"Hmm?" Mrs. Silver who was standing next to her near the entrance of the hall turned her head to her adoptive daughter. "What's wrong, my dear?"

She just had helped the Silver couple sent off another batch of guests. Gio was in another room upstairs discussing something with Harry while she was accompanying the kind madam to send off the guests.

When she heard Cindy's question, she could only blink and shake her head. Despite growing some attachment and good impression with this kind rich wife, she still was not someone Sofony could fess up with.

Sofony scolded herself for running her mouth carelessly. But because Cindy was giving her odd looks, she conditioned herself and made her expression back to normal again. "Don't worry, Mom. I'm fine. But maybe I'm just feeling a bit tired."

"I'm sorry, dear. I think you got traumatized. I perfectly understand because it's your first time appearing in occasions like this yet this is what you experienced."

The madam said more words of a.s.surance sympathetically and promised to make Lara and Bienvenido pay for ruining her event.

To this, Sofony only let out a few awkward laughs and then politely excused herself. Cindy understandingly let her go, knowing that this newly gained daughter would be running back to Gio's side.

And the madam's guess was spot-on. It was just in the process, Sofony was pondering about some delicate matters as she walked towards the staircase.

She didn't know how things ended up way over her expectation. There was not much deviation to her plan, but when something did come up, it totally bewildered the h.e.l.l out of her.

The truth was, she really did and planned almost everything. All in the name of retaliation. After all, even if she wanted to let Lara off, the system wouldn't allow her, and since she also didn't want to let that woman get away that easily, she accepted and began the mission.

Hours ago, Sofony hypnotized the woman deemed as a lousy b.i.t.c.h by the system, with the verbal command suggesting to let the first man who would invite her upstairs do everything he wanted to her body.

The man was naturally also chosen by Sofony. It was that middle-aged businessman that tried to hit on her when she separated for a short while with Gio.

She entranced the man to invite Lara into a designated room and let out all her s.e.xual fantasies to her.

To be honest, this part was not really her idea, it was a quest requirement!

The truth was, if the system did not specify this part, Sofony would have only made Lara jump stupidly in the middle of the hall while shouting 'I am a crazy woman!' one hundred times, or eat mismatching dishes so that she'll get diarrhea...

Now, the things that took place next was beyond her expectations. Initially what she imagined, albeit guiltily, was Lara getting caught in bed by the few people the rich madam would lead there.

She could swear to her honor, the last part was not what she commanded to the man! In short, she was innocent, at least, of that!

After all, who could guess that the definition of s.e.xual fantasies in Mr. Hermoso's dictionary was different from normal pervert people? Who could guess that it was not just penetrating a woman's upper and lower mouths, but also making her defecate on top of a transparent coffee table?

The idea did not ever cross her mind! Never!

She was also guessing none of the people present ever imagined he was actually that kind of pervert!

"...Huuu....."

She deeply sighed and tried to calm her tense nerves. Afterward, she focused her eyes on her steps since she was currently climbing up a long staircase. The staircases in the academy were child's play compared to the one in this mansion. Her pair of stilettos were no jokes too, so it would be a complete tragedy once she slips or tumbles down. Gio was not with her this time so there would be no one to help her up or prevent her from falling. In short, she had to be extra careful.

When she finally stepped into the second floor, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

However, that vanished when her eyes unconsciously pa.s.sed by the right wing. There, the busy maids and house-helpers tidying the accursed room didn't escape her notice.

Sofony's lips twitched a little when she remembered just exactly what caused this house-helpers to frown, and for that short while, she didn't know what to think.

"Baby?"

She took back her eyes from the right side and met the gaze of Gio who just came out from one of the rooms on the left. "Gio!"

The tall man's expressive dark eyes met hers as he nodded. "Let's leave. I already informed Mr. Silver."

He then strode to her side and wrapped his right arms around her waist. His actions had been very smooth like it was just second nature to him. Those who witnessed this gave them a blank stare and wondered how close the relations.h.i.+p had to be to reach this degree of intimacy.

"Don't I need to say goodbye to him?" she asked in a soft voice.

"I already did."

Sofony suddenly felt a bit awkward as she had to descend the stairs just after she had climbed it up. Also, her heartbeats were being annoying and strange again. She knew his touches triggered this. But it was really puzzling given that they had long been exchanging body fluids.

'...System.' While being led out of the mansion by Gio, Sofony suddenly called out to the devil in her head.

