Veronica could not believe what she was seeing right now in front of her eyes. Her eyes lit up with pleasure, turning to look at Stephen, who was still holding her in his arms. "This is …" "Yes. I prepared all of this just for you," Stephen answered with a calm smile. "Did you like it?" As if understanding what he was thinking, Stephen, lowered Veronica's body slowly until both of Veronica's prosthetic legs landed perfectly on the footpath. "Wow…" He still couldn't believe what he was seeing. His eyes stared in amazement at the view of the lake in front of him. He saw a canoe that could carry two people complete with a wooden canoe, leaning on a deck not far from where they were. While at the edge of the lake, a few meters from where they were standing, he saw a picnic blanket neatly laid out, complete with a straw basket covered with red and white gingham patterned cloth and two medium-sized thermos bottles. From the straw basket, he could see the baguette sticking out from behi
"You must be tired of having to eat porridge for these few days. Am I right?""W-well ... it can't be helped, right? Since I am not in a good shape lately thanks to the fever," Veronica turned her face the other way, avoiding Stephen. "Although I have to admit that the porridge made by you is many times much better than my older sister's making.""Indeed, what did your older sister prepare whenever you were sick before?""Let me think for a moment," Veronica said, trying to recall what her sister used to make when she was still working in Waterford City or when she came to see her whenever her older sister know she was not feeling well."She usually made me chicken noodle soup if she was in a good mood or having a lot of free time. But she always making the cauliflower soup to me after one of my sister's acquaintances introduces her to it when I was in junior high school.""Cauliflower soup? This is my first time hearing it. Was that taste good?""It would be much better if you did not
It had been fifteen minutes since he had arrived at the new residence of his acquaintance's grandson, Alec Berthold. This grandson of Pierre Berthold led him into the living room as he beckoned him to enter, but from the last fifteen minutes until now he had not spoken. So that the room was automatically enveloped only by silence, the silence that succeeded in creating a feeling of uneasiness within him. He noticed Alec's gaze that occasionally took the opportunity to glance at him, along with the anxiety that also enveloped the man. It can be seen from how the young man's hands squeezed each other on his thighs and his head looked down towards the floor. It was as if the surface of the floor was far more interesting than it existed. He was excited and irritated. He really, really wanted to break this silent atmosphere and go straight to the topic of conversation, which was also the main reason for coming to Alec's residence this second. But he himself also could not do it Alec's
Hearing Alec's words just now, Karl finally calmed down, giving up his intention to attack the man who was carrying the food. He gave a small smile in an attempt to hide his surprise at the unexpected presence of one of Nicholas' string puppets, reaching out to grab one of the cookies on the coffee table.The man was wearing a butler uniform and was immaculately groomed. Judging from the look of the man, people would have guessed that the man was a servant, not realising that the man was one of the string puppets under Nicholas' control.It was just that he found that this puppet string lived and moved in a pretty different way from Nicholas' habits that he used to know in the past. As far as he knew, Nicholas had a large collection of string puppets. So supposedly, he would find a lot of puppet strings in this mansion.But strangely, he only found the male servant appeared in front of him.Ah, right. He had almost forgotten with the fact that Nicholas had left the Schneider organis
Alec's tone when he said it sounded so cold. Without waiting for Karl's answer, Alec resumed his words. "Are you wondering, questioning my strange behaviour just now?" "I do not think I-" "Last week, this place was attacked by Schneider's troops," Alec's eyes turned sad. "I am not sure if you noticed it the first time you walked into this place, but it certainly made me uncomfortable. There is not much I can do about this house after I decided to live separately from my family, and bad things like this are happening." "Schneider's secret troops?" Karl repeated Alec's words in disbelief. He could not believe what he had just heard. Now he understood and got the answer behind the weird feelings he felt when he passed the kitchen and dining room, which looked so strange and odd. "Let me guess. Were they coming to kill Nicholas? For what reason? Isn't it enough for Schneider to remove Nicholas from his dumb organisation?" Alec nodded wearily. "Yes, exactly. I also do not understand the
Febrina took off her mask and disposable medical rubber gloves as soon as she left the autopsy room, and threw them into the trash near the door. Sweat was pouring down her body, with sweat dripping down her temples, and she quickly wiped them away with the back of her hand like an old man."Finally, we finished it!" Febrina exclaimed happily, turning her body to look at Gavin, who was walking behind her, looking much more tired and weary than usual.With her eyes, half closed, her boyfriend also took off his surgical mask and disposable medical rubber gloves and threw them in a trash can by the door of the room."Yeah…," with a yawn, Gavin responded to her remark. "For someone who just came out of the autopsy room after helping with autopsies for almost a day, you look really excited, you know?""Hm? All day?" Febrina's eyes blinked in disbelief upon hearing what Gavin had just said. There was no window in the hallway they were currently in, so she reached for her smartphone which was
