"Stop where you are!" A guard shouted, stopping the approaching delivery van. He motioned several times for the person behind the wheel to stop immediately.Knock! Knock!The guard tapped on the glass door of the car and ordered the driver to roll down the window. The driver obeyed without delay.After the car window opened, it was Daniel, wearing the Tec-Ex uniform, who was seen behind the wheel. In fact, it was his usual uniform when he worked as a courier. He also wore his official employee ID badge on his chest."What did you bring?" the guard asked."Some household goods," Daniel replied calmly, looking at him."Unload them here!" the guard ordered."But..." Daniel didn't finish his sentence. Without taking his eyes off the guard, he looked confused."Do it now!" the guard said sternly. He almost shouted at Daniel."Okay," Daniel replied indifferently. He got out of the car and walked to the side door of the van. After the door opened, the officer saw several large sealed boxes,
As he drove away from the castle, Daniel crossed another name off his list of noble palaces to visit. There were no names left. This left him feeling unsatisfied as he considered returning to prison. "I must enter his mind again," he said. He stepped on the brake and was about to turn around when he remembered Edgar's words that morning. "There is an old castle in the southern region that has been abandoned for a long time. The castle once belonged to a prominent noble family before they were massacred by a group of masked fighters." Daniel didn't pay much attention to the information, because according to what he saw in the criminal's mind, the castle he was looking for was in good condition. "This must be an inhabited castle," he thought. However, after his search yielded no results, he decided to do the opposite. "Maybe it wouldn't hurt to pay the castle a visit," he said. Stepping on the gas again, Daniel drove his car to the place Edgar had mentioned. A few minutes later, he ar
Daniel picked up the box and handed it to the girl. However, she shook her head and said, "Open it!"Daniel held his breath as he slowly broke the seal. He didn't know what was inside, but he hoped it was something that would make the girl happy. When the box opened, Daniel took out a black wooden box with the same engraving as before.Seeing the carving on the wooden box, the girl interrupted. "Let me do it," she said, taking the box from Daniel's hand.Unlike him, the girl opened the black wooden box quickly and excitedly. When she saw what was inside, her eyes lit up and her face looked very happy.She took the contents out of the box with both hands. When she lifted it up, it was a beautiful porcelain doll less than half a meter tall. Her hair was blonde and her eyes were blue, like a replica of herself. For a moment, the girl didn't speak. She was immersed in various beautiful emotions in her heart."It's really beautiful!" she said after a few moments. At the same time, clear dr
At the same time, the physical contact caused an electric shock in Daniel's hand. A vision then appeared before him. Although it was only a glimpse, he could see a masked man in a room giving orders to several people kneeling before him.As Daniel observed the room, he realized that it was the place where they were now. He also understood that the girl had been watching the masked man from a hidden location, as if spying on him.Before he could further analyze what he had just seen in his vision, Daniel was brought back to reality by Amelia when she shouted the word "Esquire!Her utterance brought Daniel back to the present. He could see that the girl in front of him was silent, as if she saw someone different from before. "Y-you...you..." Amelia stammered, deeply shocked. She struggled to find her words."Miss, what's wrong? What happened to you?" asked Daniel, noticing the change in the girl."N-no...I'm fine..." Amelia was still struggling to speak. She felt a mix of emotions in he
As she spoke these words, Amelia no longer looked like a teenager. She transformed into a powerful Drummond woman. She then explained her reason for joining Daniel. "My mother left us a message through the memory of one of her servants."In her vision, she saw her mother utter a phrase before she took her last breath. "An Esquire...find him!""I was ten at the time. And that was the first time I felt hope grow in my heart again. Finding you has been my purpose in life ever since," she said.Amelia searched for the person her mother called Esquire. After searching for the next seven years, she felt almost hopeless. No one in Tectona had held the title since the death of Mayor Oliver Stone twenty years earlier."But before my hope was completely extinguished, God sent you here to show me who the Esquire my mother was referring to was!"Looking at Daniel, the girl looked serious as she spoke her words.On the other hand, Daniel was silent when he heard her request. He wanted to help Amel
Although Daniel's attack seemed easy and not very dangerous, Jeffrey felt that all the energy in his body suddenly disappeared. He felt as if his entire body was instantly paralyzed.Thud!Not long after that, Jeffrey's body collapsed to the ground.He could only stare at Daniel in anger. But there was nothing he could do. He couldn't even move his lips to vent his frustration, let alone curse Daniel.Then Daniel reached out and touched Jeffrey's shoulder. Suddenly the space around them changed.They were now in a large room with closed doors and windows. Apart from the minimal lighting, the room didn't look very spacious. It was about a quarter the size of the living room in Drummond Castle where they had been before.There was a large rectangular table in the room, surrounded by twelve chairs. There was one chair at the end of the table and five chairs on each side. All the chairs were occupied by people dressed in fine clothes. They were also all wearing black masks.Meanwhile, Jef
Daniel moved away from the two siblings to the corner of the Drummond Palace living room. He wanted to talk to Edgar about the results of today's investigation.After finding Edgar's number on his phone, he pressed the call button."Hello!" Daniel said when the call was connected."Yes, Daniel?""I found another member of the Black Scorpion Gang! What should I do? Should I bring him to you?""No need! Stay there and give me your complete address! I'll bring my men to pick him up.""You know the address! It's the abandoned old castle you told me about!""What?"Edgar was very surprised to hear Daniel's words on the phone. If it had to do with that address, the person the young man was talking about must be a nobleman. No commoner would be so crazy as to choose a nobleman's castle as a hiding place.After being silent for a while, Edgar took a few deep breaths and said, "Daniel, do you realize what you're doing?""Yes, of course! I made sure that this person was the one who gave the ord
The statement shocked Jeffrey. "What do you mean, Amy? Please tell me you're joking," he said, constantly looking at his sister, as if to make sure she wasn't lying.From that look, Amelia could sense the disappointment in her brother's heart. Becoming an Esquire was not only Jeffrey's. It was also his greatest desire in life."I'm sorry, Jeff!" Amelia said and bowed her head. She knew that her words had hurt her brother deeply. But she had no other choice. She knew that Jeffrey would continue to fight Daniel if she didn't tell him the truth.On the other hand, Jeffrey also knew that Amelia always spoke the truth. "Amy would never even think of lying, let alone about the existence of an Esquire," he thought to himself.Sudden silence fell over the living room. Amelia remained bowed, as if she regretted what she had said. Meanwhile, Daniel and Jeffrey just stared at each other in silence.Sigh!After a few moments, Jeffrey's breathing could be heard clearly. He touched Amelia's should