Irene was grateful that the other did not ask further more questions. As for her, she reminisced everything she witnessed on this short trip.
She had seen quite few new faces of the man she was in love with. But what really stuck to her mind was not the warm smile which he gave that homeless grandma, but the harmless and innocent one he was sporting as he slept wrapped up in a thick blanket, his head leaning sideways against the headrest. She saw it all through the small opening a mischievous AI had purposely left without informing him when it noticed the woman's presence nearby.
The actress could already guess that he must be intending to not do any work today as well. The reason for suddenly driving to this fairly populated place instead of his own home was a puzzle for her. However, it was easy to see that he just wanted some sleep today. Even the seemingly all-rounder and powerful him could be exhausted, falling unconscious under a peaceful and pictur
'Beautiful...'Ivy's heavenly singing voice made way into her ears. The lines in her song were so melancholically sung. But for some reason, it could mysteriously help her clear her mind. It made her open her eyes to also see if the twilight had already descended upon the world outside.Somehow what greeted her was the sight of a happy family of three walking out of a restaurant from her left side. Her mind fleetingly wandered to the distant past where she and her parents had done the same on her 10th birthday. It was a beautiful memory, burned in the back of her mind. Regrettably, it was also a memory that would never happen again in the future. Thinking of this, she moved her gaze away from that happy and beautiful sight.A couple of seconds later, probably still due to the word 'family', her subconscious suddenly went back to the fiasco earlier where she asked that swine human whether he had some messages he wanted to relay to his family members.One r
The man, on the other hand continued with a wide and heartwarming smile, "You did well in safeguarding his business empire. I sincerely thank you for all your efforts.""I'm only doing what I should do for him." She said with only a polite smile on her delicate face.Conrad laughed, the gesture magically made a few of the wrinkles on his forehead and the edge of his eyes disappear. "You don't have to be so courteous in front of me. I know how close you are to that child."She argued in her head. 'Who won't be in front of a smiling cat who is actually a king tiger?'Conrad was Paul's only remaining uncle and he once mentioned to her that he was almost his father. Yet Agatha didn't dare treat this meeting as a mere meeting between a father and a prospective daughter-in-law, but that of enemies. It was just hard for her to not do so considering the fact that aside from being a very competent and influential non-host, this man possibly had ties with som
Agatha left the chateau wearing nothing but a blank expression on her face. After the real talk between about Paul, she confirmed a few things which almost made her suppose that this Conrad McArthney was an enemy.'He firmly believed that his nephew is alive. But never made moves to locate him like I do.'She felt betrayed. Very much. When this realization dawned to her this was what consumed her heart and made her scream her lungs out from the moment she was done locking herself up inside her room. Her chest felt so constrained. She knew it was the extreme desire to at least slap Conrad McArthney for what he did. She had yet to learn about Conrad and Fred. But through the conversation they had earlier, she realized that there was only one reason why the man who seemed to treasure his successor so much had not shown worry despite that same successor going missing.Why did he never show movements to locate Paul?Why else apart from already being aware of where he was? It was like as a
Seated on the CEO's swivel chair, Brienne's indifferent eyes rested on the article showing on her computer screen, a report about her sister who was sighted unharmed in a seaside park within Western Alina.Not a minute passed and the queenly woman stood up from her comfy seat. She made sure to contact the secretaries outside through the intercom to not let anyone come inside, even themselves, within the next hour.After that, she picked up her phone to dial a string of numbers. She looked through the transparent glass walls of her office as she waited for the other side to pick it up. Beyond the sparkling glasses, the majestic sight of tall skyscrapers, billboards, rooftop gardens, and an unending sea of blue and clouds laid bare to her eyes. Yet none of it could take away the coldness from her delicate countenance."... Hello?"Brienne immediately replied to the person who responded from the other line,"It's me. I'm currently not in a good mood,
Ten minutes later...After sacrificing a part of her layered dress sleeves to some splashes of fruit liquor in a staged collision, Brienne finally managed to have Eithan accompany her to a break room. Of course, not without receiving a frosty glare from the other. She honestly admired the guts of the man as he was the very first actor to do so. She must admit, the experience was refreshing. But does he have the rights? She wondered, an amused smile never leaving her crimson petal-like lips."I was not informed that even the elder sister of our Queen of Primetime is an excellent actress..."Coldness seeped out of the man's eyes and for a split-second, Brienne Middleton felt as though she saw a tall behemoth staring down at her. Her lashes batted down a few couples of times. The pressure emitted from the handsome actor's body didn't seem forced or faked.The personal attendant by her side seemed offended but the woman herself unconsciously smiled, the mole
