Lazily Yours.

"Aren't you scared they would do the same thing to you?" Aden added.

"Can you tell me more about them?" she asked. In the past, because of the fact that she considered them as allies, she didn't do a thorough research about them as she didn't want to offend her husband and Alfons. This was something that she regretted a lot.

"Hmmm… Can't."

"Why?"

"Because you are stubborn. If I tell you anything about them, you would just scheme your way into their family outside of Du Empire."

Gabi pursed her lips. It was indeed true. She was a stubborn schemer. However, this doesn't mean that she would give up on looking for more information about them. She still has a method to get information, but that would expose her identity.

"Look at you… you are thinking about other ways to look for information, right?" Aden had a look of disbelief on his face. "You are just a kid and yet you… Aish… how about this… let me tell you that the Sealey Family wanted to kick the Ye Family out of this country. As you can see, this is bigger than you could ever imagine. If you involve yourself, you won't have the chance to get away without dying."

Wait…

Gabi turned silent. They wanted to kick out the Ye Family? The Royals out of their own country? Her eyes widened. Was that the reason why the Sealey Family destroyed all the old families in the country in her previous lifetime?

This… this is mind-boggling.

And this just changed everything that she used to believe. For instance, she thought Alfons is in charge of everything. But what if that wasn't really the case? What if… the Sealey Family was only using Alfons?

"This involves a lot of secrets and controversies. This is not something that a kid like you could handle. So… you better stop this now."

"I can't."

"Why?"

She debated for a few seconds if she would answer that question. "If they wanted to kick the Royals and maybe even change the entire country, the first thing that they would do is get rid of the neutral party. Meaning the founding families, my Ren Family. I couldn't let them do that."

"Ah? It seems that the rumors about you being smart are actually true."

"…" Did he just realized this now?

"But yes, you are right. The first target is indeed the neutral party and considering that your family is not just a part of the founding families in this country but also one of the richest, then its destruction is imminent. They needed to destroy your family to ruin the economy of this country."

Gabi couldn't help but shiver inwardly. Everything is now a bit clearer in her head. The reason why Alfons became so successful wasn't just because of her, it was because someone else was letting him do what he wanted to do. Someone who wanted to ruin the country.

Obviously, a prime minister under their control is going to be an enormous help for their plans.

"Why do you look like you saw a ghost?"

"Ah?"

"Are you scared now?"

"Scared?" Was she scared? She already died in the past. She already lost the most important person in her life. Why would she be scared of dying again? If worse comes to worst, she could just have someone kill Alfons. This would assure that he would also die if she dies.

However… Alfons is nothing but a tool. And once the tool is broken, replacing it would be as easy as one, two, three.

If they replaced Alfons, it would be very hard to defeat them, as she knew nothing about her new enemies.

"No, I'm not," she answered after a few seconds. "I'm sorry but I will protect my family."

"Huh? Why are you thinking about that now? Don't you understand? I am telling you to stop this because we will take care of this matter. Archy… will take care of this."

"Lies," she blurted out. If Archy could take care of this, then… why did the Ren Aesthetics fell in her previous life? Realizing her mistake, she immediately apologized. "Sorry… I didn't mean to say that. I just…"

"You are upset."

"Yes, I am."

"And you feel… useless."

She clenched her teeth while glaring at him. It was a fact. She felt useless. Especially in front of a bigger enemy. She actually thought that Alfons was the ultimate boss, the one that she needed to defeat. Oh… how silly.

How did she become this stupid?

But is she really going to stop now? Cower in fear and remove herself from this situation?

"So?" Aden asked with the same signature smirk on his handsome face.

"I can't do that. I'm sorry." Even she lost Archy's support, she is still willing to go on. In this lifetime, she didn't have Lucas, but she still had people she wanted to protect. She couldn't back down now.

"And… if they try to kill you?"

"I will fight back."

"Fight back? The mere sight of blood made you faint. How are you going to fight back? Little girl?"

That… That won't happen again, she wanted to say. "Thank you for telling me about this. Please leave me now."

Aden stared at her, unimpressed. "You are too weak. Do you even know how to shoot a gun?"

It seems that Archy didn't know about her underground training? This is interesting. This means that their spy didn't have access to the basement, right? "I've been practicing."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Have you killed anyone before?" he asked.

"Not directly." But she had caused the death of countless people in her previous life. To be honest, she was well aware that she was weak. Her body is weak and there was no changing that. She wasn't some superhuman that would somehow awaken their ability and become powerful after a few months.

However, she was confident that she could still win this game. Her most powerful tool is going to be… her mind.

"Then… how about I teach you how to kill people?"

She squinted at him. She could smell a new scheme coming from this person. "Hey… are you trying to get close to me?"

"Oh? Why would you say that?"

"You barge into my house telling me about the Quigly, then you even give me a bodyguard. Now, you barge into my room and telling me things like this. Young Master Aden… why are you doing this?" She knew that by now, Aden already investigated her. Maybe he already knew everything about her, from her routine to her favorite color and favorite perfume.

By now, this man must be wondering why she knew some secrets from other people when she didn't have friends, allies, or any way to obtain this information.

"Hah… I guess you are not only smart, but you are also really quick." Aden finally sat on the bed and stood in front of her. His sudden movement made her took a few steps back to increase the space between them.

To her surprise, the man started approaching her.

Instincts kick in, she could feel danger coming from him. Did something happen? Why was he emitting something… dangerous? Was this killing intent?

Gabi blinked. Her gut was telling her to run, but she couldn't really do anything but took a step back. "You— What are you doing?"

He didn't respond. Instead, he continued approaching her. The same confident smirk was on his face.

"Aden?" she could feel her heart raced. Still, she did her best to stay composed, focused. Then she gulped. "Aden… what are you…"

"Shhh… I'm catching a mouse."

Gabi frowned. She was about to say something else when he suddenly dashed forward, towards the long floor-length curtain that covered one of her glass windows.

Too fast.

His sudden movement and her surprised nerves made her lost her balance. Her butt hit the carpeted floor with a small thud.

"Eh? Look at this?"

When Gabi turned her head towards Aden, he was already holding a man. No… Aden was already clutching a man's throat. "Should I just kill you now?"

Gabi's eyes widened. "Where did that… Where did he come from?" The man… was wearing an all-black attire. He was struggling in the air as Aden lifted him up as if he was lifting a small toy.

"Hey… Gabi?"

"Huh?" She turned her attention towards Aden.

"Look at me."

She met his eyes and realized that he was still smiling at her. Despite that beautiful smile on his face, his eyes were holding something dark, something that only people who had killed before had. It was the eye of a seasoned predator.

*CRACK*

"Good girl," Aden said before he removed his hand from the man's neck.

"You—"

"Five foot nine, brown eyes, black hair, a tattoo on his ear. Flower… hmmm…" Aden ignored her as he examined the man's corpse. "Ah… can you please call Cyrus?"

For a few seconds, Gabi just blinked at him. "Alright… I will call her now." It took her a couple of seconds to calm herself. She then stood and called Cyrus. Seeing her calm demeanor, Aden smirked before he continued checking the body of the assassin.

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