Aster Veren
Episode 213's

- Arshel

"How's it?" I asked Eric over the phone.

"No progress yet." The answer sounded uninspired.

"Supervise all transportation routes, don't let a single person escape. Whether it's Aster or b* Rigel's dust." Tell me before turning off my phone and squeezing my hands with emotion.

I, who had been silent at Albert's residence, could only wait for good news from Eric and the others like a fool. Though I also want to go down directly, but because of my stupid brother. I had to replace him watching Albert while he wandered around looking for Aster out there.

I don't know if the information about Aster's whereabouts can make him stray like that, the fool immediately ran away from the residence to go to the place where Aster was. Though the condition is so alarming because it is too long locked yourself at home.

I should have asked him to stay at Albert's residence, not me. My inner being heaved a heavy sigh, I somehow felt tight and wanted to leave this place right now.

I was afraid that if my foolish brother would make another mistake when I met Aster, I was also afraid that I would not be able to see the child again like last time. But if I leave here, there'll probably be a chance that Albert intervened again to hide Aster, taking him away to further afield.

And again, with my condition better than my brother's, I was able to focus more on watching the movements of Albert and his people.

"In addition, when did all those reporters leave here?" I muttered to see a group of mass media still interviewing Albert.

The more I noticed, the more I wanted to beat him up because I did what I wanted. He may have conspired with Aster to fake his death. On the other hand, I also feel inexhaustible, why did Aster get that determined to fake his death?

Did he really not want to see me and my sister again?

I felt the shakes of the phone in my hand, I quickly picked up the incoming call from Wanda.

"Papa?" Khael's voice surprised me a little, I didn't think he'd call me by his mother's number. At home, there is a house phone that he can use. But the boy instead chose to call me with Wanda's number.

"What—what Brother Aster has met? Khael wants to see him." The next made me gasp.

For a long time I hid Aster's death from my son, even until that day he only knew that Aster went to far away places. But lately, the boy also began to understand the real situation, especially when he saw the condition of my brother like that.

Then Khael quietly began to find out what was really going on? Until he heard some of the servants he accidentally heard, he ran to see me to ask the truth of what he heard. After that, Hana helped me to make Khael understand little by little, as well as Wanda.

I never expected that this day would come, I don't know if Khael was happy or—

"Papa?" He said again with a trembling voice, like he was holding back his sobs?

"I—iya?"

"Khael misses Aster, please bring Aster's brother back as soon as possible." He answered with his tears that had been shed.

"Yes, relax. I'll definitely be back with Aster." I said as calmly as possible, trying to ease my son's heart-wrenching cry.

Though his time with Aster has not been too long since they had to split, Aster has to go to the academy and Khael has to come with me and Wanda to abroad. But somehow the story? The boy looked closer to Aster than I and Wanda. So it was only natural that he was so sad when he heard Aster died.

- Carel

"What's going on?" I asked when I saw Victor running towards me in a hurry.

"Tesar and his wife left the house, I've been trying to follow him. But suddenly they disappeared from my sight." She said with her guilty eyes, making me very upset.

I asked him to watch over them, to keep them under house arrest because who knew Aster would come to see them. But, if you see them run away from home. Does that mean they already know the threat Aster is getting?

"Did they hear anything? Or did someone else contact them?" I asked later, trying to understand their situation now.

"Nothing, it's just that they're watching the television broadcast of the evening news. Maybe because of the commotion that Mr. Albert had made, they thought about finding Aster and intended to protect him." Obviously one thought with me.

"Then, get everyone to check around. I'm sure they haven't gone too far, if it's true they're looking for Aster and intend to protect him—takes Aster away from this place, then we can stop him.After all our search also finds a bright spot, who knows if they met Aster before us." I said at length while checking my phone screen that showed no sign of incoming messages or incoming calls from Eric and Hans.

"Good!"

I saw Victor walking away from me in a hurry to get the phone out in his pants pocket. Looks like he's going to give orders to his people.

Even so, I did not expect that in this kind of situation everyone was so quick to take action. Especially that stupid old man in trouble. My mind remembered the figure of master Ansel who immediately ran hastily out of his residence. Even without a second thought he left his residence alone by driving his personal car, even though his condition looks bad.

"Who would have thought he would be the craziest man now?" I continued muttering, recalling that impatient expression.

Forget that! Let's focus on finding Aster again ..., I continued in my heart along with the figure of Rigel that I saw coming out of the forest?

"The fucker!" My growl immediately ran up to him who was unaware of my existence. But my steps came to a halt when I saw the man suddenly shoot his shot into the forest.

"What he—" I continued to stop when I saw Mr. Ansel coming from the opposite direction and immediately hit Uncle Rigel.

I who cannot interfere with their fights can only stay in my place, even though I intend to beat the man first of him. But unexpectedly, I saw him appear before me. Really sucks.

Though the condition is bad, but this old man apparently can still fight huh?

"Miss!" Hans's voice caught my attention, I quickly turned to the direction where Rigel had shot earlier.

It's impossible, right?

I stepped my foot into the forest fringe in a hurry with the illumination capital from the light of my cell phone screen, along with it I covered all my bad thoughts with my breath that began to feel tight. Even my throat feels dry now, my body also starts to feel tired because it continues to run around without direction to find Aster.

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