The King's Mandate: Anomalous System

Das was about to fall asleep on the sofa. The scent he smelled really calmed him down.

In his mind, he kept thinking about Elena's body.

'I should stop now. Not only am I doing something bad, but I wouldn't be able to look at her face after thinking about her like this.'

Das could hear Lucas yelling from the next room.

Suddenly, he felt a cold air pass by him. He opened his eyes to see Elena standing in front of his eyes.

Das was resting his head on the sofa's headrest, and Elena was standing behind the sofa.

"Were you asleep?" Elena asked.

Das couldn't take his eyes off Elena. Her hair was still wet, and water droplets were dripping down from her body. Her clothes were not fixed, and Das could imagine what her body looked like under those clothes.

Das shook his head and got up from the sofa. "You are the one who fell asleep."

Elena had a towel in her hand. Das guessed she must have hurried over after she heard Lucas yelling.

"Mom told me you were ogling at my body?" Elan covered her body.

"I wasn't." Das would have denied it more intensely, but he couldn't do that since that was true.

"Sorry for inviting you and then wasting your time. Are you angry?" Elena used a puppy face to ask for forgiveness.

"It's fine." Das waved his hand. 'I got to see some awesome thing I would never forget.'

"What time is it?" Elena asked as she tried to wipe her hair.

Das glanced around to see if there was any clock in the room, and his gaze stopped on the kitchen wall. "It's eleven thirty-nine."

"It's almost lunchtime, and I haven't even had breakfast yet." She sighed.

"Aren't you hungry?"

Elena's stomach growled before she could answer.

Das grabbed Elena's hand and sat her on the sofa.

"What are you doing?"

Das then grabbed the towel from her hand. "You will take hours to wipe your hair like this."

Elena puffed her cheeks and said, "Is this your new way of teasing me?"

"It is not, idiot."

Das started wiping Elena's hair with the towel.

"Do it slowly." Elena pleaded.

'Dammit. I have no idea what, and why I am doing this, but… she smells so good. I wonder what type of shampoo she uses.'

"I said, be gentle."

As Das was wiping Elena's hair, the towel slipped from Das' hand. At the same time, Rebecca and Lucas passed the living room. Lucas glanced in the living room and saw Elena sitting on the sofa and Das standing in front of her, grabbing her head. He had also heard Elena's faint voice saying, "Be gentle."

It was a very awkward scene to look at from the doorway of the living room.

Lucas exploded in rage as he dashed into the living room and pushed Das back. "What the hell do you think you are doing to my daughter in my house?!" He screamed.

Das was also unaware of why Lucas was suddenly angry. Das thought he was mad because he was wiping Elena's hair.

"Dad! What are you doing?!" Elena yelled as she stood up.

"Lucas?" Rebecca walked in.

"He was... Elena… they were…" Lucas was lost in his word.

"You imagined something you shouldn't imagine, right?" Rebecca confronted Lucas.

"What did you imagine, dad?"

"It's nothing. Forget about it." He walked one step. "Let's go, Becca."

Lucas walked out of the room, but Rebecca didn't move an inch.

"Becca"

Rebbecca looked at the doorway and said, "Don't you have something you need you to say?"

Lucas looked at Das and said, "Sorry, kid. But you would understand me when you have a daughter."

Das understood what Lucas was angry about and what he imagined when he dashed into the room, but Elena was still confused.

"Elena," Rebecca turned to Elena and said, "There should be leftovers in the fridge; eat them when you are hungry, or order something afterward, okay? We might be coming home late today."

Elena nodded.

Rebecca then looked at Das. "I trust you."

Das was now aware of what Rebecca was trying to say. He nodded and said, "Don't worry."

Rebecca then left the house with Lucas.

"Say, Das, what were mom and dad talking about?"

Das looked at Elena in surprise. 'Does she seriously doesn't know, or she is just acting dumb?'

'If she honestly doesn't know anything, then literally anyone can take advantage of her.'

'This kind of makes me excited for some reason.' Das was fully aware of his illicit thoughts, but he didn't try to stop them.

He tossed the towel at Elena. "Go eat; you are hungry, right?"

"I am, but…"

"But?"

"There is no food."

"What do you mean? Your mother just said there are leftovers in the fridge…" Das stopped because he had realized what Elena was going to say in response.

"I was hungry in the middle of the night, so I ate it."

Das sighed and said, "Then order something. I know you won't be able to concentrate on studying with an empty stomach."

"I am not in a mood to eat anything from outside."

"Then cook something."

"I don't know how to--"

"I am sure you can cook," he added.

Elena started sweating. "Ye..ah. Of course, I can cook." She stuttered.

"Then go cook, and eat. I will wait here in the living room."

"Actually, we don't have any ingredients. Let's go outside and eat something. You must be hungry too, right?" Elena tried to dodge the topic of cooking.

"Well… not really, but yeah. Let's go outside and eat something."

Elena smiled with a resolute expression on her face. 'Yay! A date with Das. Today is a very lucky day for me!'

"And after that, you will have to study constantly for five hours, without any break," he added.

Elena's expression changed as she squinted her eyes. "Please be gentle with me."

"Enough of this. Go get ready."