Chapter 455 - It Must Be Fate

Alec grunted.

He finally found some enlightenment regarding his newest master's case.

He was one part relieved, one part apprehensive and eight parts satisfied.

In the one month that they had been travelling outside camping in the wilderness, the group of them had ended up pitting themselves against monsters and creatures that were supposed to be stronger than them.

There had been solo fights as well as group fights for them to improve their teamwork.

But the most important part of Alec's growth was that he could use his newly mastered rune usage skills to craft arrays and seals on the fly.

Combining it with his combat skills, it was like adding wings onto a tiger.

Well, regardless of the fact that Alec could fly like all Meisters could after his advancement.

Alec had taken Ye Sha with him as the two of them went back to the location of the ruins that had suddenly appeared previously, leaving Katherine with Le Xuan and Klyse the slug.

Chantelle had long since ditched them, which was just as well. Kathrine didn't particularly want to have anything else to do with that annoying woman. The only thing that the two of them ever did was argue. She just couldn't bring herself to like her no matter what.

Le Xuan said that they were too similar, which just made Katherine dislike her even more.

Katherine was equally as pleased that Alec had some idea about how to bring down the floating ruins in the sky and free their master, but she inwardly lamented about how she was too weak, so she had been putting in four times the effort that she had been previously.

Any thought about Jae or Brian had long been thrown to the back of her mind.

That was…

Until they showed up.

The leaves rustled in the woods, and Katherine, who had long since heard the sounds of people moving about, was finally alerted.

It appeared that they were not, as she first suspected, someone who had gotten lost inside, or someone who was coming to forage.

She and Le Xuan had been fending off against some assassins the past couple of days ever since Ye Sha and Alec left. It appeared that there was something else at foot.

Instead, she heard some rather familiar voices.

Her face blackened instantly.

Luckily for the two who had chased her all the way here, she did not even once consider that they could be part of the assassins that someone had sent after them. If it wasn't these two, she would have long since attacked.

"You really haven't been able to find her yet. Could you really not be fated with her? Perhaps I really should split off from you. I could be the fated one instead."

"Stop following me!" A female voice lost her patience and interrupted the first voice. "I told you to stop following me around! If you're so unconvinced, then you should just make a move and leave instead of nattering day in and out like a naggy old woman!"

"No, what if you manage to find her instead?"

There was a sound of frustration.

Katherine frowned and crossed her arms, standing still.

What in the world were these two fools doing? Were they still chasing after her?

Had she not made her rejection very clear already? The thing she hated the most was someone constantly hanging around her and trying to do something that she already explicitly said that she did not want to happen.

The two, who were fighting even after coming to this point, froze when they saw Katherine appear in front of their eyes.

Brian rubbed his eyes, thinking that he'd seen wrong. Had he been dreaming about her so often that he had ended up seeing a mirage of Katherine?

On the other hand, Jae had no such reservations. She charged up and suddenly stopped in front of Katherine with sparkly eyes.

"Katherine," she said sweetly, the previous voice full of anger completely gone.

Katherine didn't even blink. She just looked away coolly.

Jae wasn't discouraged. "I really found you,�� she said with a beaming smile.

Katherine's brows furrowed a little. What nonsense was she talking about now?

By this time, Brian suddenly broke out of his stunned state and walked forward happily. "Katherine, it's been so long since I last saw you."

She ignored him. She turned her attention to Jae. "How did you find me?"

Katherine's face wasn't good. Her expression was cool and expressionless. Her eyes contained the arrogant disposition that she had long since made a part of her true self. Katherine's crimson eyes gleamed under the sunlight.

Just by standing there, her good looks could cause one to think that they were looking at god's masterpiece. Her features were delicately crafted, but there was a sense of confidence and pride in her bones that didn't take away from her attraction – it just increased it even more.

But what attracted them wasn't her outer looks in the first place. They'd only started to grow to like her after knowing what her personality was like.

Perhaps, before Regis' hellish training session, their feelings were just at the stage of infatuation. That was the stage of puppy love, where their feelings would cool down eventually after setbacks and other situations happening. Even the period of time with nothing happening could cause those feelings to wither and fade away.

What Regis didn't realize was that with him doing this, he might have scared away the riffraff, but towards those who had even that bit more of perseverance, his actions were only like adding oil to the fire, causing it to burn brighter and hotter.

By giving them a goal, not only did it cause them to become more persistent, but they were constantly reminding themselves day in and out that they were doing this for one reason only.

And that goal only pointed to one person. Katherine Klein.

"There's no method," Jae said happily, causing the Sin to be inwardly dumbstruck.

Just looking at her face, she could tell that she wasn't lying.

She glanced at Brian from the corner of her eye. He didn't seem to have any thoughts either.

She was confused. Just what was happening here? The world was so big. How did they find her?

"You're telling me that you found me through no external means?" she asked, disbelieving.

"Yes." Jae nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

Jae must have noticed how suspicious Katherine looked, because she spoke up again quickly. "It's true. Regis sent us out on a mission – to find you without using anything else. If one of us managed to find you this way without relying on external help, that meant that we were meant to be."

As she spoke, Jae's face filled with pride. After all, she was the one who chose all their directions. Brian had only been following her around.

Brian seemed to realize it as well, because his face became sullen.

On the other hand, Katherine had inwardly facepalmed, because from what it sounded like… Regis was just messing with them and sending them off. Probably because they were too annoying? Or he couldn't get rid of them?

Who would have thought that they would actually end up stumbling across each other?

She suddenly had a bad feeling.

When she looked up, she saw two people staring at her with sparkly eyes.

Katherine: "…" What should she do now?

At this time, Le Xuan came out, dragging along a person. "Katherine, I found that person who's been hanging around and trying to kill us-"

She paused. "Eh. Why are they here? Did you call for them?"

Katherine snorted, then turned around. "Let's go."