Luck is a Charm

While feeling a bit sad about his wealth sinking down, Zhen and Kuro returned back to the inn and asked John where Sara was.

John replied, "Sara is still feeling a little emotional and is hiding in her room. Young man, good luck, my daughter is one of a kind so don't ruin it."

With John's inference on Zhen being a high-rank adventurer and how Sara reacted towards him, he was fine with Zhen being his son-in-law.

Zhen nodded and appreciated this kind father and wished that he was his father.

'Wait a minute, if I marry Sara then doesn't this father become my in-law and the mother too, this is like shooting 3 birds in one arrow.'

Zhen's motivation to coax Sara intensified even more as he slowly went to the 4th floor.

The inn has 4 floors in total with the 1st floor being a dining room and the 2nd and 3rd being a guest room.

There are public bathrooms in the backyard separated by gender and if you enter the wrong one, there is a magic formation there to alert so no one will try to peek.

The 4th floor is for Sara and her parents. The security in this inn is protected by rank 4 magic formation which is just a rank below the city council of this town while the rest of the building in this town is rank 3.

The town is rich and it's because it is near the Forest of Trove.

As Zhen stepped outside of the door in Sara's room, he knocked lightly and said, "Sara, it's me, can I please come in?"

It took a while before hearing "Go away, I don't want to see you."

'Without a doubt, this is going to be a bit troublesome.' Zhen finds this to be a hopeless situation.

Kuro, who saw his Master trying to think of a solution, decided to step in to inform him about teleportation.

Teleportation is rare in towns but common in kingdoms as they have many high-rank mages constructing multiple teleportation portals around other kingdoms.

This was Kuro's chance to redeem himself so he spoke with a mental transmission on Master on how to condense his mana and have him think of teleporting to the room.

Zhen was struggling for a while before he was able to feel the concentration of mana. He thought it was because luck is on his side again.

But the truth is that the tiny hidden core started blinking again and if it has any emotion, it'll be taunting him that without his help, you are nothing.

Who knows, maybe this tiny hidden core actually has a beautiful girl or a mysterious being or nothing at all.

As Zhen successfully concentrates on the teleport location, he gushes more mana and an influx of power can be seen surrounding him making a unique aura.

Even Kuro is dumbstruck by the pureness of mana in the aura.

Just at this moment Zhen disappeared from outside and appeared inside Sara's room, shocking her.

Each of the rooms has been equipped with anti-sound, anti-magic, to guarantee their privacy but now seeing how Zhen appeared inside when she clearly locked the door made her shocked.

An awkward atmosphere started to loom around since Zhen didn't even know where to start his speech when he decided to teleport inside.

'Wake up, Zhen, if you messed this up then you can say goodbye to Sara'

Supporting himself mentally, Zhen slapped himself in the face very hard.

A bright red palm can be seen in his face now and Sara was confused why he slapped himself.

Without wasting any more time Zhen rushed over to Sara and hugged her before she could even react to what just happened.

When she tries to push him off since she is supposed to be mad for his action of kissing her and sucking on her saliva.

Zhen said, "Don't be mad, I will take responsibility for you. You may be the first female I encountered and it sounds cliché but I felt warmth when being near you."

Dumbstruck by Zhen's sudden outburst, she started by blushing and said "W-What n-nonsense are you're speaking? W-What responsibility?"

Zhen pushed her a bit off so he could face her and said, "I'm saying to be my girlfriend and form a team with me and Kuro in adventuring. We can be a trio and we're going to be the best adventurer team out there."

Sara tried to push him off again but she was too weak so she gave up and said.

"Isn't it a bit too fast for us to be boyfriend and girlfriend? Besides, we just met for a day and we didn't even get to have a proper date. Also, I'm not some easy girl."

Zhen was astonished as they truly only met for less than a day but he's already trying to make her his girlfriend.

Facepalming his forehead, Zhen said, "I'm sorry for rushing things. I didn't mean to disrespect you so let's form a trio as I just registered as an adventurer. We can get to know each other better."

Sara looked at Zhen and exclaimed, "You just registered as an adventurer! I thought you were at least a Gold-rank as you manage to defeat a Likra without a team."

Zhen replied, "It was Kuro who defeated it but you forgot about my memories and lost all my belongings. So I have to register a new one as I don't remember my original ID card name."

Someone should give Zhen an Oscar Best Actor Award because even Zhen would believe himself if he didn't know it was all a lie that he made up in the last second.

Sara believed Zhen since he doesn't even know a lot of basic knowledge so she accepted his words.

If Sara was to ever find out his lies when Zhen decided, to be honest, his waist could be painful enough to see a doctor for treatment.

Sara's mood becomes better after this conversation so she decided to tease Zhen a bit by saying, "I don't know. Should I form a party with you? I trust Kuro but I never saw you fight before and who knows if you're trying to take advantage of me again."

Zhen twitched his face and in his mind, he was screaming.

'Girl, did you not see my fight before on that Situ something. This Kuro, it is definitely his fault that Sara learns from. How dare you taint my kind, Sara. Just you wait!'

Outside Sara's room, Kuro suddenly sneezes and wonders what kind of bad omen is going to occur.

'No, it's just a random sneeze and nothing else.'

Kuro remained oblivious to how his Master already sentenced him to a death sentence and continued to guard the door to make sure no one bothers his Master's reconciliation.

Back inside Sara's room, Zhen finally manages to convince and coax Sara after showing his necklace gift to her.

He helped put the necklace into her neck without taking any advantage at this time. Not because he becomes a gentleman but because he knows it's not the right time yet.

Therefore, a trio party is officially formed with Kuro, Zhen, and Sara being the leader.

The reason is that Zhen is completely clueless despite having awesome power and he knows he has to go to a library to obtain more knowledge.

Having strong power means a lot but without the wisdom of how the world works is a disadvantage.

You can be strong but become a puppet to someone who has the wisdom to manipulate using psychology.

Zhen studied psychology back on Earth during college so he knows how terrifying it is if a wise person uses this ability on a clueless, ignorant person.

It is even more deadly than overpowering an opponent. This is because, even in death, they still don't know who caused them harm, similar to how Zhen caused his parent's death without them knowing.

With Sara turning back to normal, she was playing with the necklace hanging around her neck so Zhen said, "Right, Sara, the sun has set and nighttime is coming. Can I eat your delicious food again?"

Sara looked at him for a moment before replying.

"Fine, seeing how you bought me a necklace and GET OUT OF MY ROOM!"

Shocked by the sudden emotional change and noticing this is still a girl's room and he entered without permission.

Zhen dipped as fast as he could before saying, "I can't wait to eat my lovely Sara's cooking again."

Seeing Zhen run away like a cat got its tail stepped on, Sara has a slight smile and starts reorganizing her clothes before stepping to the kitchen.