CHAPTER 527: [EVENT] [ELVEN UTOPIAN WAR] [66] NYREL LOYSTER

Obviously if Amael was there.

Nyrel Loyster was there as well.

He looked exactly as I remembered myself after Ephera's intervention, his posture poised, his green eyes locked onto mine with clear lack of emotions.

I was familiar with that gaze.

Thanks to Ephera, I finally was able to meet people's gazes directly again, breaking the habit of avoidance. However, the deep-seated distrust I had accumulated after facing betrayals and countless traps was still painfully visible in these green eyes.

Amael chuckled suddenly. "Why aren't you saying anything, Nyr? I thought you were only awkward around girls."

His jab felt like a direct hit. I groaned, feeling targeted as much should Nyrel there.

The truth was, he wasn't entirely wrong. After what happened during middle school-and then again in high school-I'd grown awkward around girls. Not because I was shy or nerdy or anything like that, but because I was terrified of repeating those incidents. Both times, my life had been ruined because of a girl.

The same logic extended to guys like Curtis or anyone who reminded me of him. I'd made myself invisible, avoided attention, and stuck to my own space. Chloe had been annoyed by my 'cowardice', as she put it, but it wasn't about being scared-it was about avoiding unnecessary problems.

After my family's death, that avoidance only deepened. I carried it with me into college until I met Ephera. She didn't just teach me how to dress or act; she uncovered the part of me I'd buried so deep I'd almost forgotten it was there.

Nyrel didn't bother answering Amael directly. Instead, his gaze was fixed on me, a small, almost disdainful look in his eyes. "Why should I waste time with someone like him? A useless guy."

"What did you say?" I snapped, narrowing my eyes at him.

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