Chapter 34 - Right Guess

Lyne interrupted the discussion with a mug of coffee that she handed to Yun.

Yun looked at Lyne with a smile as he commented, "I'm honestly jealous that my niece has a lot of capable and talented people around her, like our Lyne here."

"Then die of jealousy, Uncle, because only I can have people like Lyne," Raine nonchalantly commented, and Yun almost choked on the coffee he just drank. Raine chuckled as she handed her uncle the tissue box, "Geez, Uncle. What's with you? Don't tell me you're still not used to how I talk to you even when I've always been like this.

Yun only had a twitch on his face and put down the mug on the table. He stood up from his chair and with a frown, murmured, "I will get back to work now, and I hope you bring us good news soon. We must eliminate any hindrances in the way of my brother's throne…"

Raine winked at her uncle, followed by a wave of her hand, "See you soon!"

Yun silently cursed as he walked out of Raine's office. That pain in the ass never failed to annoy every single cell in his body whenever they were together! 

He only stopped walking when he reached Tyrone's table.

Tyrone got up from his chair and politely greeted him. Yun nodded, "Make sure you do your job well and keep our heiress safe." Raine was probably watching him through the camera.

"Noted, Sir," Tyrone answered, followed by a slight bow. He sat as soon as Yun left the area. 

Soon, Lyne went out of the office and told him, "You will accompany Boss at country D so she's giving you enough time to fix your stuff. Come back here to pick her up within two hours."

Tyrone nodded and soon left to get his things sorted. He was inside his car when his mobile phone rang. It was Kiran.

"How was it?" Kiran asked.

"Complicated," Tyrone simply answered.

"Geez, is that the only word you can give me?" Kiran complained from the other line.

"It's for your own good so don't complain. It's better you know less and don't get too involved in my business, Kiran. Please just focus on the agency for now and let me have some space from you for a while. Anyway, I'm hanging up. I have to fly to country D with my new Boss," Tyrone said before he ended the call.

Kiran could only curse while staring at his mobile phone screen. He hated it whenever Tyrone was doing things independently. And the worst part was that he couldn't do anything about it.

He heaved a sigh and scoffed, "Fine. I will just focus on knowing more about this MIRAGE!"

Meanwhile, Tyrone didn't take too long to prepare his things. It was not even an hour when he returned to the Yue Group Building and his area at the Vice-Chairman's office.

"That was quick," Lyne commented. Tyrone only smiled at her.

"By the way, I would like to have more information about the Boss's mission in country D. That way, I'll be able to do my job well while I'm with her," Tyrone asked because he had no idea what they would be doing in country D.

"I'm not allowed to discuss it with you. She told me to tell you to go straight to her and ask in case you asked me about it," Lyne answered with an awkward smile.

"Alright, I'll just ask her," Tyrone answered. 

A few minutes later, Raine called for Lyne inside her office. 

"Please call Levi and Mia," Raine said, so Lyne quickly did a video call in their group. It was safe for them to talk about all the confidential matters inside Raines's office since her office was perfectly clear of any bugs, spying, or tapping devices.

"Alright, so here's the story I formulated for adopting Aire. Tell me if you think it's convincing enough," Raine started.

All eyes were on her, all of them keenly listening. When Raine finished, Mia raised her hand, "Boss, will we be hiding all things concerning the lollipop boy?"

"Yeah, as much as possible. I want him out of the picture," Raine commented.

"Didn't we already erase the memory of the rest of the members about him?" Mia added. They had a magical powder made from the Glawackus creature's white eyes that they would use to wipe someone's memories entirely or just a particular scene that they wanted them not to remember.

"Yes. Levi and I already handled that matter," Lyne reconfirmed.

"Levi?" Raine called.

"Boss, why are you protecting him? Don't you trust us enough to tell us what's really going on? What's the connection between you two? Honestly, none of us still can't understand why you're gambling on such high stakes and taking so much risk for Tyrone except that you just very strongly believe that he and the lollipop boy are one person." Levi could no longer take it.

Among them, only Levi could be more vocal on what he wanted to say to the Boss like that. Mia and Lyne had the same sentiments, but they didn't have the confidence to be as vocal as Levi was.

Raine heaved a long sigh, "I'm not going to be disclosing too much information because you know how I hate telling long stories. Being melodramatic and sentimental is not my forte."

Half of it was true, while the other half was the fact that she didn't want to bring up tragic memories. At a very young age, she witnessed a mass massacre that didn't end up with not only mythical creatures dying but also with the deaths of humans who needed to die in order to bury the secret of what really happened that night in the territory of the former King Arthur Yue.

Lyne, Levi and Mia grew up knowing the other side of the story; the story that her father created, making uncle Arthur a criminal who did not abide by the laws: harboring and protecting monsters that attacked humans.

Mia finally found the courage to speak as she said, "When I was young, I remember my uncle talking about how there was a mass eradication during the former King's reign… Does that have something to do with this?"

It was a pure wild guess from Mia. They all had heard about it, but there was very little information since no one actually dared to talk about it.

"And why do you say so?" Raine asked. She wondered why Mia came up with it when no one knew the existence of their former King's son. Her father had made sure that no one ever knew about it.

Mia scratched her head and with an awkward grin, answered, "I don't know, Boss. It just came to me a while ago… Why? Did I make the right guess?

Raine let out a loud sigh, "Yeah, you're right..."

Raine wondered if it would be okay to bring back those tragic memories and involved the three, who keenly stared at her and were obviously waiting to hear more information.