The 5-time Rejected Gamma & the Lycan King
Chapter 171

Chapter 171

“You’re really difficult to impress, aren’t you, your Grace?” Lord Kylton noted in amusement before heuttered, “But I’m happy to say that bankrupting the government wasn’t the end. In fact, it was thebeginning of the end. Knowing Xandar and Christian, we gathered that they would transfer themonarchy’s funds to sustain the government if the government funds were emptied. So, the end goalwas to wait until both those funds dried up. And when the King and his second-in-command havenowhere else to tum for money, our family would make a sudden appearance to…”

“Offer financial support.” Greg muttered when he caught up, and he continued, “In exchange, you’ddemand that the King take your daughter’s hand in marriage.”

“Bravo, your Grace.” Kelissa said with a smilk, raising her glass while she was at it like she was alreadycelebrating. After taking a sip, she added, “What’s better is that we lose nothing in the process. We’d justbe giving Xandar whatever we’ve…borrowed from the government and the monarchy over the years.”

“Borrowed?” Greg questioned her choice of vocabulary.

Kelissa rolled her eyes and continued, “It’s not theft if we plan to retum whatever we’ve been taking.When it happens, when we save the Kingdom from financial ruin, it would seem like we’re helping everyliving creature, from the most insignificant wolf to the most powerful Lycan. No one in their right mindswould question my right to be Queen. My nobility and selflessness in offering aid when the Kingdomneeds it most would silence any critic. And when my subjects see me, they’d kneel, bow and utter longlive the Queen’.”

‘Sounds like a perfect plot to a horror movie with an ominous ending’, Greg thought to himself.

Greg decided to ignore the delusional and power-crazed heiress for now, and turned to Lord Kylton toconfirm the facts for the sake of the recording device stuck under the dining table, “So, you let the

ministers take the bulk of the money…because it was never about the money. You let them take the bulkbecause you only wanted them to keep helping you with your plan without them asking questions aboutthe ultimate goal. And you three knew that the portion Wu Bi Corp took over the years would be enoughto b e used as a bargaining chip to force my cousin to make your daughter the…”

He was getting nauseous simply by imagining Kelissa as the Queen, so much so that he couldn’t say itwithout throwing up. He thought fast, and pictured Lucianne in his head before he uttered, “Queen.”Thankfully, none of the Kyltons saw through his disgust. They assumed that Greg was just shocked. LordKylton smirked in arrogance when he said, “Ingenious, isn’t it, your Grace? We obviously never neededthe money but Tanner here and the ministers who…assisted us did. So, we used that as our bargainingchip. Money in the billions in exchange for government access and no questions asked. The dollar signsalways have a way of removing unwanted questions and attracting…the right people.”

The right people whom they let get arrested and sentenced. Talk about ingratitude. The Kyltons’pompous and triumphant expressions only showed that they had already told Greg everything he neededto know. So, the Duke decided to reward himself with a little fun by doing what he did best: launch verbalattacks.

He retumed the Lord’s arrogant smirk and said, “You’re not very good with timelines are you? Your planis taking quite a while to reach its end.”

His Lordship tried to justify the inefficiency. “Well, your Grace. Moving things too fast would raisesuspicions. So, we decided to take things slow. And we didn’t expect Xandar and Blackfur to have aboveaverage skills to sustain the Kingdom’s economy.”

Greg furrowed his eyebrows as he asked in disbelief, “You didn’t expect the Crowned Prince and thesuccessor to the Kingdom’s shipping and transportation sectors to have good enough skills to sustain theeconomy? Really?”

Lord Kylton shrugged and said, “Xandar looks capable but he was young when he ascended the throne.We didn’t think he’d have the required skills to hold the Kingdom together at that age. As for ChristianBlackfur… We’ve met Blackfur several times, your Grace. He didn’t seem very promising.” 1

Greg continued to press mercilessly, “Despite his First-Class Degree in Economics, Finance and PoliticalScience from Helm University? And the Masters Degree in Economics after that? As for that King cousinof mine, did you even know he has two Masters Degrees from Helm? One in Business and another onein Economics.” 3

Oh, Goddess. Condescending the Kyltons was easier than he thought. They were so blind to theiropponents’ strengths and weaknesses that it was effortless to make them look stupid!

Lady Kylton whispered to her husband, “Didn’t Vera only say Xandar’s highest qualification was inhistory?”

Greg didn’t even bother being courteous and respectful when he answered Lady Kylton’s questionwithout giving her husband the chance, “The PhD in history was just a waste of time and money. Thatdissertation he wrote about some unknown myth about the Unhinged Prince is one of the most boringthings about him. My late uncle and I couldn’t comprehend the applicability of that in

governance and politics but that’s a story for another day. The point is…”

Greg sighed in despair again and questioned, “Were you all wilfully blind to their skills when you wereexecuting your plan?”

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Lady Kylton then said, “Well, we knew about their Bachelor’s Degree in business, of course, but…wethought those were… purchased?”

Greg’s eyebrows raised, and he asked, “I have a Degree from Helm as well. Do you think mine ispurchased, too?” When silence ensued, Greg got his answer, and it was f*cking insulting!

Kelissa asked, “Wait, isn’t it?” Greg taunted, “You’re saying that your own degrees in social sciences andinterior design from Castyard are bought, Kylton?”

