——— Sandra POV ———
I was just wanted to take Grace to see her mother before making her go to bed.
Oh how excited I was to finally put her to sleep and go see Alex, a boy who stole everything from her.
Nothing left of her that solely belongs to her, her breath was his, her dreams of his, Her body was his even she would feel like it belongs to him.
Maybe this is how it feel to be in love, A belief that transcend the bounds of logic and reasoning.
Till this afternoon she did not even know about him but it's just midnight and she completely and utterly fell head over heels for him. There is a strong thought in her mind that she can do anything for him, anything as now he is hers now.
Though he is angry because he misunderstood her intention because of the sudden reveal of background, But she knows once she clarifies that to him, Everything will be fine.
But since when do I am fortunate enough for things to go this smoothly for me, Fate has seen me being too happy and so it decided to punish me for it.
When I come here, I heard the loud moans of the women. Even though the ward door is airtight, She still heard the voice clearly. It's of a mature woman that is coming from the ward.
And when I saw the face of Grace, I knew it should not be anyone other than her mother. Though I felt weird but if this woman is having this kind of a sex then she should be healthy now, isn't it?
So for a moment, I felt happy for Grace, Now she should not have to worry too much, Her mother is fine.
After of this is the only woman who was supporting her, Teaching her what to do and not to do in front of Alex. Even though she does not have to, she telling her ways to solve the misunderstanding she has with Alex..
So this Grace is so strange, Even knowing she is fighting for Alex love which makes the two of them enemies, She is still helping her to this degree.

To which I didn't know whether to call her a woman with principles, have a big heart or an utter fool either the case, I have a good feeling about her. If it is her then maybe, I mean very very strong maybe don't mind sharing some of her Alex.
It's just the next moment I was left in shock because I heard a man's voice, Is is not strange as to what is going on inside the ward but that voice was too familiar.
She didn't wants to believe it but that voice is imprinted in her soul, She can't mmisunderstandit, It is Alex inside having an illicit act with the mother of her new friend cum enemy.
For a moment she stood still in a place not able to process what was happening, she learned and knew that Alex needed to have sex with women because of his dual cultivation physique.
To which she still not able to get used to it, She already planned to find a good girlfriend to ask help and love this issue of hers, She could have know the ways to male sure he would be safe and still not have to give in to his urges.
She thought about everything well. After all, after the literally being sold by her family for the profit, Alex is the only good thing that happens to her. She didn't want to ruin or share that with anyone at all.
Yet before she even gets to taste her newfound joy, her hope and dream were crushed by the moans of the women who now she hates to her core.
Yes that women should have taken advantage of Alex's vulnerability, If not, Alex would have never done this to women twice of his age. He is not that kinda man.
Oh how badly she wanted to barge in and grab the hair of the woman who was taking advantage of her beloved before throwing her out in the street but she stopped herself from doing so.
Currently she is no one to Alex, Even if that woman taking advantage of Alex's vulnerability, This should be still a consensual act, So her bargaining in like that is just going to ruin her image in the eyes of Alex more.
Not to mention her doing so would also be going to embarrass him, Which can been seen as she shaming Alex for his condition, Which not only hurt his heart but might even make him hate her.
lightsnοvεl This is the last thing Sandra wants, No, She can't lose him now. He is the only ray of the hope in her dark world, She doesn't want to go back to her bleak life, If you even can call it that.
Before she was just following a schedule, trying to get back that lost control of life from the forces she was so dwarfed in front of it.
She knew she would be lose. She was just doing to spite others, Then go out guns blazing. At least that way she is able to look in the mirror and say she did her best to herself.
But it all changed when he came into her life. It's not that long time since he appeared but every second she spent with him made her feel alive. It made her realize that there are many things that are worth fighting for.

The hidden life she left behind way in the past, The one she was adamant she would never return to felt like it would not be that bad to return to, use that power to reclaim the right of herself.
Then she can, with a high head, stand with Alex and ask him to be with her. She can have the power to give him the dream life, and so so much other things.
But right now, There was nothing but fury left in her heart, She didn't know for whom that fury belongs, Gloria? Grace? To herself or Alex? She just doesn't know.
She doesn't want to feel this way, not towards Alex as that poor thing could not even be able to control himself but a disgusting feeling still came up even after knowing that.
She also doesn't want to feel angry towards Grace, like what she did? She has been just helping her since the beginning, And yet she can't help but be furious as this woman is related to the hag inside the ward.
Of course, there is justifiable rage and fury towards Gloria and yet unwillingly she could not able to solely blame Gloria even when she so badly wanted to.
As she also hates herself, Why? Why did she allow this to happen? If she never left his side then it would never happen, She would have been there to take care of his needs.
Even if he was angry she should have stayed with him but she didn't and see what happened.
She didn't know how long she had been standing outside with equally shocked Grace, Then she made the mistake she should have never would have done, She peeked inside from the semi-transparent gap in the door glass.
This set her whole being on fury of rage, The rage she didn't know where it came from was burning in her heart.
Before she could recover, They heard the painful groan of Alex with violent coughing coming out of the ward.
Grace was first to snap out of her trance as she rushed towards the ward door wanting to rush in and see what happened to Alex.
"No Grace, Stop!"
She didn't know why seeing Grace to rush out like this. She reached her hand and stopped Grace in her tracks with a cold glint in her eyes.

