The truth is Irina wanted to ask for help but then she thought, they have just met this would hardly make her any important as they are strangers.
Just as the explosion ripped apart her electric barrier, she felt a tuck on her hand from behind. The next moment, she saw the space twisting around her with blue lightning. It was Dante who had previously disappeared that reappeared.
He felt the waves of explosion catching up to him and Irina. He quickly placed a hand around Irina's waist, and the next moment, their bodies were surrounded by blue lightning as he used Lightning Escape whose level increased to two.
CRASH~!
Irina violently crashed into a pile of clothes.
"Huh?" She was in a state of disbelief knowing she has escaped from her fated death.
She turned around and checked the surroundings to conclude she was inside a deserted shopping mall.
Suddenly her face paled as her mind played the memories of the people she saw engulfed by the explosion.
Their helpless expression and their heart-wrenching screams filled her heart with sorrow. She didn't know them but the memories made her feel depressed.
"A moment of joy so quickly transformed into a nightmare, how frightening.'' She shivered at the realization of how death could arrive at a moment when one least expects it. A certain face flashed through her mind as she thought what if she was among the victims of this terrorist, she couldn't stop shivering imagining this possibility, how she would feel being left alone.
''Have you calmed down yet?" Dante reappeared with his shirt torn apart and soaked with blood.
Irina felt guilty as she saw in which state the man who saved her was. She temporarily forgot her previous fear.
Dante who was observing her smirked as his plan was working well. He offered her a glass of water.
"Y-yes," Irina finally answered.
"That was so close."
"Yeah." Dante nodded his head.
''But you know what?"
''No, tell me?" The curious Irina tilted to the side.
''I saved your life so now you owe me your life and you will have to pay for it.''
Irina was slack-jawed, her jaw was almost hitting the floor. Out of everything she had ever expected none of them seemed to have come closer to this.
''Are you serious?" She asked just be to sure Dante was not joking.
''Do I look like someone who can joke?" Dante fired a question at her leaving her speechless.
''I see, I understand. I'll be sure to pay you back as I dislike owing others.'' Irina declared with a forced smile, she was still shocked inside but upon thinking for a second she understood and appreciated Dante's mindset.
Dante nodded before asking.
''What is your class?"
''Assassin.'' She replied.
''So you must be good at collecting information right?"
''I'm not too bad. What do you want to get information about?" Irina was not dumb, she immediately realized his intentions after hearing his question, so she acted first.
''I want you to collect information about those responsible for the terrorist attack and I also want information on the various gangs around. You have 3 days and do well you will be paid. Give me your contact information.''
Irina nodded before extending her smartwatch and Dante did the same thing. The two devices connected and they exchanged numbers.
''I'm leaving. Contact me if you find something.''
Dante disappeared after saying those words leaving Irina to sigh heavily.
''I feel like I had been played.'' She disappeared in turn, heading back home.
°°°°°°
Irina on her way back stopped at a burger store.
''Two whopper sets please.''
''Two Whopper sets~ The total comes out to 19UD, Do you want it to go?"
"Yes. I'll have it to go."
She ordered dinner from a nearby burger store on her way back home.
"Here are the two Whopper sets you ordered~!"
Leaving behind the clerk, who had a bright smile, Irina started to move her feet.
She moved towards a narrow alley filled with old and crumbling homes.
The sharp smell of mold and damp humidity entered his nose.
"Sigh!"
Looking up to the dark sky, he threw up a short sigh.
''Just a little bit and we can leave this place but I will have to work hard.''
Laughing bitterly, she walked through a path so desolate that it looked as if it had been assaulted by monsters and arrived at her home.
Creaaak!
After opening the worn-out door, she could see the insides of her cramped house, it didn't even total 400 square feet.
''Huh!"
Together with the sound of a light groan, the shabby bed wailed out creaking noises.
"I'm home, sister"
Irina gently placed the burgers on an old table as she said those words, her gaze was gentle as she stared at the person on the bed.
Folding back the blankets, a woman sat up.
Red hair, reminiscent of fire, amber fire that will burn for eternity.
Akin to ruby in mud, inside of the run-down house that reeked of mold, was a young girl around sixteen that shone out beautifully.
She, who had just woken from sleep, slowly focused her eyes on Irina.
No.
The expression 'focused her eyes' wasn't appropriate.
Because her eyes couldn't see, those beautiful green eyes reminiscing of emerald have lost their luster and appeared empty.
''Welcome back sister. How was your day?" The young girl asked warmly.
''Cool like always but today something amazing happened, I met someone.'' Irina would obviously not tell her sister that there was a terrorist attack and she almost died, she wouldn't want to worry her sister.
The young girl smiled because something have broken her sister's usual routine.
''Eh? Tell me sister I'm curious.''
''I will Amber but first let's eat, I bought you your favorite burger.''
''Yay!!" Amber was overjoyed upon hearing this, her nose had picked up the burger's smell.
Seeing her sister so happy, Irina felt warm inside and was grateful for Dante saving her whatever his motives might be, she would make sure to pay him back while at the same time using him to get out of their current situation. Her instinct was telling him that this man was different.