Chapter 330 Richter meets Evangeline (2/2)

'She really is the total opposite of Rachel Regius.'

”I see, so you're going to keep up this charade.” Richter who was sitting across the room from Evangeline, placed his hand on the table in front of him and leaned his head on it a bit.

”Hmmm?” In response to what Richter said, Evangeline tilted her head acting as if she was confused at the whole situation.

”Let's see if you can keep up this act of yours once I show you this.” Richter took out a remote and clicked on one of the buttons, which made a huge screen come down from the ceiling.

When Evangeline saw what was on the screen, her facial expression twitched a bit, before returning to the confused expression she had. In the large screen six different locations were being shown. Each one of the locations had a friend of Evangeline's.

In a normal looking cell, Kei was there and for some reason he was doing pushups. In another jail like place, sat Emily who had both her hands and legs bound. Niel was also present and when Evangeline saw what was done to him, her facade nearly broke. Niel was placed in a small room, his whole body was being bound by chains, and there was a steel mask covering his mouth.

Oliver was also placed in a similar situation, while Rachel was being detained even more harshly. Rachel was placed in a similar small room same as Niel and Oliver. Rachel had not only been bound by chains, but she was also wearing a straightjacket, like both Niel and Oliver she was wearing a metal mask. Yet her mask was different from the other two, her mask not only blocked her mouth, it blocked her eyes as well. She was also being suspended up in the air using the chains that bind her.

Seeing her rival and friend being treated like that, made Evangeline extremely angry, yet she kept it hidden within herself, as she didn't changer her facial expression.

Evangeline then shifted her attention to the last person on screen, it was Alex. Unlike the others, he wasn't bound by anything, in fact he was only wearing some tattered looking shorts. Yet he looked like he was having the hardest time among them, Evangeline who saw Alex's expression was about to tear up, but she held it all in. She couldn't believe what she saw, Alex was sitting in a corner of the room crying while clutching his forearms while they bleed, and he also kept on mumbling ”There must be a way, there must be a way,” repeatedly like a broken record.

Evangeline who tried to to keep a confused expression, couldn't fool Richter. The moment Evangeline looked at the screen, Richter noticed some twitches in her facial expression every now and then. He also noticed that Evangeline clenched her fist involuntarily.

”Why are you showing me this? I already know you have my friends, so what's the point?” Evangeline still tried to play it cool, but Richter already knew what she was truly feeling. So before Richter answered Evangeline's question he stood up and took something from a nearby closet.

It was a chessboard which he placed on top of his desk and started to set it up. While he was placing the pieces on the chessboard, Richter finally answered Evangeline.

”Nothing much, I just wanted to know what you truly felt, and as I expected showing you that, gave me the answer I needed.”

When Evangeline heard what Richter said, she knew that she somehow blew it.

”So now that I know what you truly feel, how about a game of chess?”