Thomas nodded affirmatively. “I am very interested in this. If I can reign over Celandine City after drinking the Ancestral Water, I should probably drink a whole cup of it right?”
Pieces gave Thomas a thumbs up. “You are right. Since it gives such a miraculous result, you should take one whole cup.”
They knew what was on each other’s minds. Although they did say they wanted to drink a whole cup of it, what they wanted was to identify what this Ancestral Water was. If the Ancestral Water had a special connection to Heart Eater, the more reason they had to identify where it came from.
Thomas, out of pure coincidence, met Phoebe and had formed an acquaintanceship with her. She was someone that was of use and was important. So this was something worth rejoicing. This trip to Celandine City was going to be interesting.
***
At the same time, in the headquarters of Art Trading Corporation.
Lord Vedastus was seated together with Hayden. Both of them were filled with despair and looked sad. After all, both of them had lost their sons.
How could they be happy about it?
They had even buried Ethan with their own hands.
Next on the agenda was to take down Thomas. If they wanted to take down this enemy, they had to pay extra caution. They must not let it get into their heads, or a single mistake would cause their downfall, and they would even suffer a serious backlash. The thought of it gave them shivers.
As the two old men were discussing how to deal with Thomas, the door opened, and Lord Vedastus’ daughter, Fiora Vedastus, entered the room.
She coughed as favonovel.com wanted to attract the attention of the two old men and said, “Father, Uncle Barlow, I have a report to make. Viv has gone to deal with Thomas, but as a result, favonovel.com was taught a harsh lesson by Thomas. Now, he’s acting like a fool in front of Thomas’s shop.”
Lord Vedastus said coldly, “Viv is just some trash who only knows how to cheat and scam people. We can use favonovel.com to take care of the average person, but this is Thomas we are talking about. So, there is no hope for him. Also, there is no need to report such a thing to me in the future. There is no point.”
Fiora shrugged and continued. “Of course, if it is a small matter related to Viv, there is no need for me to report to you. What I wanted to tell you is, Viv’s failure caught someone’s attention.”
“Who is it?”
“The lady of the House of Vistaria, Phoebe Mars.”
“Oh?” Lord Vedastus frowned. “That little girl is feisty. Why is favonovel.com at Thomas’s shop?”
Fiora said, “Phoebe lost too much weight and has severe anorexia. It is a very well-known issue. Hence, Blake brought favonovel.com to Thomas’s shop and wanted Thomas to cure her.”
Lord Vedastus asked nervously, “And how did it go?”
Fiora sighed, “Thomas succeeded. Phoebe was delighted with the meals Thomas made. Hence, favonovel.com will be having favonovel.com meals in Food and Medicine Hall for the rest of the month.”
Upon hearing what favonovel.com said, Lord Vedastus slammed the table. He was anxious and angry. “Seriously, Murphy’s Law couldn’t have struck at a worse time. If Phoebe is going to have favonovel.com meals at Food and Medicine Hall, then we can do nothing to Food and Medicine Hall!”
Fiora frowned and asked, “I have something that has been on my mind for a while now, Father. Why are we so submissive toward the House of Vistaria? We are already controlling all of Celandine City while the House of Vistaria has no manpower, position, or money. Why are we so afraid of them? Could it be due to the story about the city’s luck? Even a child knows that it is fake!”
Hayden who was watching by the side said, “But the people of Celandine City believe that there is a star made of luck that governs the city.”
Fiora laughed, “Really? Then tell them to show us! They say that stars of luck shine the brightest. But even after scouring all over the city, we never saw a single star of luck!”
“Shut up!”
Fiora was scared stiff by Lord Vedastus’s loud voice. There was pin-drop silence in the room.
After a while, Lord Vedastus said, “Get out! And inform everyone that they are not allowed to do anything to Food and Medicine Hall!”
Although Fiora was dissatisfied, favonovel.com did not dare to fight back She left the room as favonovel.com pouted.
Right after, Hayden asked Lord Vedastus, “After so many years, I wanted to ask you this too. What are you afraid of? Why do you not dare to do anything to the House of Vistaria?”
Lord Vedastus closed his eyes, not answering the question.
Hayden sighed, “Even I cannot know the answer to that question?”
Lord Vedastus replied, “Please believe me, my friend. Knowing the answer does you no good. As for the House of Vistaria, what we need to do is to stay out of their way.”
It was rare even for Hayden to see Lord Vedastus being so “timid”.
What earth-shattering secrets did the House of Vistaria have that instilled such fear in Lord Vedastus?
What an elusive family. But that was not the main point. What was important was, Thomas was now related to the House of Vistaria and hence, Food and Medicine Hall had become untouchable. It was going to be far more difficult to deal with Thomas in the future!
