Seeing Levis's pent-up fury with nowhere to go, every Hogg employee in the office trembled in fear, not daring to make the slightest sound, terrified that Levis would seize some excuse to dock their bonuses and recoup the losses.
But as an employee, did you think that if you didn't go looking for the boss, the boss wouldn't come looking for you?
How naïve.
"Miss Vina, I may have to trouble you with something else," Levis called out.
"Huh?" Vina sprang to her feet like a rabbit, her eyes full of pleading as she looked to the useless Garvin. All she received was a look that said, There's nothing I can do. You decide for yourself. Don't force yourself—I'll support you no matter what.
"Useless!"
The formidable woman pursed her lips. Too lazy to keep pretending to be a little white rabbit, she strode up to Levis, bowed first, then, before Levis could say anything, looked directly into his eyes and said bluntly:
"Lord Levis, I am deeply grateful that you took in and entrusted my fiancé with important duties when he was in danger. Now, you have even brought him back to Water-Drawing City, back to my side. My entire family is immensely grateful for your kindness.
"I also understand that the undertaking you are carrying out in Water-Drawing City is grand and great, one that could even raise our city's prosperity to another level. If this had been twenty years ago, I would gladly have joined Hogg Mining and become one of its members."
At this point, Vina gave a bitter smile. "But the problem is that I have already inherited my mentor Mekalong's magical research and resolved to carry forward his research, even if it may have no future at all. At the same time, I serve