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Chapter 23: The Mercenary King
“I’otten how many tihtened mother Chief Minister of the Eastern Alliance, Minister Zhou, paced back and forth in the spacious roo Mi, stood not far off
An hour before Tang Mi had delivered Zhou Qianlin back to the villa, where she gave a very simple account of her capture
Captured Passed out Awoke in the street
It was just that simple
The Eastern Alliance hadn’t hesitated to block any news of the wedding’s upheaval fro, but it was already without question a ed, the tone of the former political unification irreparably altered due to the sudden events Sylva Austin was furious, and had already begun dressing down the Eastern Alliance security A daughter-in-law stolen froreat stain the Austin faardless of whether his rage was real or born out of political necessity, Sylva Austin had left back to the Western Alliance with his unwilling son
The Priuan’s ears: “Minister, I am extrerace is not sohtly, there will be consequences!”
After he’d said that, he’d storone in to an explanation He’d had the entire planet shut down, searching for any trace of his daughter To hi hter
But now his daughter had been returned safely And had changed clothes
A beautiful woman, captured and taken away, only pass out and return in different clothes What did thathad happened, Zhou Qianlin’s reputation had been tremendously affected And clearly the Austins had broken off the wedding And what’s more, as Chief Minister he was expected to address questions about what had happened froer, tell your ht?” Zhou Qianlin’s mother, Bai Xiao, asked quietly
“I’m fine, really” Zhou Qianlin stood “Mother, father, I’ like this could happen Father, I’m sorry I’ve caused so , and looked thoughtfully at his daughter A pained sigh escaped his lips “Who’d have possibly expected so like this would happen Fortunately you’ve returned safe and sound Qianlin, you don’t need to worry Go Your father will take care of the rest” He was the backbone of the family, and no matter the difficulties it was his responsibility to shoulder what coave her a light hug
Zhou Qianlin’s eyes had grown red “Father”
“Don’t cry, sweety Go and rest Little Mi, please accompany her She must have been terrified,” the Minister war anywhere” Tang Mi quickly took up Zhou Qianlin’s hand and led her away upstairs
Watching her daughter leave, Bai Xiao uan, this is very seriouspressure The Upper House is dissatisfied with you Will you be able to find the uan shook his head “Qianlin re, no nee can use He was also very powerful, left no trace I’ve asked the members of the Holy Eastern Church to take a look at the video They said they thought it was the o, Zeus”
“Zeus?” Bai Xiao’s eye’s betrayed her shock “You mean Zeus of the Four Divine Monarchs?”
He nodded “In the last twenty years the Four Monarchs have been the most famed Adepts and Mecha-Pilots,to our data, each of the Monarchs are God level pilots, and at least Ninth level Talents None are older than forty Zeus pilots Thor, and holds sway over the Discipline of lightning Thus his nao he entered the scene as aup an S-Rankedit with no trouble He was famous from then on Because of that mission he’d been promoted to B-Rank in the mercenary company Next he completed seven Triple S-Rank missions in succession, and assu He’s never had a mission he didn’t complete”
“But he’s very particular about thethose he likes I’ve looked in to thespecial, and nearly all of theilante justice He perforo for unknown reasons Zeus vanished He hadn’t been seen since, not taking any missions If that truly is Zeus, we have no idea who hired hiape, said, “I’ve heard of thisIf it really is him then I’hter really should be fine Only, we don’t knohy Zeus would kidnap our daughter Do you think it was one of your political opponents who hired hi and ruin your alliance with the West? But judging by his past oes in for politics”
“It’s hard to say,” Zhou Xueguan responded “If he is from the Northern Alliance this would et involved if it was for his own alliance Alright, get soo see the Chancellor of the Upper House I’ll handle this, try to control the da “Hurry back”