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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1491

“Young Master Laidler is way too handsome…! I’d die happy as long as I get to be his girlfriend for a day…!” wailed one of the girls in the crowd.

Stetson himself simply casually said, “I believe that there’s been some misunderstandings regarding the incident where I left earlier, Xyrielle… It simply hadn’t occurred to me that you’d bump into such danger. My initial plan had been to lead the demonic bull away from the scene in order to save everyone!”

“…I knew that!” replied Xyrielle.

‘Yeah… Why did I ever perceive him that way? I hadn’t even been pushed off that high platform yet at the time Stetson left… There was no way he could’ve known about the danger I’d soon face…’ Xyrielle thought to herself, feeling much more at ease after hearing Stetson’s explanation.

With that, the night birthday party resumed and Gerald—and the others—simply got ignored as usual…

It was a little while later when a middle-aged man slowly began walking into the place… Looking at Xyrielle and Young Master Laidler standing together from afar, he couldn’t help but break into a gratified smile.

At that moment, Mr. Babel walked up to the middle-aged man’s back—his gaze seemingly filled with awe for the man—as he whispered, “Master…!”

As it turned out, the middle-aged man was none other than Yaakov Waddys, the master of the Waddys family.

Taking in a deep breath, Yaakov then replied, “Very good. How are things going between Xyrielle and Stetson? Is Stetson really the one true lover for Xyrielle that the fortune-teller mentioned?”

From his words alone, it was obvious that Yaakov had been greatly convinced with what the fortune-teller had said. With that in mind, he was very much concerned about his daughter’s future.

“…About that…” muttered Mr. Babel as he thought about it.

“Go on, speak your mind!” replied Yaakov as he rested his arms against his back.

“Well… After observing him for a while, it appears that Young Master Laidler conforms to quite a lot of the fortune-teller’s conditions! For one, he possesses remarkable abilities that ordinary people could never hope to achieve. He also has a good family background and his martial arts skills are immensely powerful!” said Mr. Babel, prompting Yaakov’s smile to widen.

“…However, there is one thing that Young Master Laidler wasn’t able to conform to… While the fortune-teller had said that the young lady would surely fall in love at first sight with the person she was destined to be with, she doesn’t appear to have too many feelings for Stetson. On the contrary, she’s having palpitations for a nobody!” reported Mr. Babel honestly.

“…What? A nobody?” said Yaakov as he frowned.

“Indeed! The person himself was present this afternoon at Heartstone Manor, and Xyrielle even made an effort to invite him over to the Waddys family manor again! His name is apparently Gerald Crawford!”

Hearing all this was certainly beyond Yaakov’s expectations. After all, if he had to choose between Stetson and that nobody, it was a no-brainer that Young Master Laidler would be his ideal son-in-law.

“Speaking of which, that’s him!” said Mr. Babel as he pointed at Gerald.

“…Humph! He truly does feel like a nobody! That b*stard… As he could ever become the son-in-law of my family! How preposterous!” grumbled Yaakov as he felt a headache coming while thinking about all this.

There had been multiple instances in the history of Weston where rich young ladies fell in love with ordinary men, consequently causing them to fall out with their families. With that in mind, Yaakov certainly wasn’t going to allow a similar incident to happen to the Waddys if he could help it.

“Don’t get too angry first, master, I haven’t ended my description of him yet… While he does look like a nobody, from what I’ve observed, Gerald is… Quite extraordinary, to say the least. He simply gives off that feeling, at least to me… Regardless, why don’t you go meet him first, master? After all, he’s the one that the young lady apparently has feelings for… I propose you make your decision after you make your personal observation on him…” replied Mr. Babel, hoping to dissuade Yaakov from acting impulsively.

Hearing that, Yaakov took in a deep breath and calmed himself a little.

“…Very well, then! Tell him to come over later! I’d like to see if he truly is as extraordinary as you described!” grumbled Yaakov despite already having other plans on his mind.

Hearing that—and knowing that the party was at peak excitement—the waiter then bowed before shouting, “The master has arrived!”

The second she heard that, Xyrielle looked up and—upon noticing her father’s arrival—called out, “Dad!”

As for everyone else, they instantly stood up before Yaakov—the master of the Waddys family—and greeted, “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Waddys!”

