Reader Mage-Stubbing August 10! Chapter 137: 137-Friends Don’t Keep Secrets

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Chima and Hakyun’s reactions were justified. Merlin had no right to say that they were overreacting by staring wide-eyed in confusion and being unable to utter any words, because if he had been in their position, he would have been the same way as well. However, he couldn’t stand watching them being silent any more than he already had. It was high time they said something. “Guys,” Merlin pushed, and that did the work. “Is that a…” Hakyun started but didn’t finish. He shook his head and wiped his eyes. “No. I must be dreaming.” He turned to Merlin. “Tell me I’m dreaming. Right now.” Merlin shook his head. “I’m afraid you’re not.” Hakyun jerked back slightly and scratched the back of his head. “I don’t understand. What’s going on? Really?” He pointed at Blue. “Is that what I think it is, Merlin?” Merlin pursed his lips and shifted slightly into the room, putting some distance between himself and his roommates. Then he nodded. “Yes,” he said. “It’s a dragon.” “What the actual fuck?!” Hakyun voiced and shrank back. Merlin was unsure if the lad was excited or angry. Merlin hoped it would be the former like Hakyun had been when he had told them of his ability to use anti-magic. But with every second that passed with Hakyun pacing about, he slowly lost hope in that. Hakyun turned back to Merlin. “What’s this, Merlin?” he asked, pulling at his hair. “There’s no way a…dragon just appeared in your bedroom. How long? No. How exactly did you get a dragon? What’s going on here?” Before Merlin could have the chance to explain, he turned to Chima. “Are you just gonna stand there and stare all day? Say something?” “Shut up, four eyes,” Chima clicked his tongue. He looked at Merlin. “Does Nora know?” Merlin nodded. “She does.” Chima exhaled. “So? What is it? What’s going on here? Spill it.” Merlin took a glance at Hakyun who was tapping his feet and nudging his glasses impatiently, and heaved out a sigh. “It’s complicated,” he began. “So, I’ll start with this.” Merlin pulled out his phone, brought up his User Interface, and handed it to Chima and Hakyun. Chima received the phone, and Hakyun peered over his shoulder to look at it. They both furrowed their brows at the sight of the System, and only after a few seconds had passed did they turn back to him. Hakyun was the first to hit the nail on its head. “Don’t tell me…” He swallowed. “You have a…System?” Being asked that question was weird. Merlin knew the answer, but for a moment, it felt like he didn’t. He calmed his heart and nodded, saying, “Yes.” Hakyun paled. He grabbed on to Chima as a means to stabilize himself from taking steps backward. Chima, on the other hand, looked as though he had just been told a secret he had long known. His complexion didn’t change, and he had the same look of curiosity as he had had ever since Merlin had revealed Blue to them. “This is why you’re able to use anti-magic, isn’t it?” he asked, taking one more glance at Merlin’s phone. “This ‘Reader Mage’ thing?” Merlin nodded. “Yes. It’s nothing as simple as Deficient Mages not being studied fully, I just have a boon no one else has.” Merlin wished he could read the thoughts of his roommates at this moment. He was split in two parts in himself, confused as to whether he had made the right decision or firm that he had. But he had no such power, and all he could do was wait for them to reveal what they thought about the whole situation. “And you kept this a secret from us all this while?” Hakyun asked, his tone bearing none of the usual playfulness it had. “Really, Merlin?” “Stop it, four-eyes,” Chima chimed in. “We don’t have the right to tell him what he should tell us and what he shouldn’t.” Hakyun clicked his tongue and shoved Chima. “That’s where you’re wrong, brute,” he argued. “We’re not just any roommates,” He turned to Merlin, “we’re friends. Friends don’t keep secrets from one another.” Merlin bit his lower lip. “It’s been five months, Merlin,” Hakyun continued. “Five months since we became friends. You