Lidya smiled with a wry face. "Do you think just having them obey you makes us believe you?" She thought things over again. To be honest, Richard almost made her believe because he said everything that sounded reasonable at first glance. But working with someone was a different matter. They were bound to an agreement that they weren't sure where it would take them. It could be that what Richard was asking was worse than what they were trying to do. But thinking about bad things, she had done bad things earlier by allowing her normal friend to serve men. "Argh..." She sighed heavily and regretted it. Her eyes closed as she looked down feeling guilty, she was just trying to think quickly without realizing what would happen if that really happened. Just imagining it was horrible. "This is not the deal we wanted to hear." Richard returned to his seat, realizing that this conversation would take a long time, and leaned his shoulders on the chair. "Then what do you expect? You want

The night turned into day, and Richard woke up refreshed. He didn't even hear the sound of his cell phone ringing because of his father's call. He just checked it after taking a shower and called him back, telling him that he came to the party his father threw, only to return before he could meet his father because his head hurt. He wasn't entirely lying about that. He was indeed sick, more like he didn't have the energy to be there any longer. That, too, could be categorized as an illness, right? He was sure it was. After reporting it to his father, Richard left the inn and walked towards the open-air restaurant. His eyes looked up at the sky. Then, he slowly took a deep breath. "The air is completely different from the air in the city." He took a deep breath of the fresh air in that place until it filled his lungs, then stepped back into the natural surroundings humans had touched but retained the scenery around it. He was in that place unaccompanied by anyone, including Smith

Edmund looked at him fiercely, originally he disliked Richard because the man was noticed by Eve, but now he disliked him even more because the man had an arrogant attitude.He then snorted. "Huh, what do you think I'm going to be afraid of?"Richard replied with a flat look. "You should be if you still have your wits about you and realize your mistake."What did you say?!" Edmund clenched his hands tightly, his ego burned by what Richard had said. "What an asshole!" He then swung his hand tightly and aimed it at Richard.The body moved forward, in sync with the movement of his hand, as Richard reflexively dodged Edmund quickly, which ended up making Edmund almost lose his balance as he dodged him."Damn it!" He cursed harshly, turning towards Richard and glaring at him sharply. "You! Just watch. I'll teach you a lesson.""Stop Edmund!" Eve yelled at him, having previously been flabbergasted at what Edmund was doing again by going to hit Richard when he had just almost put Richard in

Richard aimed his punching hand at Edmund, but the man was unable to parry it, which made him fall back quite hard."Argh, damn it! Damn man, how dare you do this to me!" His emotions peaked, and he turned around and charged towards Richard with quick steps.Richard's body was pushed away, but Edmund's punch, which had no clear focus, did not manage to hit him. Instead, it created a distance that made it easier for Richard to reverse the attack.Richard, who was already furious, no longer wanted to hold back. He then lifted his leg and kicked Edmund in the stomach, which made the man bounce hard and far away."Hey, you!" Steve and Bill exclaimed in unison when they saw their friend's body bounce.They knew they realised that Edmund was wrong. But they couldn't let Richard harm Edmund with that kind of attack. They then went to Edmund and ran towards him as fast as they could. He came up to the man, who coughed with a face of pain as the pain in his stomach completely immobilised him f

"You stay there for a while and keep in touch with me while I'm still here to do some work." He sat in the garden chair outside his room and looked at the morning sky.He still hadn't left the inn as he wanted to keep a close eye on the progress of the team he had created to monitor the Casino's security from cheaters. Brian had informed him about those who had signed and agreed to all the terms. But to see what their work was like, Richard wanted to judge for himself."Yes, sir. I'll do as you say." He replied on the other end of their phone line.After Richard ended their call, he took a sip of the tea in his cup, accompanied by a sweet piece of cake that matched the tea's slightly bitter and bland taste. He enjoyed his quiet and peaceful morning for a while there until he returned to his room.Richard placed his phone near the table and then undressed and cleaned himself in the bathroom. As soon as he woke up this morning, he immediately went to the front of his room and sunbathed