59 Lost 2 (2/2)

The devil didn't answer but she knew it was a yes. After all, there was really no clause in its warning stating it's forbidden to tell anyone about their abilities and items. She reckoned the reason people like her were usually not revealing stuff like this to others was to prevent them from doing detrimental things to immoral hosts.

For example, a powerful politician kidnapping a weaker host to make him cough up items like the face-changing device or memory eraser. So far, she hadn't heard from the system that only hosts could use the items from its shop that's why she was confident that normal humans could also see and use them.

Actually, if she would think about it carefully, she would realize a low-level host like her was still very vulnerable in front of people like Gio.

So what if she could buy so many high-end items from the shop? Wasn't Floyd like that as well?

While the system was rumbling in her head, she sighed and said, ”Let me begin from the start. To where I just learned my father's debt being thrown to me.”

He coldly cut her off, ”Do I have to know that? Can't you just go straight to answering my questions? All I actually want to know is if you are planning to leave after this.”

She was somehow stunned by his last sentence because he said it in a way different from the earlier questions.At that moment, she had this illusion that his tone was that of a sad person.

Would Gio be sad once she leaves?

”I..” After subconsciously opening her mouth to answer, she looked down and started suppressing the tears again. ”I'm simply scared.” She said with a trembling voice.

”I'm indeed planning to go away because I don't want to reach the point where you'll personally throw me out. Like what I said in the letter, it's just not me being sightless, but also due to being in a dangerous unknown situation. You see, what if I tell you I'm nowhere near the word 'good' now? You witness a part of what I can do. Maybe I have already used my ability to make someone commit suicide? Will you be at ease having someone like that near you?”

'In fact, I already did something similar. Do you know, I'm even planning to use this ability to you so that after this, I can walk away safely? Of course, I don't dare put you in any harm. But if things go south, I'll probably even wipe out your memories of me.'

She didn't say the last part because she was just not courageous enough to bear the kind of gaze she would receive from him once he heard this.

”You can bear to leave me?” He asked, his mind still on her confirmation of her desire to escape from him.

”I...” This time, Sofony's eyes started watering up and she couldn't stop them. To be honest, with her eyeballs gone, she was annoyed by how her tear ducts ended up fine, this day perfectly producing liters of tears. She didn't know if this was the system's arrangement. All she knew was that when Gio asked her this question, she couldn't bear to say yes. Her current indecisiveness was unlike when the system threw her the same question.

<System: You can't say it? Eh? Damn you! I told you to write all your prepared heartbreaking lines in the letter but you didn't follow my suggestion. You said it would be better to do it in person! You even bought another memory erasing device since you're planning to erase all his memories of you in case he still ends up accepting you. But now, you're wavering? Hey, don't forget that once you fail this side-mission, you'll be banned from the system's shop for one week.>

To this protest that came out of nowhere, Sofony annoyingly replied, 'Oh? That's light compared to losing my sight. Bastard system.'

She then told it to shut up.

Precisely after that, Gio spoke again.

”Let me tell you truthfully,” he began. He was still standing tall before her. ”At first I'm seeing you as a toy in bed, a sexmate I bought for one million. A few weeks after that, when you asked me if you've become my mistress, I denied it, but in reality, I'm treating like a kept girl. After all, like what you said, you just appeared out of nowhere. Our encounters are also always in bed.”

”But now, I'm not seeing myself separating from you any time soon.” His voice was now much calmer than before. ”Do you get what I mean?”

There was still no mention of anything like love like it was the farthest thing from them. But the thought alone that he wanted to stay with her already brought her too much joy. Sofony wanted to believe in the sincerity she somehow traced from his statements. Still, she cautiously asked, ”Even if I'm blind?”

”Yes.” His reply came almost instantaneously.

”Even if I've already killed someone?”

With the system temporarily providing her vision, she saw some bewilderment briefly crossing his eyes, however, in the end, he still answered, ”Yes.”

”Even if I grew to the point I can destroy the world?”

To this seemingly senseless and stupid question, a laugh was the reply she received from him.

”Stop thinking about it, you're too immature that's why you're like this.”

She secretly thought. 'Gio, you don't know what kind of being I've become.'

Even so, she was already happy to hear his first few answers. Sofony was also happy that she ended up doing fine in one of the things she had always been awkward with - confiding her thoughts and insecurities to someone else.

This was why, ”Gio,” she called out while her hands were tightly gripping on her backpack's shoulder straps. To this, he answered with a short hum.

Sofony bit her lower lip lightly for a few seconds before finally declaring, ”Gio, I-I'll do my best to become more useful and courageous. I won't be just a home decor. I'll make my heart and myself stronger. I will also not always assume things and will talk properly with you whenever something's up. Also, once you feel like discarding me, I'll wait for you to say it. Only after that will I disappear.”

The man's forehead greatly creased because he somehow disliked the last part. Nonetheless, Sofony acted like she didn't 'see' it and continued speaking, her face and voice showing how desperate and anxious she was.

”I-I swear, I will never harm you. That's why,... that's why, will you accept me again?”

Gio knew, if this girl only had her eyes with her, they would be already reddish at this point. However, she was already crying, and it's honestly making him very distressed.

With a heavy escaping from his lips, even though he strongly felt like listing to the girl all the troubles he went through for her since yesterday, he didn't do so and only hugged her. In the gentlest voice he could muster, he said, ”Baby, you already made me so work up just to locate you, are you still expecting me to say no?”

'...I guess, that really didn't make sense.' She thought, then she started sobbing on his chest while simultaneously making a mess of his expensive suit.

Now, the mission was thrown to the back of her head, and she was also not giving a damn if the system was getting angry again. She was finally realizing how stupid her thoughts and plans were, even if it could be said that she was just too disoriented from all the things she experienced and saw yesterday.

Fortunately, this demonic man had enough patience stored for her. Also, she was lucky that this usually cold man had let her occupied a small part of his heart. Weren't it for these, she would have lost him already.

At this realization, she finally looked up to him and said. ”Hey. I now know I'm in the wrong.”

By this time, her vision was already back to total darkness. Sofony didn't receive any response and so she didn't see the amused smile that Gio gave her. This was the reason why she continued in a soft and repenting voice,

”I'm sorry for trying to run away.”