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

the first things he did was block her card. With the excuse of Emma spending too much money on useless stuff,

her father gone she could only swallow this

rage, Emma cut

not worry about it. I have to go to sleep now as classes start early in the

Uncle's reply, Emma threw her phone towards the other side of

inside of

"...this fucker"

...

time, the room

one of her drawers. Taking out a stuffed teddy,

Amanda nodded her head in satisfaction.

"..Haa"

the drawer, tired, Amanda buried herself

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

disliked such outings as she hated crowds. However, with

It was fun.

Suddenly her phone rang.

-Ring! -Ring!

Maxwell Benson, her

picked up the

"Yes?"

he wanted to say, a look of understanding appeared on her face. A trace of surprise was

to meet you next week. They

"I understand"

not like to talk for long periods of time, Maxwell

else that you would like young

this is good

wish you good luck

"mhm"

head, Amanda

-Tack!

opened her chat log with Melissa and clicked on a specific

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

contacted her dad and guild

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

was about. Her father and the elders of the guild

agreed, she was quite surprised by the fact

she had expected to even wait as far as a couple

after a bit of thinking and realizing who the two people

the genius that she was, there was no doubt that her guild wanted to form a connection with

was, without a doubt that they knew a few things about him. Especially with regards to what had happened a few nights ago when he supposedly aided in the

nowadays, without a doubt the elders and her father wanted to

at age

shocked. Without a doubt, his

Huuu—

-Plack!

a deep breath, Amanda carefully put away her phone in her drawer and closed

eyes, Amanda suddenly

know him better, her

with him had

recall 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

in him

times, Amanda realized that he

figured, he was not the merciless killer that she thought he was

was just like everyone else. Just a regular youth

at times,

it was his fashion sense. Recalling

It was frankly terrible.

was so bad that

once he got six teddies in fifteen tries whilst she didn't even get one despite

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

"ku..."

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