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As Gerald got to his feet to have a look at Yaakov, everyone found themselves looking at Stetson—who had surprisingly stood up as well—as he said, “Ah, Mr. Waddys! I send my father’s regards on his behalf!”

Yaakov himself simply walked up to Stetson with a joyous face, not even bothering about the other people as he patted Stetson firmly on the shoulder while saying, “You’ve grown a lot more outstanding over the years, Stetson! I hope you’ll demonstrate your extraordinary talent again during this year’s underground festival!”

After exchanging pleasantries with Stetson for a while, the other men in the crowd began introducing themselves as well. However, it was quite obvious that Yaakov wasn’t as enthusiastic toward them since none of them were as important as Stetson in his eyes.

As for Xyrielle, after realizing that Gerald wasn’t planning to introduce himself, she found herself feeling pitiful for him. After all, the other men were definitely far more exceptional compared to Gerald. While Xyrielle had no doubts that he could very well share a world with his own circle of friends, he truly didn’t belong in the same world the guests here were in…

With that, she found herself growing slightly compassionate as she thought, ‘I wonder if it really was a good idea to have invited him over to my birthday party… Well, there’s no use crying about it now that he’s already here!’

Finalizing her thoughts, she then took the initiative to introduce Gerald by saying, “Allow me to introduce these two to you, dad! This is Gerald Crawford, and the one next to him is his friend, Perla Sherwin! They saved me this afternoon!”

While Xyrielle had only introduced Gerald to him out of pity, Yaakov couldn’t help but get slightly angered when he heard that. After all, to him, this was her way of trying to get friendly with Gerald.

As a hint of contempt was reflected in his eyes, Yaakov casually said, “So you’re Gerald! Tell me, where do you currently live? And what possessions does your family hold? Actually, what kind of capabilities do you even have?”

Staring wide-eyed as her dad bombarded Gerald with questions, Xyrielle found herself asking, “Dad? What on earth are you doing?!”

‘Dad, why are you doing this…?’ Xyrielle thought to herself as everyone turned to look at Gerald.

By that point, Perla realized that Yaakov had already been planning on targeting her master, even before they met. After all, it was pretty clear that the way Yaakov saw it, Stetson had been the one who had taken action and saved Xyrielle. That wasn’t really a surprise since Xyrielle had been treating Stetson as the outstanding person who had beaten up the demonic bull, seemingly disregarding the fact that he had also run away.

Upon summarizing the situation in her head, the now annoyed Perla coldly said, “I’ll have you know that my master is currently the guest of honor in my family, and he has a multitude of capabilities! Which one do you propose he should show for you to gawk in admiration?”

Upon hearing that rebuke, everyone present instantly became stupefied.

Yaakov himself was so enraged by her statement that he burst into laughter before snapping, “Your family? Which family do you even belong to?!”

“The Sherwin family from Jenna State!” retorted Perla unyieldingly.

Hearing that, a few executives—who had been standing behind Yaakov—moved closer to him before whispering a few things into his ear.

Following that, Yaakov then nodded with a bitter smile before saying, “…I see! So, you’re Terrance’s granddaughter! From what I’ve been told, your family attempted to participate in the underground festival this afternoon, correct? However, you were rejected, no?”

Not expecting Yaakov to actually say such things, Perla found her rage building even more as Yaakov smiled subtly before adding, “Speaking of that incident, I do wonder if you only saved my daughter today to gain access to the party… Were you hoping to get another chance of obtaining an admission ticket or something?”

“…You… What did you just say…?!” growled the deeply infuriated Perla.

‘You’re a famous and mighty master, are you not? How could you go targeting us like this from the very start?!’

Xyrielle herself hadn’t expected her father—who had always maintained a serious façade—to say such a thing in front of so many people.

Just as things arrived at a stalemate, Yaakov’s cold laughter broke the awkward silence.

“There’s no need to be that angry, Miss Sherwin! I was just joking around! Look, you said that Gerald has several capabilities, correct? Well, you should know that I love capable people the most!” said Yaakov before turning around to look at Mr. Babel.

“With that said, invite him to the backyard, Mr. Babel! I’ll be heading on first, but do know that I have some things to consult you about, Gerald!” scoffed Yaakov as he briefly glanced at Gerald before walking off to the backyard, his arms still against his back…

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Despite things not going as smooth as he had liked, Gerald wasn’t feeling too worried yet. Worst case scenario, Gerald would have to fight his way into the festival. Even with that in mind, however, Gerald still had a little confidence that things would work out in the end.

