The deep rose-colored car was only a rented one, something Aura arranged prior to their departure from the city four hours ago. The assistant had mostly figured that they would need a convenient mode of transport in another country, so she booked one through an app."Let's hope this guy is not purposely concealing himself this time." Sarmiento once said with mild irritation, probably incensed that his boss had to go here and there just to find that actor.After their plane landed at the airport, the car was then delivered. Sarmiento procposed for them to have their dinner first. While they would be stuffing their stomach, the two hacker couple would finish their food fast then do their best to get information about his whereabouts.That was the plan. They even reserved a table in a restaurant ten minutes away from the airport.While waiting for the order though, Irene remembered that she forgot her smartphone inside the car. Not used without her phone within her hands' reach, she excu
The two couldn't continue their talk. Eithan could no longer hold out since his injuries were really quite fatal. His system couldn't do anything since he didn't even have the points needed to send SOS signal to his boss and ally.Irene drove him to the townhouse Aura rented for three days. The hacker couple commuted to the place and then helped her settle the talk with the owner while she carried the man inside one of the rooms on the first floor through sheer effort and determination."Gasps!"After the woman laid the man down on the bed in one of the rooms on the first floor, she wiped off the perspiration on her forehead then tried to check in which parts he was wounded. That was when her eyes widened from fright and shock."T-this needs the immediate attention of a surgeon!" Her hands trembled when they reached out to the unbearable sight of the alive and seemingly squirming red.If it weren't for Irene remembering how he didn't want to go to the hospital and relating the reason
[System: You know this is the best timing to start something intimate, right?]Just then, he heard the ever so annoying voice inside his head whispering something again He couldn't reply as his mind had blanked out. It told him one of the things that he didn't want to admit right now. Even though the skin in contact with the moistness from his eyes was already telling him enough of this fact.Irene's voice rang a couple of moments after that."Are you already sleeping? I am worried you'll wake up later needing something so I'll stay. Are you okay with that?"The young man kept his silence. There was no other choice. If he answered now, his voice would surely rat out his current embarrassing mental and emotional state.Then Irene added in a haste. "... Don't worry, I'll just be on the sofa. I won't be a bother. It's my turn now to tend to the sick you, so just comfortably get your sleep."He still didn't reply and so her setup was followed.Hours later, when the girl was sleeping, Eith
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