Curse The Mainframe - Chapter 422

Regis sat by the desk, an amiable smile on his face. He was reading through the reports seriously, no other emotion showing on his face.

However, Gareth, who was by his side as usual, knew better.

There was the faintest twitch on his friend’s brow, so undiscernible that anyone would have missed it unless they knew Regis. How did he put it?

It was like his overall countenance was perfect, but Gareth had seen that perfectly maintained smiling face day in and out, and even the slightest change was able to be picked up by him.

Inwardly, Gareth lamented about how he had developed such a useless skill. He had been single for too long if he was developing skills like this instead of something else more relevant.

He’d definitely been hanging around Regis for too long!

It still baffled him a little how people thought that Regis was this paragon of gentleness when they didn’t even know him. It was like they never bothered to look beneath the surface and judge him by the actions that he took in the dark instead.

He supposed it was because most of the Sins mainly judged by what they saw – they weren’t the most complex people most of the time. In general, Sins were relatively straightforward and were forthright.

Perhaps it was because Sins were so well-respected, that most of them didn’t feel the need to scheme or plot against others.

Regis, on the other hand…

On another note, that ‘newest’ clan member Alec also gave him the same feeling as Regis.

Gareth had heard about the various girls in the Klein Clan going around saying Alec was rather dreamy, and they wanted to ‘spar’ with him.

Gareth shuddered faintly at the memory. He could definitely hear a double entendre there. ‘Spar’ indeed!

At this moment, Gareth suddenly remembered something. Having gotten lost in his thoughts, he forgot about this crucial piece of information. “Ah,” he said, drawing Regis’ attention to himself. “Yesterday… I saw your little sister walking with a man.”

Regis gave him a side look. “What does that have to do with me?”

Gareth’s lip twitched. “I don’t know… you may not be interested, but it looked like they were holding hands.”

The pen that had been flowing across the page while Gareth had been talking paused faintly before continuing. “So what?”

Gareth shrugged. “If you would rather not know, then that’s fine with me. It’s just that I did all the research for you already.”

The smile on Regis’ face widened as he slowly turned towards Gareth.

A tremor went through Gareth’s body, but he bit back the grin that wanted to surface on his face. He may act like he didn’t care about his sister, but Regis definitely cared. And he cared a lot.

There was a reason why there hadn’t been any boys around Katherine before. While her Magitype may be considered useless in many of the Sin’s eyes, she was actually rather proficient in the art of combat, which offset that apparent ‘uselessness’.

Added to the fact that Katherine was an attractive young lady, there were definitely suitors both in and out of the clan. She wasn’t as hated as she thought she was. It was mainly the ladies who didn’t want to let her live a good life since they felt threatened by her.

But why was it that she had never dated before?

The first reason was: Katherine was too engrossed in furthering her combat skills

The second reason was: Regis was always behind the scenes, getting rid of ‘pests.

The only reason why Katherine had never found out was because she had truly engrossed herself in the art of combat, always thinking about how to further her Magitype without any success.

Yet, because of the pressure she put on herself, she never once looked around her unless someone provoked her.

But now… she was actually holding hands with someone?!

Regis had only been away for a few days, but something so big had already happened!?

And yet… this Gareth… dared to play with him like this?

Gareth chuckled seeing Regis’ smile. He wasn’t exactly afraid – since Regis would let him live seeing as he still had the information that he wanted.

“She started dating a guy inside the Klein Clan – his name is Brian, and he’s two years older than her.”

Regis actually frowned. He didn’t remember a Brian in their clan, but was he worthy of dating his sister?

Gareth threw a file at Regis, who caught it one-handed.

Regis flipped through it, and it only caused him to frown – actually frown for once.

This Brian had previously been dating a girl outside of the clan called Jae Lerve, and they had only broken up for a week, but Brian was already dating Katherine?

The time that Brian took to ‘woo’ Katherine was only one week, meaning immediately after they broke up, he started making a move on his sister?

Regis red eyes were dark and foreboding, and it wasn’t covered up with his normal smile.

The bloodl.u.s.t in the room was thick, and Gareth swallowed, eyeing Regis.

He knew that his friend would be angry, but *this* angry? That, he had not expected. He wasn’t even trying to hide his anger and killing intent.

“What do you want to do?”

Regis stood up. “I need to have a look.”

Gareth nodded. “She’s been feeling happier as of late for some reason after the duel with Alec. But I don’t know why.”

Regis’ eyes narrowed. He had a feeling he knew why. It had to have something to do with Alec, and the way his sister had been following the other teen around with a look of respect and reverence on her face that was well-hidden from the rest of the clan members.

The other clan members noticed that Katherine seemed a little softer nowadays, but they all thought it was because she had been humbled after that duel.

Regis didn’t think so, but he hadn’t thought much about it previously.

Now, however…

He had to find out.

The two friends made their way to Uncle Aeden’s house, knocking on the door.

The door soon opened to reveal Annalise, who looked pleasantly surprised to see Regis.

“Come in, come in. Aeden’s in the study. I’ll go get him.”

Regis stopped her before she got too far. “I’m looking for Alec, aunt.”

Annalise’s eyebrows rose, but she nodded. “Alright, I’ll go get him.”

Alec came downstairs with a faint but gentle smile on his face.

Gareth silently looked between the two, and his lips curled. Really alike. It was likely that the two acknowledged each other subtly as well, otherwise Regis would never have made his way here to talk to Alec.

There were more than a few people who had been dispatched by Regis quietly so that they would never be a threat to Katherine ever again.

It was a shame that Katherine never knew how much she was protected. That might have pushed her arrogant mask even further, but now that it shattered and was joined back together, Regis didn’t feel that it was too good either.

After all, she had ended up dating such a sc.u.mbag!

At the thought, Regis leaked a bit of bloodl.u.s.t, which Alec naturally felt.

Alec raised a brow. “Are you here to inquire about Katherine?”

Regis silently nodded.

“Come, then,” Alec said, leading the way upstairs.

He talked along the way. “I’m not sure if she’s told you, but she’s studying under me for a while. She’s learning some arrays as well.”

Regis inwardly raised a brow. His sister, whose first instinct was just to whack until they couldn’t move anymore, was learning arrays?

She’d always turned her nose up at it, saying that real men talked with their fists.

Yet, she was now obediently learning from this cousin of theirs who popped out of nowhere?

Unbelievable!

Alec shut the door behind them.