"What brought you here, Mister Martell?" Patrick asked."I'm here about my marriage proposal to Miss Young again, Elder Scammells... This Angel's Fruit will be my gift to the Scammells and I hope that you can accept my proposal on her behalf..." Charlie said before placing the delicate box that contained the Angel's Fruit before Patrick.Iris and Damian had visited Charlie asking for the Angel's Fruit, which led him to believe that the fruit held meaning to the Scammells, so he was hoping that he could convince Patrick to agree to the marriage by using the Angel's Fruit as an offering."Well... Mister Martell, you know what happened the last time. Iris is in love with Leon and nothing I say can convince her otherwise. My hands are tied!" Patrick said hesitantly.Ever since he learned that Leon was seeing multiple women at a time, he desperately wanted Iris to leave Leon and marry Charlie instead, but Iris would not agree to it, and Patrick was rendered helpless."I don't think so!
"Dad, Iris loves Leon and Leon has helped us so much! We can't turn our backs on them!" Damian hurried over.He overheard the conversation between Charlie and Patrick when he was walking in, and he knew that the Scammells would definitely profit from pledging loyalty to the Southern Boss, so he was worried that Patrick would agree to the marriage proposal for the greater good."Yeah, you are right! We can't turn our backs on people who helped us before!" Patrick hesitated for a moment before regaining his composure.He could not force love, and if Iris decided to leave Leon because he saw other women, Patrick would be more than happy to see it happen.However, Iris and Leon loved one another, and Leon had helped the Scammells in the past; breaking them apart for the family's gain would make the Scammells ungrateful and despicable people, and Patrick could not bring himself to do it."Think twice, Elder Scammell! It's an honor that the Southern Boss is willing to recruit you! If yo
"Well, the Southern Boss would like to put the second bloodline in power," Charlie explained the situation."What?"Rick, Eugene, and Nigel were all stunned."Mister Martell, are you serious?""The Southern Boss is really going to put us in charge of the Scammells?"The three sobered and still struggled to believe what they had just heard.The Scammells were seen as an ordinary family, and in the eyes of someone as influential as the Southern Boss, they were hardly significant, so they could not understand why the Southern Boss would help them in their pursuit of power."It is absolutely true!" Charlie nodded."But... why?" They gasped."It's simple. The Southern Boss has his eyes on Cynthion Group. Pledge your loyalty to him and deliver the company to him once you take charge of the family," Charlie said."I see!"The three came to a realization.Cynthion Group had gained tremendous success on the previous sales drive, and its name had been known by all significant familie
"Elder Scammell, get ready in the next few days. We will execute the plan in three days' time! Also, the first bloodline of the Scammells seems to have established a connection with the Thompsons. To avoid alerting the Thompsons, I can only assign two powerful martial artists from the Martells to assist you... The rest is up to you," Charlie reminded.After the establishment of the Cynthion Group, most of the influential families in the southern region realized that the Scammells had formed a connection with the Thompsons. However, outsiders had no right to interfere with the internal conflict between the first and second bloodline of the Scammells, so the Thompsons would not have any excuse to get involved so long as the Martells were discreet about their support for the first bloodline; this was also the reason why the Southern Boss had not chosen to take control over the Scammells and Cynthion Group by force."I know! Two capable martial artists from the Martells should be more th
"Ro, you came at the right time. Allow me to introduce Snow. You've met one another once in the Thompsons Mansion before. This is Iris, my girlfriend. Iris, this is the eldest daughter of the Thompsons, Roanne Thompson," Leon introduced them with a smile."Girlfriend?" Roanne stilled.After spending time with Leon, she had begun to develop feelings toward Leon and was surprised to find out that Iris was Leon's girlfriend. Instantly, she found herself stunned."Hello, Miss Thompson. It's a pleasure to meet you," Iris greeted her gracefully with a smile."Oh... Hello, Iris. Since you are Leon's girlfriend, you can call me Ro as he does!" Roanne sobered and forced a smile.Though she liked Leon, it was a complicated combination of emotions that consisted of gratitude and dependency. She was naive with little to no experience in romantic relationships, so she had only seen Leon as a reliable brother like Yuri. Apart from feeling slightly disappointed, she did not feel overly upset abo
Outside the Scammell Mansion, Iris arrived and found two guards standing in her way."Miss Young, the elder is waiting for you in the meeting hall. Please follow us," one of the guards said."Oh. Sure..." Iris said, feeling slightly confused.She had been to the Scammell Mansion multiple times and knew the interior well enough to find the meeting hall on her own, so she did not understand why Patrick would send two guards to lead the way.She assumed that the guards simply took the initiative to lead the way out of the concern that she would get lost and followed them inside.Soon, she realized that something was wrong and stopped."Hang on! Aren't you two taking me to Grandpa? I remember that this way leads to the house where members of the second bloodline live, not the meeting hall! What's going on?" Iris questioned."Miss Young, the elder is in a discussion with the second bloodline. Just follow us..." The two guards looked away guiltily."Oh? Is that so?" Iris's confusion
"The Initial Innate State!" Startled by the guards' energy, Iris instinctively backed away.She had long reached the Advanced Innate State with Leon's help, and the two guards before her were only in the Initial Innate State, so they were far from capable of capturing her.She darted away from their attack, but they refused to give up and turned to charge toward her again."Damn it! Enough is enough!" she roared coldly.She was not experienced in battle and chose to back away by reflex when the guards turned on her. However, she had already recovered from the initial shock, and since they were weaker than her, she had no fear and launched two attacks at the guards.Baam!With a deafening sound, the true energy in her palms tore through the guards' attacks and slammed against their chests.The two guards spewed blood from their mouths and were both sent flying into the distance.Suffering from severe internal injuries, they felt agonizing pain radiating through their body, and b
"Nigel, if I'm not mistaken, you are the one who tricked me into coming here, right?" Realization dawned on Iris.The call she received was from the office of Scammells Corporation instead of the private number of Damian or Patrick.Since Scammells Corporation was a partner of Cynthion Group and Elegante Group relied on the supply of raw materials from the Scammells as well, she had assumed that Patrick called her to discuss details about future partnerships.However, judging from the sight before her, she realized that it had all been a trap."So what if you're right? It's too late!" Nigel sneered."Nigel, what are you doing? Are you trying to seek revenge on Leon for breaking your legs by capturing me?" Iris questioned, feeling confused as to why Nigel had put so much effort into tricking her here.Though Leon and Nigel had a personal grudge, she was still a relative of the Scammells, and Nigel was related to her by blood, so she could not see how he would hurt her."That's ri