All Chapters of Adrian Cole; Return of the Lost Heir: Chapter 131
- Chapter 140
148 chapters
chapter 134
Chapter 134Director Isabella Reyes was in the middle of reviewing documents when her assistant knocked.“Director, someone named Aaron is here to see you.”Her hand paused.“…Aaron?”It had been a very long time since she’d heard that name.“Let him in.”The office door opened, and a tall man walked in. He looked calmer and more mature than before, but his eyes were still the same—sharp, observant, and difficult to read.For a brief moment, Isabella just looked at him.“…You’ve grown,” she said finally.Aaron smiled faintly. “So have you, Director Reyes.”“It’s been,” she said slowly, “more than ten years.”“Almost,” Aaron replied. “I left right after his sixteenth birthday. I didn’t think I’d be back this way.”Isabella’s eyes narrowed slightly.“You didn’t come back just to reminisce.”“No,” Aaron said honestly. “I came because I heard something that shouldn’t be possible.”He sat down.“Someone told me… Ryan Cole is alive.”The temperature in the room seemed to drop.Isabella look
chapter 135
Chapter 135Director Isabella Reyes had just finished a long meeting when her assistant hurried in.“Director,” she said, lowering her voice, “the Brown family has sent a message.”Isabella’s eyes narrowed slightly.“What kind of message?”“A reminder,” the assistant replied carefully. “They said they will be coming to apologize to the Chairman as scheduled.”Isabella let out a cold laugh.“They’re very eager.”She waved her hand. “Send them a reply. Tell them the Chairman’s schedule has changed.”“Yes, Director.”After the assistant left, Isabella picked up her phone.There was only one person she needed to report this to.She dialed.The call connected quickly.“Director Reyes,” Adrian’s calm voice came from the other end.“The Brown family has sent a reminder,” she said directly. “They’re preparing to come and apologize.”Adrian was silent for a second.Then he said, “Postpone it.”“How long?”“A week.”Isabella understood immediately.“You want to give them time to… prepare themse
chapter 136
Chapter 136Adrian stood alone by the floor-to-ceiling window of his residence, the city lights stretching endlessly beneath him.Aaron’s words echoed in his mind.A girl who looks exactly like Director Reyes.Strange clothes. Strange manners.Knows medicine no doctor could explain.Adrian’s fingers slowly curled.“…Princess Elowen,” he murmured.It wasn’t certainty—but it wasn’t coincidence either.Two worlds overlapping.Ancient knowledge surfacing in a modern city.And a girl from another realm walking freely among mortals.If it truly was her, then things were moving faster than he had expected.He turned away from the window and reached for his phone.“Kai.”Kai answered immediately. “Young master.”“Find the herbs Aaron mentioned,” Adrian said calmly. “Every market. Every underground medical circle. Don’t alert anyone.”“Yes.”After ending the call, Adrian exhaled slowly.If Elowen was truly here…Then fate had already begun tightening its grip.The next day, Adrian personally w
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Chapter 137The room was quiet—too quiet for a place that belonged to a man who owned half the city’s commercial flow.Aaron sat on the leather couch, one hand resting casually on his knee, the other holding a cup of untouched tea. His posture was relaxed, but anyone who looked closely could see the tension in his shoulders, the faint pallor beneath his healthy complexion.Adrian stood a few steps away, his gaze calm, penetrating.“So,” Adrian said lightly, “you finally decided to come in person.”Aaron smiled. “After coughing blood in a public mall and being told I’d die young, I think I’ve earned that right.”Kai stood near the door, arms crossed, eyes alert.Aaron glanced at him, then back at Adrian. “You don’t seem surprised.”“I’m not,” Adrian replied. “Your condition isn’t sudden. It’s been accumulating for years.”Aaron’s smile faded slightly. “Then she was right.”Adrian didn’t ask who she was.He already knew.“Lie down,” Adrian said, gesturing toward the inner room.Aaron ra
chapter 138
Chapter 138The room was quiet.Too quiet.Leon stood alone in the small living room, the faint hum of the city leaking through the slightly open window. On the table in front of him lay a phone—Princess Elowen’s phone.The screen was dark, a thin crack running across the glass from when it had slipped from her hands earlier.The phone slipped from Princess Elowen’s hand and hit the floor with a dull sound.She froze.Lysa gasped. “Oh no—your Highness!”Elowen quickly picked it up and pressed the button.Nothing.She frowned and pressed it again.Still nothing.“…It’s not turning on,” she said softly, confusion filling her eyes.Lysa leaned closer. “Did it break?”“I don’t know,” Elowen replied. “It was working just a moment ago.”She shook it lightly, then looked at the dark screen again, as if expecting it to respond to her will.Leon, who had been standing nearby, glanced over.He walked closer and took the phone from her hand.“Hm,” he murmured, examining the cracked screen. “It s
