Inside the L.O Group home, no one wanted to force any comforting words to Selene, at this point such attempts would just disrespectful, the world is already hard as it is, and parting ways when something unavoidable happened, is just the way it is. Selene did not blame Clarisa and the L.O Group for not wanting to help her rescue Scarlett, but doesn't mean that the decision does not hurt her feelings and made her a felt offended. Selene and Scarlett were both competent combatants and their talents also beneficial to the group, losing them would impact the group growth and income, which is a regrettable thing for the L.O Group, reluctant as they were to let her go, they had too.
After all, denying to help her at her crucial moment, will be a deal breaker for everyone. The L.O Group is full of matured woman who had lived in this harsh world, competing with every single sort of folks out there, and they earned their place and reputation fairly. And as a soldi group, they would not foolishly jeopardize the entire groups safety for one person to go on a foolhardy situation. All of them were discarded woman, so no matter what happened, they would never put down another woman. Hence, Selene just quietly packed up all of her and Scarlett belonging and leave in silenced.
"…. Selene, is Scarlett…. Really in a bad situation…. Hold on, a minute…Selene!". (Natasha)
After Selene, silently and bitterly collected her and Scarlett belongings, Natash simply helped her with carrying all the stuffs, finding that now they were about a few dozen meters away from the L.O Group house, Natasha decided it was time to really get to know what is currently going on. Natasha voiced turned stern, prompted Selene to stopped and put down all her luggage's on the ground.
"…. Sigh~ …. Yes…Yes, she is…I received a short radio call from her last night…. She was tricked…. Deceived by the mission that she took for days…. Oh, God…. Sob… Sob…. they….they caught her…". (Selene)
"Oh, dear me…. Oh, Selene…". (Natasha)
Selene leaned on a wall, and as she shared what is going on, every single word, looked so painful to let out, the sense of anxiety, looming doom and hopelessness swarmed over Selene emotions and she finally can't hold on anymore as she broke down and cry. Natasha comes over to her side and comfort her with a tight hug, consoling her friend, who has been so strong for many years, now looking feeble before her eyes.
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Last night,
"Selene…did something good happened to you, today? you looked… rather glowing today...". (Clarisa)
"Well…if getting married can be considered the reason why~ …. I guess I am happy…". (Selene)
"WHAT??!!! You're getting married?!!...". (Clarisa & The L.O Group Members)
The entire house was burning with questions and excitement, as Selene happily mentioning that she will be getting married soon.
"Yes, I am!!!.... Kyaaaahhh!!!...". (Selene)
"OH MY GOD!!!!.... congratulations, Selene~…. WOHOO!!". (The L.O Group Members)
Joining and piling up on Selene exciting mood, the rest of the group members were also in a great mood as well, although all of them were in patches and in recovery. Getting married is a celebratory occasion for the woman of their age, it was a rare opportunity to come by to any of them, so all of them were celebrating and bombarded Selene with all sort of questions, their friend is getting married, naturally they had to know the details.
"Oh… I forgot… Here's something that my Future Husband gave to me… he told me to share them with you all…". (Selene)
Selene put the plastic full of breads and Mineral Waters of the table, and soon the whole group were excited to see what is inside the bag.
"Hey… isn't this… Azra Family Co. flagship breads and waters?... wow your future husband really splurged on you, Selene~ …Lucky you~…". (Brunette haired member)
"…. Selene… this is… a lot…. it's almost cost about 100 coins for all this stuff…..Wait a minute…Selene….is you husband…". (Clarisa)
Everyone in the group were impressed that Selene future husband bought a lot of breads and waters for her to share with her group members. But on the contrary to all the other members, only Clarisa felt the amount was a bit odd, the entire town knows about Azra Family Co. product, they sold high quality product and their pricing, and what is in the bag was easily, 100 coins worth. So, Clarisa being a sensible person that she always was, was fast to catch what is going on, turning to asked Selene to confirm her deductions, Clarisa were met with a widely smiled and shy Selene.
"Yes, he is… Azra Family Co. owner, Azra…". (Selene)
"Oh, dear me… Really? ....". (Clarisa)
Everyone knows what is going with Azra Family Co. and how is it there, the stall was famous for his owner really loves his wife, daring to fight anyone that disrespected her, today he even stood up the Chamber of Commerce alone. Selene naturally shared the whole story, telling the tidbits of the whole story, just enough so that no one misunderstood anything about the whole situations. Everyone knows that becoming a second or even forth wife is not a big deal, as long as you were married and be loved, that should already be a big enough privileged to anyone.
Now that everyone had gotten the full picture of the story, the celebrations continue harmoniously, everyone were congratulating her and Scarlett as well, although Scarlett is not here. Still for the rest of the night, The L.O Groups happily celebrates the joyful occasions, needless to say, for Selene, today was a good day for her, although on the outside she looked calmed and collected, on the inside she felt so happy that she could faint, after all, she had not just got married for herself to a good man, but also Scarlett as well, she couldn't wait to tell her the news, when she come back. The celebration went on for and hour, before everyone heads back to their bed and continue their rest, Selene head to her bed, and is about to do her routine radio check.
Selene being a skilled mechanic and also technician, she was able to repaired a pair long distance walkie talkie, one would be on her at all time and another will belong to Scarlett. Whenever the 2 were a part, they always able to communicate in a short amount of time daily. The walkie talkies required a clear signal and also batteries, both things are expensive and hard to find. Despite her happy mood, she does not forget to pick up the walkie talkie to contact Scarlett. Scarlett has been on radio silence for quite somedays now, so Selene was worried about her wellbeing.
"Bzztt!!… Scarlett, are you there? …Bzztt!!". (Selene)
"H… Bzztt!!.... Hello…Selene…is that… Bzztt!!...you? ….". (Scarlett)
Hearing Scarlett weak voiced accompanied with a lot of static sounds, made Selene jumps with both glee and also worries.
"Scarlett… why did you sound like that?... are you injured?... where are you right now….".
"…Selene… I'm…I'm not in a good … Bzztt!!...spot…Right now…. Bzztt!!.... The mission was a set up…. Bzztt!!...the… Bzztt!!...Herman Group…is kidnapping people…. Bzztt!!.... Selene…I think…I might have to go first… Bzztt!!...don't come… Bzztt!!...it's dangerous here…goodbye…My friend… Bzztt!!...". (Scarlett)
Leaving an ominous message and a rather farewell words, at that point, the radio signal cut out. Selene knew in an instant, Scarlett need helps. She needs to be saved no matter what is going on. Both of them vow to be happy together, Scarlett swore that if any of them were to be married, both of them will join that relationship together, they have gone through all the goods and bad for a long time, and no matter how dreadful the situation was, Selene is going to save her at all cost.