The next day, Aveline helped him study through the morning and left for work in the evening. He noticed that she had no fixed working hours.
He thought of asking her about how she knew Reveria, he wanted to ask her the night before but in the flow of events he forgot.
She returned a few hours later, without wasting even a second she announced,
"Come with me, let's go shopping."
Her tone was almost commanding.
He did need new clothes. So he agreed. Him talking about his luggage on the craft was all a lie because he had literally come with zero luggage.
Now that she had exposed him throughly and he had seen her fierceness the previous night, he knew not to be too stubborn.
To travel, they used a metro like system, since pods were for very long distances only, in the city metro was used.
Avon got to see many aspects of the city he hadn't seen or paid attention to before.
Most of the buildings were sky high, except the one building where the knight resided, it was Space high, in Avon's opinion.
It was so tall it's top could only be seen from very far away.
Avon also noticed that there were no clouds in the sky, then he realised that he hadn't seen a single cloud since he had arrived.
The metal paths that were available for travel, there were multiple of them and at different altitudes. Even the vehicles were very different. Some wheel based while some levitating.
He made mental notes of many things to discuss and ask Aveline when they would return home. He didn't want to discuss this in public.
They first went to a building that had various shops on each floor. At the store they went to buy clothes at, Avon saw that the clothes were very expensive.
He could guess because he the clothes were almost a quarter of the money from which you could buy a house.
"Why are the clothes so expensive?"
He asked in a low tone.
"They have the quality to be worthy of the price. Choose which ones you like."
"Who cares about quality, if they cover me it's enough, that is the purpose of clothes. Plus I don't want to waste money on these."
He was not from a rich family and never really cared about fashion, seeing clothes so expensive just didn't sit right with him.
Aveline looked at him with a serious gaze and said,
"Who said you are paying, I will pay, now choose. You must"
He was dumbfounded,
"No no, these are too expensive, plus why would you pay?"
She held his hand said in a gentle voice,
"Because I want to, now come on, choose what you like. Don't mind the money, since I brought you here it means I can pay."
He didn't understand why she was so persistent and after some back and forth, he gave up and reluctantly bought some clothes.
Then they went to have a meal at a very fancy and expensive restaurant. Again the prices shocked Avon. This time the argument was short with the clear defeat of Avon.
They returned home and it was late night. They both went to sleep after returning.
After some time, Avon opened his eyes and saw it was early and still dark outside. He got up to drink water when suddenly from beside Aveline walked into him. She was wrapped in a towel as though she had just taken a bath. She looked at him with her eyes widened and so did Avon's. Because of their small collision her towel slipped and revealed her assets.
He caught a glimpse of her huge breasts but quickly looked away. He was all flustered and so was she. She quickly covered herself properly.
After a moment's silence she asked him slowly
"Did you see?"
"What?" He tried to play dumb but it was of no use.
"You know very well what I am talking about"
Her tone was not a casual one. He was worried about himself now.
"Tell me truthfully Avon"
'Uh, it will be better to tell her the truth...she looks so scary right now. It was an accident afterall'
"Yes, but just for a second..." He said slowly lowering his head.
"Is that so.." she put her hand over his shoulders from the side and leaned in on him, then gave a kiss on his cheek and spoke into his ear, "Don't worry, I won't be angry with you for some accident like this."
Avon lost his senses for a minute. This was too much for him. He slowly turned his head towards her and saw a small smile on her face. Her face was all red! It was clear that she was embarassed and was just trying to make things less awkward.
Then she pulled her hand back from over his shoulders and quickly entered the room from where she had just come.
It took Avon a few seconds to register what has just happened and he quietly went to drink the water from the kitchen. Soon she came out wearing a simple shirt and shorts.
Again he found it difficult to look at her. She came walking towards with a red face, took glass and filled it with water and said, "I couldn't sleep, so I decided to take a bath. You were asleep so I thought it would be fine to come tonthe kitchen for water like that."
"I..see. Even then, I am sorry. I think it will be better if I leave.."
He was already feeling guilty about freeloading at her place and he didn't want cause anymore trouble for her.
Hearing him say that she quickly, at an unimaginable speed , she put the glass down and came face to face with Avon. This speed truly scared him.
