Chapter 222 (2/2)

I chuckled, wincing at the pain it brought to my sore chest “What about you and Cecilia? Do you have a particular country inwherever the wind blows like gypsies?”

You are reading on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecoo wherever the wind blows,’” he scoffed “I have pretty al… just, low-key”

“Well have you told this masterplan to Cecilia?”

“Not entirely, but—oh, speak of the devil Cecil! We’re over here!” Nico suddenly called out, practically bolting up from his seat It irritated me how his voice went up a pitch every time he talked to Cecilia It wasn’t over-the-top but still a bit cringy

Nevertheless, I turnedwas casual and laid back, but otten taller, and her posture ht and confident despite the exhaustion shown on her face It was easy to say that, objectively, she had gottenwas shaping her body into ato fruition with age, she attracted the gazes of most of the male students around her

She was dressed in a si to the students and faculty that we hadup to class or school It was a ant version of the ones norold triht it always looked odd on ht out of a fairytale

Cecilia s a seat across from me next to Nico

“It’s been a while, Grey,” she said, s out her blazer She looked atfor you?”

“It’s been going well,” I replied aardly “How are you?”

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Cecilia had always been a quiet girl, but seeing her less and less made our interactions even entle and selfless girl—selfless enough to say she was doing good when, despite her improved physique, her psyche see

“Here, Cecil I saved soone” Nico pushed the tray of untouched food toward her and I watched as she forced a smile and practically shoved the creamed seafood medley down her throat

For someone so smart, Nico was pretty clueless

I watched for a while as the two of the Cecilia enuinely to all of Nico’s questions while she finished off the platter of food

Despite the change in dynas see and chatting over ahall of our school While , I stilltime like this

It was only when Nico s started going south Cecilia’s expression hardened, to a point where she almost looked… afraid

“N-Nico I don’t think we should be talking about that here,” Cecilia said, looking around

Nico cocked a brow “Co away We’re legally allowed to go to other countries, you know”

“Still…” Cecilia’s voice trailed off as she continued to survey our surroundings

I looked down at the watch strapped to et back to Lady Vera’s estate before she doubles imen for the rest of the day”

“We’ll walk you to the car” Nico got up and Cecilia followed

The three of us walked out of the dining hall and into the foyer still packed with students on their lunch break Eyes were draards Cecilia and nored the envious gazes around us and walked outside to the

Nico was probably the only one out of the three of us that reetting captured and tortured, and I was sure Cecilia ithholding quite a bit of her experiences in the govern facility that didn’t allow any outsiders

Still, the two of us probably needed so an orphan like the rest of us and losing Headmaster Wilbeck, Nico was still Nico Despite his sharp features and his cleverness that often led us both into trouble, he was bright and optiain soon… hopefully,” I said as I got into the black car waiting for —and I really did want to see the back to the estate,forsure I was both physically and mentally sore

All in all, it was a rather normal day The little time I was able to spend with Nico and Cecilia hat I needed to getweeks It wasn’t until I sank into bed that I got a call fronize

I answered the call “hello?”

“Yes, this is Etharia National Hospital A to Grey?” a pleasant female voice asked

“Yes, this is Grey”

“Hi, the reason for this call was because you were listed as Nico Sever’s eent care a few ery We’ll need you to co up the phone and ran down the stairs as fast asbody would allow Luckily, I just barely avoided running into one of the ed a ride to the hospital forwas a blur until I reached the roo out the proper forery to finish What I could out, though, was the pair of ki-disrupting handcuffs chaining his wrist to the hospital bed

“G-Grey?” Nico’s groggy voice snapped me out of my daze

I kneeled beside his bed, careful not to even touch the blanket on top of hiravated his broken ribs

“Nico! Yeah, it’s Grey I’ my voice down to a whisper “What happened, buddy?”

Nico’s glazed and half-closed eyes snapped open at my question “Cecil! They took her! I just dropped her off and was on ive her the new prototype”

“What?!” I blurted, accidentally shaking the bed

My friend winced and took a ain “I saw them shove her into a car She was unconscious”

“Who took her, Nico?”

Nico, who tried to adjust himself, finally realized he was handcuffed to the bed He bit into his lip as he cursed under his breath Covering his eyes with his forearm, he let out a quivered breath “It was a teaovernment that took her”