Lenfan arrived with his group, and the moment I saw their expressions, I understood what they wanted to talk about.
I said calmly,
"There is no relationship between the two of us. You're misunderstanding everything."
I tried to explain, but they didn't listen.
Lenfan stepped forward and glared at me.
"How dare you stay close to Ira?" he shouted. "Do you even know how long I've liked her? How could you come between us?"
Before I could say anything, Lenfan turned to his teammates and said coldly,
"Grab him."
I realized they were about to attack me.
Just then, a boy appeared and stood in front of me. He looked at Lenfan and said firmly,
"You can't attack him without any reason."
Suddenly, someone called Lenfan from behind.Lenfan clicked his tongue and looked at the boy.
"I'll deal with you later," he said threateningly.
With that, Lenfan and his group left.
I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding and looked at the boy.
"Thank you," I said. "What's your name?"
He smiled slightly.
"My name is Reinhard. What about you?"
"I'm Ayan."
At that moment, Hinata arrived.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
Reinhard looked confused.
"Who is this girl?"
I replied,
"She's Hinata. Nice to meet you."
Just then, Ira looked at Reinhard and said in surprise,
"You're still here? What are you doing now?"
Reinhard answered honestly,
"I saw Lenfan bothering someone, so I came to check."
After hearing that, Ira nodded.
"I see… now I understand what happened. Anyway, I'm glad both of you are fine."
I noticed that Ira was speaking while looking down, her face slightly red with embarrassment.
Then I asked Ira and Hinata,
"How did you know something was wrong?"
Hinata answered,
"While we were working, I sensed something unusual outside and told Ira. So we came out."
Hearing that, I was shocked. I turned to Hinata and asked,
"Hinata… do you have some kind of power that lets you hear things from far away?"
I was amazed, but then I reminded myself—
They are gods. Having such abilities isn't strange for them.
While thinking about that, someone else came to my mind.
Alia.
I looked at Ira and asked carefully,
"Ira… you were with Alia before. What happened to her?"
The moment I said that, both Ira and Hinata went silent.
I understood immediately—something had happened.
I asked again, this time more seriously,
"Tell me the truth. What happened to Alia?"