The quaint hall exudes a faint, pleasant woody fragrance.
The fireplace, built of stone bricks, crackled and burned brightly, constantly spreading warmth throughout the entire house.
The thick fur carpet gleamed reddish in the firelight.
Following the soft light, the crimson candlelight danced on the brown leather sofa.
In the center of the hall, two women sat elegantly on a sofa.
Beside the sofa, a mysterious elf with pointed ears stood quietly.
The door opened gently, and the maid stepped in gracefully, carrying a tray to the wooden table in front of the two.
She skillfully poured tea for the two of them and placed the steaming hot tea in front of them.
Then she gathered up the tray and turned away gracefully.
Lia sat to the side, feeling the warmth, but her gaze was fixed on Zola in front of her.
"Tell me everything you know."
Zola took a sip of tea and put down the teacup.
She exhaled a warm breath, her expression turning very serious:
"Although I call Lipoulter Father, we are not related by blood."
This can be seen from the situation of the Raiser family.
Neither Jess Reiser nor the deceased Devon Reiser were Riboot's biological children.
Because gods cannot mate with humans to produce offspring.
They have no real contact with humans, no connection whatsoever, and having children is out of the question.
Hearing this, Lia crossed her arms, frowned, and was filled with doubt.
"So you're saying that your god set up a family in the empire, but in the end, it turned out he was just raising two children for someone else?"
It's hilarious. Lia never expected that after all this, Jess Reiser would become "someone else's child".
Now, Lia felt a satisfying sense of revenge.
After all, she was almost engaged to the Crown Prince, and it was all related to Jess Reiser.
And now, the two children of the Raiser family.
One died, and the other stayed in his small plot of land in the south, which had long been controlled by the iron cavalry sent by the empire.
There was absolutely no news about the Raiser family from the outside world.
"Stolen wealth and honor are ultimately stolen."
Lia's voice was cold, and she gave a disdainful laugh.
She comfortably picked up the tea on the table, slowly took a sip, and moistened her throat.
Immediately afterwards, Lia looked up at Zola and asked:
"So, what's wrong with you?"
Why does she call Lipoulter "father"?
Zola sat gracefully on the sofa, her hands elegantly folded on her fair knees.
With a hint of bitterness on her face, she slowly answered Lia's question:
"Because he wanted to rightfully acquire the Cassidra Chamber of Commerce and control the Nannard family's wealth, he had to become my 'father'."
Zora Nannard, the only daughter of the Chamber of Commerce president and the first heir of the family.
Therefore, once the original president of the Chamber of Commerce steps down, Zola can become the new president of the Chamber of Commerce almost without any obstacles.
but……
This occurred during the time when Victor was visiting the Kingdom of Kant.
It just so happened that the Kacidra Merchant Guild of the Kingdom of Kant was holding an auction.
Zola, who had been doing business abroad for a long time, learned that Victor had left the Empire, so he immediately planned to go home and ask his father for the right to host the auction.
But when Zola returned home, she saw that her father, who was originally in his prime, was now emaciated.
Only a layer of aged skin tightly wrapped around his emaciated body.
Furthermore, she witnessed an extremely horrifying scene.
A disgusting monster is coiling around her father.
It was like a pile of twisted, writhing, rotting flesh, dripping with foul-smelling saliva, its teeth filthy, its tentacles wild, and its entire body covered in blood, flesh, and bruises.
What made Zola tremble the most, and what still terrifies him to this day, is—
That disgusting monster was burrowing into his father's body.
The place it burrowed into gradually filled her father's withered body, as if it were returning to normal.
Zola felt a wave of intense dizziness and fear wash over her, but she managed to steady herself with her strong willpower.
She screamed, her panicked cries echoing throughout the vast mansion, attracting all the guards.
No matter how the guards struggled with the mass of flesh and blood, they were unable to resolve the situation.
In the midst of the fierce battle, even some of the guards were suppressed by that ferocious mass of flesh and blood.
Just then, a man who looked exactly like her father appeared in the room.
He radiated a holy light, which shone upon the repulsive monster.
Immediately afterwards, a strong and scorching power burned the monster, along with Zora's father's skin, to ashes.
After everything calmed down, this man who looked exactly like Chairman Nannard appeared.
Under the watchful eyes of countless servants and guards, he pointed to the charred corpse of the monster and the remains of Zola's father and announced to everyone.
He is a monster.
"And I am Zora Nannard's real father."
The servants and guards were convinced.
However, people with brains are not uncommon.
Almost none of the other branch presidents in the Chamber of Commerce believed Lipoulter's so-called truth.
Even though he looks exactly like Chairman Nannard, they still demanded that Ripoultry provide more evidence.
But...
The ancestors of the Nannard family were the first believers of this god.
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