When Sara woke up the next morning, she went around the house to look for Javier, but he was not there. After remembering that she had suggested that he stay in her mother’s bedroom, Sara headed upstairs and pushed Mei’s bedroom door open.Mei was lying on her bed, sleeping especially soundly and happily.There were piles of tissue paper crumpled up by the bed. Sara had no idea why her mother, who supposedly loved for things to be clean and tidy, would simply litter the floor with used tissues. She also found it very strange when she realized that her mother was smiling sweetly in her sleep. But Sara did not care about any of these things anymore. She shook her mother violently before Mei, who had only fallen asleep not too long ago, woke up. “Mommy, where’s Uncle Javier? I want to see him.”Usually, a person would be in a very bad mood when they were woken up right after they fell asleep. However, as a mother, there was of course no way she would react in such a way to her da
When Javier met Angelina, she was discussing business with a major client from the Middle East. The business meeting seemed to be progressing very smoothly. They had already signed the contracts and were shaking each other’s hands with smiles on their faces. After seeing this major client out, Angelina sat back on her chair and closed the document. Just as she was about to hand the document to her assistant, she raised her head and saw a familiar figure. One that belonged to a man she had been missing day and night. Angelina instantly stood up, her face filled with glee and excitement.“My king! What are you doing here? This is the best news I’ve received today! I love you so much!”Without feeling bothered by the fact that her subordinates were around, Angelina directly leaped into Javier’s arms, kissing him ferociously with her full red lips. Undoubtedly, because of her race, Angelina had an extremely fair complexion that exuded her country’s unique beauty. Whenever Jav
Herschel knew exactly what his job was. He was not disillusioned by any means. What’s more, he was more than stoked to say yes.With Herschel and Gusman taking the lead, a troop of a hundred suited-up soldiers left with their own respective method.Javier took his eyes off Herschel, Gusman, and the others and observed Angelina from the door, his eyes cast far into the horizon, where the troop vanished. He wondered if she could smell something fishy.Quickly, he asked, “Anything else on today’s agenda?”Angelina had been wondering if she should tell Gusman to hold onto any reservations and not obey every single one of Herschel’s orders, but Javier’s question broke her out of her reverie. “No, there’s nothing else,” she replied intuitively. “Nothing planned for today or tomorrow. What’s the matter?”Javier’s lips formed an implicative smirk. He leaned forward, pushing Angelina against the wall before breathing out. “Well, I personally have an agenda, and I would like to have you par
With her troops at the ready, Mei led a march toward the Hachison estate.Gusman made his confusion known on the way. “Aren’t these people the ones who should be training you on the battlefield?” he asked, sounding bewildered.Herschel was aware of Gusman’s inability to understand Yuzuean, so he took this chance to make things up on the fly. “We, er, set our base here to avoid being discovered. I mean, have you ever suspected us of setting up our base here before?”Gusman reeled in realization. Well, that made a lot of sense…except for the nagging fact that these people did not seem to care about Herschel at all. Something was fishy about it, and he could not shake the feeling off.He tried to call Angelina for confirmation, but no one answered him.His mind drifted to the relationship between Herschel and Javier, and then Javier and Angelina. His mind relaxed a little—he was his mistress’s beau and the second grandson of the Kersey Family! There was little reason for him to be wa
The Hachison estate incident quickly gained the attention of the local law enforcement. A skirmish involving guns and bazookas was about as serious as a small-scale war. When one pinned that conflict on a region as sensitive as the Hachisons’ residency, it was no wonder the local police immediately moved out.Local forces stopped dead at the entrance to the estate almost as soon as they arrived. Shock prevented them from moving any closer.The enemy troops, as they quickly realized, were armed to the teeth with weapons even more advanced than the equipment the Yuzuean army possessed. They also quickly realized that many of those now standing opposite them within the estate were important elders and higher-ups of the Hachison Family.The leader of the group? The daughter of the Hachison Family’s main branch and former family leader, Mei.It came as a world-shattering shock even to the over fifty-year-old captain of the force, who was just about to retire in a few days. He intuitivel
Angelina was apoplectic. She had been dragged through sugar-coated torment for almost two days to what felt like the brink of death…only to find out what he had done. Now, her brain was nearly fried. Gusman’s troop had been led to unwittingly aid a coup d’état within the Hachison Family!Angelina already knew that Renly had gone to see the Hachison Family leader a few days ago. It was the Whites’ recognition and acknowledgment of their ally in action. And yet, before long, the Soroys had done something that was basically a b*tch slap and a middle finger combined.There was no way she could deflect by claiming it was an accident or use literally any excuse she could dredge up. Even if she explained herself so hard her face turned blue, the Whites would find it irrelevant. There was no way to explain by this point—that was how far the narrative had shifted.The fact of the matter—a fact known by everyone who mattered—was that the Soroys had caused an upheaval within the Hachison Famil
Prominent families seemed to all enjoy setting up their home base on an island, but not all families could afford that. Strictly speaking, only truly eminent families in possession of great power could afford it. The Kerseys were such an example.The Hachisons were considered small and weaker among their ranks. They might have enough money for weapons and defense, but they did not possess enough status or the right to build a base on an island.The Whites themselves, meanwhile, were eligible based on that standard. Renly White was taking in the latest development at his family’s island base as word of his latest lapdog’s demise reached him. Yoel Hachison had been decapitated.The man’s end was insignificant to Renly. He had never thought highly of Yoel, so the only loss he would concede was the loss of his own face. However, it was said that Yoel was far from the only one who had suffered that fate. His father, Xion, along with other direct members of Xion’s family had all perished
After eviscerating Renly, Piers dropped down onto a leather chair, muttering to himself, “These Kerseys…There was that kid’s pa, and now this kid turned out to be a chip off the old block. Can’t believe he dragged the Soroys into this to rub this in my face! As if disrespecting me wasn’t enough, he had to use this as an excuse to bind them into an alliance! God. Schemer Jr. is what he is!”He picked up his phone. Without needing to scroll through his contact list, he punched a series of numbers onto the screen. A few moments later, Zephiel’s voice came through the phone. “From one senior citizen to another: Do you mind not waking me if you can’t sleep?”“Bah, you weren’t sleeping at all, fox. You must be feeling all swell and smug after all of this! Hell, I bet I interrupted your victory dance!” Piers snarled.There was no sound coming from the other side for a long beat. It was long enough that it piqued Piers’ curiosity. What could that guy be up to? Why the silence?His question