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nUpon entering the house, and didn't see the one who opened the door that initially should be standing right in front of it.

nAs a result, Charlotte was speaking-cum-yelling at the same time with her high-pitched voice in all directions.

nOnce again, she made noises that would be heard by even the security guards of the community standing several tens of meters away from the house to inspect the various dwellings and visitors.

nUpon hearing that, Jeremy's face became a tad bit darker.

nAnnoyed by the pandemonium-like voice of hers, Jeremy conjured a total of 3 runes using his right index finger to write into the air in front of him. Then he mumbled-cum-whispered some almost inaudible words in a strange language.

nRight after that, the runes vanished into thin air like they had never existed before.

nHush Spell

nThen...

nThere was no then; it was just that the sounds that had been produced by Charlotte and everyone within the house wouldn't be heard by the outsiders anymore.

nRight now, the noise from a ruckus that Charlotte was making could only travel inside the house.

nJust like that, inside and outside of the house were like two separate worlds.

nUpon seeing that the spell had successfully taken its effect, Jeremy said lightly into the air like talking to himself.

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"I'm in the living room.

"

nThat was not an ordinary speech, though. In fact, it was a speech infused with mana techniques capable of causing Jeremy's voice to be conveyed to the targeted distance.

nAnd amazingly, his voice was heard by the trio, who were considerably at a far distance from him.

nSubsequently, that made them quite astonished when they had heard Jeremy's voice up-close like he was beside them.

nBut at the moment, their feet were already leading them on the way to the living room.

nWhile walking, the three of them were still a bit muddled and didn't think much about the previous situations. They were only walking instinctively to the living room as in the first place; their goal was to meet with Jeremy.

nSlowly, the trio entered the living room, and then they spotted Jeremy sitting on the sofa while watching Attack on Giant.

nWhen Charlotte was going to call out to Jeremy, she suddenly stopped... it was like she had just realized that she forgot something.

nIn fact, the three of them stopped at once altogether...

nBecause only now that they had finally realized something vital...

nAnd that was, Jeremy was sitting on a sofa in the living room...

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"...

"

nThe three pairs of eyes of the trio went wide open.

nThey thought...

nThen who the f*ck was the one who had unlocked the door for them before they came into the house!!

nAnd then who the f*ck was the one that had talked to them a moment ago!!

nFurthermore, they also felt that the air temperature was suddenly so cold... albeit not knowing that it was because of an air conditioner in the living room.

nThe trio started to shiver and have goosebumps all over their bodies.

nAt this moment, they were feeling more and more terrified with every passing second after thinking about the previous events.

nThey kept trembling and terrified like that for a short while until someone spoke up...

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"Ja... Ja... Je... rem, A... A... Are you Ja... Ja... Je... rem? Or...?

"

nThe ever stoic and solemn Owen decided to be the first person who opened his mouth after realizing that the other two were not coming to their senses yet.

nCharlotte was standing blankly with her mouth gaping wide open, looking at Jeremy, whom was watching the TV with his back facing them.

nMeanwhile, Samuel was trembling from head to toe with a pale face as white as a sheet of paper together with clucking noises coming from his teeth clattering against one another nonstop.

nAnd the one who had caused all of these effects, Jeremy, after hearing Owen's questions, he turned his head and body slowly, very, very slowly to the back.

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"...

"

n*Gulp*

n*Huuk!*

nWith three different reactions from three different people, Charlotte was still blank like before, Owen gulped his saliva loudly, and Sam flinched with a scared expression written all over his face; he almost pissed his pants.

nUpon turning his head and half of his body to face the trio, Jeremy smiled warmly and talked mildly to them.

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"Hi, guys. How are you guys doing lately?

"

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"...

"

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"...

"

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"...

