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.

the same time, she could try to figure out the grandmaster's background. Was he affiliated with the Killian family?

it was from Chad, so he put it on silent mode and

up his phone again. He had two missed calls from Chad and one

you back to the

at the same time. Hera was surprised and asked,

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

they couldn't celebrate New

to Skyview Heights first. I want to take Tiramisu back to the

eyelashes fluttered. She

and patted her head.

remaining medicine and gave him dosage instructions. When they went out of the Imperial Hotel, Douglas was waiting by the entrance in

Was

until they stopped outside the Everett residence. Douglas

from the sky. In the glow of the streetlights, the snow settled

"Alright," Hera replied.