Karl walked down the corridor of the mansion where Alec and Nicholas lived with uncertain feelings after talking to Alec. In front of him, a maidservant who was also one of Nicholas' string puppets, walked in silence and guided him to the exit of the mansion. In accordance with Nora's words at that time, after successfully recovering Alec's condition, he witnessed for himself how Alec's mental condition was still unstable. Like when the young man easily shot the male servant who was Nicholas' string puppet without any guilt or fear, looking so relaxed. It was as if the young man felt that what he was doing was not a big deal. Even though he was pretty sure that Alec already knew how Nicholas got all their string puppets to come from. "There is no need for you to thank him, Your Majesty." "Or even try to talk to him for whatever reason. All you need to do is pretend his existence doesn't exist. Because he is no longer a living being." "To put it simply: because this thing does no
As Karl arrived at the Smith clan headquarters, located on the border of the Smith territory, Hades got out of the car. With alacrity, his personal assistant opened the car door for him, inviting him to get out with his free hand on Karl's head."Your Highness is coming! Your Highness is coming!"Several border guard troops standing guard in front of the headquarters entrance immediately panicked when they realised Karl's sudden arrival. Some of the Border Guards who were enjoying their lunch immediately ignored their lunch, smoothed their clothes, and gave Karl a respectful gesture."Greetings, Your Majesty!"Karl only responded with a brief wave of his hand, walking into his base, followed by Hades. The troops who had greeted him rushed over to Karl with fake polite smiles clearly visible on their faces, showing their greed and their desire to be acknowledged by Karl or to gain a higher position."Your Excellency!"Karl turned towards the source of the voice, finding a female general
“Montessa! Is the time spell ready?”Bianca called out to Montessa as she ran up to Montessa. He played with the glocks still in his hand, then returned them to Montessa. “Thank you for wanting to lend me your weapon.”"Yes. Already!" On Montessa's right, a dimensional portal appears that is the same as Nora's, but has a lighter colour. Montessa's eyes turned to the soldiers who were now running like crazy after stuffing the glocks into their pockets. "What's wrong with them? What did you do to them?”"It's not the important thing you should be thinking about," Bianca patted Montessa on the shoulder. "Can we go in now? I hope your spell won't throw us into the wrong timeline.”“Hey, what you said hurts you know!” Montessa defended herself. “I always succeed in casting my spells when it comes to time magic. “And yes, it is safe. We're going back to the 21st century.”"Good," he turned his head back, looking at Erna's figure standing behind him.Erna's hand gripped his hand tightly, vis
Can they say that the mission was a success or not? That question kept popping up in Bianca's mind again and again as they ran to avoid the pursuit of the royal guards. In front of her, Montessa ran along with Felicia Chen, whom they managed to release from prison. All she knew, for now, was that she couldn't let go of Erna's wrist, which was running behind her. “How much longer we should wait!?” she shouted at Montessa, who was in front of her. "What?! I didn't hear your question, Pedrosa!” Montessa called back to Bianca, then turned his gaze back to the front as he saw more and more royal troops chasing the two of them. “I'm trying to recover my magic energy! Buy some more time!” “Easy for you to say, old man!” Bianca pulled Erna into her arms when she saw one of the royal troops trying to cut Erna with his sword. She parried the sword using his leg kick and threw the sword so that it stuck into one of the trees around the forest path. “Montessa! Lend me some weapons! There are
Karl hummed happily and fell in love with the new magic sword Alec had created for him. The sword that belonged to his grandfather, which he gave to Nora in exchange for Veronica's safety (he did not regret his decision at the time), he could indeed use without the slightest problem. But in all aspects, the sword was out of character for him.First, in terms of design. He was actually not a fan of swords that had lots of carvings on them. His taste was very different from his grandfather's sword, which has that element. In terms of the magical energy that can be absorbed by the magic sword inherited from his grandfather, there was not much the sword could absorb from his energy, because the sword inherited from his grandfather tended to use the emotions of its user.When his grandfather was still alive, his grandfather was the type of person who was easily provoked by anger. That disposition of his was also justified by his life principle of glorifying the dragon race. From the pas
