CHAPTER 2 PROPOSE TO ME

Just as Viktor said, they were headed off to someplace he only knows.

Seated across from each other, they were both wearing coats even though it was hot due to summer heat.

The reason was because they didn't change clothes and they were still wearing their nightwear. It was an unspoken rule not to wear your nightwear outside the vicinity of your room. There were clothes suited for outdoor, but not included in that is your nightwear.

"Why didn't you let me change? Are you planning to kill us together from heat?" Viktor said as he fanned sluggishly.

Leila clicked her tongue. "I'm not letting a man change my body's clothes."

"Then what about when I have to relieve myself? Or should I just pee on this dress?" Viktor replied with obvious annoyance.

Leila paused. "Good point. Then you're only allowed to relieve yourself when I'm around. That goes the same for me."

Leila didn't like how a smile appear on Viktor's lips after saying that. Viktor replied, "Well, aren't you a pervert."

He then folded his arms and leaned his back against the cushioned seat with a smile Leila wanted to tear off.

"Kidding aside, that's very inconvenient. It takes long for you to arrive here, and your small bladder won't be able to handle that," Viktor said.

"So, the option is you propose to me and live together in one house. That way, we'll be able to keep a close eye to each other. I'm sure you're as suspicious as me, and being together might relieve a bit of that suspicion. What do you think?"

Leils fell silent for a moment to think about Viktor's proposition. He actually made a good proposition, and Leila can't see anything wrong with it. It's true that she was also as suspicious of him, and she wanted to keep him close for her body's safety.

That being said, the decision was already obvious. "I accept. How do you like me to announce our engagement?"

Viktor smiled without making too obvious. It's good that she's also single. Most of the ladies he encountered will do anything to get his attention, and when he paid them they get flustered to the point of turning to airhead. Yet, this girl didn't even react that way when he asked her to be engaged with him.

Hm, this girl is a rare breed. Viktor then showed his smile.

"Do it tomorrow. I still have to ask your father's permission to get engaged. Or do I not have to?" he cocked his head to the side.

Normally, her father should be informed. But this wasn't a normal situation. They would be surprised either way, so it's better to surprise them all at once.

Moreover, since Viktor comes from a wealthy family, her father should readily agree to this engagement.

"No, let's make it a surprise."

"You like surprises, huh." Viktor remarked.

Leila didn't give an answer to that and looked out the window. Viktor mentioned earlier that the place they were headed to was somewhere near the original location where the first holy church was established.

Most likely it's a priest they're going to meet with. This guess was proved to be true when Viktor introduced to her his friend.

"This is Alec. He's the one who can help us."

"Hello there, nice to meet you." Alec turned to Viktor for help. "What's her name?"

As Leila heard his question, she decided to answer it herself. "I'm Leila Linea. Count Linea's daughter."

"Ah, I apologize. Nice to meet you, Lady Leila." Alec smiled with a hint of awkwardness.

"We should talk somewhere private. Come inside." Alec said, opening the door of his small home.

Inside, there were stashes of empty and half empty bottles everywhere. Stacks of papers were on the desk, with some on the floor. As if someone rummaged this house and left an utter chaos.

Still, she was just a visitor so she didn't actively react to this. Instead, Leila just asked a question.

"How did you recognize it was Lord Viktor in a different body, by the way?"

Alec, who was cleaning up the desk at that moment, looked at her and smiled. "I can see souls, which is why I could tell it's Viktor right away."

"Pretty impressive, right?" Viktor butted in with his remark.

This time, Leila didn't disagree with him and nodded.

"Indeed. So, if you can see souls, can you help us get back to our bodies?"

"That is something I can't do," Alec quickly cleared out the misunderstanding. Leila's shoulders visibly fell, which was strange to look at as she was doing it in his friend's body.

However, he still felt a little sorry and said, "But I can do something to keep your souls safe."

Alec went through the cabinets and not long after, he found the thing he was looking for.

"If you're not aware, switching souls actually happens but is a rare occurrence. This happens out of nowhere, so I can't back up this explanation with scientific facts. It's mostly harmless, but it can be dangerous if your soul keeps jumping from one to another's body. Thus, I want you to wear this to ensure your souls are bound to each other's body only."

Alec showed the rings on his palm. Both rings were engraved with text she couldn't comprehend. Then, there's one big stone on the center in color black.

"Wear this," Alec urged them.

Leila and Viktor looked at each other briefly before taking one ring from his hand. Leila wore it on her ring finger, and all of the sudden, the black stone turned silver.

Meanwhile, when Viktor wore it on his ring finger, the black stone turned blue.

Both seemed to have the same question, but Viktor voiced out the question this time. "Why did the stone turn blue?"

"Blue is the color of your soul." After Alec looked at Viktor's ring, he looked at Leila's. "And silver is yours."

"I see, how pretty," Leila mumbled. "Thank you. How do you like me to pay for this?"

"It's free, don't worry." Alec said to Leila, but when he turned to look at Viktor, he said a different thing.

"But for you, you need to pay by sponsoring the church for the rest of your life. Can you do that?" Alec donned an evil smile, unbefitting of his work as a priest.

Viktor returned the smile with even more evil smile. Then, he flicked his forehead.

Alec's initial response was to get back at him, but he can't definitely do that while he was still in Lady Leila's body.

"You bastard, you think this through, huh." Alec couldn't hit him back, so he rubbed his knuckles with an overflowing urge to smack his face.

"Then, my thanks, dear best friend. Don't worry about your church though, I surely can spare some change, which will definitely be larger than your annual pay."

Viktor pushed Leila out of the door as if urging her to leave, then winked at Alec. "Love you! Goodbye!"

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