She then put her arms around his neck and completely closed the distance between them. He could feel her body coming in contact with his. Their faces very close. She had just taken a bath so she looked very captivating and smelled very good too.Her wet blonde hair were adding to the allure altogether. With their faces dangerously close, she said
"Stay"
Looking into his eyes. Her gaze was intense and the one word was enough to make him understand.
He simply nodded.
Still, this was too much for him, so placed him hands on her waist and pushed her a bit.
She was surprised by this action. She knew her actions were not normal but the passive Avon doing something like this was surprising for her.
Looking at the surprised look he said, "I get what you're saying but...don't come so close. I am sorry but...you are beautiful so....and... that...I..."
He was having difficulty finding the right phrasing to explain it to her. Frustrated he just let it all out.
"Ugh..I have never had such close interactions with any woman before. I barely have any friends too. So this is a bit overbearing for me..."
Hearing this Aveline smiled and once again came dangerously close to Avon and again and put her arms around his neck and said with a smile.
"Is that how you look at me?"
Avon turned his head away because she was so close. He knew she was joking but answered anyway.
"No..you know what I mean."
"Oh I do know what you mean." She said playfully bringing her face even closer kissing his cheek again.
"Why do you have to be so shy before someone like your elder sister, Hmm?"
Avon couldn't bear and again caught her hand and moved it and distanced himself form her. What surprised him was both times when he touched her hand and waist they were firm. As though she had no fat on the body but all muscles. Her shirt was between her waist and his hand but he felt her arm directly and knew she had a well trained body.
Still, that was not the issue right now. "You sure like teasing me huh."
"Oh I am not really teasing you. Just...having fun"
She was still playing around.
"Uhhh, I'll leave you alone then"
Announcing so he quickly turned around and walked back towards the bed.
"Nope!"
He heard her say form behind and she quickly caught his arm. He still didn't stop and continued onwards. Then she tightened her grip and he could feel her strength as he was having difficulty moving forward but he jumped on the bed. To his surprise she jumped along with him. She was using her atheletic body to a good extent just to tease him.
Now they both were in the bed together and she wrapped her arm around his neck again and brought their faces close again. He couldn't deny that there was this comfortable warmth that he was getting everytime she did this but it was too much for. He just looked into her eyes giving up and she smiled a bit.
He turned to the other side and closed his eyes to sleep. She just simply laid beside him thinking about what she had done. She did most of this out of embarrassment of the earlier incident. As she remembered more, the more she became embarassed. She decided to close her eyes to sleep to forget all that too.
Avon woke up after some time with Aveline's face right in front of him. He tried to slowly get up but she woke up too and sat up beside him.
Silence resigned for a moment, then she spoke,
"I am sorry for earlier. I was just embarassed. But please don't leave."
"Sure."
The time was afternoon, they had slept quite late and woke up late too. Avon always wondered about her irregular work timings and decide to ask her. He then decided to ask her all the other questions he had in his mind.
Avon paused for a while lost in his thoughts and asked, "You know the theory so well that you teach such complicated stuff to me in a very simple manner....just how long have been studying this."
"For most of my life" she replied.
"Hmm....you look like someone in their late 20's though.... I'm guessing you're older?"
She gave him a side eye and said " 133"
"Haha, nice joke. Say the real number"
" I know I look younger but I am 133"
"Hmm? So you are 33"
"No, 133...why are you playing around now?"
"What do you mean I am playing around. You are joking here by saying you are 133. Then I am 119!"
Suddenly it hit Aveline and she said," Avon, you said you don't know much about cultivation right?"
"Yes."
"Did...your planet awaken just recently?"
"...I was told not to reveal it , but yes just a month ago."
"So the average lifespan is about 90?100?"
"Hmm average would be like 70 or something. Though some people did cross 100."
"So...how old did you say you are?"
"119"
"I am serious, tell me your real age"
"19"
The shock on Aveline's face after hearing this was something he had never seen.
"You are 19?!"
Then it struck Avon,
'she can cultivate, so like master said, cultivation increases the lifespan....she must actually be 133!'
"You are actually 133?!"