Chapter 82 - Is He Your Boyfriend?

Tyrone flinched. Obviously, the doctor had some problems with him, and he could already tell why. 

'The feeling's mutual. I don't like you either,' Tyrone inwardly grumbled with an apparent frown.

He glanced at Raine and said, "I'll take my leave. Just call me if you need me for anything."

"No, stay here," Raine firmly answered. Like Tyrone, she, too, was frowning. Whether they like it or not, Tyrone was now her right-hand man. 

Janus's face fell. He looked absolutely displeased, but he immediately schooled his expressions.

"Janus, Tyrone is my right-hand man, so you can discuss everything in front of him," Raine firmly stated. "He is someone I can trust my life with, so disrespecting him is the same as disrespecting me." 

Janus cleared his throat and said, "Alright, Raine. If that is what you want..."

He had a bad feeling about Tyrone. Then again, Janus knew that he had nothing to worry about since King Marcus would wake up soon, and the latter would definitely keep his part of the bargain. In exchange for what King Marcus asked him to do, Janus only asked for one condition in return, and that was Raine's hand in marriage. He had asked for Raine to be his wife, and King Marcus agreed.

It would be an arranged marriage in the eyes of many, but not for him who had loved Raine right from the moment when he first laid his eyes on her.

Looking at the eyesore, he didn't know why, but he felt threatened by that Tyrone. Maybe it was because he was a man who could always be with Raine, unlike him, whose own laboratory had become his prison.

"Janus," Raine called, snapping Janus back to his senses.

"Yeah, King Marcus will wake up in around three weeks. As you requested, I will tell the opposite to Prince Yun. He wanted me to convince you to pull the plug on your father's life support since there was no more hope," Janus reported. "He also asked me to give my loyalty to him since he would soon rule the Moon Clan. In fact, it's like he's running a political campaign inside our territory. Prince Yun buys out people to turn against you, saying that you're incapable of ruling the clan since you're hot-blooded and very unpredictable."

The doctor's last sentence earned a burst of mocking laughter from Raine as she leered, "As always, he's very reckless and utterly predictable. I will deal with him soon. For now, let's focus on the more important matters."

"By the way, I've also succeeded in formulating the perfect compound that we can use to identify a human from a monster," Janus suddenly added. "Our smithing department is now currently working on how they can incorporate it into our various weapons like the tranquillizers. Theoretically, if you shoot a monster in human form with it, then that monster will show its true form in just about five seconds."

Raine's eyes widened in bliss. It was that good of a news that she just burst out, "Oh, that's perfectly great! As expected of our great doctor scientist, Janus. You did a tremendous job!"

The man blushed hard as he bashfully smiled on the screen.

On the other side, Levi turned off his and Mia's mics as he mumbled, "Oh please, look at his face…"

Mia was trying her best not to laugh since her face was still on the screen. The three of them were all aware of how Doctor Janus adored their Boss. Well, not only Janus, really. Most men liked her! 

Mia gave Levi a quick glance and mumbled, "You and Doctor Janus are just the same. I can just imagine yourself in him."

"But that doctor is so full of himself. I even heard from one of my friends in his lab that he would often daydream about the Boss and say the Boss's name lovingly while snoring on his table," Levi scoffed.

"Well, Doctor Janus is handsome, a genius, and he's very reliable too. He's a good catch, all things considered," Mia commented, making Levi's mouth twitch in annoyance.

"Handsome? He's a nerd!" Levi snorted.

"Don't be mean like that- Shhh… Keep quiet and turn on the mic!" Mia quickly mumbled out, seeing how Raine's face had suddenly dimmed.

"Janus, please stop addressing them as monsters from now on. Let's call them mutants instead," Raine neutrally ordered. "There are many monsters around, but not all of them act like monsters. There are innocent mutants too."

Janus had a half-smile on his face as he said, "Of course, Raine." He truly didn't mind getting scolded so long as it was coming from her. "Also, when will you come back here?" he suddenly asked, ignoring the others in the video call.

"Soon," Raine smiled. "By the way, Lyne will brief you later about the Convel Society. We need our Knights and Shadow Beauties well prepared, so please use the formula you told me about before for them so that it will boost their strength."

"Is that formula even safe for humans?" Tyrone couldn't help but question. 

With a frown, Janus quickly answered, "Of course, it's safe for humans! Do you think I'm some quack who'll just experiment on human lives like that without making sure that the compound I'll inject them with is harmful to them?!"

"Easy, I'm just asking. Why are you getting so worked up?" Tyrone countered.

Raine sighed, giving Tyrone a look asking him to shut up and stay quiet.

She then turned her gaze back to the doctor. "I'm sorry, Janus. Tyrone isn't yet very much familiar with our clan and the operations in our territory, including the important people inside our clan. He's still naive, and he doesn't know how good and reliable you are in this field. Like I said before, I trust you, so please take care of our fighters," Raine said with her sweetest smile.

"Thank you so much, Raine," Janus said with a wink. He was extremely overjoyed. If Raine trusted him that much, then it meant that he would have her heart sooner or later. 

"Also, what about the experiment for the infected you mentioned? The one to bring them back to being humans once they got infected by mutants like werewolves and vampires?" Raine asked.

"I'm still working on it," Janus dutifully replied. "Hopefully, I'll have good results soon." 

Raine discussed a few more things before she finally ended the video call.

"Is he your boyfriend?" Tyrone suddenly asked.