The next morning.Charlotte was eagerly coming to the dining table, expecting to have a talk with Russell to set some rules that he shouldn’t cross.However, Nora was already there, and so was Russell. Both of them seemed to be having a good chat while eating.“So you want to learn martial arts from one of the three supreme families,” Nora nodded in approval. “That’s a really good idea. Next time someone attempts to stab you, you will be able to surprise them and make them regret ever raising their hand against you. I like it. You’ll have my full support.”Charlotte sat down and brusquely said, “Getting taught by the three supreme families is not an easy thing. They wouldn’t bother even if I called them and asked them for an appointment. Only if your father-in-law calls, they might listen. There’s no guarantee,though, and so you don’t want to make him call them and ask them to tutor you in martial arts or whatever it is that you want. Instead, I’ll hire one of the top martial artists

At Elora’s farmhouse.Jessica woke up and left for her job without even talking to Elora or Sansa for that matter.“She hasn't looked alright since last night,” Elora said. “I think something happened at the party.”“Maybe some prick bullied her or something?” Sansa wondered while checking Elora’s pulse rate and blood pressure.Just then, Jessica returned home, but she wasn’t alone. She brought Viola with her.“Viola?” Elora was not expecting to see her, so she tried to get up from the bed and was able to rise halfway, but it still felt a bit too hard for her, and so Sansa had to help. “Viola, did Russell send you?”“No, Aunt.” Viola plopped down in the chair. “I came here to see Marlene because she’s been sick for two days.”“Marlene? The girl that you eat guavas with?” Elora knew about Marlene because she was the one Russell had fought with before.“Yes, she’s very good at playing volleyball and basketball,” Viola said. “But now, she’s fallen sick. I don’t know if it’s a good thing

Russell opened his eyes and found himself inside a stone building. The walls, the ceiling, and even the floor was covered with stone. Heck, even the bed he was resting on was a stone bed, and yet he didn’t feel all that uncomfortable even though there was no pillow.“I remember chasing the old man, but then…” he got up from the bed and suddenly realized something. He looked down at his abdomen. The bandages were all gone. The stitches were removed, and some kind of clay was applied to his belly. “What the hell is this?” he rubbed his fingers against it, but it had already dried up.Wanting to find out where exactly he was, he came to the stone door. Luckily, it was open. All he had to do was push the leafy-curtain aside and step out into what looked like a small village built in the middle of the thick wilderness. Small to medium sized stone houses were neatly integrated in the midst of the trees so much so the houses were hard to distinguish from one another. It looked like they were

Russell had suffered many humiliating defeats in his life, but the most recent one was definitely one of the toughest if not the toughest to swallow.Everyone around began to clap, which made it even more difficult to absorb the loss. However, what Russell didn’t get was that even Natasha was clapping.“W-Why are you clapping?” he asked, looking as clueless as ever.“That’s because you passed our preliminary test,” Natasha stopped clapping.“What test?”“To see whether you’d wrestle for three times or not,” Raquel said, “after getting your wrist broken in the first round itself.”“T-That’s…” Russell didn’t know what to say. “So, the whole thing about winning at least once was unnecessary?”“Well, we would have been greatly impressed had you won,” Raquel said, “but your power was within our expectations, and you lost the three rounds. In fact, only a handful of people ever managed to win one round, and just one person managed to win all three.”“Someone won all three rounds?” He was sl

At the Lynn estate.All the guests except the Bennett family had left. These guys stayed back because Liam told them to stay here for a couple days.But Liam’s words didn’t give Charlotte any peace of mind because Jennifer had been bothering her since morning. She followed Charlotte like a tail and kept asking her about everything, from her dresses to even how her business worked. It was obvious that Jennifer was a smart woman, but Charlotte didn’t like the fact that this woman was putting her nose where it didn’t belong.If not for the fact that they were distant relatives, Charlotte would have probably scolded Jennifer in her face. Because Charlotte was raised in a way to never makes enemies out of relatives, she somehow bore with all the torture Jennifer unintentionally put her through.In a similar way, Kyra had to put up with not one but two annoying souls. Both Viola and James sat in her bedroom and kept talking and talking without the least consideration that Kyra might want to