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[Vol. 5] Chapter 2 – Plan



“Phew, finally I got some free time”

 As I left the mansion I stretched out both of my arms and took a deep breath.
 I continued to watch Braham’s cityscape from the hill.
 The red roofs forming lines which one could clearly see through this clear winter air looked beautiful.
 The Saint Perrier Cathedral in its middle, the Holms River flowing through the area close-by.
 The river was shining brightly as it reflected the sunlight.

 I used Italy’s Florence as this town’s model.
 Though I’ve never been there my father travelled there in his younger days and would talk about it a lot.
 It seems like the view one could see from the Michelangelo hill was very beautiful.⌈1
 The cuisine is delicious and the town is full of art.
 It was a town I absolutely wanted to visit sometime.
 The part with the windmills kind of got inspired by the Netherlands, lol.
 Well, it’s more like a mix of various cities, huh?

“Oh, Carlo-sama, alone today?”

 As I was called out and turned around I saw Doji standing there.
 Ah, I forgot to give Doji a bonus (sweats).

“Ah, no, everyone took the day off. Why don’t you go home as well, Doji?”

“It’s just around the corner and even if I return, Mum just makes me help around the house”

“Is that so? How about you go buy your mother something nice?”

 I gave Doji two gold coins from my wallet.
 As it is equivalent to 200,000 yen that should be sufficient as a bonus.

“That’s, is it really fine to give this to me?”

“Yeah, everyone got this much after all. Besides, you took care of me a lot this time around, Doji”

“Really, thank you”

“I was going to go through the town a bit, do you want to come with me?”

“I just got some free time so I’ll accompany you.”

 I went to the town accompanied by Doji.
 On the way, I didn’t forget to cover my scar with a scarf as a substitute for my mask so that my face won’t stand out as much.

“Carlo-sama, those clothes suit you”

“Don’t call me Carlo from now on, call me Akatsuki.”

“Ah, I see. It’s Akatsuki-sama then. Understood”

 It was a good decision to tell Doji about Akatsuki.
 On our way, as we walked through the town I bought some Hobbit wine at a liquor shop.
 I requested something of the blacksmith, Mohkan.
 I entered Mohkan’s forge leaving Doji at the store front.

“Old man, I’m coming in”

“Just when I was wondering who it might be it turned out to be Mister Akatsuki. I couldn’t immediately recognise you because you aren’t wearing your mask.”

“Yeah, today’s a little, you know. Is the thing I requested ready yet?”

“Hey, hey, wait a minute. After requesting for such a large quantity don’t ask for the impossible. Half of it isn’t done yet.”

 As Mohkan said that he took out one of the spears.

“Here it is, how is it?”

 The length of the spear Mohkan was holding was 5 metres like the long spears Nals and I created for the military reform.
 Just, different from a normal spear, there’s a sickle under the spear’s tip.⌈2

“Hoh, it looks very good”

“It’s a strange spear. However, is it really true that Margrave Carlo ordered these?”

“Yeah, no doubt. You received your payment form the Margrave, right?”

“That’s true but what kind of relation do you have with the Margrave?”

 Ehm……I’m him.
 Doji must have had a strange expression on his face as he heard that.
 It was a good idea to leave him at the shop front.

“Well, several things happened. It’s none of your concern”
“Even the matter about the Oricalcum sword, it seems like you got various people backing you. However, as far as I’m concerned, as long as you pay the proper price I won’t complain. You always bring me my favourite drink as well like this.”

 After he said this Mohkan drank the wine I brought straight from the bottle.
 Hey, hey, it’s still noon and a work day.
 He’s a dwarf though, so he should be able to hold his liquor.

“I’m not done yet, but you should take the finished ones to the Guard Order’s arsenal. As we discussed”

“Yeah, fine. I’ll get them tomorrow.”

“Sorry for troubling you, have a happy new year then.”

“You too”

 Like this, I left the forge.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah, our next destination will be the hideout. Come”

 There’s only one reason why I wanted to have some free time during these New Year’s holidays.
 I only wanted to spend some time together with Elsa, that’s it.
 I wanted to settle this whole DDT matter by the end of this year!
 Fortunately, Doji also knew about Elsa being inside the hideout as well.
 I intended to ask Doji to inform me if anything happens at the mansion while I’m here.
 While I explained these things to him as we walked, we arrived at the hideout.

 Knock, Knockknock, Knock
 I made Doji wait and knocked the door in the manner I agreed with her beforehand.
 After hearing the sound of some things getting knocked over the door got opened.

“Elsa, it’s been a long time”

“Akatsuki-sama, welcome back”

 Elsa greeted me, but, I wonder, she seemed kind of impatient.
 I felt someone’s presence in the back.
 Hahan, is Crescent Moon loitering around in there again?

“Is someone in there?”

“Ah, yes, ehm……”

 Elsa looked into my face with slight uneasiness in her gaze.
 Why, though?
 Could it be an affair?!

“It’s the matter we talked about before, Akatsuki-sama……”

 What we talked about before, what was that?

“I called my grandparents over, was that okay?”

 As she said that Elsa waited for my answer.
 Aah, I certainly said that.
 Though that’s fine and all, but why nooow.
 But, as she already called them over it can’t be helped now.
 I can’t just tell them to go now.

“Yeah, of course. I told you, you may call them over. I’m glad that you can spend time with your family.”

“Yes! It’s all thanks to Akatsuki-sama. Ehm, may I introduce you?”

“I see, let’s do it like that. But could you first fetch my mask?”

“Ah, yes. I shall bring it to you right away”

“– I really wanted to give you my thanks.”

“No, don’t mention it. I just wanted to see Elsa’s happy face.”

“Elsa, aren’t you lucky to be the bride of such a good guy?”

 Ehm, what was that about a bride?
 Elsa’s cheeks also redden in embarrassment.
 Though I know she couldn’t possibly tell them she’s my mistress but couldn’t she have chosen something else?
 Besides, shouldn’t they say something about me wearing a mask as if it’s normal?!
 Are you fine with your important granddaughter marrying some strange masked man?

“My, that mask also seems like a somewhat luxurious item, don’t you think, grandma?”

“That’s true, grandpa. Besides, he’s such a filial bridegroom to help us out with the shop”

 They are clearly just aiming for the money!
 As one would expect from merchants, trying to make money through their granddaughter.
 It absolutely can’t be exposed that I’m Carlo.
 How much will they extort out of me if they find out the groom is actually a feudal lord?
 I shall remind Elsa to keep silent about that again.

“Anyway, you should look for affordable shops and houses and move in soon. Until then they can stay here, Elsa”

“Well, thank you very much. So what brings you here today?”

 I wanted to take your virginity……I mean, I can’t say that!

“No, I just came to get the mask and sword. I’m going to leave for some time again.”

“You go out at such a time? Please take care of yourself”

“Yeah, have a happy new year, Elsa. Use this and see the old year out happily”

 I produced some money out of my wallet and gave it to Elsa before I left the hideout.
 Her grandparents suggested to have dinner together but I politely declined.
 I shouldn’t get involved with those two more than necessary.