Until an hour ago, they were still at Alec's house, trying out the new magic weapon Alec created.But right now, he and Karl and Stephen are busy helping Alex and Nicholas to kill the monsters that come to Alec's house.The monster was like Alec's description a while ago while visiting Pedrosa's residence. He had never come face to face with a monster created by William Schneider, so he was very surprised to see the real shape of the monster.He slashed one of the heads of the monsters that were about to attack him with their canine teeth. Their blood spurted out, hitting his body, emitting a strange hiss.There was a feeling of pity in him as he looked at the corpse of the monster in front of him. Recalling what Karl had said about the origins of the monsters, he felt some sympathy. In the past, these monsters had a quiet life.If it weren't for William Schneider, they might still be enjoying their quiet lives right now...A feeling of hatred for William Schneider welled up inside Ve
William tapped his fingers nervously on his desk. Currently he was in his office at the university where Veronica Darren studied, with an irritated and bored expression.He didn't care about the rows of work piled up on his desk. Or the list of files in his email when he turns on his computer as soon as he enters his study.Or the attention of the students who tried to approach him. Or also the fact that at work, there are so many bouquets of flowers, snacks, or gift boxes of various sizes filling the room.He didn't care about that.All he cared about was Veronica Darren's presence. But since two weeks ago, that woman has not been on campus at all, nor has she attended any of her classes. Even though the woman submitted her course work via e-mail about three days ago.Where has Veronica gone? What happened to Veronica not to show her nose on campus? Even though he had gone to great lengths to infiltrate the university as a lecturer so he could approach Veronica.Now, he felt like an
Don't do anything flashy, huh?Both Erna and Bianca looked at Montessa with deep eyes. Because of Montessa's stupidity that didn't estimate the risks that would occur if she went straight to the prison, the royal guards immediately arrested the three of them and took them to a room in the prison building.There were no windows around where they were, so all they could do was guess how long they had been there. There were only flaming torches hanging on the walls to illuminate the place.Even more annoying, the room was so damp and smelly, that it was difficult for him to feel comfortable staying in this place for a long time. He even admired the fighting spirit of the people who used to languish in this prison.Across the prison they were in, there was an old woman with a shabby appearance who kept cursing in a language she didn't understand towards the prison guards who were passing through the corridors of the prison."I didn't expect that the plan I made would end like this," Monte
Erna's eyes narrowed, looking intently at Bianca who was running excitedly along the path in the forest. Montessa suggested that they change into what people of the time they are currently in, so the man cast a spell to change their clothes.She was dressed in a duchess outfit that was so sparkling, dark blue in color and looked so beautiful that she couldn't take her eyes off of the dress she was wearing.But that wasn't what made it hard to focus on the mission this time. But because of Bianca. His girlfriend was wearing a 15th century gentleman's suit. Clothes that seemed to be created just for Bianca to wear, even though she knew that Montessa changed Bianca's clothes into men's clothes because she always forgot the fact that Bianca was a woman.Bianca didn't protest at all, of course. He knew that Bianca liked the androgynous appearance despite her always claiming to be a fully woman, so he shouldn't be surprised to see Bianca's current appearance.Yet, she found herself falling
She regretted her decision.She meant, she really regretted it.Erna looked at the environment around her with uncertain feelings. She was no longer in the 21st century with the technology and practicality offered by that century. But they were now around five centuries ago when technology and the internet were not yet available and witch hunts were still a common practice."It looks like we've come to the right time."Right now, Montessa was proudly standing to her right, using his magic to brush away the dirt and grime from his clothes. The man did not even pay attention to the fact that thanks to his goddamn time dimension magic, she and Bianca fell flat on the ground until their clothes were all dirty.Montessa did not even tell them or give any signal that they were going to land in the middle of the forest. Montessa only asked them to jump into the time dimension magic as soon as the man finished casting the spell.Yesterday he decided to agree to Montessa's offer by becoming th
Karl responded to Stephen's words with a low laugh. "Actually, there's something I don't understand." "Yes?" “Why did you make me a magic weapon? Moreover, from my knowledge, ordering magic weapons from the Berthold family is very expensive…” “In my opinion, the lives of living things are more expensive and valuable than the Berthold family's magic weapons,” Karl shoved his hands into his trouser pockets. “For me, you and Karen are the most important people in my life. I already consider you like my own family, and I know you love Karen too.” "I …" "Don't deny it, Steve. How long do you think I know you?" Karl looked up at the ceiling of the room. “Our current situation is so chaotic. War. The problem of racism in the Dragon clan. A showdown between vampire families. Somehow it feels like there are so many problems coming our way that I can't spare my spare time to go on a date with Karen. It sucks…” "I feel guilty too," Stephen said. “Last time I asked Nikki out, my brother cam