Chapter 119 (1/2)

Chapter 119: Chapter 118

If Mrs. Chester was a scorpion-tailed snake, Hubble was a lion with a bear’s claws.

No matter how sharp the sword was, it was less lethal than a plain wood sword if one’s goal and path were uncertain.

Her explicit and urgent attack could not penetrate his thick skin.

Besides, Hubble was even waiting to be attacked in this obvious way. Just like he did with Ober, he did not have any intention to conceal his tricks even to Mrs. Chester.

On the contrary, he wanted Ober and her to clearly see the blade of his sword and voluntarily feel pressured enough to follow him.

He wanted them to realize who had been moving to change the giant continent ranging from Aslan, Faisal, Sorman, and the now-defunct Lennox into a game board.

He wanted them to realize how many choices he still had and how easy it was for him to discard one of them.

“How can you guarantee that your new card will be better than your previous card? Don’t you think you can ruin the existing good card with your new card?”

Mrs. Chester was a smart woman. She fully understood his intention when he put it figuratively.

“Of course. As you know, luck is not monopolized.”

“It looks like you’re too overconfident as someone who knows better.”

Her bloody red rouge lips were twisted slightly when she said that.

Hubble quietly glanced at her eyes staring at him. It was hard to judge what he was thinking at the moment.

“Mrs. Chester, don’t you know that the chess game is completely dependent on who moves first?”

“…”

“So, that’s why you need a bold decision sometimes. For example, if you don’t like the game this time, you need a strong determination to start a new game even by overturning the current game.”

“Duke Hubble!”

“Anyway, I started the game for fun. You don’t need prohibited rules in enjoyment. Its origin is like a war, with no eternal ally or everlasting enemy. If I win and am happy, what’s the big deal of changing the players facing me?”

Hearing what he said, Mrs. Chester clearly realized that what he really wanted to kill in the Roshan’s accident was not just the emperor. She clearly realized that he tried to smash all the family members that had the honor of the name Frei and other riddances to his power, including

the “northern jewel” as well as the “snake of the Chester family” who had been raised like a pet dog in the garden.

“I didn’t know you could speak to me like that…”

Without even finishing her words, Mrs. Chester caught her breath. Her sharply trimmed fingertip scratched the seal of her ring.

The trap he set on the emperor’s way to Roshan was a gamble with heads and tails of the same coin. It was a game where no one new the winner, or rather, they did not need to know. If everyone died, he could start a new game, and even if everyone survived luckily, he could turn the table again. It was the number of voids as no results could diminish his odds.

“Don’t be frustrated. Ober and you are still sitting at the table.”

She thought that maybe Hubble wanted Ober and her to be in the same boat with him.

“I know what you mean.”

Mrs. Chester quickly laughed after changing her facial expression.

She made a fascinating smile, her eyes slanting upwards slightly.

“Don’t you know you have a longstanding relationship with us? I wish you had informed us of your new card even if you discarded all the existing cards.”

She touched her neck with her hand. Her hand, which had not yet completely healed, felt a bit warm, which soon became hot like a burnt wound.

“Don’t try to overburden yourself alone. If you give me a chance, I can earn your credit by doing something that you like. For example, why didn’t you tell me about the gifts for the emperor? As you know, I’m on intimate terms with Prince Alesa. If I had known it earlier, I would have prepared a gift that matches with your sword.”

Hubble laughed quietly after hearing what she said.

“By the way, the timing is great. I’m surprised that the prince, who used to hate edged stuff, now accepts a sword as a gift. I didn’t imagine this day would come. I wonder if you really forget what happened that day…”

But his expression gradually grew dark, and he even felt displeased at her last words she didn’t finish. His calm eyes were now glowing like olive flames.

“Send my best regards to Alesa, please.”