"What are you doing? Why are you stopping me?"
Grace asked me in little fury not understanding a bit of why I prevented her from going to check on Alex.
Oh why indeed, If I have an answer I would have given to her but sadly I myself do not have an answer to that.
I too want to rush inside the war and see if he is fine. See if I can help him with what he is going through but I just can't.
When I tried to move towards the ward, A fully naked picture of Alex pop-up into my head. Normally this would have made me blush and excited but it would have made me feel like someone punched me in my stomach.
It's hard to tell what is the reason behind my pain, all I know is that I am in pain, I don't want to do anything, I just stand here with an empty mind doing nothing.
After all, I still don't wants to admit i hated Alex being with other women because if that is the case then how can she accept him? How can he accept her?
lightsnοvεl No, It has to be for some different reason right? It has to be.
"Why are you saying anything? Let go of me, Sandra."
Thankfully angry words of Grade pulled me back from my thoughts before I fallen too deep in them.
I looked up and saw that concerned face with love love-filled for my man who just a moment ago was doing unspeakable things with her mother. It made me feel weird. Not good kind but not bad either.
I don't want her to go meet him, Maybe because I am afraid, afraid that I am not as deeply in love with Alex as Grade is who even outlooks this so big betrayal and shows this much concern to him.
How is she able to do that? How can she love so selflessly? I feel inferior to her in terms of loving someone.
So if she goes to Alex, Then what if she steals Alex from me? I know I should not think this way, Grace was nothing but helpful to me but this damned heart of mine just doesn't listen to my will to see her as a friend.

"If you go out now He would know we were eavesdropping on him, That would make him very embarrassed. Wait here, I checked with my contacts, They would be able to help us."
I didn't know what to say to her. How can I say I am jealous and also afraid of her devotion towards Alex? So I just say whatever sounds reasonable in my mind.
"But…Do it quickly then."
Thankfully she brought the reason and stopped in her tracks. While I looked at the phone I thought I was never going to use it from my pockets.
It was not in good condition, It looked corroded. It's a very old flip phone that can't do anything other than make a call that too only to one number stored in it.
But this is still the most special and expensive thing I owe. After all, the one this phone is capable of calling is unreachable for most of the elites in the world.
I was ready to call that madwoman but before I could call her, I heard the violent coughing come out of the ward along with the exclamation from that doctor Liza, who apparently was also inside while all this was happening.
I could not able to react fast enough as internal struggle broke out in my heart, One part of me wanted to go rush in and see what is happening with Alex but the other part me not wants to see him fear how would I react seeing him in that state.
When I was contemplating, Grace did not waste even a second on thinking. The moment she heard the painful groan of Alex, she rushed in breaking open the door of the ward.
While I stand aside like a fool seeing my rival rush towards my love doing nothing other than to just stand here.
"No, What am I doing? I can't help him inside anyway, Just call her, she would know how to handle this stuff."
I was dredging my life choice but then I thought that there is no need for me inside there, I can't help him even if I go inside, So other than not knowing how I would react.
So I just picked up the phone and dialed the call using a fast dial.
*Ring* *Ring*
*Pick Up*

"Thank you for calling Berlin's fried chicken, What would you like to order?"
Just when they picked up, A sweet voice came out of the phone from a fast-food employee taking an order.
"*Sigh* Are you chicks still doing that? Come on, This number can only be connected through these phones you gave to us."
When I picked up the call I heard that familiar voice making me facepalm seeing they were still doing this dumb thing.
This number is from a secure line, and is different for each person it is given to, Not only that one can only be connected via the hardware means this phone, So even knowing the phone number one can not call.
So I don't understand why these people are still doing this? There has to be a limit on paranoia right?
After all, These phones also have the added security of biometrics like fingerprints and voice detection, if they do not match the device will not work.
"Dear customer, If you do not want to order something, I have to cut off your call, thanks for calling Berlin fired chicken"
"Wait!! I like to order a full-family bucket for myself."
I guess people at the end of the line don't like my remarks as she, while still maintaining the that pleasing tone, wanted to cut off the call, So I have to give in and say what they wanted.
If not, and they cut the call, I have to wait for 24 hours before making another call, I don't have that much time to waste. For Alex she can at least speak this "encrypted" way for them.
"Thank you for calling Berlin Fried Chicken, Your order has been placed and will be delivered to your at that time location soon. Hope you like our service. Have a good day."
I heard those and sighed in relief, No matter what Alex's problem is it would be fixed by this service, Which is the highest service grade they can provide, So there is no need to worry.
"*Cough* Leave me both of you, I do not deserve your love and care, I am a loose man who deserves to be left on the streets, That is where I belong."
Just as I cut the call, I heard the words come out of the ward. Though his words are not loud enough but because the door of the ward is open, I am able to hear it clearly.
*Pang*
The moment I heard these words, There was a pang in my heart. I somehow felt guilty thinking these words were in response to her reaction to his act, Which was crushing her down.
Afterwards what he did, I just could not able to stand still on my legs as guilt was eating me out.

