Under the heiress facade

Tyler's car was idling outside Youngworth Miracle Clinic.

He watched Hera enter the clinic, his phone pressed to his ear as Bernard's icy voice sounded from the other line, "Stay away from her!"

"And what if I don't want to? What are you going to do about it?"

Tyler smirked as he said defiantly, "She's not your property. Besides, she never belonged to you in the first place. You just got a head start, that's all." "You'll regret this!" Bernard growled.

"Oh, my, I'm shaking-" Tyler was cut off by a beeping sound when Bernard hung up on him.

He stared at the dimmed phone screen, his smile slipping. He was just as good as Bernard. The latter had no right to act superior.

Snorting, Tyler steered the car away from the clinic and drove back to the Presgrave residence. He was halfway there when he received a call from his assistant.

wants you to leave

the Tenth Elder?"

their right mind would volunteer for a mission in Astenia. Only the Tenth Elder, who ranked last among the Elders, would have no choice but to take up a mission in that godforsaken place. "I heard one of the Elders recommended you for the mission, so the grandmaster changed his mind and assigned it

breath. Bernard was behind this. He knew Bernard was

his pettiness. He vowed to uncover Bernard's

...

night, Hera sat at the desk while Bernard sat in the armchair. They were each reading a book on computer programming, but that was only on the surface. In truth, they

the market. She logged onto Shadow's

are the requirements for joining Astral

feed. He glanced in Hera's direction curiously, wondering why she was asking such a

he replied, "The organization isn't looking to recruit anyone

Nova so secretive that she couldn't even know the joining criteria? Did she not meet the recruitment threshold despite her identity as Dr.