Under the veil of night, my ability allows me to survive longer.
-Kanae-
If itâs under the veil of night, not even âhisâ shadow can be seen.
-Shiro-
After all, under the veil of night, she is one of the greatest fighters existed.
-Patrick-
Only under the veil of night did she have the place and freedom.
-Jason-
In the world under the veil of night, she was unrestrained and dominated that world from the shadow.
-Tommy-
Sheâs shining so brightly under the veil of night.
-Laura-
Under the veil of night is your story, Kanae and Iâll treasure it forever.
-Kevin-
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Kevin looked at the seven sentences that Charlie showed him. It was the result of his research regarding Kanae and his view of her journey. However, the way he wrote it made it seem like she could only do everything at night.
"Do you have to emphasize the night so obviously?" Kevin asked Charlie with his eyebrows raised.
Charlie shrugged. "Most of the stories that I heard regarding Rei are about her actions at night. I think that itâs the most suitable phrase to describe her. Besides, you had once told me about her story too."
Kevin scoffed. He knew that he said that to Charlie before when this man insisted on taking notes about everything that he knew regarding Kanae. Even though the two of them acted for their own goal, it was apparent that they were historical figures for future people in this city. As a result, Charlie wished to gain more knowledge regarding the two of them personally.
Beside Kevin, Jason shook his head lightly. "Even if thatâs really true, I donât think people want to read the history about a girl that becomes famous because of her activities at night."
"History is not about making them want to read, but about telling the truth," Charlie snorted. "I just want to make sure that I get the correct information. Besides, those seven phrases are more than enough to make a great poem, right?"
Poem?
The other guys looked at Charlie with a sneer. This manâs sense of art could clearly match with that of a young brat at the age of 5. Even they wouldnât want to read a poem consisting of seven different sentences with similar phrases written.
"Iâm sure that no one will ever read it, Charlie," Jason shook his head lightly.
Charlie shrugged. "Itâs just an idea that I have because itâs the best phrase to describe her experience. She was one of the little princesses in Nali Family but after her parentsâ deaths,she lost everything. As a result, she had to stay undercover, so the word ânightâ is very suitable for her."
Kevin glanced at the seven sentences once more. He had to admit that he too thought that it was very suitable because of her activities. However, he didnât like the fact that this man gathered them all from their thoughts and sentences over the three years starting from when he met her. They were all suitable and really described that woman very well.
"I canât really refute that," Jason pointed to the paper. "Do you plan on revealing the real history of this city?"
"No."
The real history that Jason meant was the big battle and the fact that there were special people in the city. Even though their number was already reduced, it was the fact that there were still some of them left in the city.
"Thatâs good. I am surprised that you can show consideration too," Jason smiled.
Charlie shrugged. "I donât want to die yet. Besides, itâs already hard enough for us to keep the peace in this city. I donât want to be the one to break the peace that you obtain with hard work."
"I see."
"Iâll be going now," Charlie stood up. "Today is the anniversary for my brotherâs death, so I wonât stay too long."
"How about Taro?"
"Heâs taking a break from his film shooting too. Iâll meet with him in the cemetery."
"Take care, Charlie."
Jason moved to sit in front of Kevin. He leaned on the chair. "Itâs too cramped to stay near you."
"You donât have to come here if you donât want to," Kevin remarked coldly.
"Youâre acting too cold to your brother-in-law. Itâs not like I come for you, but because of this news," Jason pointed to the stack of papers in front of them. Charlie called them to come here because he had finished sorting all the stories that he could find about them all. One of them was Kanae, in which the man added the additional seven sentences at the very beginning.
"I know that, younger brother-in-law."
Kevin emphasized the word âyoungerâ to raise the ire on this man. After all, Jason was older than him by around one year, but because of Kanae and Laura, Jason became the younger one.
Jason rolled his eyes. "Donât try to pick a fight, Kevin. Youâre not young anymore."
"Even if Iâm not young, I believe that I have more than enough strength to defeat you," Kevin replied leisurely.
He couldnât refute that. Even though Kevin was no longer young, this man still could defeat people with builts far bigger than him. If one should say, he could be considered as one of the strongest people that existed in this city. Even if he had to compare Kevin with those people from outside this city, he doubted that Kevin would lose.
"Why are you so moody? Donât tell me that youâre annoyed because Kanae has kicked you out as a result of her pregnancy?" Jason smirked. He heard from Laura that Kanae had gotten pregnant with their fourth child. Even though their children were already quite big, it seemed that they still could have more.
Kevin glanced at Jason with a cold glare. "Is there anything else that you want to talk about?"
"Itâs about the countryâs government. You have heard the recent news, right?"
The country was undergoing some changes because of some dispute in Capital city. Even though it didnât really involve them directly, they had another task that they had to do. It was to give out in detail the history of this place and also the events.