He was hitting himself, I don't know why he was doing it but he was not showing mercy to him, I can tell from the anxious begging of Grace and Liza.
And to my dismay, A tiny part of me was happy because of it. This disgusted me on how can there could be this delight in seeing the man I love breaking down in front of me but it was still there.
Even though the majority of me wanted to rush in and protect him from himself but that tiny part of thoughts in my mind prevented me from doing what my heart wanted.
The logical side of my brain is yelling at me not to be stupid and cater to Alex's bad behaviour. If he is now disgusted by sleeping with women casually then I can easily prevent him from going around sleeping with other women later on.
Yeah I know this makes me a worse lover but I just can't love someone selflessly as Grace does.
So even my heart broke into a thousand pieces, This is an important part for him and myself too, hence why even when guilt was eating me out, I stood outside the ward closing my ears with both of my hands eating for all this to be over.
"Hurting myself? It's not that big of a deal. Even if I tried my best to harm myself, I would be fine, I am heir of the Winchester family after all. Forget about that, Tell me why do you still care about me?"
Well as it turns out, hands are good at noise cancelling, I heard what he said, making each of his words penetrate in my heart and soul, torturing me.
I don't get it. Didn't these kinds of words I wanted to hear? If so then why is my heart tearing apart hearing them?
Why the moment I heard them I was disgusted by myself? I didn't want to feel this way, I just wanted to only be loved by him. Why is it too much to ask?
Why? Why? Why?!!
Can't have what I want once in my life? Am I not allowed to have desires? Nor have a wish for once in my life?
So why is this the case? Why is it's paining and hurting me to get what I want? Am I so unlucky that I don't even deserve the bare minimum?
What kinda sim goddess out there is punishing me?
No!!! Already sacrificed too much for others. My life, my worth, even myself is spent for the well-being of others who do not care about me at all.

I am allowed to be selfish. No, I deserve to be selfish for once in a lifetime. I would spend my whole life making upto him for this sin but I just can't compromise with this thing.
"Do you have any idea what I did before you came here? If you know you would definitely hate me, So go away, leave me alone, I can't bear to be hated by you."
Many such words came from the ward but I chose to ignore them all. It's making my heart bleed but my iron will keeping me together, not allowing me to break down.
This is all I have to do. Just stand outside doing nothing and all my problems would be solved by themselves.
This is exactly what I did, And as it turns out not it was working, Though Grace made Alex calm down but I let it pass as he calming down was the important part.
Now, I just have to wait a little more. He would say that he would never sleep with a woman out of the blue and then I just have to tame his urges, it would be fine after that, I believe it would be fine.
"I…I just was able to control it, Grace. Before in my teenage years, I still had slightly weird feelings about women but I was able to control it. Yeah, it used to hurt but I got used to that pain."
Those were the words that struck me, He said them so causally but as a woman who has a keen sense of detecting underlying emotions, I was quick to detect that the pain he said was not as casual as it made it to be.
I used to say in that tone, make it casual as if it was not a big deal or give up my favourite dress to my "sister", Or When she pushed me from the stairs and I broke my chin bleeding on the floor.
It hurt, It hurt a lot but I never said that to my parents because one they would have not believed that their angelic golden child would do something like that, They just had said I was lying.
And second, I also don't want to put my little sister in trouble, She already went through a lot, and I thought she would learn and grow up out of it. Well, that turned for the worse.
But anyway, with that experience of mine, I can tell he was hiding his pan, it would have hurt him to no avail but he just does not want to show his vulnerable side to the world.
Which I can relate from the heart, I too do not want to let words see my struggle, I just wanted them to leave me alone and let me drown in my tears with peace.
'It pained him that much and he still tried to keep himself pure? How can any man have this strong will? Why does he need to put a strong face-up? Tha- Oh I get it, The curse of riches.'
I could not understand why Alex was suffering alone, Why he did not seek help or tell anyone about it.
But then I also understood how can man say stuff like this to anyone? He would been too ashamed and embarrassed to have those intense thoughts like that towards women.

So he just decided to keep his mouth just, gritting his teeth bearing the pain just like her. It's just her case that was understandable, She is a woman who can handle that pain.
But what man like him needs to have a strong facade? With one cry for help would bring him all the help he needed from all over the world, it's not an exaggeration.
He has the face that makes even celestial nymphs ashamed to call themselves the most beautiful beings in existence. They clearly have not seen him as they front of him looks as ugly as a monkey's red ass.
On top of that, he was said to be heir to the Winchester family, Then it hit me, He is an heir of the big family, So there are some standards of that family even he has to follow it.
Who knows what kinda of blood tribulations he had to go through to get the position of heir of Winchester, Which would be a lot after all even my sister was on my throat for to be heir of the falling small families of mine.
And then he is also a man, So it was even harder for him to get and keep the position of the heir. No wonder he decided to keep his mum as who knows what kinda vile minded people in his family used his condition against him.
'Maybe I am being too harsh on him. He clearly wanted to change. Rather than standing here, I should go and help him in this vulnerable time of his.'
As it turned out, I was being stupid, there are way too many things that are common in us, So we are just meant to be.
And Alex seems to not wants to do these acts, Just his body does not listen to him which is understandable as man is already quite weak and then to supply power to the dual cultivation physiques, It would putting quite a toll on the body.
So I decided to stop being heartless, Just go to him and console him in his time of need. Can't let Grace take all of his love, can I?
After which the service ordered would also come here, So we are able to find a way together to deal with this issue, It would be all going to be fine.
Oh, how I wish I shouldn't have said that.
"It was fine till a few days ago, But after I had sex with Alia, I became just out of control, I could not control myself, Everytime I look at the woman, I wanted to bang her. The thought before would have disgusted me now makes me more excited."
Just as I was about to walk towards the entrance of the ward, These words of his fell on my ears, locking me in place.

