"Hold on a second, Garret... you can't just cut to the end when everything's just beginning!"
A feminine voice, rasping through the dark tunnel like the sound of a harp.
Causing everything to freeze.
Ralph, once thrust the spear at Garret, now drawn it back.
Garret's gaze fixing at the flickering light, letting out a soft sigh.
The fragrant scent of flowers in that light wafted into his nose.
I'm safe now, is it so?
After the flickering light fell from the sky onto the smooth ground. The beauty appeared.
Her fair, radiant body illuminated the dark tunnel, contrasting with Cubie-chan's surrounding light.
A beautiful smile danced on her lips.
"That green goblin must be terribly foolish to dare bully my boy. Hehe."
Her voice, as soft as a cloud, floated into Garret's ears, the grin hiding on his lips.
At the same time, Ralph gasped for breath.
His entire body trembled, and the spear he held almost fell to the ground.
That's the Goddess of Annihilation, Charlotte! This was a bad new. What could I even use to fight her? Oh well, might as well told her the truth first.
"Oh, beautiful Goddess, I know that what I did might not have been good."
He bowed down, prostrating himself at the Goddess's feet before continuing to explain,
"But what I did was because my race was being wiped out. I needed the power of that boy to help my people."
His voice trembled, reflecting the fear that was swallowing his heart.
Seeing this, Charlotte placed her foot on Ralph's rough back. Her crimson eyes narrowed as she looked down at the pitiful goblin.
"Oh really? Think you're the center of the universe, do you? But in reality, you're just cosmic trash."
As he watched with sharp eyes, Garret's smile widen further,
"And what's this? Oh, I got it. The Nine Monarch symbol. So you're one of those stupid monsters they sent."
She said, nudging the silver emblem on his back with her foot.
Ralph gritted his teeth, groaned in humiliation.
"I should go back to my own planet..."
In a moment, Charlotte turned to Garret, giving him a small wink.
"Go ahead and deal with him. He's just trash; keeping him around is a waste."
"Actually, I was just going to..."
Garret's voice faltered. Charlotte's expression made his breath catch in his throat before she cut him off, as if reading his mind.
"It's alright, young man. I'll take care of these three pieces of trash myself."
As soon as she finished speaking, she gestured with her hand.
The tall and short minions fell onto Ralph's muscular body with a thud. They clutched their heads in pain.
"Uh, miss, are you really going to kill them?" Garret looked at her, seeing Ralph's honor being trampled.
"Hehehehe, killing? No. But playing a beautiful melody instead."
Laughter echoed.
A powerful smile bloomed on her face as she made some kind of gesture with her hand.
"Aaaaaaaah!!!"
The three thugs screamed in agony. Tears streamed down their faces like rivers.
Their hands and teeth clenched.
The pain felt as if every part of their bodies was twisting.
"Hehehehe, your screams are my beautiful musical performance."
Seeing this, Garret's face paled. He let out a heavy sigh and clapped his hands, calling Cubie-chan to come and hug him.
Cubie-chan flew over. The agonizing wails made Cubie-chan's mouth hang open in shock.
Even though they were criminals, they shouldn't be tortured like this...
After the screams had played out for a while, Cubie-chan landed in his arms.
Garret rested his chin against her core.
"Cubie, help me..."
The two hugged each other.
But still glanced at the scene unfolding before them, not offering any help.
"Ah, an A minor? Marvelous. " she said, twisting her hands together and smirking.
Mocking their fate worse than death.
Unable to endure the torment any longer, their screams ceased.
The tortured bodies were now lifeless, the breath were no more.
"Ah, so refreshing, isn't it, Garret, Cubie-chan?"
She turned her gaze.
Only Garret and Cubie-chan hugging each other, hiding their face.
"I helped you, so I'd like some compensation."
Hearing this, Garret smiled and chuckled in his throat.
Ahhh yes classic capitalism.
"What kind of compensation are you asking for?"
"Well now, darling, I'm not asking for much, just a little contract to sign,"
Charlotte said with a small grin, holding out a document for Garret to sign. The sound of rustling paper filled the air. The contents inside stated:
Charlotte will be the supervisor of Garret's Authority. If Garret disobeys, Charlotte has the right to intervene with force.
"Use your blood to sign, please. But if you're not happy with this contract, you can sign this one instead: you have to give me 1 ICD per day, and the amount doubles every subsequent day for four months," she said, holding out another contract to Garret.
His face paled after seeing both contracts.
Dang it. One is freedom, the other is a fool's trap. Oh well, might as well choose what I can.
"I'll sign the first contract. I will belong to you, Lady Charlotte," Garret's voice, deep and lound.
"Excellent. A very wise choice," Charlotte replied.
After she finished speaking, he bit his finger, and his blood flowed out as his signature: Garret Spencer.
"Well then, miss, I've signed your contract. Could I get your contact on Interstellar Box? You know, to make friends," he said, picking up his phone and preparing to open the Interstellar Box app.
Seeing this, Cubie-chan giggled, but her core lowered, and her eyes began to narrow.
Garret-kun is going to ask for her contact... I'm starting to get worried.
Unexpectedly, Charlotte picked up her own phone and showed her account to Garret.
"Of course, you dare to ask, and I dare to give. Here you go," she said.
Garret's finger tapped on his phone screen. Blue light reflected in the darkness.
"Followed!"
"Okay, thank you," Charlotte replied.
Cubie-chan's mouth hung open, her eyes wide and unblinking. The silence in the air only amplified her shock.
Huh?! Who is she? First, she tortures those terrorists, and now she's just giving out her contact! Oh man, I'm going crazy day by day!
――✧ Chamber of the Authority ✧――