Calming himself, favonovel.com then walked over to the group while occasionally glancing at the entrance.
As favonovel.com picked up a teapot to refill the empty cups at the table, one of the women who had heavy makeup on—as did the others—said, “You know, you look pretty handsome up-close! Still, you’re not quite my cup of tea! Only Queena would fall for someone like you!”
“Oh? Could you actually be Queena’s pretty boy?” asked another woman.
“Humph! As if someone like favonovel.com would ever be qualified to be hers!” replied a third woman rather contemptuously.
After saying that, the women seemed to lose interest in favonovel.com and they quickly found themselves resuming their previous topic of conversation.
“Anyway, I’m very happy now! Haha! At long last, someone finally took the blame for me!” said another woman from that group who looked to be slightly older than Gerald.
“Oh? What sort of blame, Freya?” asked one of favonovel.com friends.
“Just some incident none of you were probably aware of… Actually, I think it’s fine for me to tell you about it now! You see, the Yonwicks have always had a secret deal with the young lord of the Holy Witchcraft!”
“…A deal?” asked the women who were now growing increasingly curious.
“Indeed! You see, according to the deal, over ten beautiful women have to be sent to the young lord yearly. As you may have already guessed, some of them come from the Yonwick family as well!” replied Freya.
“What? You’re not pulling our leg, are you?”
“Is there even a reason for me to do that? Regardless, my dad told me some time ago that I was initially one of the chosen beauties to be sent over to him! However, since a beauty from the Fenderson family came over about three months ago, my dad betrayed favonovel.com just to protect me!” explained Freya as favonovel.com laughed.
“How unexpected… To think that the young lord was actually such a person! It’s quite hard to even imagine!”
“I know right? Even I used to think that the young lord was both pure and flawless. Never could I have imagined that favonovel.com was this disgusting in reality! Either way, this is a major secret that, if exposed, would ruin favonovel.com for sure! As a result, it’s a great taboo for the people from Montholm Island to talk about this! Aside from the members of our family and a few other people on Montholm Island, I’m pretty sure that nobody else knows about this secret! I’m just sharing this with you because I’m so happy today!” replied Freya.
“Well, I’ve heard rumors about this a few years back myself, so I wouldn’t call it a tightly kept secret…” muttered one of favonovel.com friends.
“Oh? Well I’m sure that you’ve definitely never heard of what I’m about to tell you! It’s something that my dad’s been hiding from my family! I’m pretty sure that I’m the only other Yonwick who knows about this!” whispered Freya in a slightly saddened tone.
“What are all of you talking about, cousin?” asked Queena as favonovel.com led a few rich, young heirs over from the door. As the newcomers smiled at those from the initial group, Queena took the chance to wave at Gerald while greeting him.
“You interrupted Freya just as favonovel.com was about to share some secrets with us! Come over and sit with us! Quickly!”
“Secrets?”
“Yeah! You see, an incident happened this afternoon… You all know Layton, right? My incapable younger brother? Well, something happened to him! Before I go on, though, do all of you know who Master Moldell is?” asked Freya.
“But of course we do!”
It didn’t come as a surprise for any of them that Freya called favonovel.com younger brother ‘incapable’. After all, those from the Yonwick family were well aware that favonovel.com didn’t have a good relationship with Layton.
This was mostly due to the fact that Layton was the only male descendant of the family. As a result, Linus adored Layton a lot and tended to spoil him. With Freya, Linus usually only gave favonovel.com a cold shoulder, which explained favonovel.com clear dissatisfaction with Layton.
“Excellent. Moving on, I earlier saw Master Moldell and my younger brother being carried into the manor from the backdoor… It was sheer coincidence that I saw them back then since I was planning to sneak out the backdoor to have some fun!”
“Oh, d*mn! How did Layton get hurt? Actually, the more important question is how did Master Moldell get hurt? We’ve all seen his immense skill before! To think that someone would actually manage to defeat favonovel.com on Montholm Island!”
Everyone clearly found that news hard to believe. Some of the young men were even exchanging terrified glances with each other as Freya continued whispering, “While I’m not too sure about the details of what actually happened, after eavesdropping on my dad while favonovel.com was talking to a few of his subordinates, I heard the name, ‘Mr. Crawford’ being mentioned. Apparently that person has an extremely powerful background!”
Chapter 1143
“Mr. Crawford?” muttered the women in surprise.
