The Second Life's

XX - Prospective In-Law

"Beautiful..."

"The end result is unexpected yes..."

"It's pretty, but..."

"Cock tastes a bit spooky huh..."

"Yes, even if it's a little weird, but it's still pretty."

"Who would have thought that little girl could turn things around like this..."

"Young people today are not ordinary..."

The murmurs and all negative comments were replaced with contradictory responses of admiration.

Felice let the painting dry and got rid of all the dirty painting tools. When he passed through Vendry's place, his eyes glanced at the man's work at a glance.

This time it was not a self-portrait, but a painting of a pair of horses running on a stretch of grass.

A thread of disappointment wrapped around him when he saw that Vendry's focus was only on his own work.

Maybe it was my wrong guess...

After Felice passed through Vendry, the man's hand movements slowed down a bit, but the pause only lasted a glance that no one else realized.

......................

In the bathroom.

Felice washed every inch of her hands in a daze. His mind was still immersed in the moment of his awkwardness when he saw Vendry's forest painting. Why the reaction can be so extreme...

He was indeed committed to ignoring the matter for now and thinking about it later, but the memory of the strange feeling that befell him back then could not stop raging in the traffic of his mind.

There was a voice in one of his thoughts that kept reminding him to pay attention to Vendry because the man was not just a simple teacher who did a lot of achievements.

Underachievers...

If this guy is that great, why in his past life and even now his name is unheard of?

"Huh.. I'm why the hell," complained Felice with annoyance when he saw the hand that had been rubbed to redden and turn off the water tap.

"Even if that person has a secret, what does that have to do with me? Why the hell do I keep thinking about that guy all the way," Felice muttered in annoyance.

Felice looked at herself in the mirror. The mirror reflection shows a small girl with an adult expression that should not be shown by children in general. The shadow of an adult girl who had facial contours similar to her replaced the image of the little girl in the mirror.

If it was him in his past life, how did he react when faced with a situation that made his emotions out of control...

Felice smiled and the reflection of the cold girl in the mirror raised the corner of her lips to form a gloomy grin with cold eyes like an inanimate object.

Yes, of course if it was him, he would have chosen an easy and practical course of action. He would not hesitate to eliminate the factors that would harm him. This has become a routine that he always lived...

Looking at the many girls who exuded a sinister aura in the mirror, a thread of doubt paused the killing intent that had risen.

After all he had not found a serious enough reason to remove Vendry and for now this man was still useful, there was a possibility that he could find out about 'that guy' from Vendry.

The killing expression from the reflection of the girl in the mirror revealed a change. Felice smiled and the girl also smiled, but this time it was not a sadistic-looking intention, but rather a trace of an unusual strange interest emanated in the girl's sharp eyes.

"I won't stand it anyway..."

Of all the reasons she's slowly concocted, Felice isn't too hypocritical to admit she developed a rare bit of affection for the man. Not a type of favoritism to have, but only a liking due to the likeness of the man to his acquaintance, a person who can never be erased from the space in his head.

Because Vendry seriously reminded him of the figure of 'he'.

'The man' once told him to learn to separate between the kind of factors he was able to control and the ones he knew from the start were out of his control. To achieve his goals, he must first learn to focus on being in maximum control of what he might be able to control.

Now that he had to remember, his main goal was to ensure the safety and happiness of Feline and her family. So this other less relevant thing does not need to be paid too much attention as long as it does not threaten its main purpose.

So Felice, for now you need to control yourself. Don't let it be you who's gonna hurt Feline, Julia, and Marvin...

Slowly, the image of the teenage girl in the mirror was restored to Felice's current real form.

Felice looked at her little figure in the mirror reflection and muttered inwardly,

Right now you are just a 7-year-old kid. There is no point in thinking too much about things that are out of your control right now. Better think of ways to deal with this problem when you are old enough later.

The priority now is to prevent the next two and a half years from being repeated as in the past. Don't because of your petty negligence, everything goes back to messing up like that timeline.

......................

After coming out of the bathroom, Felice's mood was back in control as usual. He went back to his desk and saw that his painting was still half dry so he moved it to the available painting tripod.

In addition to Felice, some people had also finished their work and displayed it in an empty place. Not everything is perfect as he has met in the past, but each work has its own charm point. Simply put it is not as good as the property of leading professionals, but it is still pleasing to the eye.

Felice walked out of the dividing line and approached the group waiting for her.

"Sister! Your painting is beautiful!" exclaim Feline with a sparkling view.

"Yes, cooler than usual!" derrick insists with a serious expression that adults do and makes his chubby face even more adorable.

Gracia nodded with a look of admiration that was not hidden. The short-haired girl looked at Felice's work displayed on the tripod and muttered, "Indeed 200% cooler than usual."

With all the praise from these little ones, Felice smiled. Marvin rubbed Felice's head with a gentle expression he rarely showed in public and said, "Little brother Papa and Mama are great!"

Julia also smiled proudly from the side and said, "We're talking somewhere else, because there are many people here. Or how about we go to the cafeteria? So we can chat while eating a snack."

Feline quickly nodded in agreement, "Ok!"

Andy did not express any rejection. The old man looked happy to see the positive energy of the young man around him. Derrick and Gracia looked a bit doubtful, but Julia who saw the reaction of these two children kindly invited, "If you two don't mind, would you come with us? Let's also have a chat with Felice and Feline later."

The two children looked at each other for a moment before nodding in agreement.

The small group walked away from the crowd and soon their shadows seemed to fade in the audience.

Vendry who was still working on the painting glanced at the place where Felice's group had stood before and found that the group had already left. Wordlessly he turned his focus back to his painting with a neutral expression that was already his trademark.