“It’s fine. I am not a child,” Seraphine stated, “I can make do with fewer hours of sleep for a day. This is more important.”
With that, she removed her hand from Kayden’s grip, and that’s when, a yawn escaped from the stall owner’s lips. All the stalls nearby were closing down, and everyone was ready to leave for home. The stall owner shared the same sentiments as them as well.
“Young Lady, how about this? I will be here tomorrow as well,” he enunciated, “why don’t you come to try then?”
Pursing her lips into a thin line, it appeared that Yurie was contemplating on the matter before she expressed, “No can do. How do I trust you? What if you are not present here tomorrow? Moreover, I have more on my agenda, and I don’t think I would be able to rest well without winning those cute flying stuffed toys. But don’t worry! I will win it this time!”
A bright smi
On the next day, the two of them set for the valley of emerald lilies. The sight was extremely beautiful. The red lilies were spread throughout the place, and they had green emerald gems dotting their petals. A shiny red gem sat at the center.A exotic yet refreshing scent wafted off of them, pleasing Seraphine to a great extent. Captivated by the beauty the scene had to provide her with, Seraphine found it to be a pity that s photograph can not be taken.Mind blown, Seraphine ran her hand through her long hair. Then, her eyes widened when she noticed the array of colorful butterflies scattered around the lilies. The wings of the butterflies were illuminated, and when the night-time appeared, the sight was way more pretty.Seraphine and Kayden spent the entire day here today, having snacks and roaming around the surroundings. The scene was too ethereal, and there were too many attractions for them to get bored.A sparkling blue stream flowed at the side o
“Ten days,” he enunciated, “I will come to you again after ten days, and let me know about your decision then.”With that, Elliot disappeared into the thin air, leaving Seraphine and Kayden in the room. There were many questions arising in her hand that she wanted to ask Kayden, but decided that it would be for the best if she let them be for now.“You still do not have to do it,” Kayden pointed out.Seraphine chuckled and replied, “We both know how that is not an option.”Even so, Kayden didn’t appear to be in agreement with her choice, and this caused her to extend her hand forward, placing it on his shoulder. Patting on the surface, she vocalized, “Even I am rejecting it completely from inside, but this has to be done. I want both of us to get a happy ending this time.”Thinking of all the tragedies that passed through their lives, Kayden wasn’t exactly optimistic, but even
The two of them decided to travel to the Capital. Seraphine did feel North limited their vision by a large extent and wanted to check out the Royal Library for more information. The archives there held a wider range of content, and it was said all the books and records— long lost or not— was present in the Royal Library.However, other than the King and those selected by him, no one was allowed to enter the sacred place. As much as she craved to enter the place, she wasn’t fond of asking Alexander for help. The thought of encountering him made her feel nauseated now that she was aware of deeper section of the past, and it didn’t please her to learn that he killed Kayden in her last life.Honestly, Seraphine did wonder how it would feel for Kayden to face the man who put an end to his life with both having the memories of their past life. If it was her, she would’ve wanted to run away from the situation. Even now, she didn’t know what
Reading about their personalities made Seraphine fall into a deep thought. They were highly intelligent creatures, way more than humans, and possessive of what they considered to belong to them. Because of their arrogant nature, they thought everything they laid their eyes on to be there and wouldn’t give up on anything to attain it. When they want something, they had to have it.Reading about this aspect of their characteristics caused chills to travel down Seraphine’s back. She read through how twisted they could be and confirmed it more that Aeryes didn’t have a stable mental state.The next content in the new book she had gotten caught her attention. It was related another power that Aeryes was presumed to have. However, therefore was nothing to fully confirm the validity of this. It had something to do with dimensions.But just as she was about to get into that section, her chest clenched painfully, and the familiar feeling of suppression
Closing her eyes, Seraphine tried to gather herself. No matter how many times she had repeated to herself that she can’t collapse, the intensity wasn’t one she could fight against, and this was starting to break her down along with the frustration.She hated how she was weak every time in her presence, and this led to Seraphine acting recklessly. Not caring about the pressure weighing down on her body or how nauseated she felt while standing up, she did so. Her head spun while she raised the book close to her.Without thinking twice, she targeted the book towards the girl standing in front of her with all the strength she could muster. Of course, she knew that it would be unsuccessful, but even so, she hated being this helpless. Instead of this being physical, Seraphine was aware the weakness was mental, and because of this, slowly she was able to stabilize herself.The book was caught by ‘Seraphine’.At this, Seraphine spat, &ldqu
