At his mother's grave, Elijah leaned the black bag against the tombstone, took a flask out, and then drank a mouthful from it, then poured the rest of it in front of the grave.“Mom, you don't have to worry. Your son is doing well for himself. Can you imagine?... That weak boy who couldn't protect himself is now being called the King of the North.” As he spoke, he let out a melancholic laugh. “Also, you have a granddaughter. I'm sure you'd have liked her if you were still here. But it's fine. Don't worry, I'll make sure to bring her up in a way you'd have liked. I'm sorry I wasted so much time before I returned… I hope you can forgive me. Rest well, I promise, those that kicked us out all those years ago will pay for their sins.”After that, he got up and left.Meanwhile, in the Roland family villa, everyone had left not too long after Elijah's departure. Naturally, they were too scared to remain, worried that since even Mr. Roland wasn't safe in the Roland family villa, who were th
Elijah smiled as he replied. “See what I said, as long as we don't look at things negatively, there's always going to be a way around obstacles.”“I know, I know, I should never have underestimated us.”“Exactly. Now then, please tell me you are prepared, meetings and I don't match at all.”Alice chuckled in amusement. “Don't worry, I've got you covered.” As it was, Alice felt lucky that Elijah was hers and she wished to prove her capability to him.She wanted to show him that even though she's been a laughing stock for years, she kept up with her studies and was an accomplished scholar.“Alright, let's go.”Alice quickly got into the car with Elijah ordering Thomas to start the car with the destination being the Gold Lake branch office.“Honey, did you know that Mr. Roland was killed last night?” Considering her grandfather had attended the birthday party, it was no surprise that Alice was aware of the incident that turned from a celebration to mourning.“Are you serious?” Elijah f
“Thank you,” Alice muttered as she took out her phone and called up her classmate.Elijah offered no response, merely flashing a smile in her direction.Not too long after, a woman approached them only to be shocked when she laid eyes on Alice.If anyone had told her that it was Alice, she wouldn't have believed, but seeing was indeed believing.Naturally, she grew envious due to how Alice looked but managed to control herself as she approached.Excitedly, Alice didn't hesitate to embrace the other lady once she was close enough. “Oh my gosh, hi, Lisa, congratulations on becoming a departmental head at Gold Lake.”Lisa Thompson feigned a smile as she replied. “Well, I try my best. Anyways, if you want to meet with the chairman, you still need the permission of the general manager, so come with me.”“How come?” Alice asked in confusion. “Yesterday, you said that an appointment was already made with the chairman.”“Alice, you know it's not easy to get an order from Gold Lake. But for yo
In the chairman's office on the top floor of the Gold Lake building, Gilbert had been waiting for Alice since morning.It was unfortunate that she still hadn't shown up yet.Worried that something was wrong, he left his office and headed down to reception to ask if Alice had arrived to see him but unfortunately, the receptionist claimed that no one with that name had arrived.This caused Gilbert to grow even more worried as he didn't dare to think that Alice was someone that was late so that meant that he might have missed her or something bad could have happened, both of which did not bode well for him.The last thing he wished to do was to fail the King of the North.If that happened, no one would be able to save him.Due to being anxious, he decided to take a walk while letting the receptionist know to inform him should Alice arrive. Imagine his surprise when he stepped out of the building only to pause as he laid eyes on Elijah, the same person he dreaded failing.The latter was
“So, Mister Strong, this is my proposal and every other document that's needed. Alice quickly began once she got into the office, only for Gilbert to respond.“That won't be necessary.”“What?”“I had my secretary draw up a proposal as well.”As he spoke, Gilbert immediately handed over the documents to Alice allowing her to read through.It didn't take long before Alice let out a gasp of surprise due to the amount written in the document.Instead of the ten million she hoped to get, Gilbert was offering her a hundred instead.Wasn't this a bit too much?“Is something wrong, Miss Wesen?... If a hundred million is too small, I'm sure we can make further arrangements.”“No, that's not necessary. It's more than enough.” Alice hurriedly said, still struggling to wrap her head around the grand sum.“That's good to hear. So I believe it's time to sign?”“Yes.” Alice nodded, taking out her pen to sign on the documents only to discover that Gilbert had already signed as well.It was almost as
In another part of Crystal Falls, something intriguing was about to take place.Inside the military base stationed within the city, a council of people were gathered, busily planning something.Just then, their leader exploded with anger as he remarked. “To think that there would be a family in Crystal Falls that would be so audacious?... Do they think the world revolves around them?... Daring to investigate the King of the North!?... They are seeking death!”“Commander, what do we do about this?”“Is that even a question?... Issue an immediate order to every military outpost in and around Crystal Falls. If anyone dared to leak any information about the King of the North, they would face the highest punishment imaginable, no matter their rank!”“Understood, Commander!” Within moments, the commander's subordinates hurried to do as instructed.Meanwhile, in yet another outpost, Charles was currently meeting with one of his contacts in the military.The person was a captain of a small b
Victor gulped as he struggled to remain calm in Alice's presence.To think that such a beauty was the same person that one could only describe as a monster.What kind of miracle transformation was this?Of course, Victor didn't care as the only thing on his mind now was making Alice accompany him to bed.Meanwhile, Olivia was trying to introduce Alice to Victor, but unfortunately, Alice wasn't interested in the slightest, and it showed both in her response and her expression.“Oh, okay.”“Alice, be nice.” Olivia scolded. “What's the matter with you?”“It's fine, Miss Olivia.” Victor intoned. “There's no reason to scold her.”As he spoke, he hoped to gain Alice's attention but unfortunately, she wasn't even looking in his direction.Only then did he notice that she was instead looking at Elijah who was standing beside her.Victor's expression darkened as he felt envious of Elijah.Olivia had already told Victor about Alice's marriage to Elijah, so he was aware that such a low-class man
Gilbert was furious as he sat in his office, having heard what Alice had to say.“I never knew that Gold Lake was no longer mine to control as I see fit. To think that someone would dare claim they can overturn my decision!”Alice remarked. “That's indeed what Victor Roland claims.”Snorting derisively, Gilbert intoned. “Give me a moment, I'll get back to you soon.”“Sure.”With that, the call ended and Gilbert got to work investigating Victor's ludicrous claims.He quickly learned that truly, behind his back, his vice manager had taken a bribe from the Roland family for the orders they'd received which was why Victor dared to speak so proudly.Of course, this left Gilbert furious as he immediately fired his vice manager and called up the department in charge of the current orders to cancel the agreement with the Roland family.And just to ensure that there wouldn't be a repeat of such in Gold Lake, he placed a van on the Roland family, ensuring that they wouldn't have anything to do