Chapter 1: Codex Null
"I love you."
Three special words, filled with immeasurable weight, was spoken by a young woman leaning against the shoulder of a young man.
Their fingers were intertwined, hands held tightly, and with her silver ash-blonde hair draped over his shoulder and her golden eyes gleaming darkly, the two of them looked like they had stepped out of a painting.
A painting that promised an eternal love... and an eternal obsession!
But the handsome man, Noel Cross, seemingly unaware of the many hidden layers beneath her gaze and her smile, wore only a gentle, content expression of his own.
In this quiet, comfortable moment... or at least what appeared to be one, Selena Everen suddenly raised her head as a car pulled up a short distance away.
She turned to Noel and said with a soft smile, "It seems my ride has arrived."
"You’re not going to get sad just because your new girlfriend’s already leaving, are you?"
Faced with this kind of question, Noel replied calmly, "I would always be sad when you are not by my side, though."
Selena simply chuckled at his bluntness, then slowly lifted herself from the bench.
She didn’t walk toward the expensive-looking car right away, though.
Instead, she stood still for a moment, staring at Noel, before finally asking,