Luck is a Charm

"Oh, I'm surprised you know my name and Angela." Zen raised his eyebrow in surprise when William Kaiso managed to name all of them.

William Kaiso laughed awkwardly as he exclaimed, "It's my duty as an elder of the Kaiso family. I must know every important person. Otherwise, our fate is going to worsen if we manage to offend someone we cannot afford to."

Zen chuckled softly and nodded his head. "You can lead the way, William Kaiso."

Zen didn't mind the change of attitude in William Kaiso because it only proves that he's capable enough to know when to change, unlike Daemon Kaiso who only has rage and anger in his head.

His incapability to change despite the circumstances proves he's a narrowed-minded fellow that is destined to be used by someone or killed later on.

Meanwhile, William Kaiso led the way as he continued to change multiple corners and walked further away.

"The place I'm leading is the most secretive place in our Kaiso family because we don't want to risk any information leaking out." William Kaiso explained and continued.

"You don't have to be wary, little missy. I wouldn't dare or even attempt to lock a platinum cardholder because I don't want to repeat the incident from back then."

Angela was still suspicious but stopped her murderous intent when Zen held her hand tightly.

Afterward, he sent a mental transmission to Angela and said, "I don't sense any malicious intent from William Kaiso and even if he managed to conceal it and tried to attack us. Don't forget about my shadow army that can lurk behind in shadow and this environment is suited for my ability."

Zen smiled as he pointed in some dark corner and Angela glanced at it before feeling the shadow hiding there winked at her.

Angela was shocked and stared at Zen who simply pulled her closer to his embrace.

"Don't be afraid when I'm here," Zen whispered softly into her ears.

Angela blushed slightly as she leaned closer to his arm, "Un, I understand."

Sometime later, William Kaiso arrived at a large golden color door with a dragon symbol labeled onto it.

When Krista Dragoon saw this, she was dumbstruck as she glared at William Kaiso, "Isn't this our imperial family symbol? How could your Kaiso family dare to engrave this kind of symbol in your door?"

William Kaiso smiled bitterly as he explained, "Well, we have indeed been planning on overthrowing the current imperial family but it's not like this is a secret between the other two noble families."

And he continued, "The Pelora and Camellia family has been eyeing the imperial throne for a long time and it's an open secret in the Jade Kingdom. Just that no one is willing to talk about it in fear of the consequences."

William Kaiso has no problem exposing their scheme on wanting the throne from Krista Dragoon because of her newfound background.

If it were still back then when she doesn't have a relationship with a platinum card then William Kaiso could care less about her given the sour relationship between her and the empress.

Luckily, he didn't offend her much despite the circumstances as he waited and watched on the sideline in case a new variable arises.

'For a platinum cardholder to suddenly intrude into the Jade Kingdom, what kind of scheme are they up to now?' William Kaiso pondered inwardly as he retrieved a key in his spatial ring and opened the golden door.

CREAK!

The door opened up and instantly, a strong glow of light flashed upon them and it took them a few seconds before they could open their eyes again.

When Zen and the rest saw the furniture inside the room, a shock of disbelief appeared on their faces, especially the large table in the center that is carved in diamond and gold.

"Just how much money is used in this room?" Krista Dragoon glanced at William Kaiso and asked.

William Kaiso cleared his throat softly and with a prideful expression, he said, "This room is our pride and the reason why we're able to rally many people to side with us. This room cost more than 20 billion spirit stones to build and the amount of formation inlay in this room is powerful enough to deflect an advanced mage attack."

Afterward, William Kaiso entered the room first and there was a sudden fluctuation inside the room but William Kaiso simply waved his hand and the movement stopped completely.

"What was that?" Krista Dragoon asked as she could feel a concentration of mana focusing on them before.

William Kaiso chuckled softly as he explained, "No need to be wary Princess Krista, I'm not trying to do something stupid like attacking you all of sudden. That was just a defense mechanism to prevent intruders from sneaking in or when the intruder is holding a member of the Kaiso family as hostage."

William Kaiso revealed the ring in his finger as he threw it toward Krista Dragoon.

Krista Dragoon holds the ring and turns it over to see a similar symbol engraved in the ring. "This is the ring that controls the defense mechanism?"

"Correct, to prove that we are submissive and have surrendered, we are willing to offer you the ring to gain your loyalty." William Kaiso said slowly.

Meanwhile, Zen was dumbfounded on how much influence does the platinum card hold to change William Kaiso who was wanting war previously into being a submissive little bitch.

'Is he really being submissive and loyal right now or is he trying to outsmart us and spy on our activity?' Zen pondered inwardly as he still couldn't sense any malicious intent emitting from William Kaiso.

William Kaiso glanced at Zen and noticed his expression as he started sweating. 

'As expected of a platinum cardholder, his suspicion is still high despite our willingness to submit ourselves.' William Kaiso sighed inwardly as he knew a mere ring for the defense mechanism wasn't enough.

Thus, he stepped forward and stared at Zen. "If Zen Von Henning still cannot believe me then I'm willing to sign a slave contract to prove our sincerity."