The Secretly Rich Man

Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1151

‘They seemed to have come with a purpose in mind… The master seems to know who they are as well.’

‘The master flew up and entered the flying house to discuss something with them… But none of us know what they’re talking about…’

‘They’ve negotiated for quite some time… Some time while they were negotiating, the flying house submerged below the waves, bringing master along with it…’

‘Night has come… We’re all tossing and turning, barely able to sleep… All we can do now is guard the fairy’s corpse…’

‘It’s late at night now, and it’s my turn to stand guard… Including me, my group had nine people…’

‘…I’m writing this after that terrifying event… The incident that changed my fate forever…’

‘While we were standing guard, the fairy suddenly came alive! Standing in front of us, her expression was livid as she coldly asked us where we were taking her to…’

‘Not daring to play any games, we truthfully told her all that we knew… Upon hearing our explanation, she was infuriated! I still distinctly remember her saying, “So you still wish to burden me even now…? Thank the stars that I regained my consciousness in time!”’

‘Following that, she flew into a deep rage and began attacking us! The moment she made a move, six peoples’ lives were ended… She was terrifying…!’

‘As I attempted to run, she immediately waved one of her long sleeves and tied it around my neck! Before I knew it, I had been thrown up into the air!’

‘If it wasn’t for a tree breaking most of the fall, I would’ve definitely ended up dead from the fall damage alone! I was lucky that I only ended up breaking a leg…’

‘It was in my state of semi-consciousness when I realized something frightening. This was all wrong. I was sure that the fairy was still in the coffin… Then who the hell was this mad beauty? At the time, I didn’t even know what had happened to the rest of my companions. For all I knew, all of them could have already been dead.’

‘Fortunately, the gigantic bronze house flew out of the ocean at that instant, causing an explosive sound! I remember fainting at that exact moment due to all the shock…’

‘When I finally awoke, I was in a kind fisherman’s house… It was only then when I learned that I was the sole survivor of that group of nine. The others who weren’t standing guard, on the other hand, were all saved by the master.’

‘Due to that incident, I was now disabled and I could no longer endure the ocean breeze. It was the reason why I remained on Montholm Island. However, the master was kind enough to compensate me with a lot of money…’

Following that, the epitaph described how the survivor had slowly used the money to become even richer in the coming years. In the end, he even ended up becoming a prestigious person on the island, and that was where the memoir on the stone tablet ended.

“People from ancient times had a tendency to exaggerate, especially those who were successful. They just loved adding extraordinary incidents into their epitaphs, you know? Aside from this example, another story I’ve heard is about a heroic person by the name of Brayden Laban who slaughtered a white snake and created an uprising… Haha! I truly admire the imagination of people back then… It wouldn’t surprise me if the bronze flying house was the inspiration for today’s science fiction movies!” said Tim as he laughed.

“It does sound slightly ridiculous… However, it also makes the epitaphs sound much more special!” chipped in Yume.

Gerald, however, didn’t give any comments on that.

After chatting a little while longer with Tim and more or less getting to know all the facts that he had wanted to investigate, Gerald told someone to send Tim home.

Once he was gone, Gerald casually said, “I’ll be returning to my room first… All of you should turn in early since we’re going to set off tomorrow!”

Before Gerald could get far, however, Yume stopped him before saying, “Hold it. Why didn’t you voice out any of your opinions earlier? In fact, you hardly said anything at all! Is something the matter?”

Being the perceptive woman she was, Yume then added, “I also noticed your eyelids twitching slightly whenever Mr. Yarrow described the flying house earlier… Why was that?”

“Very perceptive of you. Regardless, if I told you that the story that we just heard earlier was true… Would you believe me?” asked Gerald.

“…What? You’re not pulling my leg, are you?” replied Yume, flabbergasted by his question.

“Is there any reason for me to lie? Still, this incident seems to be getting much more troublesome than I initially imagined it to be!” said Gerald before returning to his room.

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Yume herself remained stunned on the spot for quite a while.

It was late at night when Gerald could be seen meditating on his bed, listening to the ocean breeze as he thought about the new discoveries he had made tonight.

