-Leo's POV-

"Boss, it's done. The target is currently on the road and our men are following them." Said my new secretary.

"Good. Move forward with the plan and get the documents ready, I'll be going over to that place now. Make sure that there are no additional problems." I said to him and got in my car.

-Liz's POV-

The both of us we were on our way to a famous restaurant for our date. But alas, fate had different plans, which may lead one of the top most guild leader’s death to come for him more earlier than he imagined.

Two cars stopped in front of our vehicle in a cross and other two were at the back, making it impossible to escape even if we wanted to. We could kill them all and go on our way to the restaurant but the problem was, they were cops. Not the regular ones though. They were a special team made of high level people by the government of New York.

"That's them right?" I asked Reinard as we saw the people dressed like cops coming out of the cars and one of them was walking towards our car carrying a gun.

"Yeah, it's them and that gun they have can neutralize even A Rankers. I still don't know who invented it but if that person can make such a gun then we may have some problems in our plans." Reinard said and the cop reached our vehicle and knocked on the window of the driver's seat.

"Sir, I need you to come out of the vehicle."

"Sure thing. But may I ask what the problem is?" Reinard said as he got out of the vehicle. The cop didn't answer him and just took Reinard and put him inside his car. I got out of the car to question the cops, about why they were doing this but two of the cops from the car who blocked out way back came to me and made me sit inside the car. "Stay inside, we'll be taking you to the station." One of them said as he kept a gun pointed at my head while the other one drove us to the station. There were no talks, no comments, nothing. The way to the station was as silent as the night outside the car. The streets of New York which were always busy were silent. It was as if the route was already cleared out to take us both, like a well planned out play.

The car stopped and the three of us got out with the gun still pointed at my head and we got inside the station. We walked inside the interrogation room and the face that greeted me was not someone I was expecting to see tonight.

"Look who we have here, Miss Scarlet the great. The Guild Master of Hermes Trading Guild. My one and only fiancée and the love of my life. Why don't we have a talk darling?" Leo said and motioned for the cops to leave. I sat down on the chair in the middle of the room as Leo sit in front of me.

"What do you want?" I asked him curtly, not caring about the play he was putting on. I was angry because this guy had to go and ruin my first date with Reinard after recalling my memories.

"Hey ! Just chill down babe, I have a present for you." Leo said and took out his phone and passed to me.

"Just look at that video and tell me if you like it." I took the phone and looked at the video he wanted to show me.

In the video, I could see a person who looked just like me and Leo. Sitting in a room with a whole lot of people, doing an interview.

"Sir Leo, how did the two of you meet?" A reporter asked. There were at least twenty of them with about thirty to forty audience behind them.

"The two of us met a long time ago. It was when Scarlet was in an accident. I was on my way to home when I spotted a car crashing right in front of me. I rescued her, took her to the nearest hospital and stayed with her until she woke up and took care of her while she recovered from the accident. We became friends and later on that friendship evolved and developed into a relationship." Leo gave a short reply as Scarlet and him both looked in each other's eyes as Leo caressed her hands.

"Are the two of you really in love with each other?" One of the skeptical reporter asked.

"Yes we are and we will continue to be for the rest of our lives." The Scarlet in the video said as Leo and her kissed to prove that they were in love with each other and this was not a publicity stunt at all.

"Alright, now that we have answered your questions. I have an announcement to make." Leo said and quietened down. Building up a long silence and, before anyone could ask what the announcement was, he spoke, shocking the reporters and the audience.

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"Scarlet is my official fiancée from today onwards and both of us are happy to announce that our marriage will be held in a few months." Leo said as Scarlet and him stood from their seats and showed rings on their fingers and right after seeing that Leo took the phone from my hands.

"So do you like it? Won't this make a great news. I have a lots of plans for you Scarlet. I know that you may dislike this and that boyfriend of yours, Reinard might even want to fight with me over this but, you see I have the government under my thumb and your boyfriend can't do shit or else he will have a whole lot more to face than just me." Leo said.

"Are you done now, or do you have more to say?" I asked him but the only reply I got was a laugh from him.

"You still don't understand your situation do you? I am your fiancé and the whole world knows it now, you can't deny that because if you do, your reputation's gonna take a hit that you can't afford right now." Leo said.

