"Where did you get such a ridiculous quote from, Lily? I like the term because it's right. Ivo is scary with his genius brain," Sky responded.
"You've heard the assumptions of your two brothers, huh? Accept that name as your new identity, Doctor Ivo, aka Black Lion. It's the most suitable name for you. As your new name implies, live to be a better person than before. Welcome and join Black Dragon, Black Lion!"
The new name, with Mr. Jack's hand extended as a symbol of the gift to Ivo, was greeted with the happy smile of a stranger who had received a lot of kindness, care, and opportunities from people who were considered evil by the world but were like black-winged angels in Ivo's eyes.
"I accept my new nickname as Black Lion. I love this name and am happy to leave my old na
Drink bottles and glasses on the table were smashed. Lion then took a step and immediately kicked the few people there who didn't seem to heed his words. Lion knew there was something to hide from him from the start, and Mr Jack wanted him to find that out for himself."I don't want to kill anyone from Black Dragon here. But can't you guys not make me raise my temper, huh?!" he snapped again. He then pointed to one of the men who had just stood up after he had beaten him."But it seems I can't be more patient than this. You tell me what happened here, or I'll kill you right now!" Lion continued to yell at the man."A-actually none of this needs to happen, Boss Lion. Everyone didn't have to wait long to beat up a bold young man who could use the name and disguise himself as Boss Jack." "But what can we do, Boss? Boss Jack or even Mr Simon ordered us to let this happen until Boss Lion himself took action against the young man." With dread, the man told us what had happened there some
"Please just tell me the truth, Dad. Just get to the heart of the matter. I don't understand a loving child destroyed by life becoming such a fool." Lion immediately interrupted Mr Jack's speech with curiosity."Simon told you, didn't he, that there was no special treatment the boy would get after you left him with Simon?" Lion nodded at the question."He did develop quickly. Armed with the ability to fight and survive in a harsh environment since childhood, he became that strong.""But one day, Simon sensed something was wrong with him. The look in his eyes turned to hatred, especially when everywhere you heard your name mentioned in their base.""The boy even brutally attacked one of Simon's men who was talking about you with another colleague,""Simon realized that he had something bad in store for you. It was immediately evident when he stole money from Simon's headquarters sometime earlier and left there to defect.""The boy was influenced by a notoriously wily and elusive mobste
Lion had just walked into Mr Jack's room. Lily and Sky were already gathered there."Sit down, Lion." Mr Jack said, and Lion nodded briefly before turning to Sky."You're back, bro? How was business over there?" Lion asked Sky as they shook hands."Boring," was the only word Sky replied. "I'd rather be here with Dad," he continued. Sky's words left Lion with no more questions. The truth about Sky hating the royal family was already confirmed.Lion was silent and seemed to be waiting for Mr. Jack to speak. But a throw of a pillow from Lily stirred his composure."Hey, you disobedient brother! Don't you greet me and ask how I'm doing?" Lily protested Lion's indifferent behavior."Why should I ask? Seeing you here smiling, I hope things are fine in Thailand. I don't miss you anyway, bro," Lion replied while mocking Lily."Damn it! Even though you've been my little brother for over two years, you're still insolent towards me, huh?!" Lily said, annoyed, but his soft-spoken manner turned an
"Fried rice?" Sky, Lily, and Lion asked the woman Alice when a plate of strangely colored rice with small pieces of vegetable trinkets and an egg fried without the yolk being broken was placed in front of them. Food with such a strange sight was not something the three of them were used to seeing, but not Mr Jack. Instead, he smiled and watched as his three sons, who usually looked stiff and severe, became more human in front of Alice. "Yes, in front of you is a dish called Fried Rice. In my country, it's like the food of a million people because, on average, every house has something like this for breakfast," Alice answered hesitantly and a little scared as the eyes of the three big and serious men looked too scary. "Dad, isn't she too bold to mess with my kitchen? This is too much," Sky grumbled in his calm tone to Mr Jack, but his gaze was so serious looking at Alice. "I haven't seen such s
"Let's just say your thoughts are right, Sky. You too, Lily. I brought Lion closer to Alice because I wanted to see how much Lion would bear under my command as his father. Lion has enjoyed the blood so much that he has forgotten his human heart." "You probably already know the news that Lion was almost killed by the young man he entrusted to Simon, right?" Sky and Lily nodded at such a question. "He's powerful enough to destroy anything. But he's frail to people he considers important, even if those are enemies after his life. Lion was so weak that he was almost killed if I hadn't eliminated that young man first," Mr. Jack recounted. "Then what does that have to do with that young lady, Dad?" Sky and Lily asked simultaneously. "Alice is a stranger to us, especially Lion. But she's not an enemy. She's just a weak woman who needs to be trained to be strong." "I want Lion to
Alice shuffled without direction throughout her steps after leaving Mr Jack's house. She was a stranger in the neighborhood, especially once she got out of Mr. Jack's sprawling estate and into the suburbs of California. Alice passed through a shopping area with narrow alleys that only cyclists and pedestrians could pass through. Alice's steps stopped when a noise was heard not far from her current standing. Of course, it made her wonder what was going on. Why were there people screaming and wailing helplessly. Sure enough. At the end of one of the narrow alleys near Alice, about four men seemed to be thugs playing with a woman there. Alice gasped in shock. The trauma of the harassment she had almost received still hadn't gone away, and it scared her again to see the atmosphere in front of her right now. "Miss, help me!" the woman who was abused by the four men saw Alice tur
At the edge of the barrier of the open beach, Lion stood looking at the waves of the open sea with his mind blank. His treatment of Alice earlier made him regret it a little.'What did I do? Why did I kiss her?' He muttered to himself as his lips reluctantly opened to speak. He admitted that he was carried away by his memories of his girlfriend Lia.Seeing the weak Alice like that made him see Lia in the same state before she died that day.'Is it because I miss her so much? But I don't want to feel that way anymore. Love makes me weak and messes up my mind,' he continued.'Love? Nonsense. There's no way a spoiled and weak woman like her can pull at my heart and change my feelings away from you, Lia. Never!' Lion resolutely rejected Alice's presence in his life."What a ridiculous situation. I bet that woman will give up halfway through. Daddy made a tough decision by making her our sister." Lion muttered in exasperation this time as he clenched his fists tightly and stared intently a
"I don't blame you for being so weak. Your misfortune has been with you since birth, and everything keeps happening until you're at a helpless point in your life,"“Dumped by family, betrayed by love, and lost your own child. You don't even feel like you have any self-respect anymore after the abuse you almost received. I'm right, huh?" Mr Jack's question made Alice nod."But you finally met me and I accepted you to live here, even though my three sons questioned my decision, why did I bring that weak you into our midst who are not good people who can tolerate weakness. There are no weaklings here, just so you know, girl," he continued to say with a smile."Yes, that's what I wanted to ask, sir. Your reason for taking me still doesn't make sense to me. Although I resemble your daughter, I am a weak woman who is different from her. Your wife and daughter are great and strong women, but I'm just trash that my own family threw away, even to a place far away from them," Alice cried, recal