The Rise Of Lord Almero

The Jocklane Family

 It was already evening, but Almero tirelessly continued to pick up used bottles from one place to another. The rain suddenly fell very heavily. Almero took shelter in front of a closed shop. Almero smelled his own scent, this was the first time in his life that he looked dirty and didn't shower, even his sideburns were starting to grow thick, he wasn't like Almero who was usually always neat and clean, sad, if it continued like this how would he get revenge ?

 Almero felt tired, he opened the used cardboard which was still clean, made a mat for him to sleep on, now Almero had laid down, the cold air was creeping all over his body, making Almero shiver with cold. Almero used an old sack that was still quite clean as a blanket, which was quite able to reduce the cold that he had felt earlier. Almero started to close his eyes.

 Cittt... Brak.

 “Jeez, what was that?” Almero asked while rubbing his eyes to ward off sleepiness.

 Almero had just fallen asleep, but the loud noise woke him up. Almero immediately stood up, then turned to the right and was now trying to find the source of the loud sound. Almero's eyes opened wide when he saw a black car that had crashed into a large tree. Smoke could be seen coming out of the car. Almero hurriedly ran towards the car. And he saw a familiar woman lying there, it was a beautiful woman who had helped him.

 Almero immediately broke the car window, took the unconscious woman away from the car and not long after, the luxury car exploded and spontaneously Almero immediately protected the unconscious woman with his body, Almero was unconscious and so was the woman That.

 This incident was recorded by a man wearing a black tuxedo.

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 Plap! Slowly but surely, Almero started to open his eyes, he saw a room that was quite luxurious and this was not like a hospital but a private room. This room was even better than Almero's room at Galdwin's residence.

 "Hurry up and clean your body, Master is waiting below!" said a man wearing a tuxedo, and Almero was sure that this man was a bodyguard.

 “Where am I?” Almero asked.

 "You'll find out later." Without waiting for a response from Almero, the man disappeared behind the door of this room.

 Almero is still trying to remember what happened last night, but his memory only stops right when the luxury car exploded, and where is the woman he saved here? Is that woman okay? Almero still owed him a favor. Because he couldn't find an answer to all the curiosity in his heart, Almero immediately stepped into the bathroom and saw that there were casual clothes that were very suitable for him. After more than 1 week, Almero enjoyed a clean bath, which made his enthusiasm return, to take revenge.

 "You're awake, come eat with us," said a middle-aged woman with a sweet smile.

 “W-where am I?” Almero asked while still standing in his current position.

 "You were at Jocklane's residence and yesterday the one you saved was my daughter," said a middle-aged man.

 "You are Mr Merk Jocklane," said Almero, who now recognized who the man in front of him was. Almero immediately bowed politely. "I'm sorry I didn't recognize you, Mr. Merk," said Almero.

 "There's no need to apologize for a mistake you didn't make," Merk said.

 "What about the condition of that woman, sorry, I mean your daughter," said Almero.

 "He's fine and is now in his room," answered the middle-aged woman. "Let me introduce myself, my name is Teresa," said Teresa while glancing at the waiter who was nearby.

The maid shook her head, then pulled out a chair for Almero to sit in.

 "Mrs. Teresa, I don't deserve to eat with you. "You must have heard about the mess my life is in now," said Almero with his head bowed.

 “Sit down Almero. "The Jocklane family never looks at someone based on money or caste, we look at someone based on their kindness and sincerity," said Merk, making Almero's head raise to look at him.

 "Sit down, let's eat together before all the dishes on the dining table get cold," Teresa said sincerely.

 "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. and Mrs. Teresa," said Almero.

 They also had breakfast together. Now Almero, Merk and Teresa are sitting together at the dining table. You can see the beautiful woman who saved Almero joining them. There is a wound on the beautiful woman's forehead, and her face also looks a little pale.

 “Miss, are you okay?” Almero asked as he walked over to the woman, helped her walk and the woman did not refuse because her head still felt dizzy.

 "Mother and father. Liza still feels dizzy, why are you telling Liza to come downstairs," said Liza after sitting next to her mother.

 "You're lucky that you're still alive in this world, Liza. If Almero hadn't saved you in time, then Mom and Dad would have lost the main heir of this family," said Merk, looking at his daughter sharply.

 "Dad, Liza had an accident," said Liza.

 "I thought you were trying to commit suicide after seeing that your boyfriend was having an affair with another woman," quipped Teresa, who already knew the reason why her daughter's car had hit a tree.

 "So all this time, Mom and Dad have been asking people to follow Liza wherever she goes," said Liza as she stood up, her face looked very annoyed.

 “Liza, go back to your seat now! "Don't ever dare raise your voice in front of Mom and Dad," Merk stressed to his only daughter.

 With her lips pursed angrily, Liza was forced to sit back next to Teresa.

 "Haven't Mom and Dad told you many times that this man is not a good person, he doesn't really love you, but you don't want to believe what Mom and Dad say, now that man is married to another woman, you have to forget about him. ," said Teresa while holding her daughter's hand.

 Almero could only listen to the conversation between the three of them, but in his heart he was curious about the man who left Liza, who was he actually? Liza is so perfect and also the Jocklane family has power in this country, a perfect woman like this is just left behind. That's what Almero had in mind.

 "Sorry, I don't think I deserve to listen to this conversation because I'm just an outsider," said Almero self-consciously.

 “Why are you here?” Liza asked.

 "I was the one who saved you last night, Miss," answered Almero with a sweet smile.

 "Oh...," was Liza's only response. "I seem to recognize your face, sir," said Liza again, frowning.

 "Of course you know him very well, he is the adopted brother of your ex-girlfriend who broke up with you and married that model," said Merk with a straight face.

 Almero and Liza looked at each other, and that's when Merk spoke again.

 "Almero, be the son-in-law of this house." Liza and Almero looked at Merk with wide eyes.