According to what the survivor had said, a particularly powerful and wrathful woman had appeared that night, resulting in the death of the other eight people who had been standing guard over the coffin with him.

Who was she? And what did she mean when she said that she had awoken in time?

Whatever the case was, the woman seemed to be filled with immense resentment.

Aside from the woman, the terrible wailing from within the flying house was also something that couldn’t easily be forgotten. Could all those who had been captured by the Sun League be in there? Were Mila and his uncle in there?

The mention of all those wretched wails from within the house had definitely shocked Gerald earlier.

As for the woman in white, she had probably surrendered to the mysterious old beggar in the end. After all, Gerald had already seen the continuation of the story back when Master Ghost had shown him the six stone tablets.

From what he remembered, the old beggar and the remaining men had continued on with their journey quite smoothly. After the old man killed an injured dragon, they all buried the dragon’s corpse together with the fairy’s coffin before making an equally smooth return trip.

After some time, Gerald’s eyes flashed a hint of determination as he quietly muttered, “The ocean king’s palace…”

It was two days later when Gerald and his family’s fleet continued sailing atop the choppy waves. While the extremely high waves from earlier had lessened considerably, the ocean breeze was still very strong.

Looking out at sea, the seemingly endless number of strong waves as far as the eye could see would make anyone feel awe-inspired.

Before Gerald had set off two days ago, he had ordered his bodyguards to send Jasmine and the others to Halimark City first to look for Wagner. Once they were there, they were told to contact the Fendersons to send people over and pick them up.

Once he knew that Jasmine and the others were safe and sound, Gerald could finally rest a bit easier.

While Jasmine herself had initially wanted to head there together with Gerald, it was simply too dangerous. After all, this wasn’t a trip, nor was it an ordinary adventure.

In fact, knowing that there could very well be many unknown dangers down there, even with his current strength, Gerald himself wasn’t sure if he would be able to make it out in one piece.

It was noon when Chester headed to the deck and stood behind Gerald before respectfully saying, “It’s estimated that we aren’t too far off from the king of the ocean’s palace now, sir!”

“I see. Then the place where you ended up drifting off to that year should be nearby,” replied Gerald.

“I’d assume so. I was simply rowing the boat in the direction the ocean breeze was blowing at the time, so the boat was sailing quite fast… While I had prepared food to last me for at least three days back then, I ended up drifting at sea for about ten days… Due to almost a week without food, I remember nearly dying from starvation back then… From the distance we’ve covered, I’d say we should be getting close,” said Chester as he surveyed the area while making estimations in his head.

‘In addition to the clues we found before we set off, I suspect that Angelica could very well be the person we’re looking for…’ Gerald thought to himself.

“Still, I truly think that you’ll be able to find the answers you’ve been seeking once we make it into the king of the ocean’s palace,” added Chester.

“You and me both, Chester. You and me both…” replied Gerald as he looked out into the horizon.

Even with the map that Gerald had obtained from the Minshalls, they were still having slight trouble looking for the exact location of the palace.

All of a sudden, Chester pointed out at sea before saying, “…Huh? Sir, have a look in that direction! It… seems to be a ship of some sort…”

True to Chester’s words, after turning to look at where he was pointing at, Gerald saw a large wooden ship out at sea.

Though its oars seemed to be static, the ship was sailing against the current, and it was headed straight for where Gerald’s ship currently was rather quickly!

At that moment, Yume walked over before asking, “Is something wrong?”

However, the moment she saw the ship that was slowly getting closer to them, even she became slightly stunned.

Recognizing the aura surrounding the ship, the stunned Gerald—whose eyes hadn’t left the sea-faring vehicle—muttered, “…Could that be… force…?”

Quickly snapping out of it, then coldly ordered, “For now, focus on dodging the incoming ship! I’ll be heading aboard that ship to have a look around first!”

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While both Chester and Yume had already been stunned, their jaws truly dropped the moment they saw Gerald leap toward the other ship!

The moment Gerald’s foot touched the wooden ship’s surface, it instantly caused a huge wave to form as the ship bobbed up and down due to the impact of Gerald’s landing!

