
Without even the day moving at night, the sun had completely sunk, and the atmosphere of the city of Frost had not changed much.
Many people pass by doing their own business. The merchants and shops are still open and serve the buyers.
So what are we still here for? Where has Feronica now separated from George?
We've heard before that Feronica's gonna be looking for her partner, right? And that's what he's doing now.
Feronica was still going around looking for Stephen, no matter how long it took, but she remained confident she would be able to meet him again.
While we know Feronica is still running her affairs, why don't we look at the situation around first? We also wonder how the other situation is not it?
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"Uh...." There was a man groaning, he was in a dark place, which he knew nothing about.
He leaned on one side of the wall that was minimal light.
"Where is this?" The young man looked to the left and to the right, because it was dark around him, so he could not see clearly.
Sretti...
Sretti...
'Why can't I move?'
The young man wondered why he could not freely move his body.
'My hands are tied....' Finally the man realized there was something binding the wrist that was on his back and also the same condition on his own feet.
Tied with a rope that is quite thick and also strong, when he realized he was already in this state.
Sitting in a room with hands and feet tied. Why did this young man experience something like this? What the hell is going on here?
"Why is there only one person here?" There was a sound echoing in this dark room, making this young man a little surprised.
Who wouldn't be surprised to hear a voice without a person? That's how this young man feels now.
'Who's voice is that?' The young man tried to look around him back and indeed did not find the source of the sound being heard.
"Stephen, right?" There was a sound echoing that was the same weight as before. Behind this voice Stephen could hear there was a 'woman' part of this voice he heard.
'Is this the white-robed woman?' Stephen has only one guess here. After such a dazzling radiance he suddenly woke up in a dark place like this.
"I don't think you're gonna wake up again...." The voice sounded back, Stephen was trying to stay alert here.
'I did not feel a strong magic energy from him....' Stephen was actually able to trace where the voice came from, but unfortunately this female figure was able to hide her magic energy well.
"Who are you?" From here Stephen knew he had been in this dark place for some time, which he most likely was in a shabby room that people did not use.
"I should have also caught the main target...." The echoing voice ignored what Stephen said, instead sounding disappointed with what is happening now.
'Major target? What is Feronica?' Stephen now becomes increasingly suspicious of the voice without the form that was once the figure of this white-robed woman.
What is the purpose of this man? Why would he want to catch Feronica? Stephen has a lot of questions here, does this have anything to do with previous events?
"Why could Mr Alex lose against such a child?"
'Mr Alex?' Stephen's a little jolted here.
"What do you mean my brother?" Stephen quickly got into this conversation, his conjecture so strong that he couldn't bear to stay here.
"Who else?" the answer to the echoing voice was short, he did not hide his identity, instead supporting what Stephen asked earlier.
Stephen thought it would be difficult to know the identity of the white-robed woman who appeared earlier, but it was not like that.
'So he was going to continue my brother's mission yesterday?'
But Stephen himself knew yesterday his brother had absolutely no business with Feronica, not even interested before Feronica unleashed her own power.
So why is now his brother's partner is targeting Feronica and not the target yesterday? Stephen sure is not Feronica who was targeted by his brother.
'Is it possible that he changed his mind?' Stephen could argue that his brother changed his target and now told his subordinates to capture Feronica, possibly because of his unique power.
So why did the plan of the white-robed woman not go smoothly? Hadn't the two of them already been exposed to the light technique that had finally made them switch places?
Feronica should be here too, right? Stephen became curious about this, is it possible that the technique used by this woman failed?
"Your plan failed, it's a pity...." Stephen was slightly bowed, and also a small smile was engraved on his face. Somehow he felt satisfied when his opponent's own plan did not go smoothly.
"Speak as you please. If it wasn't for Mr. Alex, maybe you wouldn't be here." Now the tone of threat was heard from that echoing voice.
'Why did Big Brother change his target?' Stephen thinks this has something to do with who his brother is siding with now.
Taking sides? Whatdoes thatmean? As far as Stephen knows, from the beginning his brother did not live everything by himself, but there was someone who was close to him.
Was that the man who made her brother go to Feronica village and also who changed his plan?
What he knows now is only a small part, but now Stephen knows his brother also has colleagues or subordinates who are now back in action.
'In the end, I couldn't keep hiding....' Stephen realized something here. He could no longer hope for a peaceful and trouble-free life.
At the end of the day, there will always be something that forces him to be the person he needs to be, and sometimes not himself.
'What my sister said is true....'
'But I don't agree with the way he used it, ' Stephen's inner self is aware of the fact that he cannot be anyone other than himself, and the fact that he can't change anything in him.
But Stephen still believes there will be other ways that can be used to overcome what happens in itself.
And maybe we'll ask, what does that mean?
Why did Stephen think he wanted to be someone else and live in peace? Why did her brother say he couldn't change what he was?
Knowing this was Stephen alone, he had reason to think this way and walk according to what he thought was right.
Regardless of how much Stephen thought about this, in the end this was something he had to win.
'If this is how Feronica is in danger....' Stephen did not expect Feronica to deal with her own brother, and not only alone, but with her brother's subordinates who were now trapping her somewhere. And do not forget also about the figure who controls all this, the party trusted by her brother.
'I have no other choice....' Stephen is now trying to eliminate the sense of coercion that exists in him. His desire to change so others will not make everything so smoothly, even impressed he away from the problems that are happening at this time.
There's no way he'll be someone else when his real self is needed right now, right? Stephen was conscious and he tried not to mind what he was going to do.
His efforts to be better will not be achieved if his brother continues to do as he pleases, he must be able to overcome this in his own way.
