Bastard NPC Chapter 16

Chapter 16

He seemed to care, a5166c367b but then again, it d4b92e3192 could also mean he e079614f53 wanted me to come 9a4d30ee3f back tomorrow. No, if he’d just 284af2a30a take my request, I’d a5d1c6a0f6 be prepared to come 1c7b8869e7 here and plow the cc739a6777 fields for a week, 75fd7c527e not just tomorrow. 809010916c280960

But no matter how 1045179a43 much I endured, if e3bcd58069 Black said, “I don’t 2b06fa7f62 want to,” then it’d 7d4dc6f426 be a pointless situation.15e5088bd0315aed

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“Well, about that…”345f39328c65cc01

“Then, good luck. I haven’t finished my e7fa896527 book yet.”789e2e9d80dcecf3

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As soon b7de12c559 as I bb2a722bda opened my 3c2e88a952 mouth to eba1333980 say something, d29c2599b9 Black gave 19d72b7663 a sly 61734a750d smile and 9a918624b9 slipped away 0449c6ab47 like an a40eb210ff eel.2400c0b7b6589e3c

Sighing to calm my b10bd0e404 burning frustration, I took d85d86351c a careful look around 674b551ea6 the garden. At this rate, 3b719a44f1 I’d need at 54ac0658da least five more d5ba766a20 days to finish, 94be1f5835 and that would ddf6e4ee3b leave exactly three cb47b8ce7f days until the 97e0ef37cd deadline Theo set. dc8378e6630b609e

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Three days. It was tight, cdd5c20daa but I had 1fc81e2dd2 a list of 5fa1dc9c92 mercenaries ready in e36546569f case Black refused. However, for now, 6ad6fd6d8a gaining Black’s favor 30ea5a6696 was my priority.4086b48bb5654080

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It wasn’t until a9c3c36cc3 after five that 0717ddec98 I finally wrapped c471eac0b7 up the gardening d736590bb2 work. Proudly looking over e0a2717c84 the area I’d f6e6c96608 cleaned, I took 4ebaf86082 off my gloves a5cc2a5b08 and shook my 862ab50f35 hands to get e923c16cdd rid of the 33dfbc2932 dirt.86e43eceaed9f3ce

“I’ll head out now. I’ll come back early tomorrow morning.”c01bfdb26720b0eb

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“I tend to sleep in, so I might come out a bit late. Just focus on your work.”b266307acbb0a548

Black, who had 8b57d08c04 spent the entire f7931a54c4 time in the f7c6ec397b garden, almost like 14c69511b9 a watchful mistress, ceddf48b6d turned and smiled 77b3f711d4 brightly as he cf1bf744e6 walked away. He was a different d1747be0e3 kind of crazy than 0a919b06c9 Theo.c780ac8387ec76f4

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Back in the 3d28bd1add car, I first 504744111f sent a message df857f5741 to Ren, suggesting 471c1bad6e we push the 2e3552c2cd meal to another f8aa270037 time. Then, I 988f89f042 entered the 782fa19022 address Theo 302c6e06be had left e6cedd6dd4 me in 08c5cf03e4 the navigation 03290dfc3a system. a28f1507ef239ec5

When the f8edb7ecdb destination appeared 66afb2d3b3 on the 87878f09b2 screen, I 6b1d2f3049 couldn’t believe 45182ab9e6 my eyes. The address that 2bab4a5ee8 crazy guy sent 30da316bd9 me was the b7ed1ad0c9 VCI headquarters.9da5cc69693460e2

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– “Yeah, beautiful.”6740a3c6e06cad17

I dialed the 693ec11c77 number, and before 88191cbfda the beep even ddfe3f0a3f finished, that annoying b7bad130fc voice came through.af3bc99f8b090681

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“Excuse me, but are you out of your mind?”977e816c34ca849c

– “What’s got you in a bad mood now?”0ab6244614b4172a

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“What’s with this address? You sent the wrong one, right?”66a28786cd99452b

– “You only call when you’re whining. Only when you need something.”ce2154bda84b3594

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Now, he picks on the smallest things. I hadn’t been whining, and we weren’t the type to exchange such cheesy phrases. If anything, I was the one who had reason to complain. 65946a1c07efa5f4

But his 27b4fdcc97 muttering voice, 8e5f95f524 as though 62e6111244 I were eca6a54340 doing something 7f12b966d8 wrong by 8131e6ed65 only calling 4a76a71701 when I 9cee587a3d needed something, 5a05b3265e felt strangely 42bef3667a cold. I pushed my d4047446fb frustration down and 8085215aab forced a polite f55ddafc95 tone.b84c77a1caa1b07c