As he thought about his next move, Gerald—who had been sitting at the rear seat with his eyes closed—suddenly opened his eyes before ordering, “…Perla, stop the car!”

“…Huh? What’s wrong, master?” asked Perla, stunned.

Momentarily paying full attention to his surroundings, Gerald then replied, “…We’re being targeted by someone… And it seems that the person isn’t too far away from us!”

“What? Could Yaakov have sent people over to kill us? What a b*stard!” growled Perla.

“I doubt that. After all, the one tailing us has an extremely strong aura. I had made sure to observe any exceptional people I came across at the Waddys manor earlier, and as far as I could tell, I’m pretty sure that nobody there was exceptional enough to bear such a strong aura,” explained Gerald, still focusing on the surroundings.

“Then allow me to stay back and help you, sir!” said Julian.

with Perla. I’d like to see who this person is

reply, both of them watched

by dense

that and being able to see the slight depression of leaves when they were stepped on, Gerald wasn’t able

a sudden, two distinct snaps were heard, and Gerald found himself tilting just in time to evade a leaf and a branch that came

attack was made evident

the explosive sound had died down, Gerald found himself

further, Gerald was greeted by the hideous sound of devilish

I’m here, aren’t I?” replied

had intentionally wanted to lead Gerald there. With that in mind, Gerald wanted to see who the person

laughter simply resumed. Simultaneously, a series of whirlwinds suddenly formed around Gerald out of nowhere! What a

replying, the now slightly annoyed

chills running down anyone’s spine—from the darkness, a voice finally replied,

games, Gerald furrowed his brows before rushing

he saw a white-haired old man—donning a black robe—standing at

some large

head backward before bursting into laughter again,

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you, sir?” asked Gerald as he

training aura was considerably more powerful than Julian’s. With that said, Gerald really couldn’t help but have a higher opinion of the

of a person who had trained to attain spiritual enlightenment. However, since there were too many people there—due to the underground festival—and the person didn’t seem to be interested in revealing themself

him to follow him. With that in mind, Gerald—who wanted to see

the old man simply ignored Gerald’s question and laughed aloud before saying, “To think I’d bump into such a talented young person today… I have to say, you’re much more powerful than Stetson! Heaven truly makes good

the annoyed Gerald gloomily repeated, “…Again,

hope you listen closely before you die, boy! My name is Carlos Xenes, and my laugh is capable of

louder his laugh got, Gerald simply

one of anger, the old man then said, “I have to admit that you’re more daring than I initially thought, young man… Still, know that even those who

before I died, right? Does that mean you intend to kill me or

spiritual enlightenment would behave respectfully before him. With that in mind, being interrupted by Gerald only increased the

his cool. After all, he knew for a fact that Gerald was going to

it appears that you’re still a bit too ignorant to realize that I’m

which resulted in a shock wave that not only caused the surrounding trees to crack, but also sent the river water surging as though

going

would have zero doubts that Carlos was actually someone who had escaped

a long while now, and my specialty is sapping others’ essential qi and holy blood! In other words,

essential qi and holy blood of others… If that’s the case, I’m assuming you came here knowing full well that lots of people—who are training to attain spiritual enlightenment—would be attending the underground festival, correct? Was your plan to continue lurking in the dark? So that you could sneak up on such people when they were alone before draining them of their essential

close to even comparing with yours, I naturally

a person, for I’ll make sure to sever your nerves first and turn you into an

“Hold it-”

could even finish his reply, Carlos suddenly began laughing loudly again. In fact, this was the loudest and strongest he had laughed up till this

like no tomorrow and even more trees began snapping in two! Even massive depressions began forming on the ground as the

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when Carlos was finally done, he placed both his hands against his waist in satisfaction, fully ready

look at Gerald

have been able to block the magnificent power of his Roaring Laughter since the sound of it overpowered any other noise in the

but he even had both his hands in

could this be…?!” muttered the old man to himself in utter

Gerald took the chance to ask, “Look, Master Xenes, please refrain from laughing first…

