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.

undergo surgery to recover, and he had

she followed Toxic Hive as it broke away

him.

had given her a new life

you trying

the smile remained

She couldn't reject him.

he got up, but he never let go of Leia's

pulled Leia along with him as

of the streetlights, Leia looked

an instant, a blush tinted her

holding

Avery had held her hand and also

brightly lit, and it

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

to take a seat. "Do you still drink

took her in back then, she had insisted

every day.

"You remembered."

"Yes."

strawberry yogurt from the fridge,

yogurt do?"

hands, and she felt her

got used to the strawberry flavor as well. By the

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