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.

of that fighting and

learn to calm down and have some patience. I didn’t understand him then, but now that I look at

“I was too impatient.”

mouth to refute but

of his status and identity could not say. He should never touch on the topic of the

two days ago. Are we really not going

and 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

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

if to prove Conrad right, a yacht sped toward them from not too far out in the sea

yacht’s destination was clear as it made a beeline for Conrad’s skerry. The yacht stopped around

arrived before the skerry with a man standing atop it. He spoke to Conrad courteously, “Are you Mr. Conrad

calmly,

“Mr. Atticus said that you’re welcome to go fishing on Mr. Atticus’ yacht if you wish, Mr. Monty. There are

Mr. Atticus is already here, then it would be disrespectful of me to not take his offer. Bring

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

hand to halt him. His tone was polite but firm as he said, “My apologies, Mr. Atticus invited Mr. Monty

Valentine looked at Conrad.

fishing rod back first. It seems like today isn’t a good day for fishing,” Conrad told Valentine as he waved him

to the yacht alongside

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