Rage, Fury, Disgust, …And Disappointment.
These emotions occupied my mind and heart. The heart which was breaking into 1000 pieces just by hearing his wailing a moment ago now was suddenly unbothered.
Tears which were wailing up in my eyes also halted. My whole being felt like it is frozen in time, everything felt unreal. What is this mirage of emotions? I don't know.
I am angry and yet I was not, there was raging fury in my heart but against who? I don't know
lightsnοvεl The strong disgust that urging me to throw up is there but what is so disgusting? I have no idea.
Even the strange helpless disappointing aura covering me has no reason for why it is there, I don't know anything, anything at all.
It's a weird kinda sensation, I care and I don't, I hate and yet I love, I disgust and yet willing to go towards it, What is this? I am going insane?
Why do I have a strong urge to grab Alex and throw him in the soap water and wash it thoroughly and at the same time I don't want to do that? I think I am losing my mind.
"Maybe that is why I lost control over my actions, I didn't want to do that with Aunty Gloria this soon but after I used a Fairly blessing skill on her to heal her completely, I felt black in front of my eyes.
My body felt too weak to even stand, There was a burning feeling as if my body was set on fire and then I saw Aunty wake up, After that my instincts took over, I was aware of what I was doing but wasn't able to stop myself from tarnishing aunty's image that way."
When I was going to lose my mind, I heard those words breaking me out of that spell of mine, It took a minute to actually comprehend what he said but when it hit me, An overwhelming guilt took over me.
"Why am I like this? I knew he couldn't control himself, It was just a primal instinct that took over when his life was in danger and yet I…I blame him? Isn't he the victim in all of this? He did not choose to be that way, He was just born that way with a cursed boon."
It dawned on me what I was doing hearing his words, Lots of mixed emotions wailing up from my heart, While those negative ones were fading away as they came in the unknown.

Yeah, How hypocritical of her to feel this way towards Alex when she might be the closest person who understands what he is going through.
Didn't she also lose control like this one before? Didn't she so desperately want someone to understand her, ask her, feel her trouble and if can't help at least stand aside without pushing her down while he was dealing with her demons?
Isn't this what Alex should be feeling right now? No, he should be feeling more as at least there was her understanding group beside her when that happened but he has none, he is just fighting that battle alone.
A soft weal man was doing this for who knows how long without asking for help while she as a strong powerful woman nearly broke down even with the support from her friends by emotional baggage.
She should be the one who understands him the best as she herself has gone through a similar experience and yet other than doing that she felt disgusted, repealed by the thought he was doing with others while she did a lot worse than simple consensual sex.
Can there be any bigger hypocrite than her?
"No wonder bad things always happen to me, I indeed deserve all that comes towards me, Mom was right, I am a black-hearted woman."
I lost all my chaotic emotions and I guess I got the enlightenment as I realized, I am the reason why bad things happen to me, I am the worst of the worst womankind there is.
I want everyone to understand me, like me and love me for who am I but when it's my turn to do the same, I hate it.
'No, It can't go on like this, If I would lose him if I keep ignoring his plea for help, Let's deal with that urge to control things later, First making sure he knows I understand and with him is the main task, Everything can be and would be done later.'
I clenched my fist and decided to support him. If I have to handle a few sights of him engaging with others sexually for that to happen then be it.
I will not deter away just because of it, Anyway it would not be that long till they come here and check him then there would definitely be a solution on how to control his primal urges, Then she doesn't have to share him with anyone, He would be only mine and mine alone.
After all that I decided I pulled out my make-up kit and quickly gave a touch up to my face. Though I hate the make-up but this time is an exception.
Then after doing that, I took a deep breath and I, with swift motion, entered the ward hurriedly.

——— End Of POV ———
While Sandra was going through the stuff, a figure in the dark , which was obviously a puppet of Belladonna, was monitoring Alex making sure something would happen to her previous man.
Though she was more fascinated then worried about Alex as she seeing a weird kind of power unknown to her running through him giving him healing ability.
But in her eyes that power is not only for that, healing should be just one of the side things that power is capable of. The main thing should be different but she could not find what is the main ability of that power in him.
It's given that it is related to the dual cultivation technique as that power only comes up and becomes active when he touched that damn filthy woman but the nature of the power in itself is hard to guess as power like this never appeared in the world, especially in man.
'Further observation is needed to unravel my cute baby's secret.'
A puppet spoke up in a grim voice which was more unpleasant to hear than a nail scratching on the blackboard. It's physically hurting the ears as the undead puppet is not fully able to contain the power of Night Empress and so it is leaking through the speech of the puppet.
The overly obsessed tone did not help a bit giving uncanny feelings there. These words were supposedly uttered in love but you feel this is not the case.
"Huh!? Now who is she?"
The puppet stopped monitoring Alex for a second when it sensed the presence of another person, who was somehow ignored by her before.
"Seems like she is trying to steal my Alex? She does not look like someone with family power like our nor that close to Alex, Should I just end future there-*Pang*"
Belladonna saw through Sandra the eyes of a puppet. In her eyes Sandra should not have any powerful family backup because she know every important and powerful peoples and families, Sandra does not belong to any of them.
So she thought why keep the cockroaches around to taint her lovely Alex, Just squash it before it becomes annoying but just as that thought arises in her mind, There was a pang in her hearts.
This was a warning sign exclusive to S-rank warriors, This told her to stop whatever she was doing or she would die.
For the first time after Belladonna gets this feeling aside from that one monster making herself seated in the capital feel a forgotten emotion named fear.