Many people had been left conflicted in that night. Two of them happened to be the famous Middleton half-sisters, Irene and Brienne. The latter, a couple of minutes after the extremely known actor excused himself from the breakroom, received an anonymous phone call which was actually from a lady bridging Brienne with the mercenary group from the C-Empire. That time, all her personal assistants and guards had been asked to go out of the room so nobody knew what went on inside. Everyone could only make countless speculations in their brains, guessing just what kind of bad news did the First Miss received as to become very cranky when they left the place. As for Irene, while escorted by Aura and Sarmiento, she almost didn't manage to restrain herself from throwing a warning to Brienne through one of her assistants. She got badly shaken by the realization that her so capable sister had started to suspect who Eithan really was. Driven by the fear that a person dear to her would be stolen a
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" he asked while holding her up with one hand as to not let her completely collapsed on the moist ground.'... Her temperature is quite high.'The unnatural warmness transmitting to his palm despite the layer of clothing in between their skin made him flinch a bit. 'A fever? So this is why she's not acting like herself?'Then Irene spoke up again, her voice sounding so sultry with it being accompanied by her audible breathing."... I just want you to know... that I am not really about to fall."The man held both her shoulders since her knees seemed to be failing her. Irene was so close to him when she gave him a tearful smile. It was very beautiful, but due to her reddening face and few beads of sweat on her forehead, she appeared so weak yet... alluring?In the next moment, all crazy thoughts that he was having flew over the reddish horizon when she laughingly said, "I'm telling you, my knees are not really failing me. I was planning to kneel down."The ma
He was about to walk outside to fetch himself a glass of cold water when his eyes flickered to the woman who should be sleeping in the bed. He saw that her eyes were wide awake.She was actually not asleep?Eithan' eyebrows almost met in the middle. 'Don't tell me all this time, she's watching me?'"Sleep," he barked.The woman who fell sick due to excessively cooling her head last night under the cold water shivered. Despite this though, she defiantly met his rigid eyes and even flipped to the sides to face him. "I'm not a kid. So don't order me around. Also, my body only needs rest and I'm getting it aplenty as I lie down here."Eithan went out to get a pitcher of water and some glasses. When he got back, the woman teasingly told him it was a good thing that he was acting comfortably in her home."If I may say, rest your eyes too, Miss Middleton. You don't have to be so guarded. Aura is just outside, and she's checking on you every ten minutes."He didn't know if it was the effect o
When the troops of the God’s Domain stepped onto the Imperial Capital’s soil, the common folks on both sides of the road sprinkled fragrant petals from within their hands. As for the guardsmen that were standing above the city walls, they set off festive fireworks, and the melodious sound of a trombone resonated throughout the entire horizon.The sky was ravaged with fireworks as they blossomed above in broad daylight. Even if it was still daytime, after undergoing the modification of magicians, the fireworks still blossomed with radiance that was dazzling to the eye.The monarch of the Long Xuan Empire personally brought a troop to welcome the sage, and when everyone prostrated down in worship, the monarch welcomed the sage into the Imperial Palace.The liveliness that was accompanied by the clamor was
When Taka made her move on the Suzaku Clan, due to the theory that ‘one shouldn’t do anything to harm one’s neighbors’, she had only had a little test of her skill and had not been too heartless by exploiting them too much. As for the other three big clans, however, it was an entirely different story. She saw no reason for reservation so she basically went full force on themThe reason for her doing what she’d done was to truly seize an opportunity that had presented itself! Her ferocity had exponentially increased until it was capable of making one’s hair stand up in anger.For example, on a certain young master’s bedside that was from the Azure Dragon Clan, where the 7-star sword was hung, the lavish scabbard of the sword had been entirely cleaned of its dazzling precious stones and its gilded golden ornaments was not
