Endless Evolution: Last Star

Chapter 491 Sincerity is the best reward

step. step. step.

silvana ran quickly down the hallway. she was returning from her jog and wanted to leave the water bottle in her room before returning to riska.

'hmm? why is the door ajar?'

silvana internally muttered when she stopped abruptly.

'adam's back so early? wasn't he still supposed to be practicing with max today? did something important happen?'

silvana pondered, then she cautiously approached the door. for some reason, she didn't think it was a good idea to make any noise in this situation and reveal her presence early.

the first thing silvana saw was adam, holding small tools in his hands.

'what? what's going on here? why is he fixing something?' silvana was confused as she looked more closely.

adam hadn't noticed her. he already spent an hour assembling the bracelet and was only 25% finished. he was completely immersed in the process and was not distracted by anything. this was a challenge, quite difficult, and interesting for him.

he never did anything like this before, but he was willing to try his best to see the joy on silvana's face.

after a few seconds, silvana realized that adam was assembling the bracelet, but she didn't know that he was doing it for her.

then, her gaze moved to the side, to the black box where was printed the name of the company that made this unusual bracelet.

'rote noe... what an unusual name, it's definitely not something simple. i should find out more about it.' silvana internally muttered with a slight nod.

she carefully stepped back, her footsteps quiet and unnoticeable.

silvana went downstairs to the training hall, where ten minutes later she easily found that company.

silvana's eyes went wide at the prices of their bracelets, but it wasn't until later that she saw the department where custom bracelets were sold, especially those that the customers had to assemble themselves to achieve a unique result.

crackle.

the door opened as riska stepped inside.

"hey, where have you been? we were supposed to get to the stretching exercises." riska asked but there was no response.

silvana couldn't believe how much a simple bracelet with no gemstones cost. discover stories with empire

silvana turned away without looking riska in the eyes.

"even if you're right, i'd be embarrassed to accept such a luxurious gift... i've never given him anything like this and i don't even have the money for it..."

riska didn't reply to anything.

instead, she walked over to silvana, squatted down, and gently took her palm in her two hands, squeezing it lightly.

"so, he bought an expensive gift, took the time and effort to assemble it with his own hands with no experience and you're just going to refuse because of shyness?"

silvana gulped. that wasn't what she meant at all, but she couldn't say that riska was wrong about it.

riska smiled kindly.

"unfortunately, there's no more surprise, but you can still give him something decent in return."

"hmm? should i order some kind of bracelet too?" silvana suggested.

riska chuckled.

"what a silly idea, i didn't expect to hear such a thing from such a smart girl, well, it just shows what you're worried about."

silvana puffed up her cheeks, looking at riska unhappily.

"you don't need to give him anything in return, he just wants to make you feel good and the best you can give is your emotions."

silvana bit her lip, frowning.

"but... i already know about the bracelet... doesn't that mean i messed it all up?"

riska shook her head.

"you don't have to be surprised. just give into your feelings when he hands you the bracelet and show how you really feel. just be sincere, it's so much better than any plan you can come up with."

silvana nodded silently.

she realized that riska was right.

then, riska stood up and extended her arms up, stretching.

"in that case, how about another lap?"