Emily's POV:
"Argh! Why can't things go well when it comes to him?!"
Emily asked out loud as she crushed her other plans in her hand. Every plan she makes seems to not work out at all!
Her amazing plan of seducing Austin back in the realm fell through completely. The tracking didn't work, leaving her plans in shambles from the start itself. She didn't even have any luck of accidentally meeting him in the realm either. Hence, nothing worked out for her there.
'Though he was really good and manly there.....'
Emily bit her lip in desire, her mind replaying the scene of Austin leading their generation, being an inspiring leader who protected everyone. He was someone who didn't bend to power and stood up to protect everyone when the time came. Just thinking of those scenes flashed her back to the past, the scene where she saw him for the first time again.
He stood tall while he fought against Xavier, a glorious scene she had recorded and kept safe with her. She used it to douse the fire within her whenever she thought of him.
'Should I make myself cuter?'
Emily thought, looking at the mirror. Right now, her green hair was tied into her unique ponytail style. Her face epitomized cuteness, and her height, on the shorter side, added to her charm. Her body looked modest yet appreciated. With just a tilt of her head and her green eyes narrowing, her half sharp eleven ears givibg her a mystery, she looked cute and beautiful.
'Well, nothing to change there.....'
She thought. Emily knew how attractive she was, and with the personality she displayed on the outside, she now had a line of suitors waiting to take her hand in marriage. Emily knew her advantages and had learned to use them to her benefit.
'But how do I use it to trap him?'
Emily asked herself. After their meetup, both she and Austin had kept in contact with each other. She relentlessly tried to use every chance she could to display her cuteness and sexuality to him, trying to arouse his interest. But the problem was that she didn't get many opportunities with him!
Emily's eyes darkened at those thoughts. Austin, being who he is, had several duties to attend to, ranging from his factions to his successor position as the disciple of the Archery Empress. Hence, the amount of time he could spend with her was minimal at best, and that made her annoyed beyond reason.
'In normal cases, just my beauty and personality are enough to attract any man, but not him....'
Thinking of such things, Emily went through several emotions, ranging from pride to bitterness. Deep in her heart, she longed to get close to Austin, to make him fall for her, to make him accept her as his lover, and for them to live their lives together and start the perfect family she had always dreamed of. Yet, nothing seemed to be going her way.
"I can't... I can't let go of you..."
Emily murmured in a dark tone as she looked at the photo of Austin pasted all around her. Beside those photos were the complete detailed movements of Austin since he entered the academy. The plans mapped every move of Austin, trying to find any gaps that Emily could use to get inside Austin's heart.
There's even a separate section that charts every food Austin ate, marking the things he liked and would appreciate from Emily's perspective. In the past, when they communicated, she had asked for all this information from him so that she could align her tastes similar to his, creating common ground.
And her plans worked out. Whenever she met him at the academy, it was complete fun for her. They would spend hours just talking to each other, and for Emily, those moments were sweeter than any honey in the world. Yet, she couldn't seem to break through that last barrier between them, keeping them as friends.
"Sigh... you sure are a high catch, my love..."
Emily murmured with dark eyes as her hand slowly patted Austin's image. Back then, the day her face became beautiful, she had vowed her love for Austin. She sought revenge by destroying her family, and now she has achieved a top position within the Eleven Empire as Princess Sabrina's confidant.
She's smart, cute, and now has a powerful background. From every angle, she appears to have the perfect life. But Emily doesn't feel that way. Deep in her beating heart, she knows that the final thing that could make her life complete is Austin. It was true in the past, and she is sure it will be the same in the future.
Just thinking of him makes her heart beat faster than anything else. Standing beside him makes her feel at peace. Spending time with him fulfills her life, and in her dreams, she can't see a future without him. If that isn't love, what is?
She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... She loves him... And she will keep loving him. Heck, she changed things about herself to be the perfect girl for him!
Emily's eyes flashed with a certain intent, a dangerous new plan blooming in her mind. All she lacks now is the big push to ignite his feelings for her, and perhaps for that, something dangerous is needed.
