The Author's POV

"..."

As soon as I posed the question, the room became tense.

Staring at Angelica straight in the eyes, I asked her something that had been bothering me since last week.

...why did she target me and how did she find out that I was the one responsible for killing Elijah when every news outlet and evidence pointed towards Amanda being the one responsible for killing Elijah?

Moreover, this past week I looked through the list of guests that were present in the party and none of them were targeted by her...something just didn't add up.

Staring at me for what felt like an eternity, Angelica slowly said

"Because I could feel how Elijah died...and it wasn't with a bow"

Frowning slightly, I repeated in confusion

"Wasn't with a bow?"

How did she know?

I made sure to hide all of my traces when I killed Elijah...so how was it possible for her to find out something that even the union couldn't figure out.

Noticing the confusion in my face, Angelica explained.

"...when one of our contractees dies, apart from having our souls became damaged, we are also subjected to the pain they experience right before dying"

"Therefore, after Elijah died I was able to tell that what had killed him wasn't a bow...as the hit was far too clean for something that an arrow could do..."

Listening to Angelica explain, the frown on my face deepened.

"Hmm, interesting. I didn't know that..."

I really didn't know.

I don't ever recall writing about something like this in the novel...although I have come to realize that referencing to the novel too much was bad as things tended to become different...It still came as a shock to me to realize that I didn't even know such important information.

Especially since this piece of information was quite important.

Placing my hand on my chin as I fell into deep thought, I eventually looked at Angelica before asking

"...alright, I understand why you didn't target Amanda, but again, why me?"

Opening her mouth, midsentence Angelica frowned. Thereafter a blank look appeared on her face as she looked at me in confusion.

"Well, that's because..hm?"

Noticing the oddity in her behavior, I leaned forward

"Because...?"

After a while, shaking her head, Angelica said

"...I don't remember"

Taken aback, the frown on my face deepened.

"You don't remember?"

after a couple of seconds, Angelica

to remember, I can't seem to recall

and resting my chin on it, the frown on my face deepened

"hm...strange"

for a couple of seconds,

hear, this one was probably

'I can't remember'

was what she said...

'was she lying?'

Angelica who seemed to be trying her best to recall, I lightly tapped on

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wasn't sure...but I doubted

when proposing for it to be in the mana

The real question was...how?

a hand in this? Or was her

latter was true...hence it could only mean one thing. Someone had

soon as my thoughts paused there, my face became solemn. Turning towards Angelica, I

last thing you remember before forgetting your

at me for a brief moment, Angelica's brows tightly knit as she tried her best to recall anything that she could regarding what had happened

fighting against my previous subordinates before eventually winning and then--mhh, from there my memories start becoming a blur...however, I do remember someone handing

aback, seriously glancing at Angelica, I couldn't

"A picture of me?"

head,

remember who gave me the picture...but I remembered them saying

"huuuu..."

speak, I couldn't

This news was shocking...

...Someone was targeting me.

person that came to my mind at the moment was Matthew. He was the only person I could

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my desk, I realized that Matthew wasn't the only

else that could've

we were talking about demons...it

back in the dungeon...but at that time I was wearing

have a

see my face

the dungeon. At that time, I recall almost dying at the hands of Everblood's clone...I was too busy trying to preserve

off and he found out

the people that could've been targeting me...but something still didn't

her seat, I couldn't help

and not

really was Everblood that was targeting me, why did he

coming up with nothing,

that didn't matter. It only meant that I had to be alert at

to be more cautious and

start targeting me now...I could no

needed to be alert at all times...especially for

have

*Sigh*

and lightly stretched my neck. Glancing at Angelica whose face was

for now...I

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