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"What's going on? Why can't I move?" shouted one of Mr's men. Hope tried to escape.
"This is because of the little witch. He used a binding spell on us" explained Mr. Hope
"The boss got away" said another of his men
"It's all your fault! I told you to take care of them, but what are you doing? You're sleeping mala!! Look how I'll punish you later!" snapped Mr. Hope.
It took them five minutes to escape the spell.
"Now how's the boss?"
"Do you need to ask? Find them!!" mr's orders. Hope.
"Well," they answered compactly.
"Wait, no need to search," suddenly a black-robed person appeared from behind the darkness.
"Tu... Signore. I'm sorry, it's all my fault for not teaching the boys well. Please punish me," Mr. Jope posted her body apologizing to the man.
"Bless your head, I'll punish you later. You'd better do one thing for me" the man gave Mr. Hope.
"What do you want me to do?" ask Mr. Hope while receiving the phone with both hands.
"I've recorded the girl's change. You know what you're gonna do."
"I understand well."
"Preferably so. Remember no more mistakes or I'll kill you" the man turned around and disappeared into the darkness of night.
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It's getting dark. The light of the sun has now been replaced by the moon. The air is getting colder on the skin. I slowed down when I heard the rustling sound of Sofia's teeth shivering from the cold. At the end of the forest the exit turned out to be a park. I recognize this park. This is the place where Sofia and I used to play when we were kids. After jumping over the two-meter-high guardrail that separates the park and the forest, we decided to take a short break collecting lives.
Sofia came down from my back and resuscitated herself in the garden chair. I returned to my original form, my vision a little blurred but I tried to stay awake. I leveled my body on the grass while looking at the starry sky. I couldn't move my legs and hands, everything felt numb. Our breath was still choking under the lighting of the garden lights. I glanced at Sofia who was leaning on the park bench. His face looks beautiful, his breathing is still not regular.
I didn't pay much attention to him when we were in the basement of the cabin. I just realized that his knee was injured. Just a scratch but it makes my heart sad. I'm too putting Sofia in danger. He was my good and brave friend. There was no visible line of fear on his face as he attacked those criminals. I don't know why my mind suddenly came back when we had a fight. A misunderstanding kept us away. I am so grateful that all that has passed has brought our sweet friendship back into harmony.
"Finally you can master your Rin's abilities" said Sofia breaking the silence of the night.
"No. Still unstable," my gaze turned to the still-imperfect moon.
"Sooner or later you'll be able to master it" Sofia followed me looking at the moon. "Tonight the moon looks beautiful."
"Sofia, for today I am very grateful to you," I said without glancing at him.
"Huh? What are you talking about?"
"I thank you for helping me and I'm sorry, too" I paused for a moment and glanced at Sofia, a few seconds into our eyes. I immediately turned to look at the sky and continued. "Sorry to put you in danger."
Sofia got up from the garden chair and moved to sit next to me. He brought his face very close to mine. Sofia did not speak, just looking at me with those big eyes.
"You can stay away from me a little bit? I'm having trouble breathing" I said with an expression.
Sofia raised her head while smiling and said. "Why are you sorry? I told you friends since I was a kid I should've helped you."
"Hm.." I just smiled as I shook my head slowly.
"Sophia...! Rin...! Are you guys all right?"
The sound of the cries of Tori's mother and aunt called us. Hearing that made us look. I saw from a distance they ran over, there was also Jaseph's father and uncle. Seeing them approaching I sat down. Because I woke up suddenly I felt a pain in the head like being pricked by needles. I clenched my hair tightly and slightly bent forward. I couldn't help it anymore and I ended up lying in the grass unconscious again.
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As the problem gets bigger, Derek decides to have a meeting with the eldest. Actually Derek refused to do it. He did not want to involve the elders for this matter. But whatever the power, the elders who asked him himself to discuss the incident of the wolf attack was due to the involvement of Sherina daughter of the clan head itself.
This meeting was only attended by four main elders and Derek as the chairman of the Alfa clan ( ⁇ ). There was a bit of a dispute when discussing this wolf attack issue. The elders still doubt Sherina's disobedience, what else after seeing the video that began to spread on the internet.
"How's this? The problem is getting worse" said one of the elders.
"And all of that leads to your daughter" continued another elder.
"Please elders one and two calm down. Mr. Li is investigating the mastermind of the matter and I have also tried to convince the public not to be influenced by the hoaxes spread on the internet" Derek said.
"I heard that your daughter wasn't in the house when the second attack happened. Can you explain?" said the third elder.
"That was true when Sherina wasn't home. But at that time he was at the home of his friend Sofia, daughter of the Livitt family."
"Aren't you looking for them yesterday? Where exactly did they go? What about that video?" ask the fourth elder.
"My daughter is too careless. He thought of finding his own evidence for his inaction in this matter. Actually he and Sofia managed to get the evidence but they were caught by Mr.'s men. Hope. Sofia uses a fire spell to escape but the mala causes the cabin to burn. We had already headed to the location of the hut and sure enough there was nothing left. Everything had been charred burning," Derek hovering briefly took a breath and continued. "That is the explanation of Mr.'s daughter. Livitt. For the video problem we do not know, I am still investigating it. But I'm sure that video is editing alone."
"Mrs. Morgen wasn't trying to cover up reality, was he?" asking the third elder made Derek slightly flinch.
"That's the third elder?"
"I'm just making sure, please don't be stunned."
"I understand the concerns of the elders. In a few months Sherina will be 16, there has been no sign of a werewolf power awakening on her body and not even a werewolf aura at all. He only inherited power from my wife" Derek lied.
All this he did for the good of his daughter. But for the absence of a werewolf aura on Sherina to be true. Derek doesn't know why it could be like this either. Sherina's werewolf aura only appeared as she turned into a wolf. This also includes the reason why he didn't know that Sherina was a werewolf all along.
"I've met your daughter in person, and it's true. It had no wolf-man aura at all. I was quite surprised to hear the news that your daughter was the perpetrator of this attack," the first elder argued.
"We're still investigating why Mr. Hope targeted my daughter? What's the reason he did that?"
"Chairmen of clans, but it's best to think of a way to convince the public that the attack was not the result of a werewolf" the third elder multiplied the conversation.
"Yes, I have also asked some people from the crescent moon sect to help and prove that the attack only came from an ordinary wild wolf. This way the suspicion of the people will be reduced."
"People from the monster hunting sect also intervened but still could not catch a single wild wolf. Are their abilities declining? I remember before peace happened. They have so cruelly captured and killed our people" said the fourth elder.
"It's because of Mr.'s people. Hope is too cunning. And I think that the people who got the attack are still Mr's men. Hope itself. We've spread out some people in anticipation of an attack but it's always a mistake and we've only got leftovers, as if the attack was deliberately fabricated to be spread on the internet."
"Then, does the clan head already have a way to deal with this matter?" ask the second elder.
"In a few days, I will hold a press conference to discuss the issue. I think I got here this time."
"Yes. We wait for the good news from the chairman," the second elder stood up and went in the other direction.
"Hopefully the press conference went well" said the third elder.
"Thank you for all the elders."
"We decided to retreat first. See you later" said the last elder.
"See you later. Be careful on the way," Derek resuscitated his body in the chair with a long sigh.
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