The Author's POV

For a brief moment, I shut my eyes in an effort to permanently etch the scene in front of me into my memory.

I had to.

Never again did I expect to see this sight again.

An arrogant voice once again echoed out loud.

"Did you not hear me? Who are you? What are you doing here? What's your relationship with Melissa?"

My lips trembled.

I was struggling. I really was.

I found myself fighting an uphill battle to maintain my composure as I looked at the man in front of me. His glare was strong, and the arrogance in his demeanor was clear.

'It has been so long...'

…I was almost starting to get emotional.

"Are you deaf? Did you not hear me?"

He had a firm grip on the collar of my shirt. As he tightened his hold on me, his emerald eyes cast a menacing glare in my general direction.

I felt my body get lifted off the ground, but I did nothing.

"Tell me! What's your relationship with Melissa!?"

Once more, my lips were quivering, and I raised my head in an attempt to conceal the expression on my face.

'This is too much…'

I was almost starting to feel thankful for Kevin.

"Answer me!"

He raised his fist and tried to punch me.

I finally came to and cocked my head to the side just in time to avoid getting punched in the face by his fist.

"Huh?"

The fact that I was able to avoid being hit by his fist appeared to startle him, as his face went blank for a brief moment. The sight made me grin, and I pressed my hands against his forearms.

I only applied a little pressure.

"Aghh."

Instantaneously, a distorted expression appeared on his face, and I gently yanked his arms away from my collar. It was honestly effortless.

"Le-let go!"

He glared at me with a distorted look.

"Do you know who I am?"

"Yes, I do."

I nodded my head. Of course, I knew who he was.

"Then I suggest you let go and scram away from Melissa!"

"That's not possible."

I shook my head with a serious expression. His face distorted further, but I didn't mind as I simply enjoyed his reaction.

It had been so long since I had seen this version of Jin, and I just couldn't help myself.

Leaning closer, I softly whispered into his ear.

the two of

in the fact that we were business partners, but obviously,

Jin's face bleached completely as

"What did you say!?"

lips trembled

a deep breath

heard me correctly the

composed myself and adjusted my clothing. I reached out and patted Jin on the shoulder as I turned my head to look in the direction of Melissa, who was completely

suggest you give up. It's for

She's a lost cause.

anything romance related. The Jin in my world understood this long ago and seemed to have given up on

Jin to suffer

kill you-huh? Hu!? W,what are you

about how pitiful his life would be, I unknowingly found myself hugging him. I was just as startled as Jin was by my actions, but once again, thinking about

doing!? I,I like Melissa.

stop you right

go of Jin

on the shoulder,

I was just hugging you out of pity. I have no

***

the shadows of an impressive building to extend their greetings to a number of people coming in their direction. Both sides exuded an imposing aura that did not lose out to

as esteemed

he went to greet Edward

He extended his hand.

how surprised I was by your text message? The Guild Leader of the largest Guild on

underwent no change as

is indeed

but he soon smiled

very humble, are

"Why would I be?"

at him with squinted eyes, a

supposed to pretend to be humble? I'm merely stating the facts. It is indeed your honor to meet

spite of Jerome's best efforts to conceal it, the rage that was building up

of the number one Guild. What's the point

glad you noted

of his hand and Jerome

two sides separated, and

we get down to

"Please."

hand and invited Edward and his entourage

"Oh?"

of a certain figure, and his

this be your

gazed at the young girl who stood behind Edward. She was a beauty without a doubt. Jerome was not sure that he had ever seen a woman who was as beautiful as she was in his life, and he believed that his wife was the most attractive person in the

judging from her aura, she was without a doubt extremely

he looked at her,

is indeed

forward,

that had been emanating from his body just a few moments earlier grew

"Is there a problem?"

"No, no."

Jerome shook his hands.

daughter is. Not only is she beautiful,

young man who seemed utterly enthralled by

and thick brows, both of which contributed to his overall attractive appearance. He had a body that was rather well built, and the most notable feature

"Kyle."

"Huh? Father?"

out for him

him

like to introduce you to

at where his father was, Kyle immediately became

continued to stare fixedly at the young woman who was standing behind Edward. It was a shame that she didn't pay any attention to him at

to