Carlos—once again—cut Gerald off by immediately roaring in laughter again, this time even stronger

grumbled the infuriated Gerald as he aimed at Carlos before flicking

that a beam of light was coming straight for him! Immediately ending his laugh, Carlos attempted to resist the incoming attack,

on the ground! After a brief moment, he looked up at

What a strong move…!” stuttered

up for a moment. To ensure it wouldn’t be too much for the old man, he even made sure to only use a thousandth

quickly said, “Look, calm down for a second and just let me finish my question! The way you’re laughing… You’re using

Carlos as he held onto his chest while scanning Gerald

maniac with how insanely you kept laughing… Regardless, I’m guessing you

how strong are you exactly…?”

What about you?” asked Carlos,

all, Gerald’s attack from before was enough for Carlos to realize that the person standing before him now was extremely powerful, possibly much stronger than the old man himself! The fact that Gerald was being so composed only served to

should be one of the people

muttered Carlos as his heart instantly began

If he wasn’t powerful, why would so many people—who were training to attain spiritual enlightenment—label the Laughing Master as a living

exactly is this young man…?’ Wondered Carlos, finding Gerald to

to reconcile with the fact that he was actually thinking about running away from this immature and inexperienced

Gerald thought about what Julian had previously told him—that Third-rank masters were considered to be the cream of the crop—Carlos’s face suddenly became enshrouded in darkness, leaving only

guard, and

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said, there’s no way I’d lose against this immature and inexperienced young man! It’s simply impossible!’ Carlos thought to himself,

extended from his palm, Carlos roared, “To hell with

bore me,” replied Gerald as he looked at the incoming

stared wide-eyed as Gerald gently flicked a finger in his direction… sending a beam of light flying toward

in time, the golden light rammed right into his darkness, completely

flying backward like a crumpled kite. A huge chunk of his clothes—around his chest area—had been shredded to pieces and

his body, Carlos looked at Gerald in complete disbelief as he shouted, “H-how… How is any of this even

old man had momentarily sensed him releasing an immense aura that

what stunned Carlos the most, and he found himself asking, “…That… What

before saying, “You know, I’ve sworn to myself that if anyone attempted to kill or even threatened me a bit too much, I’d end them without

completely disregarded his question—Carlos immediately kowtowed respectfully while bursting into tears before pleading, “P-please,

state like Carlos’s, they would be considered to be extremely rare individuals. The cream of the crop, in fact. With that in mind, his life had definitely been way

to a similar stage as he currently was, when standing before death’s door, he was going to do anything he could to live another day.

thinking, ‘Why had I offended such a

person around, I’m not overwhelmingly cruel either. Fine, then! I’ll give you a chance to survive… You now have one minute to persuade me as to why I shouldn’t

instantly averted his gaze. He

replied Gerald a few seconds

as he momentarily looked up before waving his large sleeves,

thin air! Even so, that was enough time for

his head before saying, “It’s unfortunate, but you now have zero chances to redeem yourself. I’m saying it right now that you’ll be unable

shifted his divine thought slightly and

a sword, Gerald was just about to finish

could be heard shouting, “H-help!

carrying an unconscious, injured woman. With how bloodied the duo were, it was evident that both of them were equally as

had his attention on the quickly approaching

dead, he simply allowed the old man to run off first.

thought, Gerald heard a

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had come from the exhausted youth who had just toppled to the ground—not too far away from Gerald—after making quite some distance in that short period of time. Despite having fallen, the youth still tried his best to

the scene, Gerald found his eyelids twitching slightly as the youth—who had just noticed Gerald—shouted, “S-sir…! Please, save us…! I’m begging you…! Help us make a

fumbled a few steps forward, the youth’s shouting grew increasingly nervous when

don’t sleep yet!” cried out the youth as the moonlight finally illuminated the duo just enough for Gerald to have a

She looked extremely similar to

how much the woman resembled her, a distinct and cold voice could suddenly

men dashed out from the forest and

found himself feeling slightly astonished that these people—the youth included—all had hints of inner strength in their bodies. From what

breaking all your limbs? Regardless, your treasured younger sister… She’s about to die, huh? Hahaha! I’m saying it right now that I’m quite the pervert, and

b*stard…!” growled Yule as he clenched his teeth while glaring viciously at

If you don’t want Meghan to be my plaything, then you know