After greeting Alphonso, Milpia turned her gaze towards me.

"I’m Den." I greeted briefly. Unlike Alphonso or Flam, I wasn’t a fan of the logic that friends of friends are friends.

"Ah! That Den."

Milpia's reaction made me feel unpleasant. When I looked at Alice with the question of what does Milpia mean by "that Den’, she avoided my gaze.

What have you been going around and saying about me?

Alice's reaction made it even more unpleasant.

"By that Den, what Den do you mean?"

When I asked Milpia directly, she smiled strangely and avoided my gaze.

"Hohohoho."

What did you actually say about me! Alice!

When I looked at them with a discontented gaze, both Alice and Milpia were busy avoiding my eyes.

"By the way, have we seen each other somewhere before?" I asked Milpia.

For some reason, I felt as if I had seen and heard the laughter and the avoiding eyes somewhere.

"No, it's my first time meeting you."

I didn’t feel any lies in Milpia's words. Her seeming familiarity must have been just my mistake.

Milpia looked at me amused.

"Hmm, are you hitting on me?” Milipia said.

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