Chapter 8 008

• Enraged, he hurled the book on the ground, clenching his fist with his teeth gritted angrily. He had heard stories of how poor kids, dealing with the shackles of life, got to know their true identity and became billionaires in a day. But in his case, he was given an old book of chemical equations? Why was his case always different?
• "Is there a problem, my lord?" his butler, Donald, asked seeing the disappointment on his face, but Edward snapped at him angrily, "Don't call me that! You brought me here, promising to make me a millionaire in a day and provide me money for my mother's surgery, and all you could offer me was a book of chemical equations? Did I tell you I had an interest in exploring a book with old chemical equations?" Edward charged at Donald, who humbly bowed his head to him.
• "Young Master Loyld, it's not about you having an interest in exploring the book. It's about you saving the world by following your father's path," Mr. Lakes replied.
• "And I don't recall telling you that I had an interest in being a hero. I don't want to follow my father's path. By the way, I don't think my father had a good plan for me. If he did, he wouldn't have left me suffering for so long," Edward said.
• "He didn't leave you to suffer, young master. He left you with a maid because he didn't want men in power to know about you or you would have been killed. He kept you so you could grow and ----"
• "Grow and what?!" he impatiently cut Mr. Lakes off. "So I can follow the path that got him killed and also get killed like him? Never! All I'm bothered about now is taking care of my mom and not being a hero. Goodbye." He turned toward the door to leave, but Mr. Donald got in front of him and fell on his knees.
• "Please, young master, you are the only one who could help the world now. If you don't do anything, the virus would spread and kill millions of people," Donald begged. And Edward turned to Mr. Lakes.
• "If you are so interested in saving the world, why must it be me? Why don't you use the book and save the world yourself?" he asked.
• "I'm not in the right position to do that, young master Loyld. The book is only meant for someone of the Loyld family lineage, and that's you. I can't even decipher what was written inside of it," Mr. Lakes replied.
• "Please, master, accept it. You can give it a thought when you go back to your cell," Donald said as he picked the book from the floor and offered it to him.
• At this, Edward reluctantly collected the book from Donald. "I'm only accepting this because I want to get out of prison and save my mom's life," Edward said as he received it.
• "So where are you taking me now?" Edward asked Donald
• "Back to your prison, Young Master." Donald replied
• "What? But I thought you said if I come here I would be free?" He asked, and Mr lakes replied
• "Yes, but the freedom would come soon. Freedom will find you in your cell and not you looking for it. Just read through the book and put the words into practice, and you will not only be free but become a living god in the world, just like your dad. And as for your mom, don't worry, Donald will go pay for the hospital bill immediately he drops you at your cell, and a new kidney would be administered to your mom," Mr. Lakes assured.
• Though Edward wasn't cool with the idea of waiting for his freedom to come to him like Mr. Lakes had said, he sighed in a bit of relief to hear that his mom would be taken care of in his absence. With this, he and Donald walked out of the house and got in the car.
• "The police followed us here?" he asked when they got downstairs and saw a police van parked in the compound.
• "Yes, like I said, we were only able to get you out under their supervision. They are to ensure we take you back to your jail without any issues," Donald replied, and the two got into the car and drove off, being followed by the police van back to the cell.
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