When Rosalie saw Charlie holding the pair of tweezers as he carefully helped her clean her wound, she suddenly began to feel a little fonder of this strange man who had made her feel extremely furious and angry before.So, she looked at Charlie before she asked in a curious voice, “Hey… I don’t even know what your name is yet!”Charlie smiled slightly and said, “Is my name that important to you?”Rosalie pretended to be annoyed as she said, “I have not settled the score with you yet for cheating me the last time! So, of course it is very important to me!”Charlie nodded before he said, “Well… the reason why I cheated you was simply because you were indeed a little too much when you killed and exterminated the entire Matsumoto family the last time. You are also an Oskian, so you should understand the culture of our ancestors. In Oskian culture, the concept of family is very highly valued. Don’t you know that it is an unforgivable crime for you to implicate and get a person’s entire
When he saw that Rosalie recognized his origins immediately, Charlie smiled slightly before he said calmly, “Yes. I could be regarded as a member of the Wade family, or perhaps, I was a member of the Wade family before this.”Rosalie thought for a moment before she muttered, “If you were a member of the Wade family before this, it can only mean that you are not in the Wade family now…”After that, Rosalie had a very shocked expression on her face as she said, “The Wade family is not considered a very prosperous family in the first place. So, I am actually very familiar with every direct descendant of the Wade family. If you are not in the Wade family now, there is a high probability that you are…”As the words reached her lips, Rosalie was so shocked that she could not even continue speaking!She stared at Charlie before she said in amazement, “Amongst the direct descendants of the Wade family, there is only one person who left the Wade family. That is none other than Curtis Wade.
He was even holding onto her right leg now…As she thought about this, Rosalie suddenly felt that destiny was really making a fool out of people.She could not help but think to herself, ‘I have always been serving the Schulz family wholeheartedly all this while, and I was even willing to dedicate and sacrifice my life for the Schulz family…’‘But I would never have dreamt that the Schulz family would make me end up in this state, even trying to take my life…’‘On the other hand, as a descendant of the Wade family, Charlie is originally the entire Schulz family’s mortal enemy. Moreover, coupled with the fact that he is Curtis’s son, Charlie is nothing more than a pest and a thorn in my father, Sheldon’s flesh. However, it was this mortal enemy of the Schulz family who saved my life at the most critical and crucial moment. All of this is simply too ironic…’When Charlie saw the rich expression on Rosalie’s face, he could not help but tease her, “Why? Did you arouse the hatred that
The reason why Charlie decided to save Rosalie was because he had seen right through the Schulz family’s intention to kill her. He was simply adhering to the basic principle where the ‘enemy of my enemy is a friend of mine’. This was why he had decided to save her.As long as Rosalie was already estranged from the Schulz family, she could likely prove to be of big help to Charlie when he decided to seek revenge on the Schulz family in the future.If he could keep Rosalie under control and turn her into his own subordinate, Charlie felt that his plan would not be entirely impossible.If he wanted to make use of a person, the most important thing would be for him to make sure that she owed him a favor.In this world, no other favor would be more important than repaying a favor for saving one’s life.Charlie’s current plan was to bring Rosalie back to Aurous Hill first. After that, he would hide her well before waiting to see whether there would be any changes in the Schulz family, o
When the ship arrived on the radar screen, the captain of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces smiled as he said, “D*mn it! Those b*stards have finally arrived after we have waited for so long!”His deputy smiled before he said, “Captain, if we manage to arrest Rosalie Schulz this time, it will certainly be another great achievement, right?”The captain nodded and said, “Of course! Rosalie Schulz is currently the number one felon in Japan. As long as we arrest her and bring her back to Japan, it will certainly be a great achievement no matter whether she is dead or alive!”As he spoke, he got a little excited as he eagerly said, “Try not to open fire later. We will try to capture her alive!”Very soon, the distance of the ship on the radar was less than one nautical mile away from the location of their ambush.The Japanese Self-Defense Forces’ patrol boat had been completely silent for a long time. They had already turned off all of their engines, transponders, and lights on the boat
In truth, that old fox, Cadfan, really had certain skills and abilities.He did not have to spend much money to pretend to save Rosalie this time. After all, the entire Japanese Self-Defense Forces were all actors who had agreed to play along with him for free.As for the reason why the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were willing to cooperate with Cadfan for free, this would have to be traced back to the time when Rosalie and the other masters from the Schulz family were arrested.At that time, Rosalie and the others had exterminated the entire Matsumoto family, putting the entire Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to shame. After that, they had planned to make their collective escape from Osaka. At the critical moment when their plane was about to take off, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces had come forward, capturing all of them.Therefore, this incident had made the Japanese Self-Defense Forces rise to fame immediately.When people praised the Japanese Self-Defense Forces for th