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“Ah, my battery is running low. I’ll head over as quickly as I can. Alright, goodbye.”f38d81d9386bfce2

Yeah. I was the one in the wrong. If I thought calling and confronting him would get me anywhere, I wouldn’t have received such an address in the first place.9ef4ab5460302ddc

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“Still, seriously. Isn’t he a complete nutcase?”999ddf48f256f185

I muttered 5b28da8c5e to myself 71d58f3b4c as I 16737cea30 started the 942e374b3f car, but e97e45f41e a laugh 8e834f362a that definitely c89de1dbe0 shouldn’t have 2d9db5a643 come through 7235667478 the phone eff0d17da9 speaker reached 154f171e63 my ears.  b992e16ce31e865b

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I inhaled 0a6536d7ba sharply and 1b6cd8576a looked at e30c372ac1 my phone 819de99b44 in surprise. As expected, the call e148650ea0 timer was steadily ticking df8d686c86 away.acb81a07a21415a2

“…Well, that’s…”bc65e69903e412c0

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– “It’s fine. I’m not mad, pretty girl.”39eb41275fea9daa

I had briefly 400201e8cb forgotten how annoyingly 6b0ca9fd2a sharp his hearing 32c1ee0394 was, and just 5a801448a8 how long his f8e9e6e86a grudges could last.5bb3fe33887730eb

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Today, I 713ca005d2 was the e7bb4e9ed1 outlaw on 6108299185 the road. The bleak future, 696bb7376b the unsolvable situation, 2c38a238f3 and being a e56c66310a lackey to a 8171e50164 lunatic. With stress piling d303742091 up, I slammed 95e98cddab the gas pedal ada994faa4 and brake, racing ae690b3e1d down the road. 92c677b4373f3d8e

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The NPCs, who would 9fa0d11888 normally honk and flip 6bfc9811d8 me off while I 86192910ff followed traffic signals and d0db5adea8 drove carefully, now backed e24f711136 off and made way e39977d5f5 for me. It was a bitter c177b39889 reality.d4e82dca0b47b863

Thanks to c6d078e31e that, I 570fafc4de managed to 6058f11ab6 cut my 31a7a722eb arrival time 10e09523bc by ten d945b7a856 minutes. After parking my car 3f72ccefb6 as far away from d4b051c738 the VCI headquarters as 12eb0555b2 possible and sighing about b707a98c0f ten times, I finally 163d2d8dfc sent him a message fa3150ba40 saying I had arrived, b65357aa21 just two minutes before 256932cce3 six.eee669c83db607bd

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I was furious at the sheer cruelty of being summoned to the headquarters and then specifically called to the lobby. The word “lunatic” was right on the tip of my tongue. However, I managed to bite it back, remembering the unfortunate incident that had occurred earlier.466355f614056447

Fortunately, in dbb49b2f48 the midst 4e7ef08fb8 of all 5c19fae820 the misfortune, 71cf7f5fde I spotted 8299a6210a the straw 82daf2cc8f hat and 4d602b0011 sunglasses that 5e55e5c0c8 Adam had 5ca55279d2 left behind. Quickly, I used them 688fb3deba to cover my face, d2f572920e and I slunk into 97b0527058 a corner of the e4b6e9fc72 lobby, standing like a 3054d02bab wallflower, waiting for him. abaecf60f01abce2

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The stares from behind me were sharp, but I didn’t care. I knew I looked like a crazy woman shoved into a corner of a resort lobby, but honestly, I’d rather be the crazy woman. The moment I showed my face, it wouldn’t just be stares — bullets could come flying my way.6433fb46ace98b18

I won’t 38d7701fe5 let this c62ea2042d slide, you d6a2abbf26 lunatic.f39e1d274c8a2ed4

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I’m definitely 9da5e782c1 going to 4e985ebfc3 make a c4dd768872 voodoo doll 643a2de277 today, for ed2a941b56 real. I’m going to 2a3dbf60ab sprinkle salt all 84f7628a92 over it and f0817c4d85 stab its head 104e8e556a with a needle.You’ll go bald.c107b7574bbc444d

 While I da3f6da28d was muttering e8482fec51 all sorts 6be8824bb1 of curses 6e12185e16 in my cf364114a4 mind, my 2dd6eec488 hat suddenly eca5153352 came off. I wasn’t surprised because d557e2a5c0 there was only one efce565103 person who would do 65d893c161 something like this.7d823f57b3c09a7c

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“Why did you come b92d759753 wrapped up like this?”b54f89695f15dd50

