“It’s me, Gerald!”
Before Gerald could even say anything, the door to his room was pushed open and Haven popped virtual-novel.net head in before entering.
“Didn’t you head back to your room to rest, Haven? Why are you here again?” asked Gerald with a resigned smile on his face.
Haven had immediately looked for virtual-novel.net the moment virtual-novel.net returned to the manor, intent on finding out how virtual-novel.net was so powerful.
Not seeing any reason to hide anything from her, Gerald had earlier chatted with virtual-novel.net for a while before sending virtual-novel.net off.
He truly hadn’t expected to meet virtual-novel.net again so soon.
“Well, the more I thought about it back in my room, the more I felt that something just wasn’t right! Humph! You’re not being a very good friend at all! Have you already forgotten that we had agreed to be friends back when we were still on the train? It took me a moment to realize, but you never came looking for me in the end! How do you plan on explaining yourself?” said Haven as virtual-novel.net took a seat.
“Haha… Guilty as charged!” replied Gerald with a wry smile on his face.
Staring at virtual-novel.net for a while, Haven then smiled sweetly before asking, “Then answer me honestly. Do you truly treat me as a friend?”
“Of course I do!”
“Great! So… Could you please teach me how to throw daggers? I want to learn how to do that too!”
“What kind of society are we even living in now? Why would you even want to learn a skill that could be used to kill?”
“Well, it’s because by this point, I’ve already encountered several powerful and skillful people who have abilities that easily surpass the limits of ordinary people! I want to be like them too!”
“You’ll have your chance in the future… Fine, why don’t we do this? I’ll teach you a trick or two tomorrow under the condition that you’re fully energetic to learn them. In order for you to achieve that, you’d better leave now and get some well-deserved rest!” replied Gerald as virtual-novel.net smiled.
“Deal! Remember to keep to your word, or you can’t call yourself a man anymore! Well, I’ll be taking my leave first!” said Haven before skipping happily toward the door to leave.
As soon as virtual-novel.net opened the door, however, virtual-novel.net immediately said in a surprised tone, “Sister? Why are you here?”
“So you were as well, Haven! I’ve come to discuss some things with Mr. Crawford, so run along first!”
Hearing that, Gerald realized that it was Xareni’s turn to meet him. Haven herself was too busy daydreaming about learning new skills tomorrow so virtual-novel.net simply left without thinking too much about virtual-novel.net sister’s motive for being there.
“And here I was worrying that you’d already be asleep by now, Mr. Crawford! After all, it is pretty late now,” said Xareni as virtual-novel.net walked in with a smile.
Looking at virtual-novel.net briefly, Gerald then asked, “Is there anything else you’d like to say?”
Well aware that virtual-novel.net was a person who enjoyed scheming, Gerald didn’t really have a good impression of Xareni.
“Indeed! You know, I heard from my father that you’re here in the Logan Province because you wish to look for holy blood within the Everdare Forest, Mr. Crawford. Perhaps our family could help you with the matter since we’re already well acquainted by this point. Also, while this may feel out of topic, what are your plans in the future, sir?” asked Xareni.
Since Gerald had already proved his strength, Xareni herself no longer had any traces of contempt in virtual-novel.net eyes.
“I’d very much prefer if you stopped beating around the bush. If you haven’t noticed, I’m ready to retire for the night!” replied Gerald casually.
“Alright, so here’s the thing, Mr. Crawford. The Lovewell family is willing to treat you as an honorable guest, just as we treat Mr. Merrett. If you join us, then all your descendants will also receive the same benefits as you will! What do you think of that, sir?”
It was obvious by now that Xareni had been sent over by virtual-novel.net father to pitch the idea to Gerald. Though virtual-novel.net looked to only be around the age of twenty-five, virtual-novel.net was extremely witty and smart, making virtual-novel.net a master at negotiating. Even if virtual-novel.net were to face the most experienced businessmen in the world of business, seven out of eight of them wouldn’t be able to outwit her.
Regardless, after seeing how casually Gerald dressed, virtual-novel.net was certain that virtual-novel.net wouldn’t be able to resist the temptation of money and women.
“Are you trying to hire me to work for the Lovewells?” asked Gerald.
“That’s right! I honestly see absolutely no reason for you to turn down our offer, Mr. Crawford. After all, you’ll be able to live a luxurious and extravagant life if you agree, and you’ll also be respected by everyone!” said Xareni as virtual-novel.net squinted virtual-novel.net eyes slightly, feeling that it was going to be a piece of cake to get Gerald to join them.
“Who even are the Lovewells to want to hire me?” replied Gerald casually.
Xareni was instantly startled upon hearing that statement.
“Look, I get where you’re coming from, but I’ll say right now that anything you try to say beyond this point will be useless. Just bring me the Book of Beasts tomorrow so I can have a look through it. I’ll return it to your family once I’m done reading it. Now if there isn’t anything else, I’d like to get some rest!” added Gerald rather unceremoniously.
‘This man really doesn’t know what’s good or bad for himself!’ Xareni thought to herself angrily.
“Well, while the Lovewells may not mean anything to you, I wonder if you’ve heard about the Moldells from the Logan Province…?”
As soon as virtual-novel.net said that, Xareni took a peek at Gerald’s face with virtual-novel.net beautiful eyes. She wanted to see how horrified virtual-novel.net was since virtual-novel.net knew that the more frightened virtual-novel.net was of the news, the easier it would be for virtual-novel.net to talk to him.
To virtual-novel.net dismay, Gerald retained his indifferent expression as virtual-novel.net said, “The Moldells? Who even are they?”