The Author's POV

Late night.

After returning from her short shopping trip, Emma laid down on her mattress exhausted. With her short brown hair scattered on the bed, Emma scrolled through her phone.

Thinking of something, Emma opened her bank account and checked her balance.

[Account balance : 7,472,060 U]

Seeing the number, Emma ground her teeth and muttered.

"...what a pig"

During her small trip, she had planned on only spending at most 100,000 U. She had not expected herself to fork out 750,000U. This was way beyond the budget she had set herself. In fact, spending 100,000 was already too much for her at the moment.

Normally, she wouldn't have minded.

...but her current circumstances weren't normal.

Looking at how much money she had in her bank account Emma felt bitter.

"How long will this last me..."

She truly regretted betting with Ren. Had she not bet, none of this would've happened.

-Ring!

At that moment, Emma's phone rang.

Checking who the sender was, Emma's face darkened. It was her uncle.

[Hello Emma, how was your day?]

Clenching her teeth, Emma picked up the phone and replied.

[Everything is fine, thank you, uncle]

[That's great, but Emma...]

[Yes]

[Did you go out today?]

Seeing the message, Emma's face contorted to a frown.

'How is that any of your business'

Forcefully trying to calm herself down, she replied.

[Yes, with two of my friends]

Ren was definitely not her friend.

[That's good, but do you still have enough money? I hope you're still not mad at me for blocking your card. With your dad leaving all responsibilities to me, we have to take precautions]

"Bastard..."

At her father's mention, Emma felt truly enraged. Ever since her father caught wind of a secret plot that the Monolith was brewing in preparations to attack Ashton city, as its city mayor, her father had no other choice but to leave and prevent their plans.

This was four months ago.

Right now, with her father gone, her uncle was the one in charge of the family affairs.

He did not like Emma.

With Emma being the direct inheritor of her Roshfield family, her uncle was jealous. He too had a son. However, he was only ten years old.

Given how young he was, he did not stand a chance at inheriting the family's leading position. He was just like him, stuck in his brother's shadow.

How could he tolerate that?

the opportunity presented itself. Emma's uncle tried to do his best

he did was block her card. With the excuse of Emma spending too much money on useless stuff, her uncle managed to convince the others to

however, with her father gone she could only swallow this

her rage, Emma

not worry about it. I have to go to sleep now as classes

her Uncle's reply, Emma threw her phone towards

of her blankets,

"...this fucker"

...

the room

to her room, Amanda carefully walked towards one of her drawers. Taking out a stuffed teddy, Amanda carefully placed the teddy on top of the drawer. Facing

the teddy, Amanda nodded her head in satisfaction. She really liked the

"..Haa"

the teddy on the drawer, tired, Amanda buried herself

today. What seemed to be a regular day like any other turned out into an outing with Emma, Kevin,

as she hated crowds. However, with everything that had happened today, she couldn't say

It was fun.

Suddenly her phone rang.

-Ring! -Ring!

Maxwell Benson,

picked up

"Yes?"

Amanda listened to what he wanted to say, a look of understanding appeared on her face. A trace of

your father, and the elders want to meet you next week. They have agreed to your proposal and are

"I understand"

did not like to talk for long

that

is good

wish you good

"mhm"

Amanda hung up

-Tack!

log with Melissa and clicked on a specific

two pincers as mana was slowly injected into it. Not long after, a massive flame engulfed the

the greenlight from Melissa, Amanda contacted her dad and guild

how busy most elders and her father were, they would've never have agreed. However, since it was Amanda who proposed the deal, they agreed without asking

was about. Her father and the elders of the guild had agreed

that they would've agreed, she was quite surprised by the fact that they had agreed to

they usually were, she had expected to even wait as far as a couple of months. This came as a

realizing who the

Melissa being the genius that she was, there was no doubt that her guild wanted to form a

her parent's guild was, without a doubt that they knew a few things about him. Especially with regards to what had happened a few nights

nowadays, without a doubt the elders

rank at age

Amanda expected this somewhat, she was still shocked. Without a doubt, his talent

Huuu—

-Plack!

carefully put away her phone in her

eyes, Amanda suddenly thought of

better, her impression

encounter with him had

her. At that time she thought that he was an undercover bodyguard that her

her interest in him

times, Amanda realized that he was

Amanda figured, he was not the merciless killer that she thought he was in her

just like everyone else. Just a

times, serious in

to point out something odd about him, it was his fashion sense. Recalling how proud he was about

It was frankly terrible.

was so bad that

recalled the look of despair on Emma's face once he got six teddies in fifteen tries whilst

was the first time Amanda saw Emma so depressed. The more she thought about it, the more the corner of her lips curved upwards. Suddenly a strange

"ku..."