The Time I Got Reincarnated As An Extra - Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Shopping With Katherine [2]
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Amon exited from a carriage with Katherine in tow, who had Lily in her arms.

He paid the driver some Exlor and then looked forward.

They were at the City Centre now.

He looked back, finding Katherine rotating around her position to show Lily the whole view.

The girl herself had sparkles in her eyes as she looked at things she had never seen before.

She kept pointing at things while his sister politely explained what they were.

Removing his gaze, he looked ahead.

“Shall we go?” He asked, looking back at them.

Both of them nodded with exuberance.

Katherine had been teaching Lily for the past month so the latter was able to understand some simple sentences now.

The duo greeted the guards at the entrance and entered the City Centre.

The Centre was bustling with activity, with most people being the first years.

Clubs and Councils still hadn’t been introduced for them so they were mostly free after classes, unlike third years or second years.

90% of them were devoted to clubs and councils hence why they were barely seen in shopping districts or the City Centre.

Even right now, 60% of the third and second years in the mall belonged to the Disciplinary Committee.

They were patrolling at regular intervals to prevent any fight from breaking out in the mall.

Well, not like one did in the first place.

Fighting in the City Centre was a grave offence. The punishment enacted by Athena could not be fathomed so most people never fought.

Their fear of the Vice-Principal was enough for them to stop.

But the new first-years were unaware of this fact and so the Committee still had to be present here at all times.

Just for the sake of it.

Amon’s case was special as it happened the day the first years were inaugurated, something that no one expected.

Stifling a sigh, he moved back to the present, where he noticed several stares being cast their way.

Or more accurately, at Katherine.

“Isn’t that Miss Katherine, President of the Student Council?” Someone whispered.

“Yeah, she’s also the strongest in her year.” Someone followed.

“Who’s that in her arms?”

“Is it her sister? I never knew she had one.”

“She has a brother as well if I remember correctly right?”

“Oh yeah, what was his name again? Amon?”

“Yeah, look, he’s standing in front of her. I didn’t know she had a sister as well though.”

“Well not like we even knew about her brother, her life is pretty secretive. Her brother looks pretty average compared to her though. I have heard nothing about him from the first years.”

“Yeah but look at her, she’s so beautiful and kind….” He heard a mumble.

“I know right, I wish I had a chance with her…”

A vein throbbed at Amon’s head but he quickly suppressed himself and looked back.

Katherine was still smiling at him with Lily who was admiring the furniture, oblivious to the students.

A flicker of surprise passed through his eyes.

Since even he could hear them, it was obvious that Katherine could as well.

But she was ignoring them so perfectly as if they weren’t there at all.

She was not letting their talks interrupt or ruin their outing.

He felt like facepalming himself at his attitude.

‘I should ignore them as well.’ He thought.

“So? Where should we go first?” He asked her.

“I want to get some clothes for the three of us. So shall we go shopping first?” She asked.

He smiled and nodded, turning back to walk.

But, at that moment, Lily started wriggling in Katherine’s arms.

The latter chuckled, understanding what the little girl wanted to do.

She lowered herself and carefully placed Lily on the ground.

The girl beamed and started running around on the floor with glee.

The grand luxurious and magnificent architecture and lighting of the Centre had seemed to trigger a cheerful switch in her.

She came running to Amon and started to grab his jeans.

He looked down at her and stifled a chuckle from escaping her lips.

She was trying to grab her hand for some reason.

Grinning, he extended his pinky finger towards her which she grabbed and started to shake up and down.

Patting her head, Amon started to walk towards the clothing stores.

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Katherine looked at the back of her brother, walking forward with Lily holding his finger.

Her genuine smile then turned into a forced one.

Over the past one and a half months, she had noticed a deep change in her brother.

What once used to be a gloomy, anti-social, uninterested in everything, lifeless boy was now a confident, social, talented and cheerful adult.

He had changed so suddenly that she was forced to doubt if the person in front of her was her actual brother.

He smiled back at her and even became responsible, buying clothes for himself and even training usually to become stronger.

He made friends and acquaintances and was usually out of home, a wide contrast to his previous self.

He was talented in cooking, even inventing something tasty that made Katherine drool for it.

It was better than many things that were served in the City Centre.

She even wanted to learn cooking from him but was too shy to ask him.

His busy schedule also made her not want to put any more burden on him.

Unfortunately, the time differences in the siblings’ leaving and arrival made it difficult for them to even have lunch together, let alone have her eat his cooking.

But nevertheless, it was something that made her heart fill with genuine warmth.

It was as if he finally found a purpose in life.

She didn’t know what caused this change in him. Whether it was an interaction or something else.

All she knew that was she was happy for him. As happy as a sister could get.

He was finally someone that she wanted him to be. To her, there was no one more important in this world than her brother.

And seeing him change for the good was also something that made her beam with joy.

But, it changed again some weeks ago.

She noticed him having dark bags under his eyes one day and she questioned him for it.

He avoided it by giving an excuse that he hadn’t slept well because of his friends.

Afterwards, those bags were removed and she never saw them again.

But that was all a facade he put on to not worry her.

As someone who possessed a talent of 8th order and a high affinity to the [Ice] element, she was also smart enough to notice what her brother was trying to do.

It was obvious that he was using his [Blood] element on himself to make those bags disappear.

As someone who surprisingly advanced to 2nd order, she knew her brother was at least capable of this.

Katherine didn’t know why he wasn’t sleeping much. She knew if she asked him he would never tell her.

She checked his room several times if something was the cause for it, but just like always, it was clean and plain.

Day by day, his condition was getting more and more worse. When she asked Alice to help by asking Elizabeth, she found out that it had been more than a month since Amon last talked to the latter.

But just when she was getting to confront him face to face, he came up to her for an outing.

When he brought up the plan to her yesterday, she agreed wholeheartedly.

Both because she wanted to spend time with him and find out what was the cause of this.

He was probably doing this to throw off her suspicion of him.

She sighed with a smile.

‘I hope you find the courage to tell me yourself….little brother.’