After the gentle interrogation she did with the people of the Flying Dragon Express, she confirmed quite a lot of things.First, there is a chance it is really just as the system said. A spell or skill is in effect but it's already fading. Her heart grew cold when the possibility that it was a calculated time or move crossed her mind.'It will be exactly three years since then... What's with this hunch that it's purposely set up?'Second, the post office couldn't deliver the letters because all of them were blank at first and that they only discovered the ones with content yesterday. This was the reason why only today did an agent go to knock at her company's door.When Agatha heard that, she held her breath for a long while. Another conjecture of hers was proven correct.'This could really mean that Paul did send two letters with the same message everyday, one with his name, the other just with his initials... There is a magical something at work which I supposed always erases his tr
"Actually, this is also the last day of our stay in this townhouse. Tomorrow, we will have to fly back to Alina City."Afternoon came and the two, Eithan and Irene had just finished a walk around the vicinity. The two had an awkward atmosphere between them, but for some reason, the woman radiated so much glow that her current pleasant mood couldn't anymore be obvious.Beside her, the man nodded. He was busy admiring the place.The townhouse they rented had an amazing garden in front of it. Though he was not fond of flowers, his eyes could never refuse or deny beauty. The harmony of the ornamental plants and flower in the garden was so pleasant to look at, capable of calming even souls."Beautiful, right? I almost couldn't take my eyes off of them the first time I've been here. I saw many other landscaping similar to this before, but I can't shake off the feeling that this one's somehow unique.""... I bet you could have enjoyed them better and longer if not for me."Eithan meant, if n
"Temporarily stay with me at my mansion to fill me in with the situation there. Your supporter can come with us."Due to this statement from Paul, both Irene and Eithan boarded the man's limousine and headed towards Green Paradise, a village within Jasmine City exclusive for the rich and famous.Though cleverly hidden, both the man and woman showed brief amazement at the beautiful chateau that appeared before them when they exited the car.It was very huge and elaborate. Among the almost castle-like mansions Eithan saw in his entire life, few residences could rival this one which her ally's lover actually owned.Just how rich this man was? Didn't Agatha once tell him that no whatsoever amount left any of Paul McArthney' bank accounts?He was suspecting the woman simply didn't know that her man had a stash of cash somewhere. It could be outside of their country since this mysterious non-host said he couldn't return or have any contact with anything related to that city.'Maybe it's als
"I'm now strong..."Paul's answer to this was a light kiss on her forehead."I also rebuilt Ever Victorious and made it as good as before, if not better."His lips dropped another kiss on her hair. The enigmatic non-host laughingly said, "Even if that corporation remains as heaps of ashes, I don't care. More than that, what truly matters are things that cannot be restored once completely lost."She hummed and nodded. But still said as if she was reporting her progress to him, "I'm so much better than that Brienne!""Who cares about that woman?"Agatha buried her face in his chest, trembling, "I, I've been looking for you every single day..."She inhaled, then continued,"I've been so lonely... I thought I've lost everything...""Where have you been? No... How have you been?""I have died every day waiting and searching for you... fearing if you're still alive or not..."And then as if a dam had broken, the woman grabbed on his shirt tightly and began sobbing her heart out.The eyelash
Eithan' mind-controlling of the butler and maids inside the chateau solidified this claim.See? In a luxurious and extremely high-end place like this, there was just no way the housekeepers inside or the guards outside would let suspicious strangers not introduced by the owner set a foot in.Take note, this high-end chateau belonged to none other than that man. The security should be at least ten times that of any normal billionaire's house, right? Maybe even comparable to those palatial residences that were home to country leaders?Barging in without permission or introduction from the owner should be impossible, right?However, to her surprise and puzzlement, no one obstructed them.In fact, everybody there turned respectful. And that itself was quite disturbing.But of course, a second later, realizing it was Eithan who did it, courtesy of her being informed of his mental ability, she tossed the weirdness out of her mind and felt astonishment on what he could do.'Amazing...''If h
Irene only nodded. She then asked, "What about Mr. McArthney? He answered your weird question in an equally puzzling way. I am mentioned. But how did I become similar to him?"'He thought you are my non-host supporter...'Eithan evaded her stares. "Who knows? Might be that despite being half, you're still a high-born like him."She laughed. "What half and high-born? If you used your acting skills and said that then, I would have been fooled. But now, I'm assuming it's a relationship like what he actually have with Miss Silver."The half-host went silent. The woman felt his awkwardness hence she wrinkled her nose then switched to another question."How about that sudden appearance? And that... tortured man?""... Someone from a hostile organization of this empire. They most likely hate the presence of outsiders like me and that woman. It's just that they didn't know that while I can be easily killed, that woman is not.""She's both my boss and ally. They're fools for ambushing her."Th
"Drip..."Softly and gently, the sound of a drop of water falling onto a cold but tender skin echoed in a dark and unfamiliar room.Not long after, faint cling-clang noises of iron and metallic something cascading on the ground reverberated. It was a stark contrast to the gentle drop earlier. More dominant and frightening.Yet actually, if people would just see the real situation within that dark and ominously silent room, they would realize that both the sound of water of metals crashing onto exposed skin or cold floor were similar. Similarly disturbing.One was blood.The other, chains bounding limbs.All hidden in that eerie darkness.'Where am I?'Eithan promptly asked the question when he realized that when he opened his eyes, there was nothing but black in front of him.The sight made his brows furrow.'System, lights.'He closed his eyes and waited for a few seconds for the illumination. Perplexingly, moments passed that nothing changed from the dark spectrum of colors that he
When Eithan exited the dream, the sun had long risen from the east. The system, like always, proactively told him the current time. 7:30 am.'.... Damn!'The man covered his face with his right hand. The actress who was watching him sleep got startled by the sudden movement.She cautiously poked the part of his face exposed, calling out, "Have you awakened, Eithan?"He did not stop the gentle finger bouncing on his right cheek."I think we should book a flight now."After getting up from the sofa, he faced the woman, surprising her with his bloodshot eyes."Gasps! What happened to you!?"While rubbing his forehead and resting his eyes a bit more, he answered, "Nightmare..."In his memories the part where he hugged the kid and allowed him to sob as long as he wanted popped up.In reality, it was something inexplicable, but definitely not a nightmare... At least not for that boy who had been always longing for someone to console his badly wounded body, spirit, and mind...While one guy
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