Neo didn’t bother trying to get a guarantee from the Sphinx.
The Sphinx never lied.
It could trick, but its words were always true.
The Sphinx disappeared.
It did not reappear anymore, as if saying their meeting was done.
Neo took one last look at the empty hall.
His footsteps echoed softly as he turned and walked away.
A portal shimmered at the end of the hall.
Without hesitation, he stepped through.
He felt a shift.
The cold stillness of the hall was replaced by the familiar warmth of the evening sun.
Neo noticed the principal’s puppets standing in front of him.
“We hope your meeting with the Sphinx was good,” the puppets said with a bow.
“Yeah,” Neo said.
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Mostly because the Sphinx knew how to get under others’ skin, and it enjoyed doing that.
Neo saw no reason to reveal that to the puppets.
Before he left the building, the puppets spoke in unison again,
“The Sphinx has told us about your next appointment with her.
“When you want to meet her, you can find us by coming here, and we will teleport you to her lair.”
“Good to know that.”
Neo left the building.
On the way, he continued to think about his conversation with the Sphinx.
‘The way Sphinx told me about everything, especially Mom and Dad, it’s like…’
‘Like it doesn’t know about the Quests.’
Neo frowned.
The Sphinx should’ve been able to see his status screen.
That’s why it knew of his Concepts and ascension rank.
‘Maybe it’s possible that the Sphinx doesn’t know about the Quests.’
‘After all, only I have the Quests section in the status screen. It might be something that isn’t related to the Akashic Records.’
Everyone had a status screen.
But not Quests.
Neo tried to think of a reason about it.
However, he couldn’t come to a proper conclusion.
‘Might as well focus on things in front of me.’
He called Henry while he was on the way back.
“What is it?” Henry’s voice came out from the device’s speaker.
“Is the line secure?” Neo asked.
“…?”
Henry, on the other side, frowned.
He leaned back in his chair.
It was Neo’s first time asking such a question, and it immediately put Henry on edge.
“Wait a few seconds,” Henry said.
He activated a series of security protocols before he spoke again.
“It’s secure now.”
“Mi&Gi stream channel. Do you remember them?” Neo asked.
“I do.” Henry’s brow furrowed as he tried to recall details. “They were the ones who streamed your fight against Minotaur.”
Neo was slightly surprised Henry remembered such a small detail.
For obvious reasons, he kept his thoughts to himself.
“Find them and….”
Neo stopped.
What were they supposed to do after locating Mira and George?
“Just find where they are right now and make sure they are safe. I will explain everything to you once I’m home,” Neo finally said.
“Fine,” Henry replied. “But this better be something important enough for me to waste my time upon, bitch, or you are dead.”
“It’s important. Trust me.”
Neo cut the call and resumed his walk to the gates.
He hailed a cab, and directed the driver to the Hargraves mansion.
Upon arrival, he stepped out and quickly made his way inside and found Henry in his office.
“Hey,” Neo raised his hand in greeting.
Henry gave a curt nod.
His eyes remained glued to the screen of his laptop.
“Come here and see this,” Henry said.
Neo circled the large desk, and leaned over to peer at the screen.
“What’s so interesting that you tell me to watch it as soon as…”
His words faltered mid-sentence.
On the screen, a live feed showed a woman—Mira—bawling her eyes out.
She was sitting with a friend in a small café.
“Why is she crying?” Neo asked, frowning in concern.
“Her boyfriend is cheating on her,” Henry replied
“Huh?”
Neo blinked, confused.
He wondered if he had misheard Henry.
‘Dad is cheating on Mom?’
Before Neo could voice his thoughts, Henry raised a hand to stop him.
“Don’t bother me now. Let me see this. It’s not easy to find drama like this every day.”
Henry’s gaze was fixated on the screen as if he were watching his favorite TV show.
Mira’s trembling voice emanated from the laptop’s speakers.
“I—I thought he was going to propose to me…”
Her voice broke.
She sniffed, clutching a tissue as she continued.
“It is our fifth year’s anniversary. It should be time he asked me to marry him, b-but…”
Her words turned into incoherent sobs as she buried her face in her hands.
The other patrons in the café whispered amongst themselves as they sneaked glances in Mira’s directions.
The waiter approached their table.
“Ma’am, you are disturbing the customers.”
Mira’s friend, looking flustered, waved a hand apologetically.
“Sorry about my friend. We’ll leave soon. Just give us a minute,” she said in a pleading tone.
The waiter nodded curtly and walked away.
Mira’s friend, Julia, rubbed her back gently, trying to comfort Mira as she sobbed uncontrollably.
“Are you sure you saw him with another woman? I mean, it could be his friend.
“There’s no need to think he’s cheating on you,” Julia said softly.
“We’ve been together for years. I know all his friends.
“How come I don’t know a girl who’s close enough to meet him in our apartment?” Mira shot back.
Julia pursed her lips before she spoke,
“Maybe—”
“Maybe what!” Mira shouted. “He met her while I was away. When I tried asking him, he acted as if nothing had happened!”
Her voice cracked, and her hands clenched the edge of the table.
“And why are you taking his side?” Mira demanded, glaring at her.
“I’m sorry for saying something insensitive,” Julia said.
Neo, who was watching everything unfold on Henry’s laptop, was stunned.
“Why… Why have you even put a tail on her like that? Have some basic decency, will you?” Neo said.
“I put someone to tail her because a certain dumbass told me thirty minutes ago to keep eyes on her,” Henry replied without looking up.
His tone was matter-of-fact, as if justifying his actions.
“And stop looking at me like I’m some criminal.”
Henry leaned back in his chair, his eyes still glued to the screen.
“It’s not my fault that it just happened to be the day when her relationship is in danger,” Henry added with a shrug.
Neo opened his mouth to retort but quickly closed it, at a loss for words.
He massaged his brows.
Henry, unfazed, continued watching the drama unfold.
His lips curled, betraying his amusement.
While his gaze remained fixed on the screen, he spoke to Neo.
“Why did you tell me to keep an eye on these two?”
“I went to the Underworld, and they told me our family of four has been reincarnating for ages,” he said instead of responding directly.
Henry didn’t seem shocked, much to Neo’s surprise.
He remained calm, almost indifferent, to the news.
“What about it?” Henry asked.
“Mira and George are Mom and Dad’s reincarnation,” Neo said.
Henry finally looked away from the screen.
He looked at Neo, as if wondering he was joking.
“I’m serious.”
“Oh.”
Henry looked back to the screen. At the drama he had been watching moments ago.
