Chapter 55: Seriously, You’re So Weak?
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“Wait, wait, wait! I apologize! Don’t move yet!” Aurelia’s movement halted, her crimson eyes fixed tightly on the other person. “Apologize?” Aurelia’s voice lowered, but she didn’t withdraw her knife.…
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Chapter 54: I Got Stronger, But I Didn’t Go Bald
Evening, Outer District of Twilight City, back alley behind the Morning Light Tavern. After seeing the simple targets Aurelia had set up, Boss An hadn’t scolded her; he seemed to…
Chapter 53: I, the Perfect Logistics Officer, Am Back at Full Health
When Aurelia’s consciousness returned, the scene of her desperate battle with Laurence was still vivid in her mind. — Following that came the rumbling sound of wagon wheels over cobblestones,…
Chapter 52: I Need an Answer
“Cough, cough—” The intense pain from his wounds sent him into a violent coughing fit. He turned his head with difficulty, looking toward the door. The person who pushed the…
Chapter 51: Have You Ever Really Understood Her?
Boundless darkness enveloped Laurence’s consciousness. A point of light gradually rippled through the darkness, like ink dropped into water, slowly outlining the clear contours of the past. It was the…
Chapter 50: Mister, Stop Slapping Me
Aurelia didn’t know how she had managed to run back. Every staggering step pulled at the tearing agony in her abdomen, as if a red-hot branding iron was churning inside…
Chapter 49: Why Do You Have to Suffer Like This?
“Take your lies and die here!” Laurence’s declaration rang in Aurelia’s ears like a funeral bell. He gave her no further chance to explain, his body transforming once more into…
Chapter 48: Laurence, Are You Out of Your Mind? (Part-2)
But the moment she let her guard down, a familiar presence suddenly intruded upon her consciousness, making her instinctively raise her right hand, transforming it into a dragon claw to…
Chapter 48: Laurence, Are You Out of Your Mind? (Part-1)
A week’s time slipped by quietly amidst repetitive chores and occasional practice. The garret had undergone some changes. The crooked partition wall now had a piece of dense, pure black…
Chapter 47: For the Future, I Must Keep Trying
“You’re quite cautious, aren’t you? You know to hide a weapon on your person. You just don’t hide it very well. Your walking posture isn’t natural. Is the sheath poking…