Chapter 103 Negligence
While pensions were being distributed and funerals were being held, an internal investigation of the Fischer family quietly began.
Irene called each person into the room individually to talk to her in detail.
She was very skilled in using malicious words to guide the other party, and through her ability to listen to malicious words, she could sense the deepest thoughts of everyone in the Fisher family.
In order to make everyone willing to accept the order, even Byrne himself accepted her inspection.
Although a few servants and guards who had some malicious intent or had stolen family items were found, no so-called traitors were found after a full round of investigation.
A few days later at noon, Byrne was wandering in the hall, thinking for a long time, and suddenly said to the captain of the guard standing not far away:
"Theo, call your wife over here."
Theo was stunned for a moment. A certain possibility made him feel great fear in his heart, but he still followed Byrne's orders.
"Okay, I understand. I'll go right away."
He eats and lives in the manor and rarely goes home. Basically, he goes back for one or two days at most a month. In fact, his relationship with his wife is not very good recently.
Although the work is extremely hard, Theo's monthly salary is five times that of ordinary guards, and her annual salary and bonus are ten times.
Therefore, he has always been hardworking and has no complaints, and has no dissatisfaction with the Fisher family in his heart.
Theo's wife was also brought to the family manor by him. It was her first time to be inside such a huge manor. She looked extremely surprised and stared at the crystal chandelier on the ceiling for a long time.
"It's so beautiful, how much does it cost?"
Some of the servants laughed secretly at the poor man's demeanor.
Irene communicated with her alone in the room, using skillful words to try to guide the malice deep in the other person's heart.
She did have malicious intentions, but they were simply out of dissatisfaction with the Fisher family for keeping Theo tied up. Other than that, she had no extra thoughts.
It seems that it was not Theo's wife who leaked the secret. Theo and Byrne were relieved after getting Irene's answer.
Byrne really didn't want the problem to be with Theo's wife.
Theo, the man who was nearly fifty years old, was not only his swordsmanship teacher, captain of the guard, and coachman.
He is also a warrior who has been with Fisher for many years. Like Vanessa and other boys and girls, he is a confidant who can be considered half of the Fisher family's family.
What if the traitor is his wife? According to the rules of the Fisher family, she must be executed in secret.
But even if Theo agrees with the Fisher family's sanctions, he will still have negative emotions in the future. Byrne can no longer reappoint him, but he will also not let him leave the family.
The worst possible outcome is that the marginalized Theo eventually explodes with negative emotions and impulsively chooses to betray her family.
Although these were just some speculative possibilities, Byrne's scalp tingled just thinking about them. That was almost the development he feared the most.
Theo was really relieved. After his wife went back, he thought for a long time and finally asked Mr. Byrne for leave, saying that he was a little tired recently and wanted to go home.
In fact, the reasons he gave were true.
Tired.
This small-scale night defense battle only resulted in the death of seven family guards, which was basically no loss in the eyes of the extraordinary people.
On the contrary, it is worth publicizing that they actually easily dealt with a second-level transcendent who came for a night attack!
But Theo felt completely different.
He ate with the guards every day. He still remembered that when there was a young guard who had just come to the Fisher family, he was very lively and humorous every day and often made everyone laugh after training.
But Theo heard from others that after the battle started, half of his body was eaten alive by worms, and he wailed for a long time in public before he was shot to death by his friend.
The guard who was under pressure to continue shooting also told him last night that he had decided to quit his job and planned to work as a worker in a factory in Fein City.
It's not just him.
Theo remembered the name of every dead guard, as well as their faces, personalities and hobbies.
They are all living people.
So he had to attend seven funerals and see the relatives and friends of those people crying seven times.
Theo used to be the boatswain on a merchant ship that traveled back and forth on the sea, doing trade most of the time and occasionally engaging in pirate plunder.
Killing and looting did not feel good, but Theo knew that he was the captain's man, and that meant he had to be loyal to the ship.
Because it was difficult for his wife to take care of their son at home alone, and because he was seriously injured in a naval battle, Theo decided to spend the rest of his life in the town of Nasir and never go out to sea again.
But without making a living at sea, Theo could only make money by doing carpentry, and the family's income level plummeted.
After the birth of his second child, Theo, who was finally tired of the poverty and hardship, discussed with his wife that he must find a way to make more money.
Later, through the introduction of the maritime merchant Mr. John, Lucius met him for the first time.
"Lucius, Theo is a very capable battlefield commander. I once hoped that he would be the boatswain on my ship. What a pity."
At that time, Theo immediately said: "I'm sorry, I really don't want to go out to sea anymore."
He still remembered that lazy man looked at him for a long time, and finally nodded and said:
"Tio, haha, you have a very good look, a look that only someone who has experienced many battles can have."
