Lazily Yours.

Sometimes, her lazy imagination would think that she was punished. Was it because she killed a lot of people in her previous life? Lyca could only sigh. She was an anomaly in this world. Is that why the world just seemed to reject her and her dubious existence?

Lyca walked inside their master's bedroom. It has been two weeks since Shen Qui's funeral and this was the first time she walked inside their room. Walking inside, it immediately stuck her how lonely the room was. The bed that she loved the most was huge. Now she felt it was too huge for her small frame. She recalled loving such a huge bed like this.

Her King Size bed.

She used to think about it while she was out, working. It made her happy, excited. Now, however, it made her feel lonely. Sometimes death is indeed easier than living.

Lyca couldn't remember how many times she consoled her own self. "Did you find out anything?" she asked Ronan who stood behind her. She noticed his presence for a while now.

"Nothing. Whoever did it, used imported materials to make the bomb. All untraceable. It was premeditated. Whoever did it, used all the tech that they had to hack into our system and disabled all cameras. They got in, planted the bomb then got out."

Lyca clenched her jaw. "The plan was supposed to be to leave the country," she uttered. "Obviously, that isn't happening now."

"What are you planning to do?"

Lyca snorted. "Nothing."

"Nothing? Shen Qui just…" Ronan's face reddened. "Sorry."

Lyca didn't answer him. "Do you trust me?" she turned towards him.

"I— "

"You don't." She nodded.

"You can't blame me. I think you are careless. You hate planning. You are not organized and extremely antisocial."

"To say those words to a widow…" she snorted. "You are bold."

"I am honest."

"I like honest." Lyca scrutinized him. Her eyes squinted. "Shen Qui's death… won't be in vain."

"Oh, I came here to inform you that the Xu and Chu Family sent some flowers. I think someone from the Xu Family is here. Mr. Ken Xu. He's waiting upstairs."

Lyca pursed her lips as she turned towards the bed and gestured him to leave her alone. After making sure that he already left. Lyca changed into a dark dress and applied a bit of makeup to make her eyebags looked darker. After making herself look 'presentable' she walked towards the house.

"What brings you here Mr. Xu?" she didn't hide the irritation in her voice.

"I wasn't able to attend the funeral…"

"There was no funeral." She interrupted him. Lyca just stared at him blandly. She realized that all the hate that she had against Xu Ke vanished. She felt nothing but indifference towards him.

"You are angry… I understand."

Lyca stood outside of the house. She was a few feet away from Xu Ke, yet she could easily see that he was taking pleasure in seeing her like this. "Why are you here, Mr. Xu?" she asked.

"I just… I thought you would need company."

"No, I don't. Thank you."

"Lyca listened…" Xu Ke walked towards her. This time, she didn't avoid his touch. She fought the urge to vomit when his hand touched her arm. "I know you are angry. I know you're sad. But… let's be honest here… his death was expected."

"Expected?" she shook his hand off her. Then she stepped back and balled her hands into a tight fist. "Would you dare say that again?"

Xu Ke's expression turned serious. "You provoked a lot of people! You had a lot of enemies! Did you think that you could live peacefully in this world?"

Her gaze turned sharp, almost murderous.

"Did you think the world would cater to how you want to live? This world and our previous world were very much alike. The strong wins, they always win. This is a dog-eat-dog world. Everyone would do everything to survive. It was a never-ending cycle."

"Leave me alone," Lyca said.

"Come on… I know you are stubborn. But you are smart. He was just a man that you knew for what? Four? Five years? Mourning is fine but it's been weeks. You have the right to move on."

"I said, leave me alone!" he snarled.

"Or what?" Seeing her face turned red from anger, Xu Ke couldn't stop himself. He knew her too well. He knew how to push her buttons. Controlling her was as easy as one, two, three.

He knew how Lyca's emotion was always… her weakness.

"You know yourself too well for that, Lyca." Xu Ke cajoled, it was almost soothing. The fact that he thought he could easily fool her made her blood boil. Did he think he was the same woman who missed all the red flags and foolishly got killed on her own wedding day?

"Come on Lyca… both of us knew that you are someone born for greatness. You are destined for something. Why do you think we woke up here after our death? Why do you think we met again? It's fate."

"Fuck fate."

"I thought so too. But can we really ignore it?"

"What do you want Xu Ke?" she asked.

"There you go…" he laughed, smugness apparent In his face. He took a step towards her just as she took a step back. "Don't you think… this world is too boring?"

"I like boring. At least, it won't kill me."

"Hah… there she goes." His eyes turned crescents. "The woman that she was." The fiery, deadly Lyca. The woman that he liked.

"If you think you can fool me again…"

"Oh. No!" Xu Ke shook his head. "I am not here to try and fool you. I'm just here as a person you once knew. I know you are mourning. So I came."

"I don't need your presence," she said.

He looked at her, amused. He was enjoying this. "You are acting like that because of a man like him? I mean… come on. I need more than that. Are you upset that… you don't know who did it?" he chuckled and reached out to touch a strand of her long white hair that was on her face. Then he tucked it behind her ears. "It's the Shen Family. I already told you… this world is just like our previous world. People wouldn't hesitate to kill their sons, grandsons, and the other way around. It's all about the profits, the money."

"Is that why you are here? You wanted to use me against your enemies?" she sneered. "Try again. It's not working."

"You don't believe me?"

"Is there any reason for me to believe you?"

"There is." Xu Ke made a deliberate pause. "I think… I can find a way to resurrect Shen Qui."

Resurrect my ass, Lyca almost laughed out loud. "You are insane. This world doesn't have magic." Just as Xu Ke expected, her face turned gentler. The small pang in his chest made him frown.

"There is no magic… but there is technology."

"What— what are you talking about?" she asked, clueless.

"I told you. I can use technology to put his soul inside another man's body."

"That's impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible when it comes to me, Lyca. You should know that."

"You— "

"I found a way to summoned creatures from that world."

Her eyes widened.

"You could summon… from our previous world? How is that possible? There is no magic in this world. It wouldn't make sense!"

"I found a dead zone on this planet. I found a way to summon using it. If you are interested… you can accompany me. I can show it to you. I was able to summon a creature but sadly, it can't survive in this world. It feeds on magic. So it eats itself and would soon heal itself. It was a never-ending process. In the end, the creature would explode from the backlash." Seeing the interest in Lyca's eyes, Xu Ke instantly turned excited.

How could Lyca refuse a piece of information like that? Her curiosity wouldn't give her peace of mind. "What kind of creature?" she couldn't help but ask.

"Cichar, the snake-like creature that lives in the Yin Yang Nirvana Lake. Do you remember? It's the small creature that looked like a snake— "

"I remember." Lyca's face turned serious as she walked around him and started walking away from the house. Xu Ke followed behind her. Lyca thought of Cichar, the snake with a face of a crocodile. It was poisonous in fact it was one of the most poisonous creatures in their previous world. "The poison…"

"I made it using it."

Lyca stopped walking. "Why make it?"

"I was curious if anyone else in this world could recognize it. I summoned the creature years ago but didn't have much luck in making it live. At first… I found it hard to summon it again and again. But the dead zone on this planet helped me a lot."

"So…" she turned towards him. "You made all those poisons as a calling card? You wanted someone from that world to find you?" Is that it? Sometimes, this man's conceit is really making her speechless.