Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 419

Aeden hid the smirk on his face when he saw his son leave so coolly, leaving countless Sins speechless.

He was indeed his son. His style was just like his, despite the ever-present smile on his face.

His wife had already told him that Alec’s smile was mostly just a façade that she’d asked him to keep up since he was young. Aeden reckoned that such a mask was already more like a habit, and it was probably hard to get rid of unless someone provoked him.

He gave a second glance to the unconscious Katherine who was already being taken care of by the paramedics and felt rest assured.

A Sin’s vitality was always the highest amongst the four Societypes, so unless they were killed directly in battle, they could always recover from their injuries if given enough time to lick their wounds.

Other than that, he’d seen everything that happened and knew that Katherine was mostly just unconscious. She didn’t have any other injuries, just bruising. Alec had controlled his strength very well.

Aeden held Annalise’s hand and strode off with her into the distance after Alec.

The banquet was already pretty much over. They’d already introduced his son, and the clan members gotten a taste of his son’s prowess, so there wasn’t anything left to do.

He could finally ditch this bothersome event and go home.

When they were out of the building, Annalise looked teasingly at her husband. “Dear, you seem very pleased with yourself.”

Aeden grunted, turning his head away.

Annalise laughed, poking his cheek with her index finger. “It’s been so many years, but you still think that you can hide it from me. Your ears are red!”

Aeden let out another grunt of embarrassment. While he could hide it from other people, he couldn’t hide it from his beloved.

Annalise suddenly stopped. Her eyes widened. “We forgot about Ye Sha!”

Aeden looked like he was about to protest, but Alec suddenly appeared in front of them again, not looking surprised to see them there.

The family of three met up in front of the building entrance, and Alec nodded at them.

“You can go home first. I’ll get that troublesome friend of mine. I’ll be back in a while.”

Inside one of the other sparring arenas, Ye Sha looked truly miserable as he dodged the attacks of the Sin across him time and time again.

He looked a sorry sight, which his clothes in tatters.

Alec’s lips twitched in spite of himself.

Ye Sha felt like crying. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to attack, but that his attacks weren’t quick enough to make it through to the other party.

Ye Sha’s fleshy body was powerful enough, but he hadn’t trained in any techniques for fighting.

Alec briefly wondered just how long his friend had went without any sort of training, and he dispelled his original plan of bringing Ye Sha back with him. If he got whacked enough, surely, he would develop some survival skills…

The System��s ear twitched, and he looked towards a wall.

Silently, he made his way out, following the direction of the sound.

He walked in the far direction of a lake that was in the middle of a park.

It was relatively deserted – and by relatively, he meant completely.

The soft sounds of the soothing water lapping against the edge of the banks was heard, and Alec took the chance to relax peacefully, listening to the sound of the trees rustling gently.

The soft, gentle breeze brushed across his skin. Alec closed his eyes, enjoying it fully.

It was a rare chance for Alec to be so relaxed in the middle of civilisation.

Alec curled up at the top of a tree, winding down. He had truly used up most of his bloodl.u.s.t by teasing Katherine earlier.

And ‘home’ was definitely filled with… erm. His parents’ ambiguous sounds. He couldn’t even block his ears, damn it.

Maybe he would just wait until they were done before going back.

If it were anyone else, he’d be able to block it out, but his mind kept telling him that it was his parents, and –

Alec drifted off for a bit before he heard the sounds of someone angrily stomping here, stopping beside one of the trees nearby very furiously.

She kicked the tree, but the tree was sturdy enough that it wouldn’t fall to an average Sin’s kicks.

However, that seemed to be the last straw, and she exploded.

“AH!” she yelled, and her yell actually made ripples appear across the previously still surface of the water.

She screamed a few times, and Alec twitched with annoyance.

She punched the ground and let out a few kicks against the tree, her anger just seeming to build without stopping. It was like a faulty faucet, and everything was coming out all at once.

Eventually, she finally let out all her anger and panted harshly, tears prickling in her eyes.

If it wasn’t Katherine, then who could it be?

Who else would be so aggrieved and angry on this night? No doubt that some people had a few choice words with her after her loss in the duel.

With Katherine’s personality over the past couple of years, she made more enemies than friends, so it wasn’t too surprising.

Alec was a little surprised that she’d run out after getting treated, but then he considered his personality and shook his head. She obviously had a complex about something, and she had taken it out on him previously.

No doubt that other people were able to pick up on it as well.

She didn’t hide it very well.

Katherine suddenly broke down in tears. It was ugly and aggrieved, but it sounded very real and unembellished. It was clear that the tears came from the depths of her heart.

Naturally, Alec wasn’t so tactless as to make himself known at this time. His EQ might not be the highest, but it wasn’t that low either.

Especially not since he was apparently the one who had caused this state in her. Despite her acting out, she was still a young teen that was around his age.

Then, Alec paused. He forgot that he wasn’t that young anymore, and she was a bit older than him, so…

This might have been a long time coming?

As he was thinking about it, Katherine’s eyes suddenly sharpened, and she glared up at the tree that Alec as seated on.

“Who’s there!”

Alec thought about it for a bit before he dropped down from the tree, and Katherine’s eyes widened resentfully.

She wiped at her face, glaring at him. “W-what,” she said pitifully. “Did you come to rub it in that you won?”

Alec remained silent.

Seeing him remain silent, she felt resentment building. “Did you come to make fun of me? You didn’t even try your hardest in the battle with me! Don’t even try to deny it! I can feel it!”

As she spoke, she suddenly burst into tears again, startling both of them.

She especially startled herself since her pride didn’t usually allow her to let her guard down against someone else. Especially not someone whom she thought was making fun of her. Katherine’s first instinct was usually to lash out before she herself got lashed at.

But then, she couldn’t stop herself after she started again, and her cries became great heaving sobs. It was ugly and loud, but it came from the depths of her heart.

Alec looked at her awkwardly. He patted her shoulder, not sure how to comfort her.

He didn’t think that a single defeat would cause such a great impact on her.

“There, there…” he said awkwardly.

Katherine hiccupped a laugh as she cried, but somehow, she felt like all the poison in her heart was steadily being released at this time.

The resentful feelings slowly drained out of her, leaving her feeling better than she had in ages…

Alec eventually picked her up like a bedraggled kitten and dragged her with him.

She weakly fought him off, but to no avail…