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.100 billion dollars?Landon was so shocked that his mind immediately went blank.‘Did she just say that there’s 100 billion dollars in this card?’Landon quickly held the black card with both hands like an egg he could not allow to fall off his hands.“W-wait…did you just say there’s a 100 billion dollars in this card?” Landon asked, still unwilling to believe Eve’s last statement.“Yes, young master. Inside that card is 100 billion dollars. Manage it for now. I did not have enough time to pull out enough funds into the card but don’t worry if it’s not enough I’ll be sure to triple the amount or make it to whichever amount you want me to!” Eve replied as if she was agitated.“No...no, it’s not that!” Landon hurriedly gestured. “It’s just that…”Landon did not know how to even explain it but 100 billion dollars?! 100 billion dollars?! How can Eve call such an amount of money little?!Landon has not even seen 100 thousand dollars not to mention 100 billion dollars. That fact Eve referred to the amount as little made Landon question…how rich is his family?!100 billion dollars is not a small money. He’s 99.9% sure that even the richest man in Dimvale city does not have such an amount of money in his bank account!Landon could not help himself any longer so he voiced out his thoughts as best as he could. “…It’s not that it’s not enough but isn’t 100 billion dollars way too much? I have never heard of such an amount of money inside a bank account in my entire life.”At this point, Eve finally understood what Landon was saying so she smiled.“Young master if you’re saying that 100 billion dollars is too big then you are wrong. 100 billion dollars is just a minuscule amount of wealth the King family controls. It won’t be a lie to say that your family wealth is infinite so 100 billion dollars is not too much. You know your family owns up to 80% of all profitable businesses in Dimvale city so 100 billion dollars is a really small amount compared to all your family’s wealth. Even this establishment called the Crescent Resorts is under the King family.”Landon felt like he could faint just from all the news Eve was giving him.Wait his family owns the Crescent Resort? Landon could not believe it. He has always believed that he would one day make it big to not be called poor again but he did not believe he would make it this big!In the whole of Dimvale City, Crescent Resorts was the best and the top of the top. To believe such an establishment was under his family made Landon very shocked.Eve saw the shock on Landon's face so she continued speaking. “Young master, your family is one of the most powerful families in the world. It’s the most powerful family in the world! Your family owning 80% of the Dimvale city establishments is just little to your family’s entire wealth.”***Landon had been so totally blown off by Eve’s words that he did not know what to say. From her statement, he had realized one thing.His family wealth is far bigger than he had anticipated. Even if he tried to he could not begin to phantom the amount of wealth his family possesses.After his discussions with Eve, they had a very lovely meal at the Crescent Resort.Ring! Ring!Landon was enjoying the delicacies until his phone rang out!Landon took out his phone and identified the caller.It was Jude!Landon answered his call. “Hello bro?”[“Landon where are you? I haven’t seen you this afternoon! Have you forgotten we are supposed to submit our term papers for our assignment this afternoon?! If you don’t submit yours today you will lose a good amount of marks!” ] Jude said worriedly on the other end of the phone.Landon eyes became widened. He had totally forgotten. Today was the day they were supposed to submit their term papers! He’s still yet to submit his! He has totally forgotten all about this due to his sudden meeting with Eve.Seeing the tense expression on her young master’s face, Eve immediately understood that something urgent had come up and Landon needed to go.As a woman who has so many experiences working with people, she was quite good at reading people’s body language so it was not so hard to tell what was going on.“Young master. I’m sorry for taking up your time. It seems like you have something to attend to?” Eve spoke out.“Yes. I have to get back to campus.” Landon hurriedly got up.“If that’s the case allow me to drive you back young master.”“No that’s not necessary.” Landon refused Eve’s help. “I’ll be okay.”“Are you sure?” Eve insisted.“Yes, I’m sure. I’ll just hail a cab from here.” Landon got up and got on his way.Before he did Eve made sure that Landon knew that if he ever needed anything he should not hesitate to call her.Landon kept this in mind. After all, contacting Eve was something he would definitely do. Since she was the representative of his family in Dimvale city their constant communication was a necessity.Deciding to forget about all the complicated parts of his life, Landon hailed a cab to get to his dormitory. No matter how much of a change he had just received, the habit of a student was still in him. He had to carry out certain tasks to get good grades. In under 20 minutes, he was done, fortunately, he was able to meet up with submitting the urgent term paper. Before he got there Jude and his friends were no longer in class but he sighed in relief.‘Thank goodness I made it.’Landon decided to return to his dormitory, however…“Landon! You brat!”The shriek of someone immediately sent a shiver down his spine.Landon turned around to identify the person.