Chapter 231 - 97. Betting with Oneself_4
Keken fled the city before the situation could escalate, and to his family, it seemed like he abandoned them at a time of great opportunity, the path they had painstakingly laid out for him. Naturally, they felt angry and bewildered.
As for whether Rafael could stir up a storm on the South Continent, as the Red Dragon Queen, she certainly had the power to do so.
But even if Keken had done the right thing, he’d only be absolved of his "coward’s" title after the situation over there turned dire.
Mr. Fisher was contemplating Rafael’s matters while simultaneously drinking with Keken to comfort him over his frustration on the return trip to the Western Continent. As they drank and chatted, evening gradually approached.
Mr. Fisher wasn’t drunk at all, but Keken was crying into his drink. Thankfully, he still had two wives who loved him; otherwise, the scolding from his parents and clan would have driven him to jump into a river. The pressure had indeed been overwhelming lately, and he felt discontent everywhere he went. In the end, he even came to drink with Mr. Fisher, an old schoolmate he wasn’t particularly close to...
And now, by the end of the drinking session, he had begun to lose clarity of mind.
"Mr. Fisher, we’re doomed... After all the years and everything we’ve done on the South Continent, if that Dragon-man rises, I dare not imagine what will happen... The South Continent will be overrun with slaughter! Death will be everywhere!"
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