Inside Alt Corporation, in the top-floor office.
Jonas was reviewing the documents before him.
With a chime, the elevator doors slowly opened. Assuming it was Eiffel, Jonas said casually:
"Just put the documents on my desk."
But the girl who emerged from the elevator skipped straight over to him. A familiar gardenia-like fragrance drifted to his nose, and only then did Jonas realize something was wrong. He looked up at the girl smiling proudly before him.
"Celine?"
Somewhat surprised, Jonas asked with an odd expression:
"How did you get up here?"
He distinctly remembered not giving her access.
"Guess how I got up here?"
Celine twirled her finger, and the ** in Jonas's cup rose to swirl around it. A hint of pride showed in her eyes.
"Your Psionic Energy broke through again?" Jonas looked even more surprised.
"Correct."
Celine said that, but soon put on a slightly aggrieved expression.
"You haven't come to see me in so long, Mr. Jonas, so I had to come to you myself... Do you still remember what you promised me?"
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Jonas thought for a moment, then smiled helplessly as something came back to him.
"What reward would you like, Miss Celine?"
Most likely, she meant his promise to grant her one request if her Psionic Energy broke through. Who would have thought she would come all the way to his office to claim her reward?
"Anything I want?"
Celine's eyes lit up at his words. This was the moment she had been waiting for.
"Then..." The girl raised both hands, forming a ring with two fingers and extending an index finger on the other hand. Her gaze was shy and her face slightly flushed, but she resolutely slid that finger back and forth through the ring.
A wave of weariness washed over