“Where do you think you are going to?! I have been looking for you for the past two days?! So you have the balls to avoid me after I showed goodwill towards you! Today you will pay me! Where’s my money?!” A beautiful lady with a classy young man raised her voice.It was Elena.The made reason Landon had felt chill when he had heard her scream was because he owed her.A few days back, he had borrowed 300 dollars from Elena to settle an emergency and she had been disturbing him ever since. The truth was he had been trying hard not to run into her for the past two days unfortunately she had caught him today.No wait…how can he be unfortunate?! He has 100 billion dollars now so he can pay her! There’s no need to be fearful of her! All he had to do was make a withdrawal and pay her back.“No problem Elena.” Landon sighed tiredly and replied. “Okay, can I just withdraw the cash and give you in a couple of minutes?”Slap!The sound of someone being slapped resounded in the entire hallway so much that most bystanders and people walking had stopped to watch what was going on.Landon had been slapped by Elena!..“What was that for?” Landon was very annoyed right now.Landon had said he would give her money in a couple of minutes. He just needed to withdraw and that would be all but instead, he got slapped by Elena.“Are you stupid?! Really a few minutes?! So is that the lie you want to tell me so that I will let you go away and I won’t see you again for a while?! You are a very terrible human being! Was I a bad person to borrow you some money?! Tell me?! You are not only poor but the worst person ever!” Elena yelled.“But I said I just need to withdraw so that I can pay you so why do you have to slap me?!” Landon was fuming right now.“Oh really?” Elena replied unwilling to believe him. “You want a few minutes to go withdraw the money huh?! Who do you take for a fool? If you want to pay me my money you will ask for my account details and make a transfer! You don’t need to go withdraw away to go make a withdrawal you imbecile! Just admit it you want to ditch me without paying me today!”“Th
..Landon got out of the cab in a fashion street in Dimvale city.If he’s going to find anything to get for Kara, he should see something here.Landon looked at all the stores around until his eyes fell on a Gucci store that caught his attention.Without much thought, he decided to enter the Gucci store.The moment Landon entered the Gucci store what caught his eye was nothing but luxury. This was his first time being in a high-end store like this. ‘Wow…’There were both beautiful male and female clothes hanging around the shop.Not knowing what to buy Landon decided to seek assistance by approaching the counter with a lady sitting over it.“Hello, Miss. I’d love to buy something for a lady.”The lady looked at Landon and then contempt flashed in her eyes. Landon did not look like a person who could buy anything from this store from his appearance so she sighed tiredly. ‘Not now…’She was in no mood to deal with customers like this. Since this was a high-end luxury store, some custo
..After slapping Landon, Lisa forcefully dragged the Link to Love platinum necklace from his hand.“Why did you hit me?!” Landon was fuming with rage.He was slapped just because he’s trying to get a necklace?!This is the third slap he has received today for no good reason and he was fed up with it. After receiving, a slap, it was as if a nut had gotten loose in his brain because he threw his rational reasoning right out the window.There’s no way he’s letting this embarrassment slide by this time!“I tired of you wasting my time?! You are simply the worst! Just because we let you low life enter the store does not mean you can cause issues for real customers! Just get out of here since you can’t afford anything here.” Lisa replied harshly. Her irritation towards Landon had reached the limit.Meanwhile, both Fernando and Elena burst out into laughter as they watched Landon being humiliated.“Just get out of here you imbecile! You can’t afford anything here so there’s no need to keep
..The moment Mr. David identified Landon’s last name a cold shiver ran down his entire spine. He quickly understood what was going on immediately.This young man is from the family of the shadows! The King Family!Although the King family was not a well-known family to the public, Mr. David who was a man who had connections rooted to the very core of Dimvale City was one of the lucky renowned individuals who knew about the King family. The King family is one of the most powerful families in the world.All the most powerful families in Dimvale City were nothing but ants to them. Even he was much smaller than an ant compared to the King family. Most people do not know about the existence of the King family but Mr. David knew that most of the powerful families he dared to not mess with were the King family’s puppets. He could die just from mentioning their name carelessly in public. That was how ruthless the King family was.Mr. David had still not recovered from the terror he was f
