Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

”With the current efficacy of the drug, it will probably extend your lifespan by about 50 percent. For example, if you originally had five years to live, with consistent injections, you could live for eight or even ten years. Someone who originally had ten years might live for more than a decade, or even twenty years, with continued use of the medicine.”

Although Angelina was a little disappointed, but... being able to live a few more years was already a huge win for her now.

Ten years, huh...

She contracted Oripathy at sixteen. Taking an average of ten years, she could probably live until twenty-six, right through the best years of a girl’s life!

Not bad...

Her lifespan could possibly be extended.

Angelina was already planning to quit her job as a special messenger. She had saved up some money over the past year, enough to buy medicine and enjoy the rest of her life.

Seeing Angelina fall silent.

Lucas Reeve thought she was upset.

He patted her on the shoulder and comforted her.

”Don’t lose heart. This is just the first batch of drugs. There will be more optimized versions with better effects later on. Who knows, maybe one day Oripathy will be curable or just become a chronic disease, the kind where you can live to a ripe old age as long as you take your medicine every day.”

”Mmm!”

Angelina suddenly looked up, her eyes shining brightly, as if filled with hope for the future.

She was also incredibly thankful.

She was so lucky to have met Mr. Reeve.

Otherwise, she might never have known about this medicine and would have ended her life in a state of deep regret.

Over the next few days.

Even after her injuries had recovered somewhat, Angelina didn’t leave. Instead, she spent all day asking Lucas Reeve questions. In her eyes, Lucas Reeve was omnipotent. However, there were times when, for some reason, Angelina suspected she might be seeing things. When she got up in the middle of the night for a drink of water, she would see...

Lucas Reeve...

Floating in the air!!

His body was semi-transparent, just like the ghosts she had seen in movies.

How could a person float in the air?

Mr. Reeve was a person, not a ghost.

Thinking of this,

Angelina concluded that her eyes must be playing tricks on her.

When her body had almost fully recovered.

Angelina chose to leave for the time being. Although she had grown somewhat attached to Lucas Reeve during their time together, after some thought and exchanging contact information, she decided to first return to the home she had been away from for a year to see her parents.

In the past.

Angelina believed she only had two or three years left to live... and chose to quietly leave her familiar surroundings. But now, her life could be extended by many years, and she could do many meaningful things in that time.

Just after Angelina left.

Lisa’s mother finally recovered a little and woke up.

The severe blood loss and mental exhaustion had caused her to sleep for many days.

After a month of recovery, her injuries healed faster than expected, and she was completely cured.

After having one last dinner with her daughter, she quietly left Lisa’s side in the early hours of the next morning. As an assassin, she had her own path, her own dreams, and things she had to accomplish. If she had simply wanted to enjoy a peaceful life as a family of three.

Lisa’s mother would never have returned to Siracusa after giving birth to Lisa, but would have lived with her husband in Higashi.

If it were before.

Lisa’s mother might have had reservations. With her daughter by her side, she would probably have sent Lisa to a safe place before returning to Siracusa alone.

But now.

Her daughter was under Lucas Reeve’s care.

Having witnessed Lucas Reeve’s strength, Lisa’s mother entrusted her daughter to him with complete confidence.

The next morning when she woke up.

Lisa didn’t cry or throw a tantrum as one might expect. Instead, she preciously put on the necklace her mother had left for her, letting it rest on her snow-white neck.

Smart as she was, Lisa seemed to have long anticipated this day would come.

She didn’t want to be a burden to her mother. From now on, she would grow as fast as she could, to become a pillar of support her mother could rely on as soon as possible.

Carrying her sniper rifle, a pistol tucked away, and her body laden with Originium Rounds.

Lisa trained as usual under Lucas Reeve’s supervision, only this time, her gaze was even more resolute.