
A ringing on Zates' phone shifted his eyes, as did Merry who was beside the man talking about work between them, Zates grabbed the phone he had while listening to what his person was going to say, the silence stretched as Zates listened to someone's explanation behind the phone, making Merry glanced blatantly at Zates because he wanted to know what made the man's face stiffen, even Merry squinted at Zates' nervous attitude over what he heard.
“Alright” exclaimed Zates when he overtook his conversation, making himself look at Merry who was waiting for an explanation, until a heavy sigh made Zates' eyes dim as he prepared to say a word.
“What's up? Did something happen?” merry asked without further ado, making the man smile to be calm, while turning off the long hose to water the various plants in his greenhouse.
“Hansell seemed to want me..” exclaimed Zates with a calm attitude, mekipun his mind was chaotic to the point of clarifying his rational attitude. But he could not make Merry too scared and nervous to face it, making the man give a good attitude for what happened, he said, because this time Zates is increasingly convinced that Hansell is not as easy as he imagined.
“What do you mean by Hansell wanting you. What did that guy do?” merry asked with a high tone full of panicked facial expressions that were clearly visible on his face, making Zates chuckle looking at the woman who was worried about him.
“Not in serious trouble, it looks like he just wants me to deal with it. Anyway tonight we have to go back to Korea and do some work there” exclaimed the man as he passed by Merry standing in the greenhouse.
What exactly does Hansell want, whether he already knows the truth to make a commotion of this magnitude. If that's the case, Zates should be wary of Hansell. In fact, he had thought Hansell would let go of his target after seeing what Zates had done all this time for Airyn and also supported Hansell secretly, but it turns out that the man got something about Zates fishing for his anger, if this is how Zates is in a desperate position, he could not ignore the fact that Hansell was the leader of the headquarters and the controller of the underground, however, a man like Hansell who inherited Farhaven's wealth in the past thanks to a will from his father, who was the heir to the throne, of course, it must be calculated that even Zates could not do anything if Hansell wanted to drag himself with disrespect, for that Zates needed to approach Hansell and see how much anger his daughter-in-law.
The next night they left for Korea on a private plane owned by Zates, of course, the departure this time aims to meet Hansell and make Zates quite worried about the meeting this time, he said, when viewed from Hansell's character who hides facts about him, it is very unlikely he told Airyn will be true, he said, even Hansell would not have possibly given Airyn an explanation for how complicated Hansell was to be stuck as the leader at the headquarters.
So for this time Zates must calm down, and look at the things that happened to him to make Hansell angry, because if Hansell's problem is not well resolved, he said, it could be that Zates will have trouble making calculations on Jilixing.
The meeting that Hansell had prepared with some of his men was of course held at the Zates headquarters where Hansell was detained. The people who were escorting Hansell were already lined up and domineering underground, even some of them were already equipped with weaponry to await the existence of Zaterius, who was already in the air, hansell stood haughty as if to see the man who looked so much like Lord Louis once again.
A fairly old man, and two Hansell men behind him approached their leader who was sitting in the middle room, Hansell's eyes staring at someone who approached him, as their eyes stared at each other, even this time Hansell increasingly distrusted himself, and increasingly did not expect that the man was indeed very similar to Louis Petrov, unfortunately Zates could not take over the area, he said, because Hansell had already crippled his men before Zates could occupy himself in position.
“Who are you really?” hansell asked sharply so that it became a welcome word for their meeting, making Zates look around while looking at Hansell who was very angry at him, even the man's eyes were not stopped from looking at Zates from any angle, until the gaze full of certainty could be caught by Zates if his son-in-law already knew the face of Louis Petrov.
“Why are you making such a big fuss. If you just want to know who I am, you can ask me directly, but everything has gone and I will not back down. Well, seeing your behavior this time, of course, you've seen Louis Petrov, so you're so angry about my presence. I think Louis Petrov's whereabouts I've buried deep, from all the media and internet searches so that no data can access him, but who would have thought you could know Louis Petrov's face. It's quite interesting”
“Don't beat around with me. Otherwise I'll smash your head!” hansell snapped while rising from his seat to show opposition to Zates.
