On the other side of the city, Lovelia''s grandfather, Wellen Rusth, was sitting on his chair while glaring down at Lovelia. She was kneeling on the floor while trembling, scared of the punishment that her grandfather would give her.

    "Do you know your mistake?"

    "Y-Yes." Lovelia answered hurriedly, her voice was coarse.

    "What do you think I should do to you? Not only did you fail to stop the bet, but you also made the situation worse with your remark. The Drake Group has heard about this matter as well, and it''s going to spread even further on the Skynet. Do you know what is going to happen?"

    Lovelia couldn''t answer that question, but she could imagine. With the bad image of their Rusth family being portrayed on the Skynet, she could clearly see how the reputation of their family would go down.

    Of course, this would implicate several people, especially their allies. When they saw such a horrible reputation, their allies would be a bit more skeptical about making a deal with them, thinking they would be dragged into this bad reputation and lose the trust of people.

    Their enemies might use this to turn this flame into a blaze to burn down their family. Last but not least, they would lose the connection to Ivan and the Drake Group.

    That was why, for a big family, saving one''s face was not a simple matter. Each of them was like a celebrity, where one wrong word could cause a lot of damage to their image.

    Wellen pinched the bridge of his nose before raising his head and asking, "How much do I need to pay to kill someone?"

    Suddenly, two people emerged from the ceiling.

    "!!!" Lovelia couldn''t help but tremble. She didn''t recognize these two guys, but from the way her father spoke, she could guess their identity.

    ''The Dark Emerald Organization? The one who is said to have a lot of assassins operating under a great power in the south?''

    Lovelia didn''t say a single word because she was afraid that her grandfather would be angrier and end up killing her as well.

    "May we ask the target?"

    Wellen took out his device and showed the picture of Clovis. "I want you guys to kill him tonight. How much is it?"

    "..." The two assassins fell silent for a moment before they suddenly pulled out their blades, placing them right in front of Wellen''s neck.

    Wellen''s expression darkened as he asked, "What do you think you two are doing?"

    "We refuse this mission. And if you are going to kill him yourself or send another assassin, we will inform the headquarters about your action. So, be prepared for the extinction of your family."@@@@

    "Hoh? Your words are not light, you know?" Wellen glared at them as if he wanted to kill them.

    "Obviously, the two of us won''t be enough to fight you. However, if we can suggest one thing, you should learn about your target first before asking us. We are also planning to kill him without your request, but the headquarters have specified that we can''t kill him with a human''s hand, only beasts. If violated, there won''t be any Dark Emerald Organization anymore in this world.

    Putting Jay aside, Kanaria was similar to his granddaughter. He put Lovelia by Ivan''s side so that Ivan would fall in love with her and eventually marry her, forming that connection.

    But after knowing that Kanaria was on Clovis''s side, he felt like he wanted to spat a mouthful of blood.

    Why did he even bother with Ivan? If he knew that Clovis was connected to Hacfield, he would have pushed Lovelia toward her. And now it was too late. There was no way Kanaria would allow Lovelia to get close.

    Just thinking of the victory smile that Kanaria''s mother had because of this was pissing him off.

    "Does the Drake Group know this?" Wellen asked.

    "They should be doing the same thing as you. And our supervisor is probably the one taking care of that side. If you want to join us and adhere to this method, we''ll welcome you. But if you are going to personally kill him, you have to face us first."

    Wellen looked at Lovelia coldly. He wanted to punish her so badly, but this was not the time. Because of her action, the chance of reconciliation was thin, especially since Kanaria was with Clovis.

    Hence, there was only one thing to do.

    "Lovelia. According to the agreement, that Vina should be following him, right?"

    "Y-yes!" Lovelia answered weakly.

    "Then, get close to her. Even if you can''t join that lowly bastard Ivan anymore, make sure that you are close to her. Find everything you can regarding Clovis and his group''s movement. Don''t ever get caught. Even if reconciliation is not possible, don''t make it look even worse. If you can do this, I will forget about today''s matter and not give you any punishment.

    But if you make another mistake, forget about the ''Rusth'' in your name."

    Lovelia, while shaking, politely bowed her head. "Yes, Grandfather."

    Of course, there was no way Wellen would sit still just because of this. There was only one way to ensure the prosperity of his family, which was to kill Clovis. This way, Kanaria''s status wouldn''t rise because of her connection to Hacfield.

    However, Lovelia didn''t need to know it because she might make another blunder and tell Clovis about it.

    As the assassins said, the Drake Group''s president was also facing the Dark Emerald Group. He was warned about his intention of killing Clovis.

    Obviously, he was not having it. Unfortunately for him, no matter how angry he was, the Dark Emerald Group didn''t plan to listen to him. In the end, he could only swallow his anger for the time being.

    The one who could smile because of all this was none other than Vania Renvolt. She never thought that Clovis was in this town. Her daughter was even in the same group as her.

    These two alone were already enough for her to protect him.

    As for Clovis, while he wasn''t completely clueless, he still didn''t understand the depth of the problem that centered around him. All he could do was get stronger as quickly as possible.