She lifted a bottle of rare aged spirits—a limited vintage from the northern territories—and poured ten generous glasses.
"Kael, I understand that asking a wolf who runs deliveries for scraps to produce forty thousand on the spot is quite the challenge."
"Considering the fact that I once protected you, I'll give you one more chance."
With that, she placed her high heels on the stone bench and gestured with her chin towards the ten glasses of strong liquor.
"You have two choices."
"One, kneel down and lick my feet, admitting in front of everyone that you're nothing but a pretentious good-for-nothing."
"Two, down these ten glasses in one gulp, then slap yourself ten times."
"If you do either one, I'll settle the 40,000 yuan debt for you. Fair enough, right?"
Whistles and applause erupted simultaneously in the private room.
Everyone present wanted to see me humiliated, to see me, like a stray dog, groveling before Selene Frostveil, just as I had four years ago.
I had wanted to leave some dignity for each other, but Selene and her former classmates pressed on relentlessly.
A fake socialite who lived by clinging to the powerful dared to be so arrogant. Since reasoning with him won't work, I'll just have to flip the table!
I scanned the room and coldly uttered a single sentence:
"Ten minutes."
"What ten minutes?"
I ignored Selene and turned to Garrick Pineward.
Garrick glanced at his communicator and bowed to me.
"Young Master Kael, I've informed our lord. He says he'll come to apologize to you personally in ten minutes, accompanied by Darius Ashford."
"By the way, he also said he's willing to exchange a hundred acres of woodland on the border for Selene Frostveil's life."
The room fell into a deathly silence, then erupted in laughter:
"Is this penniless wretch gone mad? He actually said Selene's spouse is coming to apologize to him and even cede a piece of land to him! Do you believe that, hahaha!"
"Yes, of course we believe it! Kael!" "Nightcrest's practically dead, we have to give him some face."
"I heard that last time a scion of a noble family offended Selene, Lord Darius broke his arms and legs and threw him out of the harbor territory. I wonder how many bones Kael will have left after tonight!"
Hearing the crowd's flattery, Selene's arrogance reached its peak:
"Kael, I advise you to do as I say quickly, otherwise, if my spouse finds out, you're in big trouble."