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Part Thirteen

Nick could feel his essence increase, granted it was still slow but he could tell it was much faster than before.

On the other hand, Alyson felt a surge of essence rush through her channels. The amount she was getting was definitely more than she was giving, yet the strange thing was that the amount was coming in a controlled manner.

She wondered who Nick really was to be able to control the amount of essence he was distributing to her. He clearly had a higher capacity than her, but she didn’t feel as if she would overflow with him here.

Everything went white to her as she felt something inside her burst open.

The connection between the two of them broke. Alyson’s hair was slightly messy, and sweat was dripping from her face. She was panting as well.

“Congratulations.”

She smiled sweetly at his words; she knew this would not have been possible if he wasn’t here. Well, she wouldn’t be able to make such a large breakthrough in her capacity so soon.

If her capacity was like a mug before, it was now in the shape of a round bowl.

“It’s all thanks to you.”

“No, this is because of your talent and our affinity. Let’s do this again sometime.”

Nick wiped the little sweat he had on his forehead off as he returned to his seat. On the way, Darius looked at him and smiled, but Nick ignored that look of his.

Freya and Matthew were both done with their training when he made to his seat. Yet right when he was about to sit down, Darius dismissed the class.

“Let’s go, boys! There are a few places I want to check out, and this time you are not leaving me behind!”

Matthew was the first to hop up out of his seat. Yesterday he was left here all alone; he would not be left out today.

“Well, we better hurry before your fan club comes along.”

Freya chuckled and replied. Seeing him like this, she couldn’t help but think this side of him was cute.

“Then get up and get moving.”

The three of them made their way outside of the support building.

“Where are we going first?”

Nick asked Matthew who seemed to be the one to lead today's adventure.

“Well unlike you two I actually joined a club yesterday, so we aren’t going to do that.”

“When did you find time to search for a club? Your fan club didn’t stop you?”

“Stop me? Pft, they followed me around like some lost puppy. I was not going to let that stop me from going to search for a club to join.”

“What did you join?”

Nick asked Matthew. Judging by Matthew’s nature so far Nick was sure he would join one of the combat clubs. He did not seem like the type to crack a book open and do some intense research.

“Arena.”

“Seems like something you would do. Fighting all day long, figures.”

“Hey! It’s more than just fighting. It is an art!”

“Whatever you say.”

“You’re always on my back like a bad itch you can’t reach.”

“I don’t think you two will ever go a day without arguing. How about we just go grab something to eat?”

Nick suggested to them, and he took the lead.

On his way back to his dorm yesterday he passed by a certain street, and he smelled something good. But because it was so late the place was closing, and he failed to get something to eat.

Now was his chance it was still early as well so they would have time to find something else to do.

They arrived in front of a small brick building. There were seats outside, but on such a beautiful day plenty of people would like to enjoy the gentle cool breeze.

This place had a small crowd of people hanging around, from all different years. Some were mingling with each other, while others were on their phones.

“I like this place; it has a nice vibe. Doesn’t give you that feeling as if you were on a school campus.”

“For once I'll have to agree with her. Let’s hope the food is as good as the atmosphere.”

The three of them entered the restaurant. Inside it wasn’t anything too fancy; there was a counter with stools place around and tables in various places.

At the counter were three students wearing aprons while taking orders. Two of them were females that almost looked like twins. The other was a young male. You couldn’t tell which year they were in, but they were not a freshman.

Above the counter was a list of different types of foods and drinks you can order as well as their price.

EXO students were different from other students as normal students would have to receive an allowance from their parents to pay for their lunches. As an EXO student, you received a certain amount of money (That could only be used on campus) every month to pay for your daily living expenses and other things.

“I think I'll get one of those toasted subs, they look good.”

“You shouldn’t try something new just because it looks good. The best thing to get is Teriyaki Chicken Donburi; now you can never go wrong with that.”

Freya gave her suggestion to Nick who was looking at the menu. She did not forget to throw in her favorite meal as an option either.

“No thanks, I've had enough Asian food. It’s good to try new things every now and again.”

Matthew threw his arm around Nick’s shoulder as he pointed to a picture of some wings on the menu. When Nick saw those red wings covered with some volcanic sauce, he started to sweat.

In this day and age spices were taken to a whole new level. Those people out there in the world who just couldn’t get enough of that tingling sensation that was left in their mouth wanted more. They were not let down as more and more sauces came out each one hotter than the previous.

Volcanic sauce couldn’t be considered the hottest one around, but it was in the top ten. Nick hated spicy food.

“Real men get the spicy wings. Ten for me, ten for you. Deal?”

“No!”