in Tristan live, he curled up a slight smile right away.

“Are you expecting to see your friends, Nuchjaree?” He asked.

“It’s none of your business, isn’t it?” She replied.

“Well, no, it’s not. But I just wanted to tell you that it’s pointless. My intelligence unit heard that the Nemesis guild is not going to join this battle.”

“What?”

Nuchjaree yelled in surprise. She unintentionally grabbed Sven’s sleeve.

“What do you mean the Nemesis is not joining? This is the battle to take the most major area in Pride, isn’t it? We all know that the one who can claim the capital means that they’ve already claimed 60% of the favorable.”

Sven looked down at Nuchjaree’s hand that was clinging to his sleeve.

The man smiled with amusement, before shaking his head slightly.

“So, I can talk about none of my business now, right?”