Under the heiress facade

Grandmaster of Astral Nova: "Yes."

Hera's gaze flickered when she received another message.

Grandmaster of Astral Nova: "I'm free now, shall we meet up to discuss?"

Suddenly, Hera sensed someone's eyes on her. She looked up and met Bernard's gaze.

"Sweetie, who are you talking to? You look so engrossed," Bernard asked.

"A patient." Hera kept her phone.

Bernard was speechless. Coincidentally, their food was served right then.

They didn't speak anymore. While Hera ate, she thought of how she should approach the grandmaster again.

She could not accept missions on her Raven account anymore. She had to use a different method to earn money. It would be easier to have some pocket money when she went to Jedburgh. She still had some leftovers from her special medicine. Auctioning it at Astral Nova was the quickest way to earn money.

figure out the grandmaster's background. Was he affiliated with the Killian family? Was

that it was from Chad, so he

eating, he picked up his phone again. He had two missed calls from Chad and one message. When he read the message, his gaze darkened. "We're going back to

send you back to the

time. Hera was surprised and asked, "Where

Heights for a while? "It's the end of the year. I need to return to the Killian residence, and I'll only be back after New

couldn't celebrate New

first.

eyelashes fluttered.

this and patted

returned to the presidential suite and packed up their belongings. Hera gave Bernard the remaining medicine and gave him dosage instructions. When they went out of the Imperial Hotel, Douglas was waiting by the entrance in a

this, Hera became even more annoyed. Was

they stopped outside the Everett

at the entrance and looked at each other. Overhead, snow started falling from the sky. In the glow of the streetlights, the snow settled on their heads gently. "I'll miss

"Alright," Hera replied.