Eventually, the ripples slowed down and Gerald took the chance to begin looking around.

From what he could see, it seemed to be an average-sized wooden ship that could accommodate about forty to fifty people. It also seemed to have a bit of history to it.

Stepping into the cabin, there seemed to be an old and torn curtain hanging outside the cabin’s windows. As a result, though it was quite sunny outside, the inside of the cabin remained quite dark.

After looking around for a while, Gerald began trying to feel his surroundings. The force he had sensed surrounding the ship earlier was now nowhere to be found… It was odd, to say the least.

With that, Gerald slowly drew the curtains before making his way deeper into the cabin.

With partitions separating the rooms within the cabin, the corridor in the middle led to small guest rooms on either side of it.

All of a sudden, the faint sound of footsteps could be heard coming from the control cabin that was located at the ships’ bottom level. Someone was walking upstairs!

With that in mind, Gerald stood motionless, looking around attentively until he finally saw who was making their way up the stairs.

Gerald watched as a white-haired old woman with a stooped posture slowly swayed her body while ascending the steps. Aside from the fact that her clothes were old and torn and her hair was particularly messy, the woman’s most defining feature was the many scars that covered her face.

In the dimly lit area, Gerald couldn’t help but admit that she seemed rather spooky.

Regardless, he took the initiative by asking, “Good day, madam. May I know your name?”

“Dead Annie!” replied the woman with a subtle smile. Despite her friendly gesture, Gerald found himself growing slightly nervous. After all, anyone who smiled with such a scar-filled face would definitely create slight feelings of unnerve among those who saw it.

“…Come again? You said your name was Dead Annie, madam?” asked Gerald for confirmation.

“Dead Annie! Two petals bloom and each petal represents a world!” replied the old woman in a rather mysterious manner.

Gerald found himself raising a slight brow as he heard her talking about some mysterious plant. A flower that only bloomed two petals… Why did that sound so familiar? Thinking about it, he knew he had come across such a plant before. After all, natural flowers with only two petals were rare, so he would definitely remember if he had seen one before. But where?

The more Gerald stared at the woman, the odder he felt.

At that moment, he heard someone shouting, “Sir! Here you are!”

Turning around to look, Gerald saw that both Chester and Yume had boarded the ship as well.

“Why did both of you come here?” asked Gerald.

“Well, since you’ve been gone for quite some time and we heard nothing from you, we got slightly worried!” replied Chester as he and Yume immediately began scanning the old woman—who was now staring at the end of the corridor—from head to toe.

While Chester immediately let out a frown, Yume began smoothening her hair, though Gerald could tell that her breathing had grown slightly more rapid.

“There’s nothing to worry about. For now, head back first!” ordered Gerald.

been able to see through the extremely weird old woman, he was worried that both Yume and Chester would end up in danger if they remained here for

suddenly began laughing coldly.

that several

had two petals, with

moment when Gerald finally remembered

garden back when he was at

plant that breed of flower. Gerald remembered

him, the flower bore no name. Seeds of the flower were found in the Western Regions, and they seemed to date back to ancient

naturally only blooming to have two petals, Gerald’s grandfather had decided

the flowers were

that fine pollen was

spread a unique fragrance around, and as soon as Yume and Chester smelled it, they instantly began feeling dizzy. Soon enough, both

“The pollen’s poisonous!”

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in astonishment, Gerald immediately turned back to look at

to take a step forward, Gerald suddenly felt all four of his limbs weaken as a dizzy spell simultaneously swept through

thought to himself as he slowly kneeled to the floor with one

that, the old woman smiled wickedly as she slowly began walking toward him while saying, “I can see that your physique is quite different compared to ordinary people…

to pass out soon if he didn’t do anything quickly, Gerald placed all his

the Dawnbreaker instantly shot out from

truly hadn’t anticipated that Gerald would actually have a last resort planned quite literally under his sleeve. By the time she noticed the blade flying right for her, however, she was

