Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 285

Chapter 285 Real Men

285 Real Men

Atticus turned to find Kael gazing at him, expression unchanged. "Ahem," Atticus audibly cleared his throat. 'Was I staring?' he wondered.

Straightening his trench coat, he began walking through the hall, Kael in tow. Kael had been right; their class would start soon, and wasting time meant risking being late.

As expected, the walk remained eerily quiet, with neither of them exchanging words

They both saw some other first year leaders' students in the hallway as they walked, and both Atticus and Kael walking in tandem with each other immediately drew stares from the other students.

Many of them had been too out of it yesterday to notice the closeness between Atticus and Kael. Both of them getting close was the last thing any one of them expected.

But they both completely ignored the stares and kept moving forward.

They reached the end of the hall with both of them seeing the map of the academy once again.

They continued to their left and got to the elevator after a few seconds. With a slight chime, they both entered the elevator, and it immediately started descending.

Atticus's thoughts were swirling, and just as he believed the entire interaction with Kael would remain quiet, Kael suddenly turned towards Atticus and spoke,

"You like her, don't you?" Kael's words made Atticus's train of thought freeze.

'What the hell,'

Turning to see Kael staring at him expressionlessly, Atticus was caught off guard. That was the last thing he had expected from Kael.

He didn't strike Atticus as the type to discuss romantic interests.

Atticus was curious to see where this conversation would lead. "I guess you can say that. Why are you asking?" Atticus responded with a small smile.

"I see," Kael muttered, taking a moment to think.

"Do you like her?" Atticus pressed on, gazing at Kael intently, trying to discern any signs of deceit.

Atticus didn't even need to see anything, as Kael immediately shook his head, refusing the question. "No, she's too… beautiful," Kael said.

"Huh?" Atticus was confused. Wasn't a girl being incredibly beautiful a good thing? Or did they practice something different in Eldoralth, and he was just finding out?

'No, mom is fine as hell. He must be the weird one,' Atticus concluded. Anastasia was incredibly beautiful, as was Lila's mother whom Atticus had seen when they visited their estate.

"Too beautiful?" Atticus decided to ask.

Kael took a moment before he continued speaking, "Grandfather said beautiful women are a recipe for trouble," Kael said, turning towards Atticus, "And I don't like trouble," he added.

"Pfft," a burst of laughter escaped Atticus's lips as he heard what Kael had said. It struck him as funny that his grandfather would give such advice.

Taking a moment to regain his composure, marked by the elevator reaching its destination on the second floor, Atticus said, "I guess you're right. Beautiful women do bring you a lot of trouble."