“Huh? Car, I mean, Akatsuki-sama, you’re already leaving?” 

 Doji who waited outside asked with a wondering expression on his face.

“Yeah…… change of plans. I’m going out for a while.”

 I’m not crying, I’m not crying.
 My eyes are just filled with tears because the cold winter wind blew into them.



 


  1. Piazzale Michelangelo is meant. 
  2. That’s how it looks 

VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 52

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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 51

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Chapter 53 – To no end



“This is XX TV, it is the midday news right now. This morning, our station’s employee received an anonymous package, within it was a VCD. The contents of it shocked me greatly…”

After that, what the television played was actually a recording of Chen Zelong and Huo De’s illegal transaction in the seaside mansion!

Chen Zelong’s eyes were like they were about to spurt fire, and it was like smoke was coming out of his head. He stood up and kicked the television, turning the huge LED screen immediately into trash, but at the same time, Chen Zelong’s new leather shoes were also turned to trash.

“What the **** happened? Is there no end to this!” Chen Zelong roared furiously.

“Young Master… Don’t get angry for now, I fear this is going to be difficult… We have no way to continue to hide it anymore…” Secretary Chen said in a depressed manner.

Everything had become solid facts under such a clear video, it was unable to be changed!

Chen Zelong also realized that there seems to be no way to improve this, so he acted like he was going crazy, he smashed everything he saw for a long while before finally sitting back onto the sofa.

The phone rang, causing Chen Zelong to pick up the phone in depression.

“A Long, what did you do? How can you let others record this?” A solemn voice carrying a hint of anger sounded out from the other end of the phone.

“Dad, I… I don’t know what happened, I already checked for electronic devices before, there wasn’t any surveillance or tapping equipment!” Chen Zelong said innocently.

“Alright, stop talking. Although I don’t blame you for this, it happened due to your negligence, think back on your actions in this period of time. Just leave the other things to me,” Chen Zelong’s father, Chen Tianlei, sighed.

After hanging up the phone, Chen Tianlei took a deep breath. As he aged, it was getting a bit difficult for him to manage the huge Chen’s Corporation. His eldest son, Chen Zejin, had no interest in business at all, instead, he was determined to be an artist and had went over to other countries to wander around, experiencing life. That really angered Chen Tianlei a lot!

His second son, Chen Zelong, was not as smart as his eldest, but was very interested in the family business. He was able to share some of Chen Tianlei’s burden for the business, so he wasn’t very strict with this second son, and spoiled him a lot.

For example, in terms of the things surrounding this piece of land in Kowloon, Chen Tianlei didn’t agree with him doing this. However, Chen Zelong was determined to do it, since he thought that it would earn a lot of money. That’s why Chen Zelong secretly loaned money from the bank behind Chen Tianlei’s back. When Chen Tianlei found out, he merely told Chen Zelong to be more careful, and didn’t scold him too much.

Actually, Chen Tianlei didn’t support Chen Zelong doing this, since Hong Kong was different from before, the legal system was completely in place, it was not easy to use other methods. This was especially true since Chen Tianlei wanted to enter the mainland market, which makes a good reputation a must.

The reason behind this wasn’t because Chen Tianlei really cared about abiding by the law, after all, just how many people that rose to the top in Hong Kong in the early days are completely innocent? Just how many have never done illegal things? It’s just because the era was different.

“Secretary Chen, come over for a moment!” Chen Tianlei dialed using the internal line and called Secretary Chen.

After two to three minutes, Secretary Chen arrived. There was only a single floor of difference from Chen Zelong’s CEO office to Chen Tianlei’s chairman office, so Secretary Chen arrived very quickly.

“This is a two hundred million cheque, give this to Chen Zelong later and tell him to go to the finance department. After getting it stamped, go and repay the bank’s loans!” Chen Tianlei pointed to a signed cheque on the table and said.

“Mr. Chen, there’s no hurry of returning the bank’s loan, right?” Secretary Chen was confused. Normally speaking, when a business owes the bank money, they would drag it on and repay it when the deadline arrives, there’s no reason to take the initiative in returning it!

“No hurry? The moment the news at noon comes out, the bank will be the first to come and ask for their loan back. I think that are already on their way!” Chen Tianlei said. “Ai! Although I can help A Long return this two hundred million, the corporation’s projects are going to be forced to pause, since we don’t have much liquid assets left.”

Secretary Chen shook his head and didn’t say anything. He picked up the cheque from the table then walked out silently. Sometimes, Secretary Chen felt rather pitiful for Chen Tianlei’s situation, although Chen Zelong was interested in business, he had a major Young Master’s temper, and was very arrogant, it was hard to do anything huge with this sort of personality.

It truly was as Chen Tianlei expected, before Secretary Chen got to Chen Zelong’s office, he saw a few people walk over. They were the people from the bank!

Secretary Chen quickly went over, he wanted to talk to these people first, so that they won’t get into a fight with Chen Zelong, who was in a bad mood.

“Mr. Shen, what business did you come to our company for?” Secretary Chen asked.

“Secretary Chen, I believe you also saw the news, right. You definitely won’t be able to continue with your Kowloon project, is it possible to return the money to us first, so that we face the higher-ups!” Mr. Shen said.

Secretary Chen swore quietly in his heart, this fellow is a ******* piece of ****. When Chen’s is in success, he tries everything he can to get close to us, and now, Chen’s haven’t gone down yet, but he’s already acting like this! However, as a secretary, he couldn’t say anything, and thus, he just smiled, “Mr. Shen, of course we need to return the money. We don’t care about just this little bit, since your bank lacks money so much, then we’ll just borrow from other banks!”

Hearing Secretary Chen’s words, Mr. Shen momentarily blanked and thought, didn’t Chen Zelong already throw the two hundred million onto the piece of land? From Secretary Chen’s tone, it seems like Chen’s still have a lot of money? Yet, then he thought, no, they must be tricking him! Thus he said, “You can repay the money to me now?”

“Of course, if you need it now, then I can give it to you!” With that, Secretary Chen took out that two hundred million cheque to Mr. Shen, then said. “This amount of money was originally going to be used to purchase construction materials, since you came, then I’ll give it to you first, I’ll go and ask for another cheque from Mr. Chen later!”

Mr. Shen took a look at the cheque, it definitely was real! He has worked for so many years in the bank, of course he can tell whether a cheque was real or not! However, he started to get shocked, this Chen’s Corporation isn’t lacking money, they actually appear very rich. A mere Secretary was able to make the decision to return two hundred million to them, it seems like they don’t lack this two hundred million, this caused Mr. Shen to start reconsidering…

Right now, his action clearly showed that he won’t have any relationships with Chen’s Corporation anymore in the future. No, if Chen’s Corporation is truly so rich, then he cannot just ruin the relationship like that!

Mr. Shen hesitated and said, “Hehe, Secretary Chen, look, I’m just kidding, how could I come and hurry you guys to repay the loan. We are the bank, how could we care about this mere two hundred million. The real purpose we came for today is to ask Director Chen whether you guys need any more loan. Our bank can prioritize it!” With that, he handed the cheque back to Secretary Chen.



