The Magician of Sound

"Ugh." Arnaud gritted his teeth when he heard about the report. He was staying in his room because Roselyn said she had something important to talk about, but he never expected that it was this important.

In front of him was a blue screen with Roselyn\'s face on it as they were in the middle of a video call. He facepalmed and supported his head on the table with his hand, letting out a long sigh.

"I\'m sorry, I shouldn\'t have agreed to those terms." Roselyn apologized because she thought Arnaud was disappointed in her because she had been reckless.

However, the latter shook his head helplessly and explained. "I\'m not blaming you. In fact, I want to praise you for reaching an agreement. Though I believe that this is his plan all along."

Roselyn looked down with a sad expression, knowing that Kai tricked her earlier, pressuring her to make a decision. Unfortunately, nothing could be done because Kai\'s words were far heavier than her imagination.

His conditions were clear. Join him and you would receive the benefit. There was no room for negotiation. Why? Why would he state something like this right at the beginning? Was it because Sofia asked him? No.

No. Due to the fact that he was new here, no one, even Roselyn, could grasp this man called Kai Carter fully, so this was the best way to raise his worth far above his actual worth and pressured them to agree.

"What an enigma… That guy can\'t be measured by the standard anymore." Arnaud closed his eyes, pondering what he should do with this information. "For now, I will convince the Union since this might be a great clue for us, considering Sofia Campbel once got something good from the Easter Island Expedition.

"There is a possibility that this one is bigger than that because the stone gave something so important to Kai Carter. According to that stone, this place would have ancient civilization, so I\'m hoping that this is not a trap to bait us.

"After all, you can see the wonders of the world like pyramids and such and contemplate how they were even built. There is only one thing that can be used as an explanation."

Roselyn realized and dropped her jaw. "Magic."

"Exactly." Arnaud praised her for getting that agreement solely for this since the ancient civilization might be more important than he thought. "If we can even have a portion of ancient civilization knowledge about magic, we may be able to create something better than an exoskeleton. It will only strengthen the Union."

"…" She closed her eyes, not knowing whether to feel relieved or angry. She felt useless in front of Kai Carter, yet, Kai said that he was looking forward to their cooperation… No, her cooperation. In other words, Kai had the intention to bring her there.

At the same time, this sentence could be used to protect her from the Union, especially if they tried to punish her because she was too rash. Even though Kai indeed pressured her to agree to this promise, he still protected her from the danger.

"Still, to think that Kai Carter would do something like this…" Arnaud narrowed his eyes, looking at her. "Hmm…"

Roselyn knew what he was thinking about her and looked away. "I\'m not someone important."

"There is still a chance. You should grab it."

"It\'s impossible." Roselyn shook her head helplessly. "The time is too short to be even considered."

"How about sending you as an exchange student this time?" He smiled. "Or do you hate him? After all, he pressured you to do something like this."

"I don\'t know. No, I don\'t hate him. He just did something like that because we were strangers, but I probably could say that I like his personality."

"Whatever. I only want to say one thing. Don\'t let your emotions hinder your judgment. I will handle this case, but there might be people that will try to make a fuss sooner or later, so do your job well, okay?"

"I understand." She saluted him.

"Then, good night. You should rest for now. I will send you the reply three days later. For now, tell him that it will take time to come to a decision, but I should be able to convince them. The expedition can get the approval one or two months later."

"Yes, Sir." Roselyn then ended their call and swiped the screen, making it disappear. She took a step back and let out a long sigh before looking at her own room. Something seemed to be calling her and she wondered whether she had to do it or not. "Whatever… I need to do this."

Meanwhile, Kai and Sofia sat face to face with serious expressions. "I\'m sure you know it, but this place is truly cramped."

"I know." Sofia nodded and looked at the closet, which was filled with their clothes. Her eyes then wandered to the table, the only place that was empty in this room since no one had the need to use it other than placing their device or something.

