Chapter 55 - Complicated Emotions (1/2)

”Indeed, but I believe the same can be said to you in that department,” Allen said.

That's true; she can't deny his words there.

”Is it okay to stay like this?”

Allen's question surprised her, but Lyn nodded. She was also thinking the same. Just a bit longer, if she can be like this with him. Then maybe something will stir in her heart? Lyn isn't sure what to do anymore, regarding Allen.

Her gaze flickered towards the sky, ah she wonders if Rhys got that message yet.

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Meanwhile - A Certain Room in the mansion -

Rhys got off the girl and exhaled deeply, ”Useless,” he muttered. She didn't give him enough information. The reason Rhys accompanied Lyn was not only to protect her. But because he wanted to get some information. If he knew all the women in this place were useless, then he wouldn't have come along with her. His gaze flickered towards the women on the bed; a disgusted look filled her face. This is the beauty of the east? How stupid. She acts more like a whore than an elite.

If it's an elite girl who is to his liking, an image of Lyn appeared in his head.

Lyn was ditzy, clueless, and had a bad temper at times. Though the latter is good for him since it made it easier to hold her in his arms, she always lets her guard down when she is angry. Honestly, her chest is smaller than the girls he usually saw. But then again she is sixteen, that can change in the future. So Rhys wasn't worried about it. Unlike all the other girls who chased after him blindly and threw themselves at him with only one intention. On the other hand, Lyn was different, she didn't hang around him for his money, wealth, or even s.e.x. She stuck with him mainly because he was Kazuya's friend, but lately it seemed like she genuinely didn't mind hanging around him.

Perhaps it was because of what happened in the past, but Rhys had grown used to it. People using him, that was fine - he would use them back whether it's sleeping with them for information or filling the void in his heart. Rhys liked the warmth that came with joining his body with another person. Lyn always called him a pervert, maybe he was. Maybe he wasn't; maybe he was just a messed up child - the scared, emotionally messed up child with hidden secrets. Either way, the woman named 'Lyn' was already changing his lifestyle.

”What is it, Luxin?”

A man stepped out of the shadows of the room, ”That woman was my companion tonight,” this man was 'Luxin,' an information broker - and somebody who did odd jobs. They met a long time ago during his visit to the Rain Kingdom.

Rhys rolled his eyes, ”Instead of blindly following orders like a dog; you should have just come to me.”

”I apologize, I did not realize you were amongst the team that came here. Do you require my assistance?”

”Well, that depends. Who is your current employer?”

”The Safari household. But apparently, the one running the shots is a man named Kofu,” Luxin explained.

Rhys pulled out his pipe from his robes on the side, as he slipped half of it back on, ”Kofu? It doesn't ring a bell.”

”He's a recent commoner who rose to power, and is now considered a noble.”

Hmm, ”A tradition in the Mist Kingdom? Commoners becoming nobles?”

”It's unheard of, at least it was previously. But things have changed under Queen Orthez reign.”

”Is she trying to unite the Kingdoms? I thought she had no interest in becoming Empress.”

”That's what she's made everybody believe. And it may be just like that. However, something has changed recently.”