Aster Veren
Episode 181's

- Ansel

I felt the throbbing in my face from the blow given by Arsel before he left my residence.

The boy hit me after hearing the reason I cared so much about Kalea compared to Aster. I even told him that I almost shot him if Kalea didn't stop me, and that second Arsel hit me with all his strength.

"Cinting!" Furious as he flicked his hair back, his facial water was completely filled with annoyance.

"I hope your memory returns soon that you will be tormented when you remember you nearly finished your daughter. Then I also want to know how sorry you were when I realized Aster disappeared because of you." Continue before leaving the Veren residence.

I who heard his vow of absorption could only be silent, pecking at my place. Even unconsciously the pain in my head started to come back, I don't know, every time I forced myself to remember the child. My head always throbbed, and it made me not want to remember it again.

"How is this, can the lady be found as soon as possible?"

"Has the lady eaten?"

"Where did the lady go? I'm really worried about him."

"Hurry back, miss ...,"

The voices of some housemaids stole my attention. I saw them immediately return to work when I saw me staring at them standing up.

"Tu–tuan is staring at us!"

"I know!"

***

The time had already shown at 09:00 p.m., and I was still taking care of all my work with a memory fragment of the purple-faced girl who was smiling slashily at me, when I told her to go to him yesterday.

Then the shadow of a little boy who looked like himself came back and forth, filling my head.

"Mr,"

"Aster dear papa ...,"

"Papa's so cool."

"Aster's scared!"

"Don't leave Aster,"

"Papa don't be so mean to Uncle Rigel!"

"Stop judging Khael Papa! Uncle also stopped teasing Khael!"

"Aster's grown up, stop thinking of me as a kid!"

"Papa .. is still busy?"

"... The food is ready, Papa, let's eat together."

"Aster, miss Mom and Grandma ...,"

"Mr ... Thank you." Thank you."

"... Goodbye, Papa."

The boy's voice kept spinning in my head, even the farewell he said without making a sound got into my head. It hurts so much that I want to die. Why did the child's face suddenly become so vividly drawn in my memory? Her expression was like that, it really made my heart ache. My mind while feeling a great throbbing in my head.

Then I decided to go to my room and rest. To do my job tonight after feeling like my body is slowly weakening from the pain in my head.

"Bring me some water to my room!" I told a passerby who came across me in front of my study.

"Ba–baik sir!" Hurriedly.

I continued my steps back to my room, but there were no three steps yet, my ears had heard the commotion outside the house. From his voice I'm sure it was Hans and Rigel, were they fighting? My mind heard the sound of blows and groans simultaneously.

"... How dare you make Miss and Master like that!" Hans exclaimed loudly, drawing my attention.

"Diminish your voice, or do you want to add a few more wounds to your body, huh?" Rigel's timpal was full of emphasis as I peeked at them from behind the window.

"Will I warn you, sir, who knows you forgot who you're dealing with? If you until you know everything–"

"I told you to shut up, didn't I?"

"I'm not afraid of your threats! Sooner or later the memory of the master will surely return, and by then be prepared to accept your punishment."

"Before that happens, I will get rid of it along with you! Thanks for your attention." He said it made me a little jolt, especially now that I was standing behind him.

Yeah, I went to see them right away when I heard their babble. But when I got near them, I heard something shocking.

"You!" Hans was visibly restrained.

"That's what does it mean to get rid of?" As I asked to make them both stand out, I saw Rigel immediately release his hand on Hans' shirt collar before turning to face me.

"You intend to get rid of me?" I continued along with the wide smile that my assistant showed me. At first glance his smile looked sincere, but if noticed again, that smile was only the smile he forced.

"Where may I dare, sir" he said sounding dubious. Strange, I usually never suspected it. But after hearing her words just now, I suddenly felt suspicious of something. Especially when I saw Hans' expression that I rarely saw, the boy looked so upset looking at Rigel's back blatantly.

Strangely my head that had been throbbing violently, now it became fine. Is it because my mind is distracted by something else?

"Then I say retreat first, sir. I'll find the lady as you command." Said suddenly.

"Ah right, I asked you to look for the boy huh?" I muttered that I gave the order to find Aster to all my men.

"Then, Hans. Good luck, try to find Miss Aster sooner than me if you really want to save her. See you ...," he said before leaving in front of me.

So they were at odds because of that kid? No wonder anyway, all this time Hans was always beside Aster. He definitely didn't want the child to get hurt, but I instead gave the order to drag the child back so I could finish him off.

But to my confusion, why did Hans say that? "How dare you make Miss and Master like that!" His voice came back in my head. Then Rigel, that guy also lately has always confused me.

I looked back at Hans figure who looked messy after Rigel's departure, occasionally he stole a glance at me, it seemed like he wanted to convey something to me. But he seemed hesitant to start a conversation with me.

"... Is there something you want to say?" I asked later, making the boy meet me.

"I–it ...,"

***

Time passed quickly, I don't know how many weeks everyone worked hard to find Aster. None of them managed to find him. Where did the boy go? It is impossible for him to escape to foreign countries with such conditions?

Tok tok!

The sound of the door being knocked from the outside, I lazily let someone behind the door into my work space.

I saw Hans enter the room with a file in his hand, it seemed like he had the task of giving the file to me.

"Anu tuan–"

"Let it down there!" Tell me while glancing to the left side of my desk, cutting off his words. I saw him put the file in his hand without saying much. Although I see her restless face is very disturbing.

"Hah~" I let out my tired breath when I saw that annoying expression.

"Ordered–"

Brak!

The sound of the door opening quite loudly displayed the figure of Mila who looked so panicked with tears drenching her face. "Master! No–nona Aster ...," she said cutting off my words, making me feel uneasy, I saw Hans also surprised when the waiter mentioned Aster's name.

"That's .. miss–"

"What happened to her? Tell me clearly Mila!" Hans exclaimed at the servant's shoulder, forcing him to open his mouth.

"Miss hix, she ...,"

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