up stabbing her right in her left arm, sending the old woman toppling to

intense dizziness that Gerald had been

poison that was causing my dizzy spell!’ Gerald thought to himself as he quickly

him instead of using actual poison, and that she had only used the pollen as some sort of medium. To think that his mental power had been controlled by that

old woman certainly appeared surprised, she quickly snapped out

be greeted by the sound of shattering glass

he got to the window, the old woman

regaining consciousness. Not long after, even the Crawford bodyguards began boarding the

attack, Gerald’s face was still slightly pale as he ordered, “Take Chester and Yume back to the ship… Also, begin a search around the area to

immediately obeyed

that we bumped into her so close to where the king of the ocean’s palace is, makes her

choice as well. While I could already tell that the flower was special back when I saw it at grandpa’s place, I would’ve never

alarm in the cabin of one the Crawford family’s ships

old woman around the area. With the blaring of the alarm, it was apparent

over to Gerald before excitedly saying, “The moment we saw her, that old woman instantly dived deep into the ocean, Mr. Crawford! While we

see. Then it’s probably a solid hunch to assume that the place she’s currently headed to is the king of the ocean’s palace. I’m placing you in charge of providing support for us while a few of us head down there to have a look. Speaking of which, are the two of you alright?” asked Gerald as he

fine!” replied Chester

repellent stones in your mouths and follow me below the waves

dived into the sea, swimming into its murky

palace’s and the old woman’s location. With the help of the water repellent stones, the trio was able to make their way

short while later, the three people arrived before a dark cave that had a rather small and narrow opening, about half

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narrow, Gerald swam in just fine and

through it, the trio found themselves in an area that felt almost alien. Soon enough, they came to yet another cave entrance, though there was one stark difference

Annie pollen

your nostrils and remain focused!” ordered Gerald as he looked at the dashboard of the tracking device. While the old woman was nowhere to be seen on it, she had last been spotted right where they

her… If he had been any less cautious, then he

when both Yume and Chester began feeling slightly uncomfortable. Gerald figured that

that and was actively trying to retain control over himself, Gerald

woman must be up

out again

his surroundings became distorted, Gerald saw a strange and ugly face appearing before

of time, Gerald eventually woke up

thought about how the pain from the mental assault was no different from the time he had received the memories of that deity or even when he was physically attacked with martial arts skills! In fact, if he had to argue, the mental impact

he had the water repellent stone with him, otherwise, they would’ve

Gerald saw that the now

of his headache, Gerald then turned to

his surprise, Yume was nowhere to be found. What could’ve

then supported Chester over his shoulder as he began looking

matter how much he searched, there

slightly guilty. However, he knew that this

alive and the king of the ocean’s palace was now extremely close to

hoped that Yume had just gone deeper into the cave where the Dead Annies had once

both of them

quite some time… Both of them were suddenly hit by a massive surge of water that seemed to be pulling both of them forward! As Chester

pulled in, he still ended up losing to

now being flung deeper into the cave, Gerald noticed that it was quickly getting

shouted Gerald as the space continued

began performing the skill to actively adapt

the cave’s size now getting to the size of a toddler—and rapidly continuing to get even smaller—Gerald knew that if they had performed the bone crush skill any later, even he would’ve ended up getting crushed to death despite having

last, they flung out of the other end of

first thing that Gerald found surprising about where they had just landed was the fact

how injured

for being

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gently patted him on the shoulder before saying, “It’s fine… After all, we’ve… We seem to have finally

for a while, utterly stunned

then looked up as well. His eyes widened the moment he did, and he found his mouth gaping as he stared at the extremely magnificent-looking palace that

of a dragon, and in the middle of the structure, was an enormous high platform. What stupefied Gerald

coffin!’ Gerald thought to himself in his

true… The woman in white truly had been buried within an eternal

from each other…

at the surrounding murals as he said, “…There are

at the woman in white’s eternal coffin, Gerald turned to look at the murals

this place

they talked about the burial process and the origins of the woman

however, occasional abstract words could be found. Gerald, for one, had no idea what they meant. After all, they were vastly different from the words he