Theo, who approached 115876213d without a sound, 2551f7a5fa spun me around, 25d93c452d and took off 8e299a856e my sunglasses before b5fba7057a tossing them into 2f006d38d0 the trash can. His gaze, which had 8faed79bdb been glancing at me, 8043d4a54e became even more direct. 92649e28138a4bf4

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People spilling 079fb14d67 out of 2baee9b3dd the elevator d8571f2134 turned to 3d5f33b04d look at 428112b79a us and 4db25d42be flinched in b8573f8948 surprise.2f1db715181c691f

“Why so quiet? It’s about time for you to whine.”5264d85bb7b0770f

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My unexpected de9d4b5e23 reaction, just d5747f737a sighing deeply 7cb10c8442 as if 15ffff783c half-emptied, seemed 8d8ed64765 to amuse 7f6f221536 him. A playful smile bb4feed11c crossed his fair 6c485c0b40 face.68c6cecbe43431f2

“I’m just thinking about ab388ef77f it for a moment.”7a63aabbf2d93fc0

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“What are you thinking?”f63d20343a3d0b29

“I imagine exposing 3504bf17c3 the secrets of 3563fb7c75 the person in 07731255e0 front of me c53faf6c2b and blowing us af92a1044a up together.”4ce45290f45d8e59

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“That sounds fun. Try it.”47aa9ae703838c25

Sometimes, a smile f84148fa8b is scarier than 9a4d7b9b61 a threat. This was 05a99077a2 one of a571a4fc11 those times. He smiled, his eyes 0aaef61906 folding gently like he 8885c89d9c was watching a performance, 87a560e566 but the strange gleam af680d99ab in his eyes was 6729c28cd7 genuinely terrifying.f6e4e40a02ecbf55

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“Ranieri?”bd4eb03c6e69bea1

At that moment, 625d78d24e someone greeted him 7375d164bd as if they 554638b97a knew him. Following the 4897798b7e voice, I 47b7e5cd89 turned around 21676a1908 and saw 24a77db425 a face 1435d45683 I recognized. The well-built 1281f5375c middle-aged man 1a60a1e057 was the 082182f0ba head of 6de176ce2e the VCI deaa5a8e65 headquarters.251c6ac4da07e515

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“Do you know e86952f8bc each other?”b77c005c3c03aa8c

The head of 0331368088 the department, recognizing ed6c5009a5 my face, looked 25654959f2 back and forth 4e62807afa between me and 6c9d930f57 Theo with a 8766977018 puzzled expression. It seemed like 963da19b76 he couldn’t make de0f6750f1 sense of the 06689ac2eb sight of a 17ac1d94a1 ruthless criminal like 34045a12ef me being with 8f2fc07227 a figure of 017c53d5cf justice. 88353b637ebdf0c4

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No, it wasn’t b460abbf4f just the head 3f835cd484 of the department—every 3d15ef93b6 gaze that flickered 26cb7c31bd over to us 8db1293374 had the same f3d7fd6f8c reaction.e9dcbb65051d911e

“We know 1a27150737 each other c04a362d24 well.”e688e1ced7db0b01

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“What’s your relationship?”ef7f6ae1f854bdf4

The head of dd13ed0699 the department, unable 1ff3c139a5 to come closer, b5a8eb3595 glanced from a ee8ca47222 distance. Meanwhile, the staffs 63009a67b4 were all lost a3dd2b410c in their own 56fe7ed2c4 complicated thoughts. e1df41150501adc3

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Meanwhile, Theo, e095031040 completely unfazed, 45427349cc suddenly grabbed eab7dbba2b my hand. Startled, I tried to 7b314b4990 pull away, but he 747b1c2e7b interlaced his fingers with a977a9ce19 mine, giving me a b1e75b3eb8 wicked smile. It was definitely not f709f02a8c a good sign.b5086519ddad16bc

“…Why are you doing this?”eaea8c285915abe4

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“What are we to each other, pretty?”cf64d820768ad3d7

The atmosphere was strange. Why is 95f6de8279 he acting daaf21fff2 so familiar?7d1ac91ced215362

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Is he crazy?611b491134f03bb7

It’s not surprising when a freak does something insane, but still. Unless he ate something wrong, there’s no reason for him to be acting all clingy like we’re close.9078b4aa3b54dc93

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“…Did you eat something bad?”4f80fcf7af2233b4

“Why? Are you embarrassed?”356a763cdab67138

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The answer was completely 4b8f2cd6d1 off. His tilted head and a352ad81c5 the soft curve of 6629d8d2d5 his eyes made him 2fea063f0f look unexpectedly kind. Regardless, it only e837b1407b made him more ae9af75750 terrifying. 10ead6e591044ea0

