The Herb King

Chapter 373  Leopold Ballard

"What do you mean, Sir Aethelwolf?" Rosalie stared at him with a cold gaze. As one of the successors of the Ballard Family, she had never faced rejection in her life. With the Ballard Family as her backer, everything has been smooth sailing for her so Aethelwolf's refusal came as a surprise.

"You heard me. I don't plan on selling the beauty shop." Aethelwolf responded calmly.

"Sir Aethelwolf, can you think about it?" Rosalie secretly clenched her fists in anger.

Aethelwolf leaned on his chair and stared at her playfully. "How much are you willing to pay for my beauty shop?"

Rosalie calmed herself. She had almost lost her cool when speaking with this person. He was definitely tough to deal with. "The Ballard Family is willing to give you 600 million Orbes for your beauty shop."

Aethelwolf suddenly smiled and said. "The beauty shop earns not less than 2 million Orbes every day. Why would I sell the beauty shop to you guys when I can earn that much in just a year? Are you taking me for a fool?" His voice turned cold at the end of his words. He also intentionally released his cultivation to warn her.

The sudden change in his aura caught Rosalie off guard. She had only felt this suffocating feeling in front of her grandfather. 'Did he succeed in breaking through to the Nascent Soul? It hasn't even been long since he purchased the Agalsistar from our pill shop! How is this possible?'

The sudden change in his aura caught Rosalie off guard. She had only felt this suffocating feeling in front of her grandfather. 'Did he succeed in breaking through to the Nascent Soul? It hasn't even been long since he purchased the Agalsistar from our pill shop! How is this possible?'

Rosalie stared at Aethelwolf in fear.

On the surface, there were only five Nascent Soul Espers in Northern Trance, but this was far from the truth. Each of the five noble families had secretly nurtured Nascent Soul experts. Other than these people, there were also some highly secretive hermits who lived in isolation in the past few decades. However, every Nascent Soul Esper was still a force to be reckoned with. Even the five noble families didn't want to offend them.

"I apologize for my behavior, Sir Aethelwolf. I hope you won't take offense. I will return to my family and tell them about your response. Please take the storage bracelet. I hope you will forgive me for my ignorance." Rosalie lowered her head after saying those words. In front of a Nascent Soul Esper, she had lost her arrogance. So what if she was a successor of the Ballard Family? In front of absolute power, her identity means nothing!

"You may leave. I won't see you off." Aethelwolf waved his hand while shaking his head. It seemed like he was disappointed by his interaction with Rosalie.

Rosalie didn't say anything and just bowed to him. She then left the study.

"What happened, Miss Rosalie? Did he agree?" One of her servants asked as soon as she stepped out of the study.

Rosalie glared at him, making the servant shut his mouth.

The others also noticed her expression, but they didn't dare say anything lest they anger her even more.

"Let's go back to the mansion." Rosalie muttered in a cold voice.

"Yes, Miss!"

Inside the study, Aethelwolf calmly stared at the departing carriage. Samira and Julie stood on his left and right.

"Let's see how the head of the Ballard Family will react." Aethelwolf smiled faintly.

"Husband, what if this will offend them?" Samira stared at him worriedly. Julie didn't say anything, but she held similar thoughts.

Aethelwolf gently rubbed their backs. "Although I planned to be lowkey, that doesn't mean that I won't fight back. Don't worry. As the head of a family, I don't think that guy would be stupid. He should know my intentions once Rosalie reports this matter."

Julie and Samira were still worried, but they didn't say anything. With their husband's reassurance, they felt that nothing could go wrong.

"By the way, how is the construction of our manufacturing facility?" Aethelwolf asked. He didn't have the time to make everything by himself so creating a manufacturing facility was important to continue his business. Furthermore, he was planning to slowly expand the beauty industry. The beauty products in this world were so backward so this business had a lot of potential. He has all sorts of ideas from the modern world so he wasn't afraid that he would fail.

"I have already sent William to oversee the construction. There are experts among the workers so it should be completed in less than a month." Julie replied. She was responsible for this matter. As for Samira, she had to take care of the kids and give them a proper education.

"Good. Employ some experts to guard the site, but don't let them get near the facility." Aethelwolf couldn't trust anyone on this continent, not even the Suliman who showed them kindness. He knew how filthy someone's heart could be in the face of benefits. Even blood siblings would turn against each other for the sake of their interests.

"Alright. I'll take care of that." Julie nodded.

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When Rosalie arrived at the main mansion of the Ballard Family, she immediately headed to her grandfather's office to report her discovery.

Her grandfather, Leopold Ballard, was the family head of the Ballard Family. Just like the mayor of Northern Trance, he was an expert at the Nascent Soul level. To be precise, he had already connected his four soul nodules into his Hegel. Compared to Aethelwolf who had only connected his Golden Soul Nodule, Leopold has a higher cultivation level.

"So he has successfully stepped into the Nascent Soul…" Leopold stroked his beard as he thought deeply.

Rosalie didn't say anything when she saw her grandfather in deep thought.

"Just leave him be. He has already expressed his stance so we can't force him to agree. It's not worth it to provoke a Nascent Soul Esper over a small beauty shop." Leopold said after a moment of thinking. Although his cultivation was higher than Aethelwolf's, he was also tied down by other matters.

The heads of the five noble families were keeping each other in check. They couldn't recklessly leave their family or the other family heads would use the chance to weaken their family in their absence. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Rosalie sighed in her heart. She already expected this to happen after knowing that Aethelwolf was already a Nascent Soul Esper. "Yes, grandfather."

"You can try to collaborate with him instead. He needs raw materials to create the beauty products of his shop. If he agrees, we will have a new source of income and we might even uncover the ingredients of his beauty products."

Hearing this, Rosalie's eyes lit up.