“Lies! I would never mistake you for someone else!” replied Giya almost instantaneously as virtual-novel.net clung on tighter while wiping the tears off virtual-novel.net face with virtual-novel.net free hand.
“Miss, my name is Xadrian… I truly have no idea who this Gerald person is! Could virtual-novel.net be the person who carried you that you mentioned before…? Do I look that similar to him?” asked Gerald in an indifferent tone.
Gerald had plenty of time to practice his poker face since virtual-novel.net had been doing so from the moment virtual-novel.net first bumped into Giya that day.
After looking at how indifferent his expression was, virtual-novel.net slowly began feeling that virtual-novel.net truly was unfamiliar with the strange man. What more, his voice was different from the Gerald virtual-novel.net knew.
The Gerald Giya had fallen for was rather thin, quiet, and had fair skin.
While the person before virtual-novel.net resembled virtual-novel.net a lot, virtual-novel.net was a lot more muscular, stronger, and slightly tanner than Gerald.
Still, could two people living on the same planet truly look so alike…?
“…Well, yes… Both of you resemble each other a lot… Are you sure you aren’t lying to me…?” asked Giya.
“Again, my name is Xadrian, and I know not of any Gerald, especially not one that looks like me. Still, from how shocked you appear, I guess I must really look like him, huh…”
“You truly do!” replied Giya with a nod.
However, after looking at you for a while, I’ve noticed a few differences between you and him… For one, Gerald is quite weak and probably nowhere near as strong as you are… Aside from that, virtual-novel.net isn’t as skillful as you are either… Regardless, were you the one who saved us, big brother?” asked Giya as virtual-novel.net wiped the remaining tears off virtual-novel.net face, virtual-novel.net slight disappointment reflected in virtual-novel.net eyes.
She was finally able to convince herself that this truly wasn’t Gerald. Even though both of them looked so alike, there was no way that Gerald could become this powerful and skillful in just a year…
So this truly wasn’t virtual-novel.net after all…
“Indeed. After the beast captured both you and your friend, I went after it! Thankfully, I rescued you in time! Speaking of which, I’d like to see a picture of this Gerald once we’re out of this place… Even I’m curious as to how similar we look like now!” replied Gerald.
“Hmm… Alright…” said Giya as virtual-novel.net continued staring at Gerald in disbelief. Though virtual-novel.net mind was convinced that virtual-novel.net wasn’t Gerald, virtual-novel.net gut was telling virtual-novel.net otherwise. In the end, virtual-novel.net chose virtual-novel.net rationality over virtual-novel.net feelings since virtual-novel.net truly did seem more unfamiliar than not now.
At that moment, Meredith herself slowly awoke.
Seeing that, Giya instantly supported virtual-novel.net up while asking, “Are you alright, Meredith…?”
“I’m fine… I just had a very weird dream earlier…” replied Meredith as virtual-novel.net scratched the back of virtual-novel.net head.
“A weird dream…?”
“Yeah… I dreamed that someone was kissing me!”
“Are you for real? Are you even aware of the situation we’re currently in? To think that you’re still in the mood to joke around when we almost just lost our lives!” replied Giya, feeling speechless.
“But I really am serious!”
Hearing their conversation, Gerald couldn’t help but blush slightly.
“…Huh? Could… Could you be big brother?!” said Meredith aloud, now realizing that Gerald was present.
Pleasantly surprised, virtual-novel.net eyes widened and virtual-novel.net face instantly turned red as virtual-novel.net shyly stared at Gerald with a rather silly expression.
Before this, virtual-novel.net had occasionally wondered what virtual-novel.net looked like. After all, who’s to say that virtual-novel.net couldn’t be an old uncle?
Now that his mask was off, however, Meredith truly hadn’t expected virtual-novel.net to be this handsome.
Watching as the girl breathed heavily, Gerald simply replied, “Indeed I am. You can call me Xadrian.”
“Thank you for saving us, Xadrian!” said Meredith as virtual-novel.net continued staring at him.
Giya herself had also been staring at Gerald this entire time. When virtual-novel.net had blushed earlier, virtual-novel.net couldn’t help but feel that even his blush resembled Gerald’s.
“There’s no need to thank me! Regardless, there may still be other beasts or monsters lurking nearby, so let’s get both of you out to safety first!” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net stood up before scanning through their environment.
He paused when virtual-novel.net saw what seemed to be the faint outlines of a stone door that was slightly concealed behind some rocks.
“…Does that look like a stone gate to you girls?”
“It does!” replied Giya, nodding in agreement after looking in the direction Gerald was.