Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 87

Chapter 87 Friends

The next morning, Aurora and Atticus could be seen on the training ground. The day before, Atticus had managed to convince Aurora to ignore Rowan's command.

Aurora had reluctantly agreed, although Atticus could still notice her shaking at times.? But he left her alone, allowing her to deal with her inner turmoil.

'If she's not 100% in this, it would be a waste of time,' Atticus thought. He knew that, in the end, everything depended on Aurora.

If later down the line she decided to return to her father, he wouldn't be able to stop her. He also recognized that abruptly leaving her father behind would be incredibly difficult; after all, he was her only family.

Atticus turned his gaze away from Aurora, who was already nervously biting her fingernails, toward the approaching duo of Lucas and Nate. They both displayed slight surprise when they saw Atticus standing together with Aurora.

'What's going on?' Lucas couldn't help but wonder. But Nate was always one to wear his emotions on his face, so he openly asked, "Seeing you both together is so weird. Have you two become friends or something?"

Lucas couldn't help but internally give his friend a high five. He too was curious. Although he had recently informed Atticus about Rowan, he didn't want to ask him about this situation due to the evident awkwardness.

Atticus smiled and replied, "I guess you could say that. We're friends."

Hearing his words, Aurora froze. When the duo arrived, she hadn't even glanced at them, too absorbed in her inner turmoil. But Atticus words had an unexpected impact on her.

'Friends?' She muttered inwardly. That word made her happy, too happy, eliciting a small smile from her.

"What the…" Nate exclaimed in surprise, leaving his mouth hanging open. Atticus and Aurora as friends? It was the last thing he expected.

They were the first and second ranked in the first year, essentially the fiercest rivals in the class. Everyone had noticed the intense stares Aurora usually directed at Atticus whenever they were on the training ground.

What was even more baffling was the fact that Aurora had recently lost to Atticus. Nate had expected their rivalry to intensify after that match. This development was truly unexpected.

Lucas raised an eyebrow, thinking, 'Interesting.' While he couldn't say for sure what had transpired, he had a general idea of the situation.

However, both Nate and Lucas's faces couldn't help but twitch when they realized that Aurora didn't even spare them a glance since they arrived.

They all remained awkwardly quiet as the other trainees began to arrived.

As they were each arriving, they were each expressing their surprise at seeing Atticus and Aurora together.

Just like Nate, they had expected Atticus and Aurora's rivalry to grow stronger, especially after Aurora's loss in the combat challenge.

However, all they could do was gossip and whisper amongst themselves, none of them having the balls to approach Atticus and Aurora.

At 6 a.m., Elias promptly arrived at the training grounds, and he couldn't help but smile upon seeing Aurora looking far less worn out and battered than usual.