Shadow Monarch: Heroines Could Hear My Thoughts?!

Chapter 199- Reveal Of a Secret

Rin knew that there was simply no way in hell Elise would ever even entertain the thought of letting Evelyn live with him. Even if they weren\'t lovers, she didn\'t trust Evelyn and so letting her reach Rin when he is still vulnerable is a huge risk.

\'However, her confidence is scaring me. Why does she have that smile? She must be bluffing, right?\' He thought nervously.

"You should know more than I do that Elise won\'t let you do that." He said as he tried to relax.

"Fufufufu~ Just watch and learn. Oh, speak about the devil, here she comes."

At that moment, the door to the room opened and Elise came inside. Since she spends most of her time inside Rin\'s room, she likes to wears comfortable clothes so that she won\'t feel restricted especially when she cooks for him.

"Rin, are you awake? I brought some fo-" She spoke as she walked to his room.

However, her mouth stopped moving as she noticed the presence that was with Rin. Immediately, her aura erupted as she dashed inside the room, ready to fight whatever barged inside the room. Even though she already knew Evelyn\'s aura, because of her deep worry, she completely forgot about it and thought it was an intruder.

"Oh..." The moment she saw the seductive assassin, her face froze for a second.

"H-Hey... Before you jump to any conclusions, I didn\'t invite her here." Rin said to set things straight from the start, avoiding any misunderstandings.

"... Yeah, I can see that," Elise replied with a deadpan look on her face.

"Hayoo, Elise!! How are you?~~"

"What are you doing here?" Ignoring her amicable greeting, Elise went straight to the point.

"As cold as ever, aren\'t you? Even though we faced danger together as allies."

"I will give you 5 seconds to explain before I consider you an enemy and act upon that conclusion."

"Oi, oi! Wait! Ok, fine, I will speak. I was actually wanting to talk with you about a certain important topic regarding Rin." At that moment, Evelyn\'s face weirdly became serious as she dropped the flirty attitude.

"Out with it."

"Mm, as weird as it may sound but, I don\'t want Rin to hear about it. So, could we talk alone?"

"Why shouldn\'t something concerning Rin be heard by Rin?" Elise asked with a confused look plastered on her face.

"Uh, it\'s hard to explain. But, if you hear me out, you will understand."

\'What the fuck are you trying to do, Evelyn?\' In the middle of this, Rin was looking back and forth between the two women with a complicated gaze, not knowing whether he should say something or not.

\'I mean, isn\'t the whole matter about you wanting to move in with me? Why are you turning it into a serious topic?!\'

"..." Squinting her eyes, Elise looked directly at Evelyn and said. "Fine, I will listen. Rin, can you leave for a second? I will deal with the matter."

"O-Oh? Ok, just remember that if she says something odd, it never happened."

"I know."

After that, with one last glance at Evelyn that carried clear suspicion, he smiled affectionately at Elise and left.

When the two make sure he was far enough not to hear them speak, Elise looked back and said.

"So, what\'s the matter?"

"Well, I had already known about this for a long while now and I even contemplated telling you and Rin. However, I found it hard to do so considering how absurd it was."

"..."

"To be honest, the main reason why I even came to meet Rin is linked to this fact. I didn\'t even know he existed before it happened."

"I do recall Rin mentioning that \'You wanted something from him\'. So, are you talking about that particular thing?"

"Yes, and no. It was mainly curiosity at first as to what made him stand out from the masses. But, now that I think about it, it\'s way more serious than I thought it would be."

The more Evelyn spoke, the more Elise grew more and more tense. She had no idea what she was talking about at all.

"The truth is, and you must believe me, is that... I can hear Rin\'s thoughts." Evelyn said with a serious face on her face.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Elise almost didn\'t register what she said with how absurd it was.

"It\'s not a continuous thing, but at random times, I can hear what Rin is thinking of. I still don\'t understand when or how it gets triggered. But, it definitely happens often. Maybe it\'s some kind of-"

"Wait, wait, wait. Hold your horses. What the hell are you talking about?" Elise\'s face frowned visibly.

"Hearing thoughts? How? When?"

"As I said, it does sound absurd. But, please believe me. I have no idea how it happens either, but it happens."

Even though Elise was inclined to disbelief her words, she really couldn\'t see a reason why someone as sharp and clever as Evelyn would say something that unbelievable.

"..."

\'Hearing thoughts...\' The more Elise processed the thought, the more she actually started to comprehend some things. Some events that occurred were still incomprehensible to her, though.

"So, the reason why you even reached out to him was because you started hearing what he thinks of?"

"Yes, I never knew Rin existed before that moment."

"This is... a bad joke... and so, you exploited his own thoughts to your own advantage?" Elise asked as her face grew colder.

"No! I didn\'t do any of that! At first, I did try to have some fun with him since this was new to me. But, now I value Rin as my first-ever friend. I can\'t allow myself to hurt him in any way. I will be eternally indebted to him."

Inside Evelyn\'s eyes, a flash of complicated emotions appeared and vanished quickly. Even for her, the matter wasn\'t as easy as it seemed to be.

Rin was her friend, someone that saved her life and someone that she must repay eventually. Harming him will not only destroy the first honest relationship she ever made, but it will also make her lose her mind with guilt.

"Do you know of anyone else that has this ability?" She asked.

"No, I do have some suspicions but I\'m not certain. However, this isn\'t the only thing I came here to say. There are two more things."

"Hmm?"

"The first one is, please don\'t tell Rin yet about this matter."

"Why would I do that? This is a matter that Rin must know about."

"I agree, but wait until the end of the war to tell him. Imagine what his reaction would be if he heard about this now. He would most likely lose trust in many people and may even go crazy with hallucinations. Even I don\'t know who and who doesn\'t have this ability."

Even though Elise wanted to deny this and go straight to Rin, she understood that Evelyn had a point. Hearing about such a notion could drive any insane and Rin was no exception to that possibility.

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