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?"

fingers towards the middle of her brows, after a couple of seconds, Angelica

I try to remember, I can't seem

desk and resting my chin on it, the frown

"hm...strange"

seconds, I leaned back

that I wanted to hear,

'I can't remember'

was what she said...

'was she lying?'

who seemed to be trying her best to recall, I lightly

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sure...but

for it to be in the mana contract...therefore, chances were

The real question was...how?

hand in this? Or was her memory

true...hence it could only mean

face became

you remember

could regarding what had happened prior to targeting me. As she spoke, from time to time she would pause as an occasional look of confusion

and then--mhh, from there my memories start becoming a blur...however, I do remember someone handing me

aback, seriously glancing at Angelica, I couldn't help

"A picture of me?"

head, Angelica

that's all I can remember, I don't remember who gave me the picture...but I remembered them saying something like the person in the picture was responsible for killing

"huuuu..."

couldn't help but take

This news was shocking...

...Someone was targeting me.

came to my mind at the moment was Matthew. He was

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

someone else that

we were talking about demons...it would

was wearing a mask, so chances of him not finding out

have a mask

face

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

mask fall off and he found out my

Everblood may indeed be one of the people that could've been targeting me...but something still

Angelica sitting on her

and

that was targeting me, why did he

thinking for a long time and coming up

who the real culprit was...but that didn't

to be more cautious

that things beyond the plotline would start targeting me now...I could no

for when the time that another similar

have to be

*Sigh*

stood up and lightly stretched my neck. Glancing at Angelica

now...I will come back later

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