of a sudden, he heard Chester mutter, “…Hmm? Cavern

to look at Chester, Gerald saw that he was also staring at a

Gerald as he went

language was used exclusively by an ancient tribe who were cave dwellers. My family had a collection of animal skin rolls belonging to said cave dwellers, and my grandma

eyebrow, Gerald then replied, “Does that mean that you’re

of his head as he said, “…At most, I feel that I’ll only be able to understand a little over half of it… The rest will

since I can’t make heads or tails of it. Either way, do tell me what you think the words are trying to say,”

that, Chester immediately began trying to decipher the

minutes later when he said, “…The text seems to be talking about some mysterious prophecy… It

began pointing at a few words, guiding his finger along each word as he explained what they individually

and each petal represents a world.

represents a world… That’s what it truly says?” asked Gerald for

right, sir!” replied Chester

had said the exact same thing to him back then… Speaking of the old woman, Gerald had

have left the moment we fainted…? But that doesn’t make any sense! With the currents so strong out there, even I can’t go against them, let

Gerald quickly shook the thoughts off. That wasn’t the main thing he should

Chester had told him… Each petal represents a world… While Gerald was definitely sure that it was referring to the Dead Annies, he had no idea where to even begin

then asked, “Is there anything else? Also, which part

ten thousand years and bring the fairy away to be reunited with her lover after being separated throughout that period of time… Once they’ve

as Chester had said, while he was able to discern most of the words, he still needed a great deal of effort to properly translate

away the eternal

“A key?”

at least something very similar to a

a while, Gerald then said, “…Could it perhaps be

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asked Chester rather curiously as he watched Gerald carefully take a square,

years ago. From what Wagner had told Gerald, not only had the old beggar anticipated that Gerald would head to the king of the ocean’s palace centuries later, but he had also accurately predicted Gerald’s meeting with Wagner, hence why he had told Wagner’s descendants to hold on

the old beggar truly had foreseen what would happen in ten thousand years? Had the old man actually managed to predict that Gerald would find the eternal coffin and transport

old beggar from ten thousand years ago actually be the same person from eight centuries

dare to dwell too much on it. Just thinking about it

said that Gerald would gain the answer he sought for as long as reunited the woman in white with his other-self.

try to understand as much as you

will die because of that event… Nobody will be able to prevent the calamity from happening, and the prophecies will come true one by one! It’s simply our destiny! Beyond that part though, I… I can’t really understand anything else…” replied Chester

a bad incident where many would die? What event could

looked at the words, why did he have a feeling that the

in his mind, Gerald forced himself to record down all the words on the stone tablet. After all, even though he wasn’t able to read the words now, that didn’t mean that that would

he then brought Chester

a while, they found that the last mural seemed to state that as long as someone was able

mural. True to what was inside the box, the ‘key’ on the mural was drawn in

all this as well before finally walking over to the eternal coffin—with Chester following right

her dreams—as a person with the temperament of a fairy, Gerald had never seen her

he

of them managed to push the coffin’s lid open halfway. Immediately after that, a chill seemed to

later, the iciness dissipated and the woman in the coffin could now

His tone, however, hinted at

really was the woman in white! However, a new question was now posed. How had she come

saw that the person inside appeared to be a cold-looking beauty who was

Gerald had to admit that she was probably the prettiest beautiful woman

aura. From what Gerald could tell, the aura seemed to help her heal any flaws on her the

Gerald

my family can finally be reunited again… Regardless, I’ll be reuniting you with him first, and once I’m done with my task, I hope you’ll help me as well. Even if it’s just the tiniest of hints, I’ll gladly accept it as long as it truly leads me to them…” said Gerald as he looked

he then re-sealed the lid of the coffin

saw an indentation in the middle of the high platform. The indentation itself matched the shape of the

place the moment I slide the key inside…’ Gerald thought to

he suddenly heard Chester shout, “S-sir! Look there!

area that Chester

a number of sturdy-looking chains. The way the chains were tied, it was almost as though

that in mind, it really was no wonder

the murals show the origins of this coffin?” muttered Gerald to himself

had found odd upon arriving here. After all, where was the small coffin that had turned over from