Under the heiress facade

Samantha asked again, "You can't do this and that. Then, what do you want?"

Hera took another sip of the wine gloomily.

"That's why I called you out. Help me think of a solution."

Samantha kept silent.

"Great. It's a dead end," Hera sarcastically thought.

Meanwhile, in a VIP room on the third floor of Nightless Haven, Bernard sat in a corner, drinking sullenly.

Shaun wanted to call some hostess in for some fun, but a single look from Bernard made him drop the idea. He exchanged glances with Theo, who was also invited since he was on a business trip in Jedburgh. Ever since Bernard started dating Hera, he had stopped coming out for drinks with them. He seemed to be deeply in love and was dedicated to the relationship. Now that he suddenly asked them out, they figured something must have happened.

"Bernard, it's rare for you to ask us out for drinks. Are we really just drinking? You can do that at my family's winery, you know. We have all the vintages."

Shaun couldn't help but ask.

Bernard simply replied, "Too far. Not going."

Shaun didn't know what to say in response.

He then lit a cigar.

you have a

"No."

losing his

are you looking

kept drinking in

drink and asked, "Bernard,

favored, Theo's guess hit the nail on

as Dr. Shadow to him that night, which made him happy but also guilty. He felt guilty because not only was he hiding his identity from

up

their relationship develop. But doing so would require Hera to swear on her life to never reveal his identity as Grandmaster of

complex. Besides the grandmaster, there were ten elders whose identities remained secret to maintain the balance of power and for the development of

a few

identity wasn't necessarily a good

Theo adjusted his glasses.

only continue to hide it until a

frustration. This was the

with a good

the

stop drinking. You're drunk. What's your dear Bernard's number? I'll

him..." Hera said with a hiccup as she wobbled out of the