Refusing the Love of a Mafia Boss
13. Universe Giving Tools

She went.

Ilina stared at the drink in her hand, but just thought about how the skin sensation of Noah's palm tickled the back of her hand.

Wh why?

Why would she suddenly seduce Ilina?

The alert person suddenly lowered his alertness and then approached. It was a death gesture for Ilina.

But why did he kill Ilina after Ilina killed two people from the Palmer family?

"Emil." The shadow of Mahesa whirled around her head and was so sweet that Ilina smiled. "There are two kinds of positions in the world. Wise ruler, ruthless master. Both are the same."

"If it's the same, then what's the difference? Why two?"

"Because the road is different." Mahesa often rubbed her head full of affection. "So wise means to appreciate, so cruel means not to appreciate. Whatever your choice, choose the most profitable."

"In that case, I'd rather be cruel."

"Why?"

"Because good can be weak."

Ilina smiled slightly. Throw Noah's drink into the sink without the slightest intention of trying it.

A wise man is one who appreciates.

Ilina doesn't like to appreciate. He doesn't want to be appreciated, he doesn't want to appreciate.

If there's something he wants, just take it. If something belongs to someone else, just grab it. But if something of his will be taken, just kill it.

A seduction that has that intent, whatever the purpose, just step on it.

Because he was nothing more than a play tool that Ilina got from the gift of the universe.

...*...

"Well?"

"Hm?"

"Where are we going?"

"Street around."

Rather than her busy fussing over troublesome things with Lia, it was better for Noah to take her a path to calm her down a bit as well.

Besides, there's something Noah wants to see right now.

Lia didn't say anything to him, but surely she knew that there was someone watching Noah lately. The man continued there, pretending to be civilian but day and night moved to keep an eye on their movements.

Lia doesn't want to go out. It would be suspicious if he was caught and investigated and turned out to have no identity.

"Marissa."

"Yes?"

"What do you think of Lia?"

Marissa looks shocked. "I don't like it" he replied.

"I asked your reason."

"The eyes are scary."

"His eyes were myopic, so he had to squint when he looked."

"It's just dangerous for me." Marissa took a sip of her drink while matching Noah's steps. "I also don't like how he can't do anything. I can't believe why you made her a maid while using the microwave alone she doesn't know."

Well, it's because he cooks with wood. What can I do.

"He was always quiet. Always locking his mouth like a horrible ghost. I don't like everything in him!"

Noah smiled.

"And I don't like it because you like it" Marissa murmured, but it was quite audible to Noah's ears.

He pretended not to hear it. Continue to walk casually while continuing to observe the surroundings.

It's been a few days, but only one guard.

The suspicion on Noah was not very strong. Good, it will make it easier for her and Lia to move.

"Then? You?"

...*...

After Callista's death, Ilina was intent on remaining silent.

In war, the one who succeeds in mastering the psychology of the opponent is the winner. Normally the attacker dominates.

Now it can be assumed the Palmer family is busy wondering what the sudden attack meant.

They also can't get results from watching someone, including Noah, because Noah shows the impression he's cowering in fear.

There was not enough important information to care about, so Ilina spent her day playing chess.

It happened suddenly. Noah arrived yesterday to bring Ilina a package she requested from Harja, containing two glasses and a number of additional clothes for her.

It turned out that he also bought chess, then invited Ilina to play rather than get bored.

Chess is a confusing strategy game. Noah blatantly tries to find out about her, but Ilina hides behind her identity as a guard.

That is, Ilina should not be too good, nor too bad.

Coincidentally, Ilina was no longer playing chess. He is not very good at playing and there is no point.

"How old are you, Lia?"

He suddenly asked when he was about to win.

"Twenty-four." Ilina was twenty-one, but if she answered honestly or the surroundings, she would be even more suspicious.

"Just one year younger than me."

So he's twenty-five? Older than expected. "If you're only two-five, how do you know Miss's parents' killer is Benedict Palmer?"

...*...

Questions that are hard to avoid.

It is actually easy to say that the yacht that sank both of Ilina Bumantara's parents was spearheaded by Palmer. But he seemed to be asking to be sure.

Noah doesn't know what he's really got in his complicated mind. Even though he kept trying to estimate it.

"My mom" Noah replied after considering. That's not a lie. At all. It is the fact that it is.

"Your mother?"

"Yes." Yeah."

Unexpectedly, she did not ask why Noah's mother could know.

Noah had already prepared an answer about what he knew from his mother.

Before his mother left to secure himself, Noah heard many stories about the Palmer family.

It was not a very special family or had a special dirty history. Just like wealthy families in general, they maintain their wealth in various ways from the front of the screen and behind the scenes.

From the front of the screen, their families look rich because of the smooth business and breadth of connections. From behind the scenes, they doctrine their children to justify all means for the sake of their own wealth.

Again, it's not a strange or new story for a wealthy family.

But normally others would react to such a thing.

At least he must have guessed from Noah's story about Benedict who killed Ilina Bumantara's parents. Why did this girl not react even a little?

...*...

It seemed like he was waiting for Ilina to ask. But he didn't want to because it was just a gap.

Noah's mother is still alive and has a relationship with Noah. The information provided by Harja is almost always correct, because the intelligence is directly under the power of Mahesa Mahardika.

That important?

Usually Mahesa will not hide something for no reason. So maybe he doesn't know and the intel doesn't.

But more commonly, intel knows everything.

All sorts of things including a child hiding his mother somewhere and making it look like he and his mother don't know each other.

For now, Ilina will assume that Mahesa Mahardika does not know or intentionally hide it because it is not important.

Because what is more important is how their next steps after declaring war.

...*...