"Do I need to open my forehead to see if the controller chip is installed?"
Albert chuckled softly at that, "You're not a robot."
Albert took Lily's hand, stopped the tapping on Lily's forehead then brought Lily's hand to her lips. Albert kissed the back of Lily's hand, creating a blush on her cheeks.
Albert looked at her warmly, slightly implied worry from the twinkle in his eyes. Their foreheads together, Lily could feel Albert's breath on her face. The heat became body temperature only in the scope of her face, whether it was the wind from Albert's breath being felt or because of the rhythmic beating of her heart.
"You have to give up your hopes for the family to be together. By having a brother full of dangerous ambitions like Kenzo, you will only move according to your feelings."
Lily released herself. She pushed Albert's body away from her. Albert held Lily's wrist, which was about to give his a slap, "Lily, you're smart. What do you expect from him with your hopes? Remember, since childhood, you were his experimental material and almost endangered your life. However, everything seemed to vanish after Kenzo pointed at him. the same way. I'm on Uncle Zidan's side."
Lily felt herself shaken, her blood rippling as her brain sent faint memory stimulation. A piece of memory forced Lily to see a short clip from her life.
Her head ached as she forced the forgotten memories. Lily thought about why she had forgotten the memory fragment when she had never forgotten her memory of Kenzo making herself the object of his natural scientific curiosity when Lily was four years old.
It was Lily's memory of her liking Science.
Albert suddenly made Lily's body wake up on the sofa while letting his school clothes absorb the fresh blood flowing from Lily's nose. Lily experiences psychosomatic symptoms caused by psychological factors.
Lily got up from where she was, walked to the sink to clean up the dried blood around her nose, and wet her forehead to solidify the blood flow, which slightly helped stop the epistaxis.
Lily wiped off the water droplets using the tissue provided in the room. Her epistaxis stopped, and the headache slowly faded. When he heard the door creak, Albert hid his hand, which had Lily's blood on it.
A girl walked into the room where Lily and Andrea met, "Lily, the Olympiad teacher asked you to come to her room."
"Thank you."
Lily left Albert with the woman, Amanda Wisteria. Amanda walked closer to Albert, her body trying to see the arm that Albert hid. Amanda covered her mouth using her palm, an annoying smile for Albert painted.
"Boy, did you guys do anything suspicious?"
Albert sighed, "Clear your dirty mind."
Amanda sighed, both turning their attention to another group of girls who walked into the room. Valerie Christ Lin, the girl who became the group leader, sat beside Albert.
Valerie leaned her body against Albert but had not fully leaned back. Valerie fell on the soft sofa when Albert stepped out of the room. Amanda chuckled at Valerie's annoyance then she did the same thing as Albert.
"Damn it."
Valerie clenched her fists tightly, "Where is she?"
"It looks like she is preparing for the Olympics activities. She became our school's representative, right?"
Valerie stood up and then stepped towards a destination point, followed by her friends. They felt the silence when they were in a corridor where only sure students could freely use the room in the building, including the Olympic representative students.
Valerie stood at the end of the corridor with her arms crossed, "Let's go somewhere else. I have an interesting thought."
Valerie gave an order to her friend, and the sound of simultaneous footsteps echoing slightly distracted the students representing the Olympic schools for various fields.
This time the crowd became their backdrop. Valerie reviewed her smile while her other friend chuckled softly. The two of them tightly gripped the ropes that held them together and supported the weight of the bucket filled with water.
The sound of rushing water stopped the crowd for a second then there were whispers and others when they saw splashes of water all over Lily's body and clothes.
"Ah, my smartphone."
Lily muttered while looking at her darkened smartphone. It had completely shut down due to the water that damaged the smartphone's embedded system.
"I have to buy a smartphone that is waterproof."
Lily turned to pay attention to her waistcoat uniform. More precisely, she saw a white shirt hidden from her waistcoat's gray color. Lily felt a little delicate because her white shirt, which seemed to show another color as a protector of her limbs, was blocked by her waistcoat.
Lily stepped towards Valerie, who stood watching her without showing a guilty face. Lily stretched out her hand in front of Valerie, "Repay my smartphone."
"Oh? What is this? Our president's daughter is asking her people for money to buy a new smartphone?"
"I'm not asking for your money, but your responsibility. At least apologize. If you can't afford to replace my smartphone, give me a new uniform. It's cold."
Valerie stared at Lily with anger. She was about to unbutton Lily's waistcoat.
"Shouldn't she be scared for bothering the president's daughter? Besides, that kid is our school's representative. The school won't be quiet if they find out."
"I heard she entered this school through a large donation, not an entrance exam like us."
"Oh. Then what about the princess?"
"She took the entrance exam, and even though her score couldn't be in the top position, she was in the top five."
"At least she took the entrance exam."
The whisper about her made Valerie stop her hand in the air. Veins of anger appeared on her face. Lily stepped back, not wanting to stay in that atmosphere too long.
Albert watched them from a distance, "Bully them."
"Okay!"
Albert left his friends and, out of the corner of his eye, saw his group of girlfriends starting a showdown with Valerie. Lily was about to turn around to see someone who was Valerie's opponent when the girl screamed angrily but seemed a little scared. But someone's arm blocked her way, "You'll catch a cold if you keep your body cold like that."
Lily received Albert's waistcoat. It was huge for her tiny body. Lily fixed her gaze on Albert's sleeve. Knowing Lily's thoughts, Albert slightly raised his hand.
"I've replaced it with a new one."
Lily smiled, "Thank you."
Albert nodded his head slowly. He grabbed his smartphone and tried to call Zidan's private secretary. Albert handed his smartphone to Lily, "I want to talk with Dad."
Zidan's secretary, Damian Cosmo, responded to Lily by trying to provide an understanding of waiting for a few moments when she spoke with Zidan.
"What's wrong, my daughter?"
Zidan asked when Damian handed the smartphone to him while his secretary spoke that Lily wanted a talk with him, "My smartphone is broken."
"I'll send money to buy a new one. May I know the reason?"
Lily turned her eyes to Albert, "She accidentally got splashed with water from the students who were playing. Uncle doesn't need to do anything for them. Her position is not the same as that science maniac."
It wasn't Lily who responded to Zidan but rather Albert. The maniac said towards Kenzo. Lily hit Albert's arm.
"Okay."
Zidan disconnected their call then Albert received a message from Damian that Zidan had sent more than enough money to buy Lily a new smartphone. Zidan sent it to Lily's account. Of course, the account was in Zidan's name. Lily was still not old enough to have a personal account, so Zidan gave her one of his three accounts.
Lily entered the room to change into her wet uniform. Albert was waiting for her from outside the room. The next minute, Lily came out with a new uniform that smelled of her characteristic scent. Lily put her wet uniform in the plastic bag Albert gave her before entering the room.
"I want to try using the laundry around here."
"Do it."
"You'll accompany me, right?"
"Do you want to go alone? You can't read maps if you didn't think it."
"I can go with Brother Kenzo."
"No, go with me."
"Just like daddy."
Albert ignored Lily's words, and he held Lily's hand. Pulling gently to follow his lead, "By the way, you don't use your waistcoat?"
"Yours is more comfortable."
Albert smiled, "I see."
They walked to their respective classes waiting for the lesson to end. Albert and Lily walked together to the Mall, looking for a smartphone model that Lily liked.
The two became objects of Andrea's vision. She still followed Lily anywhere.
"I can take advantage of it."