"Good, good, good. You've really got yourself a nice master there," said Grandma Nicholz happily."Congratulations, Benjamin!""Yes, congratulations." Benjamin's family congratulated him one after another.Meanwhile, Severin and his family had reached home too."Severin, are you really going to Skystream City to attend the Province Governor's 60th birthday in a couple of days' time?" asked Megan with a sly smile.Knowing Megan was definitely up to no good, Severin frowned and said, "Go on. Spit it out. Tell me what you want.""Oh, it's nothing… I'm just wondering if I can go with you."Sheila's eyes immediately lit up when she heard that. "I want to go too! Take me, Severin, take me too!""Skystream City is the biggest and busiest city in the whole of Skystream Province. Severin, you must take me with you since I've never been there before," said Felicia."But Mom, I plan to go alone. The city is quite far so it won't be convenient for you all to go with me," said Severin with
Faced with Felicia's theatrics, Severin did not know whether to laugh or cry. He never expected she would use this trick on him since he only had ever seen her use it on William."Mom, the thing is I can't keep watching over you all every second. What if someone tries to murder you? You'll still be dead even if I managed to avenge you. Then I'll have to live the rest of my life in regret. So it's best if you stay here…"Felicia immediately stopped crying. She then stood up and said seriously, "Everybody will eventually die someday. Besides, I heard from Diane that fighters like you have come to learn not to fear death. I might not be a fighter but I'm prepared to meet with the grim reaper anytime. What's the point of living if I can't even go after my dreams? I, Felicia Shanahan, swear to live life to the fullest even if it means I'll die sooner than later.""Fine… how can I say no after that little speech of yours?" said Severin with a shake of his head."Yay! Does that mean you'l
After a pause, he added wryly, "But Diane, Megan, Sheila, and my mother-in-law insisted on going with me so I was hoping the six of you will come with us and act as their bodyguard while they go shopping. 'Cause you know how dangerous and tense things are in Skystream City at the moment.""Skystream City? Oh, goody! You can definitely count on us, Master!" Naomi said happily."Oh wow. I've always wanted to visit Skystream City and now I've finally got the chance!" said Kiera excitedly."Rest assured we'll do our best to protect Miss Diane and the others. Naomi and the rest of them have reached the attainment of level four warrior king after taking the second-grade low-rank alchemical pills you gave them. As for myself, I have reached the attainment of level five warrior king… so unless we come across someone more powerful than us, Miss Diane and the others should be safe with us," said Wendy with one hand cupped around the other."Thank you. I'll be more at ease knowing the six of
The next morning, the group went on their road trip.Severin and Diane drove one car; Felicia, Sheila, and Megan in another, while the six beautiful bodyguards shared two cars between them. The four cars slowly made their way toward Skystream City.Megan's car was at the front since she was the one who planned the route. Next came Severin's car, followed by the other two cars. Megan kept checking the rearview mirror while she drove. Finally, she said, "If I were you, Sheila, I would have insisted on taking Severin's car.""Oh, I don't think that's a good idea. Do you know how embarrassing it is to be a third wheel?" Sheila asked ruefully.Megan chuckled. "Not as embarrassing as what you said to Severin after getting drunk. I'm going to let you in on a little secret, you'll only need to use those feminine wiles of yours and Severin will be yours in a heartbeat.""What are you trying to say, Megan?" asked Sheila with a frown.Megan put on her relationship expert hat and said convin
Felicia gave her question some thought before answering, "Well, someone like your brother-in-law would do. I can die happy if you can marry someone like him."Megan simply rolled her eyes at Felicia. "You might as well ask him to marry Severin!""Tsk! Didn't I ask you to stop speaking nonsense?" said Felicia angrily."Do you know how hard it is to find someone as good as Severin? He's probably the only one of its kind. So I might as well give up the search now."After thinking it through, Felicia grudgingly had to admit that Megan was right. "Fine… but make sure you at least find a nice boy that comes from a first-tier upper-class family or the son of a mayor. Only then would he be good enough for our family. I know! Doesn't the South County have over a hundred cities within its border? We'll ask Severin to gather all the mayors' sons in one place and then you can pick and choose whoever you want!""Mom… isn't that going a bit overboard? If words get out, it might give rise to the
The burly shepherd smiled as he checked out the four cars Severin and the others came in. "Let me see, a Maserati, a Rolls-Roye, and those two at the back should be Audis, right? Hmm, I guess a million dollars would do. That kinda amount should be chump change to you guys."At the mention of a million dollars, Felicia immediately got down from the car and said angrily, "What? You want us to give you a million dollars to get your sheep off the road? Shouldn't that be your job in the first place? This is literally highway robbery!"The burly shepherd simply chuckled and with a flick of his wrist, took out a gun from the back of his waist and aimed it at Felicia. "You're right. This is a robbery! You guys look like you can easily come up with a million dollars in cash. So what do you say? Give us the money and we'll let you go or you can choose to die by my gun here."Felicia screamed in fright when she saw the gun pointing at her. She immediately backed away fearfully. "No! Please don
"Sure thing!" said Sheila with a grin."Be careful, you two!" said Felicia as she instinctively clenched her fists. She had never seen Diane and Sheila in a real fight so she could not help but worry about them"What? Do you think you're bulletproof? Do the two of you have a death wish or something?" asked the head robber in mock bravado. He was starting to panic since he had never really killed anyone before. In fact, the gun was only used as a prop to scare his victims into paying the "toll fee"."Uh… I've never killed anyone before but as a fighter, I guess I should keep an open mind about it," said Diane, who was also as nervous as the head robber. She had seen Severin kill many before so she knew, as a fighter, one would need to literally and figuratively step on the others to reach the top.The same thing was happening to Sheila. It was her first time too and she could not help but feel apprehensive about it."D*mmit! You girls must be tired of leaving. Well, let me release
"Diane, when did you and Sheila become so strong? I want to train to become as strong as you two too!" said Megan with shock."Megan, are you sure about that? The training we went through is really tough… I mean, you are used to playing more than training. Besides, Sheila and I can only achieve up to level nine grandmaster if we don't have the treasure that allows us to change our talent," said Diane."Level nine grandmaster is good enough for me since that puts me above every regular folk out there. I'll have a chance at winning as long as I avoid getting into fights with a profound master," argued Megan.Diane did not say anything. Instead, she looked at Severin with a pair of questioning eyes. It was obvious she was asking for his opinion.Severin frowned before breaking out with a smile. He pointed to the herd of sheep who were still blocking the road and said, "Megan, why don't you chase those sheep off the road? If you do that, I'm sure your sister and Sheila will bring you