The Author's POV

Chapter 474

TRIIIING—! TRIIIING—!

Waking my groggy mind up was the sound of my phone ringing beside my bed.

Without moving, I extended my hand and touched the side of the bed until my finger tapped onto the screen of the phone and the call went through.

"Who is it?" I groggily asked.

—Ren, Jesus Christ. How much are you planning on sleeping?

Smallsnake's voice rang from the speaker of the phone.

"What time is it?"

Rather than checking for myself, I opted to ask Smallsnake.

—It's 12 in the afternoon.

"Huh?"

Raising my head, my head turned in the direction of my phone.

Leaning toward my phone, I looked at the time.

[Wednesday, 12 : 38 P.M.]

"Oh wow."

Slumping back down on the bed, I stared at the ceiling of the room. I had slept quite a bit.

—Ren, are you even listening to me?

Snapping me out of my thoughts was Smallsnake's voice. I could feel hints of frustration in it.

"What is it?" I lazily asked.

—Connal Rhinestone, the person that you've asked me to keep watch of has gone missing.

"Oh."

—Hm? How come you don't sound surprised at all?

"Because I'm not."

I replied in a flat and monotonous tone. Covering my eyes with my arm, I yawned.

"Huaaam."

"To be honest, I sort of expected this outcome from the very beginning."

I mumbled in a low voice. Low enough for Smallsnake to not hear.

—Hm? Did you say something?

"No."

I shook my head.

The reason why I had asked Smallsnake to take a watch of Connal was because I wanted to get rid of him before he got too troublesome, however, the preparations needed to take care of someone of that caliber were not simple.

I needed a lot of time, at least a couple of months, and that was something that I, unfortunately, did not have.

'Looks like some demon managed to strike...'

Given Connal's current state of mind, this was not surprising.

The man watched his son die in front of the whole human domain, and instead of feeling anything for him, they all cheered for Kevin.

Treating him as some sort of hero.

Not only that, after the deal that I made with Octavious, Aaron was framed as 876, and with all the stuff that the Union had put up, Aaron's guild naturally underwent turbulent times, falling into extremely chaotic times.

Though I did not know exactly what happened, all I did know was the fact that his father was taking blows after blows.

In just a couple of days, he watched as everything he built and worked hard for crumbled right in front of his eyes.

Had I been in Aaron's father's shoes, I too would find my mentality start to wane.

I wasn't the only one who had figured this out as the Union also knew of this and hence why they kept a close watch on him.

that just because he was rank he would not succumb to the temptations of the

someone was strong didn't

strength was correlated to mentality, then why was Kevin's mentality still so weak mentally? Why were there so many strong figures

their strength, they shouldn't be able to succumb

Unfortunately, that was wrong.

a naive

not built over

the fact that he had a similar upbringing to

weren't arrogant to the point of thinking that someone like Connal would succumb to his

the real

he managed

remembered, the Union was

from the Union's watch, but Smallsnake's as

actually, it looks like he had external help from somewhere. Also, the fact

"I see."

sudden look

crack in the sky appearing, a lot of the focus was shifted

they still kept a tight watch

was

information to somewhat make a conclusion about what happened. I'll call you later

quickly

up straight on my bed, I let out another yawn and scratched my chest

up, I headed for the bathroom. Upon entering the bathroom, the first thing I did was stare at myself in

to use two words to describe how I

could even see some residual drool

wasn't really the most

Splash—! Splash—!

tap, I washed my

I couldn't help but think back on the topic of Connal. To be honest,

at the dome to the Emma incident which resulted

just there for the sake of

was one connecting factor between all of

the other entity inside of

Once I realized this, the gears of my mind

What if aside from

That would make sense.

a formidable asset to use. It would be stupid of him to not take advantage of

if this hypothesis is true, the demon

a while back that Everblood

no trouble linking him

sequence of events is part of some intricate plan that the other entity planned beforehand. Since I found Matthew at the Monolith back when I was there, it is safe to assume that Everblood also has a link there, and with the fact that the Monolith may have had a

Clak—!

the tap, I leaned both of my arms by the side of the sink and

my hunch is not wrong, at the moment, both Everblood and Connal are in the

this hypothesis,

the idea of falling for the other entity's plan like

but after everything that happened to me, I wasn't going to

early for me to think about all of this complicated

it was in

quick shower. After that, I got changed

my, Ren

lazy, he actually is a very hard

area, I heard

talking smack about

The moment I entered the living room, I was left surprised by who

"Miss. Longbern?"

"It's Donna."

before smiling at

Ren, you

"Oh, right."

the back

it

"It's alright."

head, I looked toward my mother before looking back at

"Are you here for..."

I'm here

off before looking in my mother's

hint, my mother stood up with

you to discuss. I'll go back to the

"Thank you."

a grateful look on

Clank—!

closed and an awkward silence

don't you

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