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After retrieving the wheelchair, Lily brought Aiwass and Yulia back to 14 Roning Street where she poured them some tea.

She then began to recount her recent encounter and the "family secret" Oswald had shared with her.

"The Guardian of the Drost Family..."

Aiwass murmured softly, tapping his fingers unconsciously on the wheelchair. He had this small habit when he was deep in thought.

—He was planning on how to kill Minister Drost.

And indeed, his Guardian posed a somewhat troublesome problem.

These Elf Guardians from Avalon were all once part of the Papal Guard. One could say that each of them was the elite of the elite.

The most troublesome aspect was that they were all good people and the face of the Holy Nation... They were also the testament to the friendship between the Holy Nation and Avalon, the actual binders of the bilateral friendship.

That made Aiwass reluctant to use underhanded and despicable methods to assassinate them.

This would certainly blow things out of proportion. It could even escalate the "Death of Minister Drost" to an international affair, making things spiral out of Aiwass's control and deviating from his experience and predictions.

That old fatty Drost would be better off dying quietly.

Fortunately... according to Lily, the old gentleman seemed to have some grievances against Minister Drost as well.

After Lily left the Supervisory Court, the Elder Butler Oswald had hinted to her that she might be in danger.

He also explained in detail to Lily the certain rules borne by the Guardians sent from the Holy Nation, as well as the essence of the Moriarty Family.

Simply put, their duty was not to guard the family head, not Avalon, not the queen or her descendants— not even the family itself, but merely the "continuity of the bloodline."

The Moriarty Family was an exception to this—since they had traditionally practiced an upbringing system.

Among the twenty Founding Families, only the Moriarty Family sought out talented adopted children among commoners to inherit the family business, and it had been this way generation after generation. They represented the "possibility of change."

"According to Mr. Oswald, the Angel Envoy Mordred, who is the origin of the Moriarty Family, was himself an adopted child of another,"

Lily told Aiwass and Yulia.

Mordred actually had a wife and children, in fact, two children.

But Mordred chose an adopted son to whom he passed his skills. After ascending to become an Angel Envoy, this adopted son took over his place.

"Later, Mordred's two biological sons stood up to oppose him. But they made one mistake... they colluded with the remnants of the Giants. Subsequently, the adopted son sought them out and personally executed the two,"

Lily continued.

After that, the adopted son changed his surname to Moriarty.

He became the first Moriarty of Avalon—Constantine Moriarty.

"He was a noble Knight who, because he personally killed the two children of his foster father, refused to let his own children inherit the Moriarty surname and fortune. He felt that by doing so, it would be as if he usurped his foster father's estate,"

Lily recounted Mr. Oswald's words: "Since then, the Moriarty Family could only be passed down to adopted children."

"So that's how it is..."

Aiwass muttered.

This might explain why there had never been portraits of ancestors left in the house.

Because every generation of the Moriarty looked different, and they did not want the adopted children to learn of this too soon, thus considering themselves the legitimate heirs of the Moriarty Family—by doing so, it defeated the purpose of recruiting adopted children.

Then, Aiwass realized something else: "Isn't this the Lohar Society?"

The succession mechanism of the Moriarty Family, aside from not being as bloody, was almost identical to the succession mechanism of the Chairperson of the Lohar Society!

This must be a secret that is revealed only to the next family head when the family is in the process of succession.

Oswald had now shared this secret with Lily, Aiwass's personal maid. This was very likely because he had mentally prepared himself for the possibility that the professor could not be found. In that case, Aiwass would be the legitimate heir of the Moriarty Family.

"Mr. Oswald's intention, it seems, is to have me negotiate with the Drost Family in the name of the Moriarty Family head, to ensure your safety,"

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Aiwass slightly narrowed his eyes and said softly, "If you think about it from this angle... I have a new possibility."

"That is, Minister Drost might not have really wanted to kill you. That old thing is very likely just waiting for me to make peace with him and plead for your life."

"What?"

Lily was stunned for a moment.

Aiwass opened his eyes and said calmly, "Let's start from the beginning and clarify the logical foundation... that is his confirmation that 'Mr. Grey' is from the Lohar Society and is a disciple of Miss Grey Green. That means the assassination commission he issued was real, but at the same time, it was 'spur of the moment.'"

"The first possibility is that he wants to kill you as retaliation against me. Because the incident that put Minister Drost in danger is related to me; it was my deduction that connected the assassinated secretary with the smuggling case. And he just happened to be killed by an assassin from the Iris Kingdom, which also led to Minister Drost being investigated by the Supervisory Court."

That is why Diomedes appeared at the Supervisory Court.

"But if you continue to deduce from this result, then there is another possibility. He just hopes that I realize he has already sent someone to assassinate you, which means he doesn't care if Mr. Grey's assassination is successful or not, he just hopes it will happen as soon as possible. There's no such thing as guarding against a thief every day... so as long as I can't grasp concrete evidence of his commissioning the murder, as long as he continues to invest money, you will always be in danger."
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"He is waiting for me to plead with him. Judging from his relationship with the Lohar Society, he should already know that the professor is most likely dead. So, I would be the next head of the Moriarty Family. If I, as the primary attacker, was forced to stand with him, the crisis facing the Drost Family would very likely be resolved."

"And if I fail to protect you, then this can serve as a hysterical deterrent. Even though everyone knows he doesn't have much time left, no one dares to provoke the dying beast, fearing its retaliatory bite. In this way, he might also find an opportunity to catch a breath."

Aiwass sighed, "This old guy has some moves. Fortunately, Mr. Oswald provided key intelligence, or I might have fallen into the trap."

Yulia had been told by Aiwass before that her foster father might have already died, so she didn't react much to this.

But she noticed something else, "Is that Minister Drost... an enemy of my brother?"

"He is our enemy."

Aiwass corrected, "He is Lily's biological father, yet he hired someone to kill her mother. Now he even wants to kill Lily. His purpose, I believe, is to strike at me through Lily."

Hearing this, Yulia's eyes instantly turned fierce.

But she was like a fluffed-up kitten glaring at someone, not looking intimidating at all.

However, she didn't hesitate to utter dangerous words, "So, does brother plan to kill him?"

"Yes," Aiwass just stroked Yulia's head to comfort her, whispering, "So I'm thinking... how to bypass Mr. Diomedes' interference and protection and kill Minister Drost.

"He himself should also not be weak, as a primary Legal Mage at least at Energy Level Four. But if the fight drags on too long, Diomedes could be drawn in. Even if Diomedes himself has no fondness for Minister Drost, he will do his duty to protect him."

Aiwass had the means to kill him quickly—the Shadow Demon was a good tool and excuse.

The problem was... how to separate them?

Minister Drost was very afraid of dying; he almost always took his Elf Butler with him wherever he went. If it wasn't necessary, he wouldn't even leave the house.

He clearly knew he had offended many people. So, he was very cautious, relying basically only on his secretary to deal with people on his behalf.

Aiwass couldn't think of a good solution to this problem for the time being.

However, he needed to set the stage for the Shadow Demon quickly.

When would those assassins from the Lohar Society come?

Aiwass was getting impatient.

The Defiant Flame Butterfly he had just gotten was just right as a countermeasure for "Aiwass"!

After that, he could enter a state of feigned death... and then go on a killing spree.

At that moment, Aiwass' phone suddenly started ringing.

Aiwass answered, "This is Aiwass Moriarty."

"I called you six times... where did you go today?"

The one who couldn't help but complain as soon as he opened his mouth on the other end of the phone was York Hermes from the Lohar Society.