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n*Fwuuuu...* x3

nThis time the trio's reactions were the same.

nThey exhaled in relief loudly; they were relieved that Jeremy was not a ghost, still alive and kicking as always.

nSoon after, they reached and sat down on the sofas around Jeremy.

nTheir purpose of coming here was to talk and keep in touch with Jeremy as in college, the 4 of them were very close to one another.

nThey always studied together, ate together, and went on many trips and places together. In that period of 3 years that they spent together at the university had made them closer and closer.

nAnd from the bonds they had made in all those years, it was not wrong at all for them to call one another brothers and sister.

nThat was... until the accident happened to Jeremy's parents.

nAlright, come back to the current situations...

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"Hi!! Jeremy, it's been a longgggg time. How are you doing?

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"Wassup, bro, you are doing good?

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nAfter the trio had sat down, not waiting for anyone else to open their mouse. Charlotte greeted Jeremy energetically, following by the greetings from Sam, and the last one, Owen, who had made eye contact with Jeremy and only nodded in understanding to him without saying a single word.

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"Well, I am actually doing very well nowadays. My moods have been at the highest since last week. How about you guys?

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nJeremy answered and asked them back with a usual easygoing smile of his.

n...

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n4 hours later...

nThey had been talking nonstop about their recent days' activities, including their progress in works, relationships, and many other things.

nRight now, after graduating from university, Charlotte was also doing nothing at home like Jeremy.

nWell, that's actually guessable by anyone who truly knew about her natures, though. After all, she was raised up as a little missy in a very wealthy family.

nThat was one of the main reasons that had caused her to become a lazy bum.

nThe other main reason was that her parents loved and doted on her so much that they didn't want any speck of dust to dirty her skin, hair, and clothes.

nEven in university, she was carried and helped immensely by Jeremy, who was akin to a brain of the group in study-related kinds of stuff.

nAnd her duties back then were to splurge her family's money and laid back lazily, waiting for others to take care of her.

nAs for the enthusiastic Sam, he was actually a model with occasional modeling the fashion clothing and rarely walking in fashion shows. He was indeed doing quite good in those model stuff ever since his fresher year in university.

nAs a result of his family's business going bankrupt back when he had just enrolled in college, he had to struggle with his own abilities to earn the tuition fees and pay the daily expenses by himself.

nThat's also the reason why he and Jeremy became close friends in the first place.

nBecause Sam didn't have enough time to join all of the classes, and he could not acquire good grades by reading and learning by himself. So, he relied heavily on Jeremy about those study things.

nLastly, for Owen, the ever stoic man, at the moment, he was a master chef in a five stars hotel. Even though his major in university was not anything near or related to foods, he still chose to become a chef.

nAnd surprisingly, he was doing quite well too.

nIt might be that his passions for food led him into the road of a true chef.

nOwen was also like the other two guys; that was, he also relied heavily on Jeremy to barely graduate from the university.

nEven though Jeremy had quit college in the 1st semester of his senior year, the accumulated result of regularly studying with Jeremy had enough boons to send him until the end of the university's road.

nThat's why...

nThe 3 of them felt indebted heavily to Jeremy, who was like a divine light of pillar shining from heaven upon them in their university's lives, albeit Jeremy didn't feel like it at all. He just helped them because he could help them with nothing to lose. That's all.

nHowever, the trio didn't think the same as Jeremy. They were determined... determined that they would also never abandon Jeremy when he was at his lowest too.

nLike when Jeremy never abandoned them when they needed him...

nJust like that, they talked for a long time; simultaneously, they also watched Attack on Giant together.

nAs a matter of fact, more than 80% of the conversations were initiated by Charlotte, and the other part was from Sam with occasionally some essential questions from Owen.

nEven after talking continuously for 4 hours, drinking several cans of cola, and eating tons of snacks, Charlotte didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon.

nHowever, Sam and Owen were showing signs of weariness and spent. They had already wanted to go home and took a rest for quite some time already.

nMeanwhile, Jeremy was thinking about other things completely unrelated to the topics that Charlotte was talking about.

nThose things were...

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