Chapter 355 82.4 - What the heart sees

Chapter 355 82.4 - What the heart sees

Humans were such strange creatures.

They held stupid expectations regarding others without knowing that those expectations would end up hurting them.

'Why?'

A question echoed inside the young adolescent girl's heart. A question that made her heartthrob, a question that made her feel like needles were stabbing into her heart.

'Why am I feeling like this?'

It was a feeling that she was unable to identify. Why was she feeling it in such a way?

Why did it feel like she couldn't breathe? This was the first time such a thing had happened.

'Why am I letting those thoughts get over my head?' She continuously questioned herself. The world looked blurry, different from how it was all the time. Somehow, she wasn't able to clearly sense as it had been.

Her developed senses were now betraying her, making her the part of the world she didn't want to be in right now. FOllow newest stories at novelhall.com

At this moment, she wanted to shut herself down. Just like a computer whose electric supply was shut down, she wanted to turn herself off.

She just wanted to close her eyes, lean somewhere, and put an end to these thoughts.

'Really.....Why did I even listen to her suggestion back then.....'

Everything had started this morning.

-Hey....Fiery Demoness...

That annoying girl had approached her in the morning. There was a clear smirk on her face, a smirk that somehow irked her whenever she had seen it.

-Seraphine.

-Do you mind if I take him?

She somehow came to her side and then talked about 'him' out of nowhere. Even though there was no mention of his name, the moment Seraphina looked at her like that and spoke in such a manner, she knew who it was about from the start.

-What did you say?

-I said, what I said? Do you mind if I take him?

Her question was insolent, but there was a certain look in her eyes. A look that she knew very well.

Seraphina was looking for her weakness. She was looking for something that she could use in the future.

And Irina knew about that fact. She was very well aware of such acts since she had witnessed a lot of them and even saw her mother plotting.

She had a lot of demonstrations already, even though those acts made her want to puke. She hated the dishonesty of people and how they always wore masks.

-Do whatever you want. Thus, she knew she needed to come out strong. She acted nonchalant, even though she had been bothered by it.

-That is good, then. I will talk to him now. Do you want to listen? But somehow, Seraphina seemed to already have a plan. That made sense, as Irina knew that she wasn't someone to act without preparing thoroughly. In that aspect, she was familiar with him to a certain extent.

-Why would I listen to your talk?

-Aren't you curious? Don't you want to know who he is going to choose?

'So, he thought me like that....'

At that moment, she felt more alone than ever before. The realization that even those closest to her could betray her trust left her feeling adrift, lost in a sea of uncertainty.

'This is not good....'

She knew she had entered a state where she constantly thought about the past and their actions together.

Somehow, all those things looked fake to her right now. Even though something inside her told her that, she was playing into the Seraphine's ploy and she needed to act with a lot more cool head, she couldn't do that.

Right now, she needed something to vent these feelings inside.

And she knew what it was.

'I need to burn something.'

Whenever her head got complicated, she would always do one thing after all.

Burning things until she burned her thoughts.

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Seraphina, who saw Astron leaving, was satisfied.

'After all, I got what I wanted.'

From the start, her goal was never to recruit the enigma named Astron Natusalune. After all, she had observed him for a while and noticed that he was a cautious individual.

Therefore, it was impossible for him to be swayed by her in such a short time.

From the reports she got and the information she knew, Astron Natusalune was somehow close to Irina, and that made it even harder for her to get what she wanted.

Normally, even though she was unable to see Astron Natusalune's stats with her trait, she still didn't hold him in high regard. After all, Ethan Hartley, Victor Blackthorn, and many other talented people existed in the academy.

This was a place of monsters. Thus, she thought it was just a unique trait of him, just like hers.

But this evaluation changed when she got her mother's letter. And in there, it wrote, be aware of Astron Natusalune.

Knowing her mother's powers and the situation she was in, Seraphina knew her mother wouldn't joke about such matters. That made her interested in this person known as Astron Natusalune, and she devised a plan for that. Her plan had to be meticulous, calculated, and, above all, subtle.

As she pondered her next move, Seraphina's mind raced with possibilities. She had to find a way to exploit Astron's connection to Irina without arousing suspicion. It was a delicate balancing act, one that required finesse and precision.

But Seraphina was not one to shy away from a challenge. She rather liked it.

With determination in her heart and a plan forming in her mind, she set out to unravel the mysteries surrounding Astron Natusalune, knowing that the key to her success lay in understanding what made him this important in her mother's eyes.

Her plan was in process.

She had created a rift between him and Irina. Now, it was time to see how he would react to this situation and analyze his psyche more.

Would he abandon Irina and no longer interact with her, or would he chase after her?

By understanding his character and his decisions, she would then evaluate him.

After all, if he was evil and he would pose a threat to her in the future...

The best decision would be to remove him from this world.