Not As Cold

"I wasn't truly thinking of living in the warehouse, but it's a nice idea. The house is too big, what would I even put in there anyway?... I'll still repair it tough"

He said while still working on the warehouse.

"You are not living in a warehouse!"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want you to"

"That's not really a reasonable reason"

"I don't care. You will not live in a warehouse. There are a lot of things you can do with a lot of space, like decorating"

"I... see?" He still couldn't understand why she wouldn't let him live inside the warehouse. He didn't care that much where he lived, but how much she cared about it was interesting to him.

"Will you at least live in the house like a normal person?"

"Okay, but I still have to sleep here until I repair the house enough to sleep inside"

Earlier, when he went to the store with the money he got at the party. He explained why he needed the wood and the lady suggested he bought a lot of stuff, like the tools he was using.

She even gave him a few tips on repairing which helped him a lot.

*Sigh* "I shouldn't have teleported you to an abandoned house"

Lili sat on the grass while looking at him working. She admitted it was quite fun to see him concentrating and working hard like that.

"How was everything at the castle?" He asked.

It was nice. I couldn't spend much time with mother but I talked with my sister a lot"

"Good. How much did you say about me?"

"Nothing"

"Are you sure you want to lie like that?"

"I don't have a choice after all that happened. But maybe if I told mother everything, she would understand... My sister is a really nice person as well"

"If you say so, whatever you decide, I will be fine. But please tell me first if you are gonna tell them"

"Thaks, but I'm not gonna tell them yet"

Then, Lili saw something on the ground a few feet away from her.

"Why is there a badge from the army here?"

"That? I received it when I joined the army"

"You what?!!!!!"

"I joined the army"

"Yeah, I heard it, but why?"

"Because I needed money"

"I can give you money, I'm the princess!"

"I didn't know that, but it's fine. I wanted something to do anyway"

"Can't you find a normal hobby? And didn't I tell you to not leave the house?"

"I needed wood to repair the house and I didn't want to sleep outside if possible"

Lili felt like she should have paid more attention to him and explained a little about how everything worked before leaving him here alone as she did.

A little embarrassed at herself, she faked being angry and went away pouting.

Alexander was confused by her mood swings.

Later, at night.

Inside the repaired warehouse, Alexander and Lili were sleeping on a couch Alexander fixed. Lili didn't want to sleep alone in her room at the castle after being alone for so long.

Her mother and sister didn't sleep at all because they are vampires. Lili was probably the only vampire who actually sleeps since she caught the habit of doing it to pass time.

The next day, Lili went to the castle again, and Alexander to the army building. There wasn't any party anymore but the commander didn't give him anything to do.

It turned out that the division he joined was the weakest and they rarely had any missions or assignments.

At night, Alexander finished the warehouse and started working on the house.

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Four months later...

[ Happy Birthday! At this moment, the host completed 9 years since his birth ]

[ Because of the host's unusual body constitution. The host doesn't grow older in the progression of the year, instead, every 'birthday' event, the system will use the hormones accumulated to improve the host's body at once ]

[ Because of the event 'Birthday' the host's body was improved ]

[ +7 Points to all status ]

[ Vitality: 8 -> 15 ]

[ Strength: 6 -> 13 ]

[ Agility: 2 -> 9 ]

Alexander's strength was still pitiful compared to before but since he stopped gaining status while training, he was glad to finally see a rise in strength.

Even not receiving status, he still trains all the footworks every day. At his division's building, the commander told him that tomorrow they would leave the city for their first mission.

Lili started spending a lot of time around Alexander's house. As time passed, Jennifer would spend less and less time with her. Lili barely entered her room anymore.

Now, Alexander and Lili were playing a card game in the living room.

"I will leave the city tomorrow"

"What?! Why?"

She became sad thinking he wanted to go away because she was annoying or bothering him too much.

"Don't think too much, it's the army. I'll be doing my first mission with the rest of the division and it just happens to be outside. I'm coming back after it ends"

Lili was relieved knowing he wasn't going away.

"What's going on? You've been in a sad mood these days" He asked.

"It's nothing..."

Alexander didn't believe her, staring suspiciously.

She turned her gaze, embarrassed by his gaze.

"It's just... My sister stopped talking with me these days, and I don't even know why. We didn't fight or anything, am I annoying? Am I bothering her?"

She looked at him with teary eyes. Seeing her like this, he placed his hand on her head while looking directly into her eyes.

"You are not annoying. You are a lovely and pretty little girl" He said while rubbing her head.

She stared at him and pouted.

"You can't steal lines from a book to make me feel better"

"... Don't know what you're talking about"

"We read that book like a hundred times... How did you expect me not to remember?"

Alexander removed his hand from her head and scratched the back of his neck a little embarrassed.

Lili looked at him and her eyes widened...