Chapter 154: The Youngest Disciple (6)
When the workers who had finished their shift left and only the construction site with the civil works remained, a strange atmosphere formed as one walked through the place.
The setting sun stretched the shadows and, in a world dyed red, only the half-built buildings remained.
As he walked there with Aiselin to check the progress, Dereck suddenly noticed that the temperature had dropped a little.
“It’s cold. You should go inside.”
“No, we’re almost done. There are quite a few deficient details in the finishes of the auditorium. Since the budget is a bit tight, I think it would be better to reinforce the quality even if that means reducing the scale of the inner courtyard a little.”
Aiselin, letting out visible breaths of vapor with every exhale, still said everything she needed to say with consistency.
Dereck watched her in silence and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Although it wasn’t unusual for him to look at her like that, whenever he did it always felt a bit uncomfortable, so Aiselin showed a somewhat embarrassed expression.
“D-… do you have something to tell me?”