Before she heard the reply though, she had to temporarily halt her steps due to being stunned by Gio's action. They had just stepped out of the entrance, and he just finished draping his coat over her pet.i.te body. This prompted her to turn her head to his way, a dumbfounded expression adorning her face.

He must have noticed her silly expression and therefore said, "It's colder outside. Stop acting like it's a miracle for a normal gentleman like me to offer a jacket to his girl."

Sofony blinked at him for a while before replying, "Oh. Okay. But you'll also get cold. Can't we just share?"

Actually, when the words left her lips, she immediately felt stupid for asking because unlike her whose shoulders and arms were bare, he even after removing his black coat, still had a white long-sleeved upper garment underneath s.h.i.+elding him from the chilly wind. Aside from this, the man had a strong built toughened up by his experiences in the military. She was just initially worrying, thinking 'what if he caught a cold due to this?'. But then, she realized it could also be plain stupid for a girl like her to worry about him.

Because of this, with a reddened face, she grabbed tightly on the jacket and quickly commented, "Don't mind what I just said, let's just go home quick, please," and then let herself be escorted by the chuckling man into his car.

Finally, the most d.a.m.nable existence in the world spoke.

Her replies didn't come immediately as she took some time pacifying her heart and mind while collecting her thoughts. This took her minutes, and by then, she was already inside the car, sitting on the pa.s.senger seat.

Once back to normal again, she then began to ask it.

'System, I have several questions, and the first is, of course, about the points.'

Sofony discreetly nodded.

Sofony had been silent even when it finished speaking so after waiting for a little more than two minutes, it then continued,

From this reply, Sofony could perceive it's excitement and if it was only a person, it would already be jumping from joy and striking a victory pose.

Meanwhile, when she heard this, something seemed to have exploded within her mind. Even after they reached Golden Residences and entered home, Sofony could still not find the words to say. She also could no longer remember the other questions she had in mind regarding the mission. Whether due to the event or the system's word, the girl was feeling very dizzy and would probably trip on the floor were it not for the other person's support.

However, the hands that held her shoulders reminded her of the question that was also making her restless.

After distancing herself a bit from Gio, with her eyes still darting everywhere, she voiced out to it, '...System, last one.'

She took a deep breath and calmed her mind. She had already gathered enough courage to speak about the matter when a realization suddenly struck her once more, making her change her mind. Because of this, she reined herself from asking it to the system.

To its impatient reply, Sofony wracked her brain for another question and then inquired, "... It's about those guys in the party. Did Clarissa really mind-control them all? You told me earlier, her ability works differently from hypnosis. How long and strong is it normally when she's around controlling it?'

The clicking of its imaginary tongue sounded in her head. The words that then followed were full of sarcasm and ridicule.

The ever-so-irritating thing then continued to lecture her about being strong and cooperative. She didn't know if it was to taunt her or what, but it even used Clarissa as a comparison and said that that woman must have attained her current strength and position by being a proper immoral host.

While it was chattering and criticizing nonstop though, Sofony's mind was wandering elsewhere thus failing her to capture how its answer seemed to have deviated far away from her question.

She was busy thinking of what she had almost asked earlier.

The reason she didn't tell the system this was due to it being related to emotions, probably even to the highest and purest one there is on Earth. But, since she recalled how the system or its AIs were only digital beings with no definite grasp of emotions and feelings, she stopped herself and decided to just ponder about it without its help.

It surely wouldn't reply to her correctly anyway.

She changed her mind basically due to knowing that it would only use that chance to undermine her for reading too much in between the lines.

For being delusional that her reactions to his normal gestures and touches were not due to hormones.

Yeah. This might sound silly.

But actually, what she had almost consulted to her system, which was still torturing her within, was whether she.... had already fallen in love with Gio Albarez.

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ANNOUNCEMENT (A/N):

h.e.l.lo, how's everyone!

Thanks for reading this stupid and nonsensical story of mine. Haha.

By the way, I'm leaving this message here, not because of sudden whim or anything, but to announce that IS is already contracted with QI / Webnovel. Actually one of the staffs already contacted me to inform that the gift function will be opened for this series. I'm not sure when, but I'm guessing it will be this week or next week. And when that time comes, I don't know if I can expect gifts to come my way. Haha. Thanks in advance though, from the bottom of my heart, if there will be some.

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Also, since I don't want to hide things from you all, there's a high chance IS will go premium (with locked chapters) in the future, so if it's alright, I suggest everyone to stock up spirit stones now. (Peace be with us. And I'll be praying for QI to give away more free SS. XD)

Once again, thanks for reading.

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