“I’m famished!” Maria said as the fit into the car. “Let’s have lunch here before going home,” she suggested.“Of course,” Dario said before drifting to the finest restaurant in Galleria district.Maria loved her new life. While she shopped earlier, she unconsciously tried to be mindful of the prices of items and was going to the cheapest. Until she remembered her son is now the wealthiest man in the country. It still felt surreal!She shrugged the normal economical version of herself and put on an entirely different personality as she shopped and she did it to the fullest. She picked the finest item and the finest clothes. She also remembered to do a little shot for Dario even if he didn’t ask.After parking in the underground parking lot, they both walked towards the entrance of the restaurant when security guards politely stopped them from going in. “Good day sir, please can I see your membership card?” the security guard asked.This restaurant was also called Galleria Restaurant.
“Throw him out of here.” Dario ordered calmly with food in his mouth.Michael laughed shortly at Dario’s words because who did he think he was? To Michael, he also had his own valid membership, so who are they about to throw out? What a joke!As the security guard received the order from his new boss; Dario, he immediately bundled Michael out of the restaurant.Maria watched how powerful her son had become and she was proud of it. She loved it. She never imagined days like these would come, but here they were. Michael on the other hand was struggling with the security guard, but considering the strength and the size of the security guard, the security guard didn’t even notice his struggles. It was very easy to dispose him.The best Michael could do was throw curses and his middle fingers up in the air. “Drop me down now!”“I need to see the manager of this place!”“Arghhhh”“F*** you, Dario or whatever the f*** you call yourself!”Dario’s demeanor remained calm and unbothered as he
Dario arrived at Lord Wilson’s mansion after dropping Maria off at home. Before leaving, he warned the guards to be extra vigilant in case Michael thought to try anything stupid.It was almost evening when he got to Lord Wilson’s mansion. The guards and servants welcomed him warmly as they were already getting familiar with his presence at the mansion.“You’re late,” Lord Wilson said.“I’m really sorry. I had to take care of unexpected trouble on the way.”“It’s alright, let’s get started.” Lord Wilson said, swiftly throwing a sword at him.Dario instinctively caught it, his heart racing as adrenaline surged through his veins. Lord Wilson then led him to an open field behind the mansion. The sun set, casting dim shadows across the training grounds. The air was thick with anticipation and excitement as Dario awaited his first ever lesson on his journey to becoming a powerful and great god of war. He had braced himself and was physically and mentally ready for the journey. Lord Wilso
“Good morning , your majesty,” Bruce, who was impeccably dressed as always, greeted Dario as he approached him before halting to bow slightly. “I trust you slept well,” he added, with a warm smile.Dario returned the smile, nodding in affirmation. “Indeed Bruce. And yourself?”“Quite well, thank you, your majesty,” Bruce replied. Dario had just walked in to the mansion and had Bruce come to welcome him as always. And also provide him with updates on the matters of the empire and others.“I bring news from across the empire, if you are inclined to hear of it at this moment, your majesty.”Dario gestured for Bruce to continue, his expression serious and curious as he anticipated what the news would be today. Good? Bad?“Our estates in the northern provinces continue to flourish,” Bruce begins, his tone warm as he delivers the first piece of news. “The harvests are bountiful and the people are content. Your benevolence is greatly appreciated.”Not long ago, the estates in the northern p
After Dario went through almost all the letters, he hurried out of the mansion and drove off to his house at Sunset Manor. “I think it’s high time you provided me answers!” he said, emptying the box and pouring out the letter on the table in front of Maria.“Answers about what?” Maria asked, confusion plastered on her face as she scanned the envelopes of the letters.‘Oh my god!’ she exclaimed, “these are letters I sent to your father. Oh my god!”Upon realization, she traced her fingers on the pile of letter as her eyes began to well up with tears. She traced her fingers on the letters as past memories of when she wrote each letter and why she wrote them, replayed in her mind. At this point, she couldn’t control her tears. Her silent whimpers echoing in the room as hot tears kept flowing down her cheeks. She realized some of these letters weren’t even read as the seal was still intact, this broke her heart even more.As Dario watched his mother’s tears flow uncontrollably, a mixtur
Her eyes widened in confusion and shock! She couldn’t believe the sight of her empty pockets. Where was the letter she kept in her pocket just a few minutes ago??“Where is the letter?!” Lord Reynolds shouted, his voice sending vibrations across the room. He was getting impatient now.Elizabeth began to tremble uncontrollably, her chest heaving with each rapid inhalation as her face darted frantically across her surroundings. “The- the letter wa- was just here… it- it was just here- here in my pocket,” she stammered and looked up at her brother who slammed the table with his clenched fist and stood up abruptly.“How dare you come to my home and fabricate lies?!! How dare you??” he roared. He was so angry that his nose flared with each breath. “You think you can come here and destroy my home like you did yours?!”Elizabeth’s gaze shot at her brother. She couldn’t believe her brother would say such mean things to her. Hearing his last statement felt like a physical stab in her heart th
“Will you shut up!! How can you claim that the food my wife prepared for me was poisoned by my own wife!”Maria froze in shock and disbelief. She wanted to attack Elizabeth but she couldn’t find the words because she couldn’t comprehend how a person can be this relentless. After a moment, she finally found her words. “Elizabeth, why are you hell bent on destroying my home?” she whispered, her tone tinged with sadness.Elizabeth ignored her and faced her brother, “if you don’t believe me, I can prove it to you!”Without thinking twice, Lord Reynolds turned to the servants present and said in anger, “Throw her out, this minute.”With that, they went for Elizabeth and carried her to be thrown out. Suddenly she shouted, “Kill me if I’m wrong!”Was she really betting her life on this?The gravity of her words shook the grounds. Lord Reynolds signaled the royal servants to drop her. “You’ll sacrifice your life just because you want to prove a point?”“No brother, that’s not the point. I’
After Maria explained the events to Dario from her point of view, she continued,“So you and I ended up on the streets without anything. Without any help from anyone. Life was hell.” She heaved a sigh and continued, “And it got even worse when the word got around quickly and the few people that could recognize me, tried to take revenge on behalf of their emperor. So, I had to move us to another city too.”Dario had his hand covering his wide opened mouth and his eyes widened the whole time Maria was talking. How could a human being with blood running through their veins be this wicked?!!So Elizabeth was the reason for their years of pain and suffering??She did not only turn Lord Reynolds against them, she still tried to kill both Dario and Maria even after so many years of anguish, and there’s a possibility that she has a hand in the death of her own brother!Damn!Dario thought Elizabeth was ruthless because of everything she had done within the weeks of knowing her but with what h