Chapter Thirteen: The Lonely Wolf

The party for the guild was a success. Everyone was there, they got to know who’s who. Even Eliza became a bit famous thinking that she was a cosplayer and been asked to join the guild. Thus she made a character and joined the guild. The phone she used was given by Alexandria. She said it was just a ‘spare’. From the beginning, till the end, Milly was surrounded by her fans. She also sung a few of her songs with the accompaniment of a band that Alexandria hired on the spot. Everyone ate and had fun... except for Cezille.

Matthew didn’t arrive at the party. And on the next day, they just received a text message from his mom that he committed suicide. He hung himself inside his room. He left two letters. One for Cezille and the other is for everyone. It was his hand writing. His mother made sure that it was. And the reason for his suicide was because Keiren has a new boyfriend. And her new boyfriend was his best friend, June.

On the first night of his funeral, Cezille cried and cried and cried. She cried on her sister’s shoulder, Alexandria on the other hand just hugged her, not saying anything. All of the club members were there and some of our guildmates who knew him in-game.

“This is not suicide.” Cezille whispered.

“What are you saying?” Her sister asked.

And at that moment, Keiren showed up. She had bloodshot eyes in her mournful face. She went straight to Matthew’s coffin, and there, she just stood and stared. Her small hands caressed the glass of Matthew’s coffin.

“I think you should get out of here.” Matthew’s mom came in. She lifted her black shirt to show Keiren that she has a pistol on her hip by tapping it. Her long fingernails made metalic a sound when it met the handle of the old pistol.

“I’m…” Keiren backed off with her hands held up. “L-Let me expl-“

“Explain what?!” Cezille stood up and shouted. “You killed him. You and that guy!”

Just when Cezille is about to charge over Keiren, Alexandria held her arms with hers.

“Let me go!” Cezille thrashed. She gave it all her strength just to get out of her sister’s arms. “I’m going to kill this murderer!!” Cezille’s deep blue eyes were filled with rage. No matter the struggle, her sister is stronger than her. In the end she gave up.

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“All I did that night was to stare at them.” Albert said as he served the fried chicken that he just cooked. “Now, Matthew’s mom is all alone now. Maybe I should marry her.”

“M-Marry?!” Eliza said as her deep green eyes widened. “Aren’t you too young to marry her?”

“Age doesn’t matter.” He smiled.

“R-Really? S-She just lost her son!!” Eliza said with her flushed face. “She wouldn’t think of remarrying just yet!”

She is indeed cute when flustered.

“Just kidding.” He said as he placed a chicken wing on Eliza’s plate. “I never thought that… Roxanne was raped by that guy…”

“And then she’s killed…” Eliza said.

That same day, the police told them that Bernard asked Roxanne to go out, and she followed. Bernard took her to his house and made her drink a glass of water filled with sleeping pills. And thus, she was raped and killed. Bernard was arrested by a couple of police when he’s about to throw Roxanne’s body in a vacant lot. They went to her funeral too. All of them except Cezill who's still at Matthew's place.

Silence filled the room.

“Where’s the Christmas spirit?? Eat up!” Albert said as he smiled.

“Okay, okay.” Eliza rolled her green eyes. “Claire said she’ll give me something tomorrow.” She took a spoonful of rice to her mouth.

“I wonder what it is.”

“Do you have a gift for me?” Claire asked as she bit her chicken wing.

“Who knows?” He smirked.

“I have a gift for you though.” She frowned. “I even bought it with Milly.”

“Isn’t that supposed to be a secret between the two of you?”

“Ooops.” Eliza then laughed hard.

The two then spent their Christmas Eve by watching a horror movie together in the living room.

The next morning, he cooked breakfast as usual. Scrambled eggs and rice. It was 7AM already and the pale blue haired Princess still hasn’t come out of her room.

“Hey!” Albert called out. “Your coffee is already cold!”

She’s probably still asleep. He thought.

He climbed the stairs to her room and knocked. “Eliza, wake up already.”

No one answered.

“Eliza, come on.”

Silence.

“Sheesh. I’m opening the door!”

Albert ran down the stairs and went to the medicine box to get his spare key for his room that he hid. He used the key to open the door to Eliza’s room and found no one.

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