Due to important events in Irene's personal life, it was difficult to find free ti. However, yesterday she managed to find ti for noon today, and she made an appointnt with two new awakened ones who, for so reason, wanted to talk to her in person.
But last night, her plans changed when a strange fox cub brought a photo with a ssage about the eting. Everything would have been fine if it hadn't been for one thing: the eting concerned her missing younger brother and older sister Arslan.
There were about 15 minutes left before the scheduled ti, and it wasn't that far from her house to the Blue Azure restaurant. Even without transportation, she could get there in ten minutes if she walked.
After leaving the house, Irene went towards the restaurant alone, without her guards and escort.
As she walked, she took out her smartphone and dialed a number.
"Yes, Leader?" the call was answered imdiately after the first ring.
"Nayla, did you find out what I asked for?" asked Irene, getting straight to the point.
"Yes, Leader! I've learned sothing!" said Nayla excitedly.
"As you requested, our people were constantly monitoring the situation in the square in front of the cafe you ntioned, Leader. However, recently many of them have started to get tired and pay less and less attention to this issue." Nayla's voice beca quieter as she said this piece of information.
Hearing this, Irene frowned.
"Go on!" she said.
"Yesterday, the group responsible for monitoring the situation did not pay due attention to their work, spending ti out of place. However, later they noticed a crowd of people at the cafe and, after questioning eyewitnesses, found out that the day before, a crack appeared in front of the entrance to the establishnt, from which couple ca out!"
Hearing these words, Irene, who was rapidly walking towards the restaurant, stopped abruptly.
"What did you say? Repeat it!" she demanded.
"Leader, yesterday, a rift appeared in front of that cafe, from which couple ca out!" repeated Nayla, repeating Irene's words.
Irene's heart began to beat faster, and the hope that these two people were the ones they had been waiting for for so long flared up with renewed vigor.
"What else?" Irene asked with impatience and excitent.
"All the interviewed eyewitnesses confird that they saw two young adults, a boy and a girl, who were dressed in clothes typical of another world. This made it possible to imdiately determine that they are "Awakened Ones" who have returned from another world!" said Nayla excitedly.
"A guy and a girl? Did you manage to find out what they looked like?" asked Irene, continuing her interrogation.
"The young man was about twenty years old, with black hair. The girl was almost the sa age as the boy, and she also had black hair, but short. Unfortunately, nothing else could be seen, as the couple imdiately disappeared after their appearance. The eyewitnesses didn't even have ti to take photos," Nayla added regretfully.
She could tell that Irene was showing a lot of interest in the story. It seems that this entire secret mission to monitor this place was organized precisely because of these two mysterious individuals.
"Hmm. The girl with the black hair?"— Irene was slightly puzzled.
In her mories, Arabel was a girl with long red hair and azure eyes. Moreover, Idan and Arabel teleported together, and according to her System, they most likely both awakened the paired System. Which ans they have to co back together.
"Is the black—haired girl Arabel?" wondered Irene.
Rembering how beautiful Arabel was, and realizing that as she rose in rank, her beauty would only improve, Irene ca to the conclusion that her younger brother Idan and Arabel had probably found a way to hide the latter's appearance so as not to draw attention to her beauty.
Now Irene was almost certain that the couple who had been spotted yesterday were her younger brother, Idan, and Arabel.
"Okay, thanks, Nayla!" Irene thanked Nayla for her help.
"You're welco, Leader!" replied Nayla.
After finishing the conversation and thinking a little more, Irene continued on her way to the restaurant, hoping that perhaps the one who sent her the photo was her younger brother Idan himself.
She also decided that it was necessary to reduce the reward for those who missed such an important mont yesterday. Hastening her pace, Irene was already standing at the entrance of the restaurant five minutes before noon.
Irene was very worried and was afraid to make a mistake.
Taking a deep breath, she opened the restaurant door and went inside. At this mont, there were already many people in the hall, as it was almost lunchti.
Without going far from the entrance, Irene began to carefully study the visitors in search of young people. While she was standing there, the waitress ca up to her.
"Irene Fein?" she asked suddenly.
Hearing her na, Irene glanced at the waitress. Her gaze swept over the girl's entire body, but found nothing unusual. The waitress turned out to be an ordinary mortal.
"Yes," Irene replied, making sure that she was just a waitress.
"Please follow !" the waitress said, ignoring Irene's strange behavior. During her work, she t many unusual clients, and Irene beca just another such visitor for her.
The waitress led Irene into one of the private rooms, where couple were already waiting for her.
In the room were a young man with short black hair and blue eyes, dressed in ordinary casual clothes, and a young girl with blonde hair and green eyes, dressed in a beautiful dress.
However, what surprised Irene the most was the presence of that very strange fox cub, which the girl held in her arms and gently stroked from ti to ti. The fox cub was staring at the smartphone, not the one in the color of the sea wave, which she held in her paws yesterday.
The waitress who brought Irene out silently left and closed the door behind her, leaving the three of them—no, four of them—alone. Irene was trying to figure out who these people were.
She imdiately used her Soul Power and ability to recognize them, but suddenly encountered strong resistance from the couple.
anwhile Idan was feeling very tense at the ti and could barely contain himself. As soon as Irene entered, his bloodline started to go crazy, but he managed to hold back and not give it away.
"The system, you can..." — before Irene could ask a question, her System had already answered:
[Host. They are both awakened. This System did not detect the very unique waves that your brother's System picked up at the mont of his awakening. This System is not sure if this young man is your brother!]
"Who are you?" asked Irene, after even her System couldn't tell exactly who the two of them were.
Idan, after hearing the question from his older sister, couldn't hold back any longer. He got up from his seat and walked over to her.
"It's been a long ti, sister!" said Idan, removing the Ghost Mask and revealing his true appearance to Irene.
Irene, hearing the familiar voice of her brother, whom she had not heard for a long ti, froze in disbelief. And when the young guy in front of her took sothing off his face, revealing the painfully familiar face of her younger brother, she stopped breathing.
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