The Pinnacle Of Life

Chapter 138

Alex signalled towards downstairs, and Waltz immediately caught on to his message.

The Rockefellers were on edge after all. Who knows when they’re going to send over hitmen again? Alex needed to make sure that Brittany was absolutely safe before leaving. Comment by Melisa Chan: not sure if this should be past or present?

Due to Claire’s incident, Alex had to rush out this morning as well, leaving Brittany alone at home. This had already made him quite uneasy. And with Anthony’s death, he couldn’t bring himself to turn a blind eye to it.

“I’ll make another call.” Waltz smiled.

This time, Waltz called Azure.

“Alright, Azure would be here in a bit. He’s bringing a few of our men to protect this place too.”

Alex furrowed his eyebrows. “Don’t cause too much of a ruckus. My mom might not like that I’m in contact with people from Thousand Miles Conglomerate.”

Waltz turned around and glared at him. “What’s wrong with Thousand Miles Conglomerate? Are you looking down on us?”

Alex decided to stay silent.

Waltz then reassured him. “Don’t worry, they get it. They’ll be secretly protecting her.”

Alex nodded with satisfaction.

Suddenly, an idea came to mind… finding someone to protect her would not make her any stronger so he still wasn’t completely reassured.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

‘I wonder if Mom could train with me as well?

‘I don’t need her to have great martial arts skills. I just need her to be able to protect herself.

‘The Force is too hard and difficult to understand. I haven’t been able to understand all of it too, so that’s a no-go.

‘A way to train her Chi…’

Just then, his attention landed on the paper on his table. It was the amended version of The Yowells’ Slunce Jauda, suitable for all genders and ages. However… his own mother required something more powerful, something with more potential to protect herself.

He decided to try making more amendments with The Yowells’ Slunce Jauda as the basics. He wanted to make something that would help strengthen Brittany’s Chi.

Within half an hour, Azure and his underlings arrived at Maple Villa. Thereafter, Alex and Waltz left and headed straight to the Antique Market.

“Tobias! I’m here!” Waltz started yelling out loud as soon as she entered the store. She lifted her slender fingers and tapped on the counter.

Everyone in the store seemed to be well acquainted with Waltz, referring to her as Ms. Fleur with the utmost respect. Alex was slightly weirded out, but he decided not to question anything.

In just a few moments, a chubby man rushed out from the back. “Ms. Fleur, you’re here. I have prepared what you asked for. They’re right inside. You… and this good sir can go in and have a look.”

Alex could tell that this man was speaking quite formally to Waltz. He was even bowing and nodding gently as well. It would seem that Waltz was quite powerful in this area.

“Shall we go in then, Brother Alex?” Waltz turned to Alex.

“Sure!”

Tobias realized that Alex and Waltz were close from how she referred to him. Though he was surprised, he immediately became more respectful towards Alex as well.

He had thought that Alex was just one of Waltz’s underlings. He didn’t expect him to be her ‘Brother’.

As they went to the back room, three alchemy stoves were set out on the table. They were different in size and worn out. One of them seemed particularly shabby compared to the others—it was missing a leg. It looked like something from the garbage bin.

“What’s with this? How could you sell such trash?”

“Tobias, when did you start selling scrap metal, huh?”

Tobias was trembling at this point. “Ms. Fleur, didn’t you ask me to bring out all the alchemy stoves I have? Alchemy stoves are quite rare now, they didn’t have a market anyway. This is all I have. They’re probably the only ones left in this market. Look at this one, this was consigned for sale.”

Waltz turned to Alex. “Brother, what do you say? Why don’t we take this one? It looks the best out of the three.”

Alex shook his head and said, “No, I’d like the shabbiest one.”