Curse The Mainframe! 345 Help Elysia...

The next day, Alec and Elysia finally left their room together, and judging from the glances that the other inhabitants of the s.h.i.+p were not so subtly giving them, they all thought that they'd been up to… naughty things.

Apparently, the security guard had blabbed, so now the interest in them was renewed. Especially after they found out that there had been a third party in their bed at night.

Alec was a little speechless at how well their ruse worked.

He really didn't think that people would read into it so deeply.

But neither did he expect that the security guards who'd been checking on everyone to blab either.

Before anyone could 'subtly' come up to them and ask about where Alec had been all these days, Alec swept Elysia off.

Elysia was surprised. "Where are we going?" she asked with confusion. As far as she knew, this wasn't part of their itinerary for the day.

For some reason, Alec felt like teasing her, so he deliberately didn't say anything. "You'll know once we get there."

Elysia was confused, but she was more than willing to go along with Alec's whims. This was the first time she'd seen her boss slash friend act like this, and it made something within her loosen up.

She didn't know how to describe it.

It felt like her heart was a little light, but also as if it was clenching in antic.i.p.ation.

It was very strange, but she embraced the feelings while they lasted. After all, what was better than having a new experience with someone that she trusted?

Surely sooner or later, these strange feelings she had for Alec would die down. Who knew when she'd be able to experience feeling this light-hearted antic.i.p.ation again?

The s.h.i.+p they were on was huge, and there was no shortage of things to do, which was why Alec had been so annoyed when he kept seeing the same people day in and out.

The place was large enough that they didn't have to see the same people if they didn't want to, but it was almost as if they deliberately stuck near him each day, and unbeknownst to Alec, it wasn't too far from the truth.

It was actually rather strange since even the socialites themselves didn't know why they were going to such lengths to get near both Alec and Elysia.

It was more than just their physical appearance, and it didn't have to do with their 'status' whatever it may be either.

They mostly knew the people here on the s.h.i.+p – they were acquaintances or friends, but Alec and Elysia were unknowns.

There were only two reasons for that. One, they were from a powerful but hidden family, and two, they didn't have status at all.

None of them on the s.h.i.+p could decide which one it was, so they'd taken to hanging around to see whether or not there were more benefits to be had to make friends with them.

There was even a plaza in the middle where the socialites were able to do their shopping and gossip, and that was the place where Alec led Elysia.

If he was going to do this, then he was going to go all the way for it.

He may have been short on money over on the Awerk continent to make a cross-continental array, but it wasn't like he didn't have plenty of money that could be used on this s.h.i.+p.

Alec gently held Elysia's hand as they strode forward, and he ignored the swooning maidens and lovestruck fools at the side.

Unfortunately for him, while he hated them, he was already used to it.

Most of them had the sense not to come up while he was together with Elysia since it would be seen as bad manners to interrupt a couple's time, but that didn't mean there weren't people who disregarded manners to get their fix of gossip.

Elysia was still curious, seeing as they were walking in the part of the s.h.i.+p that she'd avoided due to the numerous female socialites and n.o.bles that gathered here day in and out.

However, today, it was even worse than usual, from what she'd heard.

It was packed, and there were both males and females that were gathered here, which shocked her.

Why were there so many people today?

As she listened closer, she realized the cause of the hype today.

Apparently, the s.h.i.+p was holding a ball tonight, and everyone was invited to attend.

The news had shaken the s.h.i.+p, and everyone looked to be attending, which was why there was organized chaos on the plaza area where dresses and suits were being sold.

While most of them had brought their own clothing, this was like an excuse for the socialites aboard to shop and make merry.

If he could, Alec would have avoided this altogether, but alas, if they didn't at least partic.i.p.ate and enter, they'd be seen as suspicious.

It was no surprise to him that the s.h.i.+p had done something like this.

No doubt that they were still looking for Mason, who was hiding himself well from their gaze.

The only problem was…

Neither Alec nor Elysia had any clothes that were presentable for this situation!

Alec only had his everyday clothes, as well as his sect uniform and his Spectre uniform. He had nothing else!

Elysia too, didn't have such things. Her wardrobe was pretty much the same as Alec, which made him speechless when he thought about it.

After all, it hadn't even been a year since Elysia had left the crack between realms where she'd been living with her father.

Why would she have clothes to wear that were presentable in a n.o.ble's presence?

Even the clothes that they'd picked up previously before boarding the s.h.i.+p were only those for everyday use and not something as 'grand' as this.

It just gave Alec a headache.

The shops in the s.h.i.+p were all top-notch, so no matter which shop they went into, it would all be of the highest quality.

Alec found a slightly more secluded and less-noisy shop and brought Elysia in.

The bell on the door chimed, admitting them.

The shop a.s.sistant looked up, and she gasped.

Wasn't this the rumoured beautiful couple that everyone had been talking about?!

At one glance, she could see the gentleness in the man's eyes that were only directed at the lovely lady, and the pink aura around them spoke of young love.

The shop a.s.sistant was unbearably excited.

They were still holding hands!

Seeing the way that the shop a.s.sistant's gaze was stuck to their hands like she couldn't get enough, Alec… had the urge to gauge out her eyes!

In a brief, horrible moment, Alec almost felt as if he was embarra.s.sed!

He, Alec. Embarra.s.sed!

Still, he had a part to play.

He lightly lifted Elysia's hand and pressed a faint kiss on the back of her hand, looking in her eyes with a faint smile as he did so. Inwardly, he was dying.

Elysia's eyes widened with shock, then her pale face filled with pink, until she was blus.h.i.+ng from the ears. Her heart had not been prepared for this!

The most tragic part of it was that she knew that Alec was acting, while she herself wasn't at all!

This little crush she had on him was proving to be worse than she originally thought. She had to quickly get rid of it before it compromised her relations.h.i.+p with Alec any further!

As such, she blinked her wide, golden eyes and smiled back at Alec.

It wasn't the first time that she'd seen Alec react with annoyance whenever someone did this to him.

However, his reaction to her actions was completely different!

He gently let go of her hand and turned away from her, coughing a little. Was she imagining it when she saw that his ears were slightly red?

"Please help her find a dress for this evening," Alec said calmly.