"What else have you not told me?" Therius asked, staring fixedly at Xion.

Xion shrugged. "Uhm .. she is also an aeromancer."

"Four?" Therius was stunned to hear Xion's words. He remembered Princess Arreya, who became a legend in Akkadia because she had 5 types of power. "Do you think she inherits all of Princess Arreya's abilities?"

Xion nodded. "I suppose so ... Totally unimaginable."

Therius looked very impressed. Whatever feelings he had towards Emma, ​​now added with genuine admiration.

'She is truly the perfect girl', he thought.

Not only was she smart and beautiful, she also had multiple powers. Therius could see himself train her to be the best telemancer in Akkadia, like him. She would be even more amazing.

"I want to know how far she has trained her abilities ..." Therius murmured almost to himself.

"I think, even though she has many powers, all of them are untrained. Last night, I could easily defeat her if I wanted. She is like an unpolished gemstone," said Xion. "It's a pity she doesn't want to come back with us. In Akkadia, she can study with the best teachers at the academy."

"She has no choice," said Therius. He sat back on the couch and examined the doc.u.ments he was reading before Emma came. His expression turned cold. "She must come home with us."

Xion, who was sipping his wine, frowned and looked at Therius with a questioning look.

"She has no choice? She just chose to stay on earth. What do you mean she has no choice?" he asked in astonishment. He lowered the wine gla.s.s from his lips and looked at Therius with narrowed eyes. "Did you do something?"

Therius did not answer. He busied himself with his doc.u.ments and ignored his best friend.

BADUMP!

Xion's heart was pounding. He immediately put his wine gla.s.s on the table and rose from the couch to get out of the penthouse.

He suspected Therius had done something to Haoran.

"Please don't interfere, Xion. This is an order from the crown prince. I am not asking as your friend," Therius said without looking up from his doc.u.ments.

Xion was stunned for a moment, then continued walking out of the penthouse and closed the door behind him.

***

Emma couldn't hold back her tears as she got into the elevator and pressed the b.u.t.ton to go down to the lobby. She burst into tears and let herself mourn the fate of her father and mother, whom she would never meet again. Today was the last time she saw her father.

From now on, she would try to let them go and move on. She would try her best to live with Haoran on earth. She must follow her parents' wishes and live well.

She could only pray for them from afar. She hoped her younger brother will also be able to live well. Maybe, if they were lucky ... one day her brother would be able to visit her on earth.

As soon as the elevator arrived on the ground floor, and the elevator door opened into the lobby, Emma hurriedly wiped her tears. She did not want the hotel guests to see her crying. Later, after she was alone with Haoran in the car, she would pour out her sadness and cry to her heart's content.

As soon as Haoran saw Emma get out of the elevator, he immediately came out of the lounge and approached his wife.

"Hey ... Emma, how was the talk going?" Haoran asked when he arrived beside Emma and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

He could see Emma's expression was so dark and filled with sadness. He quickly concluded that something bad had happened.

"I met my father ... Uhm ... I mean, I saw my father," Emma said quietly. She forced herself to smile. "He looked healthy. I also have a younger brother, and he lives with my mother. They are all still alive,"

"Oh, thank G.o.d. I'm glad to hear that," Haoran said with relief. "We will be able to meet them."

Emma shook her head. "No. I've decided not to go back to Akkadia."

"What did you say? You don't want to go home?" Haoran stared intently at Emma. Now he could guess that Emma's sadness had something to do with this decision. "Don't you want to meet your family again?"

Emma shook her head again. "I realized that my going there will only cause more conflict. My mother and father have tried so hard to protect me by leaving me here ... I must not waste their sacrifice."

"Oh ..." Haoran was stunned. In fact, this was what he had hoped for. Emma would forget her desire to return to Akkadia and choose to live with him on earth. He was determined to take care of her and make her happy. However, he did not want to make Emma feel forced to choose him.

Therefore, when he heard that Emma had decided to stay on earth, on her own accord, Haoran couldn't contain his happiness and relief.

"You .. are you sure of your decision?" he asked cautiously. "Is this what you really want?"

"I'm sure," said Emma. "You are my family on earth. I also have good friends here. Also there is Grandma Lin. I think I can start a new life here ... Maybe someday, my brother will be able to come here and visit me ..."

Haoran felt so happy that he forgot his surroundings. He hugged Emma very tightly. After he loosened his hug, he kissed her lips tenderly.

"I will support whatever you decide," he whispered to her ear as he embraced her again lovingly. "I will make you happy ... I promise."

Emma nodded as she looked at Haoran's face, which was inches away from hers. At that moment, she felt that she had finally made the right decision.

"Ahh..."

Suddenly Haoran let out a m.u.f.fled sigh, and his face winced in pain. His body trembled, and his embrace on Emma's body was suddenly loosened.

"Haoran .. what happen to you?" Emma asked in surprise.

"Hmm ... I'm fine. Just a little headache," Haoran said, trying to smile. But then his vision became blurred.

Suddenly everything went dark.

"Haoran !!!!" Emma managed to hold Haoran's body before he fell to the floor. Frantically, she took Haoran's head on her lap and screamed for help.

Xion, who had just come out of the elevator, was rooted to the spot as he watched the scene. His chest felt heavy when he realized Therius meant his words.

This must be Therius' doing. He was the highest level telemancer who could kill ordinary people by attacking their brains. Emma was an untrained telemancer, she could only read people's minds and influence them.

She didn't know that, if trained properly, telemancy could be used to kill... and it was such an effective weapon. Telemancers could kill secretly, and no one would know.

That's why telemancers had a bad stigma attached to them.

Xion didn't know when Therius did it to Haoran ...

Maybe when they met at the dance?

Xion should have known, from the start, Therius never planned to let Emma choose.