[Location: Hyphene, Underwater Base, Meeting Room]
[??:?? ??, ????, 2831, CE]
"Are you listening?" The man said as he looked at the sleeping Tiara in his lap. He smiled as he caressed Tiara's hair as if reminiscing about something. Her story, the memory he had gotten from ●●●●●-●●● was painful, yet he must do it. If he does not do it, he might not get Crown anymore. As streams of tears fell down his cheeks, he then wiped it off.
While looking at the hologram of the fake Eternal Flower with anger and disgust, he said that he had created this disgusting thing. He didn't want to create this abomination, but it's a must, so at the very least, he did. No, she hopes that Tiara at least survived. She knew that Tiara was her and Crown's child, but right now, the current Tiara doesn't know it now as the body Tiara currently occupies is a body that she created with her blood and Crown's blood.
"Sigh to think you fell asleep, but none of that really matters after all my mission that monster had given me is almost done, I just need to do it in the perfect timing" The man said as he took off the mask, showing her true face. It was Nepheria who had been forced by ●●●●●-●●● to create a terrible plan that she hates, but she had no choice but to do it as she caresses Tiara's head as Tiara seemed to slowly wake up. Seeing that Tiara was waking up, she covered her face again into a man's face.
"Mmm~ good morning, my lord" Tiara said as she finally woke up, as she had noticed that she was actually sleeping on the lap of Nepheria.
"Good morning to you as well, little Tiara," Nepheria said with a smile while caressing Tiara's head.
"Wahh! I'm sorry about that, my lord. I fell asleep while you were talking about something" Tiara said as she suddenly jumped off of Nepheria's lap and suddenly reached the edge of the room with embarrassment that she actually used her lord's lap as a pillow, although it felt good, and she wanted to stay there more, but her pride would not allow that.
"No need to worry about it after all; it's not much of something important at all" Nepheria said as she stood up while packing up the papers and data crystals on the table and put them all in the bag as she turned off the holograms.
"Is that so?" Tiara said as she was forced to compose herself as she stood properly as she took the bag in Nepheria's hand as she held it. She then felt the bag feel very heavy for some unknown reason. But she holds it tightly and does not let it fall from her hand, using every bit of her muscles while not using essence.
"Then shall we go have some dinner? I'll cook this time" Nepheria said as she took back the bag after noticing that Tiara seemed to have a hard time carrying it.
"But—" Tiara began to retaliate, insisting that she should be the one to cook, but her words were abruptly cut off.
"No 'buts,' Tiara. Let me handle this," Nepheria intervened, moving towards the door and opening it deliberately.
"Understood, Lord Nepheria," Tiara acknowledged as she retrieved the data crystal from the table.
"Let's move," Nepheria instructed, swiftly leaving the room, securing the bag on her back, scanning the hallways, and then disappearing without a trace.
"Wait a minute my lord" Tiara said as she noticed that Nepheria had disappeared from his point of view without her noticing. As she then got a call from her holophone, it was Nepheria.
"It's Nepheria. Didn't I mention before that you should call me Nepheria?" Nepheria's voice echoed through the holophone.
"I apologize, Lor—uh, Nepheria. I'll make sure to remember and address you correctly from now on" Tiara responded, promptly adjusting how she referred to Nepheria.
"Then let's go after we have finished eating, we still have a lot of things to do" Nepheria said as she appeared back in front of the door, waiting for Tiara to finish up, as she turned back and slowly went down the hallways.
"Wait just a moment, Nepheria" Tiara called out, quickening her pace to catch up as they moved down the hallway.
"Then you'd best move swiftly" Nepheria replied, already opening the next door that led to the exit.