Prologue

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" you are so hilarious!" Aera said

" Honestly have you ever met a person who was so ready to die like me? Since I am willing tell me the truth who ordered you to kill me?" 

" You are wasting my time. I will repeat this once. Miss Lora ordered the hit. You are no longer needed." The killer said calmly as he pointed a gun on Aera's head. 

Aera laughed out loud yet again because she could not believe the guy in front of her. If she could she would go ( she can't since she is all tied up so she can not move) and shake some sense into him because what he was saying was plain ridiculous. Lora? Order a hit? how hilarious, Lora had a phobia of almost everything from blood, and water ( only in the ocean. Lol.), to be touched, darkness, and small spaces. She was so focused on surviving her own fears that Aera doubted she would have the time to think about ordering a hitkiller for her. 

" Seriously dude. I won't be offended if you tell me your real master. I mean, I have nothing against you because you are only doing your job so that is why I did not make things difficult for you but you are refusing to tell me just one name." Aera said as she shook her head 

" Sigh, if you do not believe me I can ask one of my colleagues outside to confirm." the hit killer said 

"no, no, no. I am comfortable around you and only you." Aera said 

Her statement shocked the killer and he was flustered which showed that he was probably new to the game. He even let his guard down and began to be curious as to why the young lady in front of him was willing to be a sitting duck waiting for doom. 

" Why are you not panicking?" the killer asked 

Aera laughed and said, " If I did would it make all of this go away? Would I revert to this afternoon when I was simply watching my favorite K-drama?"

" No but..." The killer started but Aera interupted him

" Then it does not matter! Struggle or not, there is a high chance that I will die here today because even if I escaped from you there are at least 15 of you guys with guns outside so why bother?" Enthusiastic to die? Who was he kidding? Aera already thought of all possible ways to escape her situation but none let to her safe rescue and return to her family. So if she was to die, at least she would choose the least violent way to do so. 

" How did you know? How did you know that there are 15 others guarding this place?" The hired killer said as he became vigilant and weary of Aera. 

" Use your common sense, from their voices. Your friends were not particularly quiet you know. You should tell them to speak softly next time if you want the presence to remain unknown." Aera said with a wink. That is how she was. She would hide everything behind a cinfident and outgoing personality so much that even her family had trouble figuring out what she really was like behind her that mask. 

' she is really observant. For her to capture every single voice and distinguish between the different voices to even know the number of people outside. I must not underestimate her!' Thought the hired killer 

" Hey, stop daydreaming about your non-existent girlfriend and tell me about the master mind behind my planned death." Aera said acting like she and the hire killer were close enough for her to make such comments. 

" Are you not afraid of death?! How dare you say something like that to me while I have a gun to your head!" The hired killer exclaimed as he pulled the trigger 

" What is there to be afraid of when the end result has been decided, I will die anyways so I would rather die brave and knowing the name of the person who wants me dead than die quietly and filled with questions." Aera said as she huffed. She was being honest, she was scared not of the gun of course but scared that she will never see her family again or play games together with them . As she sat there on the dirty ground, she kept on playing a visual of their faces in her head because she was afraid she would forget them. 

Of course, thoughts about whether they were currently looking for her , or that they would find her before she meets her end crossed her mind and she felt like crying at one point. But she knew that them finding her where she currently was, was very unlikely and crying would only give the killer great satisfaction. I mean, she prolonged her life for a few minutes just by acting like she was happy to die!

" Hey, KL! Are you done in there? What's taking so long? Are you afraid to get your first kill?" One of the other kilers shouted at the hired killer with Aera and this made the group outside burst out laughing. 

KL ( the killer with Aera) blushed. " N-No! I will be done soon." 

' oh boy, his cool act facade just got destoryed by his seniors. What mean people they are.' Aera thought to herself 

" Sorry, looks like your time is up." KL said

" wait, one more question.Why did fifteen people accompany you to kill a young lady like myself?" Aera asked 

" Oh, we are part of a gang so my gang brothers wanted to see if I was ready for my first mission." He said still sounding embarrassed from what happened earlier 

" Oh, oh well. I will take them as people to attend my funeral at least. Go ahead, you may shoot." Aera said as she closed her eyes. At this point she really could not even try to hide her real feelings anymore. She thought about the reason she always faced everything bravely. It was her real mom, her last words to her were that she wished that Aera would live bravely because she can not be there to protect her because she was sick with a terminal condition and in the last few days of her life, she made that wish to a young Aera.

Bam! 

' One gunshot, huh? I guess talking to him made him have some mercy on me. Mom, I did it! I lived bravely until the very end!' Aera thought to herself as her vision began to be foggy until she eventually closed her eyes.

sigh, " you are the first target I have met ( because he always shadowed his seniors to do jobs.) who is not afraid of death or at least you tried not to be." KL said as he turned around and walked away from Aera's tied up lifeless body.