..Oceanic Oasis.One of the most luxurious bars in Dimvale City. Its architecture was built in such a way that it was a zoo housing sea creatures that offered bar services. With most of the walls made up of an Aquarium, the Ocaenic Oasis was the unique bar of its kind with such luxury, and those who appreciate beauty and fun were known for drinking there.“Oh wow! Kara happy birthday to you and you did well! You have such a nice taste to be celebrating your birthday here!”“I agree! Such exquisite taste tells that you are a classy girl.”“Thank you.” Kara smiled as she welcomed her guests who arrived one by one.She was having fun. Finding out her guest loved her choice of venue was self-assuring.“Kara!” At the mention of her name, Kara turned to notice a new group of people that had just arrived. However, two people in this group who had just attended her birthday made her frown.“Xander and Tricia…” Kara called out, clearly showing no hint of goodwill in her voice.After hearing
..On the way to Kara’s birthday, Mr. David had done well to share his contact with Landon. “Here’s my contact card young master. Do not hesitate to call me if you need anything.”This was an opportunity he would rather die for than afford to miss. An opportunity to work under an actual member of the family of the shadows will skyrocket his influence in Dimvale City tremendously.Landon accepted Mr. David's contact card without thinking too much about it. He was still not used to being treated this special but he had to admit things had changed for him since the appearance of the Crimson figure in his life.Due to Mr. David's help, Landon arrived at the Oceanic oasis but he did not expect that his sudden late arrival would cost a scene.….The moment Bernard saw Landon he frowned. But suddenly he smirked as he stared at Landon with eyes of contempt.“Landon you are here!” Kara said as she welcomed Landon.“Yeah…It’s your birthday of course I have to be here.” Landon replied sheepish
..When Bernard saw Kara kiss Landon on the cheek his expression immediately became ugly.His smile of only a second ago was now nowhere to be seen.Bernard silently gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. He was very angry.‘Just why did she have to give this trash a kiss on the cheek?’Bernard glared at Landon with hatred and deep jealousy. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that if glares could kill people, Landon would’ve already been six feet under.At this moment, Bernard could not help but wish Landon nothing but death. Just what is going on here?! He has just spent twenty thousand dollars to get a gift for Kara but what he got in return was only just a ‘thank you’ from Kara.Meanwhile, this trash had spent a few hundred dollars to get Kara the fake of an expensive necklace that was far less expensive than his gift yet Kara had kissed Landon on the cheek.Just where did he go wrong? How is it that Kara never seems to hold him dear as she did with Landon?Bernard was jus
..Realizing ‘Godfather Wayne’ was the name of the man in charge sent shivers running down everyone’s entire spine.Who did not know who Father Wayne is?Father Wayne was the leader of all criminal organizations in Dimvale City. It would not be an understatement for someone to refer to him as the King of the underworld.He is a person known to be very ruthless and cold to his enemies. One of the main reasons he is feared is because he’s known for making sure those who offend him are punished accordingly. In other words, to offend the man is no different from offending the devil himself and words go by that this man was not known for not joking with his profit.Since the birthday party had somehow led to his most expensive drink being broken in his bar didn’t this mean they have offended him?Just the thought made all of them terrified.Kara did not know when her birthday had suddenly gone from bad to worse in just a few minutes. How are they supposed to get out of this mess?Xander i
. . "That’s because I found myself entangled in a perilous situation—the most dangerous kind of all..." Quincy said, his face pale and marked by an expression of deep-seated fear, as though reliving a terrifying memory. His voice quivered slightly, but his tone carried the weight of someone who had been through a harrowing ordeal. "Danger?" Landon’s curiosity intensified as he leaned forward, hanging on Quincy’s every word. "What kind of danger are you talking about?" Quincy took a deep breath, his shoulders sagging slightly under the burden of the story he was about to tell. "You see," he began, "I’ve been under surveillance by the King family’s people for years now—at least as far back as I can remember." His voice dropped lower, as though afraid the shadows around them might be listening. "It all started after my adopted parents were killed five years ago. My adopted parents, as it turns out, were members of a royal family embroiled in a vicious internal power struggle. In thei
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Hello, sorry i haven’t been able to update because I’ve been stuck with a project that needs my 100% attention, but worry I’ll be resuming publishing and I’ll drop enough chapters compensate for the lack of updates lately. And I do intend to finish this book. I don’t start what I can’t finish. Again sorry and thanks for your patience. I’ll resume publishing next week Tuesday
