Chapter 60: 60 | Selene And Mira
"So honestly... I have no idea why anyone would target us."
Rachel nodded thoughtfully, her pen scratching against the paper as she took notes. Once she finished, she closed the folder with a sharp snap and slid it back into her bag.
She stood up from the sofa, smoothing her white suit jacket. She walked toward Dexter, stopping just a foot away from him.
Her green eyes locked onto his, a sudden, soft light appearing within them.
"You know, Dexter," she whispered, her voice low and intimate. "I really enjoyed the time we spent together at the hotel bar. It was... refreshing."
Dexter’s heart skipped a beat, and he immediately coughed, his survival instincts screaming at him.
Unfortunately—
Mira heard every single word.
’Crack.’
The small ceramic teacup sitting on the side table beside her wheelchair suddenly shattered into several pieces, the hot water spilling across the wood.
A heavy, suffocating silence filled the room.
Dexter slowly, reluctantly turned his head.
Mira was smiling.
It was a small, polite, and extremely sweet smile.
But her eyes were completely dark, devoid of any warmth. For some reason, that sweet smile felt ten times more terrifying than when she was openly glaring at him.
Rachel, completely oblivious to the sheer elemental danger surrounding her, or perhaps simply choosing to ignore it continued to look at Dexter with a playful smile.
"And that goodbye kiss wasn’t bad either," she added, her voice carrying a light, teasing tone.
Dexter almost stopped breathing. He felt as if his soul was about to leave his body.
Across the room—
The temperature suddenly plummeted.
At the dining table, a thick layer of blue frost quietly spread across the wooden surface, freezing the spilled water in an instant. At the same time, an oppressive, suffocating heat began to radiate from Mira’s direction, the air around her wheelchair distorting slightly like a desert highway in mid-July.
One extreme cold.
One extreme heat.
The two powerful, clashing elemental pressures collided directly in the middle of the small living room, making the light bulb hanging from the ceiling flicker weakly.
Rachel raised a dark eyebrow, her green eyes scanning the room with quiet interest.
Only then did Dexter realize something. Rachel was strong. Very strong.
At the very least, she was a high-tier hero in the Superhuman Realm. Possibly even at its peak, or perhaps even higher. Her body remained completely relaxed and unaffected by the intense, conflicting elemental pressures radiating from the two girls.
Rachel smiled, stepping back toward the front door. "So, Dexter. Shall we go to the Hero Association branch together? My car is ready."
Dexter shook his head so quickly and violently that his hair almost became a blur.
"No!" he squeaked, his voice slightly higher than usual.
Rachel blinked, surprised by his rapid refusal. "No?"
"I... I suddenly remembered I have something extremely important to do first," Dexter lied, his heart pounding against his ribs. "I need to clean up the kitchen, organize some things, and prepare some medicine. I will head over to the Association on my own in an hour or two. I promise."
Rachel narrowed her green eyes suspiciously, her gaze moving from Dexter’s sweating forehead, to Mira’s smiling face, and finally to Selene’s frozen table.
A look of deep, amused understanding appeared in her eyes. She let out a soft, beautiful laugh that sounded like silver bells.
"Alright, Dexter," she said, her voice dripping with amusement. "I won’t force you. I wouldn’t want to cause any more... domestic disturbances."
She stepped forward, as though intending to wrap her arms around his neck for another warm goodbye hug.
Dexter’s survival instincts flared. He immediately, rapidly extended his right hand straight in front of him, keeping a firm, solid distance between them.
Rachel stopped. She stared at his extended hand for a moment, then burst into a loud, delighted laugh.
"You are cruel, Dexter," she teased, but she still reached out and shook his hand, her grip surprisingly firm. "I’ll see you at the Association branch later. Don’t keep me waiting too long."
She turned around, unlocked the door, and stepped out onto the porch.
Once the heavy wooden door finally closed behind her and the lock clicked back into place—
Dexter released a long, deep breath, his shoulders slumping as if he had just survived a life-or-death battle against an S-Class monster. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with the back of his sleeve.
"Phew..."
He turned around to head back to the kitchen.
"Fuck!"
He nearly jumped out of his skin.
Selene was standing directly behind him.
She had moved from the dining table so quietly and silently that even his ’Enhanced Hearing’ had not registered her approach over the sound of his own racing heart.
She stood there, motionless, her long silver hair covering half of her pale face. Her blank, white eyes stared directly at him.
For a moment, in the dim light of the hallway, she genuinely looked like a vengeful, silent ghost from an old horror movie.
Dexter’s heart hammered against his chest. "Selene! You... you scared me."
Selene tilted her head slightly, her expression calm but incredibly serious.
"Who was she, Dexter?"
Dexter forced a dry, awkward smile, his hands raised. "She is Rachel. She is the official representative assigned to our case by the Hunter Association. She came here to complete the paperwork regarding the bridge incident and the assassins."
Selene tilted her head to the other side, her white hair shifting. "What is your relationship with her?"
Dexter blinked. "Relationship? We don’t have one. I literally just met her a couple of days ago during the investigation."
Selene remained completely silent for several seconds, her face close to his. Dexter could feel the cool, refreshing air radiating from her skin.
Then—
"Oh."
Another long, heavy pause.
"So you kiss people you don’t have relationships with?"
Dexter’s eyes widened, and he immediately panicked, his hands waving rapidly.
"It wasn’t like that! It wasn’t a real kiss! She was drunk and she kissed me. I-I actually pulled back immediately! If that helps..."
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