Chapter 28: When Wendy Is In Trouble, Marcus Comes!
Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Nele followed Bobby and Tony to Coro City.
Instead of going straight to Wendy's estate, they chose a good hotel and tried to persuade Nele to wait for them there.
Although Nele knew they didn't want her to get involved in this, she was Tony's girlfriend after all.
Nele pestered Tony, saying that she must follow him to see the world.
Coro City was not far from Black Mountain City, half a day away. But the size and prosperity level of the two cities could just be described as different.
Coro City was the Silvermoon country's transportation hub, meaning every convoy of goods would pass through here. Therefore, this place was much more prosperous than Black Mountain City, which was close to the Inland Sea.
As such, Nele, who had grown up in a small wealthy family, wanted to see what a big family looked like.
At the same time, this was also what her parents had asked Nele to do.
This would serve as a good experience for Nele to hone her mentality and not get overwhelmed by Tony's rich, ancient family in the future.
Tony could not persuade Nele, so he had to allow her to follow him.
Bobby did not mind having one more person because he had already written a letter to Wendy. He wanted Wendy to give him a satisfactory explanation, or else he would make Wendy's family pay a painful price.
As for how to make Bobby satisfied, it was up to Wendy's attitude and whether or not she would fulfill his conditions.
It had been a week since the letter had been sent, but there was still no response. It seemed that Wendy was unwilling to cooperate with Bobby.
Coro City, at the Griffins' estate...
Three people, led by Bobby, stood at the gate.
It was already dark, and the gate was tightly closed.
When the patrolling soldiers saw them, they immediately said to them, "Who are you? Why are you standing in front of Griffin Estate at this late hour?"
"Hehe." Tony stood out and pointed at them. "I'm a core student from Green Bridge Academy, Tony."
"Tony?"A soldier suddenly laughed after hearing this. "Hehe, I don't know—"
Before the poor soldier could finish speaking, Tony produced a fireball and threw it on the man's clothes.
"You, a mere soldier, think you have the right to laugh at me?"
The soldier's clothes were instantly burned.
The fire was extinguished.
The soldier's body was intact, but his clothes had long been reduced to ashes.
While everyone was laughing at the naked soldier, Tony cast a few large fireballs and burned their clothes as well.
"Remember, we're only here to demand an explanation, not to cause trouble! If you know what's good for you, leave this place!"
Tony couldn't help but complain after seeing them leave. "Their yelling is annoying."
He then turned around and told Bobby with satisfaction, "Bobby, the floor is yours now."
"Thank you, Tony!"
Bobby didn't say anything more. He used the Lightning Strike Spell and split the gate open.
Bang, bang, bang!
The three of them stepped on the collapsed gate and hurried into the brightly lit courtyard.
Numerous armed guards stood at the door of the house, staring at them.
There were no high-level mages, high-level warriors, or high-ranking officials.
Bobby and Tony were overjoyed.
Tony felt that this time, it would not take much effort to make Bobby owe him a favor.
Bobby thought that Wendy did not want him to protect her business because there was someone more powerful, but it turned out that there was no one at all.
'It seems that Wendy invested the money that should have been in my pockets into the family business!' Bobby thought with a sly smile, 'If I threaten her this time and ask her to give me 20% of the money she earns in the future… This year, two years, three years later...
Wouldn't I become a millionaire!?'
The more Bobby thought about it, the more excited he became. He knew that although Wendy was young, she was an out-and-out business genius!
"Wendy!" Bobby ignored the guards and directly shouted, "I know you're in there. Come out immediately."
These guards were mere pieces of trash, and Bobby disdained to talk and fight with them.
Soon, he saw a girl in a long green dress walking out of the house. She was haggard, but her heavy make-up concealed that fact.
Nele was a little surprised. She had long heard that the divided Griffin family was under the control of a smart and capable girl. It was not until now that the family's economic power began to improve gradually.
It could be said that it was very admirable for a girl, who was not even 21 years old, to carry the family's banner.
Nele also noticed that Wendy looked haggard. She didn't know whether it was because of the family affairs or because of Bobby's matter.
"Hello, Miss Wendy." Tony smiled at Wendy. "My name is Tony, and this is Nele. We are Bobby's friends. We heard that Bobby was wronged, so we came to disturb you. If I have offended you in any way, I am deeply sorry."
Bobby didn't care about Wendy's current situation and said straightforwardly, "Wendy, did you receive the letter I wrote to You?"
"Of course, Mr. Bobby." Wendy looked innocent as she said to Bobby, "I'm sorry, but I've been too busy recently. I wanted to write a letter to show my sincerity after I received it.
However, I didn't expect you to come so soon."
"Oh?" Bobby took a few steps forward and said aggressively, "So you're blaming me? You're the one who went back on your words and relieved me of my duty of protecting your family!"
