Conquering The Game's World

Chapter 100  Impatience!

Ronald looked at Luis with a satisfied smile on his face. 'As expected of my son, he didn't disappoint me. He knows how to make his girl happy.'

Lumine was also quite happy, looking at Alicia with a mother-in-law smile. Then, with a sly expression, she messaged Lily quietly, instructing her to take pictures of the shy Alicia in secret. 'Hehe, an excellent material obtained. I'll tease her later by showing these.'

At this moment, when everyone was showing different expressions. A snort sounded.

"At least you are aware of your fortune to be engaged to my daughter. I thought you were quite reluctant to accept her."

David's mocking voice sounded in the room as he looked at Luis with a wide grin. Although, he wasn't as angry as before after hearing Luis' clarification.

He still wanted to make things a bit difficult for him and see whether he can coerce Alicia or not.

As expected, hearing David's words, Alicia came out of her daze-like state and her shyness disappeared. She looked at Luis with a questioning glare and asked.

"Why did you state it like that?"

Everyone knows that Luis was lying in his conversation with Thomas. They all understood it, but they were still dissatisfied.

"Yeah, Luis. Why do you have to slander your parents, too? We never forced you into your engagement," Ronald said while narrowing his eyes as he looked at Luis. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Yes, what your dad said is right. You shouldn't slander your parents in public, Luis. Now we are like some evil parents, who don't regard their child's wishes and forces him." Lumine added on the side.

Luis looked at the two of them and understood why they had betrayed him before. 'It seems everything is my fault.'

He could also see that they weren't really angry at him. Rather, they were just fanning the flames to make the situation more spicy.

So, ignoring the two of them, Luis eyes shifted to Alicia, who was looking at him with a frown on her face.

'I want to try pulling her cheeks.'

Luis hands were itching, but he calmed himself down, as this wasn't the right situation.

'Now is not the time. Let's try that later in tomorrow's date.'

With a cough, he started explaining.

*Ahem*

"So, first I will explain the situation."

"As Dad, Mom and Uncle David must have noticed that Thomas' intention was to extract some information from me. This shows that the King has been starting to get wary of us, although it's just a little for now."

Alicia showed a surprised expression as she turned to look at the three of them.

"Yes, what Luis said is right." Ronald nodded seriously.

"Since they can't get information from us. So they must be trying to get it out of Luis, who is just a young man with good potential in their eyes." David said while folding his hands.

Luis also nodded and said, "Yes, from his question, it was obvious that Thomas wanted to know what was going around with our family at the time of Queen's birthday. Which was around the time of the Raid. Then we ignored the King's invitation. It must have made him wary, wondering if we had found out that Aunt Maria's death was related to him and his son. Or the reason behind her murder."

He said everything in one breath, then he saw that all of them were looking at him with wide eyes.

Alicia was the first to question. As she looked at him seriously.

"What secrets are you talking about?! And was the king also involved in my mother's death?! How are you so sure?!"

She asked this because the two of them had discussed it before. At that time, Luis agreed with her conclusion that the king didn't have to go on such a roundabout way to murder her. He could have done so easily without alerting anyone. Her mother was too weak because of having a broken core and the king was an SS rank Transcendent.

Luis shook his head and said, "I am not saying the king wanted to kill her directly, but everything must have happened under his acquiesce. Since Uncle David was lured out of the estate because of King's summon and the timing of the attack was pre-planned. That means he must have helped his son indirectly or revealed information to him."

When Luis said this, Alicia's expression was subtle.

"Of course, there is also a slight possibility that the Crown Prince managed to get the information from the king's aide without him getting the wind of it. But I find it hard to believe, given his rank."

Alicia agreed with his words and then asked a little impatiently, "What about the secret behind my mother's death? Do you know something?'

Luis was silent for a moment because he knows everything. But it's not the time to tell her.

The secret behind her mother's death is not a simple matter, as it involves the truth behind her origin. That is something Alicia will come across, eventually. If he tells her now, she might just leave everything and go around searching for her mother's birthplace.

Although he too wants to take her to that place, it isn't the right time yet. If she wants to get the maximum gains from there, then she must have strength of at least B or an A rank.

But that is as it may. When he saw her moist eyes, his heart melted, and he decided to give her a hint.

"Well, why would you think that the King or the Crown Prince would be interested in killing Aunt Maria? From what we know, uncle David didn't have any enmity with them before and although the fame of the Ice Phoenix Maria Raven was great, it wasn't enough to threaten their status."

"It was a premeditated murder, and they killed everyone inside the manor, leaving Alicia. Why?"

When Luis asked this, Alicia was thoughtful. But David's expression was ugly.

"Because that bastard is interested in Alicia." David said with a grim expression on his face. "A year ago, they proposed an engagement between Alicia and that bastard Orneus. But I refused, saying that her engagement has already been decided when she was a child."

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Quiz:

Why do you think Maria Raven was murdered?

a) Because of Alicia

b) Because of her bloodline

c) Because she knew something that the King wanted to keep hidden.

d) Other reasons