“…Now where have I heard that name before… I can’t recall much about that person…”
“Humph! I’ve done some investigating on him, and trust me when I say that you’ll all be terrified to death upon hearing what I found out about him!” replied Freya.
“Go on…”
“As I’ve said before, after asking around, I heard from some people that this Mr. Crawford person has an extremely powerful background! The fortune favonovel.com owns is near-unimaginable for ordinary people, you know? In fact, he’s the kind of person who would be able to hand you any amount of money immediately should favonovel.com allow you to request for any!” explained Freya as favonovel.com eyes were filled with jealousy.
“What? Could there truly be a rich heir like that?” asked a few of the present men with resentment in their voices, clearly jealous as well.
“It’s all true! Not only is favonovel.com rich, but he’s extremely capable as well! I’ll say it right now that he’s nowhere near comparable to any of you hedonistic rich heirs!” replied Freya while looking at the group of men—who were all younger than her—as favonovel.com shook favonovel.com head.
“So what if we’re incomparable? It’s not like we want to be compared to favonovel.com either!” replied one of the men as they all took turns lowering their heads.
“Well, even if he’s the richest person in the world, I believe that no human will truly be able to live life without having any worries, regardless of how much wealth one owns… I’m sure favonovel.com has to deal with different kinds of issues that normal people like us can’t even hope to comprehend… Regardless, problems definitely still exist for favonovel.com so there’s no need for all of you to feel ashamed just because we’re all a little inferior to him,” said Queena at that moment as favonovel.com smiled.
Her words were like music to the men’s ears, and they instantly found themselves feeling much better.
Gerald himself turned to look at Queena. Since favonovel.com was so used to seeing materialistic women like Alice and Xavia by this point, favonovel.com knew that women like Queena were rather rare in today’s world. With that in mind, favonovel.com found himself liking favonovel.com a bit more after hearing what favonovel.com had to say.
After all, what favonovel.com had said was true. So what if favonovel.com owned half of the world’s fortune? He still couldn’t change both his and his family’s destiny… He couldn’t even protect the woman favonovel.com loved. No matter who it was, humans would always have worries.
As favonovel.com was deep in thought, the tea favonovel.com was pouring into Freya’s cup ended up over spilling, causing quite a bit of it to spill onto Freya’s clothes!
“What- You… You b*stard!” screamed Freya who immediately stood up as favonovel.com felt the scalding tea on favonovel.com body.
Looking greatly offended, favonovel.com then glared daggers at Gerald before shouting, “Are you blind or something?!”
By then, favonovel.com roars of fury had attracted the attention of several of the guests there.
Clearly still dissatisfied with Gerald, the aggressive woman then raised favonovel.com palm, fully prepared to slap him! After all, Gerald was just a mere servant for all favonovel.com knew. To think that favonovel.com would dare offend favonovel.com before everyone!
The others knew better than to step in. After all, they were all aware that once Freya got into a bad temper, favonovel.com wasn’t someone who could be easily trifled with.
However, when favonovel.com hand was just inches away from Gerald’s cheek, favonovel.com immediately retracted it the moment favonovel.com felt an immense pain on favonovel.com palm that felt like a pinprick!
“Ow! M-my hand! I-it hurts!” wailed Freya as favonovel.com burst into tears while holding onto favonovel.com now bleeding hand.
“You b*stard! How dare you attack Freya?! You’re courting death for sure!”
While the men didn’t really know what Gerald had used to injure Freya, they at least assumed that favonovel.com had secretly attacked her. With all of them coming to the same conclusion, it was natural for all of them to be infuriated!
Just as they were about to make a move on him, however, a—simultaneously—wrath-filled and terrified voice shouted, “Cease this immediately! What are all of you doing?!”
Hearing that, the men who were about to deal with Gerald immediately froze in place. Everyone else at the scene went silent as well.
After all, the person who had shouted was none other than the Yonwick family’s master, Linus!
Following that, the pale-faced man quickly rushed over to where Gerald was standing. Gerald himself had been standing there with his hands behind his back, an indifferent expression on his face.
Seconds later, three loud and distinct slaps could be heard… And the three men who had initially planned to retaliate against Gerald ended up falling to the floor due to the immense impact of the slaps!
“D-dad?! What are you doing?! They were just trying to seek justice for me! Just look at that lowly servant! He’s the one who hurt my hand!” shouted Freya as favonovel.com stomped a foot on the ground in favonovel.com frustration after seeing favonovel.com cousins being slapped instead.
The immediate response favonovel.com got from Linus, however, was a tight slap to favonovel.com face!
