Chapter 581 'Pleasant' Surprise
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“Who were you trying to act like a hero for, slamming the door shut and running around through the bullets like that?”
Jasper couldn’t help but roll his eyes. “You can’t blame me like that, I got us out of there in one piece, didn’t I?”
Ginny sneered. “So you say, but who’s the one who got hurt in the end?”
Her brother groaned. “It’s just a twisted ankle, not a bullet wound!”
Even if Ginny wanted to discuss some countermeasures against the threat against her and her brother’s life with Emilia’s ‘messenger’, she believed that such things were best left for after the doctor had already left.
After all, she couldn’t make very rational decisions until she’d made sure her brother wasn’t lying and hiding some wounds, right? Even if there was no blood on his clothes, having grown up with Jasper, she knew very well just how skilled he was at pretending to be fine.
Naturally, Emilia had problem with that either, and just watched them bicker in amusement. ‘It’s hard to believe that the two of them have the same father as Alexander.’
Cynthia chuckled. “Aren’t the hero and his father even worse, though?”
Her partner’s words made sense, and Emilia couldn’t help but be surprised. ‘Somehow I just considered them an exception, since Amos can be considered to be more of a puppet to the world will than he is a son to Mr. Black, right?’
The raven-haired girl shook her head in denial. “That’s not true. Although the world will can definitely influence its host, it can only intensify or dull certain emotions.”
Emilia didn’t question Cynthia on how she could be so sure of such a thing, and simply hummed thoughtfully. ‘I see…’
Unfortunately, their conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door. And given how no one else was supposed to know this address, until it was the building’s maintenance staff… it could only be the doctor called by Ginny at the door.
The twins immediately stopped bickering, and the older girl refused Emilia when she offered to take care of the door. “He’ll not recognize you anyway and it might cause confusion, so it’s better if I go.”
Cynthia couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “Why did you come crying and begging for help earlier, then? Do you think Emilia has nothing better to do?”
Emilia couldn’t help but giggle internally. ‘She’s probably calmed down now. Besides, she might not want to expose her weakness in front of Penny, perhaps?’
The raven-haired girl snorted in disdain. “You shouldn’t have taken pity on her anyway. Like I said, some mortals have the habit of exposing their weakness to arouse pity, and you’re just too softhearted to melt so quickly!”
While her partner remained silent, Cynthia continued with a hum. “Not everyone who wants to harm or take advantage of you will come cursing and swearing, you know? You can’t be a qualified villainess if you can’t learn to be ruthless!”
It wasn’t until Emilia sent her an obedient nod inside her mind that the raven-haired girl puff out her chest proudly. “I was thinking you’ve grown mature and don’t need much guidance anymore, but seems like when it comes to dealing with cunning monkeys, you still have some things to learn. So just listen to me on these matters in the future, okay?”
Emilia obviously found her partner’s proud and smug posture too cute to pierce, and could only pretend to be obedient once more.
Meanwhile, Ginny had already opened the door and welcomed the doctor in, along with a young boy carrying boxes full of medical equipment.
As ‘Penny’ had her back facing the entrance from which the three of them arrived while Jasper sat across from her, no one found anything strange even when they were just a few feet away, aside from the bad feeling Amos had in his heart.
Of course, the silver-haired boy passed it off as normal anxiety, since he was going to pull off what could be considered a dangerous stunt all by himself this time, after all.
At least, that was what he thought until the blonde girl on the sofa turned around, supposedly to greet them.
Despite himself, Amos couldn’t help but drop the medical box on the floor and point to the familiar blonde girl in shock. “Y-You—?!”
The rest of the words got stuck in his throat as he suddenly came back to his senses. ‘S-Shit! I can’t let them discover my identity right now!’
Even if no one had any idea that he was the one who tried to kill the twins, it was impossible for them to think it was ‘normal’ for Amos Black to appear at this place ‘coincidentally’.
Even if their brains were to be considered no better than donkeys, the silver-haired boy knew better than to underestimate his opponents to that extent.
He would definitely be detained and investigated, and sneaking an attack in on either of the twins would become all but impossible once they became vigilant of him.
How could he let such a thing happen when his ambitions and vengeance were both still in their infancy?
The doctor couldn’t help but give a dissatisfied glare to his new, very ‘highly recommended’ assistant. “Don’t be so careless! How can you drop my equipment like that? If something broke, do you have any idea how much time will be wasted to go back and fetch it again?”
He snorted angrily when he saw the silver-haired boy’s stinky face. “You think I’m being unreasonable? In medicine, time is the most precious jewel of all, and every moment lost is like a treasure thrown down the drain. You understand?”
Amos did his best to remain calm and smile, though it only barely managed to cover up his anger and anxiety. “S-Sorry, I was just surprised, so…”
The doctor blinked in surprise, but soon realized that it wasn’t so strange. After all, to be recommended by someone so high up with so much pressure that he had no choice but to take the boy along everywhere he went in the future, his background had to be at least good enough to know of some people by miss Ginny’s side, right?
He first bent down to open the box and confirmed nothing was broken, then decided to give the boy a ‘pass’ this time. “Even if the two of you are friends, you should still be careful with important items!”
The blonde girl stood stock still and didn’t say a word, so the doctor couldn’t help but look at his ‘assistant’ suspiciously. “You’re friends, right?”
Naturally, he failed to recognize Penny, whose face wasn’t very famous outside of certain ‘specialized’ circles. He just thought that if the boy endangered his equipment by being surprised to meet someone who could barely be considered an acquaintance… even if he couldn’t ‘fire’ the boy, couldn’t he still make his life difficult?
Gritting his teeth to restrain the hatred he had for all the ‘stooges’ of that deplorable crimson-haired girl, Amos could only forcefully pretend to be ‘pleasantly surprised’. “Ah, ah, yes yes. W-We used to be classmates!”
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