Oriana turned toward Escanor.
Her jaw slowly dropped.Then dropped further.Then somehow dropped even further.
"Gabhhh...""Gabite?!"
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Escanor proudly puffed out his chest.Or at least he would have if he actually had one."Metang."
As oraina stared at him with eyes of envy.
Saturo suddenly paused.
A strange feeling crept into his mind.
He looked around suspiciously."Hey."
"Feels like we're missing something important."
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The Meat Eater immediately nodded.
"No."
"Nothing important."
"Everything is completely normal."
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Saturo stared."Oh."
Then immediately accepted the answer.
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Cynthia looked confused as she asked .
"You are being deadass?"
She couldn't believe saturo was this rich rich.
Saturo suddenly locked in.His posture straightened.His chin rose.His eyes met Cynthia's."Dead ass."
A dramatic melody began playing somewhere in the background.Nobody knew where it came from.
A/n scratched his head."Where is that phonk coming from?"
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Saturo didn't even blink."It's my aura."
A/n stared.
"..."
"...that's not how aura works."
Saturo ignored him completely.He turned back toward Cynthia.Then gently grabbed her hand."Come on."
"Let's get you settled."
He glanced behind him.The grandparents were already arguing again.
"Before these old fogies start going for each other's throats.
Then he leaned closer and whispered.
"We have popcorn."
Cynthia blinked.Then looked around the room.from side eye's. Immediately she regretted it.
Both set of grandparents were eating popcorn.
One were eating sunflower seeds.
Others were drinking tea.after eating popcorn to their hearts content.
Even worse—
Their own Pokémon were literally selling the snacks.For profit.
A small stand had somehow appeared.
Nobody knew who approved it.Oriana was collecting money.while Escanor was managing inventory.A small ledger sat between them.
The business was thriving.
"..."
Cynthia slowly turned back toward Saturo."Alright."
"I'll look forward to it."
Then her eyes landed on something.
A silver locket.Hanging around Saturo's neck.The same locket.The exact same one she was also wearing but was hiding it out of Embarishment.
Saturo had started wearing it permanently after realizing it was the only place safe from Granny and Pop's.Anything else could be stolen.
Photographed.Or weaponized.
Cynthia froze. As a faint blush appeared on her face. (H-he's still wearing it...)
Her mind immediately drifted toward a certain Nurse Joy.The one who had spent months filling her head with suspicious information.
(According to Nurse Joy...)(People who keep gifts for a long time...)(Or wear things given by someone...)
(Might have a crush on them...)
Cynthia's ears immediately turned red.
Unfortunately—She completely forgot one important detail.
Saturo could read minds.and he was literally stopping himself from throwing this house into the sea
Saturo immediately received the entire thought process.In full HD.The boy froze.His soul briefly left his body.
" Not you too you are supposed to be the sane one ".
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Escanor immediately noticed."Metang."
Oriana nodded.
Saturo mentally screamed.
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Meanwhile Cynthia regained her composure.A small smile appeared on her face.
The kind of smile people got when they thought they had discovered a secret.
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Across the room—
Granny saw the blush.
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Then she saw Saturo holding Cynthia's hand.
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Then she saw the smile.
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The old woman nearly ascended.
"Oh my god."
She shoved Pop's."They're blushing."
Pop's looked up.
"...".
"We should stop treating them like one of your romance dramas."
The words left his mouth. The old man immediately realized his mistake. Saturo's eyes we're staring at him.A grin slowly spread across his face.
Gotcha.
Granny's head slowly turned."What did you just say?.
Pop's froze.The popcorn stopped halfway to his mouth.as tried to cover it to stop himself from speaking the full sentence. But his hands didn't obey him and then patted his wife as he said
I am canceling your cards and selling your collection of those poke cards you have being collecting. You wouldn't mind would you.
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His survival instincts activated.but it was Far too late. As he realized he was set up by his own grandson
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"What did you say, old man?"
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Pop's stared at his wife.
Then at Saturo.Then at the nearest exit.
.There was no escape.