"What kinda monsters is my lovely Alex surrounding himself with?"
In the luxury bedroom, Belladonna was laying on her comfy bed showing the figure forbidden to gazed upon by the mortal eyes as they were not able to handle the spectacle of her beauty.
Her obsidian eyes were looking at the woman who just entered in the ward and then Alex with a hint of curiosity in them.
lightsnοvεl Oh how long has it been since she felt this way? When was the last time something this genuinely surprise her to this degree.
After all, it's not an everyday occurrence that she encounters a woman without any powers being a threat to her.
Of course, She thinks if she is careful she has a high change to take out that woman for sure as the threat alert system of S-rank is not absolute, It's just warn them of a danger they are going to encounter has a chance to lethally harm them or kill them which is still a urban legend.
As there is no official death of S-Rank in battle yet, There is one case of Nobel killing S-rank but it was highly unlikely to be done in battle.
So Belladonna was not that worried about Sandra, Well you can't blame her, Not everyone mom's how broken FL are, Which eventually become their downfall, Same tapping with her, As villainess of the novel, her critical thinking would slow down facing the Female lead.
Thankfully the IQ halo was destroyed in the beginning by Alex, so there would no longer have a brain-dead effect on the villains, Which might be why she did not just outright attack Sandra and dig her own grave.
Sandra is a second woman Belladonna is impressed by, First being Alia, That woman has quite a strong potential and superpower, if let it grow, She can be force to reckon with.
Alex being surrounded by one of the millions women like this is really impressive making the position of Alex she has in her heart elevated go another degree.
"Robin, Throw away that coffin, we need a bigger one to fit him and all his lovely friends together, I don't want him to feel lonely in there."
Belladonna stopped watching him through the eyes of the puppets she sent to keep an eye out on her lovely Alex making sure he would not hurt his soft body.
Then she spoken softly with over the brim love filled tone but anyone who heard these words would shudder in the utmost shock and fear.
After all, the tone of her voice was very enchanting making anyone jealous of the man she said her name of but when they realised what she said, it change this from being a romantic fantasy tale to a real horror story.
This woman here is talking about putting her lover into the coffin and not only that, She already prepared for him, just now changed it to a bigger one to accommodate his friends.

Thankfully Alex is far from her reach for now, or who knows what she would have done to him, Well we know but still.
This is how she expresses love or says this is what love is in her eyes, To keep her lover always with her safe and sound.
Yeah safe and sound, How do they say when they are dead? This is where her necromancy powers come in the play which is still mysterious.
In her eyes, people are most coated happy and worry-free when they are dead, Which technically is true, Dead man has no worry.
So she wants to keep her loved ones dead. This way they would always be happy, not worry about anything anymore. There would be no fear in their heart, they would just be happy.
They also can't able to abandon her like others did. That time she was young and just newly awakened her powers so she was not able to resurrect them.
She is still with all her powers is helpless against the power of death. No matter how much she tries, she just can't win over it.
So she embraces it. If she can't resurrect then she can at least reanimate them. Even this works for her to keep her loved one forever with her without forcing them.
Which if you think about it in her twisted ways is kinda cute if you ignore the reanimated part.
"Okay, Miss."
Anyway, Robin hearing his master's command quickly followed the order and dragged the large coffin which was apparently was with her in her bedroom to downstairs.
Belladonna waited for Robin to go out of her with the comically huge coffin which was made after testing with the last one, Which turn not Alex could nearly fit, So plan was to just to put him in there in pieces but after seeing his beauty in morning that plan was dropped.
So this coffin was created which was huge made for to keep Alex comfortably in there but even this one now feels small as there would be more guests there with him inside.
She really doesn't want him to feel lonely there, All his friends should be inside with him.
"I can't wait to finally have you in my arms *Giggle*."
After he was gone, She lay flat on her back holding the photo of Alex in her arms looking at him and giggling like a teenage man in love.
Have to say, if her being crazy part is taken out, Would be the most sorted-after woman for any man.
Of course things are not that normal with her, As the photo she was holding is not any of one but the one from the hospital where Alex was standing naked.

How did she get the photos? Who knows, because her puppet definitely can't take the pic as the aura of dead makes most electronic devices malfunction.
...
"What are you doing here?"
With a cold tone Alex asked Sandra as he struggled to stand up from Grace's arms but maybe because of standing there like this for quite some time or his body already being weak he only struggled but was not able to stand up on his own.
So Grace had to support him, lifting him up from the ground and help him keep standing as his legs didn't have the strength to keep his weight and started wobbling.
"I…I"
While Sandra stood in the suddenly cold ICU ward looking down not daring to meet the eyes of Alex like a child did something wrong and is now afraid of punishment.
'What's taking it so long? Didn't they should be nearly okay with I hoping harem?'
Alex has rage and disgust written on his face but in his heart he was sweating buckets.
He did all he could do, He is sure Belladonna right now would be planning something crazy to him and his harem, he just knows in his guts.
But that is okay as this is the expected reaction from someone like her, But he did not expected Sandra to walk in the ward this bashingly without care about the world.
He thought she could just call someone, realise she was wrong and walk away promising herself that she would-be better for him.
This would be means that Alex gets breathing room to make sure to fox all the open ends of the story he just fabricated on a whim, so there are of course plot holes in it.
Which was not a problem normally but when it comes to someone who has broken the luck of FL, He really doesn't want to take a risk.
"I…I *Choke* come here to see if you are okay."
Sandra did not know what to say at all, She was already super guilty before but after seeing Alex even struggle to stand up, She was newly broken down in guilt.
How can she be so heartless? How can she blame a pure man like him for the things he didn't have any control over? She really wronged him.
'When would this damn system give task completion notification?'
While Sandra was drowning in guilt, Alex was cursing his damn system of what was taking so long to say that the task was completed.

