After Gamma appeared, the staff member was taken away by Susan's people, and all his relatives and friends were kicked out of the Wan Le Merchant Guild.
Beta and Sino went to see a play together, ate a couple's set meal together, and had a pleasant day.
As night fell and all was quiet, Beta put on her night clothes.
Beta would not easily forgive the guys who disturbed her and Sino's date today.
She found the staff member, broke the legs of everyone in his family, and confiscated all their property.
A family of penniless cripples.
It's easy to imagine what fate awaits them in the capital... The Midgar Kingdom has been rife with undercurrents recently.
The Thirteen Night Swords controlled much of the power in the capital, but they were all dead, and this large cake always tempted little greedy cats to try and eat it.
Several factions engaged in a secret turf war in the capital.
Ultimately, the Chasing Stars Society emerged as the final victor.
At night, inside a certain noble's mansion.
Members of the Chasing Stars Society gathered together.
They had collected the legacy of the Thirteen Night Swords and became the new power brokers in the shadows of the capital.
At this moment, a girl with pink hair pushed open the door.
Her hair was styled in two buns, and she seemed out of place at this gathering.
Yet, she walked to the Chasing Stars Society's chairman's seat and sat down.
"Many of you here probably don't know me, so allow me to introduce myself. I am Christina, the legitimate daughter of Duke Hope, and also the chairman of the Chasing Stars Society!"
Most of the members present had never met the chairman, only knowing that she was very mysterious.
And when engaging in turf wars with other gangs, the chairman had not appeared at all.
Most people were still unconvinced by the chairman.
"By what right are you chairman!" a stubborn man spoke up.
He was Viscount Mobulu.
He had made great contributions during the turf wars with other groups.
At today's meeting, he intended to seize the position of chairman of the Chasing Stars Society.
"Here, noble rank does not represent everything; strength does. I request that the chairman step down and let Viscount Mobulu become the new chairman!"
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"Me too!"
Christina scanned the crowd and found that sixty percent of the people had voted in favor.
"By what right am I chairman? Just as that person just said, strength represents everything, and I am the chairman precisely because I possess greater strength than all of you!"
"With your delicate physique, how much strength can you possibly have? However, considering your House Hope background, if you warm my bed, I'll let you be a vice chairman!"
Viscount Mobulu laughed.
"You are not worthy!"
As Christina's words fell.
Viscount Mobulu unhesitatingly overturned the huge table and charged at Christina.
As soon as he arrived in front of Christina, his body suddenly stopped.
Then, with a look of surprise, he fell to the ground.
Christina, at some unknown point, held a Magic Sword in her hand.
The Magic Sword had just pierced Viscount Mobulu's heart.
"Does anyone still oppose me being chairman now?"
Christina said to the crowd with a smile.
The crowd looked at the corpse, their hearts filled with shock.
Immediately, some shrewd individuals stood up.
"Greetings, Chairman!"
Following suit, most of the people stood up.
"Greetings, Chairman!"
Only three people remained seated.
Christina walked towards the three of them.
"Are you disagreeing with me being chairman?"
Christina asked.
"You ambushed and killed Viscount Mobulu; we don't need a chairman who only ambushes!"
The other two remained silent, appearing to agree with this person's statement.
"Alright, in that case, all three of you come at me together!"
The three exchanged glances and all drew their swords.
Just as they were about to launch their attack.
Christina flashed, appearing in front of one of them, and with a single sword stroke, severed his head.
Seeing this, the two realized Christina's true strength.
The two had already given up internally; the opponent had defeated Viscount Mobulu with absolute strength, and in that case, they would accept her as chairman.
But their acceptance of Christina did not mean Christina would accept them.
"We agree with you..."
One of them was halfway through his sentence when Christina beheaded him.
The last person saw Christina's dripping sword, his heart still very panicked.
"Don't kill me, I agree to you being chairman now, Chairman, I was wrong."
"Your agreement now is too late! I do not need disobedient subordinates."
As Christina's words fell, the last person was also beheaded.
"Everyone, this is the consequence of betrayal and disobedience. I Hope you will not betray me like them!"
Christina openly told everyone that she was killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.
"We will always follow the chairman."
"Yes, we will always follow the chairman."
...These people immediately began to express their loyalty.
At this moment, someone else pushed the door open and entered.
The newcomer was a white-haired girl.
"Everyone, get to know each other. I am Alexia, the second princess of the Midgar Kingdom! From now on, I will be the vice chairman of the Chasing Stars Society."
"How could a princess appear here?"
"Has the Royal Family intervened?"
"That shouldn't be the case; if it really were the Royal Family, our organization wouldn't have appeared."
Everyone was very surprised by Alexia's appearance.
"I am currently representing only myself, Alexia, and not the Royal Family, so please rest assured, everyone."
This statement put many people at ease.
They looked at each other, having already made their decisions internally.
"Greetings, Vice Chairman!"
The crowd said in unison.
The demise of the Thirteen Night Swords gave Alexia Hope of gaining power.
Alexia's older sister, Alice, held real power.
While she now had the title of princess, she had no authority whatsoever.
Since she didn't have it, she would fight for it herself.
Therefore, she found Christina and created an organization called the Chasing Stars Society.
Originally, they planned to call it the Chasing Shadows Society, but that name was too deliberate, making it easy for people to discover their connection with Shadow Garden.
So, they changed it to the Chasing Stars Society.
Christina also received support from her family.
After all the Thirteen Night Swords died, Christina's father found Christina.
He hadn't expected all of the Thirteen Night Swords to die, and that Christina, who stood against them, would be unharmed.
For the future of House Hope, he sincerely apologized to Christina and promised to hand over the position of family head to Christina.
However, this would only happen after Christina graduated, as she was currently still studying at the Magic Swordsman Academy and was not suitable to be the family head.
But Christina could still fully control all of House Hope's resources.
Since then, all the shadowy forces of the entire Midgar Kingdom obeyed Sino.
Whether it was the Diabolos Cult, Shadow Garden, or the Chasing Stars Society in the capital, they were all Sino's subordinates.
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