The Fate Of The World Is In My Hands, But All I Want To Do Is Eat! - Chapter 178

Chapter 178: He has dangerous feelings for her Chapter 178: He has dangerous feelings for her Leo sat next to Alice nevertheless, and just as a kid who would easily forget a grudge, she easily forgot whatever she felt bad about and taunted Leo for not being able to consume food.

“Oh, what’s that?

You want a taste?” She drew closer to him, showing her ear, and then snickered.

“Ha!

But too bad you can’t have any cause you don’t have a digestive system.” She laughed out and enjoyed her meal.

Leo wasn’t offended.

Rather, he dropped his elbow on the table, rested his chin on his arms, and watched her with a smile.

“Yes, yes, I can’t eat any of your food.

So, enjoy it to the fullest.” He said, and Alice laughed more, feeling victorious.

Mark and Devon watched them.

Mark squeezed his hand underneath the table.

Just watching how Leo could smile so freely at Alice and not get suspected of having ulterior motives…

Knowing they slept in the same bed together…

Ah, he had to contain his feelings.

They were growing.

Growing so much that he just couldn’t stop himself from feeling jealous.

Leo subtly glanced at Mark and said through his telepathy, *You’re the one who’s overthinking things.* He said.

*If you want to shower her with affection, no one is stopping you.

It’s because you feel you don’t do it out of sincerity but out of the feelings you hold towards her; that’s what’s holding you back.* Leo looked away from him.

*As I said, I won’t stop you from making harmless advances, and Alice won’t think much if you add a little more care into the things you already do for her.* Leo added, and Mark gritted his teeth.

But he had to admit, Leo was right.

He released his hand, let out a sigh, and opened his eyes.

“Eat more, Alice.” He said, taking his first step of harmless advances.

He pushed the other portion towards her and she smiled heartily, “Thanks, Mark.

You’re the one who thinks about me most when it comes to my meals.” She praised him and his heart thumped in glee.

Ah, he could feel his face turning red, but he had to stop it so he wouldn’t come off as weird.

“It’s…

It’s nothing.” He said, throwing his gaze away.

“I just want to make sure you eat to your fill.” “Haha, alright.” Devon watched and wondered what calmed Mark all of a sudden.

Of course, it wasn’t hard to notice that Mark had been gripping his hand so tightly that he nearly bruised himself.

He had noticed it before but he could feel it more so when Mark expressed his jealousy towards anyone Alice was extremely fond of.

‘He has dangerous feelings for her.’ he thought.

‘But oh well, as long as he doesn’t hurt her, I don’t see a reason to intervene.

Besides,’ he turned to Alice and smiled.

‘He takes care of her the most, so I won’t take things further.’ He watched them and then laughed.

Alice looked up at him as he asked, “So, Miss Alice, I didn’t want to bring this up but…

Your thoughts on the guild, what are they?” Alice paused to think and then said, “Well, it’s not a lie that I wanted to join your guild then, but I’m starting to have second thoughts.” “May I know why?” “Would telling you that I’m a liability answer your question?” She asked but he went silent, unable to understand how she was a liability.

“In any case, I don’t want to be the center of attention.” “But you’re already the center of attention.” Devon said.

“You saved my guild members.

You healed their wounds and gave them new limbs.” ‘But I also caused all of that so yeah, I’m a liability.’ She couldn’t say that out loud but she knew for a fact that she was originally to blame for the gate break.

And then she took her sweet time while the monsters were tearing their limbs apart.

She didn’t feel the gravity of their deaths and maybe it was because she didn’t feel responsible for them.

Yet…

It was still a fact that people died that day and it was because she was reckless and negligent.

She would continue being reckless and negligent, so she didn’t want to drag any of them with her.

In the future, they would want to team up with her, and she was bad at carrying along teammates, so she would be a bad team member, especially if she was paired with weaklings.

“You said it was mandatory to join a guild, right?

If not, my rights as an awakened would be revoked, right?” She pushed herself back and picked up her usual glass of milk.

“What if I talk to the association head about it?

He could put in a word for me with the agency and make me an exception, what do you think?” They went silent till Devon broke the silence with his question.

“Do you have any concerns, Alice?” “Concerns?” She asked him but knew exactly what he meant.

Playing dumb was just something she felt comfortable with.

“What’s that?” “Don’t play dumb, idiot.

Just tell him what you have in mind.” Leo said with a lazy tone and she stuck her tongue out at him.

Alice sighed and turned to Devon, ready to spill just the right information to express her ‘concerns’.

“Well, you know I’m super strong, and the rest.

I just feel if I have to join a guild, I’ll get paired with others who are deemed strong as well.

But we all know they won’t be up to my powers, so…” She rubbed the back of her neck.

“I could get them killed ’cause I act reckless when taking out monsters.” “Is that what you’re concerned about?” Devon asked and she nodded.

“Well, you could always just use the guild.” He said.

“While I’m not trying to deny that I want to use your fame to boost the morale of my members, I also wish for you to be free.

You can use the name of my guild and not get tied to it.

Think of it as a VIP privilege for joining.” “Oh, like how Micheal is a VIP in your guild?” She asked and both Mark and Devon flinched.

“Well, if I’m not tied to any duties as a guild member, it would be fine but…” She was still feeling discontent with this.

“There’s this thing of blaming the guild for its member’s actions.

If I do something wrong, and…” “I don’t believe there’s anyone who will be able to reprimand you.” Devon cut her short.

“Alice, you are the number one sought-after in the country.

No, in the world, even.

Your face is everywhere and though not everyone may like you, everyone has seen with their own eyes just how capable you are.

They will not point fingers unless they’re ready to take you on.

Which of course, would be the most foolish thing to do.

So, trust me on this, Alice.

Your actions could never bring trouble to my guild.” CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Author_fredah Hm, let’s see what she has to say