Chapter 189 - THE SAME AS HIM

Veronica told him, "When he approached the table, I thought he was going to find out that some documents were missing. I was sure that we were going to be exposed. Thankfully, we weren't."

While the two of them were talking, they didn't notice the door opening soundlessly.

"I knew something was amiss. I know now.'

A cold voice interrupted their conversation.

Veronica and Sebastian froze. They were too excited to notice him eavesdropping on their conversation.

They turned around and saw the man in a black cape. His face was still covered with the black hood. Unlike before, she couldn't see his eyes.

The man glanced at her in an unhurried manner. "Where did you hide the documents?" he interrogated her.

He was glad that he pretended to leave and then eavesdropped without showing his shadow under the door.

"…" Veronica wanted to run away this time.

'We don't have time to wait for Merlin anymore,' she thought. 'We have to do something on our own.'

"Answer when I'm asking you nicely. I won't be polite when I ask you again," the man calmly warned her.

Veronica stole a glance at Sebastian. She waited for his signal.

But before he could react, that man threw a knife at Sebastian.

Sebastian caught the knife easily and didn't let it injure him.

The man in the black cape commented, "You aren't a normal guard. But you dressed up as a woman to find this place, didn't you? Who are you?"

"Your doom," saying that Sebastian rushed toward him.

The two of them started fighting. Veronica had never seen Sebastian fight before.

His body was slim but his movements were fast. His arms and legs moved faster than she could see. He attacked, aiming for the vital points, planning to kill his opponent.

The man with the black cape wasn't an easy opponent to deal with. He could follow Sebastian's movements. He blocked every strike before throwing a kick.

Sebastian gathered his arms in front of his face to block the kick. It was so powerful that he was pushed back quite a bit.

The man didn't look pleased. He asked, "I don't have time for this. Where are the documents you took?"

'He is desperate to find the documents. We should delay him before he calls for others,' Sebastian thought.

He told the guy, "The documents are with me. If you want it, come and get it."

The man didn't move at first. Then, he pulled out some small knives and threw them at Veronica.

"Aah!!!" Veronica let out a scream and squeezed her eyes in fear.

She thought she was going to die for sure but the knives stopped inches before hitting her, paused in mid-air and fell on the bed.

The man frowned seeing the unexpected outcome. "You. What are you?" he questioned her.

"…" Veronica was dumbfounded. She couldn't understand what just happened.

However, Sebastian knew what it was. It was a barrier. The barrier was protecting her.

Nonetheless, he didn't have time to explain it to a confused Veronica. Knowing that the guy wanted to kill her, he didn't waste any more time.

The man didn't have the time to think about what just happened. He had to turn his focus to the He-She girl.

Veronica was shivering in the corner.

She thought, 'I was almost killed. I thought I was a goner for good. What would happen to Arthur if I was killed? I can't let this slide.'

She saw the back of the man facing her. The moment he pushed Sebastian down and straddled him, she flew to him.

He wasn't prepared for a heavy burden on his back. As a result, he couldn't keep his balance and fell to the ground.

From down there, Sebastian already noticed that something was flying toward them. The moment it landed on the human trafficker, he rolled away.

The man's body crashed on the floor. When he tried to get up, he was unable to do so because someone was still on his back, refusing to move away.

"Sebastian, tie him up. I got him," Veronica hurriedly said.

'What in the world…?' the man's poker face started to change. The harmless woman turned into something he didn't expect.

One became a man and another became someone magical with no experience in that field.

No matter how astonished he was, he had to fight back. But the silver-haired woman prevented him from getting up and Sebastian's quick approach stopped his arms from doing anything harmful to them.

In the end, he was tied up. They covered his mouth so that he wouldn't shout and warn others.

"You are not a simple man. I didn't notice your presence behind the door," Sebastian stated. 

Veronica commented, "I didn't perceive either. Maybe we were too excited to spot him."

After all, they relaxed when the human traffickers left the room.

"Did you forget that you checked under the door? You saw no shadow. That's when you told me to come out," Sebastian reminded her.

"That's right. I was so sure. So, when did he come?" Veronica probed.

Sebastian shook his head. "He must have hidden behind the wall and only heard our conversation. Even so, I should have noticed when he opened the door. That reminds me of that incident. He is just like that man."

"The incident, do you mean Dastan?" Veronica could never forget that name.

Dastan tried to kidnap her from the barge and she used an unethical and inappropriate way to get away from him. At that time, Arthur didn't catch sight of him until she shouted for help.

"This man is just like Dastan, isn't he?" she mumbled.

They noticed the man flinch uncharacteristically when she mentioned Dastan's name. He blinked at her before looking away.

"You know him, don't you?" Veronica realized. She checked his hand and there was a ring on his right finger. It was a silver ring. A magical creature was carved on it.

It was the same creature she saw before. Dastan told her about this creature.