The bathroom was the same. They had a shower and a bathtub, so it was pretty nice, but they would be able to hear each other even if they closed the door. In other words, for the rest of his stay here, they wouldn\'t have any privacy and need to share everything together.

Kai and Sofia didn\'t really mind that. The only problem would be the bed.

Kai thought for a moment and asked, "What do you think about the bed?"

"Why don\'t we sleep together? It\'s not like that\'s a problem for you, right?"

"I don\'t mind, but…"

"Temptation?" She smiled. "Don\'t worry. I will properly take care of you like the others when we were in the US Base."

It was true that none of his girls ever did it properly when they had no medicine. But it didn\'t mean that\'s all to it.

"Besides, I don\'t know if I can return to the US Base after three months, so isn\'t it fine for me to be a bit more selfish here?"

Kai took a deep breath and nodded. "Fine, you win. I won\'t complain about it. I just want no one to hear something like—"

Before he finished his words, he seemed to hear something going on next door and facepalmed. "Ugh. And now this happens…."

"What\'s happening?" She tilted her head in confusion.

Since he looked to the left, Sofia decided to come out of the room and peeked to the left, finding Roselyn with her suitcase.

"Ho? Roselyn." Sofia narrowed her eyes, watching how Roselyn negotiated something with a girl next door.

"!!!" Roselyn froze for a second and stiffly turned around. "Ya, Sofia. Why are you here? Do you need help or something?"

Sofia didn\'t say anything and kept staring at her to make her nervous.

Roselyn flinched as she wondered what she should do when the situation was like this. There was no doubt that the girl was the original tenant and Roselyn seemed to be making an agreement with her, so they could exchange places.

The only reason was to monitor Kai and do everything possible. She was also aware Roselyn brought a sound jamming machine with her, preventing her report from being heard by Kai. That was the reason why Kai didn\'t see this coming.

"What are you doing here?" Sofia made an evil smirk as if she planned to do something.

"I am here just to exchange places with my classmate here. There\'s nothing wrong with that, right?" Roselyn answered her question calmly.

"Don\'t you mean you are trying to intrude on our \'Love Nest?\' That\'s not something I can appreciate…"

"Didn\'t you start from a homewrecker?" Roselyn snorted and stated the fact to slap Sofia\'s face.

"I don\'t know what you are talking about. I started from being his comrade."

"Whatever you want to say, I am too lazy to deal with you who like to twist every single word to your own convenience." Roselyn shrugged. "Besides, this is legal in this academy, so I haven\'t broken a single rule."

The two stared at each other with fighting intent as if they wanted to slap the cheek of the opposite party.

Sofia thought for a moment and revealed a small grin. "I wonder if you can still say something like that after a few days."

After saying her piece, Sofia returned to the room and let Roselyn finish the exchange, settling down to her new room.

Meanwhile, Sofia walked to Kai and explained her good idea.

"Kai, can you use your Sound Insulation Room for this room and the one next to us?"

Kai let out a long sigh. "I don\'t know if you are trying to prank her or annoy her… I will just do it for you once, no more after that since I know that it\'s the latter if you keep continuing this. It\'s just mean."

Sofia took a deep breath and calmed down. "Yes, I know. Just this once. I won\'t do something like this again. If it\'s too much, I will explain everything to her and apologize, okay?"

Kai looked at her eyes and sighed. "Fine. Just this once."

He immediately erected the Sound Insulation Room for the two rooms. If he deemed this went too far, he would stop her and lock the room with his Sound Insulation Room. At the same time, he would be disappointed in Sofia.

As the time passed by, Roselyn had finally finished settling her luggage and laid down on the bed, exhausted.

She thought that staying near Kai would allow her to do everything together, so this was something necessary after seeing the arrangement.

However, her night had just begun when she heard Sofia\'s voice from the next room.

She kept moaning for an hour as if they were in the middle of their night activity. 

Roselyn\'s face couldn\'t help but blush as she never expected that Sofia would do something like this. Whether it was true or not, she couldn\'t help imagining what was happening next door.