'There is a possibility that the power of Feronica alone is causing us to separate now....' Stephen thought of another possibility that could explain why the two of them exist separately at this time.
If only the first possibility, the place-shifting magic technique used by the white-robed woman had failed. How to explain how dominant he was in the fight that went on before?
'I couldn't control my strength to the fullest before, it was due to the technique used by the white-robed female.
Usually under ordinary circumstances Stephen can overcome most of the fight if indeed he is involved in it. Given his physical and magic power was also above most humans.
However, Stephen remembered how he had to use his true strength when dealing with this white-robed man, and even until his true desire resurfaced.
It was all for the sake of stopping the movement of this white-robed woman, and it worked even if only for a short while.
From what happened before, Feronica did not look in good condition, which in the end made her final situation was worrisome.
'Feronica's like holding back before....' Stephen could feel what had happened before. Indeed his partner was seen trying not to 'craze' and that was a natural thing.
Stephen also experienced more or less the same thing right when he unleashed his true power. In a short time he tried to keep everything under control.
'So even Feronica did not want to be controlled by her own strength....' It may sound strange here, but that's the truth. Stephen can understand this.
Refraining is a natural thing and needs to be done, this is the problem faced by Stephen so far. So in the end at every opportunity he fought, he chose not to give up his true strength.
'Because it's hard to get back to the way things were....' Stephen knew a short and simple fact like this. But not all circumstances allow him to not use his true power.
What happened before is an example. If Stephen did not bring out his true strength then surely the white-robed woman would do anything.
Of course Stephen could not let that happen and in the end chose to be himself.
But who would have thought that the figure of the white-robed woman was just a trap? Right after Stephen defeated him there was even a bright light and brought him to this place.
Pretty ingenious technique when you ask Stephen's opinion. Because it was before with a great power aura of course anyone would think the white-robed female figure was a real person.
But apparently not. So Stephen berhrap will his desire was fulfilled, he will do anything, and it makes his opponent's plan successfully realized by taking him to move places.
And as has been said before of the reason why Feronica was not with him now, other than with the failure of this technique of a white-robed man, Stephen thought of another possibility.
When Feronica was able to realize earlier the existence of a white-robed woman and also for a while kept her busy, did that mean Feronica managed to use her power to not be stranded to the same place?
But what about the fact that Feronica had indeed previously restrained herself and no longer used her powers? Doesn't that show he didn't use his strength at the last moment?
Stephen knew this, but on the other hand, to assume that the magic technique used by the white-robed woman failed was not easy, given how neat the plan was.
Shouldn't it be hard to move the two of them to the same place? Stephen thinks there's some awkwardness here.
And do not forget how the power of Feronica can be active immediately no matter how it is, that fact also supports Stephen's theory about Feronica using his own power so as not to be stranded in the same place.
'Whatever the reason that happened, we were lucky not to be in the same place....' Stephen thought everything would be difficult if everything went smoothly according to his opponent's plan. This way the enemy needs time to find where the target is.
'If I were in this place, I'm sure Feronica wouldn't be far from here either....' Regardless of how dark the room of the house now occupied.
Stephen can still feel the crowd that is quite meaningful outside. This white-robed woman did not try to hide her current location.
Though it could have been the white-robed woman who now only heard her voice that manipulated their location and made Stephen could not detect what was happening outside. It would make Stephen even more difficult.
But it turns out that is not the case, for whatever reason but Stephen now knows he is in a crowded location, feels not too foreign to him.
'The location is crowded, it seems I know where this is....' Until Stephen can confirm it with his own eyes, he must strategize first to get out of this place.
"You won't be able to find it...." Stephen opened his mouth in a confident tone, unwilling to let his opponent be too sure of what he was going to do.
"really? Why do you know?" That echoing voice sounded curious as to why Stephen said so.
"... You won't be able to beat him...." Stephen did not answer clearly what the enemy was asking, but said something else.
"Has your head hit something?" That echoing voice sounded incomprehensible to what Stephen said.
"Heh... You want to catch him because of your purpose, right? You won't be able to do it." Stephen did not care what this echoing voice said, he was sure Feronica was somewhere and would not be found by this enemy.
'Feronica must have a plan.. she won't let herself get caught, will she?' Stephen himself even tried to convince himself of this, because Feronica should also be in the same area as him.
Stephen tried to focus his strength, gathering all his magic power to break away from the rope that ensnared his hands and feet.
'I feel a little weak since I realized earlier....' Stephen did feel his body was not too fit from the first, could it be the effect he had put out his great strength earlier?
That was the most likely thing to happen, and now Stephen bowed down and tried to gather strength, but a few moments passed never succeeded as well.
This situation was the same as before just when Stephen could not release his energy properly. Why is it still happening?
"There's no way I'm just tying you there Stephen."
"...." - ".Stephen finally found out, especially if not the same technique as before? Where he can not now expend his energy to the maximum, and even now he can not expend physical energy at all.
The feeling of weakness completely enveloped his body, the ropes that ensnared him made him unable to do anything.
Even if the situation is normal, the ropes that trap it are not a serious problem.
'So what should I do?' His body that was just sitting limp could not be compromised any further. Stephen was thinking a lot about how he could get out of this place.
Behind the plan he thought it was, if not executed then nothing will happen. Stephen can't implement that plan now.
'So I can't do anything....' Stephen now knows how he is doing. Other than detecting how the situation was outside, he could not do anything more than that.
Then how can he escape and get out of here?
"Look at your partner is close from here...."
'What?' Stephen did not understand what this resounding voice meant.