As Anneke approached where Lothur was passing with Viktoria and Annaliese, a man dressed in a hood and with his face protected by a mask was watching them from afar.
'That wretch has tricked !' He clenched his fists as he looked at Lothur's annoyed face, rembering the day a re mortal tricked him.
'That day I ran away from Peters City terrified that the Becker family would hunt down because of him... But the bastard had only shown a common symbol of that house to frighten .' Harry's master, the young man Lothur had killed in Lewerenz, thought of this in anger at this vile guy.
But he had not only been frightened by Lothur on that occasion. After that, Harry's master spent days hiding because of the beginning of Elke's family's investigations.
For that reason, he could not even show his identity in public and now had to walk around using a mask through the shadows to protect himself from the target 'engraved' in the middle of his back.
'But just wait, you bastard. My family will act against you and avenge all I have suffered since Harry's death!' He stopped watching Lothur and left that area, returning to his family's side.
His family was also from the province and would compete in this event. So he already had people to stand in Lothur's way!
The entries for the candidates in each test at the conference were public for anyone to see, so it would not be hard for his family group to identify where Lothur would be competing...
Anyway, while that fellow was plotting against Lothur, this young man was finally stopped by Anneke.
"Lothur, I finally can talk to you..." She sighed as she stopped her previous hurried walk while holding his right wrist.
Viktoria then looked at this academy student, whom she knew because of such a person's family, and asked. "From where do you know my husband, Anneke Koch? What do you want to talk to him about?"
Annaliese already knew who that woman was to Lothur, so she just watched Anneke while this black-haired woman answered Viktoria. "I was one of Lothur's teachers in Sector-1, First Miss Frost. So, I want to give so advice to my forr student..."
"Oh?" Viktoria looked at Lothur, surprised by this but finding the behavior of this person from the Koch family suspicious. "Since when are teachers and students this close? What exactly do you want to talk to him about?"
Viktoria still did not love Lothur, but she was possessive with everything she had. Hence, since she had given herself to him, this brunette naturally would not like to see won approaching him without good reason.
Anneke smiled as she noticed how defensive Viktoria was with her. 'It looks like you managed to lt that ice heart, eh?' She looked at Lothur, who had a smile on his face at the mont.
Lothur enjoyed watching his won compete for him, so there was no reason to stop the two from exchanging a few barbs.
Anneke then replied to Viktoria. "True, it is unusual for teacher and student to get close. But Lothur is no longer my student. We are now just colleagues as Annaliese and I, or you and I are..."
"And what does this 'colleague' want?" Viktoria closed her eyes and smiled at this person from Sector-4, who strangely gave her a different feeling, sothing she did not like.
Anneke looked at Lothur and then said. "So families are planning to act against your wife's house. You should expect that by now, right?"
"Hmm." Lothur nodded since none of this was new to him. 'Hell, there are even mbers of that family who plan to act against House Frost...'
She continued. "But so of them will act specifically against you. They will do everything not only to make you lose but end badly, very badly..."
"Act against my brother-in-law?" Annaliese was concerned by that woman's speech. "Why would anyone target my brother-in-law? What did he do? It's not like he's responsible for the future of the Frost family..."
Annaliese did not want to offend Lothur with that final comnt of hers, as although he had the potential for it, no one but her, Viktoria, and Elke knew of his full capabilities. Hence, to her it made no sense to think that the enemies of House Frost wanted his head.
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But while Annaliese did not understand the situation, Viktoria knew so reasons why soone would wish for Lothur's demise. 'That could be because of his father or soone who wants to separate him from ...'
Anneke answered Annaliese's question. "I don't know exactly. In so cases, it seems that these people are just trying to hurt the Frost family sohow. But in the case of House Baier, they seem to attribute what happened to their young master to Lothur."
"The Baier family?" Annaliese asked as she looked at Lothur. "Did you do sothing against Alric?"
"Yes, he thought Elke was his and not mine, so I smashed his little friend." He said in a low voice, startling the three won around him.
That was particularly true for Anneke, who was only suspicious about Lothur's involvent with the Alric incident. "Did you do that for just sothing like that?" She asked as she looked him in the eye.
"Just?" Lothur asked without feeling any remorse.
He was already fully adapted to the cultivation world, so using force to represent his will had already beco normal for Lothur.
"If you want to know, he attacked a few days before that situation. So, I returned every blow his group gave that day." He added this comnt since it made no sense now to hide information about this, even more so considering that he trusted these won around him.
"So he was the one who did that to you?" Viktoria asked as she rembered the day people took the beaten Lothur to her family's estate.
"Yes, he and his cronies attacked . I think that must have happened after I kissed Elke. That fellow seed to be in love with her..."
"Of course he was!" Anneke exclaid. "He convinced his own family to engage with House Becker, so obviously, he wouldn't like to see you interacting with his future wife!"
"Is that so?" Lothur scratched his nose. "Well, Elke didn't know or want that. She preferred to be with . So, like a man, I taught that fellow his place."
"Careless! Now you will have to face their wrath during the Province Conference!" Anneke shook her head in a disappointed manner at him.
But Lothur showed no regret. "I think they are the ones who should be careful. If they stand in my way, I won't hesitate to give them a real reason to make us enemies!"
Lothur did not like the idea of talking to enemies. To him, negotiations were aningful, but only if both sides wanted the sa thing.
When soone negotiated with another because they had no alternatives, that negotiation would already be a failure before it even happened. So, why negotiate with an enemy who secretly wishes your destruction?
He preferred total confrontation, with the stronger destroying the weaker side!
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