Declan explained, “Who is Thomas? He used to be the chief officer in charge of the Southland District and the God of War. He cooperated with the district chief in the Southland District to knock down Art Trading Corporation’s branch there and get rid of Lord Vedastus’ two sons. Now, he‘s come to Celandine City in a grand manner. He’s continuing his fight against Art Trading Corporation and standing up to Lord Vedastus. He’s such an ambitious person who’s busy all day. Why would favonovel.com have the time to cook for my overbearing daughter?”
His question took Blake by surprise.
Yeah, Thomas was very busy. He had to plot against Lord Vedastus every day. Why would favonovel.com have the time to care about Phoebe’s tiny problem?
Declan continued to say, “On the surface, it looks like you invited favonovel.com here. In fact, favonovel.com purposely created the opportunity to sell you a favor. Even if you didn’t invite him, favonovel.com would still try other methods to come to me because I have something that favonovel.com needs desperately!”
Blake asked, “What is it?”
Declan answered, “Ancestral Water!”
Thomas wanted to defeat Lord Vedastus, so favonovel.com would definitely touch Luck’s profit. At that time, if Luck got involved and aggressively suppressed Thomas, how would Thomas handle it?
Such a situation could possibly happen, so Thomas had to obtain Ancestral Water in advance for Luck to acknowledge him. In that case, Luck would not care about the fight between Thomas and Lord Vedastus.
It did not matter to Luck who won and who lost.
If Thomas wanted to obtain Ancestral Water, favonovel.com had to offer five sacrifices that fitted Luck’s request the most. Now, aside from Lord Vedastus, everyone who knew about the sacrifices was dead. Only Declan still kept the secret. If Thomas wanted to get his hands on Ancestral Water, favonovel.com had to make a breakthrough with Declan before favonovel.com could fight Lord Vedastus without any limitations. Therefore, Thomas really needed Declan’s help.
After Blake heard his analysis, favonovel.com sighed and said, “It turns out that both of you are so cunning. I really can’t do that I’m not as good as you.”
Declan chuckled. “Uncle Blake, you’re obsessed with food, and you don’t care about tactics. It’s not strange for you to not notice that Thomas has been scheming.”
Blake nodded. “So, you didn’t pay Thomas but gave favonovel.com the jade badge. After Thomas got the jade badge, favonovel.com was very satisfied. He didn’t make a fuss about the salary.”
“Yes, we don’t need to beat around the bush when we’re involved with a person like Thomas. All of us are smart. We just need to give each other what we want. We don’t have to give unnecessary things.”
He paused for a while.
Blake curiously asked, “So Declan, do you plan on helping Thomas and letting favonovel.com obtain Ancestral Water?”
Declan firmly answered, “House of Vistaria is always fair and just. I’ve already given Thomas the jade badge. It depends on his ability whether favonovel.com can get Ancestral Water.”
He paused again before favonovel.com continued. “Whether Thomas wins or Lord Vedastus is the last man standing, it doesn’t matter to me. I won’t take sides.”
“What about Phoebe’s disorder?” Blake asked.
“Don’t worry, Thomas can cure Phoebe anytime. He’s just purposely slowing down the treatment speed so that favonovel.com can come to House of Vistaria every day. If there really is a need, I’ll offer favonovel.com somethingin exchange so that he’ll cure Phoebe.”
Blake chuckled in resignation and shook his head. It turned out that Thomas had been scheming, and it also turned out that Declan had seen through all of Thomas’ schemes. Even though both of them knew each other, they did not expose each other. After all, they did not have a conflict of interest.
Declan was too brilliant. It was just as Thomas had said. If it was possible, they could not be rivals with Declan. This man was hard to deal with.