'High risk, high reward.'
"Hehe... can't blame me in this love. After all, all is fair in love and war..."
Emily spoke in a creepy voice as she began to work on her new plan, one that involves the help of her friend Sabrina.
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Sabrina's POV:
"Is this all you could find?" Sabrina asked after she read the file in her hand. The information within just made the mystery surrounding Austin more complex.
"Yes, we could find more, but as you have read, the DarkNight and the Adventure's Guild seem hell-bent on protecting him..." a reply came from Sabrina's communication device, making her frown more pronounced. A sigh left her mouth as she disconnected the communication device, her mind replaying all the information. These were circumstances where her special mind seemed to be a blessing.
"Um...there are too many holes; there seems to be something deeper within..." Sabrina mused, her thoughts flowing around. While the memory of everything she went through flashed in her mind, as much as she hates to admit it, she owed one to Austin. He had saved her life and done more for her. But the thought of playing around with the mystery of Austin seemed like a dangerous game to her.
"What should I do?" she asked out loud, her eyes moving towards another file placed on her desk. Just seeing it was enough to make her day seem dimmer. Anger flashed in her eyes as she ground her teeth.
'Those corrupted bastards!' Some dangerous information had popped up from the elf, the ring wielder that tried to kill her. Of course, there were several precautions on him, ranging from a Death seal to a worm inside his heart that finally took his life when the investigation was reaching somewhere.
The death of the elf was a daunting matter, but he didn't succumb to the sweet release of death before giving some useful information. Moreover, the entire powerful network of the elves had backtraced everything about his life, from the moment he was born to every conversation he had till the end of his life. That had brought out some heavy power at play.
'Just what is this dark hand?' A subtle chill went through Sabrina's spine. She could feel it—a masterful manipulation going around in the world, seemingly as if a single hand is trying to cover up the skies. The calls of war and tension were everywhere, and right now, there seems to be no one that could be trusted.
'Perhaps there might be one.' She thought as her eyes landed on the last folder, containing the green light towards all the demands that Austin had made towards her. The situation being the first time she lost so thoroughly at something, it made her desire to get one over him.
"Perhaps it might not be bad to be his maid..." Sabrina spoke with a chuckle. Maybe spending more time with him might open up more of his secrets to her. He's an enigma, one that she couldn't help but find herself attracted to, one that she wanted to open up and learn about. Everything about him is a mystery, and she wishes to find them all.
Sabrina's gut was telling her that Austin would play a major role in whatever situation would cover the world in the future, and irritatingly, he seems to hold more information than her.
And when a woman starts to have such thoughts, it won't be long before she succumbs to its true result—it being the bloom of love.
"Sigh... I need some rest." Sabrina then kept her files away, her hand moving towards her book collection. All of them were written by the same author, her favorite author, the person that gave her light during her darkest hours. The only thing she knew being the fact that the author is a male.
Her hand traced towards her favorite book, the lines written within resonating deeply with her. She's his biggest fan, his biggest follower, and soon she would be the largest stockholder of the company that publishes the books, pushing her one inch closer towards unraveling her author's identity.
Before Austin, the author is her first biggest enigma. She, with all her power, has not been able to find the identity of the man to whom she owes too much.
'Ah~ I wonder how our first meeting will go~' Sabrina thought as she hugged the book tight. She has every collection of his books, every special edition, every rare written collection. She has them all. Even the special book he wrote with his own hands, she had managed to monopolize every one of them. These books are the most precious things in the world to her.
They contain the words that helped shape who she is. They were the release that granted her a second chance in life. They were the knowledge that bound back together her fragile mind when it was on the verge of collapse.
She had a memory that never forgets. She could remember each word and replay it in her mind. Yet she feels the calmest when she reads his books. An arousing power fills her as she reads through the book he has written.
She owes him too much, and she would make sure to repay him for the rest of her life. Just as these thoughts flashed by, her communication device trembled, her eyes moving towards the name as she spoke out.
"Emily?"
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