And Iris's action broke her heart, even though she knew Iris didn't want her to be infected. Iris grabbed the edge of her clothes, she comforted her mother, "I'm Okay, she helped me."
Iris pointed to Mio, and Goldberg couldn't hold her tears anymore, she sobbed for a while, and Rurika brought her some water.
Those people ruined dinner, after Goldberg calmed down, they left Iris's mansion, Mio stood near Goldberg, when she thought Goldberg might need some rest, Goldberg suddenly asked Mio to sit at the opposite coach.
"I know the government sent you here," Goldberg said.
Mio's reaction is too plain, she just sits on the couch and doesn't say a word. On the contrary, a feeling of anxiety came to Goldberg, the last second her eyes were on Mio, and then the next second, she wouldn't dare to look at her bodyguard.
"Do you want to fire me or?"Mio waited for Goldberg's order.
This is no need to hide from their target anymore. Mio had two thoughts, one, Goldberg would kick her out and the rest of them would continue this mission, and second, Goldberg might want to be the one to control the 'dog leash', Mio expected Goldberg can choose the right option.
"I want to hire you."
Bingo.
Mio knew Goldberg would choose the right option.
This is not the first time the government asked Nuée to help them voluntarily, Protecting the specified target is the first step, they have to wait for weeks or months until the government gets the answer that they want from the target. If it wasn't run well, then they would ask more favors.
The agent shouldn't show opinions of what their clients decide to do, or prevent things from happening. However, if their target can find out the true meaning of why they would be targeted by the officials, Nuée as a third party, they have the right to terminate the contract, even if they claim it was a favor.
"I don't understand what are you talking about. You are hiring me." Mio can't accept Goldberg's suggestion, but Mio knows she is clever enough.
"I won't put you in a difficult situation, I'll talk to them, and then I'll sign a formal contract with your company."Goldberg still worried Mio would decline her entrust, continued to say, "Please give me 2 days, I'll make you satisfied with my terms."
"Can I ask the details? What do you want me to do exactly." Mio looked at Goldberg directly, and her former target no longer avoided eye contact.
"I just need you to keep me safe and don't report my schedule to anyone, keep it low and secret. And if I ask you to leave me alone, then you will leave me alone without saying a word. I know you might want to know what if during the time I required you to leave and I might get killed."Goldberg smiled peacefully, she grabbed a small box from her jacket and pushed it to Mio, "Then please give this to my daughter."
Mio checked on the box, it's a ring, Mio looked at Goldberg with a face full of questions, "A ring?"
"Yes, She'll know what this means, but don't worry, I'm not going to die right now." Goldberg picked up the box and put it back into her jacket. She smiled at Mio with satisfaction, "I'm so lucky I finally found you, you are the perfect person to help me."
And the following days, Goldberg did what she had promised. She had arranged a meeting with people who were clearly from the official, and her humble attitude made them quit, from their facial expressions, Mio believed Goldberg provided attractive terms to keep them away from her business.
When Goldberg earned the commitment from the government, she set an appointment with Walter immediately. From now on, they no longer work under the favor that officials asked, they become the special bodyguard of Goldberg.
The tripartite agreement is a shot in the arm for Goldberg, however, she only sees through the identities of Mio, Yung, and Sally, and the helper team is still undercover in her house.
"When can we stop this stupid mission?" Rurika was tired of cleaning dust, she stood beside Elio, and her hand only worked in a certain area.
"I also wonder, why we are still here, I heard Mrs.Goldberg already resigned from a contract with us?" Elio took the cleaning job from Rurika, he didn't dare to ask the praetor to do her job, especially since Elio has a sense of feeling that Rurika doesn't like him, he needs a space in Nuée.
"Yep, but she only signed the bodyguard team, I think we did an amazing undercover job." Rurika couldn't help to brag a little, but she knew what was going on.
"Or, she just didn't know we are also members of Nuée, haha, how foolish our target is, did you think about this?"
"Right, right, she is...Holy shit, Issac!!"
"Ouch---!!! Why are you kicking me!!" Issac hugged his calf and cried out a little bit, he felt aggrieved because he only wanted to make a joke to please Rurika.
"You know why, don't ask me a stupid question. How on earth do you have time to wander around? I thought you were assigned to Iris's house." Rurika found one kick didn't release her anger, but she saw Issac cry out she was satisfied with it.
"Well, Our young master clearly has more mercy than you. Okay...She has to meet Mrs.Goldberg privately."
"And she kicked you out."
"Kick is a hard word, she cares about my health, but Elio stayed to serve them tea, maybe she felt safe to have Elio around."
Rurika recalled Issac's memory, if Elio still stayed with Iris, then he had the chance to meet Mio. As they thought, After Elio finishes his job, he waits in the side room, Mio comes out of Iris's room, and while waiting for Goldberg, she has to share a room with Elio.
It's too quiet, Elio felt embarrassed for this brief period of tranquility.
"Mrs.Goldberg is planning a meeting for Iris and someone can help her."
Mio was the first to decide to talk, Elio almost jumped from the coach, he thought Mio wouldn't talk to him anymore. He still remembers the last conversation between them didn't run well, Elio tried to figure out what he should reply and it wouldn't make Mio dislike him even deeper.
However, before Elio can come up with a better phrase, Mio continues to explain, "Iris isn't a part of our contract with Goldberg, but I want you to keep her safe. The person she is going to meet, people claim can heal any living creature in the world. Sounds like a stupid fairytale isn't it."
"Did Iris know?"
"She knows, Goldberg showed her a picture, and I heard Iris say she feels familiar with that person." Mio looked in the direction of Iris's room, her voice was too light, if Elio hadn't seat in front of her, he might have missed what she said.
"Did you see that picture? We can send it back to Nuée and ask the technical team to analyze it, we can track that person before he or she has a chance to get close to Iris."
Mio turned her face to Elio, she smiled with satisfaction.
"Unfortunately, Goldberg combined her blurring technique and watermark on that photo, I've tried to send it back, but they only received a grey picture with a human shade."
Mio's reply stunned Elio's mind, he thought Nuée already had the most powerful technology, but Goldberg was on a different level, they knew she was smart, but she was also extremely careful with her information.
"Tomorrow I'll escort Goldberg to meet with the legendary person."
"If that person is a truth legend, I don't think officials will give up such a good opportunity to please a man who could spare them from illness."
"Or maybe they don't even believe in this rumor. It's a scam or not, I think we just have to wait for the answer to come to us."
Mio made a shush sign, and Elio zipped his mouth in response, they became quiet for only 5 seconds, and then Goldberg opened the door of Iris's room, She looked at Mio with a big smile.
"Iris needs to rest now, please escort me back to my room."
Elio followed Goldberg's order, he walked after Mio, and Goldberg seemed happy about her brief parent-children interaction. When they stepped into the main door, Goldberg asked Elio to get some rest.
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