Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 139: 139-I’ve Never Played A Game In My Life

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“She hasn’t replied,” said Merlin as he tapped his foot worried. “Should I call her?” He turned his gaze from his phone towards Chima and Hakyun who were scurrying after Blue, and annoying the hell out of him. Merlin would have found it funny, watching the not-so-little dragon hissing and threatening to freeze them while it flapped its wings and avoided them, but his mood was again being dampened because of his thoughts about Janeth. And, honestly, if Blue was really pissed off about Chima and Hakyun trying to catch and cuddle him, he could just hide his presence and sneak into a cupboard or something. But Merlin had come to realize that the dragon was just a big baby. He liked the attention, but didn’t want to admit it. Basically, what anime referred to as a tsundere. Merlin sighed, looking back at his phone. Janeth hadn’t ignored his message before. He wanted to believe that it was because she was perhaps busy or something, but he had sent the text just before midday, and it was past six in the evening now. Surely, nothing had happened to her, right? He was worried. “I think she wants some space, Mel,” noted Chima as he reached for Blue’s tail, but the dragon pulled it in, coiling it around his body and avoiding Chima’s grip. “Didn’t you say she was acting all distant during the break?” “Yeah,” replied Merlin. “But I’m not trying to talk about the relationship thing anymore. I want to get this secret off my chest.” “Well, she doesn’t know that now, does she?” Chima huffed, not even the slightest bit frustrated about Blue’s swerves. “Anchor him from that side, four-eyes!” “Don’t tell me what to do!” argued Hakyun, but did as he was told anyway. It didn’t work, obviously. Blue was a smart dragon, and was quite quick. He had fought in a war, and avoided the attacks of a beast five times the size of the dorm building. He could escape the attacks of two budding Mages no problem. On the other hand, Chima was right. Janeth was probably avoiding him because of the relationship talk, and that was honestly a problem. His intention was to have Sunny and Janeth on the same video call and reveal his secret to them, but now that Janeth wasn’t replying, it seemed things wouldn’t work in such a manner. And he was against being too pushy. It was one of the things he fought back against the most in situations just like this. Extra messages, or pulling her into a video call without her consent, that was not something he would do. So, he would have to save her reveal for later—for whenever she was ready to talk to him. “Ugh… Why is this darn dragon so hard to catch?!” Hakyun groaned as he fell down, planting his face into the floor, and Blue took offense at that. The dragon stopped midflight, screeched a little bit too loudly, and drew air into its lungs, aiming at Hakyun. Merlin’s Perception pricked the nape of his neck, and he glared at the dragon. “Stop it, Blue!” he voiced. The dragon froze and turned his way. Merlin pointed at him. “Stop it.” Blue was stubborn, and he showed a bit of his stubbornness at this moment with a hiss directed at Merlin. But he was also smart. He knew Hakyun was Merlin’s friend and roommate, Merlin would not tolerate him freezing someone so close to him. So he did the equivalent of clicking his tongue, and, finally, faded away right where he was hovering in the air, like an invisible cloak had been dropped on him. Merlin, however, could still sense him, and he watched Blue head into his room and crawl under his bed. Hakyun sighed as he sat up on the floor, nudging the bridge of his glasses. “I should apologize, shouldn’t I?” he said, feeling bad that their little play had taken a quick turn for the worse. “You should,” said Chima as he walked to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water, tossing one Hakyun’s way as well. “Give him some time,” said Merlin. “You head in that room now, and I won’t be able to stop him from freezing you right where you stand.” “You don’t have to tell me twice.” Hakyun gulped down his wa