Date- 28 Mar 2321
Time- 12:22
Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association mall, Warehouse no.234
“I am starving” I said, rubbing my belly, looking at the familiar surroundings, having been teleported inside of the warehouse by Lorenzo.
“Well, we did skip Breakfast. Since it’s lunchtime, shall I order some food?” Susan started to speak more freely in the presence of the three card emperors after our conversation in the dungeon.
“I want pizza. What about you, Wyatt?” Anna answered what she wanted for lunch.
“Pizza again? …” before I could report what I wanted for lunch, a loud shout interrupted me.
“Wyatt, you mother stealing bastard!!”
“…” The loud outcry from the outside dumbfounded every one of us in the warehouse. Especially me, because that cry called me out.
“Mother stealing bastard? Hahaha! why would you steal another’s mother?” Laughed the girl whose mother already worshiped me as her master.
“Whose mother did you steal, Wyatt? I thought you were a quiet boy, but it seems one cannot judge a book by its cover.” Lorenzo did not miss the chance to mock me.
“.. That must be Corey. I will go get her.” Susan’s face was red out of embarrassment as she knew the only person who would call Wyatt a mother stealing bastard and why. Who else could it be other than Corey Bright?
“By Corey, does she mean the Bright Couples daughter?” Luna asked, trying to grasp the situation.
“Yes” Lorenzo replied
“Isn’t her mother serving at the Way Beyond. Does she have a second mother we don’t know off?” Unable to understand the situation, Luna questioned Anna. After all, she was more close to the Bright couple than her.
“Corey’s father is kept on a short leash by her mother. He wouldn’t dare to step out on his marital bed. Wyatt, what is that little girl talking about?” Anna knew the Bright couple. Both of them were honest people, so Anna ruled out any possibility of an affair in their marriage.
“She is here. Why don’t you ask her? Corey, answer them.” Susan opened the Warehouse and laid Corey inside.
“…” Being put on the spot, Corey was rendered speechless.
‘I told you to control yourself, but you wouldn’t listen.’ Corey park rubbed the ‘I told you so’ salt on Corey’s wounds.
‘Shut up. How many times have I asked you not to speak to me when I am in public?’ Corey Bright mentally argued with her EgoFire.
‘I lost count, but are you sure that you should be arguing with me right now. When other people are trying to converse with you?’ Corey Park reminded Corey Bright that she was being watched.
“Hello, Corey!… what’s wrong with her? Is she shy?” Seeing Corey stunned, Luna thought she was an introvert.
“No, believe me, she is not. She is wilder than her parents.” Anna, who had met Corey first hand, knew Corey’s temperament. Back in the VIP box, when her intimidating pressure suppressed everyone, Corey was the only one unaffected and dared to curse at her.
“Sorry, I did not have a proper sleep last night, so I blacked out just now. So what was it that you were asking about?” Pulling herself together, Corey addressed Luna.
“Girl, your mother is at the Way Beyond. You do know that, right?” Luna asked, hoping to solve the mystery finally.
“About earlier, I was venting. Having lost a wager to that loon over there.” Corey answered with a straight face. And then went on to explain the wager between her and the loon she lost to.
“That’s it? Girl, you have to learn how to curse better. Hearing your cry earlier, I honestly started doubting that your father is a two-timing cheat. Thankfully he is not. With that temperamental mother of yours, he might have lost his third leg if he was two-timing her.” Luna has worked with Corey’s mother and knows how unpredictable and dangerous she could be.
“…” Corey chose to quietly listen for now as she thought these people were her parent’s colleagues and seemed very close with them. Seeing how they spoke about her parents.
“So, you came to pay your wager.” Busy with Mecha cards and Clown Mask. I forgot about Corey and the between us.
“Yes, now what do you need my help with?” Corey chose to honor her words rather than chicken out.
“How honorable of you. But fortunately for you. I do not need you. You can leave now.” Since I would leave Sky Blossom city soon, I decided to free Corey from our wager.
“What?… I can leave now. But I just got here.” Corey was puzzled. Yesterday all night, she was agonizing over the fact that she would once again work under Wyatt, but she did not expect that bastard to set her free. The only thing comforting about the bet was she could work with Susan again and spend the whole day with her. But now this bastard is asking her to leave just like that.
“Yes, leave Shoo! Shoo!” I was starving and had no patience for Corey or her questions, so I hurriedly shooed her.
“Wyatt, are you looking down on me?” Corey was enraged by the way Wyatt treated her. Who the hell is he to call off the wager. Does he think he is better than her?
“Wait! What?… You are making no sense.” I thought Corey would be relieved knowing that she was free from the obligation of the bet she lost, but things were heading in the wrong direction.
“I am making no sense… Wyatt, are you calling me stupid.” Corey raged for no apparent reason while I tried to be reasonable.
“Susan, little help over here.” No matter what I said, it seemed to anger Corey further, so I asked for help from the only person present in the room who could calm Corey down.
“Don’t you order my Big Sis!” Corey was being unreasonable. When did she hear me order Susan? I was asking for help, you psycho.
‘Corey, calm yourself. Start using the breathing technique, I thought you. Do not let the titled demon core influence you.’ Corey Park yelled, seeing Corey Bright’s mood influenced by the demon core. Yesterday’s fight was quite taxing, and not to mention Corey did not sleep the whole night. Corey’s mental strength had not recovered yet. Therefore, she was being influenced by the titled demon more easily.
“Corey, honey. What’s wrong? You look tired. Did you not rest yesterday night properly.” Susan neared Corey and hugged her. Laying Corey’s head on her bosom, she gently brushed her hair.
“No… I couldn’t sleep yesterday night, losing to that bastard. Now he says it doesn’t matter. But it mattered to me. I fought for you, but I failed. I’m sorry, ma. I hoped we would work together.” Being embraced by Susan, Corey finally found her anchor and slowly started to circulate the breathing technique taught to her by Corey park.
“It’s okay, honey. You will win next time. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Don’t let the losses get to you. Keep trying. You understand what you should do next, right?” Susan continued to console Corey.
“…” Hearing Susan, Corey lifted her head from Susan’s bosom and looked into her eyes with astonishment. These words that Susan just spoke were precisely the words the mother of earth’s Corey said to her daughter. Until now, Corey assumed Susan was her mother from a past life because of her gut feeling, and both of them looked alike. But now, these words that Susan just spoke made Corey’s conviction stronger.
“I am sorry! I am sorry for everything! I finally found you. I will never let you go.” Corey wailed like a baby in Susan’s embrace, apologizing for God knows what.
“…” Susan was flabbergast from Corey’s sudden outbreak.
‘Corey, stop crying. You look stupid. Everybody is watching you and will think you are weird.’ Corey Park tried consoling emotional Corey.
‘You stop crying first.’ Corey Bright wasn’t the only one crying; Corey Park also cried in the demon core.
‘Nobody is watching me, and nobody will think I am weird.’ Corey Park was raised by her father and never knew what a mother’s love was like. But thanks to the memories of Earth Corey and Corey Bright, she had an idea, but her other two selves were rotten to the core and did not cherish their mother when they were present.
‘Let them watch. I found my mother.’ Corey cared whoop about how she looked right now, let alone what the people in the room thought about her. She found her mother, and this time, she will not make the same mistake as her past self.
“Corey, honey. What do you mean? I don’t understand you.” Susan was getting worried about Corey as she did not understand why Corey was crying so desperately. And the only person who had some idea why Corey was crying did not bother to speak for her. He was busy ordering lunch through his grimoire.