“Lord Zaterius, you already know me, no, you already know about everything that happens in the kingdom of the land, and you already know how I relate to Jilixing. From everything you know if you're the person behind the contract,”, the words Hansell had suggested made them both silent in a threatening look.
Zates wondered what words he would say to Hansell that felt ready to pounce on “Ya. I'm the one who made the contract letter” Zates asserted with a loud attitude, as if he would not hide the reality again, aware he would ignite emotions, he chose calm rather than having to see nervousness, he said, however, relying on yourself is something that Zates can do at this time, considering himself under the power of Hansell.
“Ya?” hansell exclaimed by repeating Zates' statement, as if he couldn't believe the person admitted it so easily but had been making life difficult for Airyn so hard for so many years “Did you not love your life anymore!!” hansell continued in a fit of rage, which almost made him want to kill the man, but Hansell needed to know everything and information from the Zaterius before he could eliminate him.
“I was indeed the one who made the contract letter for Airyn. But it was not I who tormented Airyn's life for so many years, but the Farhaven” family, when Zates' astonishing words made Hansell's hands tremble, he could not even yell or make a sound, even Hansell can't say anything but emit threatening signals “Let's be honest with each other. You are the leader in the headquarters that houses many mafia groups around the world, even you rule the world with just your underground reach. But you hid the fact who you were for these 5 years to Airyn and the world, or maybe to yourself”
“Close your mouth!“ bantak Hansell with a blaring voice to want to destroy Zates that very second, even the veins in his veins just appeared on the surface, like wanting to clutch the mouth that traces the fact of him blatantly.
“What is the relationship of the contract letter with the Farhaven Family. I didn't even hurt Airyn, and I just wanted to destroy everyone who would hurt her. All this time I joined just to protect Airyn from threats, even I had no intention to injure her” Hansell snapped so angrily, she said, he couldn't even turn his anger on anyone but Zates.
Zates sighed heavily as if Hansell's unknowing mistake made him lose track of the truth about his wife, unfortunately the misunderstanding between Hansell and Airyn had developed without them noticing, to make Zates quite hesitant to explain the truth to the man, because he was very sure if Hansell would be disappointed later, not on Airyn but himself.
“I don't think the head of the base will be relegated to direct descendants of the Farhaven family. Because since the murder of a family member committed by Griffin in the past. Make Hamillton and Charmilla still sobbing, distance yourself and them from all the power that Farhaven has. Do you know why it wasn't Airyn who was the leader for the headquarters, even though she was a member of the family who was Charllot's daughter in the family lineage. That's because they already know that Airyn is not a direct descendant of the Farhaven family, so the only one who can take the throne of leadership in the underground kingdom is you. I didn't think you'd take that 5 years ago, just because you wanted power in a country, even if you didn't think it was greed, anyway, still, you've been playing around with a Farhaven covenant and become a leader in the underworld, until you can't back down and have to carry out what kind of tasks have been inherited. So from all that, do you know why I said Airyn was trapped because of the Farhaven family, because I couldn't destroy Jilixing under your leadership, and I can't stop the fuss over the contract letter that Jilixing used, because it was you who dreamt and protected him. Even Legally Airyn, who had an agreement and protection from the underground empire, got a VVIP spot because Hamillton himself signed his promise with Louis Petrov, who was also a member of the royal family, that's why Airyn has been stuck for years and made herself notorious in business, but that's not a problem. Because the problem is the contract letter that binds him, I admit I was the one who made the contract so that Airyn could survive on behalf of her father and also the inheritance left by her father, he said, because since the departure of Louis Petrov, airyn seemed lost direction and also lost control of his life. That's why I made the contract to give Airyn a reason to survive, but who would have thought that Jilixing would use it in the name of a contract to destroy Airyn, and make contact letters as if a threat to Airyn, when if you think about it, the contract letter is just an empty shell that contains the hope that Airyn will survive her wounds and pain. But when I wanted to destroy the agreement, Jilixing who was under your leadership repeatedly thwarted all my plans”
“A-What do you mean exactly!!”
