Luck is a Charm

"Why do I always feel exposed in front of you?" Zen raised his eyebrow as he questioned her.

Evie shrugged her shoulders.

"Who knows… maybe you are just predictable and your serious expression doesn't really work." Evie then said.

Zen was rendered speechless as she wasn't wrong about it at all. He could only be serious for about 2 minutes or so before losing his seriousness.

After all, how could one enjoy life if they're always serious, especially when this was his second chance in life?

"H-Hmph, just you wait for my return. D-Don't think that I'm going to let you off easy by playing me like a fool!" Zen shouted in anger as he stood up in the chair.

However, he almost tripped on the floor when he heard Evie's instant reply.

"What are you going to do to me? Kiss me like you did on our first meeting… or maybe you wanted to be more aggressive like Eleanor and tried to bed with me." Evie gave a seductive smile at Zen as she calmly drank her specially brewed tea.

Zen twitched his mouth but in the end, he simply entered the mysterious space because he had nothing else to rebuke.

He was afraid that Evie would have a more fiery comeback if he dared to try and argue with her.

'When have I become so helpless?' Zen exclaimed inwardly before finding an answer.

"I have always been helpless against women…" Zen said loudly as he glanced around the mysterious space.

Alas, Cecilia seemed to be playing hide and seek with him as she was nowhere to be found.

"Cecilia, come out now" Zen shouted loudly at the space, hoping that Cecilia would reveal herself.

Time slowly passed and Zen received the cold shoulders from Cecilia.

'Tch, acting like a child and playing hide and seek with me.' Zen cursed inwardly as he took a deep breath.

Afterward, he started to ponder on what could make Cecilia reveal herself.

He has come up with multiple scenarios but none seemed to work out perfectly in his mind.

Scratching his head slightly, Zen shouted, "If you still don't come out then watch me pee all over the mysterious space. Heh, you wouldn't want to smell some disgusting odor right?"

Seeing how there was still no response, Zen clenched his fist and gnashed his teeth tightly.

"Fine, you forced me. Don't blame me if you have to live with this disgusting odor forever." Zen shouted and started unzipping his pants.

Suddenly a gust of wind passed by Zen and Zen smiled evilly when he realized Cecilia finally decided to reveal herself.

"Hmph, I'm not in the mood to talk with you so get out of here," Cecilia snorted in anger as she flicked her hand.

Afterward, a strange mysterious force seemed to be pulling Zen away and Zen knew this feeling very clearly.

It was the feeling that he was about to be ejected from the mysterious space by Cecilia.

Normally, he would have just allowed Cecilia to kick him out as she pleased and not tried to resist the force.

However, this time, Zen has no intention of letting her do as she pleased. She was suffering from depression and what she needed the most is his comfort and caring by her side.

Depression was something he has dealt with and knows exactly how tough it is to get rid of it.

Thus, Zen resisted the force that was trying to kick him out with his entire strength.

BOOOOM!

The negation created a loud impact and Cecilia was dumbfounded to see Zen resisted her force.

"Hmph, can you resist another one?" Cecilia sneered as she tried to flick her finger again.

However, her movement suddenly halted when she felt a powerful aura locking onto her and her body soon lost control.

A voice suddenly echoed into her ears that said, "Stop being a naughty little girl and allow him to comfort you. Otherwise, don't blame me for not being polite and it would be a shame if you anger him since that will mean I'll have to punish you with something."

'T-This voice is E-Evie,' Cecilia exclaimed inwardly when she recognized the sound of this voice.

Worse, she could feel Evie locking her acupoint and she could no longer utilize her true qi at all.

Meanwhile, Zen who was preparing to receive another force from Cecilia was dumbfounded to see no actions.

Surprised, he turned his head slightly to glance at Cecilia who seemed to be standing still.

"Hurry up and feed her the Sacred Pill I gave." Evie's voice suddenly echoed into his mind and Zen was dazed.

'S-Sacred Pill?' Zen was confused for a while before remembering the container that Evie threw at him.

Zen quickly retrieved it and opened the container. The moment the container opened, Zen could feel a profound aura emitting from it.

"W-What a powerful pill?" Zen exclaimed loudly as he slowly took it out from the container.

Placing the pill in his hand, Zen noticed a dragon and phoenix symbol on the spherical pill that was a golden color.

Meanwhile, Cecilia stared at the pill with a gawking expression. 

"T-That pill is…"

"That's right, it's the pill that helps you become a real person again." Evie helped finish Cecilia's doubt and explained the Sacred Pill effect.

"B-Becoming a real person again?" Zen repeated the sentence a few more times before realizing this was the pill to help Cecilia get rid of her projection form.

It was also the pill that he had been trying to gather the ingredients necessary to refine.

"Consider this my apology for fooling you this entire time, Zen." Evie's voice echoed once again before disappearing entirely.

Zen thanked Evie secretly in his heart and has completely forgiven her.

After all, he doesn't even have the capability to do anything against Evie to begin with.

Cecilia was still suspended mid-air because of Evie's aura and Zen calmly walked toward her.

Slowly, Zen made Cecilia swallow the Sacred Pill despite her struggling resistance since she doesn't want to be reborn like this.

However, Zen was more than eager to help her become alive again and he would help her afterward to gain more information about the Von Henning Family.

Sometime later, Cecilia's projection started to crystalize and her body started to change.

Her transparent figure was no longer and replaced it, was an extremely beautiful woman with a physical body.

Zen touched her shoulders lightly to make sure he can actually have physical contact with her.

Cecilia could only glare at him fiercely in a bitter expression as she felt his touch.

"Are you happy now to see me having a physical body when I have no mood for this?" Cecilia said with tears flowing down her eyes.

Zen felt his heart tightened even more as he wrapped his hand around her back and embraced her tightly.

"Of course I'm happy that you are no longer a mere projection." Zen then said and continued.

"I know you must hate this kind of outcome to be reborn again but I want you to know something. I am always here for you whether you're sad or happy."

Cecilia gritted her teeth before crying loudly and hugged Zen tightly as she kept crying for a long time.

She has been holding her emotion the entire time but holding it in was never the solution.

Evie's words were like the hammer that shattered her emotion jar.

Thus, Cecilia could no longer control her emotions anymore as she directly cried in pain while clenching onto Zen for comfort.

Zen kept patting her back to calm her down while staying silent and allowed her tears to stain his clothes completely.

Sometime later, Cecilia finally finished crying as she had her head on Zen's chest.

"You must be laughing at my behavior right now, right." Cecilia smiled bitterly as she had shown an embarrassing and humiliating side of her.

She was always almighty and peerless in front of Zen but today, she has acted like a weakened girl that needed to embrace someone.

"Why would I be laughing at you?" Zen smiled briefly at Cecilia and continued, "If there's someone to be laughing at… That would be none other than me since I have only been alive until now because of you."

Cecilia remained silent briefly as she tried to get up slowly but Zen clenched onto her tightly.

"You're not suitable to walk around now so please- allow me to be your safe haven for once," Zen patted her head and wanted to let Cecilia rest in his embrace.

Cecilia wanted to struggle but realized Zen was adamant in not leaving her alone to sulk.

"You are always so forceful to women…" Cecilia pouted slightly as she stopped struggling.

"Correction, I'm only forceful to my women. As for other women that I don't even know, I could care less about them," Zen said cheekily as he kissed Cecilia's forehead slightly.

Cecilia buried her head further but a small smile could be seen on her face.