..Landon was at a complete loss for words as he stared at the young man before him. The declaration he had just heard seemed so unbelievable that his mind struggled to process it. He stood frozen, trapped not by the remnants of the glowing chains that had bound him moments ago, but by the sheer shock of the situation. He had already been grappling with the mystery of the strange, glowing white chains that had immobilized him. Their appearance alone was enough to throw him into confusion, yet now he was being dragged into an entirely new layer of uncertainty—one far more personal. Big brother? “Wait…” Landon finally managed to speak, his voice tinged with disbelief. “What did you just say?” He needed to hear it again, just to make sure he hadn’t misunderstood. The young man in front of him smiled, his expression calm and confident. “I said…I’m Quincy, your younger brother.” He spoke as though this revelation was the most natural thing in the world. As he spoke, he continued w
..Out of the six transfer students, this particular male stood out. He didn’t bother to hide his curiosity or disguise the fact that he was observing Landon. Even when their eyes met, the boy held his gaze, unflinching. Rather than engage in a staring contest, Landon chose to look away. It wasn’t out of intimidation but rather a calculated decision. His current persona as a miserable, unremarkable student didn’t align with the idea of locking eyes confidently with a stranger. Maintaining his cover was more important than asserting dominance in this situation. The rest of the school day proceeded without incident, and soon enough, Landon was done with his classes. As he prepared to leave campus, Kara approached him. “Landon, are you okay?” she asked gently. Her voice was filled with genuine concern, though she seemed hesitant to bring up the events of yesterday directly. Landon smiled warmly and reassured her, “I’m fine, Kara. Don’t worry about me.” Though they exchanged on
..It was the next day, and classes had resumed as if nothing had happened. The bustling halls of Cradle Valley University were alive with the usual sounds of chatter, laughter, and hurried footsteps. Students moved from one building to another, clutching textbooks and exchanging cheerful greetings. Even Landon, who was making his way to class, noted how ordinary everything appeared. Looking around, he observed how everyone was preoccupied with their own affairs, going about their routines without a second glance at him. It was almost surreal. Considering the dramatic events of yesterday, one would expect the university to be in complete disarray, struggling to recover from the attack. Yet, to Landon’s surprise, today felt like any other mundane school day. By the time Landon arrived at his classroom, he felt a shift in the atmosphere. The moment he stepped through the door, he could feel every pair of eyes fixate on him. For a brief moment, the room fell eerily silent, and all a
..After spending a grueling few hours in the detention center, the students and staff of Cradle Valley University had reached a breaking point. They were exhausted, both physically and mentally, and were willing to do almost anything to regain their freedom and return to their normal lives. The cold, confining walls of the detention center had stripped away their usual composure, leaving them desperate and eager to comply with any demands that might lead to their release.The relief that washed over their faces when they learned the authorities had found them innocent was palpable. It was like the first taste of water after being stranded in a barren desert. They clung to the promise of freedom with a fervent determination, as if their very lives depended on it. Each individual was delighted, grateful to escape the harsh reality of imprisonment. Among the entire group, Tricia stood out as the most visibly relieved. She had spent her time in the detention center cursing Frank under h
. . “Then, if no one in your family inherited the Blue Silhouette, who did?” Solace asked, his voice resonating with palpable confusion. Despite being a Sovereign, even he found it difficult to comprehend Nathaniel’s statement. Nathaniel, however, understood the Sovereigns’ reactions all too well. Their disbelief mirrored his own when he first discovered the truth. Yet, his words were unshakably honest. “We don’t know who inherited the Blue Silhouette,” Nathaniel replied firmly, his tone steady despite the weight of his admission. “But rest assured, we are currently working to locate this individual.” “Didn’t you just claim that all of the Blue Sovereign’s descendants were killed?” the Yellow Sovereign interrupted, his voice sharp with suspicion. “By that logic, either you or one of your children should have inherited the Blue Silhouette. So how is it that nothing of the sort has happened yet? Are you certain the Blue Sovereign didn’t father a child in secret?” “We have no knowl
..“How?” Landon was utterly shocked when Eve’s words reached his ears. Landon was certain he had not killed the Blue Sovereign, so how could the Blue Sovereign be dead? The news baffled him. He had already caused significant chaos by taking the life of the Orange Sovereign, but he had never anticipated that this turmoil would somehow lead to the death of the Blue Sovereign. The revelation filled him with intense curiosity.‘What could have possibly led to the Blue Sovereign’s death?’Only a few hours ago, Frank had been on the verge of sending a signal to the Blue Sovereign, and Landon had intervened to stop him. It wasn’t that Landon lacked the will to face the Blue Sovereign in battle—on the contrary, he was eager for that confrontation. However, he preferred to choose the terms of such a fight. Besides, taking on the Blue Sovereign in the middle of school grounds had seemed like a reckless idea. Yet now, mere hours after his encounter with Frank, the Blue Sovereign was reportedl