Meanwhile, on that same day, at the other city where the Original 1096 host was spending the rest of her morning.Agatha was in her office on the highest floor of Ever Victorious. The left hand holding the mouse hovered to a picture on her computer's screen showing a busy crossroad and a man with his back turned to the camera.She then asked the system, 'How about this one? The sender labeled it as a place somewhere in Aurora City.'Agatha did not answer and only went back to looking through the folders above her table.The woman frowned so badly though, and it remained on her face even when her main assistant, Dylan, the one who used to follow Paul before, came inside with a box in hand."Is that a package for me? How mysterious." She raised an eyebrow, pausing her hands going which was about to sign another document after the other."Miss Silver, please check." The man presented him a list instead of handing over the nicely gift-wrapped box. Dylan laid it down her table then stood s
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