It was close enough to the stage to watch the performance, but also with more free space around it compared to most seats .
Realizing her blunder, Kamila laughed the whole way while holding the bouquet .
"Sorry, I didn't mean to be rude . Where should I put these flowers?"
Before she finished the phrase, a waiter brought a vase while another carried a third chair so the bouquet could spread its fragrance without standing between them . Kamila didn't miss how the staff was too friendly and the table too good for two new customers .
Her mother's words started echoing in her mind and made her face turn glum .
"Be honest . Do I really look like a mortician?" Lith mistook her expression for disapproval and cursed at himself for not following his sister's advice about dressing in light colors .
"What? No . It looks good on you, but in your shoes, I would take off the jacket . You are a little overdressed . " She said while smiling again at the odd question .
"How was your day?" Lith asked after noticing that something was off .
"It started pretty bad, but it's getting better . What about you?"
"So far so good . At least today nobody tried to kill me . " He said with a sigh while a waiter brought them the menus .
"Today? What about yesterday?" Lith told her about the Abomination in the Trawn woods using the same tone with which he placed their order .
"How can you be so calm? You almost died twice in as many days . "
"I told you before . My life is pretty crazy . If you read my personal file, you know in what kind of mess you're getting yourself into . " He said with a sad smile as the band started playing what he considered nothing more than rhythmic noise .
"As you always say, let's not talk about sad stuff . What do you think about the music?"
"They are good . " Lith's shocked expression at her answer made her laugh heartily . "Why that face? Don't you like it?"
"Not much . The sound is good, but it has no soul . "
When their plates arrived, they started talking about their respective plans for the future . Kamila's goal was to rise up the army ranks . Becoming a Colonel was her dream, but she knew that unless she achieved something big it would come too late in her life to matter .
"If life was a fairy tale, I'd say I want to become the first magicless General of the Kingdom . Sadly, the rank of Colonel is the ceiling, even for geniuses . "
Lith didn't know how to answer . He had no big dreams or ambitions aside getting rid of his reincarnation problem . He longed for power and money, but only because they were the means to an end .
He would do anything to achieve his goal, yet he had never stopped considering what he would do if he ever managed to make it .
"I'd like to teach in an Academy . " Was all he could think about . "First, there's something I need to do, though . It's the reason I became a Ranger . I need the army to obtain the means to cure a dear friend of mine . "
Kamila didn't buy the 'friend' part for a second, but she didn't press the matter any further . Meanwhile, the band was offering the customers the opportunity to take part in the performance .
"Why don't you go up there and show them how it's done?" She said it as a joke .
"As long as you promise me that whatever you hear and see, you will not laugh at me . " He replied taking her by surprise and extending his hand to her .
"Deal . "
Lith stepped on the stand among some mild applause and took the Mogar's equivalent of a Spanish guitar from the hands of a musician . He asked the band to not accompany him and then he started playing .
Or better, he started cheating . Lith didn't know how to sing or play, but he had learned from magical beasts how to use air magic to reproduce whatever sound he wanted .
It took him his full focus to perform a slightly modified version of "The Noise of Silence" by Shimon and Carbuncle . It was one of his favorite songs from Earth . It required only a guitar to be played and it felt like it talked about him .
He didn't look at Kamila not even once . He was too busy trying to pluck random strings while following the rhythm . When he finished, the lead of the band shook Lith's hand and whispered:
"Hope your lady friend doesn't play any instrument because whatever you did, you didn't get a single string right . Good luck . "
"I don't need luck . " Lith replied before going back to his table .
"Did you like it?" He asked with an expectant look .
"It's beautiful but very sad . I would have never taken you for a poet and a musician . " Her eyes were a little watery, she felt like the song talked about her too .
"I'm neither . Someone else wrote the lyrics . " Lith chuckled and then explained to her the trick behind his performance .
"Well, you've got some nerve . " She couldn't help but laugh seeing how people had fallen for his deception and looked at Lith with admiration .
"There's one thing I don't understand . Why go through all this trouble and then tell me the truth about it?" No matter how flashy a magic trick was, once its secret was exposed it would lose its luster .
"Because I wanted to impress you . " He replied with a warm smile . "Magic it's not only about exploding stuff or healing people . The beauty of Mogar is that magic is everywhere . It plays a big part in my life . In a way, it defines who I am .
"That's what I mean when I say that I wanted to impress you . Not through music or rhymes, that's not me . I'm a mage, hence I used magic to share something I like . As for the truth, I learned from experience that starting a relationship on a lie never works . "
They spent the rest of their dinner chatting, but this time Kamila called for the check the moment they were done eating . Lith took the box of sweets while she carried the flowers and accompanied her to the nearest Warp Gate .
She fiddled with the control panel for so long that Lith started to fear she was too drunk to remember her own address .
'Weird . We drank even less than the last time . ' He thought .
"It's still early . Would you like to come to my place for a cup of tea and a snack?" She asked while pointing at the box .
"I would love to . " Lith replied a bit too fast, realizing she was completely sober .
Kamila's house was a two room flat . The kitchen and the living room shared the same space . There were only two closed doors, which were likely to lead to the bathroom and the bedroom .
"Do you mind preparing the tea while I find a place for the flowers, oh great one? Everything you need is on sight . "
Lith filled the teapot with water and put it on the stove . Everything worked with magic crystals, making it akin to a modern kitchen .
"Do you like your tea strong or light?" Lith asked while picking the amount of leaves and mint .
"Both are fine . " She replied .
Lith turned around, discovering that she was standing right behind him . The first three buttons of her shirt were undone, revealing a fair amount of her bosom .
'That's at least a C cup…'
The moment Lith raised his eyes to meet Kamila's, she took him in her arms . One hand behind his head and the other on his neck, she forced Lith to bend down and kissed him . Softly at first, like a schoolgirl at her first, clumsy attempt .
He didn't let her go, drawing her closer to him while she kissed him with growing passion until she clung to him as a lifeboat in the storm her life was . His mouth managed to part her frenzied lips at the first attempt, sending tremors along both their bodies .
And then, as suddenly as it had begun, she pulled away from him .
"Wait . " Kamila said with a quivering voice .
"Too fast?" Lith asked without bothering to hide his disappointment .
"The bedroom is that way . " She pointed at the second closed door as her legs wrapped around his waist, bringing their faces at the same level before starting to kiss Lith again .
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