The one that did the job was Charlie, but there was one matter that they couldnât come into conclusion. They were not certain whether they had to tell the truth regarding the matter of the talented and special people. Charlie had gathered the report about them, but he didnât show it to anyone else other than the two of them.
"Rather than reports about the talented people, this is more similar to a journal of Kanaeâs life," Kevin commented as he pointed to the reports in front of him.
"Well, there are many more parts about Kanae. I think itâs partially our fault because we often mention about her," Jason scratched his head. It was not his intention, but there were just too many things that they could mention about her. Besides, their stories could even be said to intertwine with one another, all because of the existence of this young girl.
In the end, Charlie even created seven sentences to describe Kanae from his interview with them all. And those seven sentences were given out by people who were the closest to her, including herself to begin with:
Her step father
Her former subordinates, the Fiore Group
Her little sister
And obviously, her husband
Kevin tapped the paper. "I donât think we should spread the content of this book. It wouldnât make things any better."
"With the way our city develops, I think I agree," Jason leaned back. After the power was returned back to the governmentâs officials, they started doing massive changes. At first, everything was working well, starting to make things even better for the city. However, having power for a long time always made people turn greedy.
Many officials started to do things on their own. Even though Jason still restrained most of them, such practice still existed. In the capital, it was even worse. Matt had told them most of the things that people had experienced. This country couldnât leave such practice easily, especially with numerous rotten officials.
Kevin nodded his head. "Iâll just keep this away from the public for the time being. Maybe there will come the day when the story will come to light, but I doubt itâs going to be in our generation."
"I think so too," Jason sighed.
"Matt is not going to be happy if we add more work to him," Kevin added.
Jason smiled slightly as he recalled the work that they imposed to Matt. Because they wanted to make sure the city didnât face any trouble, they asked Matt to help out. In return, they secretly helped that man to stabilize his position in the countryâs government.
"Do you still think that thereâs any hope for this country? Not just this city since we have done pretty well so far."
"Itâll depend on the people," Kevin replied. "Anyway, Iâm taking these with me."
"Is it because the contents are mostly about your wife?" Jason smirked, teasing the man lightly.
Kevin didnât reply. It was only part of the reason while the other was the fact that his residence had been the safest place so far. There was no other place that had so many experts lurking around.
"Iâll be leaving now."
"Alright, take care of yourself," Jason waved his hand. He glanced at the clock and sighed. Because Laura was busy, he was tasked to pick up their daughter from school. Looking at the time, it would still take some time.
His mind drifted back to the report that Charlie had made. The content of the report mainly talked about Kanae. He didnât really feel surprised as he remembered how most of them looked up at the girl. If one had to say, she was one of the friends that they remembered the most.
âI guess, sheâs the one who actually brought us together one way or another.â
So many things that happened in the city before had relations with the girl. Not that it was a problem, but he only realized it after reading Charlieâs report. It seemed the influence Kanae had to other people was pretty large.
Jasonâs lips curled up. Whatever it was, the adventure he had with Kanae had been pretty fun on his side. It was a journey that he would never forget in his entire life.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
âIt was a nice story.â
Ring! Ring!
"Yes?"
"Jason, donât forget to buy some ingredients. Sis is visiting our place again today."
"Did she blow up her kitchen again?"
"Well, not really. They havenât fixed it yet, so she wants to eat with us along with her family. Iâll be the one to cook, but you have to buy the ingredients. Iâll send you the list of what you should buy."
"Ok."
Jason hung up the phone and glanced at the clock. Heâd better started moving if he didnât want to be late.
Fin~
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This is the last epilogue for this story. Thank you very much for following this story until the very end. It has been an eventful journey and Iâm happy to be able to share this story with all of you.
Youâre all wonderful readers. *hiks*
Sorry, Iâm a bit emotional here. Since this is really the last chapter for this novel and... thereâll be no other side story or epilogue.
Anyway, letâs continue.
The seven quotes from the beginning of this chapter are the quotes that I have spread all across the novel (If you try to search, youâll be able to find them). It started at around chapter 300 until the end of the novel, which I believe all of you noticed that I inserted the title into their sentences and thoughts. I placed them based on the timeline they appeared in the novel, so it should be pretty easy to find them <3
There are actually 8 times I used them in the story, but I only put 7 of them here along with the one who said it.
Also, the story is purely fiction.
Iâm not sure what Iâm feeling right now haha. Thereâs a part of me that didnât want to part with this story but thereâs also a part of me that felt happy that I managed to finish my second novel. Itâs truly a mixed feeling, but overall, I think Iâm happy. (Forget my cries from before *stuck out tongue playfully*)
Itâs a fun journey, but every beginning has an end.
Thank you everyone. You all have been great supporters to me as I wonât be able to finish this without all of you. It has been a very memorable time.
I love you all :D
Sorahana <3
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