From the day she was born, Seraphine was well aware of how this wasn’t her first life. Before this, there was another life in the exactly same circumstances, but she managed to ruin that due to her reckless actions.She recalled how she had been exiled and her entire family had been sentenced to death after being named as traitors. Thinking about all the incidents that led to that, she knew that no one could be blamed other than her. If it wasn’t for her wanting to live as she wanted, none of this would have happened. Due to her actions, she had lost her entire family; they suffered for a good-for-nothing like her.Overcome with intense guilt, she was determined to be a strength to her family this time, not their weakest link or a burden. She recalled how her parents and brothers had worn out during the end of their lives. Thinking about everything they suffered because of her brought tears to her eyes. All due to her, they weren’t able to be happy to
A man as keen as Alexandar— he had most likely early on noticed how she didn’t fancy him. But despite that, she was desperate to have him. Because of that, he tested her on every step, trying to see how deep these feelings of her would be taking her and much she was able to endure for their sake.This made Seraphine feel dirty, disturbed. She hated how she had to be trampled over a countless times without being given any time to rest in between. Neither did he have any intentions of letting her go nor did he try keep her close as well. He maintained an ambiguous distance between them, controlling her with every gesture.Seraphine knew this mess was something she had walked into knowingly, but that did nothing to ease her soul that only got drained further and further. It made her go weary of life even more than before.Alexandar isolated her, gave her hope and only to break them later on, and maybe understanding how her family was her weakness, broug
Seraphine wasn’t scared to be lost at the forest. She hated herself for being foolish. But who would have thought that a teacher would be in on bullying her? She did not get what joy they achieved from tormenting her. Couldn’t they simply live on with their life, doing whatever they did in their cycle?How was torturing her even fun?Of course, Seraphine herself was worse. She had the power to stop it all, but her fears prevented her from doing so. In her last life, she retaliated against anyone who tried to wrong her even slightly. But in the end, that did not turn well for her family. Mixed with all other messes she had created, this played a large part in making her family a victim to the destruction she suffered later on.Of course, Seraphine understood how Winter had a hand behind all of it. Her interference made the matters worse, and Seraphine did not know what she had done to offend Winter. Her past life aside, there was something about Winte
Both Jiyeon and Taeyang was on the cleaning duty for the class. As Jiyeon was arranging the table, she noticed that Taeyang was staring at her with a mildly amused smile on his face.That aggravated her, and she expressed, “What? What are you looking at?”Without saying anything, he made his way over to her. Then, extending his hand, he touched her face and stroked it before voicing out, “You don’t have to do anything to make me jealous.”Her eyes widened at his words, and she stepped back, feeling totally exposed under that gaze of his.She then stuttered, “W-What do you mean?”Clearing her throat, she spoke with more confidence: “What sort of nonsense are you uttering now? Me making you jealous? Why would I do something so absurd?”She scoffed.He chuckled and stated, “Is that so? I know you well, Seraphine. You can’t hide from me.”“What? How can y
“Hold on, hold on, he actually said that to you!?” Aera exclaimed in disbelief. “Whoa! He is seriously a player.”Sitting on her bed, Jiyeon took a sip from her strawberry milk and stared down. The events of the other day still heated up her cheeks. Taeyang simply looked too dashing.“How did he know I was there though?” Jiyeon questioned. “Could it be a coincidence?”“About that,” Aera voiced out, “I might have spilled out your location to him.”Jiyeon raised an eyebrow.“Well, he called me, asking where you are as your phone was shut off, and I told him you’re on a date. Then, he questioned me about the location, and he is too scary. I wasn’t able to hide it.”Jiyeon could see where Aera was coming from. After the confrontation she had with Taeyang the other day, he really had a fierce side to him. Maybe because she w
Just as she was about to hug Yejoon, Jiyeon felt herself being dragged back by a large force, and this caused her eyes to widen. She turned her head to look at the one behind it and was shocked to see Taeyang standing there.What was he doing here?His eyes fiercely stared at her, causing her to be shaken up, and it appeared that he was only slightly away from bursting off at her. This was the first time she had faced this side of hers, making her wonder on how she had possibly offended him.“Who are you? It’s too impolite to pull someone this way,” Yejoon voiced out.Jiyeon smiled at him and expressed, “It’s fine. I know him. You can leave now.”Yejoon seemed a little hesitant. Nonetheless, he nodded before leaving. Before she could wave her hand at him, her face was gripped by Taeyang, and he forced her to meet his eyes.“Who is he?” Taeyang questioned, and his tone held immense intensity&mda
