I Am Really The Best Anti Hero In Another World!-System Of Anti Hero! novel Chapter 31

Chapter 31 - 31 - Family Suffering – Part 6

After that day, Arthur felt a sense of relief and began working day and night to solve the problem facing the Radiance family. To that end, he stopped searching for a doctor for his wife and devoted his efforts to finding a way to earn money, so that the family could pull through this crisis and—later—he could expand his search area beyond those forgotten lands to the larger cities and even the imperial city.

While he was trying to put an end to the Radiance family's financial crisis, the days passed and—as expected—families as powerful as the Radiance continued to send marriage proposals for Sophia.

"You have to accept this engagement, Arthur; it's the only way out of the problem you've put us in."

"That isn't going to happen, old geezers— not even over my dead body!"

"Stop acting like an idiot, Arthur! You're the one responsible for putting us in this state! It's only fair that your daughter should help solve this problem."

"Besides, what's so bad about it for her? That useless girl would finally have some purpose, and in the end, she'd still be treated like a princess by everyone."

With a swift slap, the table split in half. Arthur glared at the old crone among the elders and said,

— Listen well, you hag, think carefully before you say anything about my daughter.

Taking a step back, a gray-haired man retorted,

— L-look at the way you talk to us, Arthur... Have you forgotten that we are the elders of this family!?

"Yes, exactly... don't forget who we are."

"Don't test my patience, old ones; I already said this is not happening," Arthur replied, smiling. The fact that these people call themselves elders nauseated him—those pigs. He looked them in the eyes and continued,

— And besides, look at you two, hypocrites. Did you really think I wouldn't notice that you've been spending hundreds of crystals to buy pills at auctions to prolong your own lives?

"How... how do you...?"

"How would I not know? Did you truly think I wouldn't notice your petty thievery—just because I've been preoccupied with my wife all these years?" (laughs)

The glares of the other elders, now enraged, shifted their focus, causing the old man and the old woman to step back, trembling. Arthur pointed his finger at them and exclaimed,

— Calumny! That is clearly a lie—we would never do such a thing!

"Oh, please, don't even try to lie, old man. At your age, not even at the peak of your Qi Foundation would you still be alive, and look at you: you're still only in the first stage. What, did a miracle occur?"

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Waving his hand with obvious disdain, Arthur said,

— I already told you: that marriage isn't happening, so get out of here and stop annoying me.