chapter 139
Chapter 139The call didn’t go through.Adrian stared at his phone, the screen glowing faintly in the dim room as the automated tone repeated itself—short, clipped, emotionless.The number you are trying to reach is unavailable.He ended the call and tried again.Once.Twice.Five times.Each attempt ended the same way.No ringing.No delay.No indication that the call was even reaching another device.Just… nothing.Adrian’s brows slowly furrowed.“That’s strange,” he muttered.A disconnected number usually rang once before cutting off. A powered-off phone still pinged the network. Even blocked calls had patterns.This had none.It was as if the number didn’t exist—yet it clearly did.Aaron hadn’t lied. He had personally saved the number, watched Aaron dial it before. The connection had been real.Adrian leaned back slightly, his fingers tapping once against the phone’s edge.“This isn’t normal,” he said quietly.Kai, who stood a few steps away, noticed the shift in Adrian’s aura.“S
chapter 140
Chapter 140The sky cracked.That was the first thing Adrian noticed.Not thunder. Not lightning.The sky itself split open, like glass under pressure.Adrian stood in the middle of Medical City, yet the streets were empty—too empty. The towering buildings leaned at impossible angles, their shadows stretching and twisting as if trying to escape the ground beneath them.The air vibrated with chaos.“…This isn’t right,” Adrian muttered.A scream echoed from somewhere far away, followed by another, then dozens more—overlapping, distorted, as if coming from different places and times all at once.The ground trembled.A fissure tore through the street in front of him, swallowing cars, streetlights, entire blocks. Adrian reacted instantly, lifting his hand and forming seals at blinding speed.“Stabilize!”Golden light surged from his palm, pressing down against the in the earth. For a brief moment, the destruction slowed.But only for a moment.The fissure widened.Adrian’s eyes narrowed. “
chapter 141
Chapter 141 The boutique glowed with soft golden light, glass shelves displaying rows of luxury bags that looked more like art pieces than accessories. Sophia’s steps slowed the moment she walked in, her eyes widening despite herself.“Lucas…” she breathed. “This place—”“I know,” Lucas said, forcing a smile. “You’ve talked about it enough times.”The sales attendants straightened instantly when they recognized him, their smiles professional and eager. Lucas waved them off lightly.“Take your time,” he told Sophia. “Choose whatever you like.”Sophia turned to him, clearly torn between excitement and disbelief. “You don’t have to do this.”“I want to,” he replied quickly. Too quickly.She studied his face for a second, then nodded and moved deeper into the store. Her fingers brushed over fine leather, her expression softening with each step. For a moment, Lucas allowed himself to breathe.If she’s smiling, it’s worth it, he told himself.After a while, Sophia stopped in front of a dis
Chapter 142
Darkness pressed down like a suffocating veil.Princess Elowen stood at the edge of a broken sky, her breath caught in her chest as the world before her crumbled piece by piece. The ground beneath her feet split open with thunderous cracks, glowing fissures tearing through land and city alike. Towers collapsed. Rivers boiled. The air screamed.“This isn’t real…” she whispered.But it felt real.Too real.She ran.Smoke burned her lungs as she pushed forward, her heart pounding violently. Everywhere she looked—destruction. People screamed, cultivators fought desperately against something unseen, and the sky itself seemed to be bleeding.Then she saw him.“Adrian!”He stood at the center of chaos, blood staining his clothes, his posture rigid as he tried—desperately—to stabilize the collapsing world. Golden light flared around him, formations breaking and reforming in vain.“Elowen?” His voice carried across the ruin, strained but unmistakable.She ran harder.“I’m here!” she cried. “I
chapter 143
Chapter 143The night was unnaturally still.Leon stood at the center of an abandoned shrine on the outskirts of the city, a place long forgotten by ordinary people but still remembered by those who walked between worlds. Broken stone pillars surrounded him in a wide circle, their surfaces etched with ancient runes half-eroded by time. Above, the sky was cloudless, the moon hanging low and pale, as if watching.Leon lifted his hand.The air trembled.Invisible waves spread outward, pressing against the veil that separated realms. The ground beneath his feet darkened as symbols ignited one by one, glowing faintly with a cold, bluish light.“Come,” Leon said quietly.The wind howled.Shadows gathered at the edge of the shrine, thickening, twisting, until figures slowly emerged from the darkness. One by one, they stepped forward—three cultivators clad in robes that seemed to absorb light, their faces partially obscured, their presence heavy enough to make the air feel dense.They were th