 

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Chapter 52 – Is it Over



“Young Master, I don’t know either!’ Secretary Chen was also very confused.

“Heng, only the three of us were three, no one else. So, Secretary Chen?” Chen Zelong asked.

“Young Master, do you mean that I leaked it? How is that possible! What good is it for me, I’ve been with you for five years, aren’t you clear about what I’m like! What’s more, how much can I sell this news to the newspapers for? It’s not even more than the car washing money that Young Master, you, give me every month…” Secretary Chen quickly explained.

Hearing that, Chen Zelong’s expression softened a little. Secretary Chen was right, there was nothing good for him for this to get published. If he (Chen Zelong) fell, then Secretary Chen was going to be facing unemployment as well. He didn’t treat Secretary Chen badly, so he (Secretary Chen) had no reason to do this. Could it be Huo De, the old fellow? That’s even more impossible, could it be that this old guy got used to a peaceful life, and wanted to spend the rest of his days in prison? Only if he had something wrong with his brain!

Now that he eliminated the suspicions from the other people, only he was left. So, unless he sleepwalked, he couldn’t have possibly exposed this, but he never noticed that he had the habit of sleepwalking!

That’s weird, could it be a ghost? Although Chen Zelong acted like a typical Young Master, he wasn’t a ******, and able to handle himself in Chen’s Corporation was a proof of that.

“Young Master, could someone have installed some sort of tapping device in the room?” asked Secretary Chen.

“Impossible, I already used devices to check that the room was safe the day we talked!” Chen Zelong said confidently. However, how was he supposed to know that even the world’s best spy organization won’t be able to detect Shuguang Corporation’s newest product!

“That’s weird, could someone have stood by the door and listened the day when you had the conversation?” Secretary Chen continued.

“That is a possibility, you are someone I trust, but it’s hard to say that about those servants. Although they were investigated when they got employed, it’s hard to guarantee that they won’t sell us out for a profit!” Chen Zelong nodded. “Alright, I’ll get you to investigate this! If it really can’t be helped, then just change all of the servants!”

“Understood, Young Master!” Secretary Chen answered. “However, how do we handle this?”

“Handle what? We don’t need to care about it at all, there is plenty of ******** news in Hong Kong every year, who would remember this after a few days! The newspaper didn’t show any solid proof, so they probably just made it up. If they had concrete evidence, they can’t wait to publish it, so it’s fine as long as we don’t admit it!” Chen Zelong shook his head.

However, how could I go along with Chen Zelong’s wishes? Just as Chen Zelong heavily scolded the media for making things up, and writing about rumors when Hua De and him don’t even know each other, another secret fax arrived on the desks of the presses.

“Haha, Boss, you’re amazing. You’re pushing Chen Zelong into a more and more reactive position!” Guo Qing praised.

“The current effect is what we want, we want to show everyone a lying Chen’s Corporation!” I smiled sinisterly and said.

On the second day, huge photos of Chen Zelong shaking hands with Huo De appeared on the headlines of every major newspaper and magazine. The clear titles said “Chen Zelong and Huo De don’t know each other? What does Chen’s Corporation want to hide!”

Chen Zelong was beyond furious while he held the newspaper in his office as he shouted to Secretary Chen, “No matter what you do, you have to find this person! This is pissing me off!”

“Young Master, don’t get angry first, right now, we have to discuss about how to deal with this. The journalists downstairs have already surrounded our company’s tower!” Secretary Chen wiped away his sweat and said.

“****, scared my ***, come with I, the Young Master. If that doesn’t work, then get the Azure Gang and chuck them all away!” Chen Zelong slammed onto the table and said.

Secretary Chen didn’t dare to say anything as he followed Chen Zelong onto the elevator. He sighed in his heart, this Chen Zelong is too impulsive. He actually got the crappy idea of using mobs to deal with this. However, this was all a thought, he didn’t dare to raise the issue when Chen Zelong is furious.

“Director Chen, didn’t you say in person on the news the day before yesterday that you don’t know Huo De. Then please explain what’s going on with this photo?” Seeing that Chen Zelong came out, the journalists all swarmed up to ask.

“There’s nothing to explain. A photo can’t say anything. Must you know him if you took a photo with him?” Chen Zelong explained forcefully.

“Director Chen, I fear your explanation isn’t that reasonable, right?” Another journalist immediately retorted.

“Unreasonable? How is it unreasonable? It might even be computer generated. The computer technology is so advanced right now… For example, that Shuguang Corporation, their newest photo editing software can create this sort of effect!” Chen Zelong argued.

“Then does Director Chen mean that this photo was intentionally created?” A journalist from one of Chen’s Corporation’s subsidiary newspapers helped Chen Zelong out.

“Yes, that’s right!” Hearing that someone helped him out while he was feeling anxious, Chen Zelong immediately continued down the idea. “I suspect there is a mastermind behind this. This person should be Chen’s Corporation’s competitor. Think about it. If this photo is true, then why didn’t he show it alongside the fax from a few days ago? Why did he only send it out after a day? It’s not hard to tell that he had another intention!” With that, Chen Zelong wiped away the sweat on his forehead.

The Chen’s Corporation’s journalist also added, “So it’s like that, it seems like we misunderstood Director Chen, then we’ll stop disturbing you!” With that, he acted like he was going to leave.

When other journalists saw the situation evolve like this, they understood that there was no need to continue to stay and all left one after another.

Thus, the commotion was dealt with fortunately by Chen Zelong’s fortunate speech.

Yet, is it really over?

In the following days, Chen Zelong couldn’t be more relaxed. The negative news were dealt with one after another, and there weren’t any more negative news, causing Chen Zelong to get a bit proud.

“How’s that, Secretary Chen, I was good that day, right? I easily dealt with those journalists!” Chen Zelong laid on his chair in the office and said proudly.

“Yes, Young Master, you really are amazing. Not only did Chen’s Corporation dealt with its danger, their fame improved a lot as well. Right now, a lot of the citizens in Hong Kong know that we’re going to build high class residential areas there and have called to ask about it!” said Secretary Chen.

“Haha, although I don’t know which competitor planned all this, but if he knew that his actions gave us free advertisement, he will definitely die of anger!” Chen Zelong said and casually turned on the television.



 

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[Vol. 4] Chapter 9 – Moths



I was somehow able to coax the sulking Nals and we were now sitting inside the Moulin Rouge.
 After seeing Lily whom I introduced to him his mood immediately got better.

“My, for such a beautiful person to exist in real life!”

“Oh my, Nals-sama, you’re smooth”

“No, those are my real thoughts. I mean Fawn Pavilion’s Felicia certainly is splendid as well but…… I’d like to use you as a model for a doll by all means. May I?”

“A, a doll……? But am I really good enough? The other Onee-san’s are much prettier.”

“No, you are fantastic, it absolutely has to be you! I want to immortalise your beauty!”

