Chapter 1089

"I didn’t expect you to be this capable at such a young age." Hesper was arranging the tools that she brought over and the rest of Vitalis. When she heard this, she turned her head and did not say anything but walked up to Shun’s bed, pulled a chair over, and sat down after finishing packing her tools. As if he had anticipated what Hesper was going to say to him, Shun’s expression turned solemn in an instant. "I’ve heard about your identity from Shinra. You traded Vitalis and your medical skills in exchange for an agreement that the Rikihisas won’t marry Yuko into the Mustafa family. I’ll agree to this term, not to mention that the contract that Shinra signed won’t allow us to go back on our promises either." ‘So Shinra is Mr. Rikihisa’s first name.’ Hesper raised her eyebrows and shook her head. "As you said, everything has been written down in black and white, so sitting down and discussing every single term meticulously won’t be worth our time." The corners of Hesper’s lips twitched, and her eyes glimmered under the reflection of the lights in the room. "Master Rikihisa, you don’t think that I’ve spent so much energy on this matter just to stop a marriage, do you?" Shun frowned, and Hesper continued. "Since you already know that I’m one of the Savatiers, you should’ve managed to guess that there’s going to be a feud between the Mustafas and the Savatiers, so what I want isn’t for the Rikihisas to hold a neutral position when all hell breaks loose, but for you to stand beside the Savatiers." At her core, Hesper was a businesswoman, so to her, Vitalis's value was never in its exorbitant cost, but in the lives that it could save, Master Rikihisa’s life in this case. Unlike Shinra, Shun knew clearly that if he were to agree to this term, the Rikihisas would be tied to the Savatiers from then onwards, and whether the Savatiers were to win or lose in this battle, the Rikihisas would always be inferior to someone else on Leafdelle Island. "You can think about it before answering my question." Hesper did not force him to answer her immediately and stood up from the chair. "In the next two months, you should be seeing me every day, which means you have another two months to think about it. "But of course, I still hope to get your reply soon." After saying so, Hesper nodded slightly. "I'll take my leave now." ... Stepping out of the Rikihisas’ villa, Hesper saw Rickard at the gate of the villa. Because Hesper had told Rickard before coming out that day that she wanted to speak to Master Rikihisa and asked him not to come over to fetch her home, she could not help but feel a little helpless when she saw Rickard here. "What are you still doing here?" The temperature on Leafdelle Island had finally gotten a little cooler recently, so Rickard draped his jacket over Hesper’s shoulders. "You’ve been in the center of the limelight recently, so we can’t be sure that Ranfik won’t lose his cool someday and make a move on you." Hesper had also thought about this possibility, but it was precisely because she had just beaten the Mustafas in the Grand Interfamily Tournament that she bet that Ranfik would not dare to do anything to her for now. Otherwise, he would be telling the whole world that he was the one who did it, wouldn’t he? But at this moment, the warmth that enveloped her because of the jacket was even more intense. Hesper squinted her eyes, smiled, took Rickard’s hand, and did not say anything that would kill the mood. "Although Master Rikihisa hasn’t agreed to our terms, he’ll be forced to side with the Savatiers sooner or later even if he doesn’t want to." Hesper sounded a little proud. "I’ll be by his side for two months, so even if the Rikihisas know that Master Rikihisa hasn’t agreed to any terms, what outsiders would see and think is a completely different story." ‘So no matter what, the Rikihisas have already become a pawn at my disposal.’