This time Hansell seemed to be made distrustful about himself, whether he was the main reason for Airyn's unhappiness, it was impossible for his father to be involved in Airyn's equal share in playing underground instead, even Hansell could not believe that he was the cause of Airyn's bonded contract, but what about now? What Hansell had to do if it was actually what he had been thinking about, and that was what this akir-aki made him angry.
“Hansell don't lie to yourself. By acknowledging who you really are, then you can see everything differently” said Zaterius with a calm attitude, making Hansell dazzle his eyes with so threatening, he said, he even walked in front of Zaterius while staring at the man with the power in his hands.
“Then who are you! What's your relationship with Airyn? Why is your face so similar to Louis Petrov's? Why are you interfering and being around Airyn? What you really need!” hansell protested with questions, causing Zates to return her daughter-in-law's gaze while sitting in the middle seat in the room.
“If I say, I am the biological father of Airyn who is your in-law how? Do you believe” as soon as Hansell's eyes grew bigger, even he did not mishear the words of the Zaterius, until everyone who was there looked at Zates who was relaxed and sat so quietly.
“I'm not lying. The story of why I am Airyn's biological father is quite long and complicated. And it'll be hard for you to understand about it, but I can make you sure of Merry. Just think of a woman as smart and genius as Merry how to leave her daughter and join me who suddenly claims to be Airyn's biological father, if she's so sure of that fact. There was no way he could be fooled if he had already confirmed this reality. Merry had already convinced me and Airyn was indeed a father and son, and Merry wanted to join me in destroying Jilixing so that the contract letter could vanish from our daughter”
When Hansell fell silent, he would believe this man or he should dismiss all reality, but this resemblance is so obvious that it is hard to doubt, and the fact that Merry is siding with Zaterisu becomes a strong reason if this man's presence is a truth.
“I'm not Louis Petrov, I'm Zaterius Laos Petrov. The twin brother of Louis” once again Hansell was made to shut up, even the questions in his brain were answered already, and even Hansell had already investigated this man and also investigated Louis Petrov.
“Is this the reason I couldn't find the whereabouts of the person behind the contract, because you hid yourself, and didn't play in the underground area and neither did you expose yourself”
“Fright!! The reason why the trail of people behind the contract letter was not found is because you cannot find me, and I am also not related to the people who play in your area. Other than that I didn't do anything to Airyn, so there's no way there's any trace of me you guys can. Because the perceiver is Jilixing who on behalf of myself over the person behind the contract letter”
“If it's like that why don't you come out and explain everything! Why did you let Jilixing make Airyn difficult and let Airyn in loneliness over the past mistakes you guys made” Hansell snapped in disbelief, making Zates dodge looking at the man, even he was speechless without being able to reply as quickly as usual.
“Color I have a reason for that, let that be my problem and also Merry and my twin brother Louis. The most important issue now is destroying Jilixing and also keeping Airyn calm without knowing the truth of her past. Because if he finds out the truth about his biological father, it will be a new wound for Airyn, and I don't want my son to get hurt again, it feels like Airyn quite already know the crazy facts will we” exclaimed Zates in front of Hansell, making the man stunned as he blinked his eyes while rubbing his head violently.
Initially Hansell had also suspected something was wrong with the contract letter, and suspected something was wrong from the past, if this is how Hansell should be. Too many unexpected things happened in his wife's life, and too many things that could not be explained to Airyn.
“Are you crazy to hide something as important as this from Airyn! Even hiding myself has actually become a heavy burden for me to bear. How can I hide the truth about her being this complicated. I will not disappoint my wife” exclaimed Hansell resignedly, making Zates throw his hand against the table while rising from there, he looked at Hansell with a menacing look, as if not believing the man still considered himself high.
“Do not consider yourself noble! You even took the wrong step from the beginning, and let Airyn fall in love with your weak self, and keep trying to be her weak point, and you've been lying to her for 5 years. Now you assume you can't disappoint Airyn! Be aware Hansell, from the beginning you have failed him and you have taken the wrong steps for him. If you tell me the facts about Airyn, are you prepared for Airyn's plight? If you're ready, please ignore what you think is right. But don't blame me if I'm gonna be the first one to break you if anything happens to my son. I will destroy the headquarters that you lead with one flick” threatened Zates in front of Hansell, to make Hansell speechless about the man.