“Ah, ye, yes. Then later. But first, we have to get to know each other better, okay?”

“Understood! I’ll come here as much as possible from now on”

“I look forward to it”

“……Rozea, was Lily that type of girl?”

“What do you mean?”

“That, she perfectly led Nals by the nose.”

“Oh my, is that so?”

“I thought Lily would be a simpler girl.”

“That girl’s still a resident of the night world after all.”

 For her to lead an intellectual like Nals by the nose, Lily is incredible.

“……Hey, Rozea, you’re not like that, are you?”

“Well, does Carlo-sama think I only utter manipulative words?”

“No, I don’t think so, but seeing Lily like that, it’s too shocking”

“If you doubt my heart, please don’t come to this shop anymore”

“He?”

“I’ll be sad that I won’t be able to meet you anymore but it’s a lot better than you doubting my heart”

“Ah, that’s not what I meant”

“I honestly wanted to meet you, that’s the truth. But it’s just too painful to be doubted by Carlo-sama”

“No, no, I’m not doubting you”

“But didn’t you say that just now?”

“Because Lily was playing Nals so skilfully, I just carelessly asked”

“Then do you trust me?”

“Naturally! I, I mean, I trust Rozea. I do!”⌈1

“I’m relieved……Now I can feel at ease”

“I’m sorry for troubling you, Rozea”

“Carlo-sama……”

 Aah, Rozea’s teary eyes are so beautiful.
 I’m a sinful man for making such a beautiful woman cry, seriously.
 Next time I come here, I should give her a present as an apology.

“- – General, what do you think?”

“What do you mean with “What do you think”?”

“……right”

“Lunos, you guys should be more careful as well, don’t you think? You recommended this shop.”

“To be told “You got led by the nose” by Margrave-sama?! I don’t want that, speaking off, is the General alright?”

“I, I’m already, see, that. Aged. Right, Fitz, what do think?”

“Right, let’s hear the leader’s opinion!”

“I’m not really good with such things, so I don’t really know”

“Well, it’s like that, huh? However, it might be good for Carlo-sama to learn a thing or two”

“That’s right, well, if it’s with Rozea it shouldn’t turn out terribly. She’s a good woman”

“Carlo-sama seems to have fun, so isn’t it fine?”

 It soon turned into an enjoyable night, time to return, huh?
 Rozea held my hand today as well.
 Those three old birds were just giving me luke-warm looks, but I bet they were just jealous.



 


  1. He first used Boku followed by him changing to Ore 

VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 50

Here’s another chapter for today.

You guys read too much into things >_> I didn’t plan to do anything extra apart from the mass release yesterday, but oh well, I’m not doing 5 chapters per day for until the 15th of the first lunar month. You guys are going to have to settle for 2 chapters each weekday for these 2 weeks.

Big thanks to kookie for all the editing~

Remember to click “Next Chapter” to see the teaser for the next chapter~

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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 49

Here’s the chapter of the day.

You guys read too much into things >_> I didn’t plan to do anything extra apart from the mass release yesterday, but oh well, I’m not doing 5 chapters per day for until the 15th of the first lunar month. You guys are going to have to settle for 2 chapters each weekday for these 2 weeks.

Big thanks to kookie for all the editing~

If you want to support me, do go over to volarenovels and read my translation of Special Forces Spirit over there! Then go over to its the NovelUpdates page, add it to your reading list, give it a nice rating and review it!

If you’re liking this novel, do go over to the NovelUpdates page to rate it and add it to your reading list!

Remember, the Very Pure and Ambiguous – The Prequel Fan Art contest is ongoing, only a few days left till the deadline. I’ve had three great submissions so far, I hope more comes in~

Chapter 51 – Heavy Bomb



“However, don’t worry, there’s still profit made from this piece of land. Once the news of business skyscrapers being built on this land is released, I can use this piece of land to apply for loans from the bank!” Chen Zelong nodded. “Oh yeah, get someone to buy a phone for me!” Chen Zelong said as he pointed at the trash at the corner of the wall.

“Young Master, last time I got someone to buy two, there’s one left, I’ll get someone to send it over now!” said Secretary Chen. He knows about the temper of this Young Master, he smashes his phone every time he’s angry, so he just decided to get someone to buy an extra one.

Hehe, this time, Chen Zelong won’t be able to avoid death even if he wanted to, and there’s also that Huo De, I think he won’t be able to wait till the day his grandson is one month old!

I installed a pinhole voice monitor and camera, that was just produced by Shuguang Corporation’s military factory in South Africa, on a very good angle in the room, allowing Guo Qing to completely record everything that would happen in the room using his laptop.

After a bit more than ten minutes, Secretary Chen called Chen Zelong through the internal line that Huo De had arrived and that the cheque had been prepared.

Chen Zelong signaled Secretary Chen to bring Hua De directly to the room. After a while, a foxlike old man with a face full of wrinkles walked in. Chen Zelong immediately went up to shake his hands with a smile, “De-ge, you came!”

Huo De nodded and said, “Director Chen, is the cheque ready!”

Chen Zelong immediately swore about how this fox is direct enough, asking for money the moment they meet! However, he still controlled the fury in his head and smiled, “Yes, I already got someone to prepare it. As for the ten million USD we talked about last time, I had already got someone to transfer it over to your wife’s account outside the country!”

“Okay, that’s fast enough! Then I won’t waste my breath either, I’ll prepare the papers for you this weekend by the latest!” Hua De nodded.

“Thank you, De-ge! Secretary Chen!” Chen Zelong gave a cue to Secretary Chen, who immediately handed the cheque to Huo De. “Mr. Huo, this is an anonymous cheque from a Swiss bank, you can cash it in any time.”

Huo De received the cheque and examined it carefully before putting it into him pocket with a bright smile. Then he let out a sigh, “Director Chen, don’t blame me for being doing this, this thing isn’t a joke, I have to get enough in one go! What’s more, the paperwork for your land in Kowloon isn’t that easy to do, I have to take a huge risk!”

“I understand, De-ge, I’ll be troubling you!” At the same time, Chen Zelong swore in his heart, you ******* got enough, but I made a huge loss!

“Then alright, Director Chen, there’s stuff to do at the bureau, so I’ll be going back first!” Huo De stood up to say his farewell. “Just wait for the good news!”

Chen Zelong also stood up and nodded, “Then I won’t ask you to stay, after it’s done, I’ll prepare a feast!”

“Hehe, no need for that. My identity makes it inappropriate to attend the feasts held by you real estate developers!” Huo De waved his hand and said.

Chen Zelong was just being courteous, he truly hoped that this old thingy doesn’t go, and it would also help them save a bunch of money. Thus, he said to Secretary Chen, “Secretary Chen, send De-ge out!”

The scene that happened just now was completely recorded down. When I got back to the car, Guo Qing raised his thumb, “Boss, you’re too amazing, the position of this camera is too professional, it looks like a Hollywood movie. The angle was truly too amazing!”

