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ARGENT moved her head and heard the loud creaking of her neck . Not surprising since she"d been bowing down on her work table for most of the past two weeks . That"s how long since they returned from Xing . She"s been spending the majority of her time here in her work area since then . She didn"t go out and she barely slept . If there wasn"t a bathroom inside, she might end up not bathing at all . And if Aurum and Black didn"t force her to eat, she would definitely end up starving herself .

That"s just the way she was whenever she"s working on a new project . And since she"s on a time sensitive schedule, she had to work even harder . The result? She managed to finish everything in two weeks .

Argent looked at the result of her hard work and she couldn"t help the satisfied smile that crossed her lips . She almost wanted to pat her back for a job well done . The reason why she managed to do so much in such a short amount of time was because she already had the blueprint for the inventions involved in this project . And all the materials she needed could be found in her lab storage .

She stretched her body . Before going outside her working area, she made sure that the big device she just made was properly protected inside a barrier . It would be bad if it was accidentaly set off here in this island .

Instead of going straight to the villa to rest, Argent went to the center of the lab to check on White . She was usually there most of the time to regulate the traffic of sPhones . And also checked on the things that Argent asked her to .

When she reached the central room, White was already sitting on her crystal chair . A long white tube attached to the back of her head was connected to the floating prism above . Argent sat down in front of the three big monitors .

"White," she called .

The little girl with pure white hair opened her eyes, showing a pair of white irises . "Yes, Master," she said in her sweet voice with no ups and downs .

"Was there any progressed in the monitoring of the Pope?"

"None, Master . It"s still the same . "
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Argent sneered . That Lucern Faust probably realized in some way that she could use the sPhones to monitor its users . So he already made some kind of preventative measure long before . As expected of the leader of an evil organization . She wouldn"t even be surprised if his final aim turned out to be world domination .

"How about the first princess?"

"I think the princess completely disconnected, Master . Her sPhone was no longer active . " Argent raised her brow . The princess stopped using her sPhone? "I think it"s due to all the negative opinions slowly brewing about her . "

"What negative opinions?"

"She"s currently being connected to an unknown organization that trafficks humans . Although there"s been no evidence yet that could prove it, just her name being attached to human trafficking is already detrimental to her reputation . "

Argent grinned . That"s probably Winter"s handiwork . So, he"s starting to move . She was glad to know that the information he gave her didn"t go to waste . He must have worked really hard . She probably should tell him about Harlequin and the possible connection of his good sister to the Apostles of Gaia .

"Did I receive any important messages these past two weeks?" she asked White .

"You receive a message from Mr . Jaxon, asking you to call him . And a person named Viper kept sending you messages . When it reached a hundred, I decided to delete them all, except for one, since all the messages were just different variations of each other . He just kept sending messages telling Master that he missed you . If I overstepped my bounds, I apologize to Master . "

"No, you did the right thing . " Argent could already feel a headache coming just by thinking of the possibility of going through those 100 messages .

She immediately opened the monitor in front of her and connected it to her light brain . Soon, she saw the two messages from Jaxon and Viper . She first opened the message of Jaxon . Before she holed herself inside her working area, she remembered sending a message to Jaxon . Giving him a brief summary of what occured after she arrived at Hangzhou Village . This must be a reply to that .

[Argent, please don"t try to do anything impulsive . Fighting against the Temple of Gaia is no small joke . Your mother wouldn"t want you to put your life or Aurum"s in danger so you could save hers . I will gather every information I could about the Pope and those Apostles of his . So, please, don"t go to Victoria City . Call me once you received this . ]

Argent already expected this kind of reaction . Next she opened Viper"s message .

[Argent!!! Do you miss me? Because I miss you already . I tried to call you like a hundred times but it"s not connecting . You"re not even answering my messages . You didn"t delete my contact did you? You didn"t, right? Of course you didn"t . How could you possibly bear to do that to your sweetheart, right? Anyway, I already told my Master about your request . But sadly, he refused . I tried to convince him the best I could, I promise I did . But he just won"t budge . He said and I quote; "The two of us shall meet . But the time for that is sadly not now . Please, do give Argent Blackbourne my apologies . And tell him that he should not underestimate Lucern Faust . " I know, it"s annoying receiving such an unclear answer . Trust me, I"m annoyed too . But this is my master we"re talking about . I don"t have the ability to force him to do anything . But good news is, Master gave me permission to help you in any way possible . Oh, Master will also be sending another one of our a.s.sa.s.sins to help . But you could just ignore that person . There is me after all . Call me, okay? And tell me if you have a plan . Bye bye!]

What a long message . Half of it mostly nonsensical . Typical of Viper . Argent wasn"t really that surprised knowing that his master refused to meet her . Though she was surprised knowing that he"s willing to send two of his a.s.sa.s.sins just to help her . Of course, she wouldn"t reject that . She needed some manpower after all . And two a.s.sa.s.sins from Dreich Gallere were enough .

But why would the master of Dreich Gallere send his people to help her? If you added that to the face that he banned any contract against her life, it"s just suspicious as h.e.l.l . And what"s with that "it"s not the right time for them to meet"? Was receiving vague messages from mysterious people the norm for her now? Viper was right . It"s truly annoying .

She sighed . There"s no use thinking of that right now . Because she wouldn"t receive an accurate answer no matter how much she thought of it .

Argent first contacted Jaxon . It didn"t take long for the call to connect .

"Argent! Thank the G.o.ddess you finally called . Where are you right now? Tell me you"re not at Victoria City," Jaxon said, obviously worried .

"I"m not, Uncle Jax . I"m at my island . "

Jaxon breathed a sigh of relief . Once he received that message from Argent, he"d been filled with nothing but worry . Who would have thought that the person behind Anthea"s kidnapping was the Pope of the Temple of Gaia? He knew it had something to do with those sacred artifacts Argent told him about . He was not familiar with the legend that came with those artifacts . Probably because he"s really not interested in anything related to the mythical races . Well, except for one particular elf . Even if that interest only led to a painful heartbreak .

But unlike him, his friend Dorian had an immense interest in those mythical races . Jaxon should have known that his disappearance had something to do with those . And now, whatever he did 15 years ago was affecting his family .

"That"s good . Let me think of a plan to help you . Just don"t--"

"Uncle Jax," Argent cut off whatever Jaxon was about to say . "I have a plan . Will you hear me out?"

She didn"t wait for Jaxon to reply and told him her plan slowly . Once she"s done, Jaxon looked completely flabbergasted .

"This is your plan?" Jaxon said, astonished .

"Yes . "

"And you expect it to work?" he asked as if Argent had completely gone mental .

"It will," she answered without hesitation .

Jaxon stared at Argent"s face . In the end, he could only sigh . "I understand . Do you need any help in executing this plan?"

"No . The less people involve in this, the better . "

Jaxon couldn"t help but sigh again . "Then please, please, be careful . "

"I know, Uncle Jax . "

"I will send you all the information I gathered about Lucern Faust . It might help you understand his character more . "

"Thank you . "

Then they both ended the call .

Argent closed her eyes . The fatigue she acc.u.mulated for the past two weeks was slowly setting in . She could barely keep her eyes opened . At the end, she just chose to message Viper instead of calling him . Because talking to Viper, even if it"s just by phone, could take a lot of energy . Energy that she currently didn"t have . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .

[Festival of Creation, Victoria City . Meet us there . ]

Then she stood up . "Good job, White . "

"Thank you, Master," White said .

Argent walked out of the central room, going straight out of the lab . Now, she could finally allow herself to sleep properly .