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"Charles! What happened?"

Reina and the rest asked in surprise. None of them were scared, as they had experienced something like this.

"An explosion occurred in house number two. Something must have happened to them."

Rose and Nene gave me a weird look but said nothing. They knew I wanted to keep it under wraps, so it was nice to see them so understanding.

"So we take a closer look? Everyone is there."

"Sure.."

With Reina taking the lead, we entered the scene with our other neighbors. Surprisingly, someone called out to us.

"Charles. Reina. It\'s been a few days."

Skylar had shown up and greeted Reina and me. The others didn\'t know who she was but greeted her out of manners.

"I didn\'t expect you to be such a playboy."

Rather than disgust, Skylar showed amusement. It was weird how she was eyeing me. The girls became wary upon seeing Skylar\'s expression.

"Anyways, it\'s rare to see such a commotion in a town like this."

Skylar had dismissed the previous topic and returned to what everyone sought.

"Has something like this happened before?"

I wasn\'t aware of this town\'s history. Using this opportunity, I asked if an incident like this had occurred before.

"There has, but it was a few years ago. One of our neighbors caused an explosion and killed himself in the process. Doing dangerous experiments has been prohibited since that accident."

"Then do you think house number four would be in trouble?"

"I\'m not sure. We could only wait and see."

eaglesnovɐ1,сoМ Talking to Skylar, I made an easy cover. After our small conversation, Skylar talked to Reina while I checked out what was happening with the rest of the townsfolk.

"I heard that no one was inside the house. Do you think someone had blown up the house?"

"It\'s possible. People\'s grudges are quickly earned these days. I hope no one will do this to my house."

Overhearing the conversation that the people were having, it was apparent that everyone had realized that this was done by someone other than the house owner. I went back to Nene and Rose to talk to them.

"Rose, Nene. If someone other than any of us visits, hide."

Understanding the memo, we knew the danger that would come if anyone found out what I had done.

After a little look, we returned home with Courtney and Claire added to the mix. Constance and Reina went with Skylar as they got along.

Since Rose was a bit shaky and Nene was there, I decided to comfort them all day and night.

~

The day after, our door rang. Rose and Nene were already sent to the other house in case of an emergency.

Constance, who was closest to the door, opened it, revealing that a girl with similar body proportions to the girl in black had come in for a talk.

"Charles. You have a visitor."

Constance had gone to my room and called for me. I had no choice but to see what was up, as suspicion toward me would increase if I didn\'t show up.

"Do you need anything from me?"

"I know you destroyed my house."

"Why would I do that?"

That was relatively fast. Instead of panicking, I deflected the question back to her, making the annoying person grumble in anger. She knew that I knew, that she had called the cops on me. Admitting it here would make everything she did pointlessly. She knew she couldn\'t, which made it harder for her to act.

"..."

"It\'s a pity that your house has been destroyed. We could have gotten along pretty well over a nice cup of tea."

"Just because my house is destroyed doesn\'t mean it can\'t be rebuilt."

I clicked my tongue to piss off the girl standing before me. Her expression was golden. She was pissed, knowing that I found her presence unpleasant.

"Do you need anything else? I don\'t think there\'s much for us to discuss."

"Why do you sound like you want me to leave? I\'m sure we could get to know each other more."

The two of us were playing around with our words. I wanted this person to leave, while she wanted something from me. I don\'t know her problem, but she is cooking something up.

"Leave? I never suggested that. That\'s probably your own thought."

The woman sighed, knowing we would get nowhere in a conversation like this. I couldn\'t care less, as I needed nothing from this person.

"This is getting nowhere."

"Well, obviously."

"Do you have to be so obnoxious?"

"Obnoxious? I\'m not the one entering this house without an invitation."

Because of my annoying comments, I doubt she could take any more of my voice.

"Let\'s get onto the real discussion. I\'m Linda. I want some blood samples from your dragon. Give me a tube\'s worth of it, and I will call us even."

Linda was a girl with short brown hair. Her hair had reached the back of her neck, and she looked like she was in her thirties. Linda\'s eyes were hazel, matching her hair, and she was dressed in some expensive clothes.

"Dragon? What dragon? I don\'t have a dragon on me."

I established what she wanted but didn\'t want to give it to her. She had troubled me enough to make me not want to give it away.

"Still denying it?"

"The only thing I\'m going to deny is my possession of this "dragon" you keep claiming."

"Fine, have it your way. Don\'t blame me for being cruel."

This bitch dare threaten me? I cursed her with five percent of my power. I would like to see her unharmed.

"Charles. Did you do that?"

"Of course I did. She made Rose, and I almost went to jail. To make matters worse, we had to deal with an annoying officer. If I ain\'t Charles, then who else would I be."

Constance grabbed my body and held me tightly. The tension I had disappeared from Constance\'s embrace. I was thankful for her help. Constance\'s body was warm and comfortable.

"Thanks for calming me down."

She put her hands on my lips and took them. Her face was flushed, and I could tell what would happen next. For the whole day, I spent it with Constance.

~

[Linda\'s POV]

UGH!!!! THAT GUY IS SO FRUSTRATING!!! After returning home, I sat down and lashed out at a training dummy. These durable devices were great stress relievers.

It was a good thing I had my basement. All the important stuff was located here. I had taken precautions just in case an event like this happened. But who knew that a madman would destroy my house because of that?

He started it first! If he didn\'t want me to play a prank, he shouldn\'t have lied to my face—the nerve of some people.

After taking my anger out, I left my training room and went to my lab. All my collections were here.

Every valuable material I had was safe from destruction. I wouldn\'t know what I would do if this place were destroyed.

Checking all of the content, I smelled something weird. Worry started to appear as I opened the containers of each secured item.

"AHHH!!!!"

Seeing some insects munching on my valuables made my heart drop. All of my collection would be ruined by these pieces of shit.

There was no time for me to wail. I needed to destroy all these insects before more damage could be done.

Emotions couldn\'t describe how I felt. My rare rainbow unicorn horn was torn in half. My azure phoenix feather... Everything!!!

[Third Person POV]

Linda fell motionless to the ground. While some of her rare material collection was saved, most was destroyed or unrecoverable.

Years of collecting were wasted because of some bugs. Linda began to think about how this was possible. Bugs couldn\'t appear out of nowhere. Her safe was also untouched. All the logical explanation she needed was unfounded.

She then looked up and had a thought. There was one person who needed to pay for what he had done.

"CHARLES!!!"

While it was Charles\' power that had caused it, Linda didn\'t know. All the unjustified anger she had would be unleashed on Charles.

With that set in motion, she needed to plan her attack. To her, it couldn\'t just be any old attack but something that would scar him for life.

"KAKAKAKAH!"

She was cackling like a witch. An idea had popped into her head, and all she needed to do was get the tools she needed. After cleaning up all this mess, she left the room and returned to her broken mansion.

"Charles, you fucker! Just wait. I\'m going to enjoy breaking you!"

And with that, Linda heads out to set her plan in motion. With Linda gone, a figure had appeared. It was shaking wildly, seeing the expression Linda had.

A trickster, you may say. It loved playing tricks on people, even the cruel kind. Watching this revenge plan, the figure wanted to see how this would happen.