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Chapter 105 Chapter 105. Casting the Bait (2) Jurgen’s plan was a single. To first make it appear as though things were unfolding according to Bell's intentions — staging 'jurgen's disappearance' to lower her guard — while expanding the Franchise beneath the surface. Each playing their given role, Jurgen had gone into hiding, and Penelope had gathered veterans to take on Franchise outlets. A safe house on the outskirts of Nortaris. Having brewed his coffee and checked the morning newspaper…- 2.8 M • Completed
- Chapter 105 Chapter 104. Casting the Bait (1) Living in this world, Jurgen had come to notice something. Those in power all seemed to do things in remarkably similar ways. From the moment the Financial Supervisory Service had been set in action to attack Y&P, Jurgen had kept in mind that Clarisse would mobilize forces from the underworld. To draw them out, he had wandered an isolated area in a deliberately unguarded state, and as naturally as anything, a tail had attached itself to him. The fellow…
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- Chapter 103 Chapter 103. Resolution (3) A white tablecloth without a single blemish. Spot-silver trays, the Chicken Full Spread revealed itself before the noble young ladies. Golden-fried Fried Chicken, Seasoned Chicken coated in a ruby-red dip, Mashed Potato made generously with fresh cream and butter. And not a meager dipping portion, but a generous quantity of Gravy Sauce deep enough to fully submerge the chicken. The assembled noble young ladies' initial reaction to all this was— "So is this the…
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- Chapter 102 Chapter 102. Resolution (2) "Wow...... wow...... It's beautiful! So incredibly beautiful! Could this be heaven?" Brigitte stepped into the kitchen and shed tears with a heapful of suggestion of exaggeration. "In all my life, I've never seen such a beautiful kitchen!" "Why, of course not." Jurgen's shoulders swelled with pride. There would not be a kitchen like this anywhere in Britannia. The burners were the latest model, using gas as a matter of course. And beyond that, there was a…
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- Chapter 101 Chapter 101. Resolution (1) Late at night. An emergency meeting of Y&P Trading Company's executive staff was held. The attendees were Penelope, Serena, Jurgen, Beiheim, and Baron Keystone, who had rushed over on the night train from Golden Hill. Brigitte was absent, as she was still a minor and had to be in bed before midnight. "So, how was the food in the Financial Supervisory Service's interrogation room?" "They didn't give me any food." "Well, I thought they only lacked manners,…
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- Chapter 100 Chapter 100. Do Ahead, Do Your Worst (3) Blustering and threatening. Grabbing people by the collar, smacking them with document folders, glaring with eyes wide open. It wasn't as though he was truly angry. Simply throwing a tantrum was enough to make everyone cower. Even those who had initially held their heads high declaring 'I am innocent' would eventually do whatever it took to appease Donovan and beg for mercy. Not a single one had ever come at him the way Baron Keystone just…
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- Chapter 99 Chapter 99. Do Ahead, Do Your Worst (2) A pitch-dark room. An uncomfortable chair. Cool air. The sole light source was an interrogation lamp hanging above the table. An interrogation room straight out of a picture. "Wait here for a moment." Transferred to the Northern Branch of the Financial Supervisory Service, Jurgen was thrown into a cramped room without a single word of explanation. But he had already grasped the situation. There is a saying — medicines to the pharmacist,…
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- Chapter 98 Chapter 98. Do Ahead, Do Your Worst (1) There is a term — dooknob authority. It refers to the unofficial, real power held by those closest to the powerful. Clarisse's maid Bell occupied precisely this position. Not of Rosemøre, blood with a status amounting to nothing more than Clarisse's handmaiden. And yet even the average Rosemøre functionary was wary of Bell. For what Bell did was as good as Clarisse's will, and everything Bell saw and heard flowed directly into Clarisse's ears…
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- Chapter 97 Chapter 97. The Rose's Invitation (4) The sound of a great grandfather clock echoing through the corridor. The heavy, cool air particular to old stone buildings. The instant Clarisse's presence faded into the distance. Jurgen's footsteps were already heading toward Penelope's room. He had not seen with his own eyes which wing her room was attached to — North, South, East, or West...... But it was fine. Large as the manor was, it was still just a manor. From the very moment he had…
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- Chapter 96 Chapter 96. The Rose’s Invitation (3) The West Wing, built separately from the main house, was a space originally prepared to receive distinguished guests. Its scale was proportionally vast, befitting a mansion that rivaled a fortress. Penelope had never once seen the West Wing's guest rooms fill to capacity, not even during family gatherings or grand banquets. What she had once thought of as nothing but waste and extravagance now felt like a great stroke of fortune. After seeing Jurgen…
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