At that moment, Rose didn't say anything in response to her parents' eager intervention with Dr. John's business card.She simply and quietly carried Little Lily in her arms with obvious maternal relief and profound gratitude that her daughter was completely healthy and unharmed.Rose held Little Lily close against her chest with the kind of tender protective embrace that only a deeply relieved mother could express after such frightening uncertainty.She was so genuinely glad and overwhelmingly relieved that Little Lily was perfectly okay despite everything that had happened with the Level 20 monster encounter.But beyond her maternal relief, Rose was also quietly processing something else entirely something about Alex that was shifting her understanding of who he actually was.Because Alex was proving himself to be a very formidable and extraordinary person with each passing revelation somebody that possessed so many layers of hidden potential that she didn't quite fully understand j

At that moment, after Rose's mother ended the call with such casual finality, Henry King's jaw started physically shaking with barely contained fury and profound disbelief.He sat with his phone still pressed against his ear long after the call had disconnected, staring into the distance with obvious internal turmoil.He absolutely couldn't believe that his carefully constructed and patiently executed plan had already failed so completely and decisively.But beyond the failure of his plan, what truly shook Henry King to his core was the specific identity of the person responsible for dismantling everything so thoroughly.Alex.He couldn't believe that the person who had literally made all of his careful calculations impossible was Alex of all people.How was that even remotely possible? How did Alex actually pull this off with such apparent ease and efficiency? Henry King's analytical mind started working through the implications with rapid and increasingly alarming calculations.Coul

Which meant that if Henry King confirmed everything his Master was asking about, the opportunity he had been so carefully and patiently building toward Rose would be completely and permanently taken from his hands.Every calculation, every patient move, every carefully constructed strategy surrounding Rose would simply evaporate the moment his Master decided to involve himself directly.The opportunity would pass Henry King entirely not because of Alex this time, but because of someone infinitely more powerful and influential than either of them combined.So at that moment, Henry King made a rapid and desperate internal calculation about how to handle this extraordinarily delicate situation with his Master.“Well, Master, I honestly don't quite understand the full nature of this question you're asking me,” Henry King began with deliberate careful confusion that he hoped sounded genuine enough.“I'm not entirely certain what specifically you're referring to with this information,” Henr

At that moment, Henry King recognized with absolute and sobering clarity that no amount of careful reasoning or strategic argument was going to shift his Master's position by even a single degree.His Master's mind was completely and irreversibly made up.And pushing further against that immovable wall would only create unnecessary suspicion and dangerous friction that Henry King couldn't afford given his already compromised position.So Henry King made the only pragmatic decision available to him.“No problem, Master,” Henry King said with practiced and respectful deference that revealed absolutely nothing of the complex calculations running beneath his composed surface.“Whatever you decide to do I genuinely think you should just be careful throughout the entire process” Henry King added with obvious sincere concern carefully wrapped in appropriate submission.That was when his Master responded with obvious dismissive confidence.“I am always careful that has never been something wo

At that moment, upon hearing everything that had just been said and the collective demand for answers that was building steadily in the room, Rose's mother leaned forward with obvious resonance and immediate personal recognition.“Oh so I wasn't the only one thinking this,” Rose's mother said with obvious relief that her private suspicions were apparently shared by everyone present.xI genuinely thought I was the only one who had been watching and quietly wondering,” she continued with obvious validation washing over her expression.“I thought I was the only one who had been carrying this curiosity and not knowing what to do with it,” she added with obvious candid honesty about the private questions she had been holding for some time.“Yes at the very beginning, when things first started happening, I was willing to consider that it might simply be good fortune,” Rose's mother acknowledged with obvious careful fairness.“Perhaps luck. Perhaps coincidence. Perhaps things simply falling