Who hid My Corpse!

Chapter 307: Thirteen Rent_2

“Disturb me? Do you think you’re out of this? No, Orenna, you too have things to do,” Phinis said calmly, “In a sense, I came here for you.”

For me?

A flicker of hope rose within Orenna’s heart, only to be extinguished by Phinis’s next words.

“I’ve heard that your relationship with Hewinia isn’t good,” Phinis stated, “So I’m here to urge you to mend your relationship with her.”

Orenna was taken aback: “Mend our relationship… How should I do that?”

“It’s simple, you concede and apologize to her.”

Phinis’s words stunned Orenna for a good while before she grasped what Phinis was suggesting.

“Apologize to her?!” This might have been the most emotional moment for Orenna since meeting Phinis, “Why?! I haven’t done anything wrong! She and I…”

“Because you are her subordinate,” Phinis said quietly, “It’s that simple.”

Orenna was choked again.

She stared intensely at Phinis, her eyes slightly reddening.

“This is what Father suggested,” Phinis said, “Any problem with that?”

Silence,

A long silence.

Orenna bit her lip, the sweetness slowly spreading in her mouth.

For a moment, Orenna felt she should say or do something more, even if it meant rushing up to Phinis and punching him in the face, anything but just standing there.

But she did nothing but stand, like a puppet.

“Any other questions?” Phinis asked again.

“…No.”

“Good.” Phinis nodded slightly, “Then you may leave.”

Orenna stiffly nodded her head, turned around, and prepared to leave.

But as she placed her hand on the doorknob, she stopped.

Her body was shaking, and she had to take several deep breaths to steady herself, and then, as if she had made a certain resolution, she looked back at Phinis, clenched her teeth, and said haltingly.

“Is it just the Golden Rank?”

“I will become Golden Rank, no matter what… the cost.”

“You’ll see!”

After saying this, Orenna forcefully opened the door and quickly left the room, then slammed the door shut behind her.

From beginning to end, Phinis hadn’t said a word, he just stood by the window, watching as an angry Orenna stormed out of his parlor, quickly disappearing into the blinding snow.

Then, he softly said,

“This, wasn’t my doing, you know.”

…

Hewinia was also jogging through the snow.

Her brows furrowed as if pondering something.

Then, she heard Bai Wei’s lazy voice in her mind.

“You seem troubled,” Bai Wei noted, “Is it because the prey has suddenly appeared, yet you’re unsure how to strike?”

“…I don’t understand what you’re saying.”

“Hewinia, with things as they are, do we really need to play dumb about such basic matters?” Bai Wei asked, “No person should lie to their own heart.”

“Do you mean that you are my heart?”

“I live here at least,” Bai Wei said with a smile.

Hewinia pursed her lips, seeming to acknowledge her intent to perform the Seven Notes·Divine Song.

But also, it seemed like she didn’t want to argue with Bai Wei.

After all, as long as she kept her statements ambiguous, not providing a clear explanation, there would still be room to maneuver no matter what happened later.

“A woman should always maintain a sense of mystery, and not let men easily see through them.”

This was what Hewinia heard two senior students discussing on her first day at school, and she had noted it down and implemented it ever since.

Of course, not just with men, but with everyone, since once one’s purposes are seen through by others, it becomes easy to be controlled by them.

Especially with an entirely unknown entity like Bai Wei, it was even more crucial to retain that last bit of… mystery.

And Bai Wei, as if failing to discern Hewinia’s inner thoughts, continued with interest, speaking to himself, “Judging from your reaction, that young master named Phinis must have been in your plans for a while, but clearly, you are still not ready to hunt him down,—the term ‘hunt’ seems quite apt.”

“Music inherently has a suppressing ability, otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to kill the real Hewinia.”

“But this suppressive force is not infinite, countering the original Hewinia, who never attended a day of school, was already the limit, but to consume a fully matured Phinis, who is also a Golden Note, the score’s suppressive power isn’t that great, as seen last night when you struggled with just a Silver Rank.”

“You need time, but unfortunately, that’s exactly what you lack the most, because the grand festival has arrived.”

“However… I’m curious, Hewinia.”

Hewinia felt a tug on her left hand, she instinctively lowered her head and noticed her middle finger had completely straightened, while her index and ring fingers were bent and overlapped together, giving Hewinia the impression of someone standing with crossed arms, smiling but not smiling, gazing at her.

“Even those great families and powers in the Holy Sound haven’t thought of playing the most perfect Divine Song, they only think of outshining others, thereby securing the largest share of Holy Sound’s grace.”

“As for the ultimate grace obtained by playing the Seven Notes·Divine Song, no one really insists on acquiring that anymore.”