Chapter 240: What? A third cornerstone? Aventurine, have you lost your mind!

【Why are you still here?】

Aventurine looked at Harmony Aventurine,

and found him extremely disagreeable.

【You've long known that if the family truly extended tolerance to every kinsman who came seeking aid, why bother building such high walls and deep moats?】

【But people don't think that way — after all, the taste of sweet dreams is simply too tempting.】

【You were isolated and without help in Penacony, able to topple the high wall by your own strength alone... how could that be possible?】

【So the moment you stepped into the hotel, you took off your lofty hat and began begging everyone around...】

【Just like a hyena scavenging in the desert.】

【Because you knew the chance would slip away in an instant.】

Harmony Aventurine spoke with words both blunt and unpleasant.

【Compared to what you say, even Ratio's Atini Kong Que sounds far more pleasing.】

Aventurine scoffed.

【You know I rarely speak from the heart — I urge you to take it in.】

【Speaking of which, you mentioned that professor — I especially love what you two have in common: schemes and calculations...】

【Especially the ending part — a gorgeous betrayal!】

【... When everyone believes it to be so, who would suspect that it is yet another trap you carefully laid?】

Harmony Aventurine laughed for no apparent reason.

【......】

Aventurine fell somewhat silent at the words.

【Did I hit the mark?】

【You are exactly that kind of person — cautious to a fault yet overly self-deprecating; you've won so much, yet still fear losing more than anyone】

【People only see you throwing fortunes around at the card table, never knowing that beneath it another hand grips the chips, trembling ceaselessly...】

【Impressive — no wonder the tavern sent you an invitation.】

【You were born a fine actor...】

【Not only skilled at deceiving others, but even more skilled at deceiving yourself.】

Harmony Aventurine spoke words that broke Aventurine's defenses.

【If you want to avoid exposing yourself before others, the cleverest method is to first deceive yourself.】

Aventurine replied coolly with a single line.

【Haha, of course — I know you far too well...】

【But, truly strange — why did you refuse that invitation?】

【Clearly you had the chance to embrace bliss — wasn't that what you wanted most?】

【Yet you still chose the Company's card table...】

【For Preservation?】

【Hmph, I don't think so.】

【Do you have the slightest connection to Preservation?】

Harmony Aventurine asked the question out of curiosity.

【I thought you knew...】

【Don't you understand me well?】

【Enough — either shut your mouth now, or get out of my sight immediately.】643

Aventurine no longer wished to see Harmony Aventurine's ugly face.

【No problem.】

【However, the one about to vanish here — who exactly will it be?】

Harmony Aventurine left behind a line,

and for the moment vanished on the spot.

【.... Anyway, not me.】

Stelle: "This Harmony Aventurine's aggression is something else, huh?"

Stelle: "The words he said are practically stabbing right into Aventurine's heart!"

Stelle: "Still, there's one point I don't agree with!"

Stelle: "What's this about taking off his lofty hat and begging around like a hyena?"

Stelle: "What Aventurine did before — you call that begging?"

Stelle: "Scheming against me directly — that's an attitude of begging?"

March 7th: "Uh... that really doesn't look like begging."

March 7th: "Calling it 'using' people would be more accurate."

Furina: "Perhaps, in Aventurine's eyes, the fact that he still needs to use others to achieve his goals is already an insult in itself?"

Silver Wolf: "Goodness — what kind of capitalist looks down on everything from on high?"

Xiangling: "Put that way, Aventurine's character setup seems to get a bit annoying again."

Aventurine: "Listen, my friends — those words didn't come from my mouth."

Aventurine: "That newborn from Harmony talks like he's farting — and you actually believe him?"

Aventurine: "With all due respect, his words really aren't as pleasant as the professor's!"

Doctor Ratio: "You're right."

Dr. Ratio: "When it comes to breaking your defenses, he's far better at it than I am."

Dr. Ratio: "All I can say is, sure enough, you know yourself best."

Dr. Ratio: "He clearly knows exactly what kind of words will hit you right in the heart."

Dr. Ratio: "In this regard, I'm far inferior to him."

Stelle: "That's hilarious — earlier, Dr. Ratio's words didn't break Topaz's defenses."

Stelle: "Sparkle said such nasty things, and that didn't break Topaz's defenses either."

Stelle: "But now, the words of another Topaz actually broke Topaz's defenses!"

Stelle: "Does this count as 'the only one who can defeat yourself is yourself'?"

Silver Wolf: "I'd say it's more like Topaz single-handedly split into both the strongest shield and the strongest spear, and then started bashing each other."

Silver Wolf: "In the end, whether the shield bent the spear or the spear pierced the shield, the unlucky one is still himself."

Hu Tao: "Put that way, Mr. Topaz really is rather miserable."

Sparkle: "Can't tell whether it's miserable or not, but to me this clearly has great theatrical effect!"

Sparkle: "Little Kong Que, I'm looking forward to your wonderful performance later~"

The video continues.

【Ah — want to play hide-and-seek?】

【I'm the best at this —】

【Now it's my turn to hide — I bet you definitely won't be able to find me.】

Topaz continued to pursue Kakavasha's figure,

but Kakavasha started playing hide-and-seek.

【Hide-and-seek....... what a sweet childhood memory.】

【On the day you said goodbye to your mother, how many Katikah people chased after you like jackals?】

【I bet you definitely can't forget their shrill laughter.】

【To make yourself disappear from under those savages' noses, you and your sister could only roll around in blood-soaked water, ruining the only piece of clothing your father left behind.......】

Harmony Topaz came out again to viciously poke at Topaz's heart.

【It wasn't ruined! I've kept it safe all this time!】

At Harmony Topaz's claim,

Topaz instinctively refuted it with a single sentence.

【That's just a piece of ragged cloth, you can never wear it again.】

【Now you don't have to hide anymore, and you even have the mood to complain about your precious outfit getting soaked by the rain.......】