"What do you mean?" I asked him because I was genuinely confused. The video he showed me was not real at all, right?

"You don't get it do you? The video I showed you was shooted live just a few hours ago." He said and laughed some more.

'Fuck !!' That is a goddamn nice plan he laid out. The timing was also just right. We were in that realm when this occurred, so we didn't have any idea about this.

"So what do you want me to do? Act all corny and chummy with you in front of public and follow your every word?" I replied curtly.

"Yes I do. And every one of the word that comes out of my word is the law for you from now on. You see I'm a nice guy, if only your boyfriend hadn't crossed me and killed my secretary, things could've been different." Leo said as he reached out his hand to hold mine but I swatted it away.

Leo sighed and got up from his chair and walked up to the T.V that was in the room and turned it on and without even looking at it, he turned towards me.

"You see, I have your boyfriend here and if you don't follow what I say, he will have to face the consequences. How about I take one of his hands for what you did just now." Leo took out his phone and dialed a number but the call never reached. He was still facing towards me with his back to the T.V.

"I guess there is a network issue. How about I go there and personally chop one of his hand?" Leo said and turned towards the door to go the room where he had held Reinard.

"Hey there, I already told you to not get in our way but I think you are having some issues." Reinard said while leaning on the door and Leo just looked at him dumbfounded, he couldn't believe how Reinard had escaped his people. His people could put down even A Rankers and Reinard certainly was below A Rank from the information he had got.

"Well, even if you could take out my men. You certainly will have issues with the government because they do not appreciate their skilled men to be killed off. Also there is the issue of Scarlet and me being a thing spreading all around the world. So it's best if the both of you just followed my word because if not, I'll have to let the government know about two monsters hiding in the skin of humans. So what are you gonna do now?" Leo said as he sat back on the chair. He didn't care if Reinard got out because the announcement he made was still going around.

"Well I have a lot of things that I could do to you. How about we start with torture for eternity." Reinard said as he moved so fast that Leo couldn't even comprehend what happened.

-Leo's POV-

I sat on the chair while thinking about other alternatives to the situation but before I could even do or say anything, that Reinard bastard was standing in front of me, I couldn't even see him move, like he just teleported in front of me and the next thing I knew was my mind going blank.

-Liz's POV-

Reinard and I were back in the penthouse sitting in the lounging area. We also brought a guest, who was currently being taken care of by Vorgrim.

"So what now?" Reinard asked me even though we both knew that this issue was not that big of a deal. We could either play by the rules or make the rules. Both of the ways had their own advantages and disadvantages.

"You know what I am thinking. This may cause a lot of problems in the Guild but this is one of the way forward. I can erase that announcement from everyone's mind but that will take a toll on my own mind. That spell has one hell of a drawback. So, let's just change the owner of the Guild and kill off the Scarlet. This will prevent the Guild's fall and also preserve what we have or we can just go and announce to the world that what Leo said was not true and that Scarlet in the video was a fake one." I explained to Reinard.

"Yeah, I know what you're thinking. How about we go with the second plan, this will provide us the opportunity to damage Leo's reputation."

"Right, that will give us the opportunity but do we have enough evidence to do that?" I was a bit skeptical about that second plan because if we didn't have enough evidence, our plan could backfire and force us to make our own rules.

"Yes we do honey. While Leo was busy scheming against us I had planted a few spies amongst his people. I wanted him dead the moment he uploaded those photos of you and him but, I held myself back." Reinard said while showing me photos and videos that he had collected while I was getting over the loss and doing the dungeon runs.

-Leo's POV-

"Well well I finally got to meet the guy who had the guts to upload those photos with my master." I heard a voice and looked at where it was coming from. I saw a blue haired man standing right in front of me. I tried to move but I couldn't, I was sitting on a chair. I wasn't tied down to it though, so I tried to move again.

"That is not gonna work man, how about you stop squirming in the chair and have a nice little chat with me. " The blue haired man said as he summoned a chair in front of me and sat on it.

"Who the hell are you !!!" I said while still trying to move out of the chair.

"Me? I'm just a guy who has the honour of torturing the hell out of you." He said and summoned a knife from god knows where.