I answered vaguely, “Alright, let’s go back. I want to see a Chen’s Corporation that’s suspected of shady deals!”

“Hehe, Boss, you’re too smart!” Guo Qing praised.

“Brat, you’re the big bro of a gang already, yet you’re still kissing *** so much!” I chuckled.

“In front of boss, I’m not the big bro!” Guo Qing also smiled.

I sighed. Several years past within the blink of an eye, and now we’re all grown up. The things that happened when I just got reborn is still clear in my mind, dealing with Liu Kesheng, suffering together with Guo Qing… Arguing with Ye Xiaoxiao… Thinking about her, my heart tensed, I didn’t know why, but my thoughts of her increased day by day. And the chick Jia Jing, does she still remember the promise back then… And that chick Xu Ruoyun, did she forget about me, did she find her happiness… And Wu Yingying, I wonder if she already forgot about me, the terrible person that always went against her, and always crashed into her car… Lastly, my Xiao Zi, although her career is blooming, we haven’t met for more than a year, although we keep on calling, it was unable to fill in how much I miss her…

I don’t know if it was due to the passing of time that made me miss and yearn for what had happened before more. Or is it because I had too many regrets in my previous life that I don’t want to leave any regrets behind in this one.

However, my biggest wish right now was for Zhao Yanyan to wake up.

During the night, an anonymous fax was sent to every newspaper and magazine office… This was the first step of my plan.

The news and media in Hong Kong were in the hands of individuals, they didn’t care about the reality of the news, as long as it was a big enough hit, and shocking enough, they would dare to publish it!

“Chief Editor, I received an anonymous fax here!” An editor wearing glasses shouted as he ran over to the chief editor’s office.

“What is it, Xiao Wang, what’s it about?” The Chief Editor asked.

“It’s about Chen’s Corporation bribing the Development Department’s high ranking official!” Xiao Wang said in a worked-up manner.

“Let me see quickly!” Hearing that, the Chief Editor immediately got excited.

“Oh? There’s even the conversation?” The chief editor said in surprise as he held the fax that Xiao Wang handed over. “It’s really detail! Alright, Xiao Wang, immediately go and organize it and change tomorrow’s headline to this!”

“However, Chief Editor, we don’t know if this fax is real, what is…” Xiao Wang hesitated and said.

“What are you scared of, so what if it’s fake, in this era, we’re not the only one that publishes fake news!” The Chief Editor said without caring at all.

“Is this really okay?” It seemed like Xiao Wang had just started working not long ago, so he was still rather worried.

“You idiot, hesitated your ***, if everyone’s like you, then our newspaper just needs to wait for the day it shuts down!” The chief editor said impatiently.

“Understood, I’ll immediately get it done!” Xiao Wang didn’t dare to argue and said quickly.

The other newspapers and magazines also received the same fax at the same time. The remaining actions were pretty much all the same, they all changed the original headline to this fax…

The next morning, this news blew up in Hong Kong’s business industry like a heavy bomb. Everyone in the industry started talking about it…

“****, Secretary Chen, tell me what this is! Why does this news report have our conversation word for word?” Chen Zelong said with a dark expression as he held a morning post.



 

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Chapter 50 – Illegal Deal



“Heng, you said it yourself, no matter how influential he is, that’s just in the mainland! In Hong Kong, what do we, the Chen family, fear!” Chen Zelong raised up his sign and shouted. “1.8 billion!”

“Young Master, adding two hundred million in one go isn’t that good, right…” Secretary Chen said with a bit of heartache.

“What are you scared of, if you don’t make a sacrifice, you won’t get anything. If we don’t scare this brat and make him think that we have plenty of money, then would we even be able to get this piece of land?” Chen Zelong said. “Don’t worry, the value that this land can bring us is about three billion, even if we buy it with two billion, we won’t be making a loss!”

“1.95 billion!” I continued to call. Guo Qing had already investigated clearly that Chen Zelong only brought two billion, which was why I couldn’t make it so that they would be unable to raise the price anymore.

“Hahaha!” Chen Zelong couldn’t help but laugh maniacally after hearing that. Then he said to Secretary Chen, “1.95 billion, I think he’s out of money. Haha, I’m smart, I brought exactly five million more than him. Even the heavens are helping me!”

“Wait… Young Master, I feel like something’s not right! Why do I feel like he’s raising the price maliciously!” Secretary Chen said.

“Wait what, if we wait any longer, then that’s the end of the deal. What raising the price, 1.95 billion is his limit, he’s out of money, can’t you tell! Or else, why wouldn’t he directly call for two billion!” Chen Zelong said anxiously, then he hurriedly raised up his sign and shouted. “Two billion! I call two billion!”

“Two billion once… Two billion twice… Two billion thrice… Sold! Congratulations to Chen’s Corporation for getting this piece of land!”

“Haha, see, I told you, 1.95 billion was his limit, he’s out of money!” Chen Zelong said proudly.

“Yes, yes, Young Master was brilliant!” Secretary Chen said. Since they had obtained the land, Secretary Chen stopped thinking about anything else.

To be honest, I was rather nervous just now, since I was scared of there being something wrong with Guo Qing’s information. I didn’t care about buying a crap piece of land with two billion, I was just afraid that I couldn’t destroy the Chen family.

Guo Qing and I looked towards each other with a smile and nodded. Both of us understood that the plan succeeded.

In comparison, the other guests at the auction were not as happy as us. However, they had nothing to complain about. In terms of violence, they knew they were not as powerful as Guo Qing. In terms of money, they also knew that they weren’t as rich as Chen’s Corporation. There was just one exception, and that was Chen Zelong, who deliberately looked down upon me when he went out, with the meaning of “you dare to come to Hong Kong to cause trouble without any money!”

I deliberately pretended to be depressed as I thought, ‘you won’t even know how you died later on, I’ll let you be full of yourself for a few days!’

Guo Qing and I got onto a Hongqi car that was waiting outside the door one after another, but Chen Zelong did not have the chance to see this.

After the car started, I revealed a sinister smile. If it was like I expected, Chen Zelong would start operating on this land when he returned. Technically speaking, he didn’t get that two billion through proper loans, so he probably needed to hurry back to deal with that.

I put a slither of my mental energy on Chen Zelong. This would allow me to easily find him wherever he is. The only disadvantage of it was that it didn’t last that long, because as time passed on, the energy would dissipate by itself.

Ten minutes later, I ordered the driver to start driving along the roads I directed as I used my powers to track Chen Zelong’s location.

After the auction, Chen Zelong didn’t immediately go back to the company, and instead drove to a mansion of his by the sea.

Since we weren’t directly following him, Chen Zelong did not realize that someone had already set their eyes on him.

I got the driver to stop the car behind a boulder by the sea that was a bit of distance away from Chen Zelong’s mansion, then said to Guo Qing, “Act according to the plan.”

Guo Qing nodded, then opened his laptop.

On the other hand, I swiftly ran off the car, went to somewhere isolated and used an invisibility technique. Truth be honest, this was my first time using this power, since I didn’t have any palce to use it before.

