Chapter 89: Advent of the Pages 6
"The name is Klein el Seer," he said with a bow, then stepped behind the counter where Raiden and Noelle had seated themselves. He served them water.
Klein had dismissed everyone from the tavern, leaving them alone, but an unsettling atmosphere still permeated the room.
No aura with no mana crest would be reasonable, considering most commoners Raiden had encountered had neither. What made it worse was that Klein’s crest showed no number. But having a crest while lacking an aura was puzzling, not only to Raiden but to Noelle, too. Despite her unbothered expression, her eyes betrayed her curiosity.
"Klein el Seer, huh?"
"Yes, that’s the name," he said with a smile as wind ruffled his hair. "Are you sure water is all you want?"
"Everything about you is unusual. The way your hair flickers is too dramatic; you’re blindfolded, and yet you can see perfectly—you can even distinguish colors," Noelle said coldly, standing up and fixing Klein with a threatening stare.
"No aura, and not even a number," she said, removing her aether from her mouth.
"Who the heck are you?!"
Raiden blinked repeatedly as he watched the exchange. Klein braced his elbows against the counter, rested his chin on his fists, and gave Noelle an affectionate smile.
Raiden was baffled, not only by Klein’s reaction—Noelle was right to question him, after all—but by Noelle’s abrupt change. She had been perfectly calm just moments before, so why was she suddenly confrontational with Klein?
"You better speak now!" She added.
"Calm down, would you?" Klein said as he stood upright and reached for a bottle of wine on the shelves behind. "I literally just saved you from those creepy Astros."