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?

when the opportunity presented itself. Emma's uncle tried to

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

with her father gone she could only swallow

her rage, Emma cut

to go to

Uncle's reply, Emma threw her

inside of her blankets, she

"...this fucker"

...

the room next

carefully walked towards one of her drawers. Taking out a

her head in satisfaction. She

"..Haa"

teddy on the drawer,

today. What seemed to be a regular day like any other turned out into an

hated crowds. However, with everything that had happened

It was fun.

Suddenly her phone rang.

-Ring! -Ring!

Maxwell Benson,

up

"Yes?"

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

to meet you next week. They have agreed to your proposal

"I understand"

to talk for long periods of time, Maxwell

else that you would like young

this is good for

I wish you

"mhm"

head, Amanda

-Tack!

her phone, Amanda opened her chat log with Melissa

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

Melissa, Amanda contacted her dad and guild elders

and her father were, they would've never have agreed. However, since it was Amanda who proposed the deal, they

father and the elders of the guild had agreed to listen to Ren's and

quite surprised by the fact that

she had expected to even wait as far as a couple of months. This came as a bit of a surprise for

of thinking and realizing who the two

the genius that she was, there was no doubt that her guild wanted

hand, there was Ren. Given how influential her parent's guild was, without a doubt that they knew a few things about him.

nowadays, without a doubt the

at age

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

Huuu—

-Plack!

Amanda carefully put away her phone

eyes, Amanda

getting to know him better, her

encounter with him had left a deep

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

interest in him

a few more times, Amanda realized that he was completely different from

was faking it, but from what Amanda figured, he was not the merciless killer that

else. Just a regular youth in his

at times, serious in

out something odd about him, it was his fashion sense. Recalling how proud he was about the clothes he was wearing, Amanda shook her

It was frankly terrible.

that Amanda was left

from that, Amanda also recalled the look of despair on Emma's face once he got

saw Emma so depressed. The more she thought about it, the more the corner of her lips curved

"ku..."

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