The sun had already set, yet the temperature didn''t feel that hot owing to the strong breeze in the air. However, despite the fact that this was the situation, in a certain garden at the Marina estate, it was not the case with the two persons who continued to generate a heated tension between them.


    "It''s been a while, Gina," Iris remarked, pointing a long spear at Mya. Her eyes were scrutinizing every detail of her next movement.


    "Gina?" Mya inquired, a little perplexed. Aside from that, her thoughts were filled with other ambiguities. ''What is the leader of that rebellion doing here?''


    "Stop ying games anymore. I know you''re Gina Torress."


    Mya was well aware that Iris, like her, was a transmigrator. That had to be the same case for Iris already. But it appeared Mya had been mistaken for someone else. ''Gina Torress? I felt like I have heard that name somewhere.''


    "It''s me Anna Jills," Iris spoke while gritting her teeth. "The contents of those letters you sent the eight tribes, the only ones who know that are me and you, Gina."


    Hearing the mention of those letters, Mya finally understood something.


    <em>"Ms. Torress how did you even know these things about the eight tribes when they aren''t even mentioned in the book and you''re not even the author?"</em>


    <em>Carolle''s teacher smiled, but the short saddened. The quick hurt look that crossed her face did not escape from Carolle''s observant eyes though.</em>


    <em>"To be honest, the author of this book is a close friend of mine. As she was continuing writing this, she frequently told me about so many things with this book."</em>


    ''Oh, I see...'' Mya gave her a deadpan look, without even flinching despite the fact that a spear was aimed at her. "You must have genuinely mistaken me for someone,"


    "Don''t deny it..."


    Iris halted when she noticed Mya''s steady eyes, making her doubt whether the girl in front of her was actually Gina. ''No, the more exactly that she was her. Gina is someone who can lie with a straight face. I won''t be fooled again by her.''


    "What would be it to me if I lie to you?" Mya responded.


    "Plenty enough. Since that is how you were able to steal everything away from me," Iris gritted anymore. The hatred in her eyes intensified.


    ''She mistook me as Ms. Torres. Although, teacher is a well-known author, the way she said her name had such depth and hate. She would not point her spear, like this if Ms. Toress were just her casual acquaintance. And I could sense clearly her intention to kill. It seems to me she had a quite deep past with Ms. Gina. But I don''t have time to waste anymore with her.''


    "The Fate of the Stars,"


    Iris'' eyes shook when Mya mentioned the book. "I knew it! You''re really Gina! Hahaha!" sheughed maniacally.


    "I''ll end you now, just like you destroyed my life back then!" She lunged forward with her spear, firmly intending to attack Mya.


    Mya swiftly sidestepped to avoid Iris'' spear. She twisted her body and, with her right hand, seized Iris'' spear-wielding wrists and elbowed her, forcing her spear to drop. Then Mya pressed her to the ground, both arms lock and outstretched with her hold.


    *Boogsh!*


    Iris winced as her body mmed the ground. She hadn''t expected such a nobledy, ''No, this is Gina.'' She had a range of possibilities. But...''


    "Stop it already, I just happened to read the book but I''m not Ms. Gina."


    ''Hah, like I''m going to believe that easy.'' Iris'' lips formed a wicked smile. "Even if you know everything there is to know about my book, you are still unfortunate to have met me in this world..."


    With that said, Mya suddenly felt a jolt of electricity flowed inside her, making herpletely paralyzed and couldn''t move at all. Iris took advantage of the opportunity to extricate herself from being pressed into the ground when she felt Mya''s grasp on her arms weaken.


    Mya was knocked to the ground as a result of this. When her bottomnded on the hard ground, she winced.


    Iris instantly grabbed her spear and raised it high in the air. "It''s unfortunate that you were reborn as my magicless viiness." However, Iris'' brows wrinkled as she noticed Mya''s eyes were still calm.


    ''Why does she still looked so calm?!'' It only added more to Iris'' displeasure.


    What calm? Deep inside, Mya was panicking now too. She couldn''t move! Even if she had no magic she was quite confident at her martial skills. But all of this was futile if she was paralyzed like this!


    "Let me tell you a secret: in this world, I''m the god," Iris dered. "A giarist like you would never have a chance against the original. I''m the one who made everything here, even the one you''re on. You should have stayed quietly ying your role."


    Mya finally squirmed her eyes this time. "I''m not certain what your problem is, but Teacher Torress will not do anything petty,"


    "In the end, she did it, and it wrecked my entire..." Iris came to a halt as she realized what Mya had just said.


