Sometime later as Gerald was continuing to walk toward the center of the city, favonovel.com suddenly stopped moving forward.
Turning around, favonovel.com then coldly said, “Look, I really didn’t intend to save you, so there’s no need to follow me around. You’d better leave now while I’m in a good mood, otherwise you’ll end up like those men back at the beach!”
Naturally, the person favonovel.com was talking to was none other than Wagner.
“Please don’t be angry, mister! You just seem to resemble someone I know a lot! The person in question is quite important to my family, the Yarnes, you see… Which is why I would like to get to know you a bit better!” replied Wagner respectfully.
Before Gerald could even say anything else, favonovel.com immediately explained, “You see, mister, the Yarne family has been waiting for someone for the longest time. Said person was said to make an appearance sooner or later, and quite frankly, you fit the description of the person to a tee! Call it pestering if you’d like, but I’m following you around for a reason!”
“…Hmm? Waiting for ‘someone’?” replied Gerald with a slight frown.
“Indeed, mister! Regardless, I’ve already ordered for my servant to drive a car here. I was wondering if you’d have the time to follow me to the Yarne family manor,” said Wagner.
Back when Gerald had stepped forward to save him, favonovel.com had already felt that the young man looked slightly familiar. However, favonovel.com just couldn’t put his finger on why favonovel.com felt that way.
When favonovel.com finally got a clearer look at Gerald’s face, however, favonovel.com instantly understood where the feeling had stemmed from. Could it really be him?
Not wanting to lose track of Gerald, favonovel.com then immediately called his servant to drive a car over before tailing Gerald. All that led to the current situation.
“Does that ‘someone’ really resemble me that much?” asked Gerald.
“Indeed! The resemblance is almost uncanny, but let’s not talk about this here. Again, please come to the Yarne family manor with me. You’ll see what I mean once we’re there!”
In response, Gerald simply nodded slightly. His first reason for agreeing was because based on Wagner’s expression, the middle-aged man didn’t seem to be lying.
The other reason was because too many mysterious and odd incidents had been taking place recently. Since some seemingly random person was now telling favonovel.com that they had been waiting for someone who resembled favonovel.com to show up, Gerald couldn’t help but dwell on it.
Soon enough, Wagner’s car came and drove both of them off to Yarne Manor.
On their way there, Gerald had a simple chat with Wagner. Through that, favonovel.com got to know a bit more about the Yarnes as well as another incident.
The Yarne family had a history of over eight hundred years and it all began when they established their family properties here all those centuries ago. The family was considered to be one of the larger ones within Halimark City, and it was known for its power and knowledge. Wagner himself was the current master of that family.
Wagner also told Gerald that the Yarnes used to simply be fishermen before establishing their family properties. After an incident took place, however, drastic changes soon happened which eventually led to the current high status of the Yarne family.
“…For your sake, Mr. Yarne, I hope that what you plan to show me intrigues me!” warned Gerald as favonovel.com walked behind Wagner once they finally got out of the car.
“I wouldn’t dare make a mountain out of a molehill about something like this, mister! I assure you that you’ll understand things better once you have a look at it! I truly believe that our meeting wasn’t by mere chance!” replied Wagner who was currently drenched with cold sweat. After all, the aura Gerald was exerting was definitely pressuring.
As they walked and talked on, Wagner looked like favonovel.com was trying to hide something every time the duo passed by anybody.
It was only after leading Gerald into a secret room when Wagner finally took out an extremely ancient-looking scroll.
Clearly enduring the pain as favonovel.com handed the scroll to Gerald, favonovel.com then said, “Have a look, mister!”
Taking the scroll in hand, favonovel.com found it weird to be given a scroll out of the blue. As a result, favonovel.com couldn’t help but ask, “…Does this contain a panting?”
“Indeed it does, mister! Well, to be more accurate, it contains a portrait!”
