Chapter 576 - It Was His Turn (2)

The Priest understood what the Elders were worried about and chose to let things be.

The Elders would have a solution if Pablo found that out one day. They knew that Pablo was a merciful person who attached great importance to family and blood bond, and so he wouldn't seriously fight against Kason even if Kason betrayed him.

And they would be happy to see Pablo and Kason fighting against each other. If so, Baron could take Pablo's place when he was weak and wounded.

The second Elder took a puff on his cigarette and said, "Karon won't recover unless he is poisoned by something stronger than our snake venom, or receives Pablo's blood. But Pablo wouldn't donate blood since he has just become the patriarch. Even if he wants to, the Priest would not allow."

"Do you believe that Kason is an Addison?" Baron asked suspiciously, "Is it possible that the hair was fake?"

"He has been poisoned when he was just an embryo, so his hair was black when he was born. The old patriarch swapped him with a dead baby he found outside. Therefore, we have thought that he was gone for all these years. We didn't believe him until Pablo showed us the proof." The Second Elder poured himself a cup of tea to moisten his throat and then continued, "His hair was cured by the Priest and our medical expert. There is no reason for them to work together to deceive us. Moreover, he has been to Addison's Forbidden Valley when he was conscious. If he isn't an Addison, he must have bled to death the moment he stepped in. It proves that he is related to the previous patriarch."

The Second Elder paused for a moment as he spoke, "What I find strange is the venom in him has been under control and hasn't spread for so many years."

"What's so strange about this?" Baron snorted.

"The snake venom attack is the fiercest one among all the venoms. It will make people suffer from unimaginable pain on rainy days. And ordinary tranquilizers can't relieve it. It means he has endured it just with his will for over ten years." The Second Elder took another puff and commented, "I'm quite impressed by his fortitude."

"More than ten years? Where does this number come from?" Baron frowned and asked.

"Well, the medical expert told me so." The Second Elder touched his pipe awkwardly.

Baron noticed his unnatural behavior but pretended to buy his words. "I see." He nodded. "Then I'll excuse myself."

"It's very late at night. Don't disturb Pablo and leave things till tomorrow," the second Elder told him.

"I just go to inform him and let him make the final decision. I don't want to be blamed for it if anything goes wrong in the future." Baron said as he licked his teeth, "Neither do I want to lend my money and lose my friend."

After leaving the Second Elder's room, he ordered Zack, "Go tell Pablo that Kason has brought a strange woman into the Addison's. I'm worried that she is untrustworthy, and so I hope that he could check on her identity. After all, we wouldn't like to see Kason be hurt by a spy."

So he said, but deep down, he wished that both Kason and Pablo could be assassinated by the girl. Then he would be the only candidate for the patriarch.

He had committed himself to this family for so long. It was his turn to sit on the throne of the patriarch.

After Zack left, Baron whistled to summon one of the patrols, who was his right hand.

He kneeled with his right fist clenching in front of his chest, waiting for Baron's command.

"More than twenty years ago, the old patriarch used a dead baby to replace Kason. I want to know whose baby it was." Baron then looked in the direction of the Second Elder's courtyard and said in a low voice, "And find out what was the second Elder up to around that period."

"Mr. Baron, are you suspecting the second Elder?" his confidant asked.

Baron took out his whip and circled it in his palm, "I hate people hiding things from me. I know he must have his reasons for keeping it from me. It doesn't matter, I can find that out myself."

"Yes, sir!"

The confidant sneaked away.

Baron stood still for a moment. He looked up and howled to the moon. And wolves echoed the howling in all directions.

Thinking of the beauty who came out of the pool, he licked his teeth and thought, 'You will be mine at last!'