With this, people here worked together to fight against mutated species and contamination zones.
After digesting everything, Hazel felt hungry, so she left her room and headed to the kitchen, only to see that the family of three had returned, and Rosie’s leg was already back to normal.
Acting as if she did not see them, she went to the kitchen to find something simple to eat solely to fill her stomach.
However, there were fruits in the fridge, so she took two apples, planning to munch on them to fill her stomach.
Returning to the sitting room, Hazel sat down opposite them.
“I want to annul the engagement.”
Instead of asking why or even wondering why the girl who had insisted on marrying Noah suddenly wanted to end the engagement, Father Xu said, “Better.
It’s good that you know what is best for you.
And what about what I said to you before leaving the house?”
“Yes, Hazel, you should apologize to your sister,” Mother Xu added.
Rosie also put on a wronged look before saying, “Father, Mother, although my legs were fractured and I felt great itchiness when I entered the medicine pod, there is no need for Sister to apologize.
I don’t blame Sister at all.”
“Concerning Noah, there is no need for Sister to say she wants to annul the engagement out of anger.
I will stop talking to him.”
Mother Xu only felt heartache hearing this.
“Poor child, how can you not blame her?”
Then she turned to Hazel in anger.
“Why are you not apologizing?”
Hazel had finished the two apples by the time the drama was turned towards her, so she picked up the plate containing the cores and threw them into the waste bin.
Ignoring the family of three, she returned to her room amidst Father Xu and Mother Xu’s anger.
Getting back to her room, she opened her brain terminal and went straight to her marital status platform.
Then she clicked on the profile, and after seeing Noah’s details in her fiancé space, she clicked on the “X” not far from it.
“Are you sure you want to annul your engagement with your fiancé?”
She calmly clicked “Yes,” after which she closed her profile.
Then she continued to scroll through the internet.
Noah was already angry with Hazel since Rosie told him about her pushing her down the stairs.
He had planned to go and give her a piece of his mind after he was done with his training, only to receive a message that his engagement had been cancelled.
He only felt enraged because of this.
Furthermore, he went mad in the simulation, killing all the mutated species, planning to finish early so he could go to the Xu mansion and ask Hazel what she meant by that.
Meanwhile, Hazel, the cause of all this, was laughing after watching a funny skit when an advertisement page appeared.
“Already twenty and have no lover?”
“You should try gene matching today.”
Hazel wanted to scroll away, but somehow, her hands clicked on the screen.
As she tried to cancel it and leave the page, her screen had already begun the matching process, and she was told to come back for the result an hour later.
Hazel hurried to the Star Net to search for information about gene matching.
According to the name, it had to do with using your genetic information to match you with the most suitable spouse using an advanced genetic machine operated by the empire.
This matching was not really popular amongst the nobles because one could not determine or choose the status of their spouse.
They would rather their children marry an empty shell who had a noble status than have them mix with commoners and merchants.
Hazel felt that what happened was intentional, but she had nothing to say.
As she stood up from her bed, she felt weak.
‘Truly a pampered heiress, tired from just two hours of sitting.’
Hazel decided that starting from tonight, she had to begin exercising.
How could the physical state of her body be this poor?
She left her room.
Perhaps she was in luck; nobody was in the sitting room, so she left home.
Hazel ordered a driverless hover taxi, planning to go to school.
Using the memories of the original owner, she weaved her way through the school premises, heading to the secretary’s office.
She wanted to come and fill out her application for where she would be working since she had graduated.
She brushed past a familiar figure, Noah, her ex-fiancé.
Furthermore, she did not even bother to wait, but turned to the next corner despite knowing that he had stopped.
“Is that your fiancée, Noah?
Don’t tell me she did not see you.
Why did she not come after you as usual?” one of Noah’s friends asked him.
“She is not my fiancée any longer.
The engagement between us has been annulled,” he said through gritted teeth, then started walking again.
“I knew this was going to happen, because why would you marry a useless F-class Guide that cannot even manifest her spirit body?
Rosie is still the best for you, an A-class Guide.”
Someone among the group said loudly.
Some passersby even laughed after hearing her rank.
“It must be a love-turned-hate situation.”
Noah’s other friends also echoed along, making Noah think the annulment was probably for the best.
Probably because they wanted her to hear, Noah’s friend had not spoken in a quieter tone.
Feeling the mist-covered tendrils in her spirit domain, Hazel felt that the claim about her being unable to manifest a spirit body was not true, but she planned to investigate when she returned home.
The entrance to the secretary’s office was deserted, since today was the first day of the three days given to fill out one’s information.
Entering the teachers’ office, after saying what she was there for, the male teacher did not move his head from his work, only saying, “The form is at the other table over there.”
Hazel found the table, then sat down to fill out the form.
Before going home, she decided to walk around the school premises since this would definitely be the last time she would be here.
Suddenly, her brain terminal beeped.
It was the result from the gene-matching platform.
[DING!
Congratulations!
Matching successful.]
[You have been matched with three individuals.]
[Would you like to pay 100 star credits to view their names?]
Hazel scoffed.
She had no more than 1,000 star credits this morning.
After all, the original owner had used all her savings over the years to buy gifts for Noah, which he did not appreciate and ended up throwing in the bin.
After paying 100 star credits for the cab when she was coming to school, she was left with 900 star credits, and she was sure the Xu family would not give her anything.
Not after she pushed their beloved daughter down the stairs.
Because there was no response from Hazel, another message came in.
[Congratulations on being our tenth customer this month, so you don’t have to pay.]
[First match: Leo Fu]
[Second match: Simon Lu]
[Third match: Felix Mu]
Hazel just stared at the names for two seconds before closing her brain terminal.
Afterward, as if nothing had happened, she continued her tour.
Meanwhile, three different men received alerts from their brain terminals.
[Congratulations!
You have been successfully matched with your spouse.]
[Pay 10,000 star credits to know her personal information.]
Each one of them dismissed the message while wondering if something was wrong with their brain terminal.