Chapter 216 The Keller Family’s Decision (2/2)

”Then what about this ring!?”

Hearing his father's question, Helen curiously looked toward the direction her father pointed and immediately shouted after seeing it. ”Ah!! This is the keepsake I gave to Barney. How come it's here!?”

Having said that, Helen immediately jumped up, looking at Rhode. ”It's you, isn't it! It must be you who killed them right! It's you! I know it, you…”

”Shut up!” Hearing until here, Keller no longer said anything and slapped Helen while fiercely glaring at her. A crisp sound sounded. She immediately stopped cursing and looked at her father, feeling confused.

”Father, why did you hit me, what did I do wrong!?”

”You dare ask me what you did wrong? Why did you got involved with Jade Tears?! Tell me, why did you got involved with them!”

”I… I…”

Hearing Helen's explanation intermittently, Rhode and Keller finally understood the things that happened. Helen originally did intend to invest in a mercenary group, but at that time she did not know about the existence of the Jade Tears. She heard about them from her servants. The Jade Tears's tragic story touched her, so she sent someone to meet Barney and was moved by his sincerity. Eventually, Helen agreed to support the Jade Tears mercenary group. Of course, she had her own little plan. Because of the previous conflict between her and Rhode, she hated him very much. Although objectively speaking, Rhode had protected her from being abducted, but his rude behavior was too unacceptable for her. Later, she complained about this matter to her father. Instead of punishing Rhode and teaching him a lesson, he even gave the family heirloom to him. This made Helen felt very angry. Originally, if she hadn't heard news about Rhode so often, she would have forget him after a long time. However, because news of Rhode had been spreading in Deep Stone City, Helen was forced to listen frequently. This made her feel even more disgusted, especially when she heard those people praising Rhode. So she chose to support the Jade Tears mercenary group in order to oppose Starlight and Rhode.

Of course, at that time, she had a romantic delusion. She wanted the Jade Tears to grow into the most powerful mercenary group in the Paphield area under her support while Starlight could only work hard in the shadows. She wanted her father to praise her and hand the entire Trader Association to her… For this reason, Helen followed Barney's idea to put the magic reel and sweep out all of the stock in the market. In her opinion, if she could make trouble for Rhode's Starlight, then it would be the best.

It was a pity that she could only daydream.

”You… you…”

Hearing his daughter explanation, Keller was very angry and didn't know what to say. That incident had passed for some time now, so he thought that Helen no longer cared about it anymore. No matter what, Rhode had kindly saved her life. Even if he was rude, did she have to hold this grudge for so long?

On the other hand, Rhode was very open-minded about this matter. He often saw such narrow-minded women. He once had a classmate who held a grudge for half a year just because her boyfriend glanced at another woman. That was why he thought that this kind of thing was just normal.

”Immediately go back to your room! You are not allowed to go out until you realize your mistake!”

While Rhode was dozing off, Keller already made his decision. He slapped his daughter a few times then called out the guard. He wanted them to bring Helen who had flown into rage back to the room and locked her up. No matter what the reason is, she was not allowed go out. The fatty girl kept screaming until she was gone. Keller was finally relieved and sat back on the sofa.

”I'm sorry, Mr. Rhode. It's my fault for such thing to happen.”

”You don't have to apologize to me, Mr. Keller.” Rhode frowned, but his expression didn't change the slightest. ”Everyone makes mistakes, right?”

”Right.” Hearing Rhode's words, Keller finally felt relieved. He smiled and rubbed his hands. ”Then… although this matter was caused by my daughter, I will of course not run from the responsibility. My daughter's action has caused damage your mercenary group, so our Keller family will surely compensate for it.”

Of course, both sides knew that this was not true. Helen's actions did not really cause any real damage to Rhode and the others; both knew it was just an excuse that Keller made to make sure Rhode would stay silent about this matter. This was equivalent to the ”sealing fee,” used to ensure the peace of the Keller family.

Rhode naturally had no objections to this. Strictly speaking, this was indeed the reason he came here.

As a player, if he didn't maximize the benefits of the quest, could he still be called a player?

”Since Mr. Keller said so…”

Rhode crossed his hands and leaned against the sofa while narrowing his eyes.

”Then, I have a request …”