"As long as you can take my three swords, you can become the captain of the Fisher family's guard, but you must use actual combat weapons instead of wood. Do you have the courage?"
"Okay." Theo nodded.
Not only did he block Lucius's three consecutive swords, he also suddenly dodged the opponent's fourth sword that attacked his arm.
"You are very good. You understand that once you pick up a weapon, there are no more rules in battle. Our Fisher shields must not only be tough but also agile!"
"You passed!"
That Mr. Lucius is a really cunning guy, Theo judged it immediately.
Over the years, Theo had killed some people for the Fisher family. He knew that as the captain of the guard, he had to be loyal to the Fisher family.
No matter what the Fischer family asked me to do, since I had been receiving money from them for many years, I couldn't refuse them.
Theo believes that loyalty and responsibility are the most important qualities.
Training the family guards was a piece of cake, after all, there weren't many worse people than the group of would-be pirates on the ship.
However, Byrne, who had returned from the military academy two years earlier, shook his head and said that his method of taming those brats was meaningless.
"I need to turn them into soldiers who can fight low-level extraordinary people head-on."
"Rather than a bunch of idiots who know how to wield weapons."
Mr. Byrne and Mr. Lucius are two very different people.
He was originally a kind, timid and smart child who liked to study and was good at observation and summarization.
In recent years, Mr. Byrne has grown rapidly, become more stable, and is finally able to do things for his family that he was reluctant to do.
During the two years, Byrne taught him a lot of knowledge from the military academy, which made Theo, who had never received systematic training, suddenly see the light.
The originally chaotic experiences in his mind were completely unfolded, and many questions had answers and explanations.
However, many years of working as a guard captain forced Theo to neglect her family.
His home is in the south of Nasir Town, and the house is not very big.
When Theo returned home, he saw his wife struggling to move things and immediately took them in his hands.
The wife asked in surprise: "Tio, why did you go home today? It shouldn't be your day off yet, right?"
Theo forced a smile, nodded and replied: "Mr. Byrne gave me a day off today, so I'm back now to take a day off."
"It's really tiring to go on a long journey. I really want to take a bath now."
"Um."
His wife nodded, followed him back to the room without saying anything, and silently prepared a bath for him.
After Theo put down his things, he suddenly had a feeling that she was reluctant to pay attention to him. His daughter was cooking at home and was surprised to see him come back.
“…”
He sat in the chair and didn't hear his wife say a word for a long time. He knew that she was really angry.
Theo didn't think he had done anything wrong. Although he couldn't go home often, he got most of the money back.
In order to support my family, I am hovering between life and death every day, so it is normal that I have no time to communicate with my family.
If you don't work wholeheartedly for the Fisher family, there is no way they would allow you to become their confidant!
When he thought about this, he suddenly felt annoyed. He had risked his life for the family, had no women outside and did not spend money recklessly, so why was she still angry!
Obviously, when I said I wanted to find a job that pays more, you agreed!
"Where's your son?"
Theo asked loudly why her eldest son was not at home and where he had gone.
The wife took a deep breath and responded coldly:
"You also know that you have a son. He left Nasir with his friends a few days ago. He said he was going to Fein City to find a job and didn't want to stay at home doing nothing."
"What?"
Theo was stunned, surprised that her son would leave secretly, and asked in disbelief:
"You said he went to Finn City? When exactly did that happen? How come I don't know anything about it?"
"Of course you don't know, you know nothing. You and Master Byrne were out at that time. When you came back, it was too late, and I couldn't persuade him!"
The wife spoke very quickly, and started crying as she spoke, with tears falling one after another.
"If he gets bullied outside, or if anything happens to him, I will hate you forever!"
Theo was speechless. After a long while, he asked in confusion: "He would never do such a thing before. Why is he so bold all of a sudden...Did his friends lead him astray? Who are his friends?"
The wife finally couldn't help yelling at the top of her lungs:
"You have met him less times than you have met those brothers in the past few years. Do you really know what his personality is like now and what kind of person he is?"
"Don't you think it's too late to ask now?"
Theo had no idea how to answer, but he couldn't apologize or comfort his wife. His wife cried silently and didn't say anything else. The family stayed in silence for the whole night.
He understood one thing very well: he already knew too much, and even if he wanted to leave the Fisher family it would be impossible.
The Fisher family can make people who originally do not have extraordinary powers suddenly have extraordinary powers.
Theo lay on the bed and took a deep breath.
Although the truth about the most terrible secret has not yet been truly revealed to her, Mr. Byrne and Ms. Irene have both vaguely hinted at some unimaginable great power.
He exists.
It was not until the next morning that Theo, who had not slept all night, learned the news from the guards of the Fisher family.
The person who leaked his and Mr. Byrne's whereabouts was found.
(End of this chapter)
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