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?"

her slender fingers towards the middle of her brows, after a couple of seconds, Angelica shook her head as a blank look appeared

to remember, I can't seem

my chin on it, the frown on my face deepened

"hm...strange"

a couple of seconds, I leaned back on my seat and

to hear, this one was probably on the bottom of my

'I can't remember'

was what she said...

'was she lying?'

seemed to be trying her best to recall,

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sure...but I doubted

the answer out when proposing for it

The real question was...how?

perhaps have a hand in this? Or was her memory that

it could only mean one thing. Someone had a hand

paused there, my face became solemn. Turning towards Angelica, I carefully

thing you remember before forgetting your

what had happened prior to targeting me. As

from there my memories

at Angelica,

"A picture of me?"

head, Angelica

but 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

"huuuu..."

I couldn't

This news was shocking...

...Someone was targeting me.

the moment was Matthew.

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

someone else that could've

about

demon that I had come in contact with back in the dungeon...but at that time I was wearing

have

see my face

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

fall off and he found out

seems that Everblood may indeed be one of the people that could've been targeting me...but something still didn't add

her seat, I couldn't help but

use her and not come

me, why did he use her instead of

coming up with

have enough evidence to find out who the real culprit was...but that didn't matter. It only meant that I had

cautious and

beyond the plotline would start targeting me now...I could no longer be as

times...especially for when

now on I have to be prepared

*Sigh*

and lightly stretched my neck. Glancing

now...I

it to you and after you read through the contents you can decide whether you want to sign or not. If you want to negotiate the terms that I posed,