Life at the Top

At almost the same time, far away in Harbor City.

Conrad sat on a skerry at the Dammer Fishing Grounds with a fishing rod in his hands as he stared with focus at the fish maw that danced in the waves.

Waves smacked against the skerry and wet the leg of his pants, but the man remained frozen in place.

He had lived this lifestyle for around a week.

Behind him stood his confidant, Valentine.

“The tide us rising, Mr. Monty. We should return soon.”

Valentine told Conrad softly.

Conrad waved his off and replied, “I haven’t caught a single fish today, I can’t leave yet.”

Valentine sighed gently at how stubborn Conrad was.

“I don’t like seeing you like this, Mr. Monty, it feels wrong to me. I’d rather you vent about it,” Valentine said sincerely.

Conrad smiled and replied, “I know what you want to say, Valentine, but you worry too much. What is there for me to vent? Victories and losses are common in war, and it’s not the first time I’ve lost to Jasper anyway. After a few losses, you start to get used to it.

I quite like the kind of life I’m living now. It doesn’t have any of that fighting

hasty and that I should learn to calm down and have some patience. I didn’t understand him then, but now that I look at it, Father knew me too well. After these past few

“I was too impatient.”

opened his mouth to refute but did not make

status and identity could not say. He should never touch on the topic of the Monty’s father-son duo’s core

Mr. Atticus sent an invitation two days ago.

we share a common enemy in Jasper, and we could potentially work together to defeat him. Not to mention that Mr. Atticus isn’t someone we can easily afford to

and replied, “He’s in more of a rush than we are, so don’t worry. He’ll come and look for me. It’d be too cheap

right, a yacht sped toward them from not too far

yacht stopped around a few dozen meters away as a speedboat pulled out

speedboat arrived before the skerry with a man standing atop it. He spoke to Conrad courteously,

replied calmly, “I’m

small smile and said, “Mr. Atticus said that you’re welcome to go fishing on Mr. Atticus’ yacht if you wish,

“Since Mr. Atticus is already here, then it would be

and Conrad got on. At the same time, Valentine made an instinctive move to

halt him. His tone was polite but firm as he said, “My

Valentine looked at Conrad.

today isn’t a good day for fishing,” Conrad

the yacht alongside the young man

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