Chapter 1161
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1161
Even though he hadn’t even begun thinking about what the dark light—that had escaped from the ck
coffin—was, Gerald truly didn’t dare to dwell any longer on any of all this, at least not for the moment.
The stress of all this just felt like a ticking time bomb weighing on his mind.
“…Speaking of which, where’s Chester?” asked Gerald, suddenly remembering about him.
“Ah. Well, the young lord had beenatose for quite a long time as well, but he regained his
consciousness about half a month ago. However, he suffered quite a lot of physical injuries, especially
his legs. Even till today, he still hasn’t been able to get out of bed,” replied one of the bodyguards.
“I see. It’s good enough for me that he survived!”
While the way Gerald and Chester had gotten acquainted was nothing short of dramatic, Gerald
remembered how Chester had risked his life to protect him back when he was close to passing out.
Due to his heroic actions, Gerald had felt extremely touched.
“…Also, aside from our signals, were any of you able to detect Miss Gunter’s…?” asked Gerald.
“About that… We searched for her for seven whole days and nights, but we weren’t sessful in
locating her at all, Mr. Crawford!” replied the same bodyguard from before.
Upon hearing that, Gerald was immediately filled with self-reproach.
Before descending into the ocean, Gerald had made up his mind that he would protect her since he
had brought her beneath the waves with him. In the end, however, he had nearly failed to protect
himself!
Due to that, he had burdened Yume. He didn’t even know if she was currently still alive or not. If only
she hadn’t gone down there with him, she could have remained safe…
The thought of that made Gerald clench his fists tightly.
While he had initially thought that he could just do as he pleased with his current capabilities, in the
end, it was all just a hopeless endeavor… He had just been lying to himself this entire time.
To think that a few small Dead Annies was all it took to render him incapable of fighting… If he hadn’t
arranged for support above sea back then, Gerald knew that there was a high possibility that he
would’ve already died in the depths of the ocean by now.
Even so, the most pitiful person throughout this entire event had to be Yume…
‘I’m so sorry…!’ Gerald thought to himself, his expression pale.
When Jasmine saw that expression on his face, her initial joy—of him finally waking up—instantly
disappeared. In its ce, an immense sense of loss began filling her heart.
‘…Why does she get to be blessed with having Gerald worry about her…? Haha! I’m pretty sure that
Gerald wouldn’t be this sad if I were in her shoes…’
As Jasmine thought about that, Gerald himself was already scanning through the eternal coffin again.
No matter how much he looked at it, however, the coffin didn’t seem to be fake.
‘…Then… perhaps I really did save the woman in white…? The problems just keep adding to the pile…
Regardless, it seems that grandpa knew about the origins of the Dead Annie flowers… Once I meet up
with him, I’m sure I’ll be able to understand more about its mysteries…’
‘Speaking of grandpa, since a month and a half has already passed, he and the other legends should
have long started their journey to the pledge of the holy water… I wonder how they’re all doing…’
‘Regardless, while I had initially promised to meet up with grandpa and the others once I located the
woman in white’s corpse, I don’t even know where her body has gone now…’
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His train of thought was cut short when miserable screams of bodyguards could suddenly be heard
outside the manor!
Secondster, the sound of a door being smashed open could be heard!
“What on earth are you doing? Anyone without an invitation is prohibited from entering this ce!”
shouted Gerald as he ran out to have a look at what all themotion was about.
Upon arriving at the scene, Gerald saw a few of his bodyguards confronting a young woman who
looked to be around twenty. The woman herself looked extremely cold and unapproachable.
Gerald also saw over ten seriously injured bodyguards—who were all clutching onto their chests—lying
on the floor.
Before he could register anything else, several of the remaining guards began rushing toward her while
shouting, “You’re courting death!”
Lifting her arm and waving her hand slightly, the bodyguards quickly found themselves flying backward
as though they were all just broken kites!
As Gerald watched his men topple all over the ce, he felt his eyelids twitch rapidly as he shouted,
“Step down, men!”
After getting his subordinates to stop attacking, Gerald turned to get a better look at the woman.
While the purple and ck eyeshadow as well as her rtively dark lipstick made the woman look
extremely charming, that wasn’t what was on Gerald’s mind at the moment.
After all, he now knew who the woman was. She was none other than Linus’s kind-hearted niece,
Queena!