The Woman From Hell

As I made my way back, the wind blowing against my face woke me up.

It had indeed been wrong of me to arrange a blind date without Marius' permission, thus angering him.

His words lingered in my mind. "It seems that you really don't understand what I want."

I truly... did not seem to know what he wanted.

Lowering my head, I stared at my feet as I walked and fell into deep thought.

Despite knowing him for so long, I knew nothing about him.

I always felt a sense of debt toward him.

My feet came to a standstill, my mind in shambles. Could I still have a friend like Marius?

Sighing, I continued on. I passed an alley where I heard the sound of fighting. I had not wanted to stop, but then I heard a familiar voice.

"Did Walter Waters send you?"

This voice. Neil?

I took a few steps forward and heard it even clearer. "What about it? You're the one who offended President Waters. I'll make sure to beat you up good today!"

police. If you don't want

It really was Neil.

to scare us. You ain't escaping this

recalled having seen a few traffic police at the front just now and quickly

me, there's a man getting beaten up in the alleyway up front.

"Let's go."

alleyway. Neil had already taken

are you

Neil's

are

us along to the station to make a report.

went to a pharmacy and got him some medicine. “Let's go. It'll be

"Thank you."

applying the medicine on him. "It must hurt. Did Walter Waters

since

man. You didn't even

couldn't go after you or President Grant. So, of course, he could only come

of Theo, I recalled their

Theo did not wish to tell me about

medicine stilled,

came back to my senses and continued tending to his wounds. "That should do it. Take these home with you. Put on