The day passed, until the sun re-emerged from the eastern horizon. Warmth invaded Riko's body who was wrapped in a blanket, the thin curtains covering the glass of her apartment seemed unable to withstand the rays of the sun.Riko blinked her eyes, her body aching as her muscles tensed up. "Ah... it's so hot, it feels so lazy to get out of this bed," Riko muttered.Riko let out a long breath with her eyes closed again, trying to gather her will along with balancing the cortex of light entering her retinas.Before she could do so, she was startled to hear King Morwen's voice from behind the door.Knock knock knock."Riko! What are you doing? What time is it already?!""Aish... I was just about to wake up," muttered Riko who was also jolted out of her sleep into a sitting position. Obviously she was surprised, especially since King Morwen jerked her very hard."Yes, I'm already awake. I'll be out in a moment."Riko's sense of hearing faintly heard the sound of footsteps moving away from
The night sky made Riko feel calm. Occasionally he whimpered as he felt pain all over his body. As Riko stood at the window of his room, he could see the passing public transportation."Heuh... I can't enjoy life like them. They look so peaceful without the burden of problems."Riko was still faithfully standing where she was. He took a step further to go outside the balcony of his room, looking directly at the beautiful view of the night sky that had been presented."What a beautiful sky," Riko murmured.Unlike Riko who was in the room, King Morwen was sitting on the sofa in the living room. King Morwen massaged his temples tiredly, thinking of tactics to attack the opponent.Riko's own skills still needed to be trained, but seeing Riko who had many bruises in several parts made King Morwen think negatively."Can I teach Riko who seems to be very lazy? Even waking up in the morning is very difficult."The next morning, King Morwen woke up first. The sky was still dark, as he woke up
The God's Cube was a power of considerable influence. So to give it to someone, it made Riko feel that she should take care of this God's Cube."No. No matter what, you won't get it Edward."Yes, the person Riko had been talking to earlier was none other than Edward, her own half-brother. Riko was already d to guard the God's Cube. After all, Edward would be able to open it."I only wanted to ask for the power of the God's Cube. Why do you insist on defending it?! We are family."Both of Riko's hands were clenched tightly. 'Until whenever, I will never give it away. Giving away the God's Cube.'"Never," Riko said with emphasis on every word.Of course, Riko's words infuriated Edward even more. "Hey! I told you we're family! You can't be like that." Edward became annoyed at Riko's attitude.''No. I don't want you to have it." Again and again Riko stared fiercely at Edward, even she felt bored if she had to deal with Edward."Damn it!" Edward said as he was about to throw a punch at Rik
he streetlights that illuminated New York City had been replaced by sunlight. Riko blinked her heavy eyes. She rubbed her eyes a little roughly, in order to move her eyelids.The window of her room was open, as she forgot to close it last night. The blowing wind made the curtain clock drift with the direction of the wind."Huh... what time is it?" Riko asked herself. She could barely fall back asleep last night, and could only lie on the bed with her body rolling to the right and left.After waking up completely, Riko got out of bed to take a shower. Before that, she stepped towards the window that was still wide open.Turning her head downward, the noise was deafening. The sound of car horns honking at each other made her sigh."Riko!""I-iiya, hold on."Riko who heard her name being called immediately jumped in surprise, it was nothing but that her position was currently near the window. It would not be funny if she had to free fall to the ground floor just because she was surprised
Edward and Valerie had planned for their next meeting. Of course, this time not in a public place.Valerie was in Edward's car. They intended to head to an empty building.Valerie was confused as to why Edward was taking her to the empty building. "Why do we have to be here?"Valerie looked at the empty building that had not been maintained at all. It was a little unnerving to look at up close.Edward had gotten out of the car, followed by Valerie beside him. "Look carefully. This building is not far from Riko's apartment. That will make it easier for us to observe."They had discussed the plan and today Edward and Valerie intended to carry it out."Come in," Edward said, stepping in first.Valerie followed Edward's lead and entered the building. They went into an empty room but there was a table with food on it."Don't tell me this food is ...." Valerie hung her words but she was sure Edward understood what she meant."Of course it is what you think it is. That food has been mixed wi
"You can go now, Valerie," Edward said glancing at Valerie through the tail of his eyes.Valerie held the city meal which was the tool to take Riko's life without dirtying her hands with blood.This way Valerie could take revenge on Riko. She would not let Riko live freely out there while she was still haunted by Captain Calvin's death.Valerie stepped out of the old building. The short distance from Riko's apartment made it easier for Valerie to carry out her plan.Valerie walked into Riko's apartment building. She took the elevator up to Riko's apartment room."I can finally get my revenge on you, Riko," Valerie muttered, clutching the lunchbox tightly. There was anger in every word she said.Ting!The elevator stopped right at her floor. Valerie stepped slowly into Riko's apartment.She decided to enter secretly according to their plan. She knew that Edward was watching her movements from afar."I cannot fail." Valerie opened the door to Riko's apartment carefully.The door opened.
Edward clenched his fists tightly as he didn't find Riko there either. "Next place."Again they drove the car to the next place. They did not give up at all on finding Riko's whereabouts."Shit! Where the hell is she?!" groaned Edward as they drove around but couldn't find Riko.What on earth was going on? For some reason Edward felt as if Riko had simply disappeared."That's impossible," Edward muttered quietly as he dismissed his thoughts. Riko could not have just disappeared because he had previously observed her in his apartment.He did not know when Riko had left her apartment and passed his observation. Edward was certain that Riko should have been inside her apartment."What should we do now?" Valerie asked Edward.They had spent almost two hours looking for Riko. They searched almost all the places where Riko had been or often visited.But still what they got made no difference at all in each place.Edward stopped his car on the side of the road in annoyance. If this continued
Valerie and Edward looked so confused that they had been looking for Riko when they went to that beautiful place to hang out. But still that night Riko was lost in the night. She just disappeared without a trace."Where did he go?! He's not hanging out with the others," Edward complained as he drove through the bright New York City streets. "I even paid some people to investigate her. But where the hell is she?!""Umm, have you investigated all the apartments he owns?" asked Valerie from the passenger seat right beside Edward."I have. I'm pretty sure I've had my people check them all," Edward said with a hardened jaw, a sign that the irritation in his mind was starting to peak. At times like this Edward would usually be easily touched by simple words that offended him. But since it was Valeri who asked this time, he was able to leave some of his anger behind."Including the apartment at location XYZ?""Huh?! He has an apartment in such a remote location?!" Edward looked astonished."