Ryu, on the other hand, figured that he would not be able to afford to have another mishap inside his own household, especially not before they were able to secure the invitation of the sage. Thus, he immediately sent his most trustred people to have the Snow Spiritual Fox delivered to the God’s Domain. Not long afterward, he then received information that the other party had arrived from the God’s Domain.In ten days, the sage of the God’s Domain would personally proceed towards the Long Xuan Empire, to the Suzaku Clan, in order to rouse the Phoenix. This one piece of information had everyone from the Suzaku Clan crying tears of joy. Their hundred years of misery would finally be seen through to an end.Within the next ten days, everyone put out an extreme amount of effort, and it was a rarely seen sight where the elders and the youngst
On the flip side, Taka stood at the entrance of the Qilin Auction House. Upon seeing the rear view of the attendant leaving, Taka’s hand subconsciously reached out to touch that little face of hers that had changed beyond recognition.The result of the low-level face-altering potion was pretty good. Although the effectiveness was shortened by that bit for that given period of time, it was just enough to conform to her requirement for the three hours were enough for her to have those goods delegated. If there was even more effectiveness for a given period of time, she truly would not know how she would carry that kind of face back to the Suzaku clan.The present Taka’s facial appearance was slightly better when compared to her original and she figured it was due to a huge difference in skin care regime. Not only was her skin right now was slightly fa
Since she had already set the Qilin Auction House as the target, Taka then couldn’t help but make the next step of planning. Although there were very less people who had seen the shame of the Suzaku clan, it was hard to say that she would not be recognized by the people of the Qilin clan at other locations sometime later. Therefore, Taka had decided on the spot to go to another auction house in advance and used the money that she had and bought a few bottles of face altering potion.The face-altering potion was a rather common kind of medicine and it can be divided into three grades which were the ‘low’, ‘middle’ and ‘high’. Different subdivisions of the face altering potion, of course, would all have a varying duration depending on its grade. Likewise, the duration of its ability to hold a disguise as well their price would have even more disparity. On that night,
As of now, Taka’s main problem was precisely money!The only sole thing that made Taka rejoice was that she had picked a proper ‘occupation’ for herself at that time, the godly thief, don’t you think so?! With regards to her, this kind of thing called money was like a rock on the floor, that could be seen just about everywhere. If she had not widened her horizons at that time by being a hitman, a spy and so on, it would have been very likely that she could only silently stay at that dim corner and constantly dawdle about there!“Isn’t it just 30000 pieces! You can be at ease for by the means of this young master’s skill, I will definitely make you eat till you feel like throwing up!”With regards to her workmanship, Taka was quite confident in herself. What was more wa
‘Didn’t I say that it would have inhibitions on your strength. Undoing the first layer of seal is only but the beginning. If you want to become stronger, then you have to continue to undo the later seals. In this way, not only you can continue advancing but also, those strength that was previously inhibited would subsequently gush out.’ Linux’s voice was still the same as before where it was tranquil without any ripple and a hint of chilliness was carried together.“Then, what is needed to undo the second layer of seal?” Taka asked.Linux went silent for a moment and then only said one statement, ‘Demonic Beast’Demonic beasts were vicious organisms that were scattered everywhere across the Radiance Continent and resided
“Taka. You have fairly done well!”Agnar distressingly looked at the daughter of his which was still at the bosom. If it was not for the fact that Ryu was here at this moment, it was very likely that he would have already long ago pounced Taka and ripped her apart into fragments.As Abiri had Taka protected behind his back, he looked at Agnar and said,“Second uncle, why do say such a thing? Just what had this matter got to do with Taka?”“How could it be that she is unrelated to this matter? Jesse was injured in her room and it is very clear that it is this vile spawn that has harbour this evil intention wanting to injure Jesse!”No matter how Ryu was to think about it, Agnar had always fr
Just at that moment when Taka was inwardly wiping away her tears, in a rage, Jesse, who had been ignored by Abiri had killed her way into the room.The moment when she entered into the room, she immediately saw that pile of presents on top of the table and that pair of eyes of hers which filled with anger had momentarily became red in jealousy.“You, idiot, on what basis had you made Brother Abiri treat you that well! You are simply just a trash! Idiot! Even the most inferior servant within the mansion is one hundred times stronger than you! You simply do not deserve to have Brother Abiri’s items!”Gripping her fist tightly, Jesse tenaciously glared at Taka who was sitting on top of the bed where within the eyes of hers was the unwillingness that had practically burnt away all of her rational