38 Who is she to you? (2/2)

”She doesn't belong to the council or the Monarch.” Choi Min Ho puts his hands in his pockets. It's cold tonight. The sky has a full moon.

”Sell us the contract.” Cain doesn't want to talk in roundabout ways. ”The company will pay the money. Send her to us.” Peacefully.

”Even if I sell the contract, she has to attend the academy,” Choi Min Ho tells him sternly. ”I am not selling the contract anyway.”

”One way or another, she will come to our side.” Cain laughs at him. ”Your efforts are futile. Why are you delaying what's inevitable? How many of your past projects have been successful, Min Ho? Do you know how many gifted ones are hired by the Monarch after they leave your academy? She is an R graded one. Did you forget what happened to your brother? Someone like her can never live a normal life.”

”She is living one now.” Close to normal. ”She will not come to your side.”

Cain snorts after hearing his words. ”Min Ho, it's only the beginning. For the last five years, she has been asleep. She lived as a ghost. But now, she is in her best condition. Her mental energy is fully recuperated after taking the ever healing leaf. Her abilities will gain at an exponential rate now. She has to make up for the last five years. You can't save her. Monarch can. We have what it takes to contain her.”

”Tell Monarch.” Choi Min Ho's voice is easygoing. ”Nam Ji Won won't come to Monarch's side. If there is a time when she comes to your side, I will stop her. If I have to break her legs, I will stop her. Even if it means killing her, I will stop her.”

Cain is surprised to hear the provocation. Choi Min Ho has never acted like this. Though his voice is carefree like he is talking about the weather, his eyes are cold and firm. Who is that girl? Why does he have a personal interest in this girl?

”Who is she to you?” Cain's expression hardens.

”Let's see...” Choi Min Ho looks at him like he is trying to solve a mystery. ”Why I am interested in her?”

”She is an astral traveller.” Cain wants to walk to him, but he is again blocked by the barrier. Choi Min Ho didn't loosen the barrier for a moment while they talked. ”Is it because she has one of the abilities that your brother had?”

Choi Min Ho doesn't answer him. He is looking at the house. ”You have been keeping me busy.”

”So, you figured out now.” Cain laughs. ”The Monarch sent two of us after her. It seems that he has found a loophole in your barrier. He is quite good at it. After all, he was one of your students once.”

Choi Min Ho turns around and runs to the house.

”Too late, Min Ho.” Cain yells after him. ”Jasper already found her.”