"LAKE?!"Darren and Finn said it simultaneously, as Lake appeared behind them. Surprise colored the faces of the two young men. Lake smiled and waved, then the beautiful girl pulled up an empty chair, sitting right next to Finn.Darren blinked his eyes. "Lake, are you coming?""I'm here, so I'm coming, right?" Lake laughed softly."That's not what I meant, earlier you said...""Oh Darren!" Lake waved a hand as she rolled her clear eyeballs. "I didn't say I wasn't coming, I just wasn't sure, I hadn't made up my mind yet.""And now, your decision is to come here," Finn said.Laughing softly, Lake snapped her fingers. She glanced at Finn and said, "That's right, Finn, I decided to come." Lake looked at the faces of her two friends quite carefully. "What's wrong with you guys? Don't you like my coming and sitting here with you?""Hey, what are you talking about?" Darren chided quietly."The expression on your face seems to imply something.""We're just wondering, you just showed up here,

Sarah pulled Lake away from the crowd, Lake had no idea what Sarah was doing to her at the moment. The reason behind the girl's treatment was completely incomprehensible to Lake."Sarah, what are you doing?" Lake screeched along the steps. "What do you want from me? Where are you taking me?" Lake blurted out questions. Her face was already filled with a fog of confusion as she stared at Sarah, who looked like she was panicking."Lake, I need your help," Sarah said once she was far enough away from people.Lake and Sarah were now standing face-to-face. Lake blinked her eyes, "Help with what?" she asked.Sarah was silent for a moment, her lips twitching, she seemed hesitant to say something. Lake tried to find her own answer. "Wait a minute, don't tell me that you-" Lake gaped. She looked at Sarah's appearance once more, the girl in front of her was a performer, and now Sarah was pulling her away from Finn and Darren. And that means...Lake froze. "No," she said firmly, accompanied by a

Darren was returning the stacks of books to the library with Cassie after the training camp lessons were over. But unfortunately, Master Jael didn't give a follow-up lesson on the climbable fireball material. Although most of them were very disappointed, they knew that they couldn't protest, or else the master would get even angrier, which was very unfavorable. They could fall behind on the material."Here are the last three books," Cassie said as she gave the books to Darren, who was climbing the ladder to put the books on the high shelf. Cassie was underneath the young man, passing the stack of books carefully and bit by bit, while Darren was in charge of arranging the books neatly as before.Darren nodded, took the books from Cassie's hand, and then he began to arrange them in such a way that, when he was done, the young man went down the stairs, and Darren joined Cassie at the bottom."It's done, the books are neatly arranged as before." Darren patted his hands together as he look

Darren was quite surprised to find Finn and Lake at his house. It was too late in the day to be considered afternoon. Darren's footsteps were stuck in the doorway, his eyes glued to his two best friends."Lake? Finn? You guys here?" Darren asked as he dragged his feet towards them. "Since when did you come?""They've been here since this afternoon," Helena said, suddenly appearing from the kitchen, just as Lake was about to answer Darren's question.Since Helena's words were true, Lake nodded and said, "That's right, we've been here since this afternoon. Me and Finn are waiting for you, Darren.""I'm sorry, I just got back, you guys have been waiting too long. " Darren's voice implied that the young man was sorry.Finn waved a hand and said, "It's not a big deal, your mom prepared a lot of food anyway, we're just happy, our stomachs will be full. So, I don't mind, do you mind, Lake?""Yep!" Lake exclaimed firmly and earnestly, and she smiled so wide and happy. "You look tired, don't y

By the sixth day, the paper with the names of those who would be included in King Edward's game was getting more and more in the glass box, it was almost full, just a little more. Tomorrow was the last day, but every day, many people still came to the palace to enter their names. Some came alone and entered their names bravely and confidently, some came represented by their parents, and some even asked to be accompanied by other people (friends, family, cousins, etc.) just like Nail, who asked Darren and Cassie for help that time.As we approached the last few days before registration closed, it was clear that people were very excited, which meant that the game was about to start, and everyone wanted to see it.And here Darren was, right in his yard, he was leading the way, venturing closer to Helena, who was doing her routine of watering the plants so that they wouldn't wilt.Darren was about to make a confession, he had prepared himself. Helena smiled and greeted Darren once he was