Encounters pt. 4

I avoided looking at him and silently wished that we would proceed.

But fate is cruel.

Lukas began to smirk and it brought bad feelings on me.

"Heh. You're stalking me even in the palace?" Was his next statement to my utter shock.

I blinked at him.

"E-eh? No, I'm not!"

"Really? Why are you always around then, hmm?"

I'm always around? But I just saw him right now? This is only the second meeting though? What does he mean by that!

"I don't know what you're saying, Your Grace," I replied in a formal tone.

If he could just stop…

"You even went to my guild yesterday. How is that not stalking?" Lukas pointed out.

'Huh? His guild? Did he mean the mercenary guild? It's his?! Oh my goodness…'

"T-that's…"

I'm completely flustered. I have no idea it was his! And I'm not stalking him! 

Eon glanced at the two of us simultaneously, looking curious.

"You know each other?" He asked after a while.