284 The Girl Who Died (2/2)

The girl's eyes turned glaze for a couple of moments before she looked down and answered, ”A very good friend of mine. However, two years ago, she died of breast cancer.”

Her listener widened his eyes and then said. ”I see. My deep condolences, Miss.”

The man whose tone turned softer and sadder lowered his head, yet his eyes were still wandering. It was already late afternoon, yet there was no other offerings or flowers, except the ones Miss Sofony brought? Wasn't it a bit sad?

”Is she an orphan?”

”Yeah.” Sofony nodded, recalling in her mind the deceased's identity. ”Her name is Amalu Hiller. Before getting confined, she's a web writer and has little to no interaction with people outside. Since she has neither no family nor friends apart from me, it's normal that only I visited the place on her death anniversary.”

'That's really sad,' thought Old Gil.

Sofony by then closed her eyes again and reminisced that year which was full of loneliness, anger, and despair. The first time she approached that person was when she was looking for a target for her new mission.

The girl was the first one of interesting and safe background she encountered so she pretended to have mistakenly entered her room while she was 'looking for her relative,'

Amalu, twenty-seven years old, had long ago become a closed-off individual but may be due to knowing she was already in her last days, she entertained the girl who barged into her life and indulged in the feeling of having a friend frequently visiting her and telling her stories.

Sofony was a great actress at the time so she was able to fool the woman of interesting stories and stuff which didn't really happen to her. The lies were very easy to reinforce since she had the system.

However, as time passed by, since the goal was to make the dying patient somebody closed to her, Sofony let herself become attached to Amalu. Yet she had quite underestimated how friendship could also be as deep as that between loves.

When the woman couldn't hold on anymore because the warmth of interaction with Sofony could no longer dull the pain and make her look forward to tomorrow, she asked for euthanasia, to be given release. God knows how painful it had been for Sofony to administer it by herself. But she had to do so not only for her mission, but to give the woman her deserved rest.

After Amalu's death, Sofony completed her quest and became a level 5 system user. However, the rewards and privileges gotten from it couldn't cover up the truth that she once again lost somebody important to her.

”I can say,” subconsciously, Sofony blurted out, ”Her death has quite the influence on me. I became what I am now, strong and powerful, not only because I was separated from Gio and the rest for years, but also because I lost this good friend of mine.”

”No matter where she is, I'm sure it's a better place, Miss, and she is glad that you are doing well on your own.” Old Gil commented, trying his best to comfort the woman.

The Silver's princess chuckled. Not long after, she elegantly stood up and started walking down the aisle leading to the exit.

Before completely disappearing there, she looked back once, wishing she could take a glimpse of her friend's ghost or spirit. However, a few seconds later, the notion was thrown off of the back of her mind upon remembering that ghostly beings were afraid of system users like her.

Her steps could only resume, heading steadily towards the exit of the memorial garden.

'May you rest in peace, my beloved friend,' she silently prayed before her car left the parking lot and sped along the unusually quiet road.