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 he involved

He saw that it was from Chad,

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

you back to the

same time. Hera was surprised and asked,

to the Everetts', did that mean that he wouldn't be staying at Skyview Heights for a while? "It's the end of the year. I

meant that they couldn't

Skyview Heights first. I want

fluttered. She

and patted her head. "Good

gave Bernard the remaining medicine and gave him dosage instructions. When they went out

even more annoyed. Was he going to drive

ride was silent until they stopped outside the

out of the car. They stood at the entrance and looked at each other. Overhead, snow started falling from the sky.

"Alright," Hera replied.