Chapter 217: Chapter 217 Heavy Heart.

Serafina, who kept being hysterical since Soma was unconscious, began to awaken as her attendant, Violet. She grabbed her Boss's face, directing it toward her, and it made Serafina's eyes wide open.

From Serafina's eyes, Violet could see a deep madness from regret and grief that she felt upon losing someone she held dear at that time. Violet, who was aware of this story, began to exhale and shook Serafina's face, making her stiffen like a stone before Violet spoke.

"Young miss, snap out of it! He is not dead!".

Her voice's loud and clear intention rang inside Serafina's mind and brought back her reasoning to the world as her gaze started to regain its light. Slowly, Serafina, who regained her calm, regulated her breath several times before closing her eyes and speaking.

"I'm okay, Violet, thank you".

"Glad to hear it, and I am sorry for my rash action".

"No, Violet, because of that, I regained my calm, truly thank you. You can release your hand now".

"Pardon me".

Violet did as she was told and released her palm from Serafina's cheeks, then she stood back up and gazed at the surroundings, her brows knitted because of the building that turned to ruin. She could see multiple dead bodies and two unconscious men wearing white lab coats.

"Everyone brings the unconscious to a nearby hospital, and the two of you stay here and wait for My lady's command".

""Understood"".

She began to instruct her subordinates who awaited behind her and told two of them to stay. Violet cast her gaze toward her boss, who tenderly caresses Soma's forehead and cheeks, wiping his face from dirt.

This view was rare because she had never seen her boss have a slight affection toward the opposite sex of the same age. Violet was a bit worried because of that, but looking at the situation now, she literally wanted to hide in the corner and watch her boss grow like an older sister, proud of her little growth.

"Violet".

"Yes".

Serafina's clear and dignified tone awoken Violet's small dream as she pried open her ears, ready to be ordered.

"Search over the building, take everything that could be essential for proof, and don't leave anything behind."

"Your words are my command. You two, follow me!".

The two subordinates behind Violet nodded their heads and began to enter the building through the door where Soma entered.

Violet, who led in front, began to enter the dimly lit hallway as she cautiously walked forward, sharpening her senses. After passing several turns, they finally arrived at the four-intersection, the place where Soma found something intriguing.

The three of them closed their distance from each other and Violet, as the leader of the operation, softly whispered.

"You guys take sides, and I will take the front."

After seeing her subordinates nod their heads, Violet began to pinch the equipment on her right index finger before her presence was gone, swallowed by the world. This also happened with the other two females with her; they began to disappear from the world and started to investigate the building in stealth mode.

The item they have in hand is at least an Epic-Grade, as it was something Serafina had prepared for her covert team to make it easier for them to infiltrate and flee away. This also shows how powerful Serafina's assets are in the sector economy, for she could afford every single one of her subordinates in covert teams with that kind of item.

Violet walked into the front, her ears twitching. She noticed the commotion in the form of echoes bouncing between the walls before alerting her ears.

With a swift hand, she took out her weapon, a dagger she held in the back grip position. Slowly, Violet approached the source of the voice.

The closer she was to the source, Violet could see four men wearing the same white coat gathered in the center of the room, pale faces, wary about their surroundings.

"Old man, what should we do?".

"The earlier shaking, what was that?".

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"How come? You have been here the longest, right?".

"I said I don't know".

Then, after intruding toward the opened door of the room. Violet tense the muscles around her body, knitting her brows. She gripped the hilt of the dagger tight before lunging toward the men. With her agile movement, she struck the people in white coats in their solar plexus, using the hilt, making their eyes whiten and drift toward the realm of the dream.

After seeing them unconscious, Violet took out a rope from the storage and began to tie the unconscious people one by one before she put on the earcom to her left ear to give a brief report to her subordinates.

"This should be do it! Status report?".

"This is the left side. I found some office with all the data that had been wiped out".

"Search again, more thoroughly!".

"Understood".

"The right side report. I found a room filled with glass tubes that contain many substances from the inhumane activity they conduct, and it seems all of the systems have been shut down. Hm?!".

"What is the matter?".

"No, pardon me. I saw something bizarre in here that was completely out of place within the room".

"What was it?".

"...I think it was an egg, an enormous one at that".

"What? An egg?".

***

Still holding Soma in her hands, Serafina saw her subordinates entering the building further. She lowered her gaze toward the boy in her hands, noticing that his face was dirtied. She gently reached out her other hand and swiped away the dirt that clung to his face. Serafina did it so tenderly, afraid to arouse the boy in her hand.

Xiao Lian, who saw Soma was being taken care of by Serafina, hesitated to join their side. There is also the other reason that she was still shaken by the transformation Soma had shown to her.

His appearance, which resembled the devil, made her begin to wonder if Soma was an ally or an enemy.

"...".

"Xiao Lian, I believe you saw everything that unfolded clearly with your eyes?".

"...Yes, Senior, are you aware of it?".

"I could say Yes and also No at the same time because I still haven't known him for too long".

"I see".

The silence began to hang above the atmosphere, creating an awkward moment between them.

Serafina, who saw Xiao Lian, lowered her gaze, sighed, and, with her raw strength, easily carried Soma in her hands.

"Xiao Lian, I want you to think more deeply about what you just saw earlier. The matter about Soma and his transformation, his new side you still don't know off and if you have no heart to take it all. I advise you to distance yourself from him".

Xiao Lian, who received those cold words thrust upon her face, stiffened. Her stirred heart began to tighten in pain because of the picture of herself distancing from Soma. However, she could not retort to any of those words from Serafina and just stood there in her stormy thoughts.

Serafina, who saw her junior in deep trouble, could only watch Xiao Lian from the side because this was necessary for her relationship with Soma in the future. For that to happen, she is willing to act as the Villain for their relationship to bloom.

"Xiao Lian, the car will be waiting outside". ("I have done my part; as for the rest, I will let them decide the outcome").

After finishing with her words, Serafina, who carried soma in her hand, she was slowly walked out toward the outside of the building, leaving Xiao Lian, who still held some doubt.

"What should I do?".

Xiao Lian's weak tone escaped her lips, which carried a heavy emotion about the boy that started burdening her heart.