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!"

called the police. If you don't want to get caught, leave

It really was Neil.

scare us. You ain't escaping this

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

getting beaten up in the alleyway up front.

"Let's go."

to the alleyway. Neil

are you

to Neil's

are

brought us along to the station to make a report. They allowed

bruised, I went to a pharmacy and got him some medicine. “Let's go.

"Thank you."

of steps and sat down before I started applying the medicine on him. "It must hurt. Did Walter Waters send

wanted revenge since I embarrassed him at

man. You didn't

or President Grant. So,

recalled their conversation outside

not wish to tell me about it, would

stilled, which

his wounds. "That should do it. Take these home with you. Put on more if your wounds aren't better."

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