Semua Bab Goodbye, Saintess.: Bab 521 - Bab 530

"Looks like I saved you again, Donna Cage. Are you going to repay me with a good deed or what?" I said as I walked onto the stage with a smile.…Ashera's heart raced as the man drew closer. She had wanted someone to rely on for a long time. She felt tired of living as an independent young woman with no steady shoulder to lean on.Right now, that man was Sebastian Grimwald. Yet she could not ignore Byleth standing in the middle of the hall.'I had no idea he had someone this powerful by his side. I underestimated his connections,' she thought. 'But who's this woman to him?'A flicker of jealousy stirred in her.Ashera had grown up demanding and possessive. She always fought for anything she wanted. She had never met a man who made her heart pound or left her feeling exposed.Sebastian changed that. When he first appeared in her life, she almost cried from fear that someone might take advantage of her. Then he saved her.'And now I found him again. This time, I helped solve his

We were fortunate to show up on time. All's well that ends well, as they said.The Black Cougars were finished. All that remained was Ashera restructuring and rebuilding the Dragoons before taking over every turf the Cougars once controlled. As for other gangs, those small fries lacked the strength or numbers to pose a threat.By the time the Dragoons forced the criminal underworld to follow their rules, my pharma factories would shake off every last obstacle that had haunted them.Beaushire might not have the economic reach of Astergrad or Sazaar, but it still held real significance. My parents lived nearby too, so this felt like two birds with one stone.In my mind, all of this was worth a feeble nick on my shoulder.…Ashera would not have agreed with Sebastian's calculations if she could look into his thoughts. Instead, she focused on the fact that he called saving her "his mission."'Am I really that important to you?' she wondered. 'We have only met twice before this. I ev

"Next time, no matter what happens, you should prioritize your own safety. You are not one of them. You are not part of any underworld syndicate. You have a company and you have us. What will you put us through if something happens to you?" Metis grumbled.Julia and Byleth watched Sebastian in silence. Their looks carried a quiet expectation.…I felt amused as three women crowded around me. "Come on. You are making it sound like I almost died.""Shut up," Metis snapped.She glared at me while she bit off the last thread. She had finished treating my injury.She took a few herbs from her first-aid kit and chewed them until they softened. Then she pressed the paste on my wound."This will speed up recovery. It will also numb the pain you would have felt for days," she said. "Until you are fully healed, you are not allowed out of my sight.""Do I really have to—""Yes. End of question," Metis snapped.…Ashera clenched her jaw. She had already sensed a rivalry. Metis felt some

However, Metis could not confess because Byleth was there."What do you want, actually?" I asked, baffled."Hmph! Nothing you need to know! I want a hospital under my name. I want a competition and a symposium. I want the best materials and formulae. I want all of those things, or you are never gonna get me to work for you for free ever again!" she huffed."Oh, of course, milady!" I responded at once.She shot me an annoyed look."And from now on, you're not allowed to call me ‘Dr. Fey’ or anything like that. Call me by my name at the very least. What kind of friend gets addressed as ‘Miss Fey’?" she grumbled. "No more ‘Goddess of Medicine,’ either.""Alright, darling Metis," I replied with a grin.I checked the rearview mirror and finally caught a small smile on her lips.-I dropped Metis off at her practice before returning to my office with Byleth. She needed time to settle into her work environment.I did not expect my core employees to be there after I had explicitly ki

Hera stood before the floor-to-ceiling window in the CEO's office. She looked dejected and troubled.She had no idea what else she could do to win Sebastian's favor again.Edmund watched her from the couch with open contempt. Disdain flooded through him every time he looked at her. This was the same woman who had tried to seduce Sebastian after taking a drug and had still failed in spectacular fashion.A worthless, unwanted bitch like you deserves to sleep with me only once, he thought with a snicker. I'll kill that jackass tonight before I have my way with you.A smile crept across his face. Edmund approached Hera and called out softly, "Ira?""Stay away from me!" she snapped.She slipped out of his reach and kept a wide gap between them.Edmund felt embarrassed, but he covered it well."It hurts to see you so troubled over a relationship, Ira. It genuinely does," he said. "Why not give up on him? You will meet someone better someday. Maybe I—""No," Hera cut him off. "Sebast