1228 Truth 2 (2/2)

The place where Garen alighted onto the port was also the darkest part of it.

He looked into the distance directly in front of him and saw a horizontal road ahead. A car just happened to drive past a streetlamp as he watched, and there was a young man with his earphones on, holding his phone as he strolled past leisurely.

At night, this port seemed quiet and orderly.

”This is the port Yuria mentioned.”

He had changed out of his torn-up rags into a clean white suit, provided by a flashy middle-aged man who had passed by him on a cruise ship. It looked costly and was clearly used for formal dinners.

”Excuse me, are you Mr. Garen?” Suddenly, a woman's voice came from the darkness on Garen's right.

”You are?” Garen had noticed this woman hiding behind the crates a long time ago, he simply did not point her out. Now that she had spoken, it clearly showed that she was the person sent here to receive him, waiting for him here in advance.

”I am the person Mr Yuria arranged to greet you, please come with me.” The woman walked out naturally. She wore a black office lady skirt and looked just like a regular white-collar worker. Her looks were very average as well, she was the type that did not catch any attention at all.

Garen naturally followed her to the roadside nearby. There was a white car parked there, and the two of them got in, one in the front seat and one in the back.

At this point, Garen did not worry about traps or anything like that, his abilities allowed him to be completely fearless of whatever the woman might be planning.

”Where are we going?” he asked nonchalantly.

”Lady Light Path has wanted to meet you for the longest time, but she can't make an appearance right now, so we borrowed Yuria's name to receive you. I hope you'll understand,” the woman said in a low voice, finally revealing the truth.

”Light Path?” Garen remembered who that was now, it was Yuria's mother, the woman who used to be the top bounty hunter in this world. He was wondering why Yuria did not come to meet him in person. It was slightly illogical considering Yuria's personality.

”You guys sure are something, making me go to her,” Garen said off-handedly.

”No… Please don't take it that way,” said the woman hurriedly. ”We're very, very sorry, but we have no choice, the lady, she… Sigh, you'll know when you get there, sir.”

Garen was not particularly bothered, and just nodded.

”Get driving then.”

In the night, the car accelerated slowly, driving toward the main road.

Just then, near the port, Yuria just got out of a cab. He dialed Garen's number hurriedly, but no one picked up. Glancing at his phone, he saw that there was no signal.

”Damned stupid phone! What the hell is this!”

Ever since he separated from Parakeet on the ocean, he had been in a vicious mood and decided to get to the truth behind all of this no matter what.

It just so happened that he was to meet Teacher Garen here, but he never thought that there would be no phone signal here.

”There's probably a signal jammer here,” he hazarded a guess inwardly. ”Parakeet invited Teacher over here using my name, but she won't let me receive him. What on earth is her goal?” He was frustrated, but he did not worry about Garen's safety at all. Considering how strong the Minister was, and how he had even killed Slayer, what were the chances of a terrible situation like the Three Nations' allied raid happening in a small place like this?

Since the wanted order came down from the Three Nations, the truth was they would be grateful if Garen never picked a fight with them. They would never anger him on purpose first.

Yuria flagged down another cab quickly and drove toward the distance. In the car, he asked the driver.

”Cabbie, does your phone have a signal?”

The driver gave him a strange look and waved his phone slightly.

”That is weird, it looks like there isn't much of a signal here. Strange, I just noticed it too.”

Yuria instantly felt helpless.

The signal only returned after the car went on for quite some distance.

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”Hello? Yuria?” Garen took out the communication device's earphone and stuffed it into his ear. ”I'm fine, you don't have to come meet me anymore. Something came up on my side, I'm going to meet someone, don't worry.”

Garen sat in a bright, wide reception hall. The whole floor of the hall was made of black marble, such that he could almost see his reflection in it.

And right now, there was a young woman sitting opposite him. She wore pearl earrings and a long black lace dress, looking dignified and majestic, beautiful and graceful. The only flaw within this beauty was that the woman was blind in both eyes. She could not see anything at all.

Hanging up the call, Garen sat on the chair with his back held straight. He casually pressed a few buttons on the table, adjusting the brightness of the wall light beside him slightly and turning it dimmer.

”Alright, Lady Light Path, let us now talk about what happened between you and the siblings, Yuria and Yurijie. You said just now that those two aren't actually your children at all, what does that mean?”

The woman sat properly on her seat and sipped at her tea lightly. If someone could look at the hem of her skirt underneath the table, they would notice that she did not actually have legs. They seemed to have been amputated by someone.

”It's just as you understand it, it's exactly what I just said,” she replied, gently and deeply.