Almost a month after their encounter with the Jar of Misfortune had already passed since then.Audrey and the others also had almost forgotten everything about it.After all, they had already decided not to get themselves involved with anything about it afterward.So for the past few weeks of their life, they had been on a total lay low.They spend their time attending their own personal matters that they might have neglected lately since they had been very busy doing school missions one after another.Now that they all finally had the time of their life, they made perfect use of it by dealing with their existing concerns at hand.Niccoli spent more time with his pet cat, Monami.At the same time, he also tried to explore more of this mental telepathy thing with his pet.But, in reality, he just basically became a complete chaperone in Nero and Monami's date at the Enchanted Garden because he used to tag along with them.That somehow, made him reflect upon himself and made him thought
But just a few days ago, he met with this senior of his and the other party asked a weird request from himIt would be all normal of his senior asked to meet him.But what made him think twice though was that Diether was actually asking to meet him with Andrew!He wondered why would his senior suddenly became interested in his friend, Andrew. Considering that the two have never met even once before.Well, he could at least understand his senior the last time he made a request.It was when Diether asked him about looking for Audrey.That somehow made sense to him. Because maybe he must have been really interested in her.After all, that sorceress was indeed a one of a kind beauty of her own class and he had personally seen her charm before.In fact, if he only had not known that she was Nike's fiancee, maybe he might have thought about dating the other party as well.But too sad for the two of them, because Nike was miles ahead of them.The sorceress of their fancy was already taken by
It did not take that long for a date to be arranged for Audrey and Diether to actually meet.A day after that conversation with Steve, Audrey already got notified by her friend that she could meet Diether by the next full moon.Then when the night of the agreed date arrived just when Audrey and Steve were on their way to meet Diether, they got intercepted by a heavily hooded man.The unknown character stood in the middle of the road, perfectly blocking their way.The moonlight shone on his figure but because of the hood that covered most of him, they could hardly see his face."I need to have a word with you, Andrew."The stranger said and surprisingly enough the other party sounded like a woman.Her soothing voice has a clear ring on it, like the calming sound of the wind chimes every time it got struck by the wind.And what surprised them both, even more, was the fact that the woman did not seem to be just any other woman, she seemed to sound familiar as well!"Lady Selene???"Steve
"What do you need???"Audrey hissed under her breath as soon as Steve walked away.But Selene only gave her a smile as a reply which only crept Audrey even more.Not because the smile did not suit her cousin, in fact, it was the contrary.But it was the fact that it was Selene who was smiling at her. That was what made it creepy. Because it was all obvious for all eyes to see that her smile was all fake.There was simply no shred of sincerity coming from that smile despite how beautiful it was.This cousin of hers was indeed a rare beauty. The kind of face that could easily cause the downfall of a nation.As much as she hated to admit it, Audrey knew that there was no point denying that with that kind of face that Selene has, she could easily stand out wherever she goes.That was why it was no wonder that she was dubbed as one of the school belles even though it was just her first year in the Iridos.For some unknown reason, there was this certain quality in Selene that made her blend
"Can't you see it? No one can account for the validity of the Crown Prince's claim and no one knew what exactly was their reason for going out privately that day, either. I mean, does it even make sense to you?? Someone ambushed them. Yet, rather than taking the Crown Prince, they took a young general instead??? I mean, that was so pointless, not unless those bandits were complete fools that they could not differentiate the value of a crown prince over a mere general at first glance. What I am thinking is that the Crown Prince was behind all this." It took time for Audrey to process everything that Selene just told her. But when the realization finally dawned on her, she had this weird look on her face. She could not understand why would the Crown Prince would ever do that thing to her brother, to begin with. His brother had been very loyal to the royal family. Her brother had almost given them his life, his time and everything. To the point that he nearly abandoned his only siste
"So, we meet again...."Diether started with a drawl, as he was considering which name to call the other party. But eventually, he chose to say,"Andrew."A pursed smile appeared on the man's lip afterward when he saw relief washed over Audrey's face."If I remember correctly, I believe that is the name you decide to go by now."He added casually. Audrey, on the other hand, flashed him a forced smile as she slowly found herself secretly praying for the other party to speak less of their past encounter. Lest he ended up exposing the skeleton she was hiding on her closet."I'm glad we meet again, Sir Diether. I haven't had an opportunity to properly thank you from what you did for me last time."Albeit a little concern for what the man may or may not say that could put her secret at the risk of exposure, nevertheless, she still chose to observe courtesy during the meeting.Mostly because not only she was in the presence of her benefactor but also due to the fact that her adviser, Profes
"Hello, my dear. We already had the pleasure to meet each other at Everything Emporium before, remember me?"Audrey's mind has been riddled with nothing but questions ever since they started talking. Their words filled her with uncertainty and so far, none of it was given a concrete answer yet. So naturally, she was quite on edge.That was why when Madam Xing strike a conversation with her out of the blue she sounded unenthusiastic."Of course, Madam Xing, you're the owner of that shop. Again, I'm sorry about the Jar of Misfortune."Truth be told, Audrey did not mean for her apology to sound less sincere than she really was. It was just that given the current situation, she was more eager to hear more about his brother than making another acquaintance."It's nothing."Madam Xing replied shortly before adding,"Your mother, Delicia, used to be a close friend of mine back when she was still teaching here at Iridos.""My mom used to be a teacher here?!"Another unexpected revelation made
"If her parents was the future leader of their clan, then how come she always have no money?"Steve thought out loud on the side. But he was only asking himself. The people around the table was so focus talking to each other that they seemed to forget about his existence.Thus he was left to wonder on his own. He even wonder why they let him be part of this meeting when he clearly did not have anything to do about it.It would be a lie to say that he did not feel left out.Nonetheless, when Audrey heard him asking his question to the wind, she was kind enough to answer."Because I ran away from home. That's why I did not have the support of my family right now."Slowly, recognition dawned to Steve's face and soon his face lit up when he started to understand what was happening.'The name Audrey, the family name, Lee....'The guy mused to himself until realization struck him."You must be Nike's fiancee, the young lady of Lee Clan, Audrey Lee!"Steve beamed."Yeah, that too."Audrey's