A Man Like None Other

There was no way Winona could possibly sever ties now with the Zeever family right then.

Devastated, she had left the Zeever residence in a fit of rage and journeyed to Imperial Fox City in the central region, where she remained for several decades.

If it hadn’t been for the Foster family’s siege of Imperial Fox City, she probably would have never returned in her lifetime.

Creak!

The door to her room was pushed open.

At that moment, Winona was holding a white handkerchief. Upon seeing that someone had come, she quickly hid it.

When she saw that it was her brother, Dylan, her face went as black as thunder.

She knew that in his eyes, there was only interest and no familial ties.

with me that I arranged for you to stay here, are you?” Dylan asked

that you accepted me and gave me a roof over my head,”

understood what Winona meant,

wouldn’t take long for the Zeever family to fall to shambles. I know you’re cursing me in your heart, accusing me of disregarding our familial ties, condemning me for only caring about interest. But who understands me? How could the Zeever family, consisting of hundreds of members, have possibly become one of the four great families in this small city of Yannopolis without anyone backing us up? Our ancestors didn’t leave us any advanced medical skills or superb alchemy. If I were to rely on myself, would I have been able to support hundreds of people? Ethereal Realm is a society where survival of the fittest prevails. Without Mr. Bellamy, the Zeever family might have been trampled underfoot and devoured by others in Yannopolis long ago. I’m not doing all this for myself but for the hundreds of people in the

Yannopolis, who wouldn’t speak highly of him? If a man were to make a minor mistake, it’d

me-forgive Mr. Bellamy and stay peacefully with him in Yannopolis. If you think that I’m heartless, I can hand over the position of the head of the Zeever family to you, and you can manage the hundreds of members of the

looked at Winona, his eyes brimming

could not

Ethereal Realm was so vast that finding a single person was

lost in thought

she ran away from home in a fit of anger, so she

listened to Dylan’s words then,

never given any thought to the others in the Zeever family. I only ever thought about myself! If we were to speak of being selfish, perhaps I’d been the

“Dylan, I…”