Life at the Top

This was a good thing, but Wendy could hear a hint of sadness in Jasper’s tone.

She asked, a little puzzled, “This should be a good thing, but why do you seem upset?”

Jasper smiled wryly and shook his head. “No, I’m not unhappy, I’m pleased to see this country that was riddled with holes a hundred years ago stand up again and rise to the top of the world. My heart is proud. I think the little prince and Lord Alvarado feel the same way, but have you thought about it? Now, we still have value, so Swallow Capital needs our help to do a lot of things. One day, the things we can provide will no longer be needed, or perhaps they’ll find a substitute. When that happens, we’ll be discarded.”

After listening to Jasper’s words, Wendy fell silent. Although Jasper did not say everything out loud, Wendy understood his meaning. She leaned her face against his firm chest, sighed softly, and said, “Did you get some information from the higher-ups saying that they will do something soon?”

no longer the ignorant girl she used to be. She also had her own keen sense of smell and

did not know anything. So, he told

future, but now is an extraordinary period, so we still need to rely on the power of the little prince and Lord

hearing this, and she immediately sat up from the bed, looking at him in disbelief. “That’s… That’s impossible, right? What is the family background of the little prince and Lord Alvarado?

Antoinette was overthrown by revolutionaries and was publicly guillotined following the abolition of the monarchy in

these people was not in power before meeting a tragic end? Much less the little prince

expression became more solemn. She glanced at him again and asked, “So, are you worried that they may end up