Jiyeon totally erased from her mind about asking Taeyang about why he stayed with her that night. This was surely done out of friendship, and there was no need to make the matters awkward by probing into this topic. This is how Jiyeon managed to convince herself.But when Taeyang came for the tutoring session on the next day, Jiyeon felt pained upon seeing him, and it was hard for her to keep on behaving normally as if nothing had happened. Taeyang surely had noticed something due to how silent she had been. That’s why, she appreciated him not asking anything about it.As Jiyeon was going through the book in her hand, Taeyang’s phone rang, and a picture popped up on the screen. It was the image of the woman she had seen with him yesterday; she was called Jihye.“Excuse me for a second.”With that said, he stood up and received the call. Jiyeon observed his expressions. His eyes widened for a second— probably shocked by what h
Jiyeon’s breathing for that instant stopped, and her heart clenched painfully. A nauseating feeling arose in her stomach. That’s why, holding her mouth, she stood up and rushed towards the washroom. At the same time, her eyes were flooded with tears.Seeing Jiyeon’s reaction caused a frown to form upon Taeyang’s features, and he did call after her. But she paid no mind to his words. He wanted to go after her, but that’s when his attention fell on her phone. It seemed that she saw something on the device.Picking the device up, his eyes fell on the screen, and that’s when he understood why she had shown such an intense reaction. This was due to a certain name she had seen— Kayden.He shut her phone and let out a sigh.°°°After washing her face, Jiyeon came out of the washroom and then said, “I am sorry. I suddenly felt sick.”Taeyang stood up and made his way over to Jiyeon. H
Taeyang shot her a quizzical look, not clearly expecting her to mention this right now, before that changed to amusement, and he voiced out, “Why are you so curious about that?”Jiyeon believed that she had decent acting skills when she smiled and said, “Am I not your friend? This simply is an enough reason for me to know about it. Now, quick, quick, tell me who is it that managed to steal that heart of yours.”“Because you are my friend?” The boy stated.There was a certain amount of amusement present in his tone, and this caused her to feel nervous. Certainly, he didn’t notice her intentions, right? Although she did feel very much exposed under his gaze, she tried to convince herself that the boy wasn’t capable of reading minds.Jiyeon nodded.“Can I not ask as your friend about the girl you like?”“Of course, you can ask,” Taeyang said, “And as for who the perso
“Of course not. What are you talking about? You can feel comfortable at here. You have done a lot for Jiyeon, and we are thankful to you for that,” her mother voiced out.Hearing how gently her mother was speaking made Jiyeon scoff and say, “I didn’t know that you are able to talk in this manner, Mother; I thought you were only capable of shouting.”This caused her mother to glare at Jiyeon and state, “Shut up! Make yourself useful for once, and set up the table.”Although Jiyeon rolled her eyes at her mother, she did as the woman ordered as she made her way over to the kitchen. Tilting her head from the kitchen, she could see that small conversation went on between her mother and Taeyang. This caused her to wonder what the content was.Nevertheless, Jiyeon was quick to her feet and arranged the table without causing much accidents. Once done with that, she took her seat and called for
Jiyeon had to admit that Taeyang was great at explaining her. It was as if he understood her and knew how to keep her concentration on the subject. No matter how much she wanted to distract him or ask him unnecessary questions, he didn’t let that happen.And as for the last part of the session, he gave her few problems to solve, saying, “After you are able to solve them all and get half of them correct, you can go home.”Jiyeon was dumbfounded by the expectations he held on her. Even on the subject she found the easiest, getting half correct was hard for her.“Can’t we lower the bar a little? Today is the first day after all. Let’s settle for forty percent.”He shook his head and voiced out, “If you get more than fifty percent, I will reward you.”That did sound appealing to her, and knowing that there was no place for argument, she attempted the questions I hopes of attaining that reward. At th
It didn’t take Taeyang long to finish making the breakfast, and even though Jiyeon had a large intake of sugar now, that didn’t take away from her appetite when she smelled the pancakes. This caused her to feel sudden hunger.Taeyang placed the glass of orange juice in front of her before serving her pancakes and covering those up with syrup. Yurie’s mouth watered as she held her fork and voiced out, “Thank you.”After that, given how delicious the pancakes were, it didn’t take her long to finish eating them, and once done with that, she stared at Taeyang with impressed eyes.“Whoa! This is seriously good,” Jiyeon voiced out, “You really have a way to lower my self-esteem.”“Don’t worry about that. Collectively, you are way better than me.”This made Jiyeon scrunch up her nose and vocalize, “We both know that is not the case. I am far from being half as good as you.