Chapter 82

It wasn’t a merciless threat like before . His voice was still cold and hard but somehow, it felt like it was filled with longing and pleas . Same could be said of his eyes looking down at her .

“If you’re angry with me about something, don’t keep it inside . Tell me everything . ”

Lakis soon placed his head on Yuri’s shoulder and whispered to her .

“Just don’t ignore me like today . ”

The sight of a big man burying his face in her shoulders as if clinging to her sparked a strange emotion in her . Seeing Lakis like this could make anyone’s heart go soft . And it seemed Yuri was no exception .

“Mr . Lakis…”

She leaned her cheek on Lakis’ head and spoke impulsively .

“Later…when you leave, tell me before you go . ”

And the words that unconsciously spilled from her lips were surprising even to herself . To that, Lakis opened his mouth .

“Alright . I’ll definitely tell you before I go out . ”

Yuri wasn’t just talking about him simply going out but Lakis seemed to have taken it that way as he raised his head and replied without hesitation . But Yuri pressed his head down so that he couldn’t look up and see her face . Because for some reason, she felt like her expression right now was very strange, mirroring her emotions .

However, the place where she pushed his face to was her chest of all places so Lakis couldn’t even breathe properly and stiffened into stone . Her sweet scent made his mind dizzy .

Lakis barely managed to hold onto his reasoning and his lips parted slightly .

“…Ms . Yuri . ”

“Stay still . Don’t move . ”

“Wait, this position is a bit…”

“Don’t talk either . ”

However, Yuri completely ignored Lakis’ words . So in the end, Lakis had no choice but to stay in that position until Yuri regained her composure and let him go . Honestly, Lakis could easily get away from her hold if he tried, so his ‘had no choice’ thing was just an excuse .

Of course, that was a secret known only to Lakis himself and the parasitic microorganism in him .

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“Ms . Yuri, are you okay? Are you really not hurt anywhere?”

About an hour later, Anne-Marie came to Yuri’s house to check on her condition . Earlier, she was unable to chase after Yuri because she was with the old man she was in charge of caring for . So as soon as Kalian returned and she parted ways with them, she quickly went to Yuri’s house .

“Yes, I’m fine . What about you, Ms . Anne-Marie?”

Anne-Marie was finally relieved when she saw that Yuri truly wasn’t hurt anywhere . Yuri also asked about Anne-Marie’s health .

“I’m fine too . ”

She explained that she wasn’t hurt at all thanks to the protective shield .

“But I don’t know what’s going on, all of a sudden . I guess we can’t go to the shopping district for a good while . ”

Then as Anne-Marie spoke while patting down her chest, Yuri abruptly realized that she didn’t achieve her purpose for going to the shopping district today and came back empty-handed .

She wanted to buy a present to congratulate Anne-Marie on her new job…but she’ll probably have to go to the next neighborhood now .

“I know what you mean . To think there would be such a huge explosion . ”

Now that she thought about it, she remembered Damon saying that the Salvatore family owned that building . But now, it had all broken down . Yuri suddenly felt Damon was a little pitiful and inwardly clicked her tongue .

“It was all really scary . I couldn’t really see everything because I also left in a hurry, but it looked like there were a lot of people injured . ”

Anne-Marie’s face fell as she said so . She seemed saddened by the thought of the wounded people .

Yuri also furrowed her brows .

The explosions today were practically a case of terrorism . There was no such storyline in the novel, so she had no idea why such a huge incident occurred out of nowhere .

Right then, Anne-Marie went ‘Ah!’ as if she had suddenly remembered something she forgot .

“By the way, the blonde man you were with earlier, is it someone you know?”

“Ah, yes . We ran into each other in the store and came out together . ”

“Oh, I see . Somehow, I felt like I’d seen him somewhere before, so I just asked . ”

Anne-Marie tilted her head as she spoke . Yuri also tilted her head .

For Anne-Marie to say she felt like she’d seen Lakis before, it made Yuri wonder if Anne-Marie had stumbled across Lakis when he was wandering around outside .

‘Ah . Don’t tell me she remembers briefly seeing him at festival?’

