I Wish You Well In Your Next Love, My Love

Even when several Purifiers worked on him, they hadn’t been able to transmit their energy to him.

But Louize was different. In that precarious state, just before his reason snapped from the rampage, the moment their lips met, he felt a sense of stability, as if a raging wave had been calmed.

And was it only stability?

The more ridiculous part was that he had become aroused. It was so vivid and filthy a desire that it couldn’t even be dismissed as a misunderstanding.

“Did you receive purification from someone other than Miss Odriann?”

Alvar asked again, unable to contain his anxiety.

Gerard’s energy had only been forcibly suppressed by Purifiers, and it was like a volcano that could erupt at any moment.

Every time his superior, Gerard, went out into the field, Alvar worried that today might be the day he died.

Since it was directly tied to his own life, Alvar grew desperate. Had the synchronization rate that had been as temperamental as his personality finally stabilized? Alvar stared only at his superior’s lips, pressed into a firm line.

“Yeah. Deep contact purification.”

Gerard said calmly, resting his chin on his hand.

“What?! Deep contact purification?!”

Alvar’s eyes widened as if they would pop out. Forgetting that they were in his superior’s office, he raised his voice in shock.

Quickly regaining his composure, Alvar cleared his throat and leaned forward in his seat.

“But you hate being touched during purification more than anything.”

“I was unconscious. How was I supposed to stop it.”

“Then does that mean it wasn’t Miss Odriann who successfully stabilized you, but another Purifier?”

Gerard shook his head.

“Arvina did perform purification. She collapsed during it, and then another fourth-rank tried deep contact purification, and that got absorbed too.”

Alvar’s mouth fell open.

It seemed his superior, Gerard, had been ‘taken advantage of’.

‘Absorbed, my a*s.’

“That fourth-rank, is she a woman?”

“Why do you ask?”

“Well, think about it. Angel-like Miss Odriann struggled so much just to stabilize you, and then when she collapsed, some sly fourth-rank probably took the chance to satisfy her own desires.”

Gerard’s brow narrowed.

“I didn’t ask for your help today, and I won’t in the future either. So, please, just leave me alone.”

“…It doesn’t seem like she likes me. If anything, it’s the opposite.”

“She might be pretending to be uninterested. That could be her tactic. Most women have feelings for you, Commander, don’t they? By acting like she dislikes you, she’s trying to draw your attention.”

Alvar was the type who never turned away women who came to him and clung to those who tried to leave.

With plenty of dating experience, he was also an unofficial relationship counselor for the younger Awakened.

Since it was coming from Alvar, who was trusted by many Awakened, it might not be completely baseless, but…

Well. To Gerard, Louize had only seemed burdened and uncomfortable every time his attention was directed at her.

“Anyway, it would be best if you didn’t run into that fourth-rank again…”

“That’s enough. Drop it.”

As Gerard stood up, Alvar rose as well.

“Madam Marcella came by this morning, by the way.”

Opening the drawer of his desk, Gerard took out a cigarette and put it between his lips. The stale smoke lingered around his cold, hardened face.

“She waited for you for quite a while before leaving.”

Marcella’s unannounced visit had thrown the temple into chaos since early morning.

As the temple’s largest patron, she was an honored guest with absolute influence over the personnel matters of the Awakened.

On a rainy day, she had sat in the reception room with a full view of the beautiful gardens, waiting for Gerard Castion the entire time, only to leave without achieving anything.

It wasn’t common for a parent to come to their grown son’s workplace to see him. No matter how vast the grand ducal manor was, if she truly wanted to see him, she would have been able to.