    "Teacher?" a little startled, she said.


    Mya, on the other hand, sensed as though her body could move again. She swiftly kicked Iris'' right leg, causing her to tumble once more. This time, Mya quickly grabbed the spear and aimed it towards Iris.


    "Yes, I''m a transmigrator like you, but I''m not Ms. Torress," Mya said. "More specifically, I was a former student of hers." She said the truth.


    ''Ms. Torress,'' Mya gazed to Iris and moved the spear much closer to her neck. "Don''t move, anymore."


    ''To think I''d run across your dear friend here.'' It was really pointless for Mya to deny that she was a transmigrator like Iris. Because she already knew who Mya was due to those letters. ''And to think she''ll be the author of the Fate of the Stars, what a terrible coincidence. But I guess it was really worth writing those letters, they serve my intended purpose very well.''


    Those letters that Mya send to the eight tribes, aside from the purpose of provoking those leaders and capturing Iris, had a second purpose as well.


    Since those letters contained sensitive secrets of the tribal leaders, Mya foresaw that those leaders would definitely interrogate Iris.


    If Iris wasn''t the author, she wouldn''t have reacted this way or even considered the idea of a fellow transmigrator if she saw those letters. Because, as Ms. Torres had previously said, aside from Mya, there were only two individuals who knew everything, Ms. Torres and the author.


    This assumption had grown inside Mya since the first time they met in the arena and heard Iris'' remarks of ''my viin,'' and now with this action from Iris, every part of her hunch was verified.


    "You will not be able to drag me down that easy!" Iris raised her hands, which had glowed a bright crimson color.


    Mya took a couple of steps back, totally on alert. She didn''t bring down the spear and it was still pointing at Iris. But nothing urred for a few seconds, which caused Iris'' face to twist in confusion.


    "It appears that whatever you did to me earlier is no longer working," Mya said.


    With her own spear pointed at her, Iris didn''t dare to move but instead, red at Mya. ''A student of that vile woman?''


    "Do you think I would believe a single word from a giarizer?" Iris scoffed with disdain.


    "We could get that truth pill the tribe chiefs fed you," Mya answered. "I have quite plenty of those."


    ''Not that I really want to drink one in the first ce since there are things that I might also expose to this unstable woman.''


    Iris looked into Mya''s eyes. She wasn''t sure if what she said was true or not, but if she was prepared to ingest a truth pill...


    "Lady Mya!" The shrill shout of Dorris from afar was heard but the eyes of the two didn''t leave with each other.


    "Anna Jills is it, ah no, you''re now Iris in this world, right? Back on Earth and in this world, there is something I like doing. Why don''t we just settle this misunderstanding with that? Because wee from the same, it would be extremely painful for me to kill one of my fellow brethren."


    Iris gazed narrowed at Mya''s words. And Mya''s expression was not that really that sincere when she said those.


    "You''re really not Gina," Iris said.


    "That''s what I''ve been telling you since the beginning."


    "Although Gina is a liar, she was not someone who was as sly as you,"


    "I''ll take that as apliment," Mya grinned. "Now that you realized that I''m not Ms. Gina, we really have no qualms with each other now. Let''s now settle this manner with a deal or perhaps a bet, Iris?"


    "Deal and bet? What''s the difference between that?"


    "In bets, the loser loses all and the winner takes it all. Whereas in deals, both gain mutual benefits,"


    "What are you going on about? Stop with the riddles and go straight to the point," Iris'' re intensified.


    "Hmm...I thought as a writer you love mind games, since..." Mya paused seeing that Iris truly looked angry now.


    "Alright, I go straight to the point now. I wanted to make a deal with you, Iris." Mya finally said. "And I''m sure it would be beneficial to both of us."


    "Lady Mya!" Dorris finally made it to their ce and trailing behind her was Rein.


    But both of them paused when they saw the situation of Mya and Iris and heard theirdy''s words loud and clear.


    A heavy silence filled the air and the tension between the two was still as intensified as before.


    ''Because she is the author of this world, having her cooperation will be helpful to me. After all, there is only a limit to what a reader''s knowledge could bepared to the writer''s. Though, it is a double-edged sword for me.'' Mya''s grin broadened as she kept her gaze fixed on Iris. ''However, if this risk pays off, it would undoubtedly open up new possibilities for earning more good prospects in the future. And that would certainly be worthwhile for me.''


    "What do you think, Lady Iris? Would you like to listen to what I have to say? I can assure you that there is nothing for you to lose with my offer."