AQR1: A Peerless Genius from Two Cities [COMPLETED]

6: Chess Pieces 2*

Kinabukasan ay nagpaalam na si Uncle Shin sa kanila. But he promised to bring everyone sa bakasyon.

Emy, on the other hand, was already at home sa Hans residence. Na ikinatuwa ng mag-asawang Francis at Feng nang lubusan. They also started to know her more.

Who would have thought the young lady was also interested in military?

In fact, nagulat nalang si Franco ng maabutan niyang minsan si Emy sa Dojo at may hawak na wooden sword.

She was trying to attack the wooden dummy but she easily got tired.

"You have surprisingly good posture and position, Emy. But your body needs muscles for strength."

He told her while smiling. He found his cousin cute.

"Can you help me then?"

There goes again her doe eyes. Napakamot na lang sa ulo niya si Franco bago naupo sa harapan ni Emy. Seriously, she didn't have to look at him like that. He would do anything for her.

"Of course. But do you really want to learn this?"

"Yes. I don't like to be weak anymore."

Natahimik na lang si Franco. He was thinking that Emy was probably bullied sa Royal City. Hindi rin naman lingid sa kaalaman niya na pinaghihinalaan ng mga elders ang mga step-siblings ni Emy na dahilan kung bakit siya naaksidente noon.

Hindi tuloy niya napigilan na hawakan sa ulo si Emy at tapikin ito.

"Hey, I am not a kid anymore." Sabay tingin ng masama sa kanya.

Franco bursted out laughing. He already noticed that Emy liked to act matured. But in his eyes, she was still a kid.

"Stop it."

"Fine, fine. Hindi na po ako tatawa."

"Tch."

Meanwhile, sa may pinto ng dojo, Francis and Feng couldn't help but to smile. Hindi nila inaasahang magkakasundo agad ang dalawa kahit na ngayon pa lang sila nagkita at nagkakilala. Both of them were just glad. They liked Emy so much na kung pwede lang nilang ampunin ito, gagawin na nila.

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For the past few days, busy si Emy sa pag-alam kung nasaan na at kung anong nangyari sa mga kaibigan niya noon. Si Veronica ang pinaalam niya sa mga iyon.

Veronica was surprised kung paanong nakilala ni Emy ang mga taong pinaiimbestigahan niya gayong hindi pa naman siya nakapunta pa noon sa Grey City but she didn't ask questions.

That's one of the things she liked about Veronica and Lia. They were loyal and followed a command without any second thought. Maaasahan din sila sa mga bagay bagay. And most of all, they were skilled.

Parehas silang maalam ng martial arts but Lia was more skilled on that. On the other hand, Veronica was more adept in strategies. Mukha lang reckless si Veronica, but Samantha found out that she grew up reading war books kaya naman kapag tinanong mo siya about strategies, you could gain insights from her.

"Miss, your Aunt found Grace and Anika." Balita sa kanya ni Lia isang araw. Grace and Anika were Shereen's maidservants. Just like, Lia and Veronica, they were loyal too and had a bit of martial arts skills.

"Good. Make sure that my aunt will buy them for me."

Tumango si Lia at saka umalis.

Siya naman ay naupo sa may harap ng table niya kung saan may isang chess board. She never liked chess before. But she found out recently that the game was more than just taking down your enemies one by one.