The Author's POV

Chapter 199

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?

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

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

her father gone she could only

her rage, Emma cut the

have to go to sleep now as classes start early in the

reply, Emma threw her phone towards the other side

of her blankets,

"...this fucker"

...

the

a stuffed teddy, Amanda carefully placed

teddy, Amanda nodded her head in

"..Haa"

putting the teddy on the drawer, tired,

be a regular day like any other turned out into an outing with Emma,

crowds. However, with everything that

It was fun.

Suddenly her phone rang.

-Ring! -Ring!

caller ID was Maxwell

up the

"Yes?"

Neither hurried nor slow. As Amanda listened to what he wanted to say, a look of understanding appeared on her face. A trace of surprise was

want to meet you next week.

"I understand"

Amanda did not like to talk for long periods of time,

there anything else that you would like

is good for

you good luck for

"mhm"

Amanda

-Tack!

phone, Amanda opened her chat log with Melissa

two pincers as mana was

Amanda contacted her dad and guild elders regarding a possible business

how busy most elders and her father were, they would've never have agreed. However, since it

father and the elders of the

did not doubt that they would've agreed, she was quite surprised by the fact that they had agreed to meet in a

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

a bit of thinking and realizing who the two people in

no

a doubt that they knew a few things about him. Especially with regards to what had happened a few nights ago when he

a doubt the elders and her father wanted to

at

still shocked. Without a

Huuu—

-Plack!

carefully put away her phone in

Amanda suddenly

to know him better, her impression of

with him had left a deep impression

those cold and merciless eyes devoid of any emotions looking at her. At that time she thought that he was an undercover bodyguard that her family had sent to protect her. But after confirming with her father and guild, she knew that

her interest in him piqued a

Amanda realized that he was completely different from how she

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

everyone else. Just

at times, serious

about him, it was his fashion sense. Recalling how proud he was about

It was frankly terrible.

so bad that

that, Amanda also recalled the look of despair on Emma's face once he got six teddies in fifteen

time Amanda saw Emma so depressed. The more she thought about it, the more the corner

"ku..."

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