Top Secret


    After the nurse left and closed the door, As spoke solemnly, "Dad, rest assured. Everyone here is on our side."


    When sitting up, my father appeared even more frail, which tugged at my heartstrings.


    He looked at us with adoring eyes.


    "Celine orchestrated the past events in coboration with the leader of the organization. Later, Celine bribed rk. To give that ne crash a perfect and logical conclusion, I was reced by one of the organization''s men to make everything look seamless," my father exined.


    "How did you find out they swapped you in the ne crash?" I asked, puzzled.


    "At first, I had no idea. It waster when I saw the reports of the event, that I found out about it. But by then, the crash had happened long ago." My father''s expression was despondent as he spoke. "Later, I got confirmation from rk."


    "How did you know about Mom''s death?" I asked. Though I didn''t want to bring up that topic, it was important information we needed.


    "Before sending me to Navi, rk confessed everything to me. He told me these things while Celine was hunting him down," my father said.


    "He told me that Celine and the organization designed everything. But turns out it was Lucille who noticed the w. That''s why they killed her." As my father spoke, he began trembling.


    I was worried and quickly reassured him, "Dad, please don''t dwell on it."


    "Ste, your mom sacrificed her life for me. She was originally a princess from Yare, but gave up everything to be with me. Yet, she met such an end. How can I not think about it? It''s all my fault."


    He finished speaking and fiercely punched his leg. I grabbed his hand.


    "But I have a duty. I can only live on, clinging to life without dignity. I had only one thought in mind, which was to meet you all again. Otherwise, I would have gone with Lucille long ago."


    My father cried like a child. I hugged his frail body as he trembled severely.


    "Dad, your health doesn''t tolerate such emotional fluctuations. You have to listen to the doctor." Iforted him like a child, constantly patting his back where his backbone felt brittle.


    My nose tingled, but I took a deep breath. I was afraid that if I cried, he would feel even more distressed.


    After a while, he calmed down his emotions and continued in a soft voice, "As, Celine''s motive for the killing was not the Pierce family''s fortune but your dad''s BZ n."


    "The BZ n?"


    As fell into deep thought. Then he looked up at my father and said, "I vaguely remember him mentioning the BZ n. But after my parents deaths, it was never brought up again. I was young then, so I didn''t pursue it further. What kind of n was it?" Owned by N?velDrama.Org.


    My father looked at As with a serious expression. "As, the BZ n was a treasure n. It took Louis and me twelve years topile a global map of mineral deposits and a mining n. The n was called the BZ n, but it was just a n between us."


    My father''s words shocked me and As, and we exchanged nces.


    "No one else knew about it?" As and I asked simultaneously.


    I had only learned about the mining business when Ardie mentioned it to mest month. Before that, I had no idea about As''s many mining interests.


    But from my father''s words, it was evident that even As was unaware of the BZ n.