Just in case, Yuri changed the topic .

“You must have been very surprised today, you should go in and get some rest . ”

“You too, Ms . Yuri . And just to be safe, if you feel any pain later on, make sure you go to the clinic! Or call me please, I’m good with anytime . ”

“Thank you, Ms . Annemarie . ”

With that, they said their goodbyes and separated in front of the house .

* * *

Meanwhile, Odin and Siren were still caught in a spiderweb and stuck to the ceiling .

“You stupid bird! Why do you keep interrupting me!”

Siren screamed at Odin .

“This will be simple if I bring Arachne here, how long will we keep dangling like this!”

The most certain and fastest way to get out of Arachne’s trap was to ask Arachne to remove it . So Siren couldn’t stand this suffocating situation and tried to send a bird to Arachne to let her know .

However, Odin continue to disrupt her and make her temper erupt . The shameless bird even went on to yell at Siren .

“You want me to let Arachne see me looking this shameful?!”

Ah!

At that moment, Siren paused .

It was disgraceful to be agreeing with Odin, but she couldn’t help but be persuaded by it .

Indeed, she couldn’t show Arachne this pathetic sight! How could she say she ended up in Arachne’s trap after getting into a childish fight with that obnoxious, bird-brained Odin!

“Aish, this is all because of you!”

Siren expressed her annoyance with Odin and ground her teeth . They restrained themselves and began to try escaping the spiderweb again . After some time, Odin was the first to succeed in breaking the spiderweb and getting out .

“Hey, you’re so petty! How can you just leave alone!”

Not caring whether Siren was infuriated or not, Odin flew down and went for the ruin fragment that had tumbled down the floor .

Pak!

The moment Odin touched it, a trap was triggered once again . However, Odin wasn’t the type to the caught by the same trick twice .

Flap!

Caw, Caw!

A flock of crows struck the ruin’s fragment . They smashed the glass box and shred the Arachne’s threads wound around it . From the start, this was a trap Yuri made just in case and she was naturally not on guard for Odin, so he was able to break the trap relatively easily .

He paid special attention to controlling the force of the destruction so that the ruin’s fragment in the glass box would not be broken or crushed into powder . After that, black feathers surrounded the ruin’s fragment like a protective barrier .

Caw!

Odin turned into a crow and flew into the sky . And the flock of crows behind him began to carry the ruin’s fragment wrapped in feathers .

“What the-! Isn’t that Arachne’s? Hey, you thieving bastard!”

Siren was shocked by Odin’s shameless behavior .

“Krreung?”

Right then, Leo whom the two of them had forgotten about, entered the monastery . He looked puzzled by the inside of the monastery which now looked like it was in complete ruins .

“Good timing, watchdog!”

Siren quickly shouted at him .

“Get that crow bastard…!”

“Kwang!”

“크왕!”

Of course, there was no reason for Leo to follow Siren’s orders . But he usually had a lot of grudges with Odin, so he immediately dove at the crow cutting over his head .

“Don’t get in my way! Piss off!”

Odin swung his wing at Leo who was rushing towards him . Feathers shot towards Leo like a sharp dagger .

“Kng!”

Leo blocked them with a smack of his tail . However, he couldn’t avoid all of them so a few feathers scratched his face and body . Leo yelped and fell to the floor .

Flap!

“Thi, Thi This bird bastard! Hey, Odin! You stop right there…!”

Siren’s scream echoed from behind but of course, her voice didn’t stop Odin from flapping his wings .

Like that, the swarm of crows flew out of the monastery and into the sky that had gotten dark at some point .

* * *

“Odin took the ruin’s fragment?”

Yuri frowned when he heard what Siren just said .

“Yes! He’s really a terrible bastard…! I was trying to stop that crow jerk from touching the fragment, so I was caught in the trap too!”

Siren yelled, completely fired up after she got out of the trap with Yuri’s help .

A little while ago, a bird Siren sent knocked on Yuri’s window . Yuri tried to ignore it at first because she was with Lakis . However, the bird hitting the window with its beak grew more and more violent so she couldn’t help but open the window .