"Where is Rose?"
A cold voice rang in the luxurious hospital VIP ward which has futuristic technology but still has the decoration of a modern luxury room.
Right now Ice Queen, The current-ex girlfriend of Alex, Alia was standing in front of her uncaring mother who did not have any interest in entertaining her eldest daughter's stunts.
She just looked at her and scanned to see if there were any dark arts magical aura is still on her, fortunately there is none, So the probability of her asking for Rose is not that much but can't be say it for sure.
"...So how was my man?"
"*Choke* *Cough* *Cough* What!!!!??"
Seeing Helen was not paying her any heed to attention, Alia just smirked and out of nowhere asked her out making Helen choke on her spit in shock coughing violently looking shocked at Alia.
Helen was really surprised, Never in her wildest dream had she thought that this daughter of hers could say something bold like this to her.
Is this even a question that can be asked to your mother? Answer of course would he was fantastic but who can say that about her daughter's current-ex boyfriend?
Isn't that just crossing a line a bit too much?
"Ohh, So Mother does know how to talk, Interesting."
Alia still hold that smirk on her face as she look directly in the shocked eyes of her mother without any fear.
If it was past Alia she would be able to do this, After all there was a limit on how much she can say in the sentence before.
But now she just doesn't care. As her frozen heart melted, her emotions which was frozen before were also rekindled in the blaze of passion birthed in her heart.
Now she was on the high of experiencing these newfound emotions, Even though while speaking to her mother in this terrified her making her palm sweaty and throat dry, she still felt excited to do so.

As she asked her that, A wave of pleasure hit her neither making her wet and the pleasure she felt that saying this to her mother whom she shared her man is just can't be experienced in words.
Before she thought it was jealousy as it was new to her but now she knows, It is her redemption arc.
What? You thought she would say kink? Don't be that hopeful, She is smart but not self-aware.
Someone like her would point out everything that is possible for their conundrum then to themselves, As they are obsessed with controlling if it is something else they thing they can control it but if they think it was themselves who is problem then that prove they have no control over themselves.
This was enough to make someone like them go insane, So it's best for someone not to point that out to them.
"Do you some weird kink or something?"
Helen just looked at her daughter in a weird way as she spoke up these words with of curiosity and confusion.
"What!!? No!? What!??"
Alia's brain crashed for a second hearing, Helen, the reason of her doing all that was that this is her redemption and punishment for treating Alex badly was threatened by these words as they made her think.
As a result her brain just shut off the thinking process for a second to protect her from reality leaving her for the first time in life without a proper comeback.
'Did I said something wrong?'
Helen seeing her daughter glitching out in real life was a little concerning as she never saw her daughter showing any kinda emotion but now this was definitely a shock that her daughter was showing.
This is so out of the ordinary that she even thought to call the doctors to take a look at Alia for the problems.
"Who!?!!"
But before she could do that, A strong pressure descended on them occupying the whole room.
"Mother sto-!!?? *Crush* *Kneel*"
Alia under such pressure comes to her senses as she is pushed to the ground making her kneel without giving her opportunities to resist such power.
Her first thought was her mother was punishing her as in her eyes only she had the power to make her this helpless but when she looked at Helen's face, She realized it was not done by her mother meaning it was someone else making her alert.
"I don't know who you are but you made a grim sin of attacking me and my daughter, I give you a chance to lift the aura and I consider leaving your body whole."

Helen after the initial shock was burning with rage, If not for the fact that her power was still chaotic and not safe to use, she would have started bombarding the person who dared to attack them.
'Space is sealed, Definitely S-Rank.'
Helen wanted to throw Alia away from her as right now she is her weak point.
Because even if right now she can't fully use her powers, Her inherent S-rank strength would have been enough to tackle whatever another part has to throw at her.
But to her horror, she realised that the space around them was sealed off, Which means one thing is clear, the other party is an S-Rank powerhouse.
Which is trouble now, Unlike Rose case this is not a false alarm as only S-rank can seal of the space.
"Ohh indeed, Your daughter did a grim sin, She hurted the one I adore more than myself."
A beautiful voice-like melody reverberated in the ward making Alia lose her sense for a second being lost in the sweetness of that sound.
For some reason she felt that she was familiar with that voice but at the same time she felt she didn't know the person.
But Helen on the other hand has beads of sweat forming in her forehead, At this moment she felt like a prey stacked by the predator who was about to hunt her.
She tried but was not able to sense which direction that voice was coming from, Even though they are in well lit room, she felt that she was in the deep dark forest and was being hunted by the beast top of the food chain
*Tap* Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
The sound of shoe heels hitting on the cold tiles rang in the room as footsteps came closer and closer towards them.
Helen was on alert ready to face the attack at any moment. Normally she should be able to feel where the attack would fall on her body as the opponent always attacks on weak spots but in front of this person she felt like all her whole body had become a weak big spot in itself.
While Alia kneeling on the ground using her all power to keep her head high to keep her dignity and prevent herself from passing out.
"Interesting, You have courage mixed with little talent, I can see why he loved you."
Once again that voice rang but this time it did not rang in all directions, rather it came from right in front of Alia's face.
*Blink*
Alia didn't see anything at first but just as she blinked 2 figure appeared towering above her, One of them was clad in dark purple while the other was pure white.
Alia who was already pissed of and wanted trigger her Ice Queen powers immediately just stunned in place.