Of course, Guo Qing didn’t know all this, or else it would be too shocking.

I then used teleportation to arrive directly in front of Chen Zelong’s mansion.

The security around the mansion was very tight. There were security cameras working for every angle, and there were a few guards patrolling at the entrance. Yet, this didn’t have anything to do with me. Whether it was in the screen of the security monitor or in the eyes of the guards, I was an existence like air.

I lightly flipped over the mansion’s wall and entered the yard. Compared to the outside, the security wasn’t as tight. This was a common problem of a lot of rich people, they were very confident about their security on the exterior, and so laxed on the interior. This was also why so many people had the chance to do things.

Due to Hong Kong’s weather, it was still very hot, so the main door of the mansion wasn’t closed. This also made it more convenient for me, and saved me the trouble of jumping in through windows. Although I could also phase through walls right now, that would cost me a lot of mental energy.

At this moment, Chen Zelong was in a room facing the ocean on the second floor, he laid comfortably on a rocking chair and spoke into the phone, “De-ge, I already got that piece of land in Kowloon… Mhmm… Yeah… What? Cheap? ****, I don’t know what ****** luck I had, an enemy from the mainland came and fought with me on the auction… Hehe, if it wasn’t because he ran out of money later on, I really didn’t know what to do… Alright, you’re coming over? Then I’ll wait for you at the mansion by the sea… What? Didn’t we make a deal? Why did you change your mind again… Alright, I promise you!”

After hanging up the phone, Chen Zelong’s smile was gone as he smashed the phone against the wall and said hatefully, “That old *******, he dares to take advantage of us and added thirty million!”

The phone flew towards where I was standing, causing me to hurriedly dodge to the side in shock. When the phone collided against the wall, a “peng” sound rang out along with a small spark and black smoke.

“Secretary Chen!” Chen Zelong shouted.

“Young Master, what is it?” Secretary Chen quickly ran in from the outside and asked.

“Go and prepare a thirty million dollar cheque from a Swiss bank!” Chen Zelong said with a sullen expression.

“Thirty million? Young Master, the company’s account doesn’t have much money left!’ Secretary Chen said worriedly.

“Do you think I want to! ****, that old fox, Huo De, he actually changed his mind at the last moment and told me to add thirty million. He said that his daughter-in-law gave birth to a grandson, but they don’t have the money for a feast. **** him, a feast needs thirty million?!” Chen Zelong cursed.

“Ai! People like them are all like this, they naturally want the most profit they can, otherwise, when ICAC goes and find them, even if they don’t die, they would be at a huge loss,” said Secretary Chen.



 

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Chapter 46 – This Person is Eccentric



This is Third Layer Inner Qi! Due to the reason of not being easy to cultivate, these family juniors, as long as they can cultivate Inner Qi, all hope to become Third Layer Inner Qi before the age of 20. By doing so, it is equal to taking the glorious road. Once one accomplishes this cultivation before 20, then one will be considered important by some senior of a family or sect and one’s future will be limitless!

And even if one cannot reach those senior’s requirement, after one returns, one will at least be a Seventh, Eighth, or Ninth Layer Inner Qi Martialist like Xiao Feng and Cheng Zhongming in those days. They studied under 1 person and when the 2 people came back, they came back with some skills and are currently first class Martialists.

Deng Xiaokun has two targets in his mind, first is for Deng Family, second is for his and Tang Tang’s matter! As long as he was cared for by those seniors, he won’t have to worry about returning back to Deng Family and becoming glorious!

One days’ time.

Everything passed with nothing extraordinary happening. The Young Lady and Jin Beibei drove away while Xiao Chen, Tang Tang and Deng Xiaokun went out of the school gate together.

“Xiao Chen, don’t forget about our agreement! Tomorrow morning at 5:00, come early to find me. If you don’t go, then don’t blame this older sister for looking down on you!” Tang Tang said as she waved to Xiao Chen.

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely go!” Xiao Chen nodded. Then, he waved towards Deng Xiaokun: “Xiaokun, tomorrow we’ll bring breakfast to you!”

“Good!” Deng Xiaokun laughed, but his heart was filled with bitterness. Some matters could not be forced.

“****!” Watching Xiao Chen’s departing back, Lou Zhenming’s eyes were full of unwillingness. Am I going to let off this kid like this? Looking at his swaggering manner of walking, Lou Zhenming felt that this was sort of mocking him, mocking his abilities: “If I don’t kill this kid, I will feel unwell looking at him. In the long run, I will get a heart disease!”

“Yo Louzi, were you roasted by someone?” Yue Shaoqun’s voice rang out. Upon seeing Lou Zhenming’s flushed complexion, Yue Shaoqun thought that it resembled a boiled pig’s head, so as a result he came over to ask.

“Young Master Yue, ai, don’t raise it, how can it not be Xiao Chen that country bumpkin? Yesterday I sent out a wanted outlaw in order to kill him, but the result wasn’t good. Before he even caught sight of Xiao Chen, he was killed by an expert who acted righteously and minded others’ business!” Lou Zhenming’s voice was full of unwillingness. He said yesterday’s matter with Yue Shaoqun because for this sort of matter, there was no need to conceal. It is estimated that Yue Shaoqun could investigate it out himself.

“Holy crap! How can it be like this?” After Yue Shaoqun heard it all, he was shocked enough to choke on his words. He thought to himself that Lou Zhenming had really bad luck, having a person die like this: “Louzi, since you cannot move your hand, how about having elder brother help you?”

“En?” Lou Zhenming was slightly surprised for a moment, then rejoiced. Right, he was fettered by the rules of road, unable to move Xiao Chen, but that didn’t mean other people couldn’t. If Yue Shaoqun moved Xiao Chen, that was Yue Shaoqun’s matter and did not have any relations with him, Lou Zhenming: “Ok Young Master Yue, if you can help me kill Xiao Chen, I will definitely be your knight afterwards and follow whatever you order!”

“Killing him is no good. If he provokes me, I will teach him a lesson, but if I kill him, others will call me narrow-minded.” Yue Shaoqun waved his hand and said: “Ok, you do not need to manage this matter. I’ll go and ponder on how to manage this first.”

“Good, then many thanks Young Master Yue!” Lou Zhenming watched as Yue Shaoqun walked away, then disdainfully spat on the floor: “****, I might as well get a ***** to set up a signboard in a neighborhood. He truly is a ******* hypocrite! But teaching Xiao Chen is also good, at the very least it can quell the anger in my heart!”

Yue Shaoqun was truly a hypocrite. He did bad deeds, but actually did not want people talking about them. This was his Yue Family’s working style. It is said that from childhood, he utterly worshipped 《The Smiling, Proud Wanderer》’s Yue Buqun1 and took him as an idol, wanting to become like Yue Buqun some day.

But his previous name was not Yue Shaoqun, it was Yue ShaoX. As for what the X was, only a few people currently knew. When he was very young, he changed his own name to Yue Shaoqun with the meaning that he was the younger version of Yue Buqun!

