After they got through the Fort and left the horses behind, it was time for Mia and Aiden to walk until they arrived at the Upsilon Empire.

Aiden wasn’t motivated at all but he had no choice, so he started walking but they didn’t go on the nice path which was clean and easy to follow.

They decided to walk close to the path but in the forest so that no one would spot them which was the point of why Aiden was having someone with him. 

She needed to show him the path to enter discreetly which was why Aiden had hired a guide.

“Alright since we won’t be on the main path anymore we’ll have to be on the lookout for monsters,” said Mia.

“Yeah, we don’t want a repeat of last night, ahaha,” said Aiden, as he laughed at the end.

After saying that, they started walking in the direction of the Upsilon Empire.

This time they didn’t talk all that much as they had already talked about anything they could find.

After all, it had been one day since they had been spending all day with each other.

Suddenly, they were both walking silently which for Aiden was as easy as breathing. They heard big stomps close to them.

*Boom*

*Boom*

*Boom*

He could feel vibrations in the ground every time the stomps were being made. It was difficult for both Mia and Aiden to keep their balance.

“What is happening?” asked Aiden as he tried his best not to fall on the ground.

“I-I think it’s a minotaur,” said Mia who started to be scared just by hearing the sound of those steps on the ground.

Aiden who didn’t know what a minotaur was didn’t understand why her mouth started trembling.

“We-we should hide quickly, even you won’t be able to kill such a thing. I’m telling you… it’s terrifying,” said Mia, as she started trembling once again it seemed she didn’t have good memories of the Minotaur.

“Is it really that dangerous?” asked Aiden as he went to hide behind a tree with Mia on his lap.

“Ye-yes, you don’t understand how strong it is, m-my friends once tried to fight one, and…” said Mia, as she didn’t have the strength to finish her words as she started crying.

Aiden didn’t quite understand what was happening why did she start crying in his arms, what did he need to do?

After all, he never had any contact with a woman in his entire life, and he was even oblivious to how others projected their emotions being raised as an assassin.

The only emotion that Aiden knew how to emit was anger because of the betrayal of his master. 

Aiden, not knowing what to do, decided to give small awkward pats on her head.

“It’s gonna be alright, don’t worry,” said Aiden as he continued to pat her head.

‘What is happening?’ thought Mia, not understanding why he was giving her a pat on her head as if she was an animal, but she didn’t get his hand off as it recomforted her even if it was pretty weird.

“Tha-thank you,” said Mia, as she started calming down, her heart which had been beating scared to relax from the touch of Aiden. Her tears which had been coming out of her eyes also stopped from the simplest touch of Aiden.

‘What is happening to me, is he able to control my emotions? Why am I so calm when he touches me?’ thought Mia, not understanding why she liked Aiden touching her so much.

Aiden, on the other hand, was confused when he saw messages appear in from of him, the system was once again sending him messages.

[You have created a skill.]

‘Again? What the hell did I do?’ thought Aiden not sure how this happened.

[You have created the skill <Gentle Touch>.]

[Gentle Touch]

[Rank: Blue(Unique)]

[Description: A skill created by a person who doesn’t know how to deal with emotions. Because of his indifference toward others when they show emotions, he has developed a touch capable of calming down others instantly not wanting to deal with them.]

[Cost: 0 MP]

[No Cooldown]

‘What the hell is that skill?’ thought Aiden as he read the description not comprehending how he had created it.

He knew that he wasn’t the best when it came to dealing with emotions but he didn’t think that it would be so bad that even the system would offer him the skill to deal with others.

‘It’s even Blue Ranked?!’ thought Aiden completely shocked when he saw that. After all, the skills he had currently were all of Green Ranked.

Wanting to test the skill, Aiden continued patting her head but this time with the skill in use. The effects were instant, Mia stopped crying and her melons which were going up and down really fast slowed down. It seemed like she really was calming down instantly.

One or two minutes later, the stomps on the ground started decreasing, it seemed like the minotaur had gotten away. He probably got bored when he didn’t find what he was looking for.

Mia got off the lap of Aiden when she stopped hearing the Minotaur and his stomps. Then, she looked him in the eyes not knowing what just happened.

“How did you do that?”

“Did what?” said Aiden, acting innocent.

“You know, when you started to pat me on the head,” said Mia not talking about the part where she liked it and calmed down because of it.

“Hmm, I just didn’t know what to do when you started crying and all so I just… I don’t know,” said Aiden, kind of to have patted her on the head.

“It’s fine you don’t need to explain yourself, it’s not that I disliked it or anything. It even calmed me down,” said Mia, as she played with her thumbs blushing a little bit.

“Did it?” asked Aiden acting like he didn’t know why it would do such a thing.

“Yeah, I don’t why, I’m not usually that comfortable around strangers but you… you’re different.”

“Thank you, I guess,” Aiden responded not knowing how to respond to that as it was the skill’s fault that she had suddenly calmed down. 

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