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Chapter 1530
Chapter 1530
Chapter 1530
Chapter 1530
Emery shook her head as soon as she saw her brother and Preston's look of doubt.
"I mean, you're a nerd, so you won't know anything anyway,” Ellar said in a scathing remark of his introverted brother.
Hearing this, Emery quickly pinched his ear.
At that moment, a voice was heard behind them. "You're all from the Riddle family, and yet none of you cared to learn about the origins of our genealogy?"
All of them turned around to see Everett walking towards them with a glass of wine in his hand.
Everett had always been around to help Damien. Though he did not hold a high position in the company as of yet, he was still rather familiar with the family's business.
‘Everett? You know about it?” Ellar asked without hesitation, as he was still pretty young.
Preston and Everett shared a neutral relationship, so he just shot Everett a glance while Emery continued sipping on her drink, as she did not seem to be interested in this subject at all.
Everett looked at Ellar and flashed him a polite smile before saying, "I can remember it vaguely, but I've always considered it to be a myth. So, a thousand years ago, the denizens of Hustuaburg banded together to form a Holy
Union to combat the deadly manslayer tribe. The Reby family was the leader of the Holy Union, and 5 of their sons were sacrificed in the war against the deadly tribe. After the crusade, the people wanted to thank the Reby family for their contributions, so they crafted 5 elemental badges: Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Metal, to honor the generations of the 5 heroes.
Whenever they find themselves in need, everyone in the Holy Union is obligated to help them out.”
The group were left in a daze after having heard such a fantasy-like story.
Preston looked at Edwin with his eyebrows raised. "Did you just imply... that Nicole is the successor of the fire crest?"
"Yeah! I heard that those crests were once stolen by a bunch of scums so that they could use them to order the members of the union around a few centuries ago. After they had wreaked enough havoc, the Reby family probably retrieved and destroyed them. After that, they weren't seen anymore... Now, one of them has reappeared and found itself an owner”
“And that's Nicole?” Ellar asked, finally having understood everything.
Edwin nodded strongly. "Dang, you just knew?"
‘What? Why is the Riddle family hiding things from their own people?’
Just when he was about to say something, a sharp, feminine voice blared out behind them. "What fire crest? It's nothing but a myth! No one believes in that crap!"
Raine had just walked in with Gary when she heard Edwin spouting what she considered to be hogwash. The moment she saw Gary staring at Nicole, she became livid. She would never believe in a lore that contrived.
"Only an idiot would doubt it! Why are there so many people here in your house today? They're obviously here to pay the successor of the fire crest a visit!" Edwin glared at Raine, as he had always found her to be an imbecile!
Gary's look of admiration grew even more intense when he stared at Nicole. He finally understood why his family had brought him here to attend the banquet.
In a short span of time, Nicole had become a figure in command of all the historical families. She was just like an overlord in one of those fantasy novels. Previously, Gary had truly underestimated Nicole, and as a result, waves of regret began to fill his heart as he downed another glass of wine.
Raine became even more jealous of Nicole as she quickly grabbed Gary by the arm.
"Gary, let's head over there, shall we?”
"Piss off!” Gary yelled, having completely lost his patience.
Without extending her any courtesy, he flung her hand away.
Raine was left feeling completely awkward. At this juncture, she could not bear to see anyone any longer, and so, she buried her face in her hands and ran off.