Chapter 39: You are brainless

The heavy doors opened, and Mr. Halka stepped inside. His face was deathly pale, looking like he had lost a massive amount of blood. He had rapidly lost a lot of weight as well.

Beside him walked another man who seemed to be around his age. The moment they stepped inside, they froze. They caught sight of Mrs. Mira, sitting elegantly on a chair, calmly sipping a cup of coffee.

Mr. Halka’s brows knitted tightly. "Who are you?" he questioned immediately in alarm.

Mrs. Mira chuckled and removed her hat, staring dead at Mr. Halka. "What? I am fine now, and you fail to recognize me, Kim, hm?" she questioned, noticing how horrible he look.

Mr. Halka’s expression froze, and he took a step back in pure shock. "M... Mira," he called out. "How..."

"How did I get better? Or is it how I know about your dark plot?" Mrs. Mira had a dark smile on her lips. "You come in and have a seat first. Let’s have a proper talk," she said.

Before Mr. Halka could speak, he was suddenly pushed inside from behind by a heavy kick. He almost hit the floor, but thanks to his walking stick, he steadied himself immediately.

Nova was now standing at the door where Mr. Halka had been standing just a second ago. She stared at Mr. Halka’s friend and flashed him a provocative smile.

"I don’t like old men, go inside before your eyes visit hell before you," she commented.

The man glanced away and walked in, now standing beside Mr. Halka, while Nova and Alan readily blocked the doorway.

Mr. Halka turned around. Seeing Nova and Alan, he took a deep breath, turning back to face Mrs. Mira. "You already know everything. That’s not a surprise, after all, this demoness is with you," he commented, referring to Nova. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Nova whistled proudly, her smile getting wider.

Seeing Nova’s reaction, Alan couldn’t help smiling. "My Snow is really unpredictable," he thought.

"What do you want to do now? You know everything already. You must be here for revenge, isn’t it?" Mr. Halka said.

Mrs. Mira chuckled softly. "Revenge. Of course, that’s a sure thing," she replied.

"Mira, even if you have seventy-five percent of your power back, you should remember you are still alone. There is nothing you can do to Kim with that alone," the man beside Mr. Halka commented.

Mrs. Mira stared at the man. "You must be Zacus, right? If you are going all out to protect him, then I am afraid your whole family will be dragged into this. I only intended to take your life alone before. Don’t push your luck," she replied and looked down at her nails.

"Also... who said I am alone? Don’t I have my beautiful daughter-in-law and my precious son? Surprise! Since you are blind, they are the ones standing right there." She gestured at the entrance.

Mr. Zacus turned around, staring at Nova and Alan, who both waved at him at the exact same time.

"Just these little children? You don’t seem like a person who would risk innocent lives, but seeing the current you, I have to change my opinion of you," Mr. Zacus replied with a mocking laugh.

Mr. Halka took a deep breath and gently tapped Mr. Zacus on the shoulder. "That girl is the female devil I told you about," he said to him.

Mr. Zacus took another glance at Nova. "Her?" he said in a doubtful tone.

"Mr. Zacus," Nova called out. "Do you know why brainless villains die early?" she asked.

"Why?" Mr. Zacus asked with raised brows.

"You are brainless," Nova replied. "You are even asking me why?" Nova sighed. "But since you don’t know, let me enlighten you. They die early because they underestimate their enemy, and most importantly, they are brainless," she said.

"You!" Mr. Zacus was already turning red from anger. "This little girl has a real sharp tongue, but isn’t she too confident? Underestimating the enemy... what a joke," he thought.

"So you are the enemy I am underestimating? Little girl, you don’t seem to be more than what you look like right now," he said aloud.

"I was right when I mentioned you are brainless," Nova replied with a mocking smirk on her lips.

Mr. Zacus took a deep breath to calm his rising anger and stared at Mrs. Mira, who seemed to be enjoying how Nova was breaking Mr. Zacus down with her words.

"Your precious daughter must have been hidden by you, right? You don’t honestly think she can escape, do you?" Mrs. Mira said, staring coldly at Mr. Halka.

Mr. Halka laughed lightly. "Well, I knew already. If one day you found out the truth, and you weren’t on the brink of death before you found it out, I knew things wouldn’t go very smoothly. I have always planned for this day, and my chance of success was almost complete. But just one silly mistake led to the disaster of my years of effort," he said, gritting his teeth together with pure hatred.

"Had I known, I would not have cared about anything and spent all my power to kill you first!" Mr. Halka turned around, glaring fiercely at Nova. "You have completely ruined me! I really want you dead," he said, his eyes red from anger.

Nova smiled mockingly. "Then congratulations. You are still alive because you didn’t do that. Otherwise, even as a ghost, you would have forgotten that you were dead," she replied coldly.

"Mr. Halka, exchange words with my mother-in-law. I... promise not to get involved," she added.

Mrs. Mira stood up, taking the spare cup of coffee on the table, and walked closer to Mr. Zacus. "This coffee contains the poison I was fed. The poison origin was from you. You should have a taste of your own handiwork," she said, raising the cup to him.

Mr. Zacus stared at the cup and angrily hit it with the back of his hand. The cup hit the floor and broke into pieces, and the coffee inside spilled all over the ground.

"What do you think you are?" he questioned angrily.

Mrs. Mira stared at him. "A mother, a princess, and of course, a proud mother-in-law," she replied. "Guards!" she shouted, and immediately, several men in black uniforms rushed inside.

Both Mr. Halka and Mr. Zacus were completely stunned, seeing the men.

"The Dark Don assassin men... they are among the highest-ranked Mafias! How did you get in contact with them?" Mr. Halka questioned in absolute shock.