“Who are you actually” asked Hansell with a cold look.
“You don't need to know who I am, which is for sure I'm not a person worth you. Even though I did not play with the realm you led, I had already placed my people throughout the entire territory, even my insiders were in the core stewards of the headquarters, he said, that's why don't you force me to destroy you if something happens to my son”
“If you're that great, why don't you destroy Jilixing from the beginning!!”
“That's all because of you!! You hid that base!!” Instantly Hansell fell silent as if he could not hold his balance, he stepped back as if he could not believe that the headquarters under his command as the heirs of the Farhaven family was the headquarters that had protected Jilixing. If this is what Hansell was behind, who had hurt Airyn, to let someone else hurt his wife.
“Despite the fact that I couldn't touch the base, it's still not the time to blame yourself. You should be able to destroy the headquarters with your own hands, otherwise you will lose Airyn” and continue Zates by chasing Hansell for the speaker, even Zates wanted to make the man aware of the position he was sitting in at the moment.
“B-How could—“ exclaimed Hansell in a stuttering tone while gazing at Zates in disbelief.
“That's all your choice” replied Zates with a sunken smile, for if Hansell destroyed the protected headquarters under his command that became a requirement to inherit the underground empire, then, it was tantamount to Hansell having to give up if all the power and property he had would go down with Jilixing's hidden headquarters, and perhaps Hansell would have nothing, due to initial requirements to become a leader in the underground empire, Hansell had to complete his mission to protect the secret headquarters that had been hidden for decades.
Just now the atmosphere was quiet and Zates was calm there when he set the facts on Hansell, someone brought Merry with a respectful attitude, making Zates' body stiffen when watching Merry's presence among them, how could the woman be in this room, not that Merry has been placed in the Villanya that has strict guard, whether Hansell forcefully brought Nerry here. But this should not happen, because if Merry comes something bad might happen later.
“No Merry, didn't I tell you not to come here!!” zates shouted as he ran up to Merry to grab the woman's arm, even Zates did not expect Merry to come in their airport.
“Why did” break Hansell from behind “I want to hear an explanation from Merry, about you” he continued in front of Zates, making Zates face wipe as if he could no longer say.
“What a fool you are!! Merry's body is still attached to a tracking device that I can't hack, and I vanish. Airyn accidentally planted it when Merry stopped working, if Merry was in this headquarters, already in pastika Airyn is currently monitoring it or worse Airyn to this headquarters. Do you know who Frada is, he's the world's number one hacker who can't be defeated, even up to this second my guy can't break the signal that's attached to Merry's body, and you brought Merry here, do you want us to get caught. Jeez we've stuck”
“J-J-So you think Airyn knows everything” asked Merry nervously, even Hansell was stunned by it.
“No. Airyn just paired a tracking device to find out Merry's whereabouts, she didn't pair the eavesdroppers. So however Airyn will not know what things Merry will say, he only monitors Merry's whereabouts. At first I thought it wouldn't matter, but Merry was her mother, which is why Airyn wanted to know where Nerry was. I even brought Merry back to Ireland so Airyn thought Merry wanted to rest and also wanted to calm down. And I can manipulate Merry's tracks while attending a cruise ship, but that's only gonna last a few hours. And this time I didn't manipulate Merry's tracks, and Airyn must have found out that Merry was at this base. If that happens, Airyn will definitely catch us alive here” explained Zates hurriedly as he spoke to Hansell and Merry.
“Quick disperse from here!” hansell's orders were instantaneous, even a silent voice spread out from the outside, as if no one was responding to his words, until the bodies of the three people stiffened without being able to think calmly.
“Is it too late” muttered Hansell instantly, making their gaze diverted to the figure who had just entered from the main door. Until when their bodies can not move other than to pay attention to Airyn who stepped definitely inward.