Wendy said helplessly, "I'm very sorry that I relieved you of duty, but I had no choice..."
She instantly lowered her head and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
'Marcus, did you receive the letter I wrote to you? I really hope that you can immediately appear beside me when I'm in danger.'
Wendy had bet all of her chips on Marcus that time.
However, that was also something that couldn't be helped.
Wendy had taken over the family for a month, and the family business was only now beginning to turn a profit.
It could be said that Wendy wouldn't spare time to befriend powerful mages because she felt that Marcus was enough.
This was not only her trust in Marcus but also...
Wendy was afraid again. What if Marcus came and couldn't beat these three?
'Marcus, did you choose to come or not?'
Wendy was agitated as she hadn't mentioned in her letter that others would accompany Bobby.
...
While Wendy was confused, Marcus had long received her letter envelope and started to set off.
"Dear, Mr. Marcus,
The day I was worried about has finally come.
The Griffin's family original protector, Bobby, will be here shortly.
Mr. Marcus, please come to Coro City as soon as possible and save my poor family!"
These three sentences were enough to express Wendy's eagerness.
Marcus saw some wrinkles at the corner of the letter. It looked like some kind of liquid had dripped on it.
'It's tears!'
When Marcus thought of this, he didn't have time to store magic power in preparation for their fight. Instead, he directly used his Shadow Flash and rushed all the way to Coro City.
What a joke!
He had taken Wendy's money and promised to protect her and the family business.
If he let Wendy down this time, how could Marcus live with it?
At the same time, other families would never entrust him with the task of protecting them. Not to mention he would never be able to recast the glory of his family!
Marcus soon arrived at Coro City.
"Open the gate!"
"It's getting dark, sir. Please go back..." said the guards on the city gate.
Marcus stood in front of the gate and shouted, "I'm an Ivy League Academy senior student. I am here on official business!"
The guard on the city wall ignored Marcus. "Who cares what school you are—"
Coincidentally, the patrolling guard captain saw and heard everything.
"Ivy League Academy senior!" The black-haired guard captain suddenly looked down.
As the guard captain, how could he not have some ability?
The guard captain's vision was very good. He could see a person's appearance in the dark and extremely far away.
Other than this skill, he could even accurately guess the person's strength.
He saw a young man in a purple magic robe with an eagle badge on his chest, standing under the city gate.
Hiss!
The guard captain knew what this purple robe represented—it was really an Ivy League Academy uniform!
Moreover, the three mages that had come earlier were also wearing purple robes!
The purple magic robe represented that this student's strength had reached the level of an advanced mage.
The advanced mage level!
"Are you all pigs!?"The guard captain quickly called out for someone to open the city gate and severely reprimanded the guards. "You should see who is at the city gate before you answer! Otherwise, I will personally take a look at your heads!"
After turning around, the guard captain muttered to himself, "Why are there four advanced mages today?"
Advanced mages were not like weeds on the ground or birds in the sky. How could they appear in such a place so easily?
He did not believe that they were the bodyguards of some kind of caravan!
Based on his intuition, this person was somehow connected with the three people from before.
"Sir, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!" said the guard captain to Marcus in a low voice. "It's my subordinates who are insensible—"
"It's okay." Marcus waved his hand at him. "Did a group of purple-robed people like me enter today?"
The various academies had come to a consensus that purple robes would represent an advanced mage student's status.
Marcus didn't want to wear the purple robe as he would attend lessons the day after tomorrow, and he wanted to keep it clean and wear it in the carriage on the way to the academy.
However, he had suddenly received a letter from Wendy in the afternoon.
Thus, Marcus hadn't had the chance to take off the robe he had been checking if it fitted and headed straight to Coro City.
Now, it seemed that the magic robe was still useful.
"Yes..." replied the guard captain nervously. "Three people entered this afternoon. Two men and a woman. They were all wearing purple robes and look very anxious. It was as if they were going to miss a class or something."
Marcus smiled when he heard that. "Although classes are about to start soon, they are from a faraway academy."
"What do you mean?"
"Don't worry about it. Don't worry about anything that happens tonight!"
After Marcus said that, he immediately used magic and headed toward Wendy's estate.
A black shadow disappeared from everyone's sight.
The guard captain wiped the sweat off his forehead, then ordered everyone to do what they were supposed to do while he also continued to patrol.
Although he said he was patrolling, he actually chose to quickly go back to sleep.
Tonight was destined not to be peaceful. Thus, swiftly slipping away was the best path!
All the guards looked at the departing guard captain in a daze.
'He's fearful! Unbelievable!'
The guard captain, a level-9 intermediate mage, was usually so strict with them, yet today, he was, he was so... humble!?
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