Unexpectedly, the colour on Yuki’s already pale face seemed to drain even more when she heard that name.

"Vieretha Iceborne? You got involved with someone like her?"

I tilted my head, "Wasn’t she at your exhibition yesterday? You even saw me leave with her as well..."

"I knew she was there but I didn’t know you left with her or even got involved with her at all? Did it look like I was in a position to even care about who you were talking to?"

Ok... I guess that was on me... She definitely had her hands full during that event...

"So... Yeah... I apparently caught her eye and intrigued her or something... Judging by your reaction, it’s not a good thing?"

She paused before shaking her head, "I can’t say for sure if it’s a good or bad thing since it’s you... But just know that I can’t remember the last time she was interested in a person."

"What do you mean?"

"She has never shown interest in people. Anyone who talks to her would feel like she is treating them like they were some kind of inferior lifeform or just an inanimate object. She would hardly pay attention to them and would normally only use very few words to communicate..."

"Err... She wasn’t like that with me I believe..."

"I’m not even surprised... You’re someone who could literally control an entire horde of creatures that could wipe out this entire station if you wanted to... I bet that if you told my dogs to kill me, they would turn on me in an instant and forget that I was their owner for all those years..."

I grimaced, "I won’t do something like that..."

"I know... But the point is that you can do that if you wanted and that’s quite frightening. I would say you are the natural enemy of all Biotamers... Or rather, you stand at the very top of everyone who is a Biotamer. Are you really sure you’re not from any Biotamer family?"

"I am pretty sure, yes."

"Hmm... In that case, do you want to marry me? I think I’m a good catch even if I do say so myself. I will make sure you don’t need to work another day in your life."

"Err... You already asked before and my answer remains the same... Sorry."

She shrugged, "It was worth a shot I suppose. How about just a night with me? I will happily carry your baby and you don’t nee--"

"I believe I also said no to that," I reminded her.

Also... You can stop glaring at her now, Yumiko... I’m not going to put a baby in her...

Also, the dogs seemed to have decided to lay their heads on my lap now and I’m just idly patting their heads from time to time.

Yuki steepled her fingers in front of her, "What if... We just have sex for the pleasure of it? No strings attached. Just two people fucking."

I sucked in a breath and peeked at Mara and Yumiko discreetly, only to see that neither of them were showing the same glare that they were showing her earlier when she suggested marriage and the putting a baby in her part.

I turned my gaze back to her, "I suppose I wouldn’t mind that..."

"Perfect, in that case, shall we start now?" She asked, unbuttoning her suit to show more of her cleavage.

I cleared my throat, "Ahem... Could I remind you that you wanted me to deal with Kaito and also I was asking you about Vieretha?"

When I mentioned the Dragonling’s name, she seemed to have snapped out of it and she sobered up.

"Right... I’m still in disbelief that she has actually shown interest in someone to begin with. But do you even know who she is?"

"From what I know... She’s apparently the person who is in charge of the business administration of her family or something? And her family is also supposed to be really influential in the business industry as well?"

She nodded, "That’s an understatement. I don’t think there’s a business industry where they aren’t involved in some way or another. There’s even a conspiracy going around that the entire USC is controlled by an oligarch and the Iceborne family is the one that is controlling it."

"And what about the Nobles?"

She shrugged, "There’s different theories all around like the Nobles are the ones controlling the Iceborne family and other theories suggesting it’s the Iceborn families that have control over the Nobles. Of course there’s no evidence for either of those claims but neither have been disproven so it’s still possible one of it is true."

"I’m surprised that no one is trying to become friends with her then... I did not see anyone interacting with her during your exhibition."

She raised an eyebrow, "You really don’t understand the reach of their family do you? You have to understand... If you are working in a company and you piss someone from the Iceborne family off, you can pretty much expect that either you lose your life or you will never be able to work again."

I raised an eyebrow, "Should I be worried then?"

"Like I said... If this was anyone else, I would say yes. But because it’s you, I highly doubt it. I think if there was anyone who could stand in front of the Iceborne family and not be afraid of them is you... And maybe some of the Noble families I suppose."

I want to say that my girls were also one of them but I decided to just keep my mouth shut here.

She continued, "So to answer your question, I would say that you probably don’t need to worry about it. Did she say anything to you?"

"Umm... Not really? We only met for a while and she treated me to dinner and gave me a room to stay in her hotel here."

Her eyes widened, "Wait... You were in the same room as she was and she even ate dinner with you?"

"Err... Yes? Is that something weird too?"

"For her to agree to spend time with someone else in an enclosed room... Was she the one who invited you?" 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"Yes?"

She sucked in a breath, "Just for your information... There have been people who claim that it’s not safe to even be in the same room as she is on your own... Because you might end up disappearing if you were there even if you did not directly interact with her."

"What is she supposed to be? Some kind of monster or something?"

"I don’t even feel safe saying this but... Some say that she’s not mentally... Normal."

"What the heck does that even mean? Does she have some kind of power or something?"

"Some say she does... Some say that their entire family are actually Psionics but it’s common knowledge that only humans can be Psionics."

Right... Even I know about that Psionics part.

Yuki then raised a finger, "Just saying... If you find out any information about the family or about Vieretha... You can sell them to me. I will pay you big Credits for it."

I couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow at that, "What?"

"There’s people who are willing to pay for information about their family and some of them are even on this station right now. Very, very big Credits involved, by the way. Even if your information is something like what she likes to eat, there’s going to be people willing to pay for it."

"You’re making it sound like she’s some kind of big celebrity."

"In a way, she is. Just not in the general sense. If people know these things about her, they could avoid pissing her off and save themselves from being ’disappeared’ by her. So what was your conversation like with her?"

"I didn’t really talk much actually... Our meeting was cut short as she said she had something else to do and that I needed to leave first."

"She chased you away? I’m surprised you’re still here then."

I wanted to say that she didn’t chase me away but... I guess she kind of did in a way...

Right then, Yuki’s personal terminal let out a ring indicating an incoming message and she tapped on the screen to open up another screen in front of her that we could not see.

She paused to look at the message’s contents for a moment before she looked up at me, "Seems like we’ll have to move our schedule up, Miss Tera... The ship carrying the animal I ordered has just shown up in the hangar bay. As we had discussed earlier, you will guide this beast into Kaito’s office and then have the beast massacre everyone before you show up and subdue it."

I cracked my neck, "Very well. I hope you’re paying us well for this."

"Of course. Otherwise you would just call the dogs to finish me off~" She pointed out, gesturing at the dogs on my lap.

Right... Anyway, time to get to work, girls!