Chapter 1443 - Master Plans (Part 1) (1/2)

Seeing the short woman made of light and hearing Solus's voice gave Bytra a headache that usually led to a fit of Blood Madness and to recover unpleasant memories.

Yet she had long learned how to repress those urges along with her memory.

”In a minute!” Bytra replied in frustration.

She had come to the party hoping to meet Xenagrosh's little brother and take work off her mind, yet it was all she had been talking about ever since her arrival.

As for Solus, she had never seen her own killer due to the original Bytra backstabbing her heart before Elphyn could even realize what had happened. On top of that, during her first life, Solus had only deep spite for Bytra.

Elphyn Menadion had considered the Raiju as a phony Ruler of the Flames since Bytra had not only given just a derivative contribution to the Forgemastering arts, but she had also been incapable of making a tower of her own.

For those reasons, the two women had very few shared memories, making Bytra's human appearance as relevant as a wallflower in Solus's mind.

”What about my lessons?” Like a hound on a bone, Lith refused to let go.

”Hey, big sis, how have you been?” Xenagrosh mimicked his voice between spoonfuls of ice cream. ”I'm fine, Lith. I was worried for you as well.”

”Okay, fine. I'm sorry for being a jerk.” Lith sighed. ”Why didn't you reply to the message I left Tezka? I started to think you had dropped me like a bad habit.”

”I was busy. I always am due to this damn war with the undead.” She sighed. ”I couldn't even come here earlier because Da- I mean, the Master was busy. We came here together once we were done with our respective jobs.”

”The Professor is here? I was starting to think he had been dragged away again to do the Kingdom's dirty job.” Lith said.

”Don't worry, he is going to keep his word. The Master is at Zinya's.” Xenagrosh replied. ”He will keep them company and make up for everything they are missing tonight due to… You know.”

”I'll call him tomorrow first thing in the morning, yet I'd appreciate it if you thanked him on my behalf tonight.” Lith didn't even look at Xenagrosh's nod while he stared through one of the windows.

The sounds of the party become a dull noise to his ears while he sighed deeply, thinking back at everything he had lost from the day Kamila had left the tower without looking back.

Meanwhile, far away enough from Lith's house to escape being detected by the ancient monsters assembled there, a blue-robed man stared at both households in hatred.

The state-of-the-art cloaking devices he wore were the only reason why he was still alive.

'I wanted so badly to inflict more pain to Verhen during his very birthday, but at this point, writing a sob story and sending the manuscript to him is the only chance I have to make him cry.

'There's so much mana in the air tonight that just being near Lutia is akin to staring into death's face. His break up with Kamila was supposed to make it easier for me to kill those whores, but even the Yehval household is a fortress!' He thought.

Aside from the lowest tier of standard protective arrays, Zinya's house actually had few defenses. What the man perceived as a threat was the presence of the Abomination hybrids that had followed the Master.

”I know that I shouldn't drag you into the mess that my personal life is, Professor Vastor, but do you think I could go to Lith's just to give him my present? I bought it in advance and I can't return it anymore.” Kamila asked.