The reason that Yue Shaoqun wanted to help Lou Zhenming was not because he and Xiao Chen had a grudge, but it was entirely from wanting to win over Lou Zhenming. He would later govern Yue Family and if at that time Lou Zhenming was his little brother and supported him, then Yue Family’s words would have weight among the other families and would subsequently develop according to the situation.

Xiao Chen still did not go by car. Rather, he jogged in the direction of the villa area. Yesterday he met 2 killers, but today shouldn’t be so unlucky.

As expected, the journey was safe. As he passed the pharmacy from this morning, Xiao Chen subconsciously stopped and took a glance at the inside. The result was seeing Hong Yan’s quiet and exquisite figure. She was currently sitting with a cabinet behind her, peacefully reading a book. She was full of classical beauty, looking like a girl from a wealthy family in the olden days.

However, just as Xiao Chen gazed at Hong Yan, Hong Yan suddenly raised her head and looked out of the pharmacy’s windows. She also saw Xiao Chen and gave him a small smile.

It seemed as if his peeping had been discovered! This made Xiao Chen have some shame in his heart, but thankfully he had trained his face to become thick when he was still Young Master Xiao, even a machine gun firings wouldn’t be able to go through. He gave a slight smile back to Hong Yan, then waved his hand and left the pharmacy.

Hong Yan blinked and put down the book in her hand. Xiao Chen gave her a very special impression. Although this boy also liked her beauty and didn’t hide it, it didn’t make her feel disgusted. By comparison, when she previously met those young talents, it made Hong Yan feel that it was especially artificial.

“Young Lady Yan, don’t get too close this person, but don’t deliberately alienate him either.” At this time, Grandpa Chen’s voice resounded behind Hong Yan.

Hong Yan’s face became slightly red. She jumped in fright as if her thoughts were exposed by Grandpa Chen, so she was somewhat embarrassed: “Grandpa Chen, I just feel that he’s quite special.”

“He is special, but it’s because he’s special that you shouldn’t get close to him. Our level is very high already, but in this world there is some level of people that we cannot offend. Also, we would ordinarily not have any interactions.” Grandpa Chen sternly said.

“Ah……what is that level?” Hong Yan asked a bit surprised.

“I also don’t know, it’s only a legend.” Grandpa Chen said: “But Young Lady Yan may be able to come into contact with it in the future. This old man is only your initiation Master and still cannot come into contact with these things……”

After Hong Yan listened to Grandpa Chen’s words, she was somewhat lost in thought. Xiao Chen seemed to only be a student, what special status could he have?

After Xiao Chen left the pharmacy, he went to the convenience store and bought some packs of instant noodles and small side foods like salt brined eggs, then ran back home.

Today, shortly after Cheng Mengying came home, she saw Xiao Chen come home. Looking at the time, she thought about why Xiao Chen came home earlier today by nearly an hour. Immediately, she was somewhat unhappy: “Xiao Chen, where did you go yesterday? Today you also bought instant noodles, how come you came back so early?”

“I say, Young Lady, yesterday I was bargaining back and forth with a person. I wasted one hour, but was only given a 30 cents discount. Today, because I am a repeat customer, they gave me an automatic discount……” Xiao Chen said with a bitter face. He was thinking about the money in his pocket becoming less and less, so he was suddenly inspired and came up with this reason that had a bit of truth.

“Ah? Yesterday, you delayed for 1 hour just to save on 30 cents?” Cheng Mengying felt that it was a bit inconceivable.

“Of course! I say, Young Lady, you also know how poor I am. I don’t have an income, but I also cannot sit idly and eat!” Xiao Chen said with outreached arms: “These instant noodles are also not cheap! Eating this thing every day requires 30 to 40 Yuan, but you only give me 100 yuan. Not even speaking about taking a taxi, I even saved on the public transportation fee and walked back on foot……”

“Pu……” As Cheng Mengying watched Xiao Chen put on a miserable appearance, she could not help but laugh: “Real or fake? Is it really as exaggerated as you say? You actually walked back?”

“I guarantee a replacement if it isn’t real.” Xiao Chen let out a sigh: “This convenience store is simply located right between school and the villa area, I wouldn’t be able to purchase if I sat in a car!”

“Are you really Xiao Chen, Young Master Xiao?” Cheng Mengying didn’t laugh as she finally believed Xiao Chen’s words: “What happened to the 10,000 RMB that Jingxuan gave you?”

“Preparation for an emergency.” Xiao Chen had no choice in speaking about buying medicine. Deceiving Tang Tang had succeeded, but deceiving the Young Lady is not good. The Young Lady was once his fiancee and he feared that his commonly-seen materials were already by the Young Lady’s desk a long time ago. Whether or not he regularly drank medicine, she was already very clear on!

Moreover, although the Young Lady was a group with him, in the end she was a person from Cheng Family. It was not to say that the Young Lady would sell him out, but it was only that he feared the Young Lady pure disposition would accidentally speak it to the family elders. By then, his endurance would be in vain.

“Miser.” The Young Lady coldly stared at Xiao Chen’s eyes: “Beginning tomorrow, this Young Lady will give you 50 Yuan for food expenses and this won’t be in your debt.”

“50……fine.” Xiao Chen let out a sigh. In his heart, he was thinking ‘You are more of a miser! But this is better than nothing!’

Seeing Xiao Chen’s fading dissatisfied face, Cheng Mengying was a bit angry. If not for being afraid that Cheng Family’s people would find out, she would give him 100,000! However, her bringing Xiao Chen to the villa as a servant was to torture him, not to give him money to enjoy!

Cheng Mengying did not believe that Cheng Family’s people would not investigate. If Xiao Chen ate well and put on good clothing, then it was feared that Xiao Chen wouldn’t have many happy days left.

“Here, this is today and tomorrow’s food expenses, as well as tomorrow’s transportation money.” Cheng Mengying said as she opened her wallet, took out two 100 yuan bills and gave them to Xiao Chen.

Xiao Chen received it and impolitely put it into his pocket, then said: “There’s another matter. Tomorrow morning, I might go out a bit earlier, but I will put the instant noodles into a lunch box, put some flavoring and heat up some hot water. All you need to do is soak the instant noodles.”

“Why do you want to go out earlier?” Cheng Mengying said with a bit of surprise.

“To sell breakfast, make some extra money.” Xiao Chen smiled.

“You? Sell breakfast?” Cheng Mengying was frightened by Xiao Chen’s words: “Where are you going to sell?”

“Not far from the school vicinity there is a morning market street. I will go there to sell deep-fried breadsticks and soy milk.” Xiao Chen replied.

“You’re going alone?” Cheng Mengying didn’t think that Xiao Chen would suddenly raise such a request so it was hard to deal with.

“No, Tang Tang has already set up a shop there for a long time. I am going to go help, no need to worry.” Xiao Chen replied.

After hearing the two characters of ‘Tang Tang’, she didn’t know why, but the Young Lady felt an unknown fire rise. She stood up with the hands by her waist and stared at Xiao Chen: “Xiao Chen, are you rebelling? Didn’t this Young Lady already give you money? What breakfast do you want to sell? Don’t you know that you are this Young Lady’s exclusive servant?”