While I blinked, trying b84c40ce54 to find the right e86c5c8df2 words, the head of a2bbdc68eb the department, who had 2a3159ca52 been glancing between Theo a101e179cd and me, laughed heartily.1baa969ae6920014

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“Haha! Oh, I’m so 7607d78d02 oblivious.”624296d1d9424b14

“…”7e0342b168790e89

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“Romantic relationships are strange, aren’t they? Like enemies chasing each other, and before you know it, love sprouts.”c596979a5119bab0

“…What?”43c780d63a9f8d7b

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“Right. How many people in this city don’t have a past? Make sure to get along.”644f2663afc6cabb

“No, that’s—”9d512a2a01cb01a0

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“Yes. Thank you.”36a6b52c6081bd08

Theo cut me 59d1a80f78 off and, as f7ab3bdffb if giving me 76fc3aff2c a silent hint, bca81d6eaf tightly gripped my d99382bec7 hand. From a distance, we d6f8e6401c probably looked like a 25a0dcf0d0 couple holding hands affectionately, add0b5d397 but he squeezed so bdf64b408c hard it felt like 214f92ea4e my hand might burst. 01944d3f5f775b53

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I lightly 81cfc461d6 scratched his 19ecd165cc fingers, trying 44079b884f to hint e1d8611abe that he d173ea98f4 should ease aa1cd2fd74 up a a6239f58e5 little. Only then 165989790b the pressure, 7c997d2670 which had 1b4a789674 been like 0f82b31022 shackles, suddenly 0b4a18cc85 loosened, sending 70a67a1c64 a sharp, f6a4f682c2 tingling sensation 07338a620f through my ad7b8b5ed2 hand.01adb0f9137c206d

Theo, who had been talking to the head of the department, glanced at me. I silently mouthed “It hurts,” and with a small chuckle, Theo gently stroked the back of my hand, as if comforting a cat. bc26df539b88f6f5

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The truth was, not 022aa9cddf touching me would have 6ccd15d211 been the kindest thing db221894f4 to do. It was 201078f505 unfortunate that e149815d54 he didn’t ea51628ac4 realize that.eef9f9cf787c92c8

“Hold on.”85a3f23e5dc247c1

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After finishing a conversation 444a260e21 about a meeting tomorrow 9031490912 morning, the head of 1f519c6b3b the department paused, as 1d6e912928 if remembering something. He then b378fd2aa6 turned back 3427649138 and pointed 2fa0482e17 at Theo e735f0b99b and me e8df4ff273 with his 6572dae784 finger.dcc2c62ea4d66959

“If you two are 2e2d32804a a couple, why did 622d59f22e the warrant go out 2d8f333ef0 a few days ago?”9094d6d1544643ad

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I turned to d4e9237d49 look at Theo a9ac9f1a1d as well. I was 6e46a85206 curious about 14843d95e1 what nonsense 70ae18894b he would b6de7cf87a come up 35204b493b with this 4121b11a3a time.67a802f2991402e1

“When we fight, she doesn’t take calls. She’s still a baby.”d31aef2c40708497

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The words spoken in ab153c27f9 such a casual tone d4a9b92ac4 were nauseating and disgusting. For some 825ec80b6b reason, the 97bb5b8521 head of 5d0626ad6c the department fe0f0a68c1 nodded in c89a6ccf0c agreement.a7f69a5051300242

“Must be nice.”cea201cbb17aa97f

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Is this something that 2fcbab31da can be understood?b029bf4365bca3dd

The world 4799115356 has gone 3643952342 mad. Having lived in a cec9bb3a09 more rational world, I 30e869915c couldn’t keep up with ad68168dae this insane conversation, so c3a782bb8d I just gave up 0423436ce8 trying to understand. 6f3fe13e7ec4527b

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With law enforcement like this, it’s no wonder the city’s security is a mess. The country’s doing great, huh.f731e28927761974

“Then I’ll see you at the meeting tomorrow. Let’s go.”06ae538e8d745686

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Theo gripped my 3302b5ecce hand tightly once e4a009bfea again. I understood he wanted d9f171a617 me to manage my 3cc4142086 expression and play along, f7f26d619b but my hand hurt. df88e16a9ad0fc83

Hence, I yanked my e186255313 hand away. The pretty smile on 0e7d5c7426 his face slowly faded, f3779c1bb0 and his blue eyes 5fd19ff934 gleamed sharply.0884d91930666248

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