"You…Who are you?"
Alia seeing the face of the person standing in front of her couldn't help but ask her aloud in confusion because the face she was seeing eerily matching with someone else in her heart.
So she holds off her offense in fear of hurting someone she would regrets later on, Which is a strange thing that never happened before in her life.
*Pat*
"A dead woman doesn't need to know such a thing, He deserves way better than trash like you."
A figure of an enchantingly beautiful woman bends down toward Aila and gently pats her soft cheeks.
It has no power behind the pat, It's just a gentle pat like an adult give to a child.
"HOW DARE YOU!!!"
But this little action of hers enraged Alia to the core, This pat did not contain a least about of force in it but she felt like she attacked as never before.
This was not attack on her body but on her pride, This woman in front of her playing with her, humiliating her by doing this mere action.
As if saying to her that she is nothing but a small insect that can be crushed under the foot any moment she wants.
This hit Alia deeply. Never in her life before she was so humiliated by someone. She is the one who stands at the pinnacle of power and wealth in this city humulatied.
That to some unknown person in the mouth of this woman she not aware of, This was a last straw and Alia finally lose it.
"AHHHH!! ICE KINGDOM!!!"
She yelled on the top of her lungs, Her long ebony hair turned into a white crystal-like one, the icy blue eyes of hers had a cold aura which sprayed in the ward in a flash of light.
In a matter of seconds, Everything except those four in the ward got frozen covered in the ice pillars.
The ice formed out of nowhere. There was not even that much moisture present in the air for to create this much ice but as if the ice had frozen the time and space itself it formed this extremely cold ice.
This ice is nothing like the ice we know. It's definitely cold but not just cold but extremely cold, So cold in fact it can freeze anything it can touch, It can even freeze atoms itself.
"Huh?! A B-Rank able to use the S-Rank inherent skill of domain? You are not as useless as I initially thought."
A woman for the first time has a shock in her eyes as she sees Alia pulling this off.
This is no doubt his domain, A skill that is reserved only for the S-Rank as only they are strong enough to personify their power into reality.
Yes, personification.
Domain is like the name suggests, is a range in which S-Rank personify their superpowers into physical reality using mana and law related to their superpowers.
Like right now Alia doing it, But this thought to be impossible for anyone other then S-Rank to open their Domain.
After all, Only they are the one who takes a glimpse into the power of laws and has enough strength to handle the breakage of space and time needed for to open a domain.
Of course, Unless someone learned and mastered their superpowers to the extreme degree that they have slight control over it's law.
But it was all nothing but an urban legend, Myth that was passed down from generation to generation.
Yet here is this woman who proved that myth putting herself from the grade of genius to monsters.
*But alas, You are not the only monster here *Snap*"
*Shatter*
The woman though impressed but it was just that, This might be some groundbreaking thing for others but for her, who herself is a walking myth, this is not that big of a deal.
And she proved it, With just a flick of a finger she shattered the domain of Alia in a matter of seconds, making Alia turn back to her normal appearance.
'It takes a second to shatter, She is not normal.'
When the domain shattered, the woman's face changed for a moment before going back to normal but a storm set off in her heart.
It seems not a big deal that this domain resisted for the second but mind you this domain was created by just a mere B-Rank, It not even supposed to stand in the presence of S-rank.
And yet this is able to resist the active attack from S-Rank for a second, Which does not seem much but for S-Rank, this is the time that can decide victory and defeat.
This means that, The superpower of Alia is not as simple elemental powers she first thought.
"Well, You barely passed the test, I give you a permit to date my brother but"
Woman came off from her shock and then with a satisfied smile on her face she looked at Alia as she started speaking to her.
It was going fine but suddenly the tone of her voice changed from gentle to the terrifying that can freeze the blood of the listener.
"If he is ever hurt by you, I would forget that you are loved by him, You head would be used as a showpiece in my room."
Woman grabbed the chin of Alia with enough force to turn white skin if her redish and directly looking at her icy blue eyes as she spoke.
It was not a threat not a warning, It was a promise, A promise from a woman who would not be shy away from fulfilling it.
"Who are you? Why don't I know you?"
Finally, Helen decided to speak, Though she gotten the very good idea of who this woman is which is the on of the reason of why she has not been attacked yet.
But she still needs to confirm it, To make sure this woman is not a threat to Alex, her family, her and the country in that order.
After all, what she knows is that there are only 7 S-Rank warriors in this country, and she is one of the sevens.
So she knows all of them. This woman in front of her is none of those people, She is lone unregistered S-Rank warrior, if things work out she might even be able to ask her to join the country's defense force. S-rank are what are needed to keep the sovereignty of the country.
And this woman who looks young, Should be some old monster coming out of her meditation to gain more experience for her practice. The young appearance should be a facade.
"Ohh me? I am Winchester, Amara Winchester."
Amara, hearing the words of Helen, smirked as she knew what this old woman has thought about her, So passing her a sweet confident smile, Amara answered her question.
And just as she thought she saw how the colour of Helen's face fly away turning her white as she learned about her identity.
This is the terror of Winchester's name, Which represents the absolute power of their family.
"Ar…Are you Alex grandma?"
*Boom*
*Boom*
*Shatter*
A huge wave of pressure was released from Amara shattering everything in the room. Glassware, the long tubes on the way, glass windows, even the tiles of the ward were not spared from the wrath of S-Rank.
"Gra-Grandma?!!! Are you deaf? Did you not hear when I say he is my brother?"
Amara gritted her teeth in fury, How dare this woman say that she is the grandma of Alex.
She is sister of him, One and only who has that position, That is her sacred position that no one can take away from her.
But this old hag touched her bottom line, The line no one dared to cross was crossed by Helen.
If not for the fact that Alex would be sad if he found out that she hurted his mother-in-law, She would have shown her why Beastmasters are feared existence in the S-Rank warriors.
"H…How can you be Alex's sister? It doesn't make any sense."
Helen was stupefied, Of course she heard when Amara said she is sister of Alex as this was her sole reason for coming here in her words.
But how can she believe it? Alex is should be 20 or 22 years old and if as Amara says she is the sister of Alex then by looks she should be around 27 or 28 years old.
And even if the factor of S-rank looks young then their actual age is taken into consideration the timeline didn't match.
At best in Helen's eyes, Amara might be some old monster in the Winchester family who love to call herself young and sister of Alex.
Though it is weird for a woman to care about their age as it was more man who do that thing but it is understandable if she is in contact with Alex.
After all, Which woman would not fall for a man like that and try to show off her best side to him. The change of age should be also because of this thing.