He simply had to use his left and right hands to achieve success one way or the other. Furthermore, he had managed to greatly reduce the cost of getting the entire matter done. For the Schulz family, this was simply the best of both worlds.However, no one would have thought that there would be sudden changes to a meticulously and carefully thought-out plan.Even Lord Schulz was filled with excitement back in Eastcliff. He was looking forward to receiving news that Rosalie had already been successfully captured by the Japanese Self-Defense Forces.Just as he was anxiously waiting for the news, one of the high-level officers of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces called him directly.As soon as the phone call was connected, Lord Schulz started laughing gleefully as he asked, “Matsushima-kun, have you arrested Rosalie successfully?”“Arrest my ass!” The other party yelled angrily over the phone, “Why isn’t there anyone on the ship that you have arranged? Where is Rosalie now?!”Lord
The Schulz family, as well as the entire Japanese Self-Defense Forces, began searching for Rosalie’s whereabouts in Japan’s territorial waters near Tokyo.However, their search was completely pointless because the ocean was so vast, and they had no clues at all.As the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were looking for Rosalie frantically, the ship that Charlie was on had already left Japan.The ship was constantly adjusting its course as it headed in the direction of Oskia. After sailing for a night, they had already traveled about one-third of the distance.Early in the morning, the red sunrise appeared on the eastern sea level.Although the temperature at sea was extremely cold during winter, Charlie walked out to the deck dressed in casual clothing.The direction of the ship was heading from the east to west. So, Charlie stood at the stern of the ship as he watched the sunrise in the east.At this time, the red sun slowly rose, and another red and turbulent sun was reflected on t
Elaine may have led a life as if she was above the rules, but beneath that tough exterior lay crippling insecurities and a horrific inferiority complex.She was always afraid of being belittled—but more than that, of being ostracized and betrayed.Over the years, the greatest source of her complexes could all be traced back to Matilda.After all, Matilda had been a star back in their school days. Because Elaine was a close friend of hers, many boys would get chummy with Elaine, but only because they were interested in Matilda.Being from a poor farmer's family, Elaine had been scorned plenty and therefore felt exceedingly inferior around Matilda.It was from that sense of inferiority that Elaine had inadvertently developed a one-sided rivalry against Matilda, and she believed her greatest triumph over Matilda in this life was the moment she had stolen Jacob from her.However, while Elaine presumed that she could hold that victory over Matilda's head, Lady Wilson had soured that v
Moreover, given Elaine's ridiculous temper, Jacob knew she would definitely go overboard and destroy him.He wouldn't even have a place to live at that point, and it would really be game over if she held a grudge and stormed the Calligraphy and Painting Association!Under such circumstances, he couldn't ask for a divorce—hell, he might even refuse a divorce if Elaine asked for one!However, that was when Elaine laughed coldly. "Oh, my… You're really not going to divorce me?""Come on—how long were we married?" Jacob quickly reasoned. "Getting divorced at our age? People would laugh at us."Elaine scoffed. "Now I'm curious… Matilda's quite old too, and she's a divorcee marrying again. Won't people laugh at her?""Technically, she's a widow—"Jacob blurted out, but soon turned pale, tensing up again not a second after he had just calmed down, asking gingerly, "W-Why would you suddenly mention her?'Elaine stopped pretending right then and snapped, "It's actually impressive that y
Horrified, Jacob promptly grasped the steering wheel and brought the Cullinan back under control while not hesitating to snap, "Are you crazy?! We're on the highway—that could have killed the both of us!"However, Elaine ignored him and seized the moment to open the armrest box, pulling out the large white envelope.As she opened it, she muttered, "So, it really was a wedding invitation… You really are a terrible friend, Jacob Wilson, hiding a wedding invitation like this! What's the point? Just look at that nervous face of yours—would I suspect you of having an affair with the bride-to-be?"She flipped open the card and was experienced enough to check the names first while disregarding the usual preamble. She wouldn't care about the venue or the time either, focusing solely on the professor who had somehow made Jacob very nervous.That was how Elaine found the names in less than a second: Yolden Hart and Matilda Hall.Matilda?!The name could well be knives stabbing Elaine in th
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl