Mina awoke in the middle of the day. She glanced over at Colt, who lay by her side and showed a sweet smile.

‘Oh, how sweet this feeling is, but…’

She was bare without clothes, and so was Colt. Her finger moved and reached Colt’s chest. Her fingers glowed a bright green light, and it entered Colt’s chest.

The light seeped into Colt’s heart and traveled towards his head, reaching the mind. Colt groaned, but he didn’t feel discomfort, nor did he feel pain.

When the green light reached his mind, it didn’t even take a minute for it to enter inside.

She could feel it, Colt’s emotion. She leaned close to his ears and whispered her name, “Mina”, in a very affectionate manner inciting for Colt’s emotions to react.

Mina closed her eyes as she relished the emotions Colt felt—Genuine, that was what she was searching for, and today, this was the third time she checked if Colt’s emotions were real and untainted.

She started this the first time she offered herself to Colt. Mina wished to know if the emotions he showed at the time was genuine or not. She does not want to be betrayed.

The trust she gives Colt was not something one would be able to measure. Her faith in him was immense, for he speaks the truth, he told her something that could have jeopardized their relationship so that she would be able to learn of the truth.

Ever since she was a child, her parents taught her to find an honest man. “A liar will betray you for his gains, use you for what is backing you, and walk past you when you need them the most.

“But, those who are honest will let you know who they are. If they are vulnerable, they will show you who they are, they will cry, and if you find a genuine person who does not act, then, he is someone you should give your all to.”

Colt was honest, and that honesty should remain.

“If you had lied to me…I wouldn’t know what I would have done to you, my dear husband. But oh well, I can forgive you. Besides, I was given a daughter who loves her father, that’s good… that’s good.”

At first, Mina was attracted to his free attitude, not letting anyone react to how he acted was attractive.

She touched her belly and smiled expectantly.

“Bad boys really do attract women. Oh dear, I just wish our child and Filla do not end up like myself.”

She got off the bed and cast a spell on Colt and had him enter a deep slumber, Mina then began to make her move; she crouched down on the room’s warm floor and took a bag from underneath the bed.

Inside the bag, seven boxes as big as four inches, she opened one of them and what she saw was a 3-centimeter blue gem-like circular object that’s as flat as paper. She looked at it and set it aside for the time being.

There other five boxes contained the same thing. She carefully laid out the gem-like circular sheets. These sheets were fragile, so she carefully lifted them up using mana.

This was basic mana manipulation used by most alchemists. It was considered hard to do by most despite its simplistic application, but Mina was not your average woman.

The sheet-like gems were scattered around the room.

“These would alarm me if anything big happens.”

These seven sheet-like gems were known as a “Defuser”: a defuser costs around 100 Perum (Gold) each, or 1,000,000 Priba (bronze).

The use of a defuser is simple, negate a jamming device. The Tiger Manor was littered with magical devices, from recording gems to a protection array, it had everything.

An attacker would deploy a Magic Jammer to make these magical technology go haywire. However, with these defusers, any jamming device would be stopped, and if push comes to shove, the protection array set inside the room will activate if a dire situation was to occur.

Mina set it all up, and 6,000,000 worth of items were used to protect the room without Colt’s knowledge. However, this was merely the start, there was one more box that remained in the bag, and as that box was opened, a 10-centimeter spherical gem glimmered and an earpiece no bigger than a fingernail.

This sphere was known as a Voice-Transceiver device, it cost 5,000,000 Priba.

“Now, not one conversation held in this room will escape my ears.”

This Voice-Transceiver would let her hear anything that will be spoken in this room, and none will be able to escape her in the future. She actually wanted a Gem-Recorder, but that cost 15,000,000 Priba and her funds were no smaller than 12,000,000.

Besides, she couldn’t make do without a defuser, so she settled with a Voice-Transceiver.

‘If a magic jamming device is set off, the recorder will prove useless, at least with this, I’ll be able to hear anything that may happen to my dear.’

Mina set up everything and nodded her head. She wouldn’t always be in this room, but anything discussed in this room would not be missed.

‘I wish I know dark-magic to learn Hell Ear magic…wait, the man with us earlier reeked of dark mana, maybe…’

Mina had an idea. And after setting everything up, she went back to bed with Colt and cuddled with him as a sweet smiled blossomed as if nothing happened.

As she was just about to go back to sleep, she remembered the few words her mother left her.

“Don’t let him get away from you…”

“I won’t, mother.”