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Chapter 907 Friend or Foe

"Why are you sighing? You look just as dejected as you did when I saw you at Mount Chillad, Xavier teased.Veronica was standing under a towering tree, looking at the river further down the mountain.Memories of everything that happened back at Mount Chillad the last time resurfaced.

"Back then?" She chuckled.

"I wasn't just dejected.I was also pretty pathetic."

Now that she thought about it, it had been two years since then.

"Hah.You were with Matthew, but he didn't even keep you safe."

Xavier scoffed as he crossed his arms and stared out into the distance.He knew Veronica liked Matthew, but he couldn't accept the fact that Matthew didn't do a good job protecting her.

"He can't be blamed for what happened at Mount Chillad"

Veronica wanted to stand up for Matthew, so she explained, "At the time, \-"

As she spoke, she spotted Nelson limping over with a few fruits in hand.His silhouette matched perfectly with the one that popped up in her mind.

as her hair stood on end, and

realized why Nelson looked a

couldn't recall where she'd seen

memory, she came to a

Mount Chillad two years ago? The one who had half his face covered in a mask

after she fired a bullet into it

and sent someone to assassinate me but had to give

just a few moments, her forehead was covered in

"Roni? What's going on?"

found that Veronica was staring unblinkingly

out of her

"Oh.It's nothing."

didn't believe her.He glanced thoughtfully

"Come.Let's all eat something."

flickered

"I'm...not hungry."

began wondering whether Nelson was the