Chapter 68: Thief

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Regarding the rapid decline of the Grimm family clan, everyone in Winterfrost was discussing spiritedly. They said that they had done too many bad things in the past and now they were suffering retribution. And most people were happy to see their decline because their family had indeed not done anything good in the past. Their reputation had never been good. Now that they were going downhill, everyone was happy to watch the show.

Actually, they were not wrong. The Grimm family clan was such a large family clan. Under normal circumstances, even if it had declined, it would not have happened so quickly. Now, almost all the bad things in their family had happened at the same time. This was mainly because Romo had extracted all the luck of their family clan previously, and even their ancestral spirit had been destroyed. Without the protection of the ancestral spirit, how could the entire family clan not decline?

However, they had brought all this upon themselves. If it had not been for Maril wanting to plunder the luck of the Nicholas family clan, how could Romo have retaliated so swiftly? However, Romo no longer cared about how they were doing now. He felt very gratified and accomplished as he watched his family rise rapidly under everyone’s hard work every day.

Over this period of time, because of the effect of the Faith Candle, Romo had been obtaining Faith Points very quickly. He had already accumulated more than 90,000 Faith Points, but he had not squandered it. He had not even bought a Hundredfold Cultivation Talisman for Ron. Now that Ron was already a level-11 Great Mage, it was better for him to cultivate on his own to strengthen his foundation. As for the others, their cultivation levels had also advanced rapidly, and the strength of the entire family was increasing rapidly.

In a manor in Winterfrost, this manor had originally belonged to the Grimm family but now that the Grimm family had fallen into decline, many clansmen were selling large chunks of their family businesses. Furthermore, the prices were very low, and many people were fighting over them crazily. The Nicholas family clan naturally would not miss this opportunity. They had bought the manor, and at this moment, a strong fragrance was emitting from the manor.

If one were to enter, one would find that the entire manor had been divided into two sections. One section was the soap-making factory, while the other section was busy developing perfume.

In the office, Sonia was checking the accounts. The entire soap and perfume businesses were currently being managed by Sonia and Jack, the husband and wife duo. Both of them would check the accounts. At this moment, Sonia suddenly heard a commotion outside. She was about to go out to see what had happened when the door was pushed open and a person entered. It was Jack.

“Honey, what’s going on outside?” Sonia asked Jack.

Jack smiled and said, “What else can it be? We discovered another thief who wanted to steal the formulas for our family’s perfume and soap, but he was caught.”

“These people are really not giving up. How many have there been already? I have even lost count,” said Sonia with a bitter smile.

Ever since their family’s soap started to sell, many people had been thinking about the formula for their soap. Anyone doing business could tell how enormous the commercial value of such an item was. With the formula for soap, one could absolutely lie at home and earn money. Any businessman would be desperate to obtain the formula for soap. Now, they had even heard that the Nicholas family had created a formula for perfume. After knowing the effects of perfume, they became even crazier in their desire for this formula. If soap was a mountain of gold, then this perfume was the Calamity Mountain Range! After failing to obtain the formulas for these two items through normal means, they had begun to think of other ways to obtain them. The most common method was to send spies to pretend to be workers to steal the formulas. Unfortunately, Sonia and Jack were both very astute people. No one had succeeded in stealing the formulas. If they were caught in the end, they would be sent to the City Lord Residence.

Currently, as the Nicholas family clan’s businesses were booming, the taxes paid to the City Lord Residence had already accounted for half of the total tax revenue in Winterfrost and continued to increase. Hence, the City Lord Residence placed great importance on these two businesses. Any thief who was sent to the City Lord Residence would basically be convicted of a serious crime and be locked in the dark dungeon of the City Lord Residence. As to when they could be released, those who were locked in the dungeon could only come out as corpses.

Jack sat down and drank a cup of tea tiredly. Sonia saw Jack’s tired expression and said with heartache, “Honey, go home and rest, or you can also continue to meditate. I’ll take care of the matters here.”

Jack smiled and said, “You should go back. Aren’t you about to advance?”

Sonia said, “I’m indeed about to advance, but you have to increase your strength quickly. Previously, when you were attacked, if your strength had not increased, those evildoers would have succeeded in their sneak attack.” The two of them were accommodating toward each other. In the end, Jack could not persuade Sonia, so he went home first.

In the Nicholas family clan, a servant was sweeping near the gate. He saw someone walk over and he said respectfully, “Master Son-In-law, you’re back.”

“Yes, I’ve returned to get something before I head back.” It was Jack. He smiled at the servant and then entered the Nicholas family home in a natural manner, heading directly for the residence he shared with Sonia. Along the way, many servants greeted him, and he greeted each in return.

However, at the same time, Karuman, who was meditating in the ancestral hall, suddenly frowned. He quickly extended his mental strength and searched carefully. Then, he snorted and said, “Interesting, stealing things inside the family clan.”

On the other side, Jack had arrived at the residence he shared with Sonia. He pushed the door open and entered without even looking, appearing very familiar with the place. However, after he had entered, he immediately shut the door and leaned on the door to listen. He heaved a sigh of relief when he heard no sound outside. Then, he began to search the room with his shifty eyes. This was obviously not normal behavior. He immediately opened a cabinet and started to rummage through it. It was not known what he was looking for, but he clearly did not find it. However, the places he had searched had all been returned to normal. His movements were also very light, and he made almost no sound. Soon, he had finished searching the entire room, but he clearly did not find what he was looking for. Just as he was about to continue to rummage, he heard a few unique bird cries.

Upon hearing these sounds, he immediately stopped rummaging around. Then, he tidied his clothes and opened the door to go out as if nothing had happened.. However, he did not go out the same way as the way he came but went to a small path by the side.