 


  1. TLN: This is a reference to Jin Yong’s book. Google Jin Yong if you don’t know who he is. 

[Vol. 5] Chapter 1 – Bonus



The end of the year finally approached.
I asked Melissa if there were any special end-of-the-year events but she told me there weren’t any.
I see, in that case, I have a good idea.

“Melissa, could you call Pikaru, Reina and Mirea?”

“Certainly”

“You called?”

“Ooh, Pikaru. Reina and Mirea came as well. The end of the year is approaching, isn’t it?”

“That’s right, I feel like this year was rather different in various ways.”

Well, of course, as Carlo’s, the lord’s, insides got replaced.
Though it hard for everyone, but the last months were like a surging wave for me.
For me to become the villain of the fantasy novel I wrote myself.
What kind of career change is that?

“Umu, everyone worked hard this past year. Therefore, I thought about giving you a bonus”

“A Bonus? What’s that?”

“Yeah, a special reward. Additionally, I’ll give you some vacation you can comfortably spend in at home.”

“Thank you for your consideration. However, aside from the bonus, if everyone takes a vacation all at once then there would be no one to take care of Carlo-sama. Because of such reasons we should take turns in taking some days off.”

That’s troublesome.
Then, with my idea ruined, I had to think of another way.

“I’m glad that you say that but then my mind won’t be at ease. I want everyone to spend some time at home. Reina, don’t you want to see your parents after such long time as well?”

“Carlo-sama, thank you very much! I haven’t seen my parents’ face in such a long time, I’m sure they will be pleased and I can even buy a souvenir with the special bonus!”

Reina is such an obedient, good child.
Disregarding the fact that she’s rotten.

“I’m always troubling Melissa. You should just relax at home on these holidays.”

“That’s……Thank you for your kind words. But as my duty is to take care of Carlo-sama, I’m content with just the thought.”

Melissa clearly declined with tears in her eyes.
Looks like she won’t take a day off so easily, what should I do?

“Melissa-sama, please leave Carlo-sama’s care to me. I don’t have a home to return to and I’m grateful to both Melissa-sama and Carlo-sama. So leave this to me by all means.”

Mirea spoke passionately to Melissa.
That’s right, Mirea-san didn’t have a place to return to.
But if it’s just Mirea-san who stays behind it should be fine.
As a mother, she has to take care of her daughter, Lucia, after all.

“Melissa, this is a precious offer. You should do as Mirea said. I also intend to spend these vacations comfortably without minding government affairs, so Mirea is enough to care for me.”

“Well, Carlo-sama, that’s no good. Are you making such a racket because you want to get rid of me?”

Alright, Melissa laughed.
Looks like I was able to do it somehow.

“That’s why, Pikaru. I don’t intend to do any government related work during these holidays. If something happens I shall immediately contact you so you can spend your time with you family in peace.”

“Understood. If that’s what you say I shall take some days off. I should show my face to my wife and son from time to time as well.”

I did it, everything went well……That’s not it, I mean, eeeh?
Pikaru had a wife and son?!
Even though I’m the author I never knew about that.
I wonder if he still had hair when he married or did she like his baldness?……I’m curious.
However, there are many settings I as the author didn’t know about.
Well, fine, the stage is now set.

“Well then, Carlo-sama, I shall take a few days off if you insist. Please take care of yourself”

“Got it, Melissa. Be at ease, I won’t act recklessly.”

“I hope so. Mirea, please take good care of him”

“Certainly. Leave it to me”

“I told General Marcus and the Imperial Guard Order to take some days off, but is that really fine?”

“It’s alright, Pikaru. F is close by as well. As soon as something comes up I shall contact you so be at ease.”

“Certainly. Then I have nothing to worry about.”

As I said that Pikaru deeply lowered his glittering head.
The biggest cause for his shining head is certainly psychogenic stress.
I didn’t tell him that as to not upset his stomach.

“Well then, Reina, make sure to listen well to your parent”

“Thank you, I will. Please take care of yourself.”

Reina, what’s with that thin book peeking out of your bag?
Could that be your new work?……I don’t want to hear about it as I’m scared of what I might see.

“Then we shall be off”

Like this, everyone left the mansion.

“Everyone has left”

“That’s right. But are you really fine? Why don’t you take Lucia somewhere?”

“No, that child seems to look forward to playing with her friends she made in school.”

Mirea-san smiled at me who sat on a sofa.
Well then, let’s get to the main subject.

“Mirea, I have a request, is that fine?”

“Yes, what is it?”

“Actually, I intend to leave this place for some time. So, you see, the thing is, somehow……”

“You want me to keep this a secret from Melissa-sama and Pikaru-sama?”

Mirea completed my sentence with a smile.
Di, did I get exposed?

“Ah, no, well, if you want to put it simply.”

“Ufufu, I thought as much. With those two people around it’s hard for Carlo-sama to spread your wings after all.”

“Is that fine with you?”

“Of course. Carlo-sama saved mine and my daughter’s life while also giving me work and her an opportunity to study. This is a debt I can never fully repay. I’ll obey your orders, no matter what”

****, I became slightly tingly.
You’re grateful to such an extent?
Though I’m happy, please think of me as a villain.

“Besides, Carlo-sama is already a splendid adult so Melissa-sama is slightly overprotective, isn’t she? Please take this opportunity to spread your wings to your heart’s content.”

While saying that Mirea teasingly winked at me.
****, is that an adult woman’s composure?
As expected of a widow, she understands.

“I’m sorry and thank you. You shall get a bonus fitting your actions, so look forward to it.”

“Well, about the bonus, thank you. I’ll buy something nice for Lucia.”

Like this, I gained some freedom.



 

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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 48

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! In order celebrate CNY, here’s a five chapter release today~

And yes, Chinese New Year is a not actually over until the 15th of the first lunar month.

Here’s the next of the batch!

Big thanks to kookie for all the editing~

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VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 47

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! In order celebrate CNY, here’s a five chapter release today~

And yes, Chinese New Year is a not actually over until the 15th of the first lunar month.

Here’s the next of the batch!

Big thanks to kookie for editing the chapter~

If you’re liking the novel, do go over to the NovelUpdates page to rate it and add it to your reading list!

Remember, the Very Pure and Ambiguous – The Prequel Fan Art contest is ongoing, only a few days left till the deadlien. I’ve had three great submissions so far, I hope more comes in~

VPnA – The Prequel Volume 2 Chapter 46

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! In order celebrate CNY, here’s a five chapter release today~

And yes, Chinese New Year is a not actually over until the 15th of the first lunar month.

Here’s the next of the batch!

Big thanks to kookie for editing the chapter~

If you’re liking the novel, do go over to the NovelUpdates page to rate it and add it to your reading list!

Remember, the Very Pure and Ambiguous – The Prequel Fan Art contest is ongoing, only a few days left till the deadlien. I’ve had three great submissions so far, I hope more comes in~