Love Began with the First Meeting novel Chapter 1237

It was four in the noon when they arrived at Mpumalanga in South Africa. It was early autumn and the ground was covered by the many fallen leaves. Every time a car passed by, the leaves on the road would take flight, as if trying to reach for the sky once again.

"It's so beautiful..." said Elsa. The pleasant scenery was impressive, but she also loved how peaceful and quiet the place was. She had never felt this kind of tranquility before.

Charlie was driving slowly across the beautiful country. He turned his head sideways to take a glimpse at Elsa. A smile appeared on his face. He wanted her to see everything that he had experienced in his childhood. Even though he would not be taking over XK intelligence Agency in the future, it was his desire to give her the Soul of K which symbolized that they belonged to each other forever. His dad had given it to his mom before marrying her. And he wanted to do the same for Elsa.

Charlie drove through the shady roads at a normal speed, while Elsa stayed silent along the way, enjoying the peace that she had never felt in the city.

She looked around and then suddenly straightened up in her seat.

"Something wrong?" Charlie asked, concerned by her sudden movement.

Elsa was still looking around the area, as if she was searching for something. She said nervously, "Don't you feel that? The air… it seems...denser." She looked frightened. "Something is different."

Charlie was amused. Elsa was after all a commoner; she wouldn't have been able to identify the aura of death surrounding them. But she did feel the immense pressure.

As the car turned a corner, Charlie said, "We are here. The XK training base camp."

Elsa had already bombarded him with a lot of questions on the plane about the XK Intelligence Agency. Although Charlie had earlier told her a little about it, she was still full of curiosity about the agency which was completely unknown to the common people, yet attracted the attention of forces from all countries.

Elsa scanned the area as they were slowly edged towards the base camp. Mercenary soldiers stood at the front gate with firearms. When the car reached close to the gate, it opened automatically, and the soldiers saluted them with absolutely no expressions on their grim faces. Elsa felt like she was in some sort of mafia movie.

Her body stiffened as they got closer to the destination, yet she couldn't stop looking around out of curiosity. The car came to a halt in an open area, where there were several houses and also some tents nearby.

"Here we are! Come on!" Charlie said, leaning towards Elsa to help her unfasten her seat belt with a big smile on his face.

Elsa felt relaxed when she saw that bright smile. Charlie held Elsa's hand and led her into one of the houses nearby.

"I lived here for almost two years soon after I was born. After that, I left and went to A City," Charlie explained along the way, "I don't have many memories of that time because I was still a baby. All I can remember is staying with my grandparents when I was on vacation from school. Later on, my father took us back to A City because XK was in some serious trouble." Charlie turned to Elsa with a teasing smile. "And my nightmare was finally over."

Soon, they reached Charlie's old house. It was a small room, around twenty square meters in area. There were small furniture inside—a bed and a bookcase. There were many books in the bookcase—books about instruments, firearms, and of course, different kinds of gaming manuals.

"Do all boys like these kind of books?" Elsa asked Charlie as she skimmed through one of the firearm books.

Charlie answered with a small smile, "Everyone in XK is required to be the master in the knowledge of firearms."