"Of course it does, I am the sister of Alex related by blood, BLOOD, Do you understand?"
Amara darted towards Helen with an angry growling Shapira beside her, Who is still salty about the fact that Alex said he cook for her but not did it.
So even she was angry and seeing that there is opportunity take out her frustration, She was ready to do it.
".....How old are you, miss?"
Helen did not even noticed the beast was standing beside her as all her attraction was occupied by thoughts of Amara right now.
It also that Shapira is not any threat to Helen that she was not alerted by her instinct of such presence in front of her.
"Turned 26 this year."
Amara wanted to lash out but was still thinking of Alex holding herself back as she understood what this misunderstanding was all about. This is not the first time this question is being asked to her but this was indeed the first time someone called her Alex's grandma which triggered her.
"IMPOSSOBLE!!!! YOU ARE LYING."
Helen blew put hearing the age of Amara, She would not believe it, She refuse to believe that any 26-year-old can be an S-rank powerhouse.
How is that even possible? Since when did being S-rank is that simple?
Did you know being S-rank is 10 times more harder and takes more time than going from Frank warrior to A-Rank.
Even if someone was a monster like her daughter and pretty much speedrun the ranks, Even then she was able to reach the peak of B-rank.
Which in itself a feat that she never seen anyone pull of, Never, even lunatics from secret society can do it with helps of mysterious technology
So it was impossible for 26 years old to be S-Rank, As by the ancient records the youngest S-Rank was 100 years old and even that in the prime of the hidden world when spiritual power was filled every corner of the world.
Even then it took that genius 100 years to reach S-Rank, So in this recessed period it was pretty much impossible to reach S-Rank in 500 years at the earliest even then they needed the support of lots of spiritual things to supplement their body for to gain that power to step into S-Rank.
"Amara Winchester, The first S-Rank beastmaster of this age after the fall."
Amara knew this reaction, She is similar with it as this was not the first time this happen to her.
This was always their reaction, And why would it not? What she did is indeed something that others think is impossible.

A 26 years S-Rank and that too a Beastmaster S-Rank? It was nothing but an imagination for the rest of the hidden world.
Because being S-Rank is already so hard that it can even be quoted as being impossible for some people but still manageable given enough time like a thousand years or so.
But then there comes the Subcategory named Beastmaster, A category is so infamous that it is quoted as a widow maker as there is always some woman who thinks she can be one and dares to tame a beast which ends up leading to their death.
But just taming the beast is not the only hard part, rather it was not the hard part at all for to be a beastmaster, Hard part is to make sure your beast grows with you.
A beastmaster is restricted to being only one level above their beast, If they are stronger or weaker than that then the beast would not take command from their master as they only know to respect the strong.
They never respect anyone being weaker than them as it was in their blood and so beasts are always stronger than humans in the same rank thanks to their physique.
This is just one of the requirements, The other one is that the beast has to grow with you. Rather you can't become stronger than your beast is as the master is also bound by the same contact.
This means the master can only be one rank above their beast. They can't push towards a higher rank at all until their beast comes to their current rank.
It was always this struggle because if the beast on your rank then that means it would not listen to you and so you have to work harder to push the rank as soon as possible.
Because if the beast pushed rank and becomes stronger than their master, Then it's game over for the master.
There are only two outcomes, one being obvious which is being killed by their contracted beast as the beast can break their contact if they gain more power than their master.
And so the protection contract provides is gone, Which helps the beast to hunt and eat their master making the beast even stronger.
While the 2nd option is if they are lucky, The Beast would abandoned them without eating but even then it is a problem as the movement master loses their beast they also lose their contact.
And once that happens, All the cultivation power they accumulated all these years would be gone as their power core which provide them strength through channeling spiritual powers using both beast and their master's core.
This is the reason why masters can't go too far from their beast rank as they once they do that they would put pressure on the beast core which would break it, which means they have to start at ground zero.
Not only that but because they cultivated Beastmaster their core permanently changed means now they can only be Beastmaster and not change the category of theirs.
On top of being fixed to only use Beastmaster, Now if they wanted to cultivate more they couldn't have the same effect as before, They need to work twice as much before their fall.7
Hence why no one takes the Beastmaster job, As there is too much risk in it, One small mistake can turn a genius into trash.
"Beastmaster!????!"
Helen's eyes opened in shock as heard these words. She right now was even more shocked then when she heard about Amara being 26 years 26-year-old S-Rank warrior.