After seeing Xiao Se off, the young man followed him upstairs. But the moment he opened the door, what reached him first was a burst of conversation.
"So that's how it is. If you didn't catch him, it's fine. Just let him go back by himself."
"You two went out of your way for this."
The young man opened the door with some confusion, only to see an overly young man and woman sitting at the table, chatting and laughing with his parents.
"You're back? Where's that young fellow from just now? His parents happened to come looking for him, so we were just chatting."
Mother clearly had quite a good impression of this young man and woman. That familiar sense of warmth welled up in her heart and, without her even realizing it, dissolved her original doubts and confusion.
"He already went back... These two are..."
The young man's gaze involuntarily fell on the tall, stunning beauty seated by the table.
An inexplicable sense of familiarity also arose within him the moment he saw her.
"They're your classmate's parents. Haven't you met before?"
Father's voice startled the young man so badly he jolted.
"Eh, eh, eh, eh, eh, eh?!!!!"
"How did that suddenly scare him?"
His mind withdrew from the Sky Ranking. From the moment he left his true name upon the Sky Ranking, the possibilities he had never fully glimpsed in the past appeared before him once more. Since that was the case, how could he possibly miss them?
It was just that, judging by the look of things, it seemed he still could not change the outcome of constant messes cropping up one after another.
"How would I know he'd be so jumpy? He's not even as good as Xiao Se."
"...Has this reached the point