I Will Be The New Me
CHAPTRE 36

Penelope had just returned from a jewelry store. Vincent had given her the money and forced Penelope to spend the money to buy jewelry to enhance her performance at Raiden's birthday party.

Lily was the one who contributed the most in the selection of jewelry models for her, they both threw jokes about the incident while in the store and just stopped when they saw the silence in the mansion more pronounced.

"Ben, where's Dad?"

"Viscount is now going to Helldelune, Lady. He said he wanted to visit his family."

"Oh so, yeah. Is he staying tonight?"

"I think so, Lady."

Penelope walked into her room with a feeling of anxiety. "Quinn's calculations are correct again. What are you planning? I don't know at all."

"Oh yeah..."

Penelope took the paper from her desk drawer.

..."Uncle Vincent might try to corner me and tell me to stay away from Raiden. I don't know when it's gonna happen, but I'm sure Uncle Vincent is coming....

...Let me handle Uncle. You look for documents on the business your father's been working on, try to find those related to the war and orphanage data. If you can, send it to me."...

^^^— Quinn^^

Penelope sneaks into Vincent's office as Lily distracts the private Butler who serves the head of the Marchetti family.

Penelope had ransacked the room for over half an hour, but nothing was suspicious. The contents of the drawer were just some ordinary documents that had not been completed.

"This what?" Penelope checked the stack of documents sandwiched between two bookshelves, "It looks like this was accidentally tucked away," she muttered as she pulled out the paper.

"Um, the graduation ceremony of twenty children last year...?" penelope said following what was written on paper.

Maybe this is what Quinn meant

"Bring it up."

At first Penelope would return to her room again after finding the paper, but she remembered that Quinn had asked her to look up the necessary data in the library when necessary. "Even if he said that, I'm not sure I could get into that library."

The Marchetti family library has a secret room that can only be opened using the ring of the family head. Penelope had seen her father go in there with a pile of documents, she thought it was a warehouse where files were no longer needed. But now having remembered again the movements of Vincent who was very careful when he was about to open the door made Penelope think differently.

"The library is a public place that will be visited by everyone in this house. If you have a secret room, it means there's something the guy's hiding."

The girl with the proportional body turned inside again and looked for the family head ring that Vincent used to wear. "none. How do I break in there?"

As Penelope struggles to find hard evidence for Quinn, Quinn herself is checking all her reach right now. Finn has been reviewing how much has been developed in his business so far.

Vivy is almost finished training with Christian, the factory is also finished and just complete the contents, for a while Quinn just stay waiting until all the items he bought are finished in the stacking. Quinn also gets a letter from Oddeth that he has received an invitation to come to Raiden's birthday party as one of the elite.

In addition, Gloria and her husband now earn more from supplying fertilizers that Izeqiel helped to market. All the people he helped had found the ease of their lives in earning money. The guilt in his heart was already feeling lighter.

"Christian never mentioned Gray. Usually, students who greatly admire their teachers will often be discussed when they are with their friends. Finn said he didn't look excited at all when telling his teacher—" Quinn paused when she realized something, her little smile forming after that. "Hoo, so he's probably already aware of what Gray's good means."

Quinn's finger that had been knocking on the table moved to comb the long, soft strands of hair, "I couldn't read Raiden's next move. What is he planning to avenge the Viridescens Baroness? I'm not overconfident, but Raiden's gaze when he sees the prey is different. He had no intention of letting go of the Baroness Viridescens just like that."

Tok tok tok tok

Quinn stuffed all her scribbles into the nightstand drawer next to her bed. Before he answered the door was already open, "Uncle Vincent? there need to what? are you done talking to you?" tanya Quinn approached.

Vincent's narrow eyes glanced at the pink dress that lay on the spacious bed of the room. "You've bought a new dress? is that the kind of dress you want to wear for the Crown Prince's birthday party?" ask her with a soft tone.

When compared to the dress that Penelope can, Quinn dress really looks very simple even though the model is magnificent. The color looks childish to Vincent. Such a dress will not make her look mature.

