Chapter 139: The Calm Before The Storm
Seeing the complete confidence in Jason’s eyes as he did something so selfless and kind for her made Riyala’s heart explode with emotion, and she didn’t know when tears began to gather in her eyes! Riyala sniffled desperately as she tried to hold back her tears, but there was no way she could stop them from falling freely!
Riyala bowed her head and spoke between her sobs as she tried to clean her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Thank you, sniff~! Thank you so much! I’ll repay you for this kindness one day, I promise. I’ll definitely repay you for everything you’ve done."
Gina smiled at the crying girl and moved away from Jason’s hold before gently hugging Riyala to try and calm her down. Jason just watched with a small smile as Riyala let out all her tears. They still had a lot of things to figure out, but for now, he would treat Riyala like one of his own.
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[Sunday]
[Newark, New Jersey]
The city was buzzing with excitement as people all around turned on their televisions to listen to reporters announcing the emergence of a new Orange Gate! New Jersey was a very quiet city in this new age. Even though it was only a few miles away from New York, it was seen as one of the least magically dense areas due to the lack of superhumans or Gates in the city! In the ten years since Gates first appeared in the world, there had only been twenty-five Gates that appeared in New Jersey! That was just over two Gates a year, and more than two-thirds of them had been Red Gates with only one-third being Orange Gates. There hadn’t even been a single Yellow or Green Gate in the last ten years, and no one ever expected one to appear in the city!
So now that they were finally getting another Orange Gate, it was obvious that the entire city would be buzzing with excitement as they wondered who would go inside the Gate! The SMD branch in New Jersey was already working on getting the documents sorted out and it wouldn’t be long before a guild in another city was given the contract. Due to the low frequency of Gate appearances in New Jersey, most of the guilds that formed there had moved their headquarters to other cities that had a higher Gate appearance rate.