“Take action?”Amos chuckled.“We’d be ruining our foundation if we go against them now.“Evermore is disgusting, but we still need them right now.“Without them, what are the odds of us winning against Stefan? Not to mention Harvey—the man who’s been nothing but unfathomable.”Elaine hesitated. “We’d have at least good odds, no?”Amos stood up before letting out a sigh.“It’s still too low!“It’d be trouble if we’re not completely sure that we’ll win…“That said, the situation isn’t completely against us either.“Give Naruse an invitation.“Get him to come to our banquet.”-When Amos was planning to set up Naruse, Stefan’s car was parked right outside of Harvey’s villa.Stefan respectfully pressed the doorbell. Romina opened the door, and he was led through the main hall before reaching the backyard, where Harvey was sipping his tea.He didn’t waste a single breath as soon as he saw Harvey’s face.“I’ll be frank, Sir York! From today onward, I’ll do anything you ask o
Vroom!A few Toyota Prados drove towards the Outskirts Racecourse at dusk.Harvey didn’t shut down Stefan’s words completely. He only said that there’d be a sacrifice for him to take action.Stefan was expected to give Harvey the Nine Eyed Beads if he were to rise to power.Even though the Eyed Beads were extremely important, Stefan’s greatest threat was the fact that he wouldn’t be able to steal the throne and lose his life in the process.After realizing that, he instantly agreed to the condition.With Harvey’s promise, Stefan immediately let go of his fear and decided to demand an explanation for his assassination.Harvey was on Stefan’s side because he wanted to help Stefan suppress any opposition. He also wanted to see just how powerful Stefan would be if the latter decided to go all out.The convoy arrived at the racecourse soon after. The place was extremely spacious; there was at least a thousand acres worth of land for activity.There were only a dozen VIP lounges aro
Stefan chuckled coldly.“That bastard’s here? Even better!“Move! I’m going inside!”Stefan was just about to push the man and enter the VIP lounge area.“Rules are rules, Consul. I do hope that you won’t make things harder for us.”The man showed a bitter expression, and quietly made a gesture. A dozen security guards showed up, glaring coldly at them. Judging from their firearms in hand, they were fully prepared for anything to happen. A fight would break out if anything were to go wrong.Stefan came to cause trouble in the first place; there was no need for him to hold back. He chuckled coldly, then slapped the man to the ground.Slap!“Are you threatening me? Do you think you can do that just because you have Amos’s support?“I’m going in! Come at me if you dare!“Even if my men lose a single strand of hair, I’ll make you know regret!”Stefan then strutted inside.The man showed a gloomy expression, but he wouldn’t dare get his subordinates to pull the trigger. After
Harvey squinted at Naruse, while Stefan showed a horrible expression when he saw the woman beside Naruse.“Why is that woman here?”A trusted subordinate beside Stefan frowned as well.“Milan Osborne?“Isn’t she supposed to be abroad, Mr. Stefan?“She was supposed to be studying out of the country.“Why is she here now?”Harvey instinctively glanced at the inconspicuous woman after hearing the conversation.The woman was wearing a light yellow dress with no makeup. She had a beautiful face, but her thin lips were enough to show her cold personality.A lot of young men looked at her passionately, but they simply wouldn’t dare get any closer to her. She was seated right beside Naruse, after all.She completely ignored everyone around her, only occasionally talking to Naruse.She quietly sipped her glass of cocktail, completely out of place with the group she was in.Harvey squinted at the woman for a moment.“She’s from the Osborne family?”“You must’ve heard of her,” Stefa
Stefan didn’t seem to hear the intent in Amos’s words.“No need to apologize, Young Master.“Since this is your private banquet, you’re allowed to invite whoever you want.“I’m just a consul. I have no control over you, anyway.”Stefan emphasized his words quite a bit. Naturally, since Amos had been disrespecting him, he planned to repay the favor as well.Amos chuckled, looking at Stefan playfully. “Since I can invite whoever I want, what’s the meaning of this?”“What happens tonight is none of your concern,” Stefan replied coldly. “I hope that you won’t get involved!”Stefan then turned around, squinting at Naruse.“You must be Naruse, right?”Stefan cracked his neck, prepared to cause trouble.He had lost a lot of support because of what happened in the Mandrake Residence. He naturally came here for an explanation.Of course, he wanted to see how Amos would choose by doing all this in front of him.If Amos planned to stand up for Naruse, then Stefan wouldn’t mind startin
“You think you’re impressive just because people call you Consul?”Milan pulled out a thin and long cigarette from her Hermes bag, then took a huff before looking curiously at Harvey.“The Smalt Sect has a high reputation, and so does its young master.“That doesn’t mean that a mere subordinate has the same reputation.“Does your master know you’re being this high and mighty right now?“Let me tell you something! Naruse is my man! If you go against him, you go against me!“And if you don’t kneel in front of him, then I’ll kill you myself! Don’t believe me?!”Milan blew a puff of smoke at Stefan’s face with an arrogant yet fearless expression.Naturally, she had already cultivated her personality after studying abroad for many years.To her, having someone like Naruse as a boyfriend was definitely worth showing off.Whoever challenged her boyfriend’s authority would be the same as challenging hers.Stefan froze after hearing Milan’s words; he didn’t know how to reply at all.
Everyone froze instantly.Nobody expected Stefan to do something like this.Amos narrowed his eyes, a stern look on his face. He didn’t think that Stefan would have the right to challenge his authority.However, the slap was enough to show just how powerful Stefan actually was.The others were completely shocked when they saw it. The prominent figures of the outskirts were even pondering to invest in the future.If they didn’t do that, not a lot of people would be able to stomach Stefan’s sudden rise!“You hit me? You actually hit me?!”Milan felt sluggish.Nobody dared to go against her because of her family. And yet, a man she looked down on slapped her in the face.She desperately wanted to lash out at that very moment.As soon as she was about to charge forward, Naruse put his glass down before speaking up.“Enough, Ms. Milan. I’ll handle this.“I’m no prominent figure, but I know better than to hide behind a woman.“Don’t worry. It doesn’t matter what he’s here for.
“You don’t have a say in that matter! If you don’t give an explanation for this, then we’ll just have to fight it out right now!” Stefan yelled.“Is that so?”Naruse chuckled.“You want to fight me?“With what?“The few experts behind you?“The luck that got you to survive by the skin of your teeth?”Naruse let out a sigh and stood up, tapping Stefan on his face.“You think I don’t know?“You managed to survive only because Harvey got himself involved and saved you.“Do you think you can get your explanation with just a group of people?“How naive!“Even if I kill you right here, nothing can happen to me!“I belong to the Toyotomi family! I’m the spokesperson of the Shinto Way in Country H!“In any case, your laws won’t hold me even if I take you out. At most, I’d be exiled!”Stefan showed a gloomy expression. “You might be shooting yourself in the foot here, Naruse.”“I know that.”Naruse sighed.“But you don’t even have the right for me to do that!”Naruse made a g