Quinn nodded in response to Vincent's question. "Yes, that's the dress Raiden bought me."

Vincent gasped in shock, but then he suddenly laughed. "Hahaha, oh so yes."

The reason Vincent laughs at the truth is because Penelope's dresses and Quinn's dresses are both gifts from Raiden but the quality of their dresses is very different. Plus, the fact that Quinn has known Raiden a lot longer makes Vincent want to pity him. "It turns out he's more attentive to my daughter" Vincent thought satisfied.

"Uncle why?"

"Ah no. I was curious, Penelope said she was friends with the Crown Prince because of you," Quinn nodded again in response. "It's just a question, but what if His Highness the Crown Prince loves Penelope? are you gonna bless it?"

"No. I've loved Raiden first, I'll fight for him."

"You're stubborn too. Are you still not going to give up even though Raiden himself is going to prove it by pushing you away from him?" Vincent approached Quinn, as if intimidating the opponent. "You know what, the Crown Prince bought a dress for my daughter a few days ago. I saw it for myself, the dress is more worthy of being called a party dress. Are you sure Raiden isn't paying more attention to Penelope?"

Quinn sighed softly, Vincent really boasted about the only Raiden gift his daughter got even though Quinn had received hundreds more gifts, especially jewelry, even though everything given was insincere. The same is true for the situation Penelope is feeling right now.

"Just one gift, really. Why is Uncle so confident about Raiden having more feelings for Penelope?" Quinn walked up to her dresser to pick up the little jewelry box up there to reveal the contents inside, "i've often gotten this much jewelry from Raiden. Hm, I even got confused about where to keep it because almost every week Raiden bought me new jewelry."

"..."

"Does Uncle rate his likes by how much of a gift he gives? pfft, then I won a landslide. Ah, Uncle wants to fight with knowledge about Raiden? I know more about Raiden. Or is Uncle willing to pit us both with how graceful and kind of hearted we are? I don't have a problem with that."

Vincent's teeth were grinding withstanding emotions. "Based on a troublesome child!" his swearing is shimmering. "You are full of falsehood, yes. In front of everyone you look very polite and innocent, in fact you're like this."

Quinn's oddity keeps Vincent quiet. "I'm not a kid anymore. I know who deserves respect and who doesn't."

"You..! you brat!" hardik Vincent's. "I've guessed Savero can't possibly teach his kids manners! your nature is the same as Savero's. So know and stubborn!"

Quinn casually replied, "Penelope is as reckless as Uncle. For the sake of achieving his goal he dared to get rid of the bullies in even dangerous ways. Unmitigated, maybe if it works, he's already eliminated someone from this family."

Vincent, who is light-handed, has now strangled Quinn because he was annoyed to hear Quinn's courage in replying to his words. "You have no right to comment on my family!" hard snapped.

"Huh! what about Uncle? does Uncle have the right to judge my father? does Uncle feel better than him in educating children? don't joke around." Quinn showed me to make fun of Vincent. Attacking an opponent with his own words was extremely satisfying.

"Since I never liked you. It's worth it that you don't know manners, isn't your mother from a primitive lowly?!"

"You...!"

Vincent had already raised his hand high, gathering strength in his palm and preparing to slap the weak little girl in his strangulation.

Lucky Vincent's hand was held by someone. Quinn turned his head in shock as he saw who had helped him, "Don't hurt my daughter, brother. If you make my daughter in pain, I have no choice but to break your very light hands."

Vincent growled angrily as well as holding back the pain because Savero clasped his hand as if to make his bones break. "Deliver!" Vincent brushed Savero's hand off violently.

"Uhuk! uhuk!"

Quinn coughed as she stroked the scar of her uncle's giggling that was imprinted on her pure white neck. Savero who saw it became emotionally ignited. He looked at Vincent with a murderous gaze, "You never change. Stay away from my daughter or I can take a reckless step."

