When Leia spotted Avery, she subconsciously tried to escape, but Avery had already noticed her.

"Begonia."

The word drifted toward Leia in the night breeze.

The woman's voice on the other end of the line sounded a little panicky. "Did someone approach you?

Who are you with right now?"

"I'll contact you later." Leia hung up and quickly ran away. She was given mechanical legs, so she ran

faster than a normal human.

Avery wasn't feeling well, so he only ran after Leia for a little while before slumping onto the floor,

panting.

Unexpectedly, Leia turned back and ran back to him. She looked at him anxiously. "Are you okay?"

She had noticed him leaning against the flowerbed, so she thought that something happened to him.

Avery gripped her wrist. "Got you, Begonia."

Begonia was Leia's alias in Peace's Embrace.

Avery's voice was as gentle as always, and Leia had mixed feelings about that.

No one knew this, but Avery was the only salvation she had in her life.

Back then, when she ran away from the poor and desolate village, she encountered Avery.

He was the one who brought her back to Peace's Embrace for proper education.

to undergo surgery to recover, and he

broke away from

him.

given her a new life when she was

are you trying to

for breath, but the smile

She couldn't reject him.

for support as he got up, but he never let

with him

Leia looked down at their linked

blush tinted her

was holding Avery's

time Avery had held her hand

lit, and it

the door to make sure that Leia wouldn't run away, Avery let go

Leia to take a seat.

took her in back then, she had

every day.

"You remembered."

"Yes."

yogurt from the fridge, shaking it. "I don't have milk with

yogurt do?"

she felt

it in the past, I got used to the strawberry flavor as well. By the way, I forgot

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