The Rise of a Master: It Starts With Rejection

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Belle shot an intense glare at the newcomer, her fury palpable. "Are you done? How dare you obstruct the Phoenix Legion's operations? Capture her!"

Seeing another woman appear, who was even more stunning than Yvonne-almost on par with Xena-Belle didn't recognize her and decided to make an example of her. Without saying a word, a middle-aged man stepped forward. This caught Belle's attention, and her expression changed. Immediately, she halted her order. "Stop!" She recognized the middle-aged man as a bodyguard closely associated with Ernest, named Jairo. The woman who had spoken on behalf of Felix earlier was clearly an important person

"The Phoenix Legion is quite impressive. Is your word alone enough to take someone away? I'm standing right here, and I would like to see you try!"

Jairo was there to protect none other than Sherlyn, Ernest's precious granddaughter. Felix -recognized her at once.

"Ms. Holt, thank you so much. However, it's no problem for me to go with them," Felix said.

Felix felt puzzled. Given Ernest's character, he wouldn't easily take sides without understanding the situation, especially when it involved an official operation by the Phoenix Legion.

Upon hearing Felix's address, Belle's expression darkened. As she suspected, the woman was indeed Ernest's granddaughter, Sherlyn.

Even Sherlyn's father held a commanding position, to whom even Xena had to show respect. It made Belle afraid to

just doing my duty. Please don't make this

Belle, Sherlyn replied sternly, "Well, Felix is my grandfather's neighbor. If he were truly a heinous person, my grandfather would have moved

powerful card so soon. It appeared that she had no reservations about using Ernest's

he realized they had only met a couple of times. Did she really need to

neighbors who were big

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away, Ms. Holt. Are you really going to use Ernest or your

about to speak again, Jairo intervened, covering

message to convey. Your power and authority were granted by the people. Whatever you do must

lingering with Sherlyn out