Chapter 104 (1/2)

Chapter 104: Lili

Both the els looked towards the first of their order, Metatron He watched the exchange between the Pontiff and the Magnate helplessly For hi to fear – but insanity was If there was one aons he would not wish to face in battle, it was the ht have been ranked low a his peers, his sheer destructive poas in the top three Worse still, if the old man had his way no trace would remain of his enemies If he were to really lose his mind, it was unlikely anyone existed who could stop him

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Skyfire Avenue, Public Airshi+p Hangars

Lan Jue trotted in to the welco lobby somewhat out of breath It hadn’t yet reached rush hour, so there were only a few people present

He was pleased to find he’d arrived just on ti to reat for environmental protection, but that lack of speed…

He stuainst a wall and stuffed a few coins in to the slot A water bottle rattled to the bottoulps He sighed contentedly as the water refreshed him

In order to recover frohtly bottled up inside Be it thunder or lightning, their destructive poas too high and his body couldn’t yet handle the strain As a result his journey here by bicycle was co which, also, was affected by his injuries The wounds he suffered were indeed significant

As he stood there, water in hand, his ht back to earlier in the day La helplessly dragged through the halls Even the a the piss out of each other couldn’t sweep that shadow from his mind He could only pray that the none of the students who planned to visit his class to display

His self-pity was interrupted when the coan to buzz A-Jue, you here? The words scrolled across the screen

Lan Jue immediately made his way towards the station exit to wait for his visitor It wasn’t long before he spotted hiht to behold He was almost wrapped in layers of thick black tweed A bulky scarf rapped around his neck His head was covered in a grey skullcap, and half his face disappeared behind a pair of lasses From a distance it was difficult to tell if he were h to catch the pile of clothes’ attention The h it was hard to tell, eventually locked on Lan Jue’s position He trotted towards hie barrow before him As he did, however, he still looked clandestinely in all directions as though on the lookout Or in hiding

Lan Jue took a step forward to greet hi ‘normal’ was not in your wardrobe?”

The mummy et out of here, then we’ll talk”

It wasn’t until they’d left the station the h of relief The tere of a siht thinner

“Alright, we should be fine here So, A-Jue, where’s the car?” The e attraction to it – a voice one would find hard to forget

“Em…” Lan Jue scratched the back of his head “I came in sort of a rush, Lili, so transportation’s a little crude…”

“What are asting time for? I don’t need any nonsense luxury car I don’t care e’re driving – and stop callingI’m a woman”

Lan Jue draped an ar “Fine A-Li, that good? I’ll go get our ride”

Mu, and found it difficult to extricate hied his lasses and caused thelance at his eyes showed their surprise while looking at Lan Jue

Said eyes were striking to say the least; clear, shi+ azure blue orbs which the word ‘deep’ would fail to describe On a woman they would be al eye-lashes only ht thin nose, slasses and hat it was hard to hide his pretty face! Indeed his char features couldn’t be described as handsoly beautiful

Lan Jue slapped his forehead “Your dad sure knehat he was doing when he nauy – as a woman you’d be quite the heartbreaker You’d probably have been et your da to peer in every direction at once Convinced no one had seen hihed in relief That relief quickly dissipated when he saw Lan Jue return with his bicycle

“Wh-… where the hell did you find this antique?”

“Oh this,” Lan Jue said aardly “Ah, A-Li, y’see… like I said I ca past hilasses to stare at the ancient thing in careful detail “Oh htful gift!”

“Hey, stop e this to you?” Lan Jue said in agitation “Get a taxi, I’ this back”

“No way! I have to experience thisreement, as he hurriedly scrambled on to the back of the bicycle

Lan Jue scowled at him “Women usually sit on the back!”

“Then I’ly at Lan Jue Needless to say his flirtatious glances were enticing But that was the probleing out again”

“Got it,” he said “So let’s get ” A-Li remained locked in place atop the bike

“What about the luggage?”