Chapter 64: Who Will Be The Legacy Disciple?
Alberta looked at Alto’s frame with even more intensity. "Nuh-uh, I was wrong, you have changed, measel. You look like a crisp biscuit."
Alto took it as a compliment and smiled, delighted to be in her presence. Still, he wondered why she had not paid him a single visit while he was hospitalized, and now she acted like she really cared about him. It filled him with mixed feelings, but eventually, he gave in to her quirk.
She took the words out of his mouth before he had a chance to speak. "It’s been a while, and a long one at that. No one told me you were discharged yet. So you’re back to work, I suppose."
Alto spoke in an even bolder tone than he initially envisioned, his voice crisp and unfaltering in its articulation. "About that, I’ve been actively thinking of doing something different and begin working with real mechs—well, with your permission, of course."
He would not want her to feel that he was being disrespectful after she had taken him in for the past three years. That was the last thing he wanted to do.
Alberta smiled at his words. She read his eyes like a book to confirm the authenticity of his words before saying, "Confident, I like that. So that’s what you’ve been doing for the past months? I was curious and getting a bit bored, I’ll have to admit."
"Bored?" Alto could not help but ask.
She smiled even deeper. "Currently, I have no need for someone who cannot back up their own words."
Alto said with utmost seriousness, "Try me, I’ll surprise you."