Chapter 324: The Worst Outcome

On the way back, Little Ver remained silent, seemingly lost in thought, when Molly suddenly spoke, “You shouldn’t have mentioned the second method, at least not from your mouth. You’re not even fifteen yet.”

“At least after I mentioned this method, the Roth family won’t dare to provoke me for a long time to come.”

Little Ver didn’t retort, but he had a reason for doing so. “Now that my identity has been exposed, besides my grandfather as a trump card, I also need to display enough ruthlessness to make them revere me; otherwise, there will be more trouble in the future.”

“Kid, you’ve already done enough for Lilith. There’s no need to shoulder everything yourself. We, the Kendall family, are not a soft persimmon that anyone can pinch.”

Molly’s face was full of seriousness. “Although I know you mean well, if this kind of thing happens too often, it will make us dependent and also make others truly look down on our Kendall family.”

“Do you think I really want to meddle in your affairs?” Little Ver was also very helpless. “Your father, strictly speaking, was driven out of Drake City. The one who truly drove him away was Count Bordo, but the fuse was that foolish steward colluding with foreign races, preparing to invade my home.”

“This touched many nobles’ sensitive nerves. People who act without a bottom line are impossible to deal with. Viscount Kendall left Drake City with a belly full of grievances and helplessness. Perhaps at first, he could rationally consider his gains, losses, and mistakes.”

“But once he doesn’t fare well in the royal capital and starts to miss the days of dominating Drake City, then all the mistakes will no longer be an issue; everyone else will be wrong.”

“I want to kill you, why can’t you just be killed obediently? Why resist? I merely encroached on the property of some small figures. My original intention was to strengthen the family; is that wrong? Since the starting point is correct, what’s wrong with using a little aggressive means?”

As Little Ver spoke, Molly gradually understood her father’s current state: he was making excuses for his actions, believing that even if the whole world was wrong, he himself was right.

Perhaps in his view, the Kendall family was already in decline, caused by her and her brother’s inaction. To restore the Kendall family’s prestige, he, the elder, was still needed.

So, he used various petty tricks to scheme against her brother and herself, and even Lilith, all for the ultimate goal of revitalizing the Kendall family. As long as his original intention was good, the means didn’t matter. As long as he could return to Drake City and regain control of the Kendall family, he could accept any outcome.

Such a person was terrifying. Molly shivered, filled with helplessness. What else could she do? Perhaps her father saw through her and her brother’s affection for him, knowing that even if the family declined, they wouldn’t be ruthless towards him, which is why he dared to act so unscrupulously?

“What should we do?” After Molly asked this question, she immediately felt a little uneasy.

“Never mind, you don’t have to answer me. After all, this is our family matter.” If her father really returned, then the first person he would probably target would be Little Ver’s family, but as long as Wizard Stardashan was still around, he couldn’t succeed; instead, it might push the situation into an even more uncontrollable state.

Unless, a possibility suddenly occurred to Molly, and her heart skipped a beat. This couldn’t be, could it? One must know that a Level 2 Wizard was a top-tier powerhouse on the entire Continent of the Gods. This was not the Wizarding Islands, where there weren’t so many powerful Wizards.

“You seem to have figured it out.” Little Ver looked deeply at Molly, then nodded lightly and said, “The worst outcome is that our family gets killed, and my grandfather, in his fury, destroys the entire Kendall family. Being skilled in astrology, he can easily achieve this.

Even the main family in the royal capital wouldn’t be able to stop him, and anyone who dared to would be killed by my grandfather.”

“And your father, if he’s not an idiot, wouldn’t dare to do this casually, unless he first eliminates my grandfather. Can you imagine the price he would have to pay for that?”

To kill a Level 2 Wizard skilled in astrology, who is also proficient in both offense and defense, and has strong combat power, Molly couldn’t think of a way. At least she couldn’t do it, and neither could the Dark Night Spirit Cat in her hand.

But what if she, her brother, and the two official wizards of the family joined forces? Molly was suddenly startled by this thought. Why would she suddenly have such a strange idea?

Was she subconsciously wary of Wizard Stardashan as well?

No, it’s not! The reason she had such a thought was that if her father threatened them with his life, this situation was very likely to occur. If he really killed Little Ver’s family, facing the attacking Wizard Stardashan, could the entire family, when mobilized, resist Wizard Stardashan?

It would be a fifty-fifty chance, but her father would definitely die.

Her family had allies, so didn’t Wizard Stardashan? He was an official wizard from the Wizarding Islands, and his background could even be said to be more unfathomable. But did her father have such a clear concept of the Wizarding Islands?

Her father had invested all his energy into power struggles and had long lost his passion for improving his own strength. Otherwise, with his talent, it would be impossible for him to remain at the early stage of a high-level knight for so long without any advancement.

“Do you really think so little of us?” Molly suddenly asked, “With my and my brother’s abilities, can we not stop father from coming back? And Lilith, her intelligence should be no less than yours. Can’t so many of us stop him?”

Little Ver hesitated for a moment, then nodded lightly and said, “You can’t stop him. When he left Drake City for the royal capital, it was destined that he would return again, and then lead the Kendall family to its demise. The longer he stays outside, the more unstable his emotions will become, and his desire for destruction will become even more terrifying and uncontrollable.”

“If Salmon’s visit was just a test and didn’t have much impact, then that viscount’s second son was suspected of trying to divide your Kendall family. And this time, Strelan is even more notorious, clearly trying to tarnish your family’s reputation. You should know how important reputation is to a noble family.”

“Besides that, he also wants to separate me from you all, because in the future he will still need your strength to deal with my grandfather. If my relationship with Lilith remains the same, he won’t have the slightest chance.”

Yes, if Little Ver and Lilith maintained this relationship, what excuse would Viscount Kendall use to act?

If there was no excuse at all, and he just killed them indiscriminately, Lilith would definitely stand with Little Ver at that time. Even if she didn’t attack her father, she would kill everyone involved to avenge Majesties. And her brother would choose neutrality due to Lilith’s stance.

What would her father use to deal with Wizard Stardashan’s furious counterattack?

“Hey, dear Little Ver, how about we hold an engagement ceremony for you and Lilith soon?” Molly’s words made Little Ver’s face darken.

“Do you think that will help?”

At the Roth family, the anxious Morse waited for his father to return. Louis Roth did not reveal Little Ver’s identity, only briefly mentioning the two methods.

When mentioning the second method, Louis had to remind his son, “Scholars are wizards, and wizards harbor insane blood. Let this matter end here. In the future, you are not allowed to provoke wizards, and also do not provoke the Kendall family again. They are also a family of superhumans, and there is more than one official wizard in their family. This time, to appease the Kendall family’s accusations, we have already paid a hefty price.”

The Roth family was wealthy, but even with money, they couldn’t squander it like this. This time, his son’s probing had cost them at least two to three hundred thousand gold coins worth of property as compensation, which was directly given to Miss Lilith without charge. The speed at which this money was acquired was simply too fast.

And there was one more thing that gave him a headache: a large amount of holy water? Haha, a holy water baptism only involved sprinkling a few drops of holy water to purify the body, which still required a considerable price. Bathing in holy water, the Roth family was not a church family and was not that extravagant.

“Quickly collect a large amount of holy water, soak the Bell of a Hundred Flowers’ Wither in holy water, and at the same time, have your mistress who can’t be seen in public take a small cup of holy water every day. Let’s see the effect first.” Patriarch Louis knew that the scholar only provided a general idea, and the details still needed to be refined by himself. Hopefully, it would work.