“Yes.” Kelissa said with no shame. This was news to Greg. He never took an interest in the Kyltonsenough to dig into the heiress’s background.

Greg bit his lip to stop the insults from pouring out, and said, “Then, let me put it this way: just becauseyour own qualifications were…bought, it doesn’t mean that ours are. And Helm has never entertainedbribes for student admission or a better grade. Believe me, I tried paying for a better grade and wasgiven a worse one instead.” 1

There was a brief moment of silence before Kelissa smiled to herself as she uttered like she was in abeautiful dream, “Hm, I was already more than happy with a handsome and powerful King as my mate.Now, I leam that he’s a smart one, too. I can’t wait for us to be reunited again.” Lady Kylton smiledblissfully as well when she held her daughter’s hand and gave it a gentle, encouraging squeeze.

Greg pressed his fingers on the sides of his nose bridge. After a moment, he spoke to the Lord in a lowvoice, “I’m beginning to see why your daughter can be delusional when it comes to the truth, Kylton. Thisproblem clearly runs in your family.”

The Kylton ladies broke out of their fantasy and glared at the Duke as Kelissa snapped, “You’re justjealous that you NEVER had anything real and intimate like Xandar and I once had and WILL haveagain, your Grace!”

Greg almost burst out laughing, and his own animal was not helping him cope with the way it waschuckling and rolling all over the floor in his mind at what the heiress just proclaimed. ‘Control. Control.

Control.’, he repeated to himself. He didn’t want to over piss Kelissa for fear of the Kyltons invoking theircontingency plan to wipe out Blue Crescent.

Kelissa thought that the Duke’s silence meant what she just said was true. So, she smirked like she hadwon the battle and asked,” Nothing to say, your Grace?”

Greg-thought about Lucianne, replaying how she was always calm and composed when the situationdemanded it, and his own urge to laugh at Kelissa reduced. As the comer of his lips curled up into amischievous smile, he uttered, “Ignorance is blissful, Kylton, until it gets you killed.”

Kelissa asked in confusion, “What’s that supposed to mean?”

As much as Greg wanted to fire a whole list of incidents from the past to justify that the King had neverbeen and will never be even faintly interested in the heiress, he held back. Instead, he chose to say, “Itmeans that daydreaming about something that hasn’t happened yet will not get you to your end goal.And a lack of knowledge of my cousins’ skills is the main reason your family’s plan is going sideways. Ihate those two to the bone but I’ve never been willfully blind to their qualifications and abilities. They maynot be the smartest creatures but they are far from stupid.”

‘Unlike you’, Greg wanted to add but was careful not to.

Lord Kylton tried to mask his displeasure from the Duke insulting his daughter, and said, “Perhaps thatwas where we went wrong, and a ten-year plan has now dragged on to almost twenty years. What’sworse is that we’ve hit an obstacle.”

“The fact that my cousin found his mate, or the fact that the ministers who helped you are nowimprisoned?” Greg taunted. This family couldn’t even count the number of obstacles before them.Ridiculous.

“Two obstacles, then.” His Lordship muttered, and went on, “We had to improvise to get to the end goalnow. All these issues started because of the wolf. The longer the wolf stays there, the more damageshe’ll cause to our plans. We need her…removed from the King. Waiting for government and monarchyfunds to dry up has been taking too long, and obviously not workable anymore. Kelissa has taken theinitiative to lead the improvisation, and she’s doing very well for a beginner, I must say.”

“Thank you, daddy.” Kelissa smirked in arrogance.

A servant came to remind them that they had an appointment with the rogues in twenty minutes. So,everyone finished up and left the table to get ready for the meeting.

Greg concluded that the rogues didn’t talk much. The rogue Lycans didn’t talk at all. It was just that roguewolf who spoke minimally, asking only necessary questions. When everyone was dismissed, Kelissarequested Jake to stay behind for a private discussion in

Greg left in a hurry to pretend to want to use the bathroom. He dashed down the hallway, and lockedhimself inside the restroom before putting in his earpiece to eavesdrop on Kelissa and Jake’s discussion.Thank Goddess Greg had a device installed in the meeting room, too.

When Greg heard what Kelissa proposed to Jake, which the rogue wolf reluctantly obliged to carry outafter a lot of persuasion and pestering from the heiress, Greg’s eyes tumed onyx. He then took out apaper clip-like gadget from inside his shoe, clipped it on his wristband, waited for it to emit a faint greenglow, before he tried mind-linking his servant to see if the wristband could detect his attempt. 4

When the link went through, the screen showed no signs of his attempt, much to Greg’s relief. The Dukethen mind-linked Ivory, asking him and Alissa to be ready on the date Kelissa wanted Jaké and therogues to put their plan into action.

That was when Ivory informed him that apart from himself and Alissa, there were three other peoplewatching the King and Lucianne. Ivory gave the Duke facial and body descriptions, and Greg came to

the infuriating conclusion that those were the Kyltons’ men. He had only seen them in the mansion atnight, and one of them would always be carrying an envelope. Unknowingly, Greg emitted a low growl,uttering, “How dare they.” After confirming the date of the rogue attack, Ivory ended the link. Now, allGreg could do was wait and pray that Lucianne would come out well and safe.