There Is No Lie In This World Chapter 29: Let’s Go

Back in my office, I sat on the couch completely spaced out.

I was now completely certain that Luc - and Elune for that matter - were not normal in any sense of the word. What I experienced at the lobby after Bada got shot was not a re illusion either. It was impossible to comprehend how things worked, but there was sothing definitely otherworldly about what was happening in the Roen Group.

Elune showed the past. In that past, Luc was always present. Right from the very start of the Roen Group’s history. She was there by the Founder’s side, and she stood with the heir after him, and every single subsequent heir after that - all the way down the generations to now.

How old is Luc? At least centuries old. And throughout these centuries, she hadn’t aged at all.

Luc was simply not human.

Once I accepted that - as hard as it was - everything started to fall into place. Her impossible perfection in everything she did. How she seed to know anything and everything. How she seed to match, or even surpass, the authority of the Senior Council.

Wait... does that an - everyone in the Senior Council also knows what Luc is...?

The cryptic words that Councilor Lian Zhen said were also starting to make sense. It seed quite clear that she knew of Luc’s nature. She knew that I was surrounded by ’sothing strange’.

But why wasn’t she open about it? Why did she specifically invite to have a chat with her when Luc wasn’t around?

It was hard to believe that was a coincidence.

She wanted to talk to without Luc.

After seeing all that had happened, and learning that Luc is beyond human - could I still trust her?

"Miss Roen, the Boss asked to check on you."

Abe snapped out of my thoughts. I didn’t notice when he ca in - all these people surrounding Luc seed to do that - but he was now standing across the coffee table in front of the couch.

"Abe..."

"Yes, Miss?"

"I’m... scared."

"You have no reason to be, Miss Roen." He seed as relaxed as ever, or even - relieved.

"Just who exactly is Luc?"

"I’m sorry, but it is not my place to say. I’m sure the Boss will tell you soday."

"How long have you been working with Luc?"

"Far too long, hehe."

"So you knew all this?"

"I didn’t an to deceive you. I do apologize."

Abe theatrically placed his palms in front of his chest in a prayer pose.

"I don’t know if I can trust you anymore."

"Please don’t take it too bad. The Boss doesn’t talk much, but she ans no harm."

"Are you... allowed to tell all this?"

"The Boss knows how much I talk, hehe. She would have asked Cain to co if she didn’t want soone chatty to co to you."

That ticked off.

"I’m not too happy with that... Luc should - if she has been hiding sothing from ... I want her to tell directly."

"Indeed, she should. But - I’ve never seen her act like this before either."

"What exactly is going on?"

Then Abe looked around the room, unnecessarily checking that nobody was around.

"The Boss won’t admit it - and this is probably beyond what she wanted to say, but Miss Roen, we really need you."

"Need ?"

"You are the one who holds everything together here."

"Can’t soone just talk straight for once?" My frustration was starting to boil over.

Right at that mont, soone knocked on the door, and without waiting for an answer, the door opened and Cain walked in.

"Ma’am is ready," He announced.

"I suppose we get going now then," Abe answered and looked at .

I got up from my seat, my heart starting to pick up speed in the anticipation of getting closer to the truth.

"Am I going to see Luc now?"

"Yes, Miss Roen," Abe bead a smile.

Suddenly doubts filled my head and I felt hesitant. If I followed them now, I’d be let in on a secret that I probably wasn’t ant to be a part of. Just yesterday I was ready to leave this place - return to my normal life, return to where I belonged.

That place I belonged before was a place with no aning. Just a solitary existence filled with no aning. Wasting my ti every day, doing nothing productive. The only productive thing I did was prepare job applications and feeling scared for hours on end before clicking on the send button on email - going over my resu over and over again, to check if I made any mistakes.

And every ti I did, it felt like my life was a mistake. I seed to have fumbled all the chances I had been given. I never excelled at anything, and I never made anything substantial out of anything I tried.

I learned to play piano. I never got good at it and eventually gave up. I tried to join so after school activities since I’d entered middle school, but never managed to hand in the applications. I tried to make friends, but never worked up the courage to approach anyone.

Years and years slowly flew by before my eyes.

My only noteworthy achievent was getting hired by the Roen Group, but it beca apparent that this was also just so mistake.

But...

Right now - although I was just an imposter here - strangely, I was surrounded by people who were committed to looking after .

I knew they didn’t an it. They didn’t genuinely care for . I was only being treated specially because of this title I had - the CEO of the Roen Group, the head of the Roen Family.

Now was my chance to walk away from it. I was ready for it.

If I followed Cain and Abe now, I would beco part of sothing.

Sothing bigger, sothing darker, sothing mysterious.

And I may never be able to get out of it.

But - I didn’t want to run away again. Not this ti.

Perhaps living wasn’t about making the right decisions through careful deliberation.

So I decided. I decided to just empty my mind and do it.

I clenched my fists to stop my hands from trembling. I drew a deep breath to steady my voice. Then I answered.

"Let’s go then."