Tangled By Fate

Chapter 207 - OVIOR'S CALL

Vincent deeply gazed at her and stated, "Miss Catherine, you are the most beautiful lady I've ever seen. The moment you came to this place, your beauty struck my heart."

Catherine, who was never praised like this before, tried to be as composed as possible. "Are you only into faces and figures, Sir Vincent?"

Vincent interjected, "When I said you were beautiful, I meant inside and out. And please call me Vincent."

"Wouldn't it be too forward?" Catherine hesitated.

It was the first day of their meeting.

In Utahill, no one was allowed to call people by their names if the person was older than them. Only couples, friends, and siblings could use their names despite their ages.

Therefore, Catherine wasn't sure if it would be appropriate or not.

Vincent gently refuted, "Not at all, Miss Catherine. If you don't mind, I would like to be your acquaintance. I mean it. If you allow me-"

"You are allowed." Only then Catherine realized what she had said. She wanted to slap her little mouth for replying to him so fast.

Noticing that she was embarrassed, Vincent stepped forward and held her hand.

He gave her a gentle smile and said, "Thank you, Miss Catherine. Let's get along."

"You can call me Catherine." She thought both should call each other by their names if they were friends.

Vincent's eyes sparked with joy. "That would be my honor. But, are you okay with this?"

Catherine replied, "If you are, so am I."

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It was midnight. Ovior was in his office. He had some unfinished paperwork that was supposed to be done by Arthur.

Since Arthur was out, as the second in-charge, he had to take care of that boring work.

"Ah! This work is so tasteless. No wonder Arthur didn't want to do his work. I wish I could abandon this shitty work," Ovior mumbled.

After he was done signing the last paper, he rubbed his temples and used his communication device at the same time.

It rang several times before someone answered his call.

Merlin's face showed up above the blue lights.

He greeted him (O), "Ovior, good evening. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"How's your search going?" Ovior directly went to the business.

Merlin looked around the messy room and sighed. "I'm working on it. However, there is no mention of basilisk anywhere. I'd say it's hopeless."

Ovior frowned. "Basilisk? No. You are supposed to look for the whereabouts of the first church in the universe. It's located somewhere in Utahill."

Merlin was dumbfounded. "What do you mean? We have been searching for basilisk for four days."

Ovior calmly explained, "Yes, that was the case but in the evening, Arthur and Felix came back and they said that in the first church, there are some ancient scrolls where they can find more about the elves."

"Elves? What on earth are you talking about?" Merlin thought his brain was about to split apart. He couldn't make head or tail of what Ovior was saying.

"It looks like basilisk is the symbol of a special clan of the elves. Arthur and Felix told me as soon as they found out. Felix then told Darius, Zinnia, and Ironin. Arthur was supposed to tell you and Veronica. Looks like he ran to his wife before explaining it to you."

Ovior's expression turned ugly.

"I can't believe he did such a thing. We are in the middle of a mission. What was he thinking? Anyway, try to locate where the first temple is situated, all right? We don't have enough time."

Merlin helplessly sighed. "I'll try my very best but shouldn't Catherine and Veronica know where it is situated? I mean it's where their Saints lived for generations. They should have some ideas."

Ovior paused and pondered deeply. Then, he agreed with Merlin. "So, all Saints lived there. I thought they lived in the castle. Your visit to Utahill paid off.

"You are right. Catherine and Veronica are from the Hole Temple. They must know something. Why didn't I think of that? Must be all the workload."

"I'll contact Catherine tomorrow. I don't think I can probably handle staying up any longer."

Merlin nodded. "All right, take some rest. The books I have read so far have little mention of the first temple. Especially the history books. I'll check other history books. Good night."

"Good night."

After they were done talking, the communication device's light dimmed.

In the library, Merlin took a deep breath slowly and then exhaled in the same motion.

"What on earth did I do to deserve this?" he asked himself.

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In the morning, Catherine's beauty sleep was broken by the annoying noise that was coming from her communication device.

She was given this communication device by Ovior just the day before.

Thus, she knew very well who had called her.

"Just my luck. It was supposed to be my holiday!"

She squinted her eyes and got up from the bed. She answered the call while rubbing her eyes.

"Ovior, good morning. What do you need?"

Ovior curtly greeted her back, "Good afternoon. Seeing you just waking up from sleep, I guess you were awake all night."

Catherine gasped. She looked out of the window and saw the sun was right above the mountain.

She placed her hands on her head. "Oh no! I wanted to wake up in the morning and take Ver to the valley. There is a festival going on."

Ovior flatly remarked, "Too late for that. Arthur came back. I think he is already with her."

Her drowsiness washed away upon hearing the news. "He came back! That was fast. Did they find anything?"

"You will be briefed about it later. I want to ask you something since you were a nun in the Holy Temple. Do you know where the first temple is situated?"

Catherine scratched her head. "The first temple you mean where Goddess Juvena would pray when she was on earth?"

Ovior mentioned, "The same temple where all of your Saints stayed for generations too!"

Catherine furrowed her eyebrows. She asked, "How do you know that information?"