Vincent smiled sinlessly, "You never change either, huh. You always liked to threaten. All right, I was so scared, so I'm going to quit today" he said, putting emphasis on one part of his sentence.

"Rest. I'll take Vincent home." Savero patted the top of his eldest son's head gently before exiting the room.

A few minutes later, Quinn's room became quiet.

Quinn held back her laughter, "What the fuck just now, I almost laughed in front of her. My uncle was trying to get rid of me. But it's okay, I'll send him to jail first."

"Wynx."

A small bluish light slowly appeared in front of Quinn's face. Along with the fading of that light, a small, fairy-like form appeared.

{Hai, Quinn! I'm glad you remember my name!}

The spirit exclaimed happily. He circulated a glance throughout the room, "This is my room."

{Vast once. Quinn's room is no nicer than Lord Zacchaeus's.} room

"God has a room? where do you live?"

{We do live in nature, as in water would it be in a river, lake, or sea, all the same. In the forest, in the flower garden, in the mountains, we were all looking for a comfortable place to live. But in once a week, we will go to the palace of the Spirit God to recharge our energy.}

Quinn nodded in understanding. The girl asked a follow-up question, "So, is there a Spirit God palace in Pixie forest?"

{You're great! guess right. Our place of origin is indeed there, the center of all spirit energy is all within the protection of Lord Zachaeus}

There were so many questions going through Quinn's brain that she had trouble sorting out which one was more important because she felt all those questions were important for her to know the answer to.

{Ask only, Quinn. I'll answer it while I know the answer to your question}

"You see the mark of my contract with the spirit God? in which part?"

{Isn't it in the eye? you can see us clearly, and now you can talk to the spirits. Next maybe you can use us as your protector}

"I once met Zacchaeus face to face. He said about the rise of my contract sign. You also had time to stop him at the palace. Can you explain what that means?"

{Um, I don't know how you made a contract with him, but your awakening is imminent because the more you use spirit power, the more you bond with our nation}

"...so you don't know how to make a contract with a spirit God?

{Quinn, when you inhale the poisonous flower, you neutralize it with spirit power, right?}

"I don't know how I can use it. I just believe I won't die of poisoning."

Quinn grunted softly. He was still thinking about what he needed to ask. "Oh, right. Will Pixie's rangers be able to interact with you?"

{Not all, really. There are only a few, of course, who can use magic. Pixie Forest is highly protected because that's our only remaining home}

"Do you know any of them? My mom, Dad said Mom was from there and she was one of Pixie's rangers."

{What's his name? maybe I can help you}

"Sirena."

{APA?!}

Quinn was surprised to see Vynx shocked after hearing her mother's name. "What's? why is your reaction like that? is something wrong? I think you know him, which is why you react so unusually."

Vynx looked very scared. His face was also paled and sweating coldly.

{A-ahaha sorry, Quinn. I can't answer that, only Lord Zacchaeus knows well the whole community living near Pixie Forest. Maybe you can just meet him and ask him directly

Quinn put on a sad face, secretly wanting to make the water spirit feel bad. "But you know that my house is very far from the city of Nepheli."

{You can go there easily. Just like teleportation. That's how you can come and go anytime to Pixie. Access you easier.}

Quinn's eyes sparkled enthusiastically. "How can I do that?"

{Create a contract with ten spirits. You have made a contract by knowing my name, meaning there are only nine more spirits to help you teleport to our world.}

"Oh so..."

Quinn sat down on the edge of his soft bed. He stroked his chin while thinking. "Hey, Vynx. You said to use the spirit, the earring in your right ear, don't tell me..."

{Ohhh, you're so sharp. You really are like a genius~!! Yes, you can use me as your weapon.}

"Then, please help, Vynx."

At that time Quinn continued to confine himself in his room to learn all that was taught by Vynx, his first spirit that turned out to be very helpful for him to understand the situation he was facing.

No matter how many times Quinn had nosebleeds due to over-exercising herself, she continued to hone and make good use of the contract she had with Zacchaeus.

"I might win. No. gabe. I'll win."