The Author's POV

"What's going on in here?"

When I got back from my trip, I was greeted by a thick cloud of smoke.

"Did the mansion catch fire?"

…but how was that possible?

Looking at Amanda, both of us made a dash for the main hall in an attempt to locate the source of the smoke.

Arriving at the large wooden door, I smacked it open.

Clank—!

"What's going on in h—eh?"

In the middle of my sentence, I had to pause in order to rub both of my eyes. I just wanted to make sure that I wasn't interpreting what I was seeing incorrectly.

'I'm not high, am I?'

"I'm almost out human. Give me another pack."

"I've already given you two."

"What about it? Can't you see that I'm already almost done?"

"Smoking harms."

Bang—!

"Damn it human! Don't fucking test me!"

"Test you for what? You haven't even paid me anything for the packs!"

"Ah, so it was about the money! Why didn't you say so? I'll reward you handsomely for another pack, so hurry up and give it to me."

"No. I only have one left, and that's for me."

"Damn you human!"

Bang—!

The table fell apart, and the Duchess got to her feet immediately. The anger visible on her face was accompanied by a heaving motion in her chest.

In her mouth was a half lit cigarette.

"Didn't you just say that you'd sell it to me? You a swindler?"

"When did I say I was ever going to sell it to you? I just pointed out the fact that you took two packs from me for free."

"Bastard!"

She cursed again.

"Do you have any idea as to who I am?"

"I don't care."

"I'll fight you!"

'What in the world happened during the time Amanda and I were out?'

I pinched the middle of my brows.

The room was a complete disaster, and the scattered pieces of what appeared to be chairs, in conjunction with the conversation that I had overheard, helped me get an understanding of what was happening.

...It's just that I found it hard to believe.

'I can't believe this is what I return to...'

Before stepping in between the two of them, I let out an internal sigh. Despite how entertaining it was, I had no choice but to put an end to this.

There were more important things at hand.

sell it to me

"No."

"You fuck—"

stop this

maybe I

I was at a loss of what

my hands and tried to calm them

else understand the problem. When I have time, I'll get you as many packs

the solution was fairly straightforward. Everything would get back

"Really?"

eyes lit up and she became noticeably less angry as a result. As soon as I saw this, I let out a sigh

did he start

caught me off guard, but I quickly shoved the thought to the back of my mind

I've already completed what I set out to

"Huh?"

I had to

already?

already completed everything on

at me with a suspicious expression on her face. She then took the finished

to narrow his eyes at her, but if anything, this was the response that she had hoped for, thus her

throat, she looked back at

I don't believe you. It's just that I still didn't receive any news from my side, so I find it

"That's understandable."

didn't go into further detail. Whether or not I took the time to explain it to her, she would

then. Onto the next

happily clapped my hands and stared at the

her direction, she immediately

"What are you doing?"

not going to hurt you, we've already

words didn't seem to hold any effect on the Duchess as

what are you doing? Why do you want

find out.

"Sto—hgkh."

came into contact with her head. After a moment, a bright white

what appeared to be millions upon millions of spheres of varying

with my hand and having several of them fly in the direction in

"This is it."

of the orbs and inspecting the contents contained within, I channeled my mana, causing a layer of dark threads to begin covering the orb,

"Next."

I looked around for any orbs that might have contained recollections of the others and myself, and I covered them

long since lost track

It was something that needed to be done in order to make sure that everything worked perfectly, and it was imperative that

needed a genuine

"This should be all."

away from each other and dispersed. With another wave of my hand, my vision shifted, and I suddenly found myself back

Thump—!

body fell next to me. Jin was able to grab hold of her

brief moment, he turned his attention

"What did you do?"

looked at him

"You worried about her?"

"No."

"Then..."

"Just answer."

sighed and waved

forget about us for now.

"I see."

been left on the ground.

to erase all evidence of us ever coming into contact

I smiled at Jin.

pick things

looked around, I pointed out all of the blunts that had been thrown around. There were

much did

rid of all

"What about the mess?"

the broken chairs

"Good question…"

moment, I eventually