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.

allowed her to undergo surgery to recover, and he had taught her

she followed Toxic Hive as it broke away from

him.

given her a new life

are you

gasping for breath, but the smile remained on his

She couldn't reject him.

for support as he got up, but

along with him as he walked

Leia looked down at

a blush tinted her cheeks,

holding Avery's

was the first time Avery had held her hand and

simple and brightly lit, and it

Leia wouldn't run away, Avery let go of her

a seat. "Do you still

redder. When he took her in back then, she had insisted

every day.

"You remembered."

